Starcraft II

[Jedo]

The mac version of the beta just went online yesterday, so I pre ordered to get the beta today. I played brood war for so long I'm so psyched to play 2. I was never very good at the original, but me and some friends sure sunk a lot of time into it... Any other cerebrates out there

[Solomon]

Yep, definitely playing SC2 right now and loving it. I don't play much on the ladder, but I'm in Plat league atm. I've been mostly watching Husky and HD's commentary videos on youtube which are fantastic, and probably spent more time watching their replays and going over them myself in SC2 replay mode (mostly my own for improvement and other strong players'). Day9's commentary is also good, but I just need that 1080p goodness . Currently trying to get decent with Phoenixes, but atm my younger brothers are using my account to play FFAs so not much chance for me to play now :p.

[flOvermind]

Unfortunately, I didn't get a beta key

But I know a few people who did, and it looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on it. I already pre-ordered it from Amazon

Any other cerebrates out there

Guess where I got my screen name from

[Jedo]

Unfortunately, I didn't get a beta key

But I know a few people who did, and it looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on it. I already pre-ordered it from Amazon

Any other cerebrates out there

Guess where I got my screen name from

Hmm, that's weird. I got the beta key by pre ordering it from gamestop, and I thought amazon did the same...

[Solomon]

Unfortunately, I didn't get a beta key

But I know a few people who did, and it looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on it. I already pre-ordered it from Amazon

Any other cerebrates out there

Guess where I got my screen name from

Hmm, that's weird. I got the beta key by pre ordering it from gamestop, and I thought amazon did the same...

Only fairly recently.

Also, while we're on the discussion of SC2, there's a reality TV show going on in Korea called "Nal_rA's Oldboy" where Nal_rA (very famous SC player) tries to get back into the SC pro game scene as a player rather than as a commentator. It's the only reality TV show I'm genuinely enjoying right now and it offers a glimpse into the SC pro scene (and soon SC2) in Korea.

First episode of Nal_rA's Oldboy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqYkGtWfh0

[flOvermind]

Unfortunately, I didn't get a beta key

But I know a few people who did, and it looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on it. I already pre-ordered it from Amazon

Any other cerebrates out there

Guess where I got my screen name from

Hmm, that's weird. I got the beta key by pre ordering it from gamestop, and I thought amazon did the same...

Only amazon.com, not amazon.co.uk

At least I have the advantage of saving about 15€, because the pre-order price at amazon.co.uk is a lot lower than the rumored final price

[Rafa]

I played Starcraft for 2 years on and off, i still watch the pro scene on South Korea but i've quited atleast until starcraft 2 comes out

[Chew Terr]

Also, while we're on the discussion of SC2, there's a reality TV show going on in Korea called "Nal_rA's Oldboy" where Nal_rA (very famous SC player) tries to get back into the SC pro game scene as a player rather than as a commentator. It's the only reality TV show I'm genuinely enjoying right now and it offers a glimpse into the SC pro scene (and soon SC2) in Korea.

...and now I'm three episodes in... Yesterday I was intending to play go, but started watching this instead. =)

[Jedo]

Update, turns out my 3 yearbold MacBook is too old to play sc2 ugh, now I need to buy a new laptop when I get home...

[Rafa]

Also, while we're on the discussion of SC2, there's a reality TV show going on in Korea called "Nal_rA's Oldboy" where Nal_rA (very famous SC player) tries to get back into the SC pro game scene as a player rather than as a commentator. It's the only reality TV show I'm genuinely enjoying right now and it offers a glimpse into the SC pro scene (and soon SC2) in Korea.

...and now I'm three episodes in... Yesterday I was intending to play go, but started watching this instead. =)

Yeah its a nice show, i also tend to watch "HyungJoon Becomes Progamer"

[Jonas]

There are a bunch of songs regarding the blizzard-beta-keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvYdj4-g7Ec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8AYEUq ... re=related

Oh and there was a very big uproar in the german SC Community because all newbs got betakeys but not the best german starcraft-pros

[Rafa]

Cool songs.
I think there is no reason to be mad about that... its just beta.

[Solomon]

Fortunately, for those without keys so far, the game's coming out quite quickly for Blizzard's standards (July 27th).

Also, I read a Korean news article a while ago that compared the brain activity of a Starcraft professional gamer playing Starcraft versus a Go player, and found that the Starcraft player's brain was more active and engaged than the Go player's. I'll see if I can dig up the article later.

[uglyboxer]

... found that the Starcraft player's brain was more active and engaged than the Go player's

Did the article address the difference in visual cortex stimulation between the games, or was it just a baseline amount of brain activity in general? I'd be interested in reading it if you can find it. (provided it was in English )

[Solomon]

... found that the Starcraft player's brain was more active and engaged than the Go player's

Did the article address the difference in visual cortex stimulation between the games, or was it just a baseline amount of brain activity in general? I'd be interested in reading it if you can find it. (provided it was in English )

It was more the latter than the former; it's in Korean but I'll see if I can get the article translated after I burn in flames, I mean take my midterm tomorrow >__<.