http://fdassault.com/categories/starcraft-ii/feed.rss Sat, 01 Mar 14 17:45:32 -0500 Starcraft II en-CA http://fdassault.com/discussion/2012/just-got-the-game-almost-a-week-ago Sun, 03 Apr 2011 03:47:43 -0400 redbone 2012@/discussions
So I'm getting really into things now that I finally have SC2 and was wondering if any of you still played.
My in game name is Vachai feel free to add me to friends and hit me up if you wanna do some stuff. So far what I've gotten into is mostly 1v1 ladder style matches, I haven't even touched the custom games yet. But I'd be down for whatever if any of you want to get together and do something.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/2006/tower-defense Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:36:58 -0400 Governor 2006@/discussions http://fdassault.com/discussion/1997/banelings Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:43:33 -0500 KP 1997@/discussions http://www.halolz.com/2010/12/10/video-banelings/]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1981/yay-for-channels Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:38:02 -0500 cutchins 1981@/discussions
EDIT:

Honestly, I'm just waiting for Court to tell us what to do.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1980/forbidden-donut-starcraft-2-tournament-i Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:43:02 -0500 Governor 1980@/discussions
Sign up: -- full --
Date: 2011-01-05
Time: 7:30pm EST
Type: Double elimination, best of 1
Teams: 8

All skill levels are welcome. By referee decision, the favored side of hugely unbalanced match-ups in the winner bracket must play an off-race.

Since we're trying to keep this to one night, the players will be strictly capped at 8. Our last tournament was in the same format with 6 players, and it ended up lasting close to five hours. To avoid that, multiple matches will be played at once, especially in the earlier rounds.

Time permitting, the final match will be best of 3. Participants and non-participants alike are free to observe any matches.

For the sake of organizing the matches, the ongoing use of mumble throughout the night is required. Contact me if you need details for this.

The last tournament was a ton of fun for everyone involved, and some of the most fun was had while chatting on mumble and observing other games. I hope we see some different faces this time as well!]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1978/kurtis-birthday-starcraft-ii-tournament Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:25:04 -0500 Kurt 1978@/discussions
This was a ton of fun... even if I suffered a couple crushing defeats on my birthday. We got to see everyone really compete and it was more than just some skirmishes - and the prizes are totally sweet.

First place goes to Court, for which he is awarded the gold medal:

First Place

Second goes to CJ, for some great Terran play:

Second Place

And Third goes to Garret, for taking it to the semi finals despite a long break:

Third Place


Well played to everyone who participated - and for your enjoyment, here are the replays and brackets:
Tournament Replays
Brackets]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1972/sc2-uninstalled Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:57:25 -0500 KP 1972@/discussions
Either way....


gl hf dd]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1971/kurt-and-me-2v2 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:29:13 -0500 dan 1971@/discussions http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/109838-...zerg-discord-iv

Probably the most entertaining game I've played. Kurt and I were getting dominated early by the terran siege tech and zerg brood lords. He transitioned into ultralisks, but the terran player went to battlecruisers. I was sitting on one mined out base. The ultras ended up taking down the other zerg player's base, and forced the terran player to float all his buildings. It then had an additional 20 minutes of the terran trying to kill my floating bases, and me trying to kill the other terran's flying buildings. Pretty crazy. We won 44 points from this game.

-dan]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1968/t-v-p Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:57:18 -0500 cutchins 1968@/discussions
if the toss goes for an early expo, i can harass pretty well and/or do a timing push of my own with bio ball.

any ideas for how i can stop this 4 gate stalker push as terran?]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1960/zvz-ladder-just-about-as-close-as-you-can-make-it Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:35:17 -0400 KP 1960@/discussions KaP vs icecoldicy on Lost Temple

I don't think he realized he could move spine crawlers, but whatever, still the closest game I have played so far lol.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1953/cheating-in-scii Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:08:10 -0400 Nunes 1953@/discussions I figured this might be good to know.

Apparently Blizzard is banning and suspending accounts for cheating in Singleplayer modes as well as Multiplayer.

