Starcraft 2 News

Patch 1.4.2 - Nov 8th

Stroidenfifer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:23:18 -0800

The 1.4.2 patch has finally been released and with it comes a wide range of Protoss buffs. How will these changes affect the e-sports scene? Should be exciting.

General
- “Alert Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its tooltips have also been changed for clarification.
- The fade-in for game sound during alerts changed from .5 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Play-Time Schedule under Parental Controls now applies World of Warcraft settings to StarCraft II

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a truncation on specific resolution if the current and maximum supplies are 3 digits.
- Fixed an issue which prevented footprints from being edited in the Footprint Editor.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to have missing icons and images on low end graphics cards.

Balance

PROTOSS
Forge
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250

TERRAN
Ghost
- EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5

Play Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm Now [Repost from Infgaming]

amich45 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:50:27 -0700

Reddit member XenoX101 has used the SC2 Editor to build a pre-beta edition of Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. Play this expansion even before most of Blizzard can. Includes all new units with current metagame. Still a work in progress though.

4 Maps Available

Play With Infgaming

Jump on SC2 Chat Channel 'Clan Infinity' to set up games with members of our community. Test out new units in friendly games. Or use your knew knowledge to crush some of the clan leaders. Either way grab some buddies and jump into our chat channel and lets have some fun.

New Unit Stats

Source: Reddit.com

Season 4 has begun!

p33p — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:41:39 -0700

The fourth ladder season is upon us, featuring the return of Metalopolis, the removal of close spawn locations and reduced season lengths.

Season 4 has arrived! Season 3 milestone rewards will be locked in at this time and bonus pools will reset. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have completed placement matches in a previous season will only need to play one new placement match. Don’t forget to review the map changes which are coming in Season 4 as well.

Beginning with Season 4, two changes are coming to future ladder seasons:

• Each season will now last for approximately two months.
• Grandmaster league placement time will be reduced to one week (from two weeks) to account for the reduced season length.

Good luck, have fun!

Source: Battle.net

Patch 1.4.2 PTR - 10/25

Auto — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:38:52 -0700

This PTR patch doesn't have a ton of changes, but none the less they are significant. Protoss is getting a few buffs that will effect the whole race and the radius of EMP is reduced to the same radius as Psi Storm. Most of these changes were discussed at the Blizzcon panels.

General
- “Audio Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its tooltips have also been changed for clarification.
- The fade-in for game sound during alerts changed from .5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a truncation on specific resolution if the current and maximum supplies are 3 digits.
- Fixed an issue which prevented footprint from being edited in the Footprint Editor.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to have missing icons and images on low end graphics cards.

Balance

PROTOSS
Forge
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200.
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300.
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400.
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.

TERRAN
Ghost
- EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5

Source: Battle.net

Season 4 Map Pool

XxXxX — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:13:44 -0700

These maps will be removed:

Backwater Gulch
Searing Crater
Typhon Peaks

These maps will form the new 1v1 map pool:

Abyssal Caverns (non-tournament)
Antiga Shipyard
Metalopolis (close spawns disabled)
Nerazim Crypt (non-tournament)
Shakuras Plateau
Shattered Temple (close spawns disabled)
Tal’darim Altar LE
Xel’naga Caverns

Source: Battle.net

StarCraft II HOTS and DOTA Trailers

oskwish — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:14:46 -0700

A new StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm trailer was shown at Blizzcon 2011 which showcase many of the new units and campaign footage.

Lets also not forget about Blizzard DOTA and all its glory.

Source: Youtube

The Mighty Blizzcon Cometh

gearvOsh — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:58:45 -0700

I am sure everyone is extremely excited that Blizzcon will be starting tomorrow. What does Blizzcon have in store for us? Nothing is certain yet, but I am sure everyone can agree with me when I say, that we want some juicy Heart of the Swarm campaign information and also an update on the new multi-player units (we have been given a little taste, but we want the whole meal). Lets also not forget about all the information we may hear about Diablo 3, possibly a release date? Lets hope so!

