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Wolfpox
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada164 Posts
May 21 2010 11:39 GMT
#1
This blog will chronicle my failures as a SCII player, as of right now. I've been invited to the StarCraft II Beta as of yesterday, May 21, 2010, and I'm just downloading a ton of patches right now. Do I expect the game to download and run smoothly the first time? No, I don't.

When I first played the original StarCraft, I was impressed, but I faulted the game for not being easy or obvious enough. There seemed to be an extremely steep learning curve, and I never got over it. Me and my brothers used cheats in single player, and we never seriously played multiplayer. The little bit that I did crushed my spirits and taught me to stay away from RTS games.

Since then I've been watching professional SC1 players, as well as the SC2 beta commentaries, and I feel a lot better prepared for the hardships and learning curve that I know is up ahead for me. This blog will be here to help me chronicle what I learn, as I learn it.

In a perfect scenario, I'll slowly claw my way into a comfort zone and get a hang of things, at which point I can build up my confidence and maybe even win a game against a real person. To me, winning a single game would mean victory.

Realistically, I expect to be the worst.

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[B] Butigroove wrote:[/B] Blizzard is double expanding to the natural gold base of our poor little nerd hearts.
eSen1a
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1058 Posts
May 21 2010 11:44 GMT
#2
so did i man, but there are plenty of others like you and me which makes it fun learning :D
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24698 Posts
May 21 2010 11:51 GMT
#3
Yea the variations in ability are huge so you'll win games if you work at it.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
EPO
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada341 Posts
May 21 2010 12:30 GMT
#4
There are people so awful in the beta right now... I'm guessing you'll be able to beat at least 1 of them. But if you needed cheats to handle BW's single player, who knows...
Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4843 Posts
May 21 2010 13:05 GMT
#5
You're gonna have a hard time to do all that in just 10 days, good luck
Complete the cycle!
Dromar
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States2145 Posts
May 21 2010 13:35 GMT
#6
Nah, the matchmaking is one of the best things SC2 has going for it. You're going to be matched up with players who are around your skill level. It's not perfect, but that's because it's beta. After launch it'll be much better because of the larger player pool.
ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
May 21 2010 15:03 GMT
#7
Matchmaking is the single reason I'm playing SC2 beta and not ICCUP right now.
"Certain forms of popular music nowadays, namely rap and hip hop styles, are just irritating gangsters bragging about their illegal exploits and short-sighted lifestyles." - Shiverfish ~2009
FreshVegetables
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Finland513 Posts
May 21 2010 15:36 GMT
#8
Enjoy the last days of beta And yeah, I also wanna show some love for the AMM<3<3
yummy tomatoes
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
May 21 2010 16:00 GMT
#9
You won't be the worst, as long as you make units. good luck to you! take pride in every ounze of skill and experience you earn through your struggle, i know i do ^_^
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 16:14:59
May 21 2010 16:13 GMT
#10
There are some terrible people playing lol. My first 5 games ever were placement matches and I went 4-1 and got placed in the gold league when I had no fucking Idea how to play or anything (haven't really been watching and reading about sc2 here) so yea...needless to say I won my first gold match game then lost like 5 straight. Really wish I coulda been put in bronze lol. So don't worry you shall be fine
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