Here is one of the latest Starcraft2 gameplay released by Blizzard. I am very much disappointed by the previous two Starcraft2 videos, but this one, it brings back the "ohm" of the game.
Many things look nice in the video, especially the hard hitting and speedy movement of units. I believe it will be a fast-pace game and perhaps even faster than Starcraft1.
Cool thing about the video above are:
1. Ultralisk looks awesome. Nothing beat it. It is fast and brutal, and more importantly, it is huge (about the size of a Terran Command Center).
2. The Terran "Vultures" are really cool.
3. Micromanagement still play a big role in the game.
Lousy thing about the video above:
1. Zerg Sunken looks like Hentai Tentacle.
2. Protoss lasers is really bothering and blocking the view.
3. Protoss Mothership still looks like a flying dishes. They really want to stick with that design? The Protoss Mothership belongs more to the world of Warcraft, rather than Starcraft.
4. Terran Supply Depot looks like a bread toaster.
5. Protoss Stalker movement is funny and doesn't look strong. More like cute jumping spider.
I really hope Blizzard will consider changing some of the building designs and unit attack animation. All and all, this game will beat Starcraft1 with some tweak.
Good luck, Blizzard, may you produce the next big game.
If I am not mistaken, Vivaldi had been caught hacking a few years ago. However, I believe he was forgiven due to his popularity and skills. I don't remember if he had expressed his regret but when time passes on, everyone tends to forget and continue to play again because he is a fun guy.
Anyway, here is a recent replay submitted by Rich (one of a member in BGHers.com) that caught Vivaldi hacking. According to Rich, this was an inhouse game so spoofing may not be happening here. The hack used here is Multi Command hack.
Is been a while since I wanted to write this article, and today after I chatted with one of my best friend, I decided that I should write it already. This article may sound harsh to certain people and you are advised not to read this article if you got a weak heart.
To put or not to put advertisements in your website? That is the question. An easy one actually. I have been receiving criticisms for the past few years for putting advertisements in my websites because they said I shouldn't commercialized my work and I should give it for FREE (as in no advertisement). Yes, free to that people who read and use my website/blog/system. First of all, why should it be free when I am not receiving donation or demanding for a member's fee? Starting a site is not just about passion, but it involves a lot of works and resources; and these are absolutely not free and doesn't fall from the sky just like that.
While doing charity is a voluntarily work and you don't get any incentive out of it, a charity is always rather short. You go to old folk's home and wash their toilet and this is called a charity. But if you were to wash their toilet everyday, then you cannot do it for free anymore.
Same goes to maintain a website. It involves real money, time, skills, dedication, people, and passion. When it involves these much of thing, it is by right and OK for a web owner to get back a little incentives from the back door. This is not dodgy, but those who are calling these dodgy are dodgy themselves for being ignorant and stupid.
There are only two reasons for you NOT TO PUT advertisement in your website.
1. You are a rich man and decided to do some charity.
2. You are not a grown up and still sucking your parent's money to pay your everyday's bill. You didn't know that making money is difficult.
And there are also only two reasons for you to HATE advertisement in a website.
1. The ads keep blocking your view and there are musics coming out from it.
2. You cannot bear to see someone else make money, because you can't make any money yourself. This is called envy.
Over the years, many Starcraft websites had realized that they need to get some resources (money) for what they have been working on and to continue to maintain it. Some examples are listed below and already have advertisements in their website.
Gosugamers.net
SCLegacy.com
Teamliquid.net
Vilegaming.com
No one has the right to complain about these advertisements or even questioning it. Like I stress on top, either you are a rich man or you are being plain stupid.
For all the four sites I mentioned on top, their advertisements are non-obstructive and you can still surf the website and find information easily. Thanks to the great web designers for all these, you don't have to suffer from annoyance. As much as I didn't hate advertisement, I do hate them when they deliberately block my view when I am reading or searching for information.
I have seen site like Stealthbot.net got bashed because the programmer didn't update the program (Stealthbot) to cater new Starcraft's patch. Well, I say FUCK YOU parasite, these programmers do Stealthbot for free and never ask anything in return from you nor they know who are you; while you have been using their program for years and have never even donated a single penny to him. Dare you called him lazy and other sort of names? Does he owe you anything at all?