If you care to follow along, and don't have access to the DirecTV virtual ticket, be sure to follow Stebo and myself. Stebo will be putting up a blog of his daily activities and engagements, where as I will be posting as much as possible on my Twitter (as long as I have wifi access!). On top of that, I will be heading back to the press room every so often to update this news post with any information that I have gathered. Hope you enjoy all that Blizzcon reveals, stay tuned!

New Protoss Unit in HOTS

Gemini_19 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:11:23 -0700

The latest in unit teasers is up, and it looks like we have some sort of air unit for the Protoss.

on 10/10/11Quote by Gemini_19
I expect some sort of air unit since our air force is kind of lacking at this point. Both phoenix and void rays are extremely situational and are easily "hard countered".

Am I good? Or am I good?

Source: Facebook

Picture with more detail.

New Zerg unit in HOTS

Mandos — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:05:43 -0700

Earlier this week we got to see the silhouette of the new Terran unit, and now get get one for all you Zerg lovers. Let the theory crafting begin!

Source: Facebook.com

New Terran unit in HOTS

Samded — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:32:59 -0700

Blizzard has released a mysterious, yet intrigueing photo of a new multiplayer unit that will be released in the Heart of the Swarm expansion. Little information has been given out on this new unit, but speculations have already conjured up in the Battle.net forums.

Source: Facebook.com

Season 3 Drawing To A Close

editor_in_chimp — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:12:07 -0700

This was recently posted on the Blizzard Battle.net community site.

Season 3 is coming to an end soon, and Season 4 is on the horizon. At the end of each ladder season, leagues are “locked” which means players can no longer be promoted or demoted out of their current league or division, and bonus pools will stop growing. That’s no reason to quit playing: even after leagues are locked, players will still be able to play out their remaining bonus pool and compete for standing within their divisions until the end of the season two weeks later. The match-making skill ratings which determine league promotion and demotion will also continue to update during the lock, so games played during the lock still count toward league placement in Season 4.

The Season 3 lock will go into effect the week of October 10th. Season 3 will officially end, and Season 4 will begin on the week of October 24th. Season milestone rewards will be locked in at this time, and bonus pools will start over. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so players who have completed placement matches in a previous season will only need to play one new placement match after Season 4 starts.

Beginning with Season 4, there are two changes coming to future ladder seasons:

• Each season will now last for approximately two months
• Grandmaster league placement time will be reduced to one week (from two weeks) to account for the reduced season length.

Source: Battle.net

So in season four Blizzard are making two changes to the Seasons design. As quoted above from the Blizzard community site seasons will now only last approximately two months. And Grandmaster placement will only take one week instead of the two required in previous seasons one to three - this is to account for the shorter seasons as said by Blizzard here.

I believe that this is to do with people being stuck in leagues not suiting them and being too scared to play. An example would be people who are close to being kicked out of their league so rather than getting it over with and moving on they stop playing 1v1. This makes it much harder for people to get a promotion from the league below. I will use Nighthawk in season two as an example. He sat at rank one Diamond for a long time proving himself equal to low masters going about 50% wlr and quite often beating people mid masters. But he got no promotion until the season changed where he was placed straight into masters. Hopefully this will eliminate these cases. A current example of this is Stroid. Look how many points he is on and his match history.

I like these changes, so without any further typing I'm off to raise my MMR, and Good Luck to all in the new Season!

Foo Fighters @ BlizzCon 11

stebo88 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:43:28 -0700

Ok so the Foo Fighters will be performing at this years BlizzCon. I'm not sure if people actually listen to this band or why Blizzard decided to hire them instead of an actual good band. Despite this, look forward to hearing their few good songs they have that perform on the radio once every few years or their 25+ audience venue tours. If you are not in the mood for my sarcasm, feel free to read the overview.

