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Blizzards First Unit Skin for Brood War

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Jukado
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
805 Posts
March 31 2018 23:00 GMT
#1
Announcement post:
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/starcraft/topic/24356714376

We have ofcourse already seen the pre order town hall skins for the Nexus, Command Centre and Hatchery/Lair/Hive.

It looks like Blizzard is going to start adding unit skins next, starting with our favourite unit, the reaver.

The announcement only mentions the reaver at the moment, but the hint suggests the siege tank and lurker will also get a skin announced in the next few days.
Atleast I assume that its the lurker, they might be referring to the guardian though I guess.

Inspiration for the Reaver Skin:
When a reaver takes a certain amount of damage it can end up being multi coloured. This lead to the coining of the term reggae reaver; examples below.
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The art team used this to come up with the high definition skin. It will go live with the next patch:
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This reaver variant is designed as a support unit. In casual mode it can deploy a smoke screen which can be used tactically in many ways, eg to aid a retreat or to launch an assault vs long ranged units like siege tanks. The unit also provides a passive speed buff to nearby friendly units by playing music from its large speaker located in its mouth. As a result it can no longer shoot scarabs. But by including 2 reggae reavers into your unit composition, they are able to provide the speed buff to each other. So it is possible to make a very strong death star squad of standard reavers supported by a pair of reggae reavers (or more than 2 for redundancy incase 1 gets sniped). This utility more than makes up for the lack of offensive capabilities on the reggae reaver. She is certainly a unit to be feared. She dont wear no fancy makeup. She dont wear no fancy dress. She is a natural natural beauty. Her heart is pure and clean.

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And for Terran and Zerg who will be facing her:
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Please dont judge me too harshly. Well, do it in measurement:
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Star Tale Public Domain project. Maps: (2)Gates Of Memphis, (2)Marshmallow Toast, (4)Bubbles, (4)Clay Fields, (6)Numbskull Desert. Also the Vaylu Public Domain Tileset. Also Ramp Palettes, Brood War guides and some fun stuff. Links in my profile
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6790 Posts
March 31 2018 23:02 GMT
#2
april fools kek
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
March 31 2018 23:28 GMT
#3
Damnit jukado. I was so pumped.
10dla
Profile Joined March 2018
127 Posts
March 31 2018 23:35 GMT
#4
Since when are Skins an April Joke?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33497 Posts
March 31 2018 23:39 GMT
#5
god fucking dammit

good work
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50596 Posts
April 01 2018 00:14 GMT
#6
Buffalo reaver, in the heart of shakuras

Stolen from aiur, brought it to shakuras.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
April 01 2018 00:19 GMT
#7
Very relieved that this isnt real. Please for the love of god keep skins out of BW
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Gorgonoth
Profile Joined August 2017
United States468 Posts
April 01 2018 00:29 GMT
#8
Skins in BW would be the worst thing skins in SC2 make casting seriously difficult especially in mirror match ups. I dont think people even like them that much and their really just a pain, I cant imagine it would be any easier in BW
Jukado
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
805 Posts
April 01 2018 12:00 GMT
#9
Star Tale Public Domain project. Maps: (2)Gates Of Memphis, (2)Marshmallow Toast, (4)Bubbles, (4)Clay Fields, (6)Numbskull Desert. Also the Vaylu Public Domain Tileset. Also Ramp Palettes, Brood War guides and some fun stuff. Links in my profile
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
April 01 2018 13:43 GMT
#10
Thank god this was a joke lol
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B-royal
Profile Joined May 2015
Belgium1330 Posts
April 01 2018 18:15 GMT
#11
Lol I actually believed this one for a couple of seconds...
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flametitanrose
Profile Joined January 2018
11 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-01 18:31:56
April 01 2018 18:30 GMT
#12
On April 01 2018 09:29 Gorgonoth wrote:
Skins in BW would be the worst thing skins in SC2 make casting seriously difficult especially in mirror match ups. I dont think people even like them that much and their really just a pain, I cant imagine it would be any easier in BW


To be honest, I wouldn't mind skins in BW as long as there's an option to disable seeing your opponents' skins.

Edit: and that they also don't change the silhouette of the unit, like how the preorder skins preserve it.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10248 Posts
April 01 2018 18:48 GMT
#13
On April 01 2018 09:14 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Buffalo reaver, in the heart of shakuras

Stolen from aiur, brought it to shakuras.

lmfao

Golden comment.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
April 01 2018 19:07 GMT
#14
You had me going until I saw the actual picture lol
Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.
[AS]Rattus
Profile Joined March 2017
427 Posts
April 01 2018 19:46 GMT
#15
not bad, was worried there for a second.
but the actual skin turned out to be great.
A.Alm
Profile Joined September 2012
Sweden531 Posts
April 02 2018 01:11 GMT
#16
reggae reaver LOL
Jukado
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
805 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-04-03 22:12:54
April 03 2018 22:11 GMT
#17
Spoiler ASL5 ro16 Group B (played a few hours ago):
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The first reggae reaver in a pro game since the post has been spotted. Award goes to Snow! @1:03:38
Timestamped video starts a few seconds before this landmark moment:
youtu.be


Star Tale Public Domain project. Maps: (2)Gates Of Memphis, (2)Marshmallow Toast, (4)Bubbles, (4)Clay Fields, (6)Numbskull Desert. Also the Vaylu Public Domain Tileset. Also Ramp Palettes, Brood War guides and some fun stuff. Links in my profile
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
April 04 2018 01:34 GMT
#18
Ok you had me. HAHA
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
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