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#BlizzChat Developer Chat on Twitter 3/12

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:10:10 +0000

On March 12, Blizzard accepted questions and answered them through Twitter. These questions and answers have been posted up on the Battle.net forums for everyone's viewing pleasure.Q. Hi. So many people are complaining about this on the forum... is it true that there will be no chat channels? I hop...

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Galaxy Editor Code Examples

gearvOsh — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:50:01 +0000

So I have been browsing the Starcraft 2 MPQ files lately and found some examples of how the new editor programming code will look like. The new language is called "Galaxy" and all the files end in .galaxy. Below are some excerpts from the files I found.
unit AIEarlyDefScoutZerg (int playe...

by gearvOsh at Starcraft II Armory

Starcraft 2 Beta Patch 5

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:02 +0000

It's been barely 2 months since Starcraft 2 Beta was revealed and Blizzard has already released Patch 5 for their much anticipated game. This new patch weakens the Zerg in certain areas as well as once again reducing the Protoss build times for their warp gate technology.

by at Starcraft Zone

SC2 Liquibition #1, GosuTV and Race Icons

Tom Phoenix — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:01 +0000

Update #2: Stream is up here.
Update #1: Due to technical difficulties, the cast has been delayed for 30 minutes. Stream links will be provided then.
Although the StarCraft II beta barely started a few weeks ago, the competition between professional gamers involved in it is already fierce. In a ...

by Tom Phoenix at Starcraft II Armory

SCII Beta Update: 5th Patch

Quelex — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:20:07 +0000

Balance Changes PROTOSS Cybernetics Core - Warp Gate research time increased from 60 seconds to 140 seconds. ZERG Hatchery/Lair/Hive - Burrow research time increased from 50 seconds to 100 seconds. - Burrow research cost increased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 100 Vespene G...

by Quelex at CreepColony

Beta Update #5 - March 12th

Aurick — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:20:12 +0000

New patch just went up (version 0.7.0.14356). Seems they are trying to balance Protoss proxy warpgate and the Infestors.
PROTOSS Cybernetics Core Warp Gate research time increased from 60 seconds to 140 seconds.
ZERG Hatchery/Lair/Hive Burrow research time increased from 50 seconds to 100 secon...

by Aurick at Starcraft II Armory

Starcraft 2 Beta Patch 5

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:04 +0000

Starcraft 2 was patched today with another shot at balancing the game a little more. The Zerg have received the most changes in this update which will shake up the balance once again. Dustin said Blizzard is preparing a content update for late beta, until then, it'll be all balancing.

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StarCraft II Beta Patch #5 - Version 0.7.0.14356

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:11 +0000

The fifth patch has been released, the information can be found below. Some of the concern about early warp gates has been countered with a research time increase while Blizzard has heard some of the concerns within the community regarding Nydus Worms and Hydralisks. The change to Burrow should alle...

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VG247 Interviews Dustin Browder about Beta and Starcraft 2's release

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:15 +0000

VG247.com had a 20 minute interview with Dustin Browder about the Starcraft 2 beta and it's progress. This is the first interview I've seen with a Blizzard representative since the beta was released. As the lead game designer he'd sure know how beta is going. He says the numbers are positive for ...

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StarCraft II Beta Gamefiles

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:50:15 +0000

Blizzard has a long tradition of leaving things in their games' data files for the fans to ponder over, and such is the case with the beta. SC:L has extracted some information and many images from the beta .exe files. These as well as our upcoming articles will be in the "articles" section of the...

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MLG King of the Beta Hill: EG.Louder vs. Response Week 2

trancez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:09 +0000

I will post a spoiler of the results, but Louder goes Random and Response is Protoss every match.

by trancez at Starfeeder

Dustin Browder new interview and Blizzard posts the Baneling Story

Lipton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:04 +0000

VG274 recently interviewed Blizzard's(StarCraft2's) Dustin Browder:VG247: Are you seeing any specific trends from the beta? - Dustin BrowderCheck out the full interview here In other StarCraft 2 related news, there's an update on Starcraft2.com with a background story including Banelings: Broken ...

by Lipton at Starfeeder

Network Update: 2.5.6.2

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:26 +0000

We're working to deliver our content more efficiently and make the site's content more easily accessible. There are a few improvements we think you're going to like. First off we have a new like feature in our member screenshots section where you can Like a screenshot, or vote for it so to speak. ...

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Dustin Browder Interview March 9th 2010

blueberrycream9 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:50:12 +0000

by blueberrycream9 at Starcraft II Armory

VG247 Dustin Browder Interview

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:50:01 +0000

VG247 has recently had the chance to interview Dustin Browder, lead designer of StarCraft II: What level of concurrency to you want to get to before the end of the beta? Dustin Browder: I think we want to maintain about 10,000. It’s sort of our goal, and we’ve just about hit that at this point...

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Two Massive Q&A Sessions: Battle.Net and Beta In-Depth

Anderson Mccutcheon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:12 +0000

Robert Bridenbecker, Blizzard’s VP of online technology, has taken the time to provide some revealing details as well as answer a short Q&A in a session hosted in Samsung City Hyatt Hotel. The original articles have been released in Korean, and are available here and here. A kind soul has ...

by Anderson Mccutcheon at Sc2Blog

Site Updates

Quelex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:10:09 +0000

Hey guys, Just to let you know, we’ve had added a little bit more content to the site in the past couple of days. The new Screen Shots page has slide shows of the Screen Shots of the Month and Screen Shots from StarCraft II taken by Puppet Master and I. The Blizzard Battle Report Videos for St...

by Quelex at CreepColony

Daily Nooner: ShadowyMOON goes Gold

News Team — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:30:08 +0000

Last week ShadowyMOON moved up to the Gold League. To celibate the achievement I am posting his first Gold League match up. This one is a Terran vs Terran mirror match on Blistering Sands. A little back and forth on this one and a two parter.
We have been missing the Daily Nooner for the last wee...

by News Team at Starcraft-Source

Starcraft 2 site update: Broken Wide story

News Team — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:30:03 +0000

Well the official Starcraft II site has been updated with a amazing short story about the evolution of the Baneling called Broken Wide by Cameron Dayton who is a Writer/World Designer over at Blizzard.

by News Team at Starcraft-Source

Screen Shot & Poll of the Month (Mar. 7th 2010)

Quelex — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:40:26 +0000

Hey guys, The poll for February ended a week ago. Finally starting a new one. Here are the results! Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Zeratul and the Protoss in general seem to have more fans so far. Poor Kerrigan being there i...

by Quelex at CreepColony