Starcraft Terran Strategy – 1/1/1 Opener Build
A problem that many players run into when deploying their Starcraft 2 build is running into a hard counter. You may be pushing out Marines and Marauders when you suddenly run into a sea of Psionic Storms. This Terran build is meant to counter that pigeon-holing. This build makes it so you have access to nearly every unit available in the early game. The exception being the third tier units such as Terran Thors and Battlecruisers. Within the opener, you’ll have a Barracks, a Factory, and a Starport. A few thing to note about this build. The versatility does come at a cost. You lose a bit a defense versus early rushes. You’ll be spending more resources establishing the buildings and less on an early army. This makes scouting key. Identify early rushes and move away from this build if necessary.
GomTV GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO4 Results Day 2
*Spoiler Warning: Results will be revealed in this story* Following up some pretty epic matches between NEXLiveForever and a Fruit Dealer, we’re going to be looking at the games between oGsEnsnare and HopeTorture. This is the last day of the semi-final rounds for the first season of GomTV’s GSL Starcraft 2 tournament. Just a reminder that there will be no GSL games tomorrow, but we’ll be bringing you a recap of the complete GSL bracket for this season. The finals will be played Saturday and we’ll be bringing you the recap that morning following the live matchup.
Starcraft Zerg Strategy – 6-pool All-in Rush
This is probably one of the cheesiest Starcraft 2 builds that the SC2 Zerg are capable of.  It is also one of the riskiest.  You either win or lose as it takes every bit of resource from your economy and places it in the attack.  If you lose, it is extreme difficult to comeback.  The Starcraft 2 Zerg 6 pool build requires a few things to go right in order to have a shot at winning. First, there is no scouting with this build, so it becomes most effective in a 2-player map.  Your Zerg Overlord will not clear the space between bases in time to scout and you need all your drones gathering minerals non-stop till the rush attack.  In a 4+ player map, you will need to rely on a bit of luck as each time your send your rush against the wrong starting point means that it is more and more likely the forces you’ll face will defeat you.
GomTV GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO4 Day 1
*Spoiler Warning: Results will be revealed in this story* Today marks the first day of the semi-finals of the Starcraft 2 GSL tournament. Yesterday, the number of remaining participants in this GomTV GSL competition widdled down eight to four. Now that we’re into the RO4 matches, the Starcraft 2 tournament format transition from a “Best of 3″ set to a “Best of 5″ set. Meaning, players must now win 3 games to move on to the finals instead of just 2. This gives players more time to adapt to their opponents strategy as well as making cheese strats a definite possibility as losing an all-in manuver wouldn’t result in falling into a must win situation. The Prize Pool for this round of GomTV’s GSL Starcraft 2 tournament is also significantly higher than the RO8 prizes. By even making it this far, each player has earned approximately $8600. By winning their matches today and tomorrow, they win $25,700 guaranteed. They also have a shot at winning the $85,000 grand prize.
Starcraft Zerg Strategy – Fast Roaches Versus Terran
This build has developed into a standard opening build versus Starcraft 2 Terran players.  The Fast Roach build takes advantage of the Roach armor as a counter to an early Marine buildup.  The build proves effective against most early Terran strategies with only a couple exceptions. An early bio rush or an early push to Starport tech is an effective counter for this build.  You should always be sure to scout and to identify these potential threats.  You can identify an early bio push by scouting and seeing proxy barracks or potentially from multiple racks in their base with no tech lab or with multiple reactors.  You can identify a push to Starport if you scout a racks and factory without addons. If either of those builds show up during scouting, you may want to opt for a different build.  If neither build is apparent then continue pushing into fast Zerg Roaches with this build.