I know that I putzed with some of that stuff in SC: the first after beating the single player once or twice. Trying to rush through builds and whatnot. Be cautious.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1951/sc2-rankings Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:12:08 -0400 Kurt 1951@/discussions http://sc2ranks.com/us/1264925/PlaguePark

Rank 56 of Division Hydralisk X-Ray
World: #138,619
Region: #58,992
of Platinum

--lol]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1955/sc2-1.1.2-patch-notes Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:07:37 -0400 Kurt 1955@/discussions http://us.starcraft2.com/launcher/patch-notes.htm

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Patch 1.1.2

General

Players will no longer receive achievement toasts while their status is set to "Busy."
The messaging when attempting to load a saved game or replay from a previous version has been clarified
Adjusted the amount of points earned and lost by random team participants to properly reflect the strength of a player's teammates.


Balance

PROTOSS

Buildings
-Nexus life and shields increased from 750/750 to 1000/1000.
Void Ray
-Damage level 1 increased from 5 to 6 (+4 armored).
-Damage level 2 decreased from 10 (+15 armored) to 8 (+8 armored).
-Flux Vanes speed upgrade bonus decreased from 1.125 to 0.703.

TERRAN
Buildings
-Barracks requirement changed from Command Center to Supply Depot.
-Supply Depot life increased from 350 to 400.
Medivac
-Acceleration reduced from 2.315 to 2.25.
-Speed reduced from 2.75 to 2.5.
Reaper
-Nitro Packs speed upgrade now has a Factory Requirement.
Thor
-Energy bar removed.
-250mm Strike Cannons is now cooldown-based on a 50-second cooldown. Ability starts with cooldown available (useable immediately after upgrade is researched).

ZERG
Buildings
-Hatchery life increased from 1250 to 1500.
-Lair life increased from 1800 to 2000.
-Spawning Pool life increased from 750 to 1000.
-Spire life increased from 600 to 850.
-Ultralisk Cavern life increased from 600 to 850.
Corruptor
-Energy bar removed.
-Corruption is now cooldown-based on a 45-second cooldown. Ability starts with cooldown expired (must wait for full 45-second cycle before usable).
Infestor
-Fungal Growth now prevents Blink.
Roach
-Range increased from 3 to 4.


Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where players could not cast the Feedback spell on Point Defense Drones.
Fixed an issue where the Phoenix would continue to channel Graviton Beam after the target died.
Fixed an issue that would cause Larvae to spawn and be hidden behind Zerg eggs.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to navigate to the Single Player page or watch replays after canceling map downloads from the queue.
Fixed a desync that could occur on user-created maps with custom mod dependencies.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1950/zerg-buff-incoming Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:36:33 -0400 Governor 1950@/discussions
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/761331]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1949/gsl-finals-videos-cool-fruitseller-vs-intotherainbow-hopetorture Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:07:14 -0400 Kurt 1949@/discussions

http://sc2casts.com/cast1032-Cool-vs-IntoT...of-7-GSL-Finals

SPOILER:Revolutionary zerg play, the terran was completely out-classed in this match-up. Love the diverse and different strategies.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1840/sc2 Tue, 04 May 2010 17:08:03 -0400 Erling 1840@/discussions
Who's going to be playing and is anyone else in the beta besides me and Jimmy?]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1946/1v1-kyuubip-v-brainyt-w Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:43:21 -0400 gsuse 1946@/discussions
I have had trouble scouting in the past but I think it's getting slightly better. There were a few times in the game that if he rushed it would've been close. He also didn't scout my second expo till way later. As well my second expo was started at 3 min and his was started at 18 min so I had the upper hand there.

Don't mind the last 5 minutes of the replay, I was just savouring the victory and killing off his shit for fun after he left.

Any critiquing or comments are more than welcome.



http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=152949]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1945/1v1-vs-terran-mec Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:55:14 -0400 Governor 1945@/discussions
I think my biggest problem here was not upgrading. I didn't upgrade my ground forces at all. This would have went a long way.

http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=152881

So, what's the best way to counter a terran mec army like this as zerg?]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1935/replay-1v1-governor-z-vs.-terrorific-z Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:25:40 -0400 Governor 1935@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=151066]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1944/plagueparkz-vs-kapp Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:40:02 -0400 Kurt 1944@/discussions http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=152770

Here is a 1v1 that KaP and I did last night, just looking for comments/ways to improve my game play. I believe KaP may also want some input!

