[prestonyuen]

I just got Starcraft II. Not sure if you guys want it up in the Lounge or the Reports section.

[chconline]

Let's just start a forum thread about it. Post some screenshots and impressions

[HopkinsProgramming]

AWESOME!!! OMG!!

[prestonyuen]

Pictures up tomorrow

[shc-boomer]

Welcome to the SC II club, you know you aren't 1337 enough when you post pics before hitting up the ladder.

[Big Bang]

Say goodbye to all guys aged 14-25 for the next few weeks...

[prestonyuen]

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[prestonyuen]

"The Story So Far" from the Strategy Guide (spoiler-free, or at least, for StarCraft II):

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The original StarCraft story covered events among the Terran, Protoss, and Zerg races.

As the story begins, a Terran Confederate marshal, Jim Raynor, responds to the threat of strange Zerg forces arriving on Terran colonies. Later, word of Protoss forces eradicating colonies infected with Zerg spreads throughout Terran space.

During his attempts to battle the Zerg infestation and reason with the Protoss, he is initially allied with, and then later betrayed by the eventual ruler of the new Terran Dominion, Arcturus Mengsk.

The betrayal nearly causes the death of Raynor, and results in the destruction of the former Confederate capital of Tarsonis, as well as the sacrifice of Mengsk's second in command, the Ghost Sarah Kerrigan to the Zerg.

The Protoss, attempting to battle the threat of the Zerg, are eventually grudgingly reunified with their outcast Dark Templar brethren, and with their aid, they defeat the Zerg Overmind, which had invaded their homeworld, Aiur.

As a direct result of these events, and the death of the Zer Overmind, the human Ghost Sarah Kerrigan is eventually transformed by the Zerg, becoming a dangerous fusion of human Psionic and Zerg.

As StarCraft: Brood War opens, the shattered remnants of the Protoss race flee Aiur to the Dark Templar homeworld of Shakuras. The Zerg have pursued them, and through a cautious alliance with the transformed Kerrigan, the Protoss succeed in using ancient Xel'Naga technology to wipe out the Zerg forces on Shakuras -- but as a direct result, Kerrigan is able to then gain control of the leaderless Zerg Swarm.

The events in the Terran portion of Brood War were complex, but the heart of the situation was the return of human forces from he United Earth Directorate -- forces not allied with the Terran Dominion led by Archturus Mengsk.

Through a series of betrayals and battles, eventually Jim Raynor, Arcturus Mengsk, and the Protoss in the region become allied against the UED incursion, as the UED assault the Zerg world of Char and gain control of a gestating Zerg Overmind on the planet.

The final events play out as Kerrigan leads Zerg and a very reluctant alliance of Protoss and Terran forces to annihilate the United Earth Directorate who are in control of the new Zerg Overmind.

At the very end of Brood War, Kerrigan eventually betrays her temporary allies, slaying the Overmind and gaining full control of the Zerg Swarm, and assuming the mantle of the Queen of Blades. With the power of the UED fleet broken, and Terran Dominion and Protoss forces in the sector damaged, it remains to be seen what the future holds in the battle against the Zerg...

This post has been edited by prestonyuen: 28 July 2010 - 04:04 PM

[shc-boomer]

You're telling me you could control your excitement and take all those pictures? I am impressed, now do a live demo of you pwning on ladder.

[chconline]

It's pretty impressive that you got a copy, as it's sold out everywhere, and everyone is going nuts over it. It's not the second coming guys.

[shift]

Just finished the campaign, was pretty awesome

[prestonyuen]

Edit: I took these screenshots from the replay since it would be funny to watch it again Didn't want to show the other guy's user name since I didn't want to embarrass him.

Me playing Zerg with the 7th drone going to make a spawning pool so that I can go Zergling rush:

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The noob that has one SCV just standing there doing nothing and still hasn't gotten his Barracks up yet, even with all that money:

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I just pwned his Barracks (Zergling rush), which did next to nothing anyways because he only had 2 Marines:

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He tries to lift his Command Center up to avoid my Zerglings, but stupid enough to come back to get attacked:

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I separated my Zergling group (one to guard, one to follow) because at first I thought he was smart enough to move his Command Center somewhere else to do something:

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This post has been edited by prestonyuen: 28 July 2010 - 10:46 PM

[shift]

Hey Preston add me on Battle.net e-mail is same one as WLM

[prestonyuen]

Added, come online and let's own some people

[shc-boomer]

Wow, that is one fail player on the other side. I am guessing this guy did not play the beta long enough.

[TL6MT]

Bought it online. The first 5 levels in Campaign is pretty easy but can't skip the dialogs.

[chconline]

Haha, my cousin's obsessively playing it for the last two days.

[shift]

Working on finishing campaign on Brutal now just to get the Sarah Kerrigan portrait

[HopkinsProgramming]

chconline, on 30 July 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

Haha, my cousin's obsessively playing it for the last two days.

+1

[shc-boomer]

chconline, on 30 July 2010 - 09:11 AM, said:

Haha, my cousin's obsessively playing it for the last two days.

Yeah, I could hear him in the BG. Why is no one playing ladder and going through campaign?