Starcraft News for Oct. 26th
Brood War animations
X-Virge over at Shafe's has animations of three critters up and also one of the corsair firing. Here's the corsair, but to see the critters head to the site. He did the work, he deserves the hit, you know?? ;)
Starcraft News for Oct. 25th
Zileas' Brood War Journal
Zileas has started a Brood War Journal. It's got his thoughts on the game but more interesting I think is it's strats. Check it out here. Believe me when I say you will definitely need new strats in BW.Brood War Patch Changes
Shlonglor made a post on what the exact changes in the patch were. Here's the info:The question is then what do these changes mean to existing Starcraft and 1.04. The answer will be given when it's available.
Next, non Brood War Beta Teters, please don't flip out over these changes, because this is the Brood War Beta, we will have a chance to see if things work or do not work.
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Optic Flare - Casting cost to 75 mana
Move all researchable spells to the Academy
Should be able to heal all organic ground units (includes Zerg and Protoss)
Lurker
Damage type to Concussive
Attack range to 6
Attack animation should be twice as fast
Should only do damage to a unit once per attack (currently bigger units get multiple hits)
Should flee from attacker when not burrowed
Devourer
Corrosive Venom (spores) should also affect the target
Change attack to the following: 25 Damage, 50 Cooldown, Mass Explosion Damage type, +3 Bonus
Corsair
Research Cost of Disruption Web to 200min, 200gas
Dark Archon
Maelstrom duration should be approx. 10 seconds (twice as long as current)
Mind Control should transfer the expansion unit technology
CHANGE TO EXISTING STARCRAFT UNITS :
Parasite
Casting cost to 75, Casting range to 12
Arbiter
cost to 100min, 350gas
Should not respond to a call for help from other units
Scout
Shields to 100, hit points to 150
Carrier
Interceptor shields to 40, hit points to 40
Capacity upgrade cost to 100min, 100gas
Carrier attack range to 9
Dragoon
Build time should be same as Zealot
Cost to 125min, 50gas
Defiler
Cost to 50min, 150gas
Science Vessel
Sight to 11
Cost to 50min, 200gas
Acceleration should be much faster
Irradiate
300 damage maximum, should also deal this damage twice as fast
Wraith
Cost to 150min, 100gas
Nuke
Build time to half
Sunken Colony
Damage type to Normal, Damage to 35
Hatchery
Cost to 400min
Goliath
Ground damage to 12
Archon
Acceleration much faster
Zergling Adrenal Glands
Increased cost to 200min, 200gas
Increased power of upgrade
Starcraft News for Oct. 24th
Brood War Beta Patch 1.01
Blizz has allready added the first patch (well second actually but they didn't really tell us what they did in the first one ;) Here's the tweaks :
- Corsair attack radius and damage should be correct now.
- Corsair Disruption Field area of effect fixed.
- Should be able to Mind Control expansion units correctly.
- Fixed a bug with lurker spikes going out too far.
- Fixes to other miscellaneous Lurker bugs.
- Fixed some logic bugs with Medic heal.
- Devourer now has a standard damage type rather than one third. Costs have changed as well.
- Ladder games should be reporting games correctly now.
- Should be displaying correct Battle.net icons for Brood War.
- UNITS.TXT is correctly installed into your Brood War directory. Contains information about all the units.
- A BUNCH of balance tweaks across the board. Even to existing Starcraft units. Let us know how you like them!
New Screenshots
Blizz added screens today. The new ones start here.B.Net Chat for Macs
I saw at Integrity that there's finally a B.Net chat prog for the Mac users. (hey hey, Macs are PC's too!) Download it here. One little drag tho, it's shareware...Brood War Patch Changes
Sabre over at Yeggs Tavern aparantly had a chat with Bill Roper and RPardo about some of the upcoming beta patch changes. Here's what he had to say :
- Looking at the white text on snow problem - will either dim tileset or change text color on that map
- New units will obviously be fixed
- Making unit changes in the beta to see if they're okay for the retail version
- Science vessels will cost 50m, 200g and have a new acceleration rate
- Irradiate will be more powerful
- Dragoons - 125m, 50g, same build time as zealots
- Nukes will somehow be enhanced
- "New zergling stuff is nasty"
- Arbiters will have a new cost
- Wraiths will cost 150m, 100g
- Sunken colonies - 35 damage, normal
- Carriers get longer range while interceptors get tougher
- Higher archon acceleration rate
- Devourer attack is changing to a "more conventional attack"
- Beta ladder will be implemented
RTS Gamers Adds Brood War Section
RTS Gamers has put up a Brood War section where staff will report their games and give impressions. Since they have some top players on staff, I thought you might like to know about it (duh!) Check the section out here, the Return of the Jedi was a cool read I thought.You make SCM's ?
