Starcraft

If you've been reading my Twitter, you know that I've been trying to play StarCraft for the first time in my life.

Trying being the opportune word.

I've got the basic strategy down, I've been able to get a bunch of guys, I've even gotten 30 Goliaths at one time, but for some reason, the computer always seems to have a combat advantage equivalent to sending a squad of gunmen into a sniper ambush (which is another one of my pet peeves). The enemy also almost always seems to outnumber me at least 2 to 1, and to date I haven't even managed to win one encounter (an encounter meaning just a 30-second battle between my guys and the computer's guys).

Maybe I should just wait for Starcraft II. They say it's supposed to be easier on the newbies.

Stardraft II

As I have mentioned before, I'm still pretty mad at Blizzard, namely because they seemed more concerned about harvesting their quarter of a billion dollars from World of Warcraft. However, I'm willing to forgive them, if they keep to their promise this time and release Starcraft II before July hits. That being said, I'm getting really excited for Starcraft II.

I've never really played much of the RTS genre. I've played Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth a couple of times, but I've never really played that for the last 4 or 5 years. And I've never played Starcraft.

But Blizzard says they're supposed to be gearing the game to all skill levels, which should appeal to everyone. My friends tend to play Starcraft a lot (or they used to, anyway, until they heard Starcraft II was coming soon... back in 2007 *cough* *cough*... OK, I'm officially through with the vaporware talk), so they should be able to find good matches through Blizzard's new match system, and I should be able to find a couple of nubs that are the same level as me that I can beat.

The game should really appeal to really experienced players (You know, Koreans) too, with the new classes that keep people guessing as to exactly how the hell to use them. The only problem I foresee is people who purposely do terrible in the skill level match just to get a bunch of new players as opponents, and win every match. But that would just be boring.

So, Blizzard, I'm taking you off of my Axis of Evil. You'll just sit beside Bungie in the naughty corner.

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