Starcraft News for Nov. 26th
Now That Was Fun... NOT!
If any of u wondered why I haven't updated lately, it's so simple really .... format c: *sigh* i think i hate that command :\ oh well, it's back up for now and acting stable again so my frustration was worth it i guess... Anyway, on with what your here for:Something New Has Been Added
Recieved an email telling me Antioch was lucky enough to get HoodZ to do some new Episode I character art. I checked em out and they're _very_ cool ! Nurohk and Dale Gurney are my favs. Enlarged views available on all the chars. Also new is Antioch's latest scm, Moats of Steel available in the SCM Creations section.The Fight for World Supremecy
After 6 games Agent 911 and ExecutorZileas are tied in the BW Beta Championships. Blizz has the reports up on all 6 games at the Battle Reports page along with plenty of screenshots, if you'd like to check that action out. The tie breaker will be played on Monday at 8pm(PST).Brood War Beta Patch 1.06
The latest BW patch has been released. If your a Terran player and want to cry, check out what they did to the Valkyrie... Ouch!
Hatchery
Build time increased to 1800 (from 1500)
Devourer
Armor increased to 2 (from 1)
Zergling
Adrenal Glands effectiveness decreased slightly
Dragoon
Changed size to large (from medium)
Corsair
Decreased cooldown to 8 (from 10)
Decreased damage to 5 (from 6)
Increased supply cost to 2 (from 1)
Decreased the amount of splash damage
Valkyrie
Damage per missle decreased to 5 (from 6)
Decreased number of missles fired to 8 (from 14)
Increased cost to 250 minerals, 125 gas (from 200 minerals, 100 gas)
Increased supply cost to 3 (from 2)
Missles now deal splash damage
Medic
Decreased hit points to 60 (from 80)
Decreased cost to 50 minerals, 25 gas (from 75 minerals, 25 gas)
Changed Optic Flare research cost to 100 minerals, 100 gas
Now heals while standing (faster healing)
Goliath
Increased air weapon upgrade effectiveness to +4 per upgrade
Firebat
Increased attack speed when Stim-packed
Get Your Free Website
Gamers.Net is offering free websites to those that sign up by 11:59pm tonight (Nov.26th) If your interested, read more here. Hey what do you have to lose?Blizz's Dolls
Oops, I meant 'Action Figures' :) They've have hit the stores and cost between $10-$12 and for a limited time, if you buy one of Blizz's selected games you get an exclusive edition of the Terran Marine free. Don't know what game you don't allready have tho... Official press release here.PGL's Scrapbook
The PGL has it's scrapbook up now of the Season 3 Finals. You can view it here. Most of the pics are of the Quake Playoffs.
SCM of the Week
Blizz latest scm is Typhoon, a 192x128 Badlands map recommended for 2-5 players. Print the Enlarged Map View now! Here's the teaser for it:
From the tranquil jungle climate of J'larre to the unrelenting firestorms that rage across the plains of Char, weather patterns across the galaxy can vary radically. It should come as no real surprise that the constant, torrential downpour from the skies over Grissom IV appears to ignore all common laws of meteorological science. The chaotic ferocity of these storms has resulted in the severe erosion of the planet's surface, creating strange shapes in the terrain -- and occasionally uncovering vast amounts of resources. Prospectors foolish enough to tempt the tempests that thunder across this world must be desperate souls indeed. Download now!. (107kb)
Starcraft News for Nov. 22nd
StatPrinter Released !!