We're happy to announce that Foo Fighters will headline the closing concert of this year’s sold-out BlizzCon®, taking place October 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center. While tickets to the convention are currently sold out, viewers can watch at home by ordering a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, offering comprehensive live coverage of the event (including Foo Fighters' performance) globally over the Internet and also on DIRECTV® in the United States.

Over the course of their 16-year career, the Foo Fighters have sold tens of millions of records, won half a dozen Grammy awards, and raised countless voices in singalongs of iconic anthems like "Everlong," "My Hero," "Learn to Fly", "All My Life," “Best of You,” and “The Pretender.” Foo Fighters' BlizzCon debut marks founder Dave Grohl's triumphant return to the convention after playing drums for Tenacious D in last year's show, and comes during an international arena, stadium, and festival tour promoting their seventh album, the international #1 record Wasting Light.

Opening up the concert will be The Artist Formerly Known as Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, who are returning to BlizzCon following a two-year interstellar tour through the Koprulu sector. Blizzard's in-house metal band will amp up the crowd with an earth-shaking set of both familiar and brand-new songs drawn from the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes before turning the stage over to Foo Fighters for the main event.

“There's no better way to cap off two days of gaming entertainment than by blowing the roof off the convention center with an awesome rock concert," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Everyone attending BlizzCon and watching from home can look forward to ending the show with a bang when Foo Fighters bring the house down.”

“We’re pretty sure that in the future, music historians will look back at BlizzCon 2011 as the unquestionable pinnacle of Foo Fighters’ long and illustrious career,” said Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters founder and frontman. “We look forward to living up to that prediction by bringing the Horde and Alliance together to rock the hell out of Anaheim next month.”

Source: Battle.net

[KASL] Grand Finals

stormguy85 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:06:34 -0700

KASL Grand Finals

September 26th to October 9th

We are finally at the last stage of the tournament! Players in the loser bracket will be competing to take on Funky, the winner bracket champion. We will be crowning the King of the Armory this week! Also, we will figure out who comes in at second, third, and fourth place respectively. This is the last stage of the tournament.

The Map Pool

< Xel'Naga Caverns >
< MLG Shattered Temple >
< GSL Xel'Naga Fortress >
< MLG Metalopolis >
< Shakuras Plateau >
< GSL Crevasse >
< Backwater Gulch >
< GSL Tal'darim Altar >
< GSL Terminus SE >

For the Loser Bracket Finals, each player will veto two maps as those series are Bo5. For the Grand Finals, each player will veto a single map as that series is a Bo7.

Loser Bracket Finals: Best of 5

A: Timmay.164 vs. ppgButtercup.300

B: texmix.708 vs. Winner of A

To obtain replays for a match, simply click on the game in question under the results spoiler.

Grand Finals: Best of 7

Funky.792 vs. ppgButtercup.300

To obtain replays for a match, simply click on the game in question under the results spoiler.

Highlights

*Coming Soon*

Videos

*Coming Soon*

Interviews

*Coming Soon*

Template created by StormGuy85 (RayRay/ppgButtercup)

Patch 1.4.0 Now Live!

p33p — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:21:10 -0700

The long awaited patch is finally live, mostly featuring the highly controversial Infestor changes, as well as other balance changes and slight UI improvements.

General

A new Career page displaying placement in past seasons has been added to the League & Ladders section of the Profile.
A new "View Ladder" button has been added to the league display at the bottom of the Quick Match screen. Clicking this button will take you directly to your ladder page.
The post-game score screen for ranked ladder games will now show icons next to each player's name indicating his or her league.
The upload timeout period for publishing custom maps has been increased significantly.
SLI performance has been improved.
When file corruption is detected in un-repairable files (replays, saved games, or downloaded maps), a prompt to run the Repair Tool will no longer occur.

Game Options

Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section.
Only allow friends to send me invites.
Only allow friends to send me chat messages.
Set status to Busy when playing a game.
Added the FPS Toggle hotkey to the hotkey dialog.
Added Display Game Tooltips setting to the Options under Gameplay that can be turned off to prevent tooltips from appearing when playing a game.
Added a new setting to the Options under Controls which allows a player to enable or disable the ability to adjust in-game mouse sensitivity.

