Starcraft

LoRdSCypher · 08-01-2002, 01:03 AM

Anyone play the strat. game Starcraft?

BeardofPants · 08-01-2002, 01:53 AM

Good game. I got about 3/4 of the way through it, before I got bored of doing the same thing over and over again though. (Build up army bases, build up big army, take said big army and whammy enemies. Next mission. Repeat.) Try Warcraft III - the BF appears to enjoy it a bit more. It sounds a helluva lot more strategic, and actually requires some patience, and thought - something I'm not terribly good for... I thought it was cool how you could play the other species though... I forget what they're called...

Later edit:

What other games have you played? Have you heard of System Shock? It's my favourite PC game, but it's a bit old now. Most people don't seem to have heard of it. Even though there was a sequel fairly recently. (Very scary, but obscured I think by Half Life - which was also pretty good.) I also like some of the early Lucasarts Adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, and Sam & Max.

LoRdSCypher · 08-01-2002, 02:20 AM

Yeah SC is very repetative. I beat it and now only use it for multi player use map setting games (suck as Dodge the Rapist

). You know, i've never heard of System Shock. What kinda genre is it? and what was the sequel, maybe i've heard of it...

BeardofPants · 08-01-2002, 02:30 AM

Um... How to describe my favourite game of ALL TIME?! Hehe.

Well, it came out in 1994/5 and was released by Origin/Looking Glass. (Same people who did Ultima Underworld, Thief: Darkproject, and Terranova.) It's basically a shoot 'em up, but it actually had a plot, and several puzzles that you needed to solve to advance in the game (not find the key puzzles, but actual puzzles like fixing a particular machine, or attempting to get an elevator back online, and in the middle of everything, you'd pick up vid-diaries of people on the ship, and slowly piece together the horrors that went on). And unlike most games of the time, it wasn't linear, although there was still some restriction.

It was based on the Citadel space station. Your character was a hacker who got busted, and made to do some unethical hacking on the quiet, to keep from the slammer. This unethical hacking involved hacking into the Citadels computer system - SHODAN - and "releasing" her. Then you're put into a coma for 6 months (I know! Convenient!) to recover from the neural implant that they gave you as a "sweetener." Next thing you know, you wake up on the station alone, and something has gone horribly wrong...

It's a great game!

But probably VERY dated now. Its sequel was release a couple of years ago, and was called System Shock 2. And it was more of the same, only #$%@ing scary!

***HOBBIT*** · 08-01-2002, 03:05 PM

Believe it or not there is already a topic about this somewhere here. I actually started a topic about it and played a 1 v 1 with fellow admin IronParrot. He beat me :P But of course that is because I had just gotten the game about a month earlier and I was playing terran and he was toss. I've never been too great with terran - but I think newbies often pick them beacuse they can relate to humans. I became good with the protoss and zerg. I even have my own clan.

But I havent been on Star Craft in a bit. I also play Diablo II. You think Starcraft is repetitive? At least there they are different missions and with multiplayer and ums there is something different. Diablo is literally the same thing over and over again.

BeardofPants · 08-01-2002, 06:07 PM

I haven't played Diablo II, but I get your drift. And it's a credit to Starcraft that I stopped 3/4 of the way through as opposed to some of the other games, where I couldn't be bothered playing past the first few missions, cos you got all the technology available to you after mission five - well, there goes MY incentive. Age of Empires is a good example of this: repetitive missions, and technological abilities available too soon. I also got sick of having to start from scratch every single mission. I'd take ages (you can't hurry these things

), build up a massive army, take out the bad guys, and then have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. I hear warcraft III is avoiding this, thank Eru.

LoRdSCypher · 08-05-2002, 12:57 AM

Cool. What's the name of your clan, i'm the leader of a clan also, the LoRdS clan

. I know what u mean about the terran i hate playin w/ them cause i royally suck w/ them, i'm best w/ toss, and also the ums is really a cool multiplayer option. I usally play dodge the rapist or matrix. I have diablo and i played for a little while but everyone on there hacks and are pks, so i just stop playing. Is diablo 2 any diff. b/c most ppl say it's basically the same thing as 1?

The Ben · 06-01-2003, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LoRdSCypher
Anyone play the strat. game Starcraft?

Ya man. I toootally looove this game.

***HOBBIT*** · 06-01-2003, 10:04 PM

hmm and IP said that it wasn't installed on his comp.

What is your account name so i can bea- i mean play you?

keep in mind that i havent played in a long while.

Anglorfin · 06-02-2003, 01:08 PM

I also challenged somebody on Entmoot to a game a while ago but I got no reply. Let's designate a channel so we can all check in periodically when we are on b.net.

How about channel "Entmoot". Of course

***IronParrot*** · 06-03-2003, 01:07 AM

When I have time I will likely reinstall StarCraft, then maybe check that channel. It is unlikely I will play at all except on weekends, though.

gimli7410 · 06-05-2003, 12:46 AM

i had it for N64 but the i lost it or maybe it was stolen....i liked protoss. they i thought had sweet defense so i never lost

ArwenEvenstar · 06-05-2003, 10:03 AM

SC is ok, I beat it in two days when I first got it. Some of the "use map settings" games scare me (ie sex on the beach

)

***HOBBIT*** · 07-28-2003, 02:33 AM

I can't play star craft anymore - maybe you can help?

