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[JoCu]

The only really interesting thing about Starcraft 2 is the Map editor really; rest of the game can take a back seat.

I agree. I can't wait to get my hands on the editor. The new one will allow you to change the UI and even make an FPS. That's going to be a lot of fun.

[Two]

meh i suck at it, need to learn all the tech trees and such, i have no idea what makes what and tend to get rolled even when i think im doing well, so far its blob blob blob from everyone :/.

[acker]

www.teamliquid.net

Use for strategies and metagame in SC2. It's probably the best English SC/SC2 site out there at the moment. The population at large is fairly diverse..ranging from newbs to professional/semi-professional SC players. Still fairly high skill level overall, though.

It's probably the best place to ask questions and review...everything, though there is quite a bit of elitism (and the attendant trolling) for obvious reasons.



http://www.gamereplays.org/community/-starcraft_2-Section.html

Obvious. Not nearly as big, comprehensive, or dedicated as Teamliquid, but the user base is much friendlier to non-SC players due to the heavy CnC/RA/CoH fanbase at GameReplays. They aren't as likely to troll CoH/RA/CnC-viewpoint posts...probably easier to work with.

[nugnugx]

meh i suck at it, need to learn all the tech trees and such, i have no idea what makes what and tend to get rolled even when i think im doing well, so far its blob blob blob from everyone :/.

starcraft is all about blob,  bigger blob you have you win , in sc1 popcap was ulimited i think , idk what is it in sc2

[acker]

starcraft is all about blob,  bigger blob you have you win , in sc1 popcap was ulimited i think , idk what is it in sc2

I don't think you've ever played Starcraft.

[Dnicee]

its the same as sc 1, 200.

[stumpster]

meh i suck at it, need to learn all the tech trees and such, i have no idea what makes what and tend to get rolled even when i think im doing well, so far its blob blob blob from everyone :/.

starcraft is all about blob,  bigger blob you have you win , in sc1 popcap was ulimited i think , idk what is it in sc2

SC1 and SC2 both have 200 popcap limit, more importantly, some of the supply costs have been increased since SC1 (specifically, Terran mech like the Siege Tank and the Goliath becoming the Thor...sorta).  I think the reason the game feels like blobbing is due to:

1. The beta has been out for a very short amount of time, building the most general unit possible and just attack-moving is the limit for a lot of people in that time.

2. Mass unit selection.  Again, people just haven't made the transition from SC1 yet where the control limit was a dozen units.

3. Macro focused game.  With the new macro doodads (chronoboost, extra larva, MULE/reactors) it's a whole lot easier to just build a big army than worry about controlling a small one.

[Malevolence]

I've had mine for a while. Don't see me making an ego++ thread about it.



Starcraft has always been largely about Macro, at least since a few years ago when big "macro players" came onto the scene in the Korean proleague. It was realized that no matter how pro leet sauce your micro is, it's unlikely that you will be able to defend yourself from a deluge of units ten times your current population, then when you do lose your one or two bases, you lose the game, while the guy with 8 bases losing one shrugs and goes "meh".


Starcraft is at its heart a very different kind of game than Company of Heroes, and Starcraft 2 is a LOT faster than either of them. Though, it should be noted, the "single unit type blob" doesn't work very well.

[brn4meplz]

I'm loving my SC2B access. Games plays well. It does go alot faster then SC1 thats because instead of size reducing damage unit categories now receive bonus damage.

Everyone has this Attack move blob feeling about it but thats because they don't analyze it. SC1 released predominantly micro focused. Doing more with less, and transitioned in macro focused. Doing more with... more. Now people are in that macro mentality and they haven't done much more then that. It will take players a while to perform both micro and macro effectively.