UI and Display

A Launch PTR button will now appear on the login screen when the PTR is available. Clicking this button will close the retail client and launch the PTR client.
Improved error messages when a unit is required but none is targeted to provide required target information.
UI Frame used in .SC2Layout files has more anchoring flexibility.
Loading an old saved game will now give an option to restart the mission in the new version of StarCraft II instead of loading it in the old version without access to achievements.
Player names in the Name Panel in observer or replay mode will now be based off the player's locations on the minimap. For example the player closer to the left side of the minimap will appear on the left side of the name panel.
When a building is canceled or salvaged the minerals returned will be displayed at the building location for the owner, for enemy players a floating text will be displayed.
Toggle Team Colors in 1v1 and Free-for-All when observing and during a replay will not change player colors.

Sound

An error notification sound is now played if a placement location cannot be found when unit training completes.
Most existing alert sounds are now reduced in volume when a new alert sound plays.
Transmissions without a valid sound file will now display a subtitle during cinematics even if the player has turned off subtitles.
Added a new Alert Fade option to control how much existing alert sounds fade when new alert sounds are played.

Balance

General

Unit vision up ramps has been reduced by 1.

PROTOSS

Immortal
Attack range increased from 5 to 6.
Mothership
Acceleration increased from 0.3 to 1.375.
The Mothership's Cloaking Field no longer cloaks all units instantaneously, but rather adds units to the cloak field over time (maximum of 25 per second). This should alleviate "Mothership Lag" issue when a Mothership comes online.
Stalker
Blink research time increased from 110 to 140.
Warp Prism
Shields increased from 40 to 100.

TERRAN

Barracks
Build time increased from 60 to 65.
Hellion
Infernal Pre-Igniter damage upgrade decreased from 10 to 5.
Raven
Seeker missile movement speed increased from 2.5 to 2.953.

ZERG

Infestor
Fungal Growth damage changed from 36 (+30% armored) to 30 (40 vs Armored).
Neural Parasite range decreased from 9 to 7.
Overseer
Morph cost decreased from 50/100 to 50/50.
Contaminate energy cost increased from 75 to 125.
Ultralisk
Build time decreased from 70 to 55.

StarCraft II Editor Improvements

General

Custom maps with dependencies containing trigger libraries will now load significantly faster in the editor.
Map Status and Publish dialogs indicate if the lighting map is out of date or not.
Syntax highlighting for galaxy script and XML data can now be disabled.
Actor cheats are now available to map creators when testing their map from the editor.
Actor dump messages are now available to map creators. Includes AliasDump, AnimDumpDB, AttachDump, HostedPropDump, HostedPropDumpAll, RefDump, RefTableDump, TextureDumpDB, TextureDump.
Portrait Frames now have their own desc to use in .SC2Layout files. Currently supported fields are: BackgroundImage, BorderImage, MovieFrame, ModelLink, UseTransition.
Creating Cycles in UI frame anchoring will no longer crash the game, instead it will output an error message.
Added alignment option when using the IMG tag in text. Values are top, bottom, middle, absolute middle.
Added Disable Observers map option, which prevents players from becoming observers in the game lobby.
Added two fields to MovieFrame Descs : Loop, LockAspectRatio.