There is a new scum site The .SCM Main Frame, that's just opened and is looking for scms to add to the database. If you have some, why not go and upload them and help the site grow. I don't usually mentiion new site openings but scm sites are something I think we need more of. They also offer a SC Email Magazine you can sign up for and are looking for additional webmasters.New SC Tournament
Planet Review will be having a new SC Tournament. This will be a 2 vs 2 tournament with a max of 512 teams. Sounds huge! Prizes aren't fixed in stone yet but they say it'll probably be cash and games. Check out the info here and register now. It's open to everyone and best of all it's free :)
New Brood War Forum Opens!
You knew it would happpen :) Blizz has put up a new forum for the beta. Go here and start reading/posting, there's a ton of posts allready :)2 for 2 !!
Blizz released 2 scms this week again, and both are Official Lader Maps!! The first is called Proving Ground. It's s a 128x128 Jungle map for 2-4 players. The bonus map is called The New Gauntlet, a 128x96 Badlands map for 2 players. I guess they got tired of hearing everyone gripe about Gauntlet :\ Read the teasers and view the maps at the SCC.Starseige Campaign
Here's a new campaign I received from IBXSV that sounds pretty cool. It comes with 5 missions (more to come) and includes the minimaps. Here's the description he sent. Enjoy! :) Download Starseige Campaign (522K).
This is a stand alone story with emphasis on characterization. I wanted to keep this story simple sort of in a star wars type fashion. Plan on traveling alot, each mission is set on a new location but flows. As for game play, simple its not. You will have some moments when you can breath. If you want to know the story you have to play the game. Start with Starseige.scm, put starcraft music on high, set game speed on high for mission impossible, allow the beginnings of each level to play out (god i love triggers) and e-mail me if you get stuck, also starseige.txt enclosed. Enjoy and excelsior...IBXSV p.s. I've included minimaps in the zip with upcoming events.
Starcraft News for Oct. 23rd
Totally Non Brood War
Getting tired of hearing about Brood War? I didn't think so :) But there is life beyond it. Here's a funny email I got from T'kron that had me lol. Hope it does the same for you ;) Having a Bad Day...Apologies
I was getting extremely behind in class so I had to play catch up yesterday so I could play BW this weekend. ;) I've only got one quick game in so far, but I hope to play my little tushy off soon. Here's some screens from my first game. I was Terran and lost, big time hehehe. I will say this tho, while mind control is cool, what gave me the most problems was the disruption web/dark templars combo. *gasp* I was surprised too. BW will definitely require you to come up with new strategies. Well, here's some pics. Hopefully I'll put up a better fight next time :) Oh and on the snow tileset. It's extremely hard to read the supply/mineral info when against the snow, just blends in too much. I hope Blizz can fix that.Intro Screen
Disruption Web on Seiged Tanks
Dark Archon and Goliaths
Goliath
Mind Controlled Valkyrie
Corsiars and MC Valkyrie
New Screens at BW Page
Blizz put up some sweet new screens. The show starts here.Brood War Maps
Blizz put up all the Brood War Maps for your viewing and printing pleasure.
