Tamriel Rebuilt Starcraft II Party

Post by **Haplo** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:34 am

So we have a thread like this every once in a while for various popular games; I think it's obvious Starcraft II is probably the most popular game to now have had one of those threads. I played Starcraft when I bought it in 1998 and loved it (and Brood War) up until just a while ago when I got Starcraft II.

Needless to say, Starcraft II is FUCKING AWESOME. And I hope lots of people here play it. In fact, I hope lots of people here want to get together and create a "Party" to play together sometime, whether it be a 4v4 TR match or just two TR modders playing together and whatnot.

My Battle.net ID is HaploBartow, and this is a call to all TR Modders to 1) buy StarCraft II, and 2) get together for some awesome online play.

Here are all the TR profiles. Post yours to get it added here:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/1213363/1/HaploBartow/
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/286674/1/Likewise/
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/1838364/1/Jonaman/
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/1414027/1/TheGreatness/

Why · Post by **Why** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:27 am

I think we're gonna need your character code too, Haplo. Stupid RealID. And I take it you play on the american servers?

aTypical 673 (on the euro servers, Blizz should really implement cross-region play)

Post by **Haplo** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:22 am

I dunno what a character code is, but I know it's not necessary to add a friend. And yes, I play on North American servers.

Myzel · Post by **Myzel** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:22 pm

My motherboard was made at a soviet gulag camp. I don't think SC II will run on my machine.

Jule · Post by **Jule** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:31 pm

I won't even try running it on my machine, I wouldn't want it to explode

When I tried running Oblivion on it, I nearly got motion sickness from all that twitching and whatnot

Post by **Haplo** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:17 pm

SCII minimum requirements are actually really low. For example, you only need 1GB of RAM, a 2.6GHz processor, and a GeForce 6600/Radeon 9800.

Scamp · Post by **Scamp** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:21 am

wow even my old PC could run that!

Why · Post by **Why** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:20 pm

Well then, go get it. It is awesome (and part of the reason I've been so inactive moddingwise lately)

Nemon · Post by **Nemon** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:28 pm

No people. I only want you to have Morrowind + expansions installed on your computers as well as the CS. That is an order.

Scamp · Post by **Scamp** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:44 pm

gro-Dhal · Post by **gro-Dhal** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:56 pm

TEAR DOWN THE ADDITIONAL PYLONS

see what i did there

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:48 pm

Do you need to pay any kind of subscription? Some sources suggest you do, but it's never made clear anywhere. If you don't, I'll buy it. If you do, I won't. Well, if you do need to pay, how much is it?

Post by **Haplo** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:18 am

I don't know what prices are everywhere; it was $50 or $60 when it was released, I can't remember. You do not need a subscription to play. The only Blizzard game that requires a monthly subscription fee is WoW.

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:25 am

Haplo wrote:I don't know what prices are everywhere; it was $50 or $60 when it was released, I can't remember. You do not need a subscription to play. The only Blizzard game that requires a monthly subscription fee is WoW.

No subscription? Oh excellent. I am definitely getting this game. Not cheap though, it must be said, especially since there are going to be two expansions which will probably be full price.

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:31 pm

I saw it at a local store and it was $59.99. Too expensive for me at the moment, but I'll make sure to get it once there's a price drop.

PoisonUnagi · Post by **PoisonUnagi** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:36 pm

$50 to $60? If that's in US money, that's still a complete bargain compared to the $140 NZ bullshit we have around here.

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:43 pm

The cheapest I can find here is Ã‚Â£34.99, which is roughly US$5,000,000,000.

Post by **Haplo** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:40 am

35 British Pounds is equivalent to 55 US dollars.

$140 in NZ (I assume you use AUD in New Zealand) is ridiculous, I'm sorry for your troubles there :-/

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:45 pm

I haz teh game! And it is indeed bloody excellent. I've done a bit of practice, and a bit of online, but I'm a bit rubbish, having lost my first three placing matches. My online name is, for all interested, TheGreatness (I basically use that name for everything game releated). I'm up for a few friendly matches.

PoisonUnagi · Post by **PoisonUnagi** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:43 pm

No, we don't use AUD in New Zealand... hang on, I'll find a USD-NZD converter.

Yeah, $140 NZ is $100 US.

(rageface)

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:29 pm

PoisonUnagi wrote:Yeah, $140 NZ is $100 US.

Ouch! That's about Ã‚Â£80,000!

OTRaw · Post by **OTRaw** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:15 pm

Oh hai guise

OTRawrior 996, I'm a regular in the SC2 communities despite the fact that I am silver and know nothing about the game

I'm pretty sure that you need name + ID or just email to add a friend.