Data Editor

Data Editor UI has been reorganized for a better workflow.
Complex fields in the Data Editor can now be expanded by double clicking on the plus sign.
Increased maximum number of unit command card buttons per card from 32 to 64.
If a teleport effect's range is greater than 500, it will now ignore placement.
Revive orders can now automatically choose the hero to revive based on the command selected and the order they were created.
Map creators can now set time scale on bracket anims.
An attack can now be specified to cause no shield flash at all via the 'None' Shield Flash Type value on CActorAction.
Actor now makes a distinction between actors that are created via the ActorCopy message and through all the other creation mechanisms.
Actors that are copied now get an ActorCopy message upon construction rather than an ActorCreation message, so that client data can distinguish between the two scenarios.
Added raw XML editing mode to Data Editor.
Added default parents for new objects in the Data Editor.
Added a "Transient" flag to the Arm Magazine, Learn, Research, Revive, Specialize, and Train abilities to indicate that the orders should not be added to either the unit's main order queue or to a queue ability. These orders will complete immediately.
Added a "Use Unit Order Queue" flag to the Arm Magazine, Learn, Research, Revive, Specialize, and Train abilities to indicate that the unit's main order queue rather than a queue ability should be used for those orders.
Added support for Unit Weapon Validators to check any weapon on the unit if no weapon is specified.
Added a flag to units called "Built On Optional" to indicate units can now be built on the terrain if they are not placed on another unit.
Added a "Turn Button Highlight On/Off" trigger to highlight buttons by button link. This will support highlighting buttons regardless of how the button is used (i.e. Select Larva, Select Worker, and Submenus).
Added support for items with abilities to display AoE cursors, show progress, and use the minimap for targeting.
Added support for the Revive ability to issue targeted commands.
Added support for persistent effects to attach revealers to units.
Added AnimSetTimeScaleAbsolute message for forcing animation time scale to a particular value, regardless of prior scales.
Added boosted cliff level support for units and doodads. Placed objects can specify the boosted cliff level amount. Units and doodads will then boost the cliff level of any cells in their footprints that are marked to 'Boost Cliff'.

Terrain Editor

Added view setting for displaying terrain object names.

Trigger Editor

Timer Expires events can now match Any Timer.
Trigger Dialogs can now be attached to a unit.
Attempting to create or hookup a trigger dialog of the wrong type will now result in an error message.
Dialog Items of type Image can now have their image property set as an entry into the Assets.txt file in addition to a raw file name.
Added De-saturated and Desaturation Color properties to Dialog Items.
Added Mouse Enter and Mouse Exit Event Types for the Dialog Item is Used event.
Added Handle of Player trigger to query a player's Battle.net handle.
Added "Unit Learn Progress" and "Unit Revive Progress" triggers to get the progress of Learn and Revive abilities.
Added a "Lock Unit Status Bar Display" and 'Unlock Unit Status Bar Display' triggers. These are intended to replace the "Set Unit Status Bar State" trigger.
Added a "Show/Hide Alert Type" trigger to turn on/off specific alerts for a player group.
Added a "Enable/Disable Command Type" trigger to allow/disallow submenus, select larva, and select worker commands.
Added a "Pause Sound" trigger to pause/unpause a sound.
Added an "XP Gain Disabled" option usable with the "Player Melee Option" and "Enable/Disable Melee Option For Player" triggers. This option defaults to on.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

Hitting Escape when using the Options menu while playing a game will now properly revert any changes made.
Loading a saved game with a game speed different than the minimum game speed now works correctly.
Failing to load a saved game from a previous build will now show the proper error message.
Reduced Violence no longer prevents custom death models from working.
Repeated control group and selection commands will no longer count as unique actions for APM calculation purposes.
In the Load Game Panel it is no longer possible to delete a saved game while playing it.
In the Load Game Panel, choosing to keep\save an unsaved file in the Recent Tab now properly saves the file.
Switching between a control group hotkey and selecting a unit no longer registers as a double-click.
The Base Camera and Jump to Location hotkeys can no longer be used while the game is paused.
Escape and F12 can no longer be used for custom grid hotkey profiles.
Default key display will not show up when Custom Observer hotkey has been set.
The range for structures hitting other structures is now consistent with non-structure units.
Units with movement suppressed can now issue an order to board a transport instead of just follow it.
A full refund will now be issued for any training requests that cannot complete because unit placement fails.
Commands that have no charges left will display a 0 instead of just hiding the number.
Resources spent repairing are now reported as resources lost when the repaired unit dies.
Fixed an issue with the Camera Follow mode not turning off when scrolling away from a unit being followed.
Fixed an issue with cycling chat recipients while in a party and watching a replay.
Fixed an issue in the Load Game Panel that sometimes caused the wrong map preview image to display.
Fixed an issue where the Hotkey dialog sometimes displayed inaccurate unit commands.
Fixed an issue where units would seem to pop when travelling along cliffs.
Fixed an issue where flyers may not decelerate in some cases.
Fixed issues displaying some hotkeys for non-US keyboard layouts.
Fixed issues with cursors when using NVidia 3DVision.
Fixed issues where an ally unit's command card was visible without shared control enabled.
Fixed some issues with DVORAK keyboards not working correctly with Grid hotkey profiles.
Fixed several issues with the Units Lost tab not tracking resources correctly.
Fixed erroneous hotkey conflict detections with some observer commands.
Fixed an issue where voice chat audio may have repeatedly played if voice chat was disabled while someone was chatting with you.