GomTV GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO8 Part 2
Earlier today, we brought you the latest results from the first half of today’s matches.  Now, we’re going to look at the final matches of the GomTV GSL Starcraft 2 Tournament RO8.  We’ll be going over the fights between sSKS and HopeTorture.  Following that, the report for the match between oGsEnsnare and HongUnPrime.  Serious epic matches as the prize pool continues to grow. All the players involve continue to show off the extremely high level of play that they’re famous for.  However, only one person walks away with first prize.  Continue to keep an eye here as we keep you up to date on the matches all the way into the finals this saturday.  You’ll get complete coverage all the way till the $85,000 grand prize is awarded. *Spoiler Warning: Match Results are revealed in this story*
Starcraft 2 Patch 1.1.1 Goes Live Tomorrow And Fixes Some Bugs
Earlier last week, Blizzard deployed Starcraft 2 Patch 1.1.  The patch results in quite a few balance issues being address as well and adding some minor functionality across the board.  Improvements were seen in the editor, the replays, the interface, and even the addition of a stopwatch to help keep time.  All of these were pushed out to make Starcraft 2 a more enjoyable experience for all. However, despite all the good intentions, bugs always seem to fall through the cracks.  The biggest of which was the Ultralisk building cleave bug.  The bug caused a large amount of negative backlash over the Starcraft 2 patch and Blizzard set up to take care of those issues as quickly as possible.  The results of their efforts can been seen in Starcraft 2 patch 1.1.1, a bug fix patch that takes care of some glaring issues as well as taking care of a couple older gameplay issues, including mineral boosting. The news came down via the South-East Asia Battlenet blog, the first region to see the patch as it was deployed early this morning.  The North American server should see it deployed tomorrow morning during some brief downtime.
GomTV GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO8 Results Part 1
We’re moving into the last of the rounds in this season of GomTV’s GSL tournament. Today we look at the round of 8 matches in this Starcraft 2 Tournament. The matches were played early this morning and we’re bringing you a recap of the fights. Some hard hits and failed strategies. Players are even harder pressed to not give up as the cash prize pool keeps increase. Moving into the thousands of dollars for winning these matches. Even more reason to say “Never Give Up”. *Spoiler Warning: Results will be revealed in this story*
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm not getting BlizzCon 2010 showing
Every year Blizzard tries to show off everything that they have cooking in development at their annual convention.  This year however, one of the biggest titles Blizzard has brewing isn’t going to see much of BlizzCon 2010.  As part of an interview with PC Gamer, the lead designer of Starcraft II, Chris Sigaty, confirmed that Heart of the Swarm would only see lore panel coverage.  Even then, it will mostly cover the transition from Wings of Liberty to Heart of the Swarm. Normally, BlizzCon is a showcase of everything Blizzard wants to show off.  As such, this indicates that Heart of the Swarm doesn’t have much ready to show as of yet.  Since this is Blizzard once-a-year showcase, you can expect most of what Heart of the Swarm has to offer to be revealed via Press Releases and community posts.
GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO16 Results Day 2 Part 2
Earlier we brought you the results for the first two matchs at today’s GSL Starcraft 2 Tournament matches. Some excellent play from all players involved and the second half doesn’t disappoint. As the final matches of the RO16 set are played, we see some nice stratgies and counters. The final 8 are decided by the time you read the story, and a great final 8 it is. Look for the final 8 coverage over the next couple days leading into the final rounds of the GSL Starcraft 2 Tournament. The RO8 matches will be played tomorrow with the RO4 matches being played on wednesday and thursday. Expect full reports of the results on all those days. Enjoy our coverage of the GSL Tournament. *Spoiler Warning: This story reveals the winners of today’s GomTV GSL matches*
GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO16 Results Day 2 Part 1
Earlier today, GomTV presented us with more tournament action. Now, we look at the second day of RO16 competition. Following some upsets in RO32, the tournament is setup with only Korean players remaining in the matches. Some matches that are featured are oGsHyperdub who defeated TLO in the previous round. In addition, the second of only two remaining Zerg players competes for his chance to move forward. There are some impressive defenses and some matches to prove to be quite different in terms of skill. There are some impressive games again today as the average skill of the participants continues to increase as the Starcraft 2 tournament continues through the rounds. *Spoiler Warning: This story reveals the winners of today’s GomTV GSL matches*
Blizzard Lead Producer talks about Starcraft 2 Patch 1.2
Everyone knows that there are going to be more and more patches.  Things will need to be tweaked or things will need to be added.  Starcraft 2 Patch 1.1 landed last tuesday for the North America servers and the community is already abuzz about what might come in Patch 1.2.  We here are Starcrafting are going to make sure you have the latest info about the upcoming Starcraft 2 Patch 1.2 as more information is revealed. One of the first real tidbits of information came down from Starcraft 2’s Lead Producer, Chris Sigaty.  He talked about how the changes with Patch 1.1 affected the game and what they’re looking at going forward.  He also gives us a look at what sort of patch it is going to be.   Along with some details on what it is going to include.
