[December] SC2 General Discussion - Page 5

On December 23 2011 07:10 Tyrer1991 wrote:
I recently decided to do the money dump in 2v2 with a friend and I somehow got banned for it and the reason was "hacks" is this against the rules of Starcraft 2? Should this of happened to me?

On December 22 2011 15:07 Dissonance23 wrote:
My friend is getting a lot of lag in large army engagements, I'm assuming it's because his CPU is only 2.4GHz?

I know there are Android Twitch.tv stream viewers out there, but does anyone know of any Android apps that are customized to watch vods on Twitch.tv?

On December 23 2011 07:10 Tyrer1991 wrote:
I recently decided to do the money dump in 2v2 with a friend and I somehow got banned for it and the reason was "hacks" is this against the rules of Starcraft 2? Should this of happened to me?

On December 16 2011 23:01 Lightspeaker wrote:



Its based on your MMR. Not really anything to do with what league you were previously or your placement match. If you're in gold you've got an MMR of a gold level. If you want to end up in bronze you'll have to tank your MMR by losing a bunch of games until your MMR drops to bronze level.

Example: I'm in Silver at the moment but I win something like 60-70% of my games and most of my opponents are Gold. Because the season is locked I can't be promoted but because most of my opponents are Gold my MMR is around Gold-level (because I'm being matched with Golds). So next season I expect to be promoted to Gold if not after placement then shortly after I start laddering (assuming I keep my winrate up). However if I just flat out quit my placement match then odds are I'll still either be placed into Gold or be very close; because that one single match will have a negligible effect on my MMR.


On a personal note...anyone else around Silver/Gold level on EU noticing a LOT of Protoss trying to 4-gate again all of a sudden? Dunno where this trend is coming from lately. It took me by surprise at first and I lost a couple but after the initial shock its handing me a lot of wins so I'm not complaining.

On December 24 2011 12:13 justiceknight wrote:
i remember some1 posted about reducing the repeat delay for the keyboard other than control panel,i already use the search function and cant find it. T_T

On December 24 2011 14:20 CakeMaster wrote:

Last updated Homestory Cup IV invites. I would really like to see HuK there.

On December 25 2011 14:36 PolskaGora wrote:
I have a question, is an alternate account good to have? What I mean is that I want to have a separate account for zerg because they've always seemed fun to play to me but I don't want to ruin my rating with my main account (protoss, in case you're wondering). So if I got this second account, would my skill with protoss go down due to less practice with that race? Or would I actually get better since I'll understand the timings of zerg better? So is it worth buying this second account or not?

On December 25 2011 03:41 Insomni7 wrote:

awesome, where did you find this?

On December 25 2011 15:09 GWBuffalo wrote:


It depends on what you find affordable. I have 4 accounts total, and 1 of them I barely ever even use anymore. But I am over 30 and have a good reliable income. I also pay for coaching now and then, so overall I consider this a relatively cheap hobby to have.

If you're a cash strapped college student, you might want to wait until SC2 is on sale for 30 bucks again. It has been a couple times, so it probably will again.

Another option is to just play P in the public custom matches. Downside is you will almost exclusively need to play Shattered or Xel'Naga (on NA at least... I noticed that on EU, Metalopolis and Shakuras get a lot more love in the customs), and you will be matched randomly instead of by skill.

As for getting worse at P. I doubt your mechanics will mess up all that much. You could even adjust your hotkeys to make them as close to what you use as P. But there will be some transitional effects. If you really start spending a solid chunk of time on Zerg, and then go back to P, you probably will be worse temporarily. However, after a week or two of re-adjusting you will most likely be better than you were previously, with a more solid understanding of PvZ. I think you will probably learn most from seeing what other Ps do against your ZvP.

On December 23 2011 18:12 Zombo Joe wrote:


I heard that recently Blizzard has sent out a lot of bans that they quickly withdrew. Must be some sort of bug, you should contact Blizzard about it.



I have the same CPU and I have the same problem. My computer just locks up in 200/200 engagements, nothing responds.

On December 26 2011 16:07 Kluey wrote:
I'm a Protoss and in the current metagame, hellion drops in TvP are sick.

Also, in ZvP, why don't zergs do like 12 zerglings drops? At the very least, you will kill a few artosis pylons. Usually you can target forges, nexus, twilight or probes.

Lastly, use warp prisms. Late game broodlord armies cannot be fought straight up. Just warp in 8 zealots and kill hatcheries. If he goes to kill you, it's an all in so if you hold that 1 attack you should win.