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Rule change: Posts and discussions around Frost Giant Studios and their upcoming game Stormgate are also permitted (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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Frost Giant is a studio formed by veterans who previously worked on Blizzard titles like StarCraft II and WarCraft III.

Stormgate is poised to be a spritual successor to SC2 and has a lot of hype surrounding it. It would be disingenous to not allow the community to discuss this game, for that reason.

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Introduction & Rules - Please read if you are new (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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With /r/starcraft being one of the hundreds of subreddits going private indefinitely, I thought that I'd take the wheel and create a community for it on Lemmy.

This place is going to be run similarly to how things were on /r/Starcraft, with some slight rule changes. Please read and abide by the rules whilst on this community.

General Rules:

Follow the lemmy.world rules outlined in this link. Please note that these are instance-wide rules that do not just apply to this community.
Posts must be related to StarCraft. As long as it's related to Blizzard's hit franchise in some way (including but not limited to fan art, esports, gameplay, guides, events) it is generally welcome here.
No pornographic content. This isn't NSFWLemmy...
Hate speech (including homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc) is not tolerated.

Accusation Rule:

Any accusations made against an organisation commentator, streamer, pro player or other stakeholder within the greater SC community/pro scene should be backed up with evidence. Baseless accusations will be removed.
Do not encourage users to contact sponsors, teams or other stakeholders with negative feedback.

Temp Rule Changes:

23/06/2023 - posts involving Stormgate and Frost Giant Studios are permitted, at least until the game's release. Explanation here.

Useful Links:

Liquipedia SC2 and Brood War- Online wikis maintained by Team Liquid dedicated to the BW and SC2 pro scenes.
TL.net (formerly Team Liquid) - A forum dedicated to both SC2 and BW.
Brood War livestreams on Twitch and Kick
StarCraft II livestreams on Twitch and Kick

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RSL Offline Finals starting in 15 minutes! (Dec 13-14) (retrolemmy.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReviveSC2/streams

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tastelesstv

And maybe a 2nd stream at https://www.twitch.tv/rotterdam08

Bracket:

TL Preview Article: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/642776-rsl-revival-2025-season-finals-preview

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/RSL_Revival/Finals

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WardiTV 2025 Championship ($5000+, December 6 to 21) (retrolemmy.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/wardiii

YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/@WardiTV/streams

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/WardiTV_2025

The WardiTV 2025 Championship marks the return of our annual championship event, celebrating the WardiTV tournaments throughout the year. Players will be seeded into the tournament from results throughout the WardiTV 2025 season as well as there being open qualifiers for others to secure a spot in the group stage.

All donations throughout the Groups & Playoffs of the event will be added the Prize Pool.

Here's the schedule, starting time is always the same:

Group A - Saturday, Dec 06 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Group B - Sunday, Dec 07 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Group C - Tuesday, Dec 09 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Group D - Thursday, Dec 11 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Seeding Matches Group A - Saturday, Dec 13 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Seeding Matches Group B - Sunday, Dec 14 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Playoffs Day 1 - Tuesday, Dec 16 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Playoffs Day 2 - Wednesday, Dec 17 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Playoffs Day 3 - Thursday, Dec 18 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Playoffs Day 4 - Friday, Dec 19 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Playoffs Day 5 - Saturday, Dec 20 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)
Finals Day - Sunday, Dec 21 6:00am CST (GMT-06:00)

https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/642308-5000-warditv-2025-championship

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Randomly choose old maps to play (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by JTskulk@lemmy.world to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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I made this little app to pick random old maps a long time ago and finally decided to host it.

Features:

Tiny and simple interface.
Downloads maps from TeamLiquid.net so new maps are always a click away.
Automatically copy map names to the clipboard so it can be pasted into the game.
Easily disable ancient maps by date.
Easy Linux install script.

It should work on Windows too, just install pyqt6.

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RSL Revival season 3 playoffs start in 12 hours (Nov 20-23) (retrolemmy.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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Youtube Stream: https://www.youtube.com/@ReviveSC2/streams

Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/tastelesstv

Soop stream: https://www.sooplive.com/tastelesstv

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/RSL_Revival/Season_3

VODs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfdKYYIZIwoSpTswqfQkAJHZDQ-QaQ-bI

TL's recap article: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/642581-rsl-season-3-ro16-results-and-ro8-bracket

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New map bugs (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by JTskulk@lemmy.world to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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Hello both subscribers of this community! A new SC2 season has dropped and the map pool consists of entirely new maps with not a single old one present. I did some science on these new maps and found some bugs and particularities I'd like to share.

Most of these maps have larger reaper jump spots which are harder to deny with zerglings and buildings. Most also feature a limited amount of dead air space behind the mains, so be careful with your air units.

10000 Feet:

Reaper jump spots are not clearly marked. There is a small shelf near it, so beware of small drops that deny mining that can't be denied by lings.
The mineral wall can be opened in 4 trips; each mineral patch has 5 minerals.
The weird shaped pillars with rocks on them are pillars, but can be deceptive. Make sure your air units are in the middle.
There's a floating bush in the top rightish of the map but not on the opposite side. Go southwest from the top-right base and you'll find it next to the water.
The corners of this map aren't as deep as they appear. A queen can hit an overlord in the very corner of the main.

Celestial Enclave:

The pocket base has a worker-only path. It looks like small minerals, but it can't be mined. Not even lings can go through here.
Everything that looks like a pillar is.
If you look at the waterfalls when you don't have vision, it's a static texture that wiggles back and forth lol.

Old Republic:

Very large reaper jump spots.
The large round cylinders with captured zerg inside are NOT pillars.
The corners of this map aren't as deep as they appear. A queen can hit an overlord in the very corner of the main.

Ruby Rock:

Very large reaper jump spot with multiple smaller ones.

Taito Citadel:

Every pillar that looks like a pillar is, but the small ones are tricky. Air units must be in the center or they will be visible.
The corners of this map aren't as deep as they appear. A queen can hit an overlord in the very corner of the main.

Tourmaline:

This map has broken reaper cliffs. The jump spots between the natural and linear third are extremely difficult to make reapers use. You have to move your reaper to the cliff's edge before telling it to jump down, otherwise it will turn around and try to use the ramp. I found that the bottom left jump spot is worse than the top right one.
Every pillar that looks like a pillar is.
Air units are not safe in the main corners.

White Rabbit:

This map has a doodad of 3 stacked boxes around the map. For some reason the ones in the bottom right and top left have no boundary. This means you can hide small units completely inside of them.
Main corners are not safe from queens.

Winter Madness:

Reaper jump spots are not marked.
The main corners are kind of safe. You can't fly into a perfectly safe position because the interface gets in the way at the bottom base. However, if you let your small air unit naturally run deeper into the corner after taking a shot or two, it will be safe.

Mothership:

Circular 3 player map just like Last Fantasy of last season. Walls block air units out of the corners. The wall on the top side is harder to see than the others.
The big clear cylinders with minerals in them are NOT pillars.
Reaper jump spots themselves aren't marked, but there are markers to show where buildings can be placed to block them (including a pylon marker! Disgusting Protoss coddling...)
The clear glass-looking floor near the black gaps between bases is regular ground.
The long thin rectangular pillars are in fact pillars.

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RSL Revival Season 3 (Nov 13-23) (retrolemmy.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com to c/starcraft@lemmy.world

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The group stage is Nov 13, 14, 15, 16. The playoffs are Nov 20, 21, 22, 23.