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Guss
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Sweden712 Posts
June 07 2009 11:00 GMT
#1
So i just came home for summerbreak and my computer is in stockholm where i study. All i have here is my dads crap laptop. I thought i could make it but already after 1 week im getting abstinence. I keep watching old VODS and thinking about playing. Any ideas to stop the pain?

*****
Bisu[Shield] FIGHTING!
TheFlashyOne
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 11:05:53
June 07 2009 11:04 GMT
#2
bring your computer? ^.^

its a kinda lame pattern to be starcrafting while studying, and not starcrafting while on vacation.
Don't Spend your Life Dreaming, Live your Dream
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
June 07 2009 11:22 GMT
#3
well just watch reps and such.
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
June 07 2009 11:22 GMT
#4
Go back and bring your comp with you!
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
aev
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
166 Posts
June 07 2009 11:25 GMT
#5
no matter how crap your dads laptop is, it'll play starcraft. just borrow a cd from your friend or something and use that
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
June 07 2009 11:37 GMT
#6
You could definitely play starcraft on your dad's laptop. My new laptop was sent in for repair and I was stuck with a old Pentium 3 laptop, it couldn't even play youtube smoothly, but it could play starcraft.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Phrogs!
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Japan521 Posts
June 07 2009 11:39 GMT
#7
Was going to suggest poker but seriously no matter how bad the laptop is, it's gunna play starcraft ..
mcJ
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark322 Posts
June 07 2009 11:41 GMT
#8
download the iccup starcraft, and start playing :o?
genryou
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia390 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 11:57:14
June 07 2009 11:47 GMT
#9
Starcraft is sooo user friendly, you can even play it on calculator.

wait

that doesnt make sense.



I, Challenge Everything
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6639 Posts
June 07 2009 11:56 GMT
#10
http://files.theabyss.ru/sc/starcraft.zip

Unless that laptop is from the 80's or something you should be able to download that and play :D
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
TheFlashyOne
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada450 Posts
June 07 2009 11:57 GMT
#11
even if a laptop runs SC, its got a really annoying feeling and you cant compete with it. basically its not starcraft.
Don't Spend your Life Dreaming, Live your Dream
genryou
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia390 Posts
June 07 2009 12:05 GMT
#12
On June 07 2009 20:57 TheFlashyOne wrote:
even if a laptop runs SC, its got a really annoying feeling and you cant compete with it. basically its not starcraft.


really?

which part is annoying? because imo there not much of a different playing SC on Desktop or Laptop.



I, Challenge Everything
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
June 07 2009 12:17 GMT
#13
On June 07 2009 21:05 genryou wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 07 2009 20:57 TheFlashyOne wrote:
even if a laptop runs SC, its got a really annoying feeling and you cant compete with it. basically its not starcraft.


really?

which part is annoying? because imo there not much of a different playing SC on Desktop or Laptop.





The difference is extreme. The small screen, the tiny keyboard etc
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66357 Posts
June 07 2009 12:20 GMT
#14
On June 07 2009 21:17 Zoler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 07 2009 21:05 genryou wrote:
On June 07 2009 20:57 TheFlashyOne wrote:
even if a laptop runs SC, its got a really annoying feeling and you cant compete with it. basically its not starcraft.


really?

which part is annoying? because imo there not much of a different playing SC on Desktop or Laptop.





The difference is extreme. The small screen, the tiny keyboard etc

I used a laptop as my desktop, then last year I switched over to a real desktop. Didn't really feel that off, just a bit awkward to the larger screen
POGGERS
TheFlashyOne
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 12:26:23
June 07 2009 12:24 GMT
#15
take a progamer, force him to practice and play only on a laptop for a year. at the end of it, i doubt he'll be able to beat B- users consistently using his nice little laptop.


P.S. "im using a laptop" was a classic excuse for losing on USeast.
Don't Spend your Life Dreaming, Live your Dream
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6639 Posts
June 07 2009 12:33 GMT
#16
I used to play on a laptop, I found the small keyboard helpful because it's so much easier to reach everything, and the small screen makes literally zero difference to a person with eyes. The only thing you require is a proper mouse.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
June 07 2009 13:37 GMT
#17
Why didn't you bring your computer home?
auto.
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada35 Posts
June 07 2009 13:47 GMT
#18
i play on my laptop, i plug in my mouse and have a second usb keyboard that i plug in cus the laptop keyboard is to small, or you can even get a video cable and plug a monitor into your laptop and use your laptop as a fake desktop
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 14:17:05
June 07 2009 14:14 GMT
#19
On June 07 2009 20:25 aev wrote:
no matter how crap your dads laptop is, it'll play starcraft. just borrow a cd from your friend or something and use that


Cds... rofl.
here is BW v1.15. then DL an updater for 1.16.1 and viola
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
June 07 2009 14:18 GMT
#20
Ya I played on a laptop for like 2 years after my desktop died and I was too broke to replace it. Just get used to it if you want to play, not that hard.
Nak Allstar.
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
June 07 2009 14:46 GMT
#21
To be honest, I think laptops are akward for StarCraft in the fact that the keyboard is so thin. Unlike with regular keyboards, the buttons do not press as deep. For that reason, I imagine you can not be as certain that the command registered when playing at quick speeds. Plus, mouses with USB cables sometimes suffer due to performance issues.
You and your "5 years of competitive RTS experience" can take a hike. - FrozenArbiter
JDizz6688
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States177 Posts
June 07 2009 14:46 GMT
#22
On June 07 2009 22:37 Racenilatr wrote:
Why didn't you bring your computer home?


i agree. i wouldn't go anywhere for 3 months without my computer. week or 2 vacation sure but 3 months...i would die!
JDizzPANiC.806 Diamond Z NA Let's SC 2
Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
June 07 2009 14:51 GMT
#23
if u can get hold of ur cd key, use mini broodwar. its a USB vresion of broodwar (that works with bnetif u have a legit key). old comps can play sc
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
June 07 2009 15:09 GMT
#24
On June 07 2009 20:04 TheFlashyOne wrote:
bring your computer? ^.^

its a kinda lame pattern to be starcrafting while studying, and not starcrafting while on vacation.

this is very true
ggyo...
Guss
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Sweden712 Posts
June 07 2009 15:21 GMT
#25
this computer doesnt have a mouse :D
Bisu[Shield] FIGHTING!
OmgIRok
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Taiwan2699 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 16:16:29
June 07 2009 16:15 GMT
#26
On June 07 2009 20:25 aev wrote:
no matter how crap your dads laptop is, it'll play starcraft. just borrow a cd from your friend or something and use that


This. There isn't a computer in the world that can't run StarCraft

EDIT: Get a USB Mouse? ^^
"Wanna join my [combo] clan?" "We play turret d competitively"
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
June 07 2009 17:39 GMT
#27
On June 08 2009 01:15 OmgIRok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 07 2009 20:25 aev wrote:
no matter how crap your dads laptop is, it'll play starcraft. just borrow a cd from your friend or something and use that


This. There isn't a computer in the world that can't run StarCraft


Really? Waw, I did not know that. I cannot wait till I try playing Brood War on a Commodore 64.
You and your "5 years of competitive RTS experience" can take a hike. - FrozenArbiter
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
June 07 2009 23:05 GMT
#28
playing on a laptop for the first time was hard for me because the keys are smaller and the f1-f12 keys are really really small and right next to eachother.

It took me a month before I could use it like I could use a regular keyboard/desktop, and still I'm not quite as sharp on my laptop
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
June 07 2009 23:23 GMT
#29
Just plug in a keyboard and mouse into it, and you'll no longer have a problem with feel.
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