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Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Countering Reaper Rush
In Starcraft 2 Gameplay, each race has their own best rush tactic.  For the Terran, its the Reaper Rush.  This is an aggressive strategy that is designed to sacrifice your macro economy buildup in order to hit the harvesters of your opponent hard and fast.  This has been a very successful rush strategy in the past against Protoss, as your units a more expensive to build and your counters require a bit of teching. Without proper defenses, the Terran Reapers will hit your harvester and achieve kills in one or two shots.  As a SC2 Protoss player, you’ll need to make sure you get the right units in place so that you don’t lose all of your Probes.  So, let’s take a look at what you need to do to take care of a Reaper Rush.
Starcraft Terran Strategy – Beating Ultralisks
The SC2 Zerg are the masters of creating the ultimate beast.  The Zerg Ultralisk is no exception.  It is the biggest, baddest melee unit that can be produce in Starcraft 2.  Its big, fast and can crush anything it gets close enough to hit.  The other races have learned not to try to fight this beast toe-to-toe.  Instead, they utilize their big guns to take it out from a distance. Now, let’s take a look at some of the Starcraft 2 strategy countermeasures for when your SC2 Zerg opponent opts to bring in the Ultralisk.  Also, how you can avoid taking the devastating damage it can deal out against your units.  The key is making sure you can hit it without it getting close enough to hit you.  And you can do it with the right SC2 Terran units.
HuK is joining Team Liquid for Upcoming GSL Starcraft 2 Tournaments
The pro gaming community is always in a state of flux.  Players leaves, players join.  This is especially true with new games such as Starcraft 2.  Teams are always on the look out for new minds that can prove their stuff with
Starcraft 2 Achievement Hunting: FFA Achievements
Over the past week, Nghtmr9999 has been bringing us awesome guides on how to complete Starcraft 2 Achievements.  He’s brought us a guide to completing the Outmatched Achievements as we as a quick guide to getting the Zergling Rush Achievement.  The guides are easy to follow and will help anyone that’s at a loss and can’t stand not having an achievement. This time around, Nghtmr9999 is giving us some solid advice on how to complete the FFA achievement set against the AI.  With this guide you’ll be able to complete 4 achievements at once and on top of that unlock a new portrait, Orlan.
GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO16 Results Day 1 Part 2
Earlier today we brought you the recap of the first two matches of the GSL RO16 Tournament.  Some excellent play from all involved.  Now, we’re going to take a look at the rest of the results for the day.  Again, some great play from everyone involved including excellent examples of both micro and macro based Starcraft 2 gameplay. Remember, this news post will contain the full recap of each match as well as reveal the winner of each match.  If you plan on watching the VoDs and don’t wish to have the games spoiled, skip over this newspost for the time being.  We’ll be bringing you more RO16 with the results of day 2 on monday. *Spoiler Warning: Match results will be revealed in this story*
GSL News: Starcraft 2 Tournament RO16 Results Day 1 Part 1
The first games of the next round of the GomTV GSL Starcraft 2 Tournament have just been played. And Starcrafting is bringing you the earliest results on the first of the RO16 matches being played live from Seoul, Korea. Congratulations to all the players that made it this far. Definitely a show of how high-level all of these players are. For those that haven’t seen the matches and are planning to watch via VoDs or other means, you should definitely turn away now. This is a complete results writeup on how the tournament is progressing. Be sure to check in every event morning for the latest in results from the GomTV GSL Season 1 final rounds. *Spoiler Warning: Match Results will be revealed in this story*
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Beating Colossus
The giant robot monsters of the Starcraft 2 Protoss army.  The Protoss Colossus is a force to be reckoned with.  It is the ultimate in ground superiority.  If you show a largely ground based army, you will most likely see a Colossus down the line to counter your forces.  Added in with the Extended Thermal Lance ability, they can likely take you down without suffering many losses. As a Protoss player, you can of course bring out your own Colossus, but there are much better ways of dealing with the threat.  Let’s take a look at some of these in our latest look into how to defeat units.

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