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[Corran Horn]

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Expansion Official Thread (Wings of Liberty Required)
Website: Heart of the Swarm | StarCraft 2 | Battle.net

Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Platforms: PC & Mac
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Modes: Single Player & Multiplayer

Welcome to The Hive Mind
You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory. Before the murderous forces of the Terran Dominion close in, you must plot your escape to the dark reaches of space… and reclaim your living empire at the Heart of the Swarm.

• The First Expansion to StarCraft 2 (Wings of Libery is required for Heart of the Swarm)
• Brand new Campaign with about 20 missions
• New Zerg evolutions throughout the campaign
• Crazy addictive multiplayer yo
• More #ESPORTS

The Story So Far... (Thanks to ZealousD)

StarCraft 1
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF9226B77F797043B​

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsBuzuNFyaUA9HBAxjV4jDbVHkdeRneDn
​

Protoss







Teran





Zerg

• Revised Training Modes
• Improved AI
• New Multiplayer Maps
• New Balance Changes
• Addition of Groups and Clans
• Resume Replay Feature
• Unranked Matchmaking
• Brand New Leveling System
• Improved Arcade Experience
• Upgrades to Mod/Custom Map Scene
• New Dances
• Continued #ESPORTS Focus

Heart of the Swarm Tournaments

• IEM Season VII - March 5-9 (Germany)
• MLG Dallas - March 15-18
• 2013 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 - March 4-May 11 (Korea)

Liquidpedia Tournaments Site

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Fin

 

[Corran Horn]

 

[Slayerx]

Hype #vengeance.

 

[antitrop]

My body is so ready. Fantastic OT. I put thousands of hours into StarCraft II.

I have the CE pre-ordered for day 1 delivery, I liked the art book and Making Of DVD that came with WoL, hopefully there's some good stuff in this one. (WoL CE had SC: Brood War on a Jim Raynor Dog Tag USB drive, that shit was awesome).

I'll be playing through the campaign day 1, then hitting up the ladder. Eventually a Brutal play through, as well. Finishing WoL on Brutal was frustrating and not very fun, but a proud accomplishment.

I hit Master League in WoL, but I'm not expecting to put nearly that much time into HotS. I'll settle for high Diamond.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/549882/1/antitrop/

 

[Mairu]

can't wait to finally play the campaign

 

[Deadman]

I liked the hydra being a new unit

 

[Tashi]

I'm pumped baby. Let's go!

 

[Paches]

Looking forward to the campaign and widow mines.

 

[kayos90]

I'm ready baby.

 

[Acheron]

Hook that Metzen writing into my veins.

 

[KittyKittyBangBang]

 

[Remachinate]

I hit Master League in WoL, but I'm not expecting to put nearly that much time into HotS. I'll settle for high Diamond.

It took me 6 months after Master level was introduced in WoL to get myself up there; haven't touched it since.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/575815/1/Remachinate/


This expansion is going to make me spend another 6 months doing it again, I just know it.

 

[antitrop]

 

[FieryBalrog]

pre-ordered

 

[Striek]

Surprised its only a week to go. #sc2isdead

 

[ghst]

and so the race begins between me hitting GM and void rays getting nerfed back to irrelevance.

 

[Paches]

YOLO Viking appearance please!

 

[Calidor]

I'm there day 1!

Spoiler

single player only!

 

[woober]

MVP keen gif and White-Ra image in an OT? Couldn't be any more perfect.

 

[antitrop]

YOLO Viking appearance please!

Check again, yo!

 

[Crimsonlink]

Alright can't wait for Amazon to deliver it to me! Probably a good thing I won't get it till Tuesday afternoon since I have class those days lol.

Can hopefully make Plat or higher in this expansion since I struggle so much vs Toss late game.

 

[ultron87]

Yay! Excited for campaign and to get super stressed out by laddering again. Now to just decide whether to keep the faith maining Toss or switch it up.

 

[jersoc]

digital ce same price? i don't think that's right.

semi excited to play again.

 

[Pancakes]

Yay!

 

[Corran Horn]

digital ce same price? i don't think that's right.

semi excited to play again.

Regular and Digital are same thing, just digital has a few extra items since its battle.net exclusive. Its not CE

 

[Corran Horn]

Yay! Excited for campaign and to get super stressed out by laddering again. Now to just decide whether to keep the faith maining Toss or switch it up.

Play unranked ladder and tada! No stress!

