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    Starcraft 2 - Friends List Database

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ViciousXUSMC, Jul 28, 2010.

  1. Baka

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    :( I should really grab the US version of SC2 too
     
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    kbs Notebook Consultant

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    nooooo~

    bnet decides to go down when we start our first 2v2 match :[, i'm livid right now (well not really, but annoyed)
     
  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah you dropped out but me and the other 2 guys did not.

    I hung out for a few minutes and was like... ok no way am I doing 2v1 and not knowing how to use zerg so i quit. After I quit it then disconnected me.
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    GG's guys.

    JCMS that game you lagged out of I just won it :D

    My rush took out his partners economy hard, and then later when he counter attacked I had void rays waiting by his base to be abandoned and the good ol' base race he lost.
     
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    osomphane Notebook Evangelist

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    Does US East and West coast play well - lag/different server issues?
     
  6. Histidine

    Histidine Notebook Deity

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    Just signed the petition. If anyone's up for a friendly game or two, and ya see me on, feel free to give a shout!
     
  7. Tristan

    Tristan Garrosh Did Nothing Wrong

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    I'm itching to friend people but I'm trying to get some account stuff changed so I don't confuse everyone
     
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    Anyone have a guest pass to spare? :eek:
     
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    Random1337 Notebook Consultant

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    Got to rank 12 for my division on beta, doing 1v1s right now but I like playing 2v2s more.

    Diamond 2v2 random is so hard compared to 1v1, still only rank 50 diamond for that. :(
     
  10. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    2v2 is more fun for me usually too, just seems less stressing to me if I lose.

    I dont know why that is, I guess because you offload some of the tension on your team mate and have somebody to talk too.

    Or maybe its just because you dont have to blame yourself if you lose :D

    Every 2v2 I do with BaconPie is like pure steamroller. I like playing with him as he coaches me into a better player and is really good as a team mate.

    He asks if your ready to attack, does team strategies like build our base together in the center of the map and kindly points out my flaws "why did you build a forge so early?"

    I dunno lol I thought an early forge was good to get upgrade asap and for canons, but he is about 2x better than me so I think his advise is worth hearing.
     
  11. fex

    fex Notebook Consultant

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    Added myself to the list (fex : 988) - feel free to hit me up for 1v1 some time. :D
     
  12. Random1337

    Random1337 Notebook Consultant

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    Played with a bunch of NBR people today and yesterday.

    GGs everyone.
     
  13. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Im looking to do some comp stomps, there are a bunch of achievements for that. Will be a good time to practice off race since I really only know how to use protoss.

    I gave Zerg a shot today and its way different :D even Terran while I know how to use them from extensive single player mode I do not have that grace that a online Terran player has.
     
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    kbs Notebook Consultant

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    i think i am getting better, just got promoted to 1v1 platinum

    i have only played with vicious and jcms so far.

    Also, if any NBRers are interested in getting a custom game up on the map "INFERNAL ARENA", send me a PM/msg in game and we can setup a friendly game on this map.

    for more information on this map: YouTube - ‪INFERNAL ARENA - Custom 3v3 Map - Part 1 of 2 - StarCraft 2‬‎ (presented/played by HuskyStarcraft) It seems like a great map to have some fun on.
     
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    Man I'm interested in that map too but I can't find it on the Asian servers :(

    Anyone mind giving me the link to the US SC2 Client downloader? (The 3mb-ish one). I wanna test to see if Asian servers really get to play on NA servers :D

    Heck if it does work, I can sense people buying Asian server's copy so they have 2 regions to play on :p
     
  16. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Im down for some Infernal Arena. I should be playing a lot this weekend.
     
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    I'm down for some Infernal Arena as well. Send me a message on Bnet.

    Also sorry kbs, I was in an epic 2 hour game when you messaged me. My bad.
     
