Battlecruiser operational.
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Starcraft 2 (No txt speak and discussion related to piracy)
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Battlecruiser operational. -
Wow!!! parang sinlaki ng space station ang bc
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^Hyperion yan yung BC ni raynor siguro mas malaki kumpara sa regular battlecruisers.
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Meron bang 8 player map ito gaya ng Big Game hunters? Not 7 players and below or 9 and above.
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starcraft 2 + SNSD = Epic Win
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meron na ba nyan sa pinas???
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@bizarre 4v4 for melee maps + 4 observers
12 players for custom maps.(16 players not confirmed) -
wala pa bang release date!?
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Lag ako sa battlenet :( Bayantel gamit ko. Pwede kaya dito yung mga tunnelling services?
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^Rehas kayo ni techix na lag bayantel din isp nya. Si mangahut ok naman daw yung latency pldt mydsl isp.
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@budgeted
bayantel at globe lag. Natry ko na pareho.
try ko mag smartbro. sana wala ng lag. :( -
kamusta ang ping ng mga globe user? hehe
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san po pwedeng madownload yung game?
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@techix
Balitaan mo kami bro. Try ko din mag tunnel service parang dun sa Aion and tignan ko kung gagana. Sayang eh huhuhu kung ganito ka lag at wala pang LAN I cant say na bibilhin ko pa rin. Baka yung \"free\" version na lang na may A.I. gamitin ko; inde ko din kasi maeenjoy masyado -
Serious Business: The Korean StarCraft Gambling Scandal
20 April 2010, Anderson Mccutcheon @ 2:36 pm
South Korea’s eSports arena is undergoing serious turbulence these days. A professional eSports match fixing and illegal gambling scandal has rocked the South Korean StarCraft scene, with A-list StarCraft celebrity-progamers possibly facing serious criminal charges.
In case you were only introduced to Blizzard’s StarCraft Universe with the recent addition to it, you might be unaware of the size of the phenomenon in Korea. The following will likely constitute a fascinating read – a story that revolves around a 12 year old RTS game and includes big money, government officials, police investigations, corporate cover-ups and illegal gambling – the likes of which have never before been associated with video gaming.
The Executive Summary
Since 2006, illegal gambling syndicates have been busy contacting professional StarCraft gamers with offers to “adjust” their match results in order to comply with certain bets. The highest level of StarCraft competition was in fact infiltrated by people fixing matches for money.
The Good Guys
According to The Korea Times, the Korean eSports Players Association (KeSPA), a body responsible for governing South Korean eSports as well as tracking and publishing player rankings, has filed charges along with the prosecution against the various pro-gaming teams involved. KeSPA is greatly responsible for the current state of StarCraft as an eSport in Korea and has a large stake in the “well-being” of the scene, especially with the release of StarCraft 2 in the near future. However, this might not be a “pure-hearted” move, as KeSPA could be facing a power struggle with Blizzard over the control of the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. Both parties want the scandal off the table by the time StarCraft 2 hits mainstream professional gaming.
Jeon Byung-Hyun, a Korean congressman, has published an elaborate article about the scandal, mentioning that the Korean Ministry of Culture as well as the press have been aware of the match fixing but had decided to wait for the investigation to come to fruition before exposing it to the public.
The Bad Guys and Their Methods
According to Fomos.kr, which released a massive coverage barrage as soon as it was legally possible, illegal StarCraft betting started around 2006, with bets being placed on matches in both small and major professional StarCraft leagues. After the initial crackdown initiated by KeSPA, they were forced to move to different servers. Unfortunately, this is when retired pro-gamers, coaches and StarCraft reporters jumped in and started using their contacts to lure professional gamers into rigging matches. Entire crews of mediators were busy leaking crucial replays, fixing match-up entries and transferring money to players willing to throw their games.
When eSports organizers caught on, the reaction was not what you might expect from organizations that like their competition clean. Suggestions were made to accept some sort of mode of co-existence with the illegal gambling sites, striving for an acceptable status-quo with their shady schemes.
What’s Happening Now?
The Korean eSports Players Association, along with officials from the government and the police, decided to blow the lid off the story, going public with the details as well as going after the numerous people involved in the match rigging scheme. For the prosecution, the illegal betting sites and their accomplices seem to be the targets, but for most of the public, the interest lies in the pro-gamers that are being accused of selling out and rigging their matches for a quick buck.
