On August 30 2016 06:32 Hot_Bid wrote:
generally i rarely find games in the actual channel by popping in, usually find a few people and schedule times to play

Oh okay, I find it pretty easy. Though I just keep it open in the background, and then more people come on, and easy games. People just have some ladder anxiety. Once some people start playing a few games, everyone starts.

MarineCA1

93 Posts

August 29 2016 22:36 GMT

#1604

Im like the biggest lurker here and I didnt bother to whine about not getting beta but I CANT NOT HOLD!

StarFoxeR

68 Posts

August 29 2016 22:49 GMT

#1605

ICCUp is a pain. I cant wait for this =(

BornToPun

United States38 Posts

August 29 2016 23:08 GMT

#1606

On August 30 2016 07:00 FiWiFaKi wrote:

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Yeah this is my experience. Last night we had some KOTH and then some 3v3s going on in the evening.

MattyClutch

United States711 Posts

August 30 2016 00:03 GMT

#1607

Interesting, sounds great.

TAKK.borg

Croatia93 Posts

August 30 2016 14:36 GMT

#1608

Hi all. How long do I have to wait to get the invite? I signed up yesterday.
Also, does entered information matter, like windows version, teamliquid username?
Tnx

Wrath

3174 Posts

August 30 2016 19:56 GMT

#1609

On August 30 2016 23:36 TAKK.borg wrote:
Hi all. How long do I have to wait to get the invite? I signed up yesterday.
Also, does entered information matter, like windows version, teamliquid username?
Tnx

Hi, I signed since Day 1, still no invite. It all depends on how your system fits with their needs for the BETA. What matters are your system setup and issues you have with BW (Graphics, Ports... etc)

Airking990

United States193 Posts

August 31 2016 15:46 GMT

#1610

Hey guys, you might have seen my other thread, but I'm interested in running an amateur tournament series (not gonna link it, just look for it for more info) and I was wondering if possibly the people interested in joining the tournament could get invites and if we could use Shield Battery as the hosting platform for our games. I'm not asking for this immediately (mainly as I don't have a computer running win7 at the moment because my computer is out of commission until I can get my hands on a processor) but I'm wondering what you guys would think of this idea?

Just to add to this, I prefer to ask this hereview instead of private messaging one of you guys so I can get input from all of you and so we have some public answers for anyone who was interested in using shield battery to run the tournament

Airking990

United States193 Posts

August 31 2016 15:57 GMT

#1611

https://shieldbattery.net/faq

A computer running Windows Vista or later
A graphics card that supports either DirectX 10+ or OpenGL 3.1+
A modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or IE10+ should all work)
A Brood War installation, patched to the latest version (1.16.1)

Also I'm a bit concerned about Shield Battery being taken seriously by tournament associations because of the plans for hotkey customization.

Cheesefome

314 Posts

August 31 2016 18:03 GMT

#1612

Please dont make it so keys are mappable. Just keep it the way it is and let people adjust to the original settings. There wasn't any problems before i dont see why there should be any now.

Part of what makes sc so awesome is that everyone is on equal grounds.

tec27

United States3702 Posts

August 31 2016 18:09 GMT

#1613

On September 01 2016 00:46 Airking990 wrote:
Hey guys, you might have seen my other thread, but I'm interested in running an amateur tournament series (not gonna link it, just look for it for more info) and I was wondering if possibly the people interested in joining the tournament could get invites and if we could use Shield Battery as the hosting platform for our games. I'm not asking for this immediately (mainly as I don't have a computer running win7 at the moment because my computer is out of commission until I can get my hands on a processor) but I'm wondering what you guys would think of this idea?

Just to add to this, I prefer to ask this hereview instead of private messaging one of you guys so I can get input from all of you and so we have some public answers for anyone who was interested in using shield battery to run the tournament

No, if you want to run a tournament on ShieldBattery, it will have to be with people that already have access to the site. We're not going to make a random third-party tournament a back door for immediately getting invites, as nice as that might be for your tournament popularity.

On September 01 2016 00:57 Airking990 wrote:
Also I'm a bit concerned about Shield Battery being taken seriously by tournament associations because of the plans for hotkey customization.

Thanks for your concern. We have the community's best interests in mind, and a deep understanding of the competitive scene. This thread doesn't need to devolve into another instance of this useless discussion again.

hitthat

Poland2300 Posts

August 31 2016 19:30 GMT

#1614

On September 01 2016 03:03 Cheesefome wrote:
Please dont make it so keys are mappable. Just keep it the way it is and let people adjust to the original settings. There wasn't any problems before i dont see why there should be any now.

Part of what makes sc so awesome is that everyone is on equal grounds.

Actually the one thing I would aprove to change also is not aproved by some BW fans. This time I do not understand opposition as I cant think myself about any justification.

When I am against fixing of pathfinding, or autocasting, or removing 12 units limit its all becouse i believe it will change balance, game flow, game meta and "spectatorship" of BW and pottentially ruin that. However, I cant find any idea what can go wrong here when mapping is available. I do not love BW becouse its a game made for a rubbermen, but becouse it posses a quality that very few games have.