February Gaming Competition - Starcraft: Brood War

[Bubba]

Last weekend in Feb is good for me. BTW, I'm trout at this game. I like the Zergs but I'm not very good with them... any tips potential enemies?

[Slothy]

Don't die.

Honestly, it's been a long time since I played and I never really played that seriously back in the day. I'd say don't forget to expand, and build more hatcheries when you can. Being limited in how many units you can build based on the number of larva you have is a bit rough, so once your economy is rolling make sure you can keep that production up.

Also, I don't know if it still works, but apparently sticking 11 mutas and an overlord in a control group makes them stack even closer than usual and attack all at once. To say that this is would be very effective if it still works is a bit of an understatement.

I used to play a lot of Zerg actually, and with a friend of mine worked out a build for getting some very fast mutas out. Usually so fast that your average player had trouble doing anything. But that was a long time ago now. Oddly enough, I'll probably be playing Protoss come game day.

[Bubba]

Not dying is my main issue.

Cheers Vivi, I'm pretty sure that success in this game will be pretty limited for me though, I will give it a go! Seeing has Pike says she has 1000 hours gameplay on this... I reckon we're all smurfed!

[Pike]

I'm up for gambling with my work schedule the weekend after next if that will work better for everyone!

[Slothy]

I'm not sure anyone else was confirmed as able to come on the original date anyway aside from me and Bubba, so if waiting a week even gets us one more person I'd say it's worth it.

And 1,000 hours huh? Light weights.

[Pike]

I find it unfortunate that I'll never know just how much time I spent on Starcraft. It sucked away my life for at least a year, though, so I know the hours I poured into it are up there somewhere.

[Slothy]

I wish more games tracked how long you played like Steam does (poorly). I know that Starcraft ate up two whole summers for me during high school. As in me playing it for 5-6 hours before I decided I should eat and get dressed. Not to even mention however many hours I would play it during the school year.

Luckily high school was so easy I didn't really have to study and got my homework done in class or I would probably still be there. Playing Starcraft and failing everything.

[Madonna]

I work 6:30AM-3:00PM HAST both Friday and Saturday of next week. I am five hours behind EST, so that is the start of the game. An hour delay would work for me, but I think that was a no go for some? I could request a day off the week after.

[theundeadhero]

If I join in it will be without practice. I don't really care if someone has been messing around all week and destroys me. I think it will be more fun guessing as I go. Does someone have a vent channel they wouldn't mind sharing with the event? It would be a lot funner talking in real time with everyone than reading chat text.

[Slothy]

trout, I just realized that I can't make it the 25th because a friend of mine is back in town and having a party and I already said I would go. I would be able to push the game to earlier in the day though. Maybe 5 or 6pm EST. Is that potentially cool with everyone?

[Pike]

I'm still waiting on my work schedule for that day, so it doesn't really affect me either way! I'm still holding out on luck.

[Bubba]

That's much better for me as it will only be about 10-11pm

[Madonna]

I can request that day off.

[Pike]

Yeah guys, as it turns out I'm working till pretty late that Saturday. As I suspected, they're drowning me in extra shifts now that they've fired everyone else. Don't worry; we can always do Brood War again in a few months and I'll ask for the day off that time.

[Freya]

I am dling the game as we speak so if you guys EVER pick a time already, i'll be able to join.