The house-cleaning couldn’t be timed better, as the StarCraft 2 beta is at its peak and professional level competition is already taking place in various leagues. According to multiple sources, the players that may be implicated in the scandal are:
Myung Soo (Yarnc), Chan Soo (Luxury), Sang Ho (SangHo), Jung Woo (EffOrt), Yong Hwa (Movie), Jae Yoon (sAviOr), Taek Yong (Bisu), Byong Goo (Stork), Jae Wook (BeSt), il Jang (hero), Myung Hoon (fantasy), Heui Seung (UpMaGiC), Jae Dong (Jaedong), Sang Moon (Leta), Jong Seo (Justin), Chang Hee (go.go)
The scandal broke out just a few days before Korean StarCraft fans were hit with an even more disheartening letdown: Korea’s Games Rating Board, a unit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has officially made StarCraft 2 illegal to play for anyone younger than 18. While officially the reason for the restriction is StarCraft 2’s “level of violence, foul language and depiction of drug use”, rumor has it that it’s actually caused by KeSPA pressuring the South Korean Government to assist against Blizzard’s alleged plans to take over the Korean eSports scene.
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I already sign up in battlenet. Do I really have to be lucky and wait for the beta key for me to download the game? or if I choose 10 day trial, will i be able to play this game vs computer after 10 days, (not online)? Are there other ways to get beta key? Please help, I was playing SC1 10 years ago and want to continue playing it. Thanks TPC
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Licensed din kaya yung StarCraft Broodwar na nakalagay sa 2GB dogtag flashdrive?
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@whinner
Signing up won\'t sa Bnet do it. You need at least one (1) authentic Blizzard game attached to your account to opt-in sa beta. Yung 10-day trial is for World of Warcraft (hindi siya counted para sa opt-in process). Then intay na lang and hope that you receive a key.
As for alternative ways to get a key, try joining contests online (madami jan) na nagpapamigay ng mga keys as prizes.
@blurry
Yes it is licensed. It\'s from Blizzard. -
StarCraft II Tetris: <click here for link>
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Starcraft II galaxy editor coming in next patch or the next. :)
Mac beta is also coming. -
bat sakin , naka recieve ako ng invite para mag join sa beta , pero , di ko agad na buksan . 7 days , nag eexpire ba yun ? kasi wala na icon na dapat pindutin ko , trial din lang na wow ang naka install sakin ,...
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For those who want a beta key, regularly check the SC2blog site <click here for link>. They are giving away 100 beta keys as prizes for their contests. They have already given away 24 beta keys this morning (76 more left), so if you have a facebook account, just follow them there.
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SC2 map editor beta preview. :)
<click here for link>
Very classic looking editor wahehe, looks ugly in the outside but inside it holds supreme mapping power.
Laki pala ng picture tignan nyo nalang link.
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^is it legit?
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guys wala pa ba release date? pano naman ung katulad kong hardcore fan na walang beta code haaay tagal
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Starcraft 2 will have over 26 tilesets.
Tileset names = Planet names
-Agria (Grassy/forest)
-Aiur (Ruins)
-Albion (Rocky/grassland)
-Avernus (Rustic ruins)
-Bel Shir (Grass/forest/dirt)
-Braxis (Dark rocks/installation)
-Castanar (Frozen installation? There\'s no outside...)
-Char (Lava/Dirt)
-Haven (Basically the Lordaeron Summer tileset of Starcraft 2)
-Helios (Desert)
-Korhal (There are tilesets of Korhal1 - Korhal8, each tileset has one texture? Also, dirt/installation/cityscape)
-Mar Sara (Desert/Barren rock/installation)
-Meinhoff (A twilight landscape, but uses \"white sand\" as well...)