I know that when they introduce cross region play you will be able to but at the moment I don't seem to be able to add US friends.

The Greatness wrote: No subscription? Oh excellent. I am definitely getting this game. Not cheap though, it must be said, especially since there are going to be two expansions which will probably be full price.

I heard that the expos will be cheaper. They are just expansions after all, not a new game, not sure though :/

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:48 pm

Yeah, just realised you do need that number, I'll get mine up soon. I'll add OTRaw and Why if neither of you mind.

OTRaw · Post by **OTRaw** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:33 pm

Go ahead

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:27 pm

Awesome. My code is 653.
TheGreatness 653

I'll probably be up for a game any time I'm online.

Why · Post by **Why** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:20 pm

Oh yea sure go ahead, you're on the euro servers right?

TR Quester party on SC2 woo!

Post by **Haplo** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:54 pm

The Greatness wrote:
PoisonUnagi wrote:Yeah, $140 NZ is $100 US.
Ouch! That's about Ã‚Â£80,000!

You need to work on your translation skills. $100 US is not 80,000 Euros, it's just under 78 euros.

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:11 am

I just assumed he was being sarcastic.

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:52 pm

Nanu wrote:I just assumed he was being sarcastic.

I see someone on here learns. There's a reason why I changed my signature. I'm well aware of the current conversion rates, especially since the pound is doing so crud at the moment.

Yep, Euro severs. Now all we need is some more people to get it so we can have some inter-departmental battles, or inter-regional play so we can have a SC2 Ryder Cup.

Post by **Haplo** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:30 pm

No offense, but you have some really shitty sarcasm.

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:50 pm

Okay, it's not really sarcasm. More 'exaguration for comic effect'. Still, did you seriously think that I thought that Ã‚Â£35 pounds was 5 billion dollars

?

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:45 pm

I think the correct term is Hyperbole:

exaggeration: deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect, e.g. "I could eat a million of these"

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:57 pm

I'd say that a hyperbole is something like biggest or most, not an increase in a number. And that definition you gave is hilariously useless, seeing as it describes exaggeration as exaggeration.

MSam · Post by **MSam** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:21 pm

How do you do that Pac-man smiley???

EDIT: Yesssss.

The price of games is around $120 for a new PC game here in Australia..but eh, if it's worth it, I suppose I don't mind playing. I usually get some killer deals when I go over to the UK which end up being about $70 cheaper. W00t!

Yeti · Post by **Yeti** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:12 pm

It's not describing exaggeration. That first exaggeration is just the first part of the definition of hyperbole right here: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861619556/hyperbole.html

But now we're getting hilariously off topic

The Greatness · Post by **The Greatness** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:09 pm

Yeti wrote:It's not describing exaggeration. That first exaggeration is just the first part of the definition of hyperbole right here: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861619556/hyperbole.html

But now we're getting hilariously off topic

Oh right. That's not the definition of hyperbole I'm used to at all.

MSam wrote:The price of games is around $120 for a new PC game here in Australia..but eh, if it's worth it, I suppose I don't mind playing. I usually get some killer deals when I go over to the UK which end up being about $70 cheaper. W00t!

You could try and import them. Try Ebay?

Jonaman8 · Post by **Jonaman8** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:21 pm

Maybe I will buy it, the average price here in Belgium is Ã¢â€šÂ¬55, wich is 69.9874 USD, 45.2869 GBP and 95.9528 NZD.

OTRaw · Post by **OTRaw** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:16 pm

By the way, you can add friends by e-mail, facebook or Name and ID. To see the ID click on "Add Friend" and it will have the 3 numbers there. So although you do not need the code to add someone, you do need it when in conjunction to the username.

YanShun · Post by **YanShun** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:51 am

Great! I was a Starcraft player too, but not with broodwars, because I had the feeling that the expansion was ridiculously light in terms of content. But I could be mistaken, I was 14 when it came out :p.
Anyway, the price in France should be.. oh wait! on strike.
Well should be the same as in Belgium. Still too high for me ATM, but I'll manage to get it in a few months I think. I really hope they made a good work with the background and funny details. I can still recall that video with the beer can stuffed nuclear bomb coolbox.

Post by **Haplo** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:08 am

If anyone wants to watch some old StarCraft II replays of me messing around with random strategies that I've thought up for Protoss (because let's face it... who uses Zerg?

) vs some AI and other players, check these out:

http://db.tt/Mnk6clt
http://db.tt/LClAuHD
http://db.tt/mjUXPfk
http://db.tt/Zo5DQUp
http://db.tt/NLTpmVM
http://db.tt/vibbz6J

They might prove useful for trying to develop a counter, for some people... *coughTGandWhycough*