  18. kbs

    kbs Notebook Consultant

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    it's okay, maybe tomorrow or something we can get that infernal arena map going. damn 2 hours, was that the 4v4?

    oh and reizo, https://us.battle.net/account/management/sc2/download.html?gameRegion=NA&lang=en-US&platform=win that's the US client, although i doubt it will work since blizzard said you had to buy another of the game if you want to play in the other regions
     
  19. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    any of you guys using a SSD and notice you load stages faster than others on the loading screen?

    loading feels slow to me, I am not ever the first to load anymore but I am used to my computers usually being the fastest in stage loading (I was almost always first in WC3 and its the same computer) so I wonder if SC2 is just not accurate when showing loading from other players or if just a lot more people have SSD :D


    And I wish I had sent my .psd file for my new wallpaper I am working on.

    Here is my work in progress. I may chop it into 3 pieces for you single monitor guys so you can just use it for a regular wallpaper or for a pretty tech tree reference.

    [​IMG]

    Full Size - http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3006/sc2wallpaper.jpg

    SC2 does not support tri monitor so I just see the desktop of my two side monitors while playing. I actually play with 1920x1080 on the center monitor even though its a 1920x1200 monitor.
     
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    Random1337 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, longest game of Starcraft 2 I've ever had.

    Mined out entire map, ended becoming 4 200 supply army vs 4 200 supply army.

    Both armies basically got obliterated. Ended up with mass worker battle.

    I'll post the replay later.
     
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    kbs Notebook Consultant

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    i dont think ssd or hdd affect the load times of the maps since most blizz maps are pretty small. i think the load times are more dependent on your cpu.

    that wallpaper would have been great for when i first started playing sc2, but i think i have the tech trees for all three races down by memory lol. (too much sc2)

    random, i think my computer would die if i watch that replay. sounds epic though, lol. who played with you from nbr, btw?
     
  22. ViciousXUSMC

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    Yeah tech tree is pretty easy, even for a new person since any unit will tell you what it requires with a mouse over.

    I just thought it will look cooler than just a backdrop for a wallpaper.

    Only issue with it I noticed today when I tested it was that it hides icons pretty well if you have a messy desktop :D
     
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    i need some to play some nubz :) I have yet to win a game lol! And the sad thing is, I hate losing and everytime I lose, it's detrimental. Would be awesome to play with someone who can give some guidance as well. I used to play RA and RA2 back in the days but SC2 is a different animal.
     
  24. Histidine

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    I've got SSD and notice what you have, Vicious. I end up loading about as fast as everyone else, even slightly slower. I'm chalking it up to loading being more CPU bottlenecked than hard drive, and I'm on a wimpy little laptop i7 vs. everyone else's desktop Core 2's and i7's (I'm betting that most folks are playing SC2 on desktop).

    Most maps load fast enough that it's no bother, but one or two just take a long time for some reason (campaign and custom maps, mostly, probably on account of having triggers and such bothersome things).
     
  25. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Play single player campaign it did not seem nearly as hard to me as the original SC1 games single player and it does a good job in teaching you the basics and letting you get the basic skills you need.

    Make sure to do the tutorials if you know absolutely nothing, and once your good and want to get better try the challenges.
     
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    Tried it and got access denied :( Could you try uploading it on megaupload or something? Thanks

    Blizzard mentioned that people on Asian servers are able to play on North American servers too as soon as the game's launched. However, I tried adding NBR people and it won't allow me. Now, I'm just going to test if I need to have the US client to do that.

    Man you guys sound like you're having fun :( People here I play with always curses around and refuses to admit their own mistakes and kept on leaving me to die whenever I get attacked in team battles but curses around when I'm busy attacking opponent's base and he gets demolished
     
  27. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    That's just the client downloader. The whole thing will be > 7GB. I'd be happy to drop a couple DVD's in the mail to you if you'd like. Not sure if future patches will update or not though.
     