-Monlyth (Moon/rock)
-New Folsom (Rustic dirt installation)
-Niflheim (The real snow/ice! Only one of the 8 tiles is installation)
-Port Zion (darkish dirt installation, rustic, lots of vents, so old really)
-Redstone (Just what it says... Looks like red sulfur and lava)
-Shakuras (Twilight/snow/dark rock)
-Tasonis (Surprisingly, darkish tan dirt/sand and installation)
-Typhon (Same deal as Korhal...? Also, kind of hard to see, but it looks like very VERY dark red rocks... No lava however)
-Tyrador (The SC2 version of the WC3 tileset \"Cityscape\", but in the future. Dirt, sand, and lots of tiles, little installation)
-Ulaan (Dark rock/moon rock)
-Valhalla (Bright sand, dark rocks, and installation)
-Xil (Sand/dirt/one spec of grass)
-Zhakuldas (Frozen swamp-like, soggy blue soil, dark rocks)
26 planets/installation\'s to explore, yeah ba! :D
Beta maps have these tilesets also such as auir or belshir tileset(lost temple, steppes of war map),shakuras, mar sara(desert), korhal -rooftop only(metalopolis map), braxis.
RTS from other devs have basic tileset\'s lang, jungle, desert, city, snow ,nothing new.
Loved blizzard RTS hindi ka tinitipid ng tilesets to play, hindi man graphically advance but it is artistically well done such as \"twilight fortress map\".
Monylith ata tong tileset na to.
beautiful. :)) -
kelan release date!
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@logan yes it\'s legit,
Video ng map editor, no GUI
<click here for link>
Yung basic view nya eh parang sa starcraft 1 editor but in 3d sa warcraft III editor kasi parang nakaslant ng bahagya yung view ng editor.
<click here for link>
War3 editor
-Agria (Grassy/forest)
-Aiur (Ruins)
-Albion (Rocky/grassland)
-Avernus (Rustic ruins)
-Bel Shir (Grass/forest/dirt)
-Braxis (Dark rocks/installation)
-Castanar (Frozen installation? There\'s no outside...)
-Char (Lava/Dirt)
-Haven (Basically the Lordaeron Summer tileset of Starcraft 2)
-Helios (Desert)
-Korhal (There are tilesets of Korhal1 - Korhal8, each tileset has one texture? Also, dirt/installation/cityscape)
-Mar Sara (Desert/Barren rock/installation)
-Meinhoff (A twilight landscape, but uses \"white sand\" as well...)
-Monlyth (Moon/rock)
-New Folsom (Rustic dirt installation)
-Niflheim (The real snow/ice! Only one of the 8 tiles is installation)
-Port Zion (darkish dirt installation, rustic, lots of vents, so old really)
-Redstone (Just what it says... Looks like red sulfur and lava)
-Shakuras (Twilight/snow/dark rock)
-Tasonis (Surprisingly, darkish tan dirt/sand and installation)
-Typhon (Same deal as Korhal...? Also, kind of hard to see, but it looks like very VERY dark red rocks... No lava however)
-Tyrador (The SC2 version of the WC3 tileset \"Cityscape\", but in the future. Dirt, sand, and lots of tiles, little installation)
-Ulaan (Dark rock/moon rock)
-Valhalla (Bright sand, dark rocks, and installation)
-Xil (Sand/dirt/one spec of grass)
-Zhakuldas (Frozen swamp-like, soggy blue soil, dark rocks)
26 tilesets :P~~
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NEW MAPS ON PATCH 9
It has been hinted at for a while, then announced officially, and now it\'s confirmed. Patch 9 does include the editor and new maps. The version number of this new patch is 0.11.0.15073.
The editor is similar to the War 3 editor for now. It has support for converting SC1 and War3 maps, though it seems to have issues with cliffs. Speaking of which, here is the complete list of maps post patch 9. I can tell you I\'ve never been happier to see the number 8.
(2) Advent
(2) AdventNovice
(2) BlisteringSands
(2) BlisteringSandsNovice
(2) DesertOasis
(2) DesertOasisNovice
(2) IncinerationZone
(2) ScrapStation
(2) SteppesOfWar
(2) SteppesOfWarNovice
(2) TwistedPeak
(4) AridWastes
(4) Coalition
(4) Decena
(4) DecenaNovice
(4) KulasRavine
(4) KulasRavineNovice
(4) LostTemple
(4) Metalopolis
(4) MetalopolisNovice
(4) ScorchedHaven
(4) ScorchedHavenNovice
(4) ShakurasPlateau
(4) ShakurasPlateauNovice
(4) TwilightFortress
(4) TwilightFortressNovice
(6) ArakanCitadel
(6) Outpost
(6) Quicksand
(8) Extinction
(8) SandCanyon
-- edited by logan024 on Apr 22 2010, 07:13 PM