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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9497 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-26 17:14:44
November 12 2010 21:38 GMT
#1
UPDATE #4 - TheBGH.com website is back online! (2019 edit: now links to Archive.org)
UPDATE #3 - BGH FPVODs
UPDATE #2 - BGH Mega Replay Pack
UPDATE #1 - Surfer vs TnY showmatch

With all these negative threads popping out all over the BW section, I think it's time for a positive one. This will be a post about a BGH community and why now is the perfect time to start playing BGH if you're still into BW. This will not be a post if BW is better game than SC2 or if low maps are better than BGH, so don't bring that shit into this thread.

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This smiley has captured the souls of many players. Now it's after yours!


There has always been some sort of dark light over BGH and it's players when it would be brought up in random discussions in low map community. And even though Teamliquid has gone a long way in how the BGH is treated here, I still feel that a lot of people see BGH like a map that's played by all the hackers and newbies in the world and like a map that people only play when they just start playing BW and then move on to the "men's maps". While certainly I agree that BGH is the map that at least 90% of players have started playing BW on, I believe it can be more than just the rite of passage of every BW player. After all, the BGH has been one of the most played map in BW. You'd think that this map ought to be perfect when people still after 12 years play it over and over again. But when you look at the BGH from purely technical point of view, you see that it's far from it. BGH is an asymmetrical map and it's both race and position imbalanced. But maybe that's exactly the reason why people don't get tired of it. This is most noticeable after the release of SC2, where I've noticed one peculiar thing. The BGH scene has not followed decline in player's activity to the same extent as the general BW population has. It may have something to do with how I always perceived BGH players as people who do what they love and don't care about anything else. Now of course, this stubbornness isn't always a good thing but more on that later. Right now I'm trying to get you to play BGH so I'll leave negative side of BGH community for later ^^.

So to summarize this wall of text above, who I'm quite sure most of you won't even read, here are some of the main reasons why you should start playing BGH now:
  • BGH scene is still quite active.
  • BGH community suits all skill levels. From public games for the most casual players to the several levels of "innys" for players of all colors in ICCup rank.
  • Plenty of good and mannered people. They're just hard to find sometimes
  • Bonding with people through teamplay.
  • FUN!


Now that I've got you at least a little bit interested in the BGH scene, there are some things that you need to know if you wish to explore this foreign land some more. Where do BGHers meet and play? Even though it was a noble try (maybe a little bit naive), server consolidation suggestion has probably ended up in trash bin at Blizzard's headquarters. But the strange thing happened nonetheless. After a release of SC2, BGH players from all gateways converged to the same place thus making a server consolidation of their own. That place is the East server with main channel being the )v(. Now I know this is the biggest drawback of BGH community, because it would be ideal if the whole BGH community transferred to the ICCup. But sadly, this is not happening any time soon. It has been tried many times before, but I guess BGHers have this feeling of "home" at the official servers where on ICCup they feel like strangers. But to be honest, this isn't that bad as it may seem at first. You can get used to it pretty quick and the atmosphere there grows on you. Besides the East server, and I apologize for pulling this shameless promotion, but another home for all BGHers is http://www.thebgh.com/ - the BGH community website. Pretty much all the top players in BGH community visits this website and so should you .

With that being said, here are the things you should know if you decide to dive into the BGH community:
  • The main channel where BGHers meet and play is )v( @East.
  • http://www.TheBGH.com/ - the BGH community website.
  • "Inny", meaning "inner house", games are the most popular because you play with people who you know instead of random people in public games.
  • You can pretty much find game at any time in )v(, but the best time for regular innys is from 4pm all the way to 4am EST.
  • If ICCup is your main playground, you will have to get used to the Bnet's latency. Most people who play innys have Chaoslauncher though so games on Lan Latency are possible as well.
  • Of course there are hackers who play BGH, but they're mostly public players so hacking is not really an issue in inny games.
  • The bad mannered people are also the loudest ones. Don't let them discourage you because there are also plenty of good mannered people.

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Remember, YOU can be the next BGH king!

