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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The Protoss ones are especially bad. Carrier duels - oh so exciting.
The Protoss ones are especially bad. Carrier duels - oh so exciting.
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You suck if they have enough time and expansions to get that far.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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No it's not. Not at all. Read the backstory - Earth is thousands of light-years away, and the humans are the descendents of the people on a convict ship that was sent far, far away to create a colony.Originally posted by lord of the mark
whats with all this confederate - southern - redneck style for the Terrans? At first i thought "confederacy"was just a name like federation - and didnt ty it to the accents of Duke and Arcturus (after all Raynor has no such accent) and the guys in the truck video. And some of the ingame response voices. But in one of the other films theres a confederate battle flag on a space ship, and then we get New Gettysburg (misspelled in one place). So this is based on an alternative history in which the South won the American Civil War (with the battle of Gettysburg as the point of departure? why else name a base after a Yankee town?) And the CSA goes on to found the earth based interstellar empire (I presume at some point we will learn why the HQ is Talonis, and not Earth)Comment
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The races are based on Warhammer 40k - Terrans are Space Marines, Protoss are Eldar, Zerg are Tyranids.Originally posted by lord of the mark
also this business of the Zerg, as broods of mass creatures, attracted to Psi waves, and manipulated by the confederacy, and possibly the hinted at creation of hybrid creatures with them, sounds rather like SMAC. SMAC came later, did it not? Is this theme based on preexisting scifi, like Dune?Comment
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I thought the Zergs are Gene Stealers(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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lol, perhaps ... but I loved playing the protoss. Mind you, I sucked *totally* compared to serious players, but I could generally (in MP) beat an average player who didn't spend 40 hours a week playing... (this came out while I was in college, so a lot of people around me did spend that longOriginally posted by Urban Ranger
The Protoss ones are especially bad. Carrier duels - oh so exciting.
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But as Protoss, especially after playing the Protoss missions, I could survive for a LONG time, assuming I built a few units very early on and didn't get super-rushed. I mean, Protoss shields and repair meant that I could pretty much survive anything later in the game - I might not win, in fact against a very good player never would, but whereas as Zerg I'd either win or lose within an hour or so, as Terran, lose within 1.5 hours, as Protoss I once played a 6 hour game ... 3 player game, I survived to 2nd place sort of - never finished actually - I just bounced around from crystal patch to crystal patch, built a ton of shields in appropriate places, until I used up the patch; scouted for another, and moved on. It was admittedly a huge map, not sure what size but big enough... but it took nearly an hour for each base to fall, especially the ones below the rim where all I had to do was keep the terran tanks from burrowing in and nuking me.
It was great fun ... always on the move
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40 minute games were long...
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where do i find that?Originally posted by Kuciwalker
No it's not. Not at all. Read the backstory - ."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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The ManualI make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Don't tell me you acquired it LotM!
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I "acquired" it by PURCHASE, by walking into my local EB (Electronics Boutique), taking the CD Rom to the sales clerk, and handing over 5 GENUINE USA dollars - IE Greenbacks - IE Legal Tender - IE the almighty dollar. IE the currency of G-ds own country, G-d Bless the USA.Originally posted by DrSpike
Don't tell me you acquired it LotM!
Said CD ROM came in a case, and had NO, repeat NO, manual attached. As is the case with about 90% of the used games for sale at the local EB. Ergo I lack a manual.
"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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It's not on the CD?Comment
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Ah, so it was Electronics Boutique that "acquired" your money.Originally posted by lord of the mark
I "acquired" it by PURCHASE, by walking into my local EB (Electronics Boutique), taking the CD Rom to the sales clerk, and handing over 5 GENUINE USA dollars - IE Greenbacks - IE Legal Tender - IE the almighty dollar. IE the currency of G-ds own country, G-d Bless the USA. Said CD ROM came in a case, and had NO, repeat NO, manual attached. As is the case with about 90% of the used games for sale at the local EB. Ergo I lack a manual.
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Yup, they "acquired" my money, I "acquired" the CD from them, it was something called "exchange". A real mystery for some.Originally posted by General Ludd
Ah, so it was Electronics Boutique that "acquired" your money."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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No - Zerglings look exactly like the little basic Tyranids, whatever you call them. And the big ones are basically hydralisks. Hell, I can never remember the name Tyranid, and just call 'em zerg.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I thought the Zergs are Gene StealersComment
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Quite a bump, I know, but Starcraft won the Queen Elizabeth II stakes at Newbury today.
I really hope that the owner is a gamer.
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