Gamerster.com » Starcraft 2 http://blog.gamerster.com The Adventures of a Pinoy Gamer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:58:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Starcraft 2 Updates http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-updates.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-updates.htm#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:12:08 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1920 My purchased of Starcraft 2 last year really worth every cent of it as until now I’m still playing the game on BattleNet with friends against its AI or against other players on my Division league. And Oh I’m on Bronze Division and still hoping to climb more to the next division. Right now I’m #2 in my league.

Few days ago BattleNet released its StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Trailers – The first expansion for StarCraft II. So check it out :

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-updates.htm/feed 0 Level Up PH will distribute Starcraft 2 Prepaid Load http://blog.gamerster.com/level-up-ph-will-distribute-starcraft-2-prepaid-load.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/level-up-ph-will-distribute-starcraft-2-prepaid-load.htm#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:27:48 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1824 I first read this news from GMTRISTAN himself through his facebook fan page that Level Up Philippines will be distributing or handling the Starcraft 2 Prepaid Load here in the Philippines. My first reaction was WOW.

Many MMORPG gamers today doesn’t care much about Starcraft 2 but for us gamers who grew up with PC/LAN strategy game we are happy that the fun can be pass to the new breed of gamers who was first introduced with hack and slash type of game. What we can be proud of is that we able to experience the LAN Strategy game era and of course MMORPG and 3D games as well.

By the way LU also announced that there will be a FREE play of Starcraft 2 starting November 19 until 21, 2010. This is your chance to try SC2 over at Battle.net. Check this link out http://www.facebook.com/StarCraftSEA for more details. SC2 cards can be purchased on selected internet gaming cafés, convenience stores and gaming retail shops nationwide. As of this writing we don’t have the exact name of the outlet.

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/level-up-ph-will-distribute-starcraft-2-prepaid-load.htm/feed 0 Prepaid Cards for Starcraft 2 in the Philippines http://blog.gamerster.com/prepaid-cards-for-starcraft-2-in-the-philippines.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/prepaid-cards-for-starcraft-2-in-the-philippines.htm#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:37:07 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1783 Starcraft 2 : Wings of Liberty was launched here in the Philippines last July 27, 2010. Unfortunately only those people who are willing to shell out PHP 3500 for the starcraft Box with DVD installer and other freebies who can play the award winning title game.

Now the good news, Blizzard Entertainment Inc announced that SC2 Prepaid cards or Game Cards will be available to gamers who are wanting to play SC2 in Hong Kong/Macau, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thail and the Philippines starting on the 18th November 2010.

For Philippine Based Starcraft 2 Players here your options :

PHP 50.00 – 3 Days game play
PHP 100.00 – 7 Days game Play
PHP 350.00 – 30 Days game Play

You can download the Starcraft 2 DVD Installer at the Battlenet website or just buy it for PHP 170.00 and you can have DVD starter Kit with 7 days trial.

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/prepaid-cards-for-starcraft-2-in-the-philippines.htm/feed 2 You were dropped – SC2 error http://blog.gamerster.com/you-were-dropped-sc2-error.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/you-were-dropped-sc2-error.htm#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:52:41 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1751 Starcraft 2 got this You were dropped error which I don’t know the cause of it. Out of 150 1 on 1 games I played I just experience this twice. I think in the long run this could be annoying as like in my case I’m winning the game but because I was dropped that chance of getting another win was not recorded due to the error.

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/you-were-dropped-sc2-error.htm/feed 0 Playing Starcraft 2 on Bronze League / Division http://blog.gamerster.com/playing-starcraft-2-on-bronze-league-division.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/playing-starcraft-2-on-bronze-league-division.htm#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:20:09 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1726 I’ve been occupied with playing Starcraft 2 for couple of weeks now. I finally skipped the practice mode and went to the Leagues and Ladders Matches. During my first 5 placement games its 3 to 2 and I was placed by the BattleNet system to the Bronze Division. According to some info a Bronze division is a division for Starcraft 2 Players that belongs to the 70%-100% of Global Ranking (or SC2 SEA ranking). From there if a player will do good he might be promoted to the higher Leagues Division. Check it below.

# Diamond (top 10%)
# Platinum (10-25%)
# Gold (25-45%)
# Silver (45-70%)
# Bronze (70-100%

So, if you belong to the bronze league don’t worry as if you are really good and keep on winning you eventually reach silver and climb to the Diamond League. Currently I have 40 Wins and 44 Losses. I know not the best records out there for bronze player but isn’t the worst too. My early objective is to make the Wins and Losses even.

I believe putting the player on a certain division that matches to the rest of the SC2 expertise on that Division would make the game fun. This is because you will be playing against those within your skills. So there….

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/playing-starcraft-2-on-bronze-league-division.htm/feed 0 Starcraft 2 Review http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-review.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-review.htm#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:35:05 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1690 Flash Back

I always remember the fun that me and my friends spend countless hours playing  LAN game with  the first installment of Starcraft 11 to 12 years ago at our favorite Icafe somewhere near the University Belt Manila. It was during those time when you need to master your chosen tech tree and execute it as fast as you can to get an edge against your opponent.