Some people are just childish. They thought the world owe them and they thought they have the rights to act as they may to attack the owners when the owners stop putting effort into their creation. When you are using someone else stuff, you are not part of it, you are just a user. So, be glad when the website/system owner welcome you to stay. If you dislike the it, just leave it and stop complaining.
It is just right for any web/system provider to put advertisement in their website. No one has the rights to question about it nor do they have the rights to complain about it (if it is non obstructive). Don't act like a spoiled kid.
Ninpo, one of the best BGHers is here today. I managed to get him for an interview and it is good to know that Ninpo is still kicking despite his hectic and busy life. For those who do not know him, Ninpo is a 24 years old Chinese from Singapore. He is very good in both BGH and low money map, especially 1on1. His skills could actually match WCG Starcraft Singapore Champion and with some luck, he might just become the champion himself.
1. What is your battle.net ID and akas?
My Battle.net ID is Ninpo. And my AKAS are Ninpo[SouL], iCuter, and Laminin.
2. How old are you?
24 by this year July 2009.
3. What is your best race and map?
I play Zerg on Andromeda best.
4. How about BGH and what's your best race in this map?
I love BGH a lot and has been playing it all the time. I think my best race would probably be Protoss in BGH.
5. Who is your favorite player in both the korean and BGH scene?
My favorite player would definitely be JaeDong. He has superb skills in Zerg and he dominate pretty much for quite some time. While for the BGH scene, I would say going.easy. He is also my real life friend. I think he got great skills and his games are mostly interesting to watch. I just love playing with him.
6. Will you be joining WCG Singapore this year?
Is over already and I missed it due to school examination. And the saddest part of WCG Singapore is that there are only 8 slots available. To make matter worst, only 3 shows up on the day of the competition. It makes WCG Singapore looks like a mini competition. What a shame?
7. Will you be joining it if you do not have the examination during that time?
Definitely!!!
8. By the way, what's your APM range?
Normal fun games would be between 180 to 230. In serious game, my APM will go up to 270 - 310.
9. What is your view on Starcraft2? Will you be playing it and quit Starcraft1 totally?
I've seen many Starcraft2 preview video, it seem very promising to me. I believe it will be an awesome game, but I still think that Starcraft1 may last longer then Starcraft2 due to its race' balances and history involves. And yes I will be playing Starcraft2. As for Starcraft1, it will be very hard to say. If everyone quits Starcraft1, I will definitely have to quit Starcraft1 too.
10. Do you play other games apart from Starcraft?
Yes I play many other games. These include DOTA, Meepo, and all the latest popular title from from Wii, Nintendo DS, and PSP. I also play simulation game like Sims 3 too. And if you haven't try Phoenix Wright series on NDS , you're missing out the GOOD STUFF.
11. What is your view on the BGH scene?
I think the public always view BGH players as newbies and such, but in reality, it is not true. There are many good team players that would probably go far with their teamwork play and I think BGH should be famous because there are so many Starcraft players around the world plays BGH (for leisure). Well at least you can relate them to the map tell when you talk "outsiders".
12. What Starcraft website do you visit regulary?
BGHers.com and that's the only Starcraft website I visit.
13. Ohh, and before I forget, what is your major (in your college/university) and what job are you doing now?
I'm currently working in Defense Science Organization (DSO) as a full time System Administrator. I also have night classes on Digital System Security B.Comp Science Degree in University of Wullongong.
14. How many hours do you play Starcraft everyday?
When I'm training for WCG, and there's no work and school (like last year), I spent about 8 to 14 hours a day playing Starcraft. But right now, it's barely 45 minutes or sometimes I didn't even play Starcraft for weeks just to rush my assigments. It is actually hard to spend time playing Starcraft when you got a full time job and studying part time at the same time. Life is catching up.
15. Which BGH player do you find hard to play against the most?
I've not been playing 1v1 BGH very often but I would say it will be going.easy. We always take turn killing each other :)
16. If you are to get two players to partner with to play against some of the top bghers... who would them be?
going.easy and war.vampire. And I dont mind Surado- too, we've won quite a lot of decent 2vs2.
17. Do you find Starcraft a waste of time? If you can turn back the time, will you choose not to play Starcraft in the very beginning?