Camelot Systems has released a very cool utility for webmasters that I highly recommend! I had the opportunity to beta test it, and believe me, you'll want this one. It's an HTML generator that will let you instantly make tables for just about any stat, unit, race grouping you could want. It's extremely customizable and easy to use. No more hours of coding and info gathering, just click click click and save :) Grab it at Camelot Systems now! Only 234 kb :)Shogo v2.0 Patch Released
Monolith has released THE multiplayer patch for Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. This whopping 6.9mb patch adds smoother Multiplayer gaming over the internet, 8 new deathmatch maps, an upgraded enemy AI, bug fixes, and more server options. To see everything they've added and grab the patch just go here.MS's Latest Lame Act
(I love picking on Bill) After the judge gave MS 90 days to make Win98 and IE4 compatable with Sun Microsytems version of Java, (Read earlier story) MS decided to pull it's Java virtual machine from its IE browser for Macintosh and Unix. I don't really think Mac and Unix people will care tho - If they liked MS products they'd be using Windows... course Mac owners would have to buy a new PC ..We're Down to the Last Battle
Blizz reports ExecutorZileas beat INcinerate in 5 games early this morning and Agent911 took out In-Bob in 3. That means it's Zileas vs Agent 911 in the finals! Should be an awesome match.New Battle Report
Shlonglor got the Battle Roport up for the Zileas vs Stratus match. There's a ton of screenshots in this one. Read it here and be part of the hype :)
Starcraft News for Nov. 20th
SCM of the Week
It's called the Garden of Aiur and is a 192x192 Jungle World map recommended for 2-8 players with Use Map Settings for allied play. Print the Enlarged Map View now!. Here's the teaser :
Since its creation at the end of the Aeon of Strife, a sacred garden has been a maintained as a center for peace, tranquility and reflection upon the ways of the Khala. Following the destruction of Aiur's defenders at the hands of the Zerg, the garden became a focal point for pitched conflicts between the ravenous Swarm, mercenary Terrans in search of salvage, and the few remaining Protoss forces. Whether you have come to destroy this place or protect it, the blood of your enemies will ensure that the garden remains well watered. Download it now! (131k)
You Make One Little Typo...
Seems I left a teeny weeny little symbol out of my html code and the links for the Diablo II Screenshots weren't working. Sorry about that. They work now though, just scroll down to give em another try.Cendant Selling Blizz to Havas SA
Avault has recieved Cendants official press release on it's plans to sell Cendant Software (which includes Blizzard) for $800 Million to Paris based, Havas SA. An additional $200 million will be paid in future cash payments. Read it here. Who the heck is Havas SA??? i've never heard of them.Star Wars Movie Trailer
I don't really need to sell you on this do I? Grab it at www.starwars.com in a multitude of formats, along with all the info on the new movie, poster shots, stills and Lynn's Diary: The making of Episode I.Mirror Site for StarWars Movie
I was doing my morning surf and low and behold Shafe's has put up the Quicktime 25mb ver of the Star Wars trailer for d/l. Seems it took him forever to get it off the Star Wars site. (i know the pain) Anyway.... if your having probs with the official site and can handle the larger download you can grab it by HTTP or FTP. Good Luck!BW Championship Update
IN-Bob defeated BB-lyubm in 3 games. BB-lyubm was an alternate due to the fact that GeekFactor was a no show. I'm sad to say that ExecutorZileas defeated Blacklizard in 2 games. I've got nothing against Zileas, I was just rooting for Blacklizard... Lastly, INcinerate defeated Meklor in 3 games. This pits ExecutorZileas against INcinerate in the semi-finals and IN-Bob against either LameKing or Agent911 (depending on how that match turns out).Yearly Charge for Windows??
During the anti-trust trial Thursday, an inter-office memo was produced that showed MS has considered charging users an annual fee for using the OS starting 2001. Microsoft's greed never ceases to amaze me. Read the full story here.
Starcraft News for Nov. 19th
New D2 Screens
Blizz has released some new D2 shots that just make the wait for the game harder. The new Rogue looks so cool, finally lost that whole porcupine thing. Couple new spells to look at and wonder what they are. Enjoy :)
Paladin
Paladin - He's on a bridge of some kind I think
Paladin casting spell
Sorceress - Eeeek Bugs !! Big bugs!
Sorceress casting Firewall - What's going on with the flaming hair?