Protoss

Sentry Guardian Shield now correctly reduces damage from Hellion, Void ray, and Colossus attacks as well as the Siege Tank's sieged attack.
Fixed an issue where Colossus thermal lance beams would track a unit much further than the range of the weapon.
Fixed an issue where workers would not path around Force Field while harvesting.

Terran

The Command Center Load SCV command will now only ask to load as many SCVs as it can contain.
SCVs will now always face the building when resuming construction.
SCVs can no longer repair themselves while inside a Bunker or Medivac.
Fixed an issue where the Reaper could get stuck in some cases.

Zerg

Overseer & Brood Lord cocoons can now display waypoint lines when issuing queued patrol orders.
Baneling's Attack Structure ability is now a toggle to Enable/Disable Attack Structure. The toggle will determine whether structures are valid targets for auto-attack. This change fixes an issue which caused Banelings to prioritize buildings over hostile units.
Burrowed units are no longer cloaked by the Mothership, as this is redundant.
Attack upgrades are now retained by units controlled by Neural Parasite.
If a unit provides power, that power is temporarily transferred to a player using Neural Parasite.
Canceling more than one of the same structure at the same time as Zerg will add all Drones to the selection.
Improved Larva placement when the bottom edge of a hatchery is on a cliff edge to prevent Larva from getting killed.
Spore Crawlers and Spine Crawlers now disable their Stop button when rooting.
Fixed an issue where Drone attacks could be more easily dodged than SCV or Probes.
Fixed an issue where Broodlords on the high ground were not revealed when attacking enemy units on the low ground.

