StarCraft 2

MTX added to SC2

Paid arcade games FINALLY coming. This time they mean it.

rip terrans

Changes to the ladder are basically:

GM/Masters are unified and one continuous stream. GM is now the top 200 players at any given time instead of snapshotting the 200 that get into GM when it opens.
Lower-ranks (below Masters) get 1-10 divisions. This is to address not knowing if a Gold r20 is actually better than a Gold r65 due to the division system. So now you can assume a Gold 3 is better than a Gold 1 player.

I'm scared because I pre-ordered LOTV. I'm in the process of downloading everything up to date. But, with my limited internet, I hope if I fully patch now (after pre-ordering) I can still play the game when it releases on nov 10th. If I have to completely re-download the game because of random "beta" shit, I'm going to be pissed. Yes, USA blows ass because nope, I don't have unlimited charter/comcast/whatever. I have piece of shit Verizon 4g with data caps, zzzzzzzz.

God bless college networks

I'm actually pretty excited for these ladder changes. I don't have the skill or time to really be Masters anymore. But it feels like the grind to get good enough for Diamond takes only a few weeks. So I have this giant gulf where I'm not sure really where I stand. Its like .. ok I'm Diamond. Am I high diamond? Low? Middle? The only way you could really judge is if you're getting plats you're low, only diamonds middle, masters you were high. But now with Diamond 1-10 I can more accurately gauge where I'm at because most likely I won't achieve Master.

Pretty much watched like 75% of the WCS games, finals were awesome. Protoss ftw! I'm currently pre-loading my LOTV shit, only another ~2GB to go or so, gotta get ready for LOTV! Although, Tues/Wed/Thurs will be super busy days at work so won't be able to actually play til Thursday night.

Also, can't wait to start mapping again with all the new tilesets & doodads, mmm. I mean, 2 maps on ladder & a handful of others used in random tournaments isn't enough, I need moreeee!

Less than 18 hours boys!!!

My patcher is all up to date on "future" patches so I believe I should be good to go for Launch. Going to see if I can get most of my tuesday work done today so I can just take tuesday off. Wish me luck bros!

The best part is the campaign should be super casual and stress free because I get the wield the OPness and EZness of Protoss! It will be rough going back to Terran on ladder

Looking forward to the campaign, but I doubt I spend much time with the Multiplayer this go around. The competitiveness of it just doesn't hold my interest like it use to.

Well Amazon is a shitshow, apparently they aren't even mailing out the boxes until sometime Tuesday and did not email out launch codes at all. Despite the fact that LotV went live 30 minutes ago. Never ordering any games from there again.

Hm thats surprising. I ordered WoL from Amazon and I got it the Monday before launch. Obviously I couldn't play it because it requires BNet but it was here prior to the game coming out. You did do release day shipping right?

My collector's edition is on its way, shame I don't have time to play until Friday

Only 2 more hours until I'm going to feign and illness and leave work. Hype!

Maps are out

New Launch Maps - Legacy of the Void

Looks like the theme is experimentation and expansions. Personally Ihatedplaying on HotS maps just simply ported to Legacy. So I'm glad to see there is some significant expansion density on these maps. The Scrap Station 2.0 looks interesting as well. I'm glad that they're going full retard on the maps because honestly HotS was so stagnent and boring because the maps here "hurr dur low ground expansion, defendable third, open fourth" and every map more or less played out the same. Got old. Since Void isn't even figured out I'm glad to see some extreme ideas being used.

I love SC1 and it will always be in my top 3 games all time. From what I have played for LoV campaign, they did a nice job with it. It is fun. Though, it does feel like "too little, too late."

Blizzard really gives zero fucks about this franchise anymore. There has been no marketing or excitement for this launch. I barely realized or remembered that I had pre-purchased months ago and was only reminded in the past day or two by this message board that the game was coming out. Go to any of the major gaming sites that get eye balls and there is barely a whisper about this game.

Back in 2010, they were still the RTS and competitive game scene heavy weights. Dota 2 was in it's infancy, League was released just a year before and hardly had the footprint it does now. Blizzard had the players, the attention, and the excitement and they squandered it all. Even in a market, where they are the last RTS left standing, nobody seems to care.

I load up the game last night and there were 30,000 people online... release day... in the culminating final expansion to a 3-game epic. What a fucking embarrassment.

There are so many strategic decisions they got wrong with this franchise. They broke one game into three. They worked off a five year timeline when it should have been three. They allowed the multiplayer to get stale, by playing it safe. Their mod scene never took off.

I can't help but just be depressed and saddened by how Blizzard has allowed this to all play out.

I'm maybe 10 missions deep in the campaign and it is by far the best one to date both in terms of gameplay and story

Also 3-0 so far in placements. Zergs don't know tanks can fly now.