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** Official Star Craft 2 Multiplayer Thread **

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Went from Zerg to Terran, and i've got to say, terran is just so badass. It's clearly OP. I switched from Zerg to Terran because I felt it would be better, and it is. Played 7 games tonight.

MM timing push wrecks just about every protoss I face. I tried turbo reaper, but got scouted and countered by 2 gate too quickly. Decided I'd rather wall off most maps and go for timing push.

He can tech to voids, but marines will kill those quickly. Protoss can tech to collosi, which are the only real counter to the MMM ball. Personally I do standard orbital command opening followed by triple or quadruple rax, followed by +1 attack and stimpack upgrade when it's permitted. At the point that stimpack finishes, usually I think 8 mins in at which point combat shield and other upgrades are done too. At that point especially if he's FE'd it's GG.

The main response is collosi, and I usually build 1 stargate with reactor just incase I do see them, but it seems to me that he might not have any information at all with a 1 base wall off and missile turrets around.

TvZ I messed up pretty bad forgetting which hotkey was siege and lost to a bunch of hydra's with siege tanks lol. Oh well, but TvZ generally isn't a problem for me.

TvT I've yet to face, though I'd imagine it's all about the siege tank. Maybe some banshee harassment here and there.
 
MM timing push wrecks just about every protoss I face. I tried turbo reaper, but got scouted and countered by 2 gate too quickly. Decided I'd rather wall off most maps and go for timing push...

Could you give some details on the MM timing push (build order, for example)? I'm generally not an aggressive player, because I'm not familiar with that strategy. I usually just get a decent MM force along with tanks and respond accordingly.
 
damn I dreamed that I was playing SC2 last night and finally figured out my character code... then dreamed I came here and posted my ID. sad sad life 🙁
 
Just highlight your avatar in the upper right of the screen when you are in the game to get your character code.
 
Just highlight your avatar in the upper right of the screen when you are in the game to get your character code.

I don't have the game, and don't plan on buying it until I get back to school (which is where my gaming desktop is). I tried logging in on the last day of my trial on a shitty computer but when I logged in it said my trial had expired 🙁 (it was like 12:05am).
 
I don't have the game, and don't plan on buying it until I get back to school (which is where my gaming desktop is). I tried logging in on the last day of my trial on a shitty computer but when I logged in it said my trial had expired 🙁 (it was like 12:05am).

I see, that sucks. I played the hell out of the beta, suffered through the few weeks of downtime and had the game pre-downloaded a week before the release. Whenever you do get the game just hit me up and I'll help you with some 2v2 action.
 
does that site happen to save any of the streams? I'd be curious to see and hear the announcing of you doing it.

Thanks for putting it together.
 
BornStar.647

I haven't finished playing the placement matches yet but I'd guess that I'm somewhere in the Silver or Gold levels.
 
oh hey! apparently you can check your char code directly on battle.net's website.

Ika.986

Again, I don't have SC2 yet... I'll pick it up soon (within two weeks, if all goes well).
 
It put me in platinum in 4v4! No way I can play at that level. I'm still getting beat a lot in the silver league in 1v1. 😱
 
It put me in platinum in 4v4! No way I can play at that level. I'm still getting beat a lot in the silver league in 1v1. 😱

It will level out as you play more matches. In team games you can build up easier as teammates help out if you get hit early. If you don't have a good early game then you should be ranked higher on 2v2, 3v3 or especially 4v4. If there are less people who play 4v4 then you may honestly be platinum out of those that do.
 
How does the league system actually work? i don't really get it. I got placed in Silver and since then played about 20 matches. At least half of them vs gold players and most of the rest other silver players (only 1 bronze).
Can't say I did that great, like 55:45 and being ranked around 20-25 place. Then suddenly i'm promoted to gold IMHO for no obvious reason. Kind of positive surprise. I tought I first had to go up the places in my league before being promoted.
 
How does the league system actually work? i don't really get it. I got placed in Silver and since then played about 20 matches. At least half of them vs gold players and most of the rest other silver players (only 1 bronze).
Can't say I did that great, like 55:45 and being ranked around 20-25 place. Then suddenly i'm promoted to gold IMHO for no obvious reason. Kind of positive surprise. I tought I first had to go up the places in my league before being promoted.

I think it's a test almost, if you consistently beat gold levels you will then be placed or promoted into gold. The score system is rather deceiving because I don't think it means a whole lot, since I've seen similar results in beta.
 
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