Two For One in SCM of the Week
Blizz released 2 maps this week. The first, Proving Grounds, is an Official Ladder map that's a 128x128 Jungle World recommended for 2-4 players. Print the Enlarged Map View now! Here's the teaser:
The ancient, vicious blood feuds that were born in the Aeon of Strife virtually flooded the proving grounds on Gyras with the life force of thousands of Protoss Warriors. This bloodshed ended when the mystic Khas called upon the forces of the Khaydarin Crystals and destroyed the arena. The ruins that now stand here serve as a grim reminder of both what has passed, and the purpose that this place now serves. Although Khas strove to bring unification and enlightenment to his people, he also knew that some disputes would still demand resolution through force. Therefore, this place was sanctified as an arena of honor, and those who seek to settle personal matters come back to Gyras to prove their mettle in battle. Download now! (81k)
And for Your Second SCM
Gauntlet is also an Official Ladder Map. It's a 128x96 Badlands map recommended for 2 players. Print the Enlarged Map View now! Here's the teaser :
After the Swarms settled the world where the old Gauntlet had been built and all attempts to dislodge them failed, Emperor Mengsk decreed that a new one be erected. This new Gauntlet was built in a sector of space much harder for the swarms to overrun. The engineers who built this new Gauntlet tried to use the original blueprints, but there is no doubt that some minor but nevertheless important differences crept into its construction. Download it now! (69k)
The Chat
Blizz held a webmasters Chat last night on SC and BW. There's not a lot of new info here, but Brood War will set you back about $40 (US), You will use your cd key from SC for Brood War and you can have the same b.net name on both. Read the rest here.Beta Forum Posts
The Cuptoman has made a post on Terrans and how each unit role will change in Brood War. He's later made one on the Protoss here. They're long but worth a read. Zileas posted his thoughts on all the units here. I disagree with him on the Corsair. The disruption web coupled with dark templars played havoc on my defensive line but hey, I'm not the caliber player the Zileas is, unfortunately. [9]Happydaz has made a post on his first impressions of the new units. Stats included also. Read it here. Shlonglor also made a post on the Action Figures and commented on the Valkyrie and Mind Control. This started a huge thread, with a lot of follow-ups by Shlonglor. Just click anything with his name in the thread, but at least click this one, there's some useful stuff in it.
Starcraft News for Oct. 21st
First Brood War Beta Screens !!
Here's the first BW Screenshots and Icon. Infoceptor recieved it from some guy named Shadowlord, who apparantly has allready recieved his cd. (?) My guess, he works for or is related to someone at Blizz because of this blurb from ZealotOnAStick at the site.The StarX Beta went live on battle.net today. Games have been played via dialup connections. Today, it was largely Blizzard, and their friends/family. Most (if not all) of the beta packages were shipped FedEx next day, so people should start receiving their beta packages tomorrow (Wednesday). Brood War looks a lot like StarCraft. The differences are minimal outside of actual game play, in fact.Brood War Beta Icon -
The Load Screen and Menu
Brood War Beta Email
Here's the latest email Blizzard sent to the beta testers. There's nothing really new in it, just thought you might like to see it.
To all our patient Brood War beta testers:The time is now at hand. The Brood War beta is live and over the next few days, you will be receiving your beta testing kits with the Brood War beta CD.
After you have installed your CD, you will note that this demo is multi-player only. Once you log into Battle.net, you will receive the first beta patch that will also contain a text file describing the abilities of all the new units. This file is called *.TXT and can be found in the directory in which you installed the Brood War beta.
*snipped*
Each CD will also come with its own, unique, CD-key. PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL THIS KEY TO ANYONE. Blizzard employees will never ask you for your CD-key or Battle.net password, and you should regard all such requests with suspicion.
We would like to thank you in advance for taking time to participate in the Brood War beta. Your efforts and feedback are, as always, invaluable.
* The Brood War Development Team
Webmasters Chat
There will be a webmasters chat with Blizzard tomorrow covering Brood War and StarCraft. Send in your questions and I'll try to attend it. Please make sure the questions haven't allready been answered in the Brood War FAQ.Ladder Resets
Blizz did another massive reset of ladder accounts yesterday. The list starts here and is about 4 pages long.CD Key Error Fixed
Blizzard has posted that the issues with the servers are now fixed and no one should be getting that nasty little message anymore.
| Starcraft News for Oct. 20th |
Gauntlet Terran Strat
Those Missing SC Missions
Blizz and the PGL
Blizz put up the official list for the PGL finals. The championship will
be held live in San Francisco at the cybercafe Club-i and they expect a large turn out to watch carnage over the 3 day event.
Shlonglor and Warblade are going to be there watching the action for Blizz. So.. Any of ya'll live in SanFrancisco and plan on going? If you are and would like to
do the reporter thing, mail me :)
Annihilator-X17 posted a Terran vs Zerg strategy for the nasty Zerg loving Gauntlet map. He says he's undefeated on this map so I guess he knows what he's talking about.
Read it here and then go stomp a few bugs!
I think this is about the third time these have been released but as new people are buying SC everyday some of you may have missed them.
There were 2 missions on the cd that didn't make it to the final cut. They are both Terran missions and you can grab them here if you'd like to give em a play.
[news source - BLW]
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