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I completely understand someone not being able to go online to play games. I have a lot of personal experience with that.
Off the subject of Starcraft a bit (finally), I'm thinking of buying and MP3 player. However, I'm completely lost on which one. I know there's the iPod. It's made by apple so you know the quality's good. But I don't know if there's other ones that have more storage space, features, etc. Any info would be appreciated.
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What does the iPod have again? 4 gigs? I don't think you could ever want more space. When are you going to need hundreds of hours of music without listening to the same song? Personally, I would go for the iPod just because it is an apple product and it is among the best out there.
As for starcraft: The problem is fleets of wraiths is that they are virtually useless in destroying an enemy base. Send a fleet of wraiths in to destroy a weakened base and it will take them forever, giving the enemy enough time to rebuild. I guess it would work ok if the enemy was making large amounts of air units and you have some ground back-up from an allie... In my next game, I will go terran and max out on wraiths.
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Originally posted by ares1: What does the iPod have again? 4 gigs?
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For Hydralisks, Siege Tanks behind Bunkers, large groups of Battlecruisers (say 8+), or upgraded marine Medic groups all work very well. I've seen 36 Hydralisks shredded by a 12/4 Marine/Medic group before. Be sure to use StimPak on those Marines.
For Protoss against Battlecruisers, Scouts work best.
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I've never had a problem with destroying an enemy base with wraiths. Take a dozen or so and target the workers. Then take out the CC, or Nexus, or Lair/Hive. Then target production buildings and make sure you've taken out every last worker and command center. Starve them to death.
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What is the best strategy for protoss? The maxing-out-on-carriers strategy doesn't work well if your enemy has a clue enough to build something that can take out air units efficiently, like wraiths or BCs or scouts. I have been experimenting with archons. Is maxing out almost entirely on archons a good idea, with a few dark archons around to back with up with mind control? I tried mixing archons with zealots, but that did not work out because my enemy made guardians, which shredded my archons and left my zealots completely helpless.
How about dragoons? I used to hesistate to make them because I thought they took too much resources, but that was before I understood I had to have dozens and dozens of probes. How effective is a large group of dragoons?
Just one doubt I have about the iPod, I'm not sure if it's compatible with Windows. Remember, I don't have a mac, so I need that compatability.
No, it doesn't work on windows, I don't think. I heard something about they are soon going to release a windows version.... Remember, it works entirely through iTunes.
Originally posted by Insano: Just one doubt I have about the iPod, I'm not sure if it's compatible with Windows. Remember, I don't have a mac, so **I need that compatability. **
No, you need a Mac.
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Oh, well, it was priced a little to steeply too. I found a good one on Amazon.com that's normally $200 but is selling for $100. Not sure if I'm gonna get it though...
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Originally posted by ares1: **What is the best strategy for protoss? The maxing-out-on-carriers strategy doesn't work well if your enemy has a clue enough to build something that can take out air units efficiently, like wraiths or BCs or scouts. I have been experimenting with archons. Is maxing out almost entirely on archons a good idea, with a few dark archons around to back with up with mind control? I tried mixing archons with zealots, but that did not work out because my enemy made guardians, which shredded my archons and left my zealots completely helpless.
How about dragoons? I used to hesistate to make them because I thought they took too much resources, but that was before I understood I had to have dozens and dozens of probes. How effective is a large group of dragoons?**
Generally, the best strategy is not to max out on one thing, which is something a lot of new players miss. Any one kind of unit, no matter how good, can be effectively countered. Zealots/Corsairs is a spiffy combo I've occasionally employed with considerable success. Also, you don't necessarily have to max out, another fine point of the game. Small scale can be very effective as well. A shuttle with 2 Reavers or 4 Dark Templa on top of your enemy's mining can be devastating.
If you like air units, Scouts/Carriers work fairly well. Zealots/Dragoons (or archons) doesn't work bad on the ground, but some Scouts or Corsairs to shoot down Gaurdians or Battlecruisers is a good idea.
Also, if you run into walls of Phoon Cannons surrounding a base, remember that they can be flown over by fast units like Scouts or even Shuttles in some cases.
I know you should not max out on just one things usually, but sometimes it works. IE, maxing out on BCs. Leave most at home for defense, and send a few at your enemy in waves to keep him on his toes. Once they launch a large attack (ground or air) the BCs can usually defend successfully. Once they are weakened by units lost in a failed attack, you can move in and finish them off.
Of course, I usually win the game with nukes. It only works against people who don't really know what they are doing; but all my friends are as such. I have nuked entire bases to the ground. It's great fun.
ares, usually when I play against terrans with protoss, I use 8 carriers and 24 scouts as my fleet. (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/zeldasite5/starcraftgames.html")You can see this fleet in action through my new replay(/url)
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Added a third replay, plus more notes on the second. Tonight's themes: Defensive strategy and Offensive Strategy: Marine Drop. Enjoy.
BTW Bari, there's no reason to stuff your replays. Starcraft does that for you, which is why they stay small.
Have any of you guys played the UMS map God's Land Super Units? I just played it a few days ago with one of my friends and got a huge kick out of it, just the whole idea of playing God I guess.
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I was playing a game today (original starcraft, no expansion) and me and my friend beat two of my other friends, and were about to finish them off. However, I knew it would take a longer time to find and kill off every one of their buildings that I wanted to spend in the game, so I offered that we all allie and get wins on our records. Everyone agreed, and we did so. But instead of "congrats, you are victorious!" it said, "the game ended in a draw."
Is that a difference between original SC and BW, or what?
Oh, and mac, great replay.
Actually Mac, geocities doesn't allow the .rep file format, so I need to put them like that to even upload them.
Originally posted by ares1: Is that a difference between original SC and BW, or what?
No. If everyone originally in the game allies, the game is a draw. If at least one person has left for any reason (surrendered, dropped, had to leave, anything), everyone gets a win. Probably done to prevent a couple guys from running up a huge record just by making games and allying over and over.
Originally posted by ares1: Oh, and mac, great replay.:)
Thank You! /me bows
Originally posted by BariSaxGuy5: Actually Mac, geocities doesn't allow the .rep file format, so I need to put them like that to even upload them.
Ah, so you have other reasons. Well, I suppose it works, even if it doesn't speed up the download.
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Oh, and mac, great replay. :frown:
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