Paladin/Sorceress (?) - maybe Barbarian
Rogue and Sorceress Mixing it up
Rogue, Sorceress and some big ole Blue Boss
PGL Scrapbook
Lady Rose has put up a scrapbook of the PGL Playoffs. It's a great chance to put some faces with those names you here all the time :) Check it out here. [news source - SC.Org]
Starcraft News for Nov. 18th
Official PGL Press Release
Blizz put up their official announcemet on the PGL Championship and the grand winner.StarWars Movie Pics
The Den put up some images from the new movie trailer for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. They've got Obi-Wan, Anakin, a doube-edged light saber and more. What, your still here?New BW Sounds
Sounds of Starcraft has added combat sounds for BW for your downloading peasure. Check them out at the site under the new Brood War section.Everquest Preview
With Everquest going beta you might want to check out PC.IGN's ongoing preview and start deciding if this one's a keeper. In the latest addition you'll see the Everquest world through the eyes of a fourth level dwarf, take a look at the beasties and get some details on the Everquest world. Seriously, it's a good primer and a fun read :) Check it out here.Judge rules against Microsoft in Sun Java lawsuit
Hehehe, this one had to hurt :) Federal Judge Ronald Whyte gave Microsoft 90 days to modify Windows 98 or pull it from the shelf. Whyte's order prohibits the sale of any MS products that use Java - including Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 4.0 , unless MS makes the softwae comply with Sun Microsystems compatibility tests. WooHoo !! I love it! Full story here.This will raise your GQ about 100%
GQ=Geek Quotient for those that don't know ;) Xybernaut Corp, makers of computers you can wear on your head, and Samsung Electronics have signed a letter of intent to explore making Alpha-based miniature wearable computers based on Compaq Computer Corp's Alpha computer chip technology. Now I know it's really cool to access the internet and your LAN hands free, but come on, look in the mirror sometime... Oh yeah, your a chick magnet now! :)Microsoft Web browser integration resented by some
Geee, Ya think?? Here's the latest on testimony in the MS strong-arming case. click itThat Y2K Thing
If ya'll are into this prob and want to make sure your work or personal PC's are up to snuff, you can sign up for Tip Worlds tip of the day. Each day a new little tidbit on how to squash that nasty bug will arrive in email. Hey the time is shorter than you think :)Latest Beta Championship Games
Agent911 defeated Crexis in the best 2 out of 3 games and advances to the quarter finals. Here's a post on game 2 here where Crexis was the victor, and the post on game 3 where Agent911 took it. Click here to see the line-up for the next rounds. The one game that looks very interesting to me is ExecutorZileas vs Blacklizard. Tough call on the winner there. Zileas won the first game though. You can read the post here. Sounds like it was a tight game.BW Beta Patch 1.05
Woah! were they nice to the Zerg in this one. Too nice I think. Guess whining pays off :\ Glad to see the changes to the Valkyrie though. There's a little thread on the patch here if u want to read some thoughts on it. Actually the forum is full of them. Here's what the fuss is about:Hatchery
* Cost to 300m (was 350m)
* Build time decreased to 1500 (was 2100)
Larva spawn rate changed to 20 sec (was 22)
Sunken Colony
Cost decreased to 50m (was 75m)
Build time decreased to 300 (was 600)
Spore Colony
Build time decreased to 300 (was 600)
Ventral Sacs
Build time decreased to 2400 (was 3000)
Scourge
Hit points increased to 25 (was 20)
Devourer
Armor decreased to 1 (was 2)
Templar Archives
Cost increased to 150m, 200g (was 100m, 200g)
Maelstrom
Duration decreased to 12 sec (was 15 sec)
Carrier
* Interceptor ttack range decreased to 8 (was 9)
Valkyrie
Damage per missile increased to 6 (was 5)
Damage type changed to explosive (was Normal)
* - denotes value now matches Starcraft v1.0
BW Maps Udated
Blizzard put up new enlarged map views of the 4 BW maps that were changed in patch 1.04 The changed maps are Fading Realm, Snowbound, Medusa and Black Lotus. View em here. [news source - BGC]
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