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    Yeah I know I just need the client downloader and I should be able to download it (I did download the European version too at home here xD). During beta, the EU client also updated just fine here in Asia
     
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    Here you go:

    StarCraft_2_NA_en-US.exe

    Hopefully you can access mediafire.
     
  30. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Hey if you want someone to do some coop achievements im down. I added you so next time i see you on ill send you a msg
     
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    Alright thank you very much :D Hope this really works I really want to play with you guys xD sounds like you guys are having so much fun :)

    Edit: Bleh authentication error o.o They're really secure about these stuff. I should just grab a third copy for NA
     
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    That is just so stupid that you need region specific copies in order to play with someone in another country.
     
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    Ok, I just found out that Blizz is going to allow SEA servers to access NA servers later in September.

    StarCraft-SEA: North American Server Access for Southeast Asia/Australia/New Zealand StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Players FAQ | Facebook
     
  34. Baka

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    Ah :p Thanks for the information. I did read somewhere about them mentioning "As soon as after launch" but I guess they changed that to "within 60 days"
     
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    The idea is is master the campaign with all achievements. It offers a great deal of strategies. For example, the last mission. If you see how people build their defense; it really helps you learn how to organized your army in ridiculous odds. Although that's for terran but not far from the pack.

    I want to complete many practice match and master the mission before going up in the leagues. Back in beta, got raped so hard.
     
  36. ViciousXUSMC

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    GG's everybody today!

    Today was the first time I got to sit and play for a long time. Got 10+ games in.

    The friends list worked wonders, almost always I can find somebody from NBR online (not early morning when I get off work thats about it) and everybody gets along great and we have a lot of fun.

    Gotta run to work, but will try to get some of these games up on youtube after I FRAPS the replays.

    Wish somebody would have stuck around on that FFA at the end to fight my force.
     
  37. Random1337

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    GGs man.

    :D
     
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    kbs Notebook Consultant

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    had fun guys! ggs we should do it again. we were raping the ladder and had some fun on that infernal map.

    also i found a signature thing to display sc2 stats:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Pretty cool.

    [​IMG]
     
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    sigh

    i'm about to hit 0-10 mark for the 1v1 battles.
     
  41. ViciousXUSMC

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    [​IMG]

    Looks like kybs is lacking on the achievement points :D
     
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    Holy crap that's double mine o_O
     
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    Challenges are a quick way to get a good chunk, the vast majority was campaign mode for me.

    Only ones I have left is to beat the game on brutal, and the night raid one where you have to beat the game on normal in under 8 hours.

    From there I have to start getting online ones. Not sure I want to go back and do campaign on brutal after doing it 3x over and it took alot of replay on hard for those odds achievements.
     
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    V! Are you still gaming tonight or?
     
  45. ViciousXUSMC

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    Im at work cant play a vs human game since I may have to go afk.... though kinda thinking about hopping on for some solo player or vs cpu games :D

    Or I could finish my SC2 wallpaper that I am working on.
     
  46. Tristan

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    Okay so now its fixed my new info is:
    Character name: Moose
    Character Code: 657

    If you could fix that please Vic :)
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    PM me for any changes please. Tell me what to change and I can help you.
     
  48. cha

    cha Notebook Deity

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    Wish I could join this NBR Friends List, but unfortunately I have the SEA ( South East Asian ) Edition. :(

    Wish Blizzard would allow cross region play in the future.
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I do not mind if you use the list, if we find enough people with the game from another region need to use it I can manually add your region so you can find players in your area.

    Im sure the reason for no cross region play is good. Probably one or both of the following.

    1.) To reduce lag, everybody knows how bad it sucks in Starcraft when you have a lagging player. If you can get one in your own region going across the seas is sure to make it worse.

    2.) To help isolate the leagues and let you be competing with people that live the same kind of environment and culture you do. Just imagine if the Koreans were on the US servers from what I hear they would just dominate.
     
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    I guess you're right Vicious, just wished I could've had the chance to play with people from NBR ^^
     
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