Things I know that I messed up on:
-Did not thoroughly spread overlords all over the map - was afraid of supply blocking myself when pheonix's kept sniping them.
-Did not expand enough, as is more than evident at the end of the game.
-Built way too many corruptors late game
-Did not grow creep up to expansion areas

Overall, I would say this is one of the best games I have played in terms of units.
We both mixed up our unit composition pretty regularly, I think it was a pretty interesting game. (it sure felt intense to play)

Our APM/Unit control were even for most of the match.

Anyway, enjoy!]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1940/beating-turtle-craft Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:13:28 -0400 Kurt 1940@/discussions
This is from a zerg's perspective. Recently it has come to my attention that I have zero clue on how to infiltrate a walled in base. I absolutely love early game harass - in fact I love it so much it probably screws me over for the remainder of the game.

My typical build for ladder is:
10/scout
14/pool
14/gas
16/overlord
queen
10 zerglings -> harass

This is where I encounter a walled in base and things start to go completely awry. (sure I could just 6 pool each game but where is the fun in that?)

If I get into the base: cool - I win, destroy workers, kite & profit.

Last night against terran, he completely walled in and went for marines/marauders. I realized my zerglings had no chance - so I built banelings. By the time I had those and was at his base to try and break down the wall/harass, he had a tank or two and my army melted. I pulled away and sat near his nat expo watching for expansion. Then I expanded/fast tech'd to mutalisks (as MM/Tank would destroy zerg t1/1.5 ground army). He moved out with tanks and took out my fast expo just as I was pumping my first mutas, had to let it die. I expanded elsewhere. So did he, I couldn't stop it.

My question: Where do I go from here?

I went for muta harass on mineral lines and hit the front with zerglings for a distraction, but I swear he had so many marines I was rendered useless.

In the end I had my base/3 expansions (two just for gas). I still couldnt keep a muta army big enough to inflict any damage to him. He was riding off base/1 expo and was able to thwart all my attempts at entering. Eventually he had 8 tanks, a bajillion marines, and 3 Thors.

I magic boxed the thors down but died to marines, and then he just walked around the map picking off my expos while I frantically built a pathetic army to try and take out his expo (as stopping his army was impossible at this point).

My only thought is that maybe ultralisks/nydus canal would have worked but really..... it looked bleak and I was tapped for gas just trying to maintain any sort of map control.

(Sorry I couldn't post replay, I am at work; if it is necessary I'll post it later but it is a seriously poor game and boring to watch)


TL;DR - How do I beat someone that deliberately turtles and masses a huge army?
]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1941/kyuubip-v-kapp-l Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:32:02 -0400 gsuse 1941@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=151642]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1938/replay-1v1-governor-z-vs.-jay-t Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:23:31 -0400 Governor 1938@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=151084]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1937/finally-placed-in-1v1 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:21:33 -0400 Governor 1937@/discussions http://fdassault.com/discussion/1939/1v1-kyuubip-v-sayanythingt-win Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:38:35 -0400 gsuse 1939@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...replay_overview]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1936/uploading-replays Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:41:20 -0400 Governor 1936@/discussions
For now, just upload replays to other sites and link here.]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1934/replay-1v1-governor-z-vs.-kap-z Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:15:58 -0400 Governor 1934@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=151060]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1933/replay-1v1-governor-z-vs.-kap-p Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:11:02 -0400 Governor 1933@/discussions
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/repl...s&id=151059]]> http://fdassault.com/discussion/1932/tipshelp Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:44:15 -0400 Erling 1932@/discussions http://fdassault.com/discussion/1931/erlings-replays Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:41:43 -0400 Erling 1931@/discussions http://www.sc2replayed.com/players/6298-finalmjolnir

Apparently to see earlier replays you have to click do a search for my name as it doesn't list them all in my profile.

I upload a lot of my replays to this site; feel free to check them out. I'll try to edit this with links to good ones if I remember.]]>