Definitely not a waste at all, it aids my thinking skills (I believe I can think much more creatively now in a shorter period of time) and reflexes greatly!! Just remember that what ever thing you do, it will not go to waste, for everything has it's good points to it.
18. I find that you are able to maintain your coolness in Starcraft. You will stil laugh when you lose a game and you are always happy and never angry. Any secret for this?
Of course there are time when you get angry and disappointed in yourself but you must always remember that if you don't lose, you don't learn. The path for success is never easy! I lose a lot of games when I am training for my WCG. But, I always believe that a good attitude is needed to learn from your mistakes and move on. Just analyse the replay, understand what went wrong, and don't repeat them.
19. Any piece of advice for people who cannot control their emotion and get angry easily?
Yes, first, you must admit that you have an anger and an attitude problem. Once you admit that, you've won the first battle. Now it is about how to control yourself over time. A bad temper man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated. I played a lot of players who have anger issue but I usually keep quiet when they scream their lungs out in the channel. If you have anger problem online, you surely have anger problem in real life too. Just remember that reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings forth healing. If you read the book "Sun Tze Art of War", it says if your opponent is easy to provoke, then provoke him! But I don't do this because Starcraft isn't real war.
20. That's a nice piece of advice. So for those who have anger issue, do learn from Ninpo on what to do :) Ok, let's move on. What was your greatest moment in your Starcraft career?
My greatest achievement would be winning a so-called progamer. I forgot his name but the map was on Python and he beats player like Savior and iloveoov. But I only manage to get 1 win from him out of 6. This happened 2 years ago if I am not mistaken.
21. Is getting pretty late here and I think I have got enough resources for the front page. Thanks for the brilliant interview, shall post it up soon.
All right, and thank you too for the coverage. I love to see more activity like this and hope BGHers.com will live on.
Ninpo had just formated his PC, so he don't have great replay to show us. But he leave me with this recent fun replay. [Ninpo - Probe Attack]. Enjoy.
Gosugamers.net has just got a new skin. I am quite surprise to see the drastic changes because Gosugamers.net had a very superb design previously, but now, it has changes to a design that looks a bit awkward. The previous blue theme is really a top-notch design, and I felt that this new design doesn't suit Gosugamers.net at all.
To me, Gosugamers.net is blue and always blue. And Gosugamers.net's blue is one of the most unique blue ever in web design. You cannot find any other websites that have the similar blue. It was the best web design ever for a Starcraft community. It really bring a unique identity to Gosugamers.net and the current color (grey as a majority) makes Gosugamers.net looks like another typical (but still successful) website.
However, one major improvement of the current design is the HEADER. It looks very neat and futuristic. The logo has a major improvement as well and I give that a perfect score. It looks super awesome no matter how many times you look at it.
The only problem with the current design is the massive use of the color grey. If they could tweak it to blue, I would foresee that it will then looks truly amazing and unrivaled.
Will Starcraft1 Survived From the Impact of Starcraft2?
Starcraft2 is expecting to be officially release this year (or early next year) and there has always been debate on whether Starcraft1 will survive from the impact of Starcraft2. Many are arguing that Starcraft2 will not be as good as Starcraft1 because Starcraft1 is "perfect" and Starcraft2 resembles Warcraft3 styles of play. However, I highly doubt so.
Starcraft2 does not resembles Warcraft3. Some of the important facts are listed below.
1. Starcraft2 is still about massive unit vs massive unit, and this is unlike Warcraft3.
2. Starcraft2 builds big bases and Warcraft3 does not.
3. Warcraft3 is about using "magic" but Starcraft2 still concentrate on micros and macros.
4. Starcraft2 does not have "Hero element", while Warcraft3's Heroes are the life blood of the game.
5. Warcraft3 chops trees and Starcraft2 harvests vespene gas.
6. There is level-up concept in Warcraft3 but Starcraft2 remains not.
7. Drop plays an important strategy in Starcraft2 but Warcraft3 are mostly on ground attack strategy.
8. Air units play an important role in Starcraft2, while Warcraft3 emphasizes little less on air units.
Although I believe that Starcraft2 will really attract many new gamers, but looking at Google Search Trend, it seems that Blizzard had only successfully attract old Starcraft1 gamers. The trend are so identical for Starcraft1 and Starcraft2.