 

[antitrop]

Terran4lyfe

 

[sixghost]

How is the competitive scene doing? I've seen random posts about it dying out compared to LoL and DOTA.

 

[jersoc]

Regular and Digital are same thing, just digital has a few extra items since its battle.net exclusive. Its not CE

oh, i see. i swear i looked last week and it was 10 more. no reason not to get that then.

 

[Corran Horn]

How is the competitive scene doing? I've seen random posts about it dying out compared to LoL and DOTA.

It still does decent, just doesnt really have that much hype anymore. People kinda hoping that new expansion will generate that again. LoL will always destroy SC2 in terms of ratings unless blizz gets smart and starts to think about doing a true Free to play model.

 

[antitrop]

How is the competitive scene doing? I've seen random posts about it dying out compared to LoL and DOTA.

IPL6 got cancelled today and IGN is trying to sell it off, but uh... eSports!
http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/ipl6-cancelled-official-statement

 

[ZealousD]

The Story So Far... (Thanks to ZealousD)

StarCraft 1
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF9226B77F797043B​

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsBuzuNFyaUA9HBAxjV4jDbVHkdeRneDn
​

Hey guys. You should watch these. I worked hard on them.

 

[Corran Horn]

oh, i see. i swear i looked last week and it was 10 more. no reason not to get that then.

eh I guess I was wrong looking at it now. Fixed...thats alot of extra money for like nothing lol

 

[ultron87]

Play unranked ladder and tada! No stress!

It was never really the ranking part that stressed me out. More just that trying to play the game as fast and as actively as I know it should be is really stressful.

 

[ghst]

It still does decent, just doesnt really have that much hype anymore. People kinda hoping that new expansion will generate that again. LoL will always destroy SC2 in terms of ratings unless blizz gets smart and starts to think about doing a true Free to play model.

or lower the skill ceiling enough that everyone's favourite lovable foreigners have a hope in hell of competing at the highest level.

i'm not sure having the competitive scene dominated by the worst matchup for the best part of a year helped, either.

 

[Haunted]

Solid thread title, I approve.

 

[Haunted]

I need context for this one.

 

[Zzoram]

or lower the skill ceiling enough that everyone's favourite lovable foreigners have a hope in hell of competing at the highest level.

i'm not sure having the competitive scene dominated by the worst matchup for the best part of a year helped, either.

HotS is clearly going to raise the skill ceiling actually. The pros all seem to think so.

 

[ghst]

HotS is clearly going to raise the skill ceiling actually. The pros all seem to think so.

only four hours until we find out:

 

[EscapingJail]

Can't wait!

How is the competitive scene doing? I've seen random posts about it dying out compared to LoL and DOTA.

It's doing perfectly fine. Way more tournament content than the release of WoL ( 1-2 Big tournaments a week, with dozens of smaller online tournaments weekly.)

With HOTS coming out it's going to continue to get bigger and bigger.

Anyone saying otherwise is completely uninformed or just inciting a "this esport is better" war.

*hint hint* IPL died because IGN died, it's not rocket science.

 

[antitrop]

I need context for this one.

Beta showmatch vs Puck, qxc was up 3-1, then Puck cheesed him 3 games in a row to win the series. That was the end of the 7th game.

 

[KittyKittyBangBang]

I need context for this one.

That is Team Complexity's QXC, This was taken from his stream. I think he was pissed he got cheesed by early Void Rays. Love this GIF

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Hell, it's about time.

 

[velvet_nitemare]

Dat Queen of Blades is everything you believe in, i know!

 

[Aaron]

IPL6 got cancelled today and IGN is trying to sell it off, but uh... eSports!
http://www.ign.com/ipl/all/news/ipl6-cancelled-official-statement

That also includes their LOL tourney, so it doesn't really matter about popularity.

 

[RuinerPrime]

I liked the hydra being a new unit

can someone explain the joke? are hydras garbage now?

 

[KittyKittyBangBang]

Beta showmatch vs Puck, qxc was up 3-1, then Puck cheesed him 3 games in a row to win the series. That was the end of the 7th game.

ohhhh, thanks for that backstory. That QXC has quite the temper

 

[antitrop]

can someone explain the joke? are hydras garbage now?

Speed upgrade makes them viable.

Building Hydras in Wings of Liberty competitive multiplayer was usually a good way to throw the game, because they were so slow without creep.

 

[PhoenixDark]

But SC2 is dead

Panda hold me. Fuck Splinter

 

[Keikaku]

can someone explain the joke? are hydras garbage now?

Hydra's are much better now.