BGH community is like a family, a dysfunctional one, but a family nonetheless. Pretty much, everyone knows everyone, and while there are a lot of grudges, there's also a lot of friendships. I just hope this thread remains in good spirit and the drama-free, as I'd like to keep this thread as a place where I can update some of the biggest happenings in the BGH community, no matter how scarce they are.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
November 12 2010 21:43 GMT
#2
BGH is awesome :D
I still love 3s on it, though I get close to raging when I get tankdropped on my cliffs.
If I ever find time to play BW again, I'm going to play some BGH^^
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
November 12 2010 21:44 GMT
#3
Very nice post, 2pac. The BGH community is weird and dysfunctional, but it's also pretty fun. I actually just re-installed and played some BGH this week! It was hard and I kept messing up my hotkeys (thx sc2) but it was enjoyable, too. I forgot how much fun I used to have, and I think I'm gonna make it my mission to play a couple of games each week.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
the-Undermind
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada106 Posts
November 12 2010 21:47 GMT
#4
BGH is pretty noob IMO, but man there are some fun BGH games! :D
Shawn [the-Undermind] Williams
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
November 12 2010 21:47 GMT
#5
i love bgh. love love love bgh, it was my favorite part of brood war for so many years. just yesterday when bnet was down i decided to play bgh for the first time in a long while and ran into some bghers who recognized me on my original id from before i became e-famous and shit
Moderatorhttps://soundcloud.com/castlesmusic/sets/oak
Percutio
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1672 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-12 21:49:40
November 12 2010 21:48 GMT
#6
BGH is waiting for me if I ever get good enough to play Broodwar again. My gaming skills have all but evaporated.
What does it matter how I loose it?
AyJay
Profile Joined April 2010
1515 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-12 21:54:17
November 12 2010 21:54 GMT
#7
even though Sc2 is great and all, but BGH is still the shit :D
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
November 12 2010 21:54 GMT
#8
On November 13 2010 06:47 the-Undermind wrote:
BGH is pretty noob IMO, but man there are some fun BGH games! :D

This is kind of an ignorant statement. BGH is just a map. There are good BGHers and noob BGHers, and some of the good BGHers are very solid BW players.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
November 12 2010 22:04 GMT
#9
On November 13 2010 06:54 BroOd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2010 06:47 the-Undermind wrote:
BGH is pretty noob IMO, but man there are some fun BGH games! :D

This is kind of an ignorant statement. BGH is just a map. There are good BGHers and noob BGHers, and some of the good BGHers are very solid BW players.


Day[9] played BGH a lot if I recall O_O
Writer
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-12 22:15:48
November 12 2010 22:13 GMT
#10
BGH is a great community, I miss a lot of those people, too bad I don't game with them anymore
Hi.
Hugoboss21
Profile Joined June 2009
France346 Posts
November 12 2010 22:22 GMT
#11
On November 13 2010 07:04 swanized wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2010 06:54 BroOd wrote:
On November 13 2010 06:47 the-Undermind wrote:
BGH is pretty noob IMO, but man there are some fun BGH games! :D

This is kind of an ignorant statement. BGH is just a map. There are good BGHers and noob BGHers, and some of the good BGHers are very solid BW players.


Day[9] played BGH a lot if I recall O_O


yea he did.
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. --Carl Sagan
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9497 Posts
November 12 2010 23:08 GMT
#12
We're playing just now, if anyone wants to hop in.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9497 Posts
November 12 2010 23:08 GMT
#13
Though we have 8 at the moment I think, but there's another group of people also searching for inny.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
Seide
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States831 Posts
November 12 2010 23:12 GMT
#14
man BGH, I use to play this a lot before BW. Back then it was hard to convince me that anything else can even be considered Starcraft.
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
Archaeo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States397 Posts
November 12 2010 23:20 GMT
#15
I used to play BGH so much with my friend, before iccup. There are so many bm players; although, it's hilarious sometimes.
Yo my chingu!!!
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11349 Posts
November 12 2010 23:39 GMT
#16
Hey 2Pacalypse,

I really appreciate this. A celebration of all things BW is needed these days. And people like me who joined in the last 3 years have a hard time knowing where all the communities are buried in the channels.
I will definitely check out the BGH channel if I can't get anyone to join my D- noobs only maps on iCCup.
Moderator"In Trump We Trust," says the Golden Goat of Mars Lago. Have faith and believe! Trump moves in mysterious ways. Like the wind he blows where he pleases...
2WeaK
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada550 Posts
November 12 2010 23:47 GMT
#17
bm players is what makes bgh fun imo. i always get bored when there's no drama in bgh games or when the drama queens get eliminated fast.
Puremiss
Profile Joined August 2008
United States232 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-12 23:56:29
November 12 2010 23:56 GMT
#18
BGH kept me coming back to BW cuz i kept getting destroyed on iccup, its pretty much what made SC for me used to play tons.

btw this isnt mentioned in the OP but for west folk the channel is marlboro
xZiGGY
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom801 Posts
November 13 2010 00:14 GMT
#19
woah 2 geysers in 1 mineral patch thats keeerayzeeeeeeeeeeeeeee woooahhhh :O
Meh.
toadstool
Profile Joined May 2006
Australia421 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-13 00:22:06
November 13 2010 00:21 GMT
#20
On November 13 2010 06:47 the-Undermind wrote:
BGH is pretty noob IMO, but man there are some fun BGH games! :D


There are some serious BGH players out there that would probably whoop your butt on normal maps.

Just sayin'.
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