Custom Map

Alliance tests for the status bars and the info panel now use the passive and defeat alliance states to determine allies rather than vision and control.
Force effects now preserve existing unit velocity.
Units with an interact ability now clear the interacting state when killed.
Items that cannot be dropped can now be moved in the inventory.
Banks are now marked as verified when saved.
The Unit Attachment Point trigger now reports the correct height.
If more than one unit is selected with the Select Unit Group trigger after units have been deselected by means besides the Clear Unit Selection trigger, the newly selected units will now show up in the info panel.
Range indicators are now updated when an upgrade is applied.
Alerts will now use the Text field for a name if no Name is defined.
Newly created units that gain a weapon via an upgrade will now have that weapon enabled when created.
A unit's height will now be changed immediately via triggers if the duration requested is 0.
Quitting out of a map will now cause the player leave trigger event to be dispatched before the player actually exits which will give triggers a chance to change the victory/defeat state.
The Enable/Disable Command Type trigger now disables minimap clicks properly.
Actors shown or hidden via triggers should now show immediately instead of being delayed by a game loop.
The Unit Selection trigger no longer resets the selected submenu if the selection isn't actually changed.
Alerts with the "Self" flag cleared will no longer show the alert to the issuing player.
If a unit has a custom revive type configured, it will now use that when reviving via triggers.
The maximum value for the real version of the effect amount trigger now reports values correctly.
Persistent effects with a period of 0 can now execute at most once per game loop.
Revive abilities that only have a per-level cost will now work correctly.
The Gain Level trigger event will now dispatch multiple times if the amount of XP gained results in multiple levels being awarded.
Filters now work properly for range actors.
Issue order effects can now accept a point as a valid target.
The requirement validator now also checks shown requirements.
The Unit Has Behavior Flag trigger function now allows checking all flags properly.
Yaw can now be get/set properly via Camera trigger functions.
The Player Effect Used Unit Owner trigger function can now use all expected parameters properly.
Abstract data types cannot be used for non-default data.
The used number of charges is now clamped properly when modified via triggers.
Charges with a fractional used amount are now handled properly.
Changing the Kill XP unit property now results in a unit granting a custom amount of XP when killed.
Missiles now impact properly when the target filters of the ability or weapon that launched them are upgraded.
Behaviors granted by an ability are now replaced when that ability is leveled up.
Items with carry or equip behaviors now manage behavior stack counts properly.
Item abilities configured as transient will no longer interrupt existing orders.
Learn abilities can no longer learn themselves.
Behaviors which disable turning no longer disable movement.
Units with negative life armor no longer take damage if shields or behaviors absorb damage.
Objectives will no longer play sounds for players who cannot see them.
If a unit is killed while morphing, it will revert the morph before reviving.
Units may be created as "Under Construction" as long as an ability is configured to create it. Previously a unit needed to be able to produce it.
Creating and destroying objectives should no longer cause a crash.
Added a flag to Warp Train abilities to disable warp-in on ramps.
Added checks to prevent circular effect, loot, tactical, and validator data.
Fixed an issue where a targeted ability configured to use a teleport effect would fail to enter targeting mode.
Fixed an issue using the Set Unit Progress action on Zerg units.
Fixed an issue with clicking on an inventory slot while in targeting mode while using an item.
Fixed an issue where a force effect location would use a parent effect location instead of its own.
Fixed an issue with reviving a unit multiple times.
Fixed some issues with life change trigger events being dispatched from behaviors that modify life.
Fixed damage display on the hero info panel when the Collapse Buffed option is set.
Fixed some lockups during loading due to complicated custom data relationships.

StarCraft II Editor Bug Fixes

Data Editor

Duplicating a unit with a missile attack now properly duplicates the related actor data.
Terrain Editor
Terrain paste operations will now fail with a warning if pasted textures do not exist in the map texture set.
Assimilators, Extractors and Refineries now properly handle resource amounts defined in the properties dialog.
Editor minimap now correctly updates after placing water.
Invalid preplaced objects no longer prevent object groups from being initialized and using their patrol data.
Terrain objects are now properly snapped to cliff cells during placement and movement.
Fixed an issue with copying cameras that have custom colors applied.
Fixed an issue with previewing world relative sounds in the editor while the Terrain Editor is open.
Fixed an issue where closing the editor while the previewer is recording would crash the Editor.
Trigger Editor
The source column will correctly display Local for local elements within libraries.
Triggering Player/Unit Property Change event responses now returns the total amount of change if multiple changes occurred.
Fixed a potential crash issue that could occur when repeatedly clicking the Array checkbox for variables.
Fixed script editor slowdowns related to syntax highlighting.
Publishing
Fixed an issue that could cause team settings to be reset in the Game Variants in some cases.
Fixed a crash when attempting to publish a map with no neutral players defined.
Fixed a crash when attempting to publish a map with over 500 custom units or upgrades.

Source: Battle.net

[KASL] Finals: Ro2 (Sep12 to Sep25)

stormguy85 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:35:02 -0700

KASL Finals: Round of 2

September 12th to September 25th

We're now on to the Final two players in the Winner's Bracket. However, we have many Loser Bracket games still to be played. We will be doing two Loser Bracket rotations this week. After this we will have the Grand Finals next week and the King of the Armory will be crowned!

