Starcraft, Starcraft 2 and Other Obsessions

The Archon – Not A Pirate Convention At All

theDoug — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:00:07 +0000

Seriously. No, really. We’ve been doing some thinking lately as we’ve been handily crushed by opponent after opponent while playing Zerg – which one of these units should we really not be bothering with? Which of our stalwart and slimy army should be left behind in the puddle of goo they came from? Which is [...]

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Eighteen Months Or More? You’re Getting Swarmer!

theDoug — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:20 +0000

That’s right folks – speaking at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in Texas, Blizz notable Greg Canessa told the world that the next installment of the SCII franchise, the Zerg-focused “Heart of the Swarm”, would not be released for over a year. Canessa, who is the Battle.net project director, told the assembled developers that items [...]

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Welcome To The Fungal

theDoug — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:14 +0000

Hot on the heels of patch 1.1 and 1.1.1 comes a new “Developer’s Corner” blog on Battle.net – this time about the vaunted 1v1 game. For whatever reason – loneliness, the realization gamers are solitary pizza-pocket eating basement cave dwellers, or simple apathy – Blizzard has been extremely focused on the balance of the 1v1 [...]

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Look ‘Ma, No Plans!

theDoug — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:04 +0000

Yup, that about accurately covers us when playing Zerg. See, here’s the thing. We’ve been waxing prosaic about how Zerg are reportedly underpowered, underused and generally sucky for a few weeks now. At first, we were amused. Then we were, well, super-amused. But it began to dawn on us that despite their inherent grossness, the [...]

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Hardly Farm-fresh And Not One Bit Organic

theDoug — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:00:06 +0000

That’s right people, it’s time to talk about eggs. Easter eggs. We all know by now that the large leporid that brings candy and chocolate eggs to our homes is not only hard to track down, but ever harder to capture. Some say he is not real, others hold fast to the notion that he [...]

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Shhh….Blizz Might Hear You

theDoug — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:00:08 +0000

Or did, suckas. Hot on the heels of both patch 1.1 and our discussion of the inherent suck of the Zerg comes patch 1.1.1, which features a number of small changes, most notably this one: “Fixed an issue where Ultralisk cleave range was being unintentionally extended by larger targets” According to the SC2Armory, this has [...]

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It’s All Zerg To Us

theDoug — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:00:50 +0000

And mostly just spitting and snarling with the occasional howl of rage. The Zerg language is not exactly known for its finesse or subtlety, though they do have some excellent musicals. A Streetcar Named Dezerg, anyone? Short-term engagement, limited seating! Their poetry is awful, though, just awful. So maybe it’s the language barrier, or maybe [...]

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Merry Zergmas, Jim Raynor

theDoug — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:53 +0000

(Egg nog for everyone!) We were going to get him a chemistry set, but were concerned that he’d set his long flowing hair on fire. We considered a sporty new bicycle, but he has a habit of getting into fights with the Protossian children down the block and the kids of that nice couple, the [...]

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The Science Of Matchmaking

theDoug — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:30 +0000

Or, what grabbing a few beers and hoping for the best will do for your love life. (Practice is good – just watch out for chafing) Since the dawn of BattleNet 2.0 lo those many months ago, there has been speculation about just how Blizzard does its matchmaking for Starcraft II games. Some are firmly [...]

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Patch 1.1 – Not So Much Decorative

theDoug — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:00:51 +0000

Maybe you remember it from when you were a kid, or maybe you’re just too damn young. If you are, and you don’t, then please don’t take this as guide. Jeans used to rip – a hell of a lot more than they seem to do now. Thrifty and industrious parents, fed up with buying [...]

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