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Here is a great Zerg tutorial from HD Starcraft who plays as Zerg on the ladder and is reasonably high in Diamond. This tutorial explains how to survive the tough Protoss 4 gate push and then transition.
This is an amazing game. It is back and forth with a huge amount of battles. Also includes some great nuclear control by Neans. It seemed like Machine had a lot of opportunities to win this game, but for some reason didnt want to take the island expansion and that may have cost him the win.
This is a very high level game which showcases a very interesting Protoss strategy by KiwiKaki. KiwiKaki is playing Idra who is a very macro strong Zerg, so some kind of early push was needed. KiwiKaki makes great use of Immortals and then loads them into a Warp Prism, then once he is inside the base its all about warping in Zealots.
Hotkeys are a vital part of Starcraft 2 and without them it makes it very difficult to compete in games. I have been wondering however, what are the hotkeys when it comes to watching your replays. So, I thought I would outline all the replay and observer hotkeys for everyone.
At BlizzCon 2010 there was a show match between the coolest two players in the world of Starcraft 2, SlayerS_’Boxer’ and FruitDealer (aka Cool). It was quite difficult to find the cast, but here is the cast from the 2 games they played. Enjoy!
Dustin Browder, Greg Canessa, David Kim, and Matt Cooper hosted the SC2 Secrets of the Masters Panel. Below are the basic notes from the presentation on auto-matchmaking.
There was basically no news from BlizzCon 2010 for Starcraft 2, but nevertheless there were a lot of highlights. Check out the BlizzCon 2010 highlights below.
Blizzard Entertainment are working on a marketplace for custom maps, so basically an app store for maps and game modes (stated Chris Sigaty, Blizzards Starcraft 2 lead producer).
A parody made from Mr. Lonely by akon. So here is a very interesting song from a carriers perspective and carriers are never used (except from huk on occasions).
GOM TV is currently streaming the Sony Ericsson STARCRAFT 2 Open Season(GSL Pre-season) 2! This is the 2nd pre-season open tournament of GSL 2010 and also the 2nd step to determine qualifiers of GSL 2011.
Here is a quick tutorial on how to create your own Starcraft 2 multiplayer map. You can’t access the editor from within the game. It’s included as a separate file, so instead of opening StarCraft II, start by opening the main SC II folder (most likely this will be C:\Program Files\Starcraft), and click on StarCraft II Editor. NOTE: You’ll need to log into Battlenet the first time you do this.
Blizzard are suing three named individuals along with ten “Does” who created and sold cheating programs for StarCraft 2. Playing against cheaters, it’s argued, leads to lower satisfaction and lost sales in the future.
BlizzCon 2010 starts in only a couple of days. Blizzard have finally released the roster for the SC2 Invitational.
Blizzard has responded to the single player banning story that’s been making the rounds for the past few days. Reports stated that the 5000+ players banned by Blizzard earlier this month included those that used cheats or trainers during the single player game.
The GSL is back with Qualifying for Season 2. Here is day 1 coverage from Artosis.
Patch 1.1.2 includes more balance changes and bug fixes, this time for all races.
BlizzCon 2010 is only a few weeks away, Blizzard recently revealed the event schedule. Im most interested in the StarCraft 2 events and panels:
So what exactly is the Extractor Trick for Zerg? The “Extractor Trick” is a technique employed by Zerg in order to temporarily exceed their supply limit and get an extra Drone or pair of Zerglings before having to make their first overlord.
Here is a great Diamond league game featuring Huskies (Commentator at Huskystarcraft) and Zergmaster. Huskies is a very good Protoss player and he recently completed a five game series which has been posted on his YouTube channel and is definitely worth a watch.
Here is a build you can use to help defend against the very common Marauder early aggression. Normally, Protoss have a lot of trouble dealing with 3 barrack builds from terran, but this will really help the Protoss control the early push.
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