First Loser Bracket Map Pool

< GSL Tal'darim Altar >
< Backwater Gulch >
< GSL Terminus SE >
< GSL Xel'Naga Fortress >
< MLG Metalopolis >

First Loser Bracket

A: ppgWIZARD.371 vs. Timmay.164

B: ppgButtercup.300 vs. Stebo.627

To obtain replays for a match, simply click on the game in question under the results spoiler.

Remaining Brackets Map Pool

< Typhon Peaks >
< Xel'Naga Caverns >
< GSL Xel'Naga Fortress >
< GSL Crevasse >
< GSL Tal'darim Altar >
< MLG Metalopolis >
< GSL Terminus SE >
< Shakuras Plateau >
< MLG Shattered Temple >

The following two series are Bo5. They will consist of the map pool above. Each player will veto two maps.

Winner Bracket Finals

Funky.792 vs. texmix.708

To obtain replays for a match, simply click on the game in question under the results spoiler.

Remaining Loser Bracket

Timmay.164 vs. nYqGemini.343

ppgButtercup.300 vs. NightHawk.300

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StarCraft II Beta Phase Two Begins

Nebu — 7.9.10

The second phase of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test is now underway. We're delighted to invite you back to the battlefield and hope that you will join us through July 19 for more terran, protoss, and zerg action.

As stated previously, all data from beta phase one has been reset. This includes characters, match history, ladder rankings, and achievements. Beta participants will therefore need to recreate their characters and, if joining matchmaking games, complete a new series of placement matches.

We thank you for all the feedback you provided during phase one and are excited to hear about more of your experiences in phase two. Welcome back to beta, and we'll see you on Battle.net!

2010 Blizzard Global Writing Contest

Nebu — 6.23.10

You're called to action once again, to use your wits and strength, to compete for the ultimate prize. Your weapons? They seem to be but a musty tome and quill, but know that their power is far stronger than the armies of the Scourge, far craftier than the zerg Swarm, and far mightier than any demon from the Burning Hells. Ready your tools, scribe, and prepare for combat with the inky beast called fiction!

Enter a short story for the chance to win a free trip to Blizzard's headquarters in southern California! This contest is open to entrants from around the world and will be judged by Blizzard's very own writers and masters of lore. For more information, head to the contest page.

New StarCraft II Gaming Gear by SteelSeries

Nebu — 6.22.10

SteelSeries is introducing some new gaming gear themed after StarCraft II, including the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Limited Edition Zboard Keyset and Gaming Keyboard and the SteelSeries Qck Limited Edition Tychus Findlay and Marauder mouse pads. For more information, visit www.steelseries.com/starcraft2. These products will be available at game launch.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty in Brazilian Portuguese

Nebu — 6.16.10

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be fully localized in Brazilian Portuguese, and as part of our ongoing effort to support Blizzard Entertainment's global online gaming community, we've just launched our Brazilian Portuguese StarCraft Facebook and Twitter pages.

Become a fan of StarCraftPTBR for the latest news, videos, events, contests and more. Once you join, you will be able to interact with fellow gamers, comment on updates, ask questions, and share your strategies. Follow us on Twitter for the latest in StarCraft news and information, 140 characters at a time.

We have big plans in store for our community, so get connected and enjoy the ride through Blizzard Entertainment's social media universe.

You can find StarCraftPTBR on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/StarCraftPTBR and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/starcraft_ptbr.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Peripherals From Razer

Nebu — 6.15.10

Razer has created a set of high-quality StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty-themed gaming peripherals, and you can get a first look at them now at Razer's site. [more] The Razer Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse, the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard, and the Razer Banshee StarCraft II Gaming Headset are each designed specifically for the game, with a look and feel straight from the StarCraft universe and an active full-colored lighting system. You can get more information and pre-order the StarCraft II gaming peripherals right now at www.razerzone.com/sc2