While Warcraft is dropping since 2006, but its franchisee, Dota is in an uptrend all along. That makes us wonder will Dota players ever wanted to switch to Starcraft2. The reason for not switching is very obvious because Dota has an absolutely different game play and it has establish itself as popular as Starcraft1 (or perhaps even more).
But bear in mind, most Dota players were once Starcraft1 player, and all Warcraft3 player are Starcraft1 ex-player too. These players (Dota and Warcraft3) are trend-followers. They will not stick to a game for too long when a new game arise. They are not hardcore fans like Starcraft1 players do. All Starcraft1 players who are still actively playing Starcraft1 are super-super hardcore and they seldom switch to a new game.
No matter how, when Starcraft2 arise, I predicted that more than 80% of the Starcraft1 players will switch to Starcraft2 regardless of whether Starcraft2 is good or bad. The reasons are simply straight. Here are some them that I can think of:
1. This game (Starcraft1) is simply too old. Gamers that stick to this game will eventually left the game because of time. They grow up, they need to commit more in real life, and eventually they will left the game. Example - Player[Craft], Surado-, Fwiffo, and more.
2. No young generation is willing to play Starcraft1 now, and if not, there's probably too little to make it significant.
3. Players like me need something new and fresh. We need Starcraft2 to start a new beginning.
4. Your friends around you (who are playing Warcraft3 and Dota) will switch to Starcraft2, and with peer pressured, you will try out Starcraft2 and eventually become a part of it.
5. More young generations will start to play Starcraft2 and the trend-followers will increase the number of Starcraft2 players.
Blizzard is taking a big risk here. If Starcraft2 is bad, the "switchers" will not stick to it for too long and they will definitely not "switch" back to the old game (Warcraft3, Dota, and Starcraft1). All and all, let's hope that Starcraft2 will be at least as good as Starcraft1. By then, the legacy will continue.
There are a minority of starcraft players that have color blindness. It is my condolences for those who have such a condition. Color blindness cannot be cure and is genetically inherited. Those who suffer from color blindness have a huge problem to different the color between:
1. Red and Brown
2. Green and Yellow
3. Purple and Blue
4. Teal and White.
What they see is almost the same for the pairs of colors above. I am not too sure about this, but I believe color blind players do have problem searching for the nuke dot (red color).
To check if you have color blindness, just take a look at the images below. If you only see dots and no number, that means you have color blind.
In order to combat the problem, Blizzard did said that they will look into that and hopefully it will help color blind players to be able to identify things easier in Starcraft 2.
---StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 48---
2. Does blizzard plan any interface options for people with physical issues (such as color blindness, deafness)? - Kain175 (USEast)
This is a good suggestion and we would like to give all players opportunities to enjoy our games. While we may not be able to create accommodations for everyone, there have definitely been strides made to accommodate more players than the previous StarCraft. For example, you can find more alerts on the screen, such as attack, build complete, and more in StarCraft II and this system will be helpful for players who have difficulty hearing the game sound.
So, do you have color blind? If so, pray Starcraft 2 colors will be easier to identify.
For those who have been waiting for the showmatch replays between KirBY_xP vs InterTwinE, you can now download them at our replay section or directly from the link below.
KirBY_xP won the showmatch and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him. We will be looking forward to more showmatches in the future.
Also, please do us a favor and rate the replay after watching them. Thank you.
I think some of you have problems uploading replays to BGHers.com V2. In order to solve the misery, I have write a technical guide on how to do this at...
BGHers.com V2 replay system is good and you can upload multiple replays in one shot. This can solve a lot of problem because you don't have to zip your replays (if you got more than one replay to upload) now.
Do reply in the forum thread if you have any difficulties in understanding the guide.
A showmatch is about to happen between KirBY_xP vs InterTwinE. In my personal opnion, this showmatch is not going to be a battle of C+ Rank as describe by DashowStoppa, and I think it is more of a fun event in the BGH community. So, there is no rivalry, grudges, and hate between these two good players. They play for a Showmatch and there is nothing beyond that.
Good luck to both players, and may the better player wins.
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