Fast forwarding to July 27, 2010, the most awaited strategy game Starcraft 2 was launched. A week or two after I got my digital copy through SouthEast Asia battle.net. Yes folks I purchased my SC2 License online and just borrowed a DVD from my friend to save some hours to download the SC2 installation Game software.

Play It On

I know this Starcraft 2 review is quite late already but here are my personal opinions, comment and the likes about this game.

First thing first, I played Starcraft 2 on an old AMD 2.1GHz processor with just 1GIG of RAM and a 512MB Radeon Video card. Basically its isn’t the best gaming PC for this game but I can say its playable and bearable in fact I  seldom experience game lag during a 1Human Vs 1Human  and 2 Human vs 2AI game play. So, if you have a computer specification close to this specs you are lucky and you can play the game.

My first try was playing the campaign but I stopped and move to multi-players mode. With that I cannot comment on the story line that much but my initial impression was very nice. The cinematic and the initial campaign mission are interesting and impressive.

For the Multi-Player mode, I’ve decided not to go on with the Leagues and Ladder matches but instead maximize the un-ranking gameplay to get familiarize with my chosen species which is the Human Terran. Initially I played against Normal AI and eventually upgraded the difficulty to hard and stuck there since I cannot beat the AI. I should admit 12 years is quite a long time and my human fingers ain’t that fast anymore however, I believe it can be overcome with more practice.

Starcraft 2 Characters

If you already played Starcraft  you will notice many of its structures name and units still part of SC2. Some new units for Terran are Reaper, Hellion, Thor, Viking, Medivac, Raven and Banshee. For Protoss : Stalker, Immortal, Colossus, Phoenix, Voidray,  High templar, Mothership. For Zerg : Baneling, Overseer, Roach, Infestor, Corruptor, Nydus Worm, and  Broodlord.

The GamePlay

This Real-Time Strategy (RTS) is one of the best out there. Gameplays ain’t boring as players can do different strategies based on the situation his units are  currently in. There is also a time when players need to adjust based on the SC2 Map, the race of the enemy and a lot of other factors like based expansion and combination of units. There’s micro management too that you need to master. I also noticed Starcraft 2 gameplay is a little faster than its predecessors. The enhanced online gameplay is really impressive that I even forget talking about the LAN feature.

The Graphics

Through the years GUI of  most game releases improved and Starcraft 2 did adapted the advancement of GUI that is available at this time. Its interface is very user-friendly and has impressive design. In short SC2 has a great visual graphics.

Conclusion

I think we will be seeing some adjustment in the coming months as many Sc2 players believe in order to maintain balance of the races some units should be adjusted but again its only Blizzard can do it.

Oh by the way for now this review doesn’t tackled the Battle.net ladder system as I will only play once I really have a lot of extra time to pour on this game.

Since I’m enjoying the game with some of my friends I can say  purchasing the Starcraft 2 – Wings of Liberty game License worth my money. Its entertaining and the way I see it this game will be here for many years to come unless of course if there will be a major game competitor will come out.

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-review.htm/feed 1 Starcraft 2 Strategy : Terran Basic Opener http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-strategy-terran-basic-opener.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-strategy-terran-basic-opener.htm#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:11:48 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1617 Saw this on Youtube. Starcraft 2 Strategy Terran Basic Opener. The player called it 3 barracks strategy for Terran. Please don’t forget you can experiment with your own style and strategy especially when playing against real human.

Posted by: HuskyStarcraft on youtube.com
Disclamer : I do not claim ownership to the video. Please refer to the source link provided

]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-strategy-terran-basic-opener.htm/feed 1 Starcraft 2 Bugs and Fixes http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-bugs-and-fixes.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/starcraft-2-bugs-and-fixes.htm#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:20:40 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1615 Activision-Blizzard has revealed some of the discovered bugs and issues on Starcraft 2.

- Digital Download of Starcraft 2 won’t work for PC users who are still using Fat32. The fix is to switch to the NTFS format before attempting an Internet installation of StarCraft II Wings of Liberty.
- For Apple users Blizzard warned that Mac OS X 10.6 has an issue with Nvidia drivers and according to Activision-Blizzard that using an USB headset somehow has an effect on the SC2 FPS.

- Sound does not play properly on some hardware set to 7.1 sound on Windows Vista/Windows 7. Potential Workaround – Change sound output speaker options to 5.1 or lower.

- Graphical corruption can occur when Paged Pool memory gets low. Potential Fix is to close unnecessary background applications and restart client.

- If you encounter language pack error you can try to fix it by ensuring your system clock is correct can help resolve the error.

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]]> http://blog.gamerster.com/download-starcraft-2-from-battle-net.htm/feed 1 Expect Starcraft II – Wings of Liberty by July 27, 2010 http://blog.gamerster.com/expect-starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty-by-july-27-2010.htm http://blog.gamerster.com/expect-starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty-by-july-27-2010.htm#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 14:24:23 +0000 nerbie http://blog.gamerster.com/?p=1500 Blizzards Entertainment, Inc. finally announced the release date of Starcraft 2 – Wings of Liberty which will be available in store on July 27, 2010.  Expect that  we will be seeing Starcraft 2 in some game stores here in Philippines. Another option would be purchasing the  StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty directly from Blizzard Entertainment shortly after the retail launch.

Whatever race you will be choosing to master all I can say is  ::: Prepare for Battle!!!

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