What does one compete against, playing StarCraft?
Meaning, what criteria is used to determine the winner between 2 people.....
I have no idea what game it is, and I looked on YouTube but I saw a game which looks like building cities or something similar.....hence the question on determining a winner
You collect resources, build a base with defenses and then you put together an army to wipe your opponents off the map. 3 Different alien races to choose from, each with their pros and cons.
I haven't played in ages, so might be slightly off the facts.. If more than 2 play, you can form alliances. The original Starcraft allowed for up to 8 players on certain maps. It's like a gigantic chess match with hundreds of different pieces. From 1998, but aged really well, although they remastered it in 2017 without killing it...I think....downloaded it and played about 3 games with my kids, but did not really play it enough to get into it again.
Playing the story mode is one thing, but playing multiplayer online or over LAN is where it really gets interesting. Blizzard Entertainment's games are simply a step above the rest IMO...pity George Soros bought a huge chunk of their shares a while ago....hope he doesn't break the winning formula.
DA,
It's an RTS game. RTS games generally follow a rock/paper/scissors model.
Each player is given a few opening resources and a spot on the map. Then you gather resources and build units. The more efficiently you do that the more and higher level units you can produce. Some RTS games incorporate a hero type character that you can only have one of but that is much more powerful than the normal units. Generally, you will be able to pick from a group of heroes. Some games let you have more than one unique hero.
Starcraft doesn't have heros but it does have expensive units that are very powerful.
Then the combat is the rock/paper/scissors part. Broadly speaking, it works as follows.
Imagine these three units...
A grunt that has high melee damage.
An air unit that attacks from range.
A ranged unit that hits from far but is weak.
The Rock - melle unit loses to air unit.
The Paper - air unit loses to the ranged unit.
The Scissors - ranged unit loses to melle unit.
Hero and other powerful units can be micromanaged to attack too. Buffing type units provide area of effect +buffs and -debuffs.
As you can see, scouting your opponent is very important because if you know what he is building then you know what to build to counter.
There are different strategies to win but ultimately the goal is to kill all the opponent's units.
Rushing is generally a popular strategy online since it results in quick wins. A failed rush is a disaster.
APM - refers to Actions Per Minute. Almost anything you do counts towards your APM and it's a good indicator for how well you are micromanaging your units.
Good players will generally have a high APM and bad players a low APM.
Rooi,
I'm having to babysit this update.
I'm getting...
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/5bwmrx/whoops_looks_like_something_broke_give_it_another/
Thanks Db And Plum
To be honest, that is almost what I thought it would be from looking at YouTube.
What threw me off the whole thing, was the challenge that was made.... being, the best of 5
Surely doing everything mentioned above takes quite a bit a time, or is it literally that you try and wipe your opponent out at the very first possible opportunity..... that might take a few hours to build your attack?
In other words, how long would a "Best of 5" take..... weeks or months?
Matches can last five minutes to an hour DA.
Most often , the loser quits when it's clear he can't win.
Hey Fuckface,
Calm yourself. The client was stopping the download.
I did "Run as admin" and now it's downloading.
Anyway, don't get excited. I need to get back into the game first. Basically learn it from scratch.
That's gonna take a while. Or did you think I'm gonna jump right into something I played briefly and over a decade ago?
You're the one who made the challenge, big-mouth, but go on, get your practice in.
Rather appreciate the fact that I'm kind enough to play your game.
Tit
Rather play chess again...much better yardstick for class and intellect.
Rooi,
Suspect whatever you like tit.
Like I said, I'll let you know when I've familiarised myself sufficiently with SC2.
Why the F are you so impatient anyway?
"Rooinek07"
Isn't working.
The send request tab stays inactive with that name.
What servers are you on?
Haha mine is...
BlackVoid
Try adding me.
Ah i see it has to be the battletag plus the unique code to add as friend .
Mine is;
BlackVoid#1811
Sent you request.
My tag is Rooinek07#2888.
Can't play right now but any time this evening is good for me.
I can't play Starcraft in the office. I can play weekends and public holidays but not during working hours.
Why did you bother challenging me if you knew you could only play during office hours? Huh? Most normal people do work when they're at the office. You do know that, don't you?
Ag, stop being such a moany tit.
I'm just seeing what your times are I could move my work tower but was hoping not to have to.
Tomorrow is a public holiday though...how about some day time games?
I did say public holidays were fine for me. Pick a time.
Shall we say around 14:00?
14h00 should be good. Will check with the Minister of Home Affairs if she hasn't planned anything for then but should be okay.
I'm kinda flexible after that too.
BTW, what's your win percentage online?
The last RTS game I played seriously, had me at 86% when I stopped playing .
Any of you guys on Steam?
Nah, Star
I'm on PS4.
Update on the Starcraft2 competition...
It stands at 2-2 with the final to be played on the weekend.
Great fun and thanks to Rooi for reminding me what a tricky game SC2 is!
I look forward to the finale though I don't hold out much hope for emerging victorious.
GGs Rooi