Starcraft 2

I’ve played 100+ games as Protoss in the Starcraft 2 beta. There’s one upgrade that you need to do (apart form the must-have Warp Gate tech)… the Zealot Charge.

Especially if you’re facing another Protoss who is blinking his Stalkers all over the place, or a Terrain with Marauder ball.

Here’s a little song that I sing that reminds me to get Charge ASAP: God will cut you down!

So research charge and God will cut them down for you. Starcraft 2 has that level of amazing depth.

Somehow I reported this news on my Diablo 3 site but not here.

Well, if you’re living on the Moon, yes, Starcraft 2 has it’s official release date set at 27 July 2010.

Now, this will only include the Terran campaign (as far as I know). You’ll have to pay separate for the Zerg and Protoss campaigns and I bet they’ll make it so that you have to buy them in order to have a NORMAL multiplayer experience.

The good news is I’ve played the Starcraft 2 beta and it looks like an amazing game. It improves greatly on Starcraft, it’s a lot more dynamic and diverse.

One of the more interesting features is the new Battle.net. The rankings, the leagues, and different rewards stimulate a “one more game” mentality.

I would write more but really the beta ends this month so boy oh boy, I need to return to play more games as random. This is really excellent practice.

The really sad part is that I’ve played over 100 games as Protoss but when I play as random, I only lose big time if I play Protoss. Go figure!

Yours truly has been unable to post recently due to a total obsession with the Starcraft 2 beta.

I qualified for Platinum league and this is where my troubles started. No sooner than I become #3 in the league, I decided I’ll play all through Saturday night.

Well, you know it will end up badly. First, all the good player play on weekends. Second, being tired and playing Starcraft 2 do not go hand in hand. Long story short… I ended up 2 leagues down.

OK, I’m #1 in Bronze but what the heck – it’s very easy to go down and impossible to go UP in the league system!