I just got a computer upgrade so now my computer is on Windows XP and is like 10x faster than my old one running on Windows 98

UNFORTUNATELY, only my files could be transferred - not any of my programs!!

This includes star craft

I have the Brood War CD - but I do not have the original Star Craft CD.

It is not really that important, but I just found it to be a very very fun game.

I got Star Craft BW as a gift several years ago. The friend who gave it to me only bought me BW and burned me a copy of his SC CD. Unfortunately, a few weeks after he gave it to me the CD broke - not sure how (there seemed to be a lot of scratches on the back though.

That was fine though - since all I played was Brood War.

Well now I can't reinstall Brood War because I don't have Star Craft original. I *think* I still have my CD key lying around somewhere.

I would really appreciate it if someone could burn me a copy of SC original and mail it to me.

If not - oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

Anglorfin · 07-28-2003, 10:52 PM

"tis a fun game. I only wish I could help you, HOBBIT, but at the moment I am suffering from the exact same dilemma.

gimli7410 · 07-29-2003, 12:57 AM

i have brood war cd and the original but i lost the original so i cant upload it

***HOBBIT*** · 07-29-2003, 01:35 AM

Well, I could always go out and buy it *gasp*

I believe they sell the original Star Craft for $9.95 at target and even at most soft wear stores. I've seen the Star Craft battle chest for $20 in most places.

Anglorfin · 07-29-2003, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by HOBBIT
Well, I could always go out and buy it *gasp*

I believe they sell the original Star Craft for $9.95 at target and even at most soft wear stores. I've seen the Star Craft battle chest for $20 in most places.

Yeah it's really cheap now. Though I have never ectually purchased it either. I estimate that between me and my friends burning it over and over we cost Blizzard up to 1,000 dollars. But that was in the age before they got smart and installed anti-burn stuff on software.

gimli7410 · 07-29-2003, 11:13 AM

do they have starcraft for playstation

***HOBBIT*** · 07-29-2003, 04:29 PM

um, no.

They just came out with Star Craft Ghost now or something like that. a FPS for all the major consoles - too bad I don't have any of them :P

There was a Starcraft like the one for PC on N64, I believe, but not playstation.

08-01-2002, 01:03 AM	#1
LoRdSCypher Sapling Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 13	Starcraft Anyone play the strat. game Starcraft? __________________ LoRdSCypher [TRUTH](==========> ]\|-\|[ \|[]\| "\|\|"

08-01-2002, 01:53 AM	#2
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Good game. I got about 3/4 of the way through it, before I got bored of doing the same thing over and over again though. (Build up army bases, build up big army, take said big army and whammy enemies. Next mission. Repeat.) Try Warcraft III - the BF appears to enjoy it a bit more. It sounds a helluva lot more strategic, and actually requires some patience, and thought - something I'm not terribly good for... I thought it was cool how you could play the other species though... I forget what they're called... Later edit: What other games have you played? Have you heard of System Shock? It's my favourite PC game, but it's a bit old now. Most people don't seem to have heard of it. Even though there was a sequel fairly recently. (Very scary, but obscured I think by Half Life - which was also pretty good.) I also like some of the early Lucasarts Adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, and Sam & Max. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 08-01-2002 at 01:56 AM.

08-01-2002, 02:20 AM	#3
LoRdSCypher Sapling Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 13	Yeah SC is very repetative. I beat it and now only use it for multi player use map setting games (suck as Dodge the Rapist ). You know, i've never heard of System Shock. What kinda genre is it? and what was the sequel, maybe i've heard of it... __________________ LoRdSCypher [TRUTH](==========> ]\|-\|[ \|[]\| "\|\|"

08-01-2002, 02:30 AM	#4
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Um... How to describe my favourite game of ALL TIME?! Hehe. Well, it came out in 1994/5 and was released by Origin/Looking Glass. (Same people who did Ultima Underworld, Thief: Darkproject, and Terranova.) It's basically a shoot 'em up, but it actually had a plot, and several puzzles that you needed to solve to advance in the game (not find the key puzzles, but actual puzzles like fixing a particular machine, or attempting to get an elevator back online, and in the middle of everything, you'd pick up vid-diaries of people on the ship, and slowly piece together the horrors that went on). And unlike most games of the time, it wasn't linear, although there was still some restriction. It was based on the Citadel space station. Your character was a hacker who got busted, and made to do some unethical hacking on the quiet, to keep from the slammer. This unethical hacking involved hacking into the Citadels computer system - SHODAN - and "releasing" her. Then you're put into a coma for 6 months (I know! Convenient!) to recover from the neural implant that they gave you as a "sweetener." Next thing you know, you wake up on the station alone, and something has gone horribly wrong... It's a great game! But probably VERY dated now. Its sequel was release a couple of years ago, and was called System Shock 2. And it was more of the same, only #$%@ing scary! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-01-2002, 03:05 PM	#5
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Believe it or not there is already a topic about this somewhere here. I actually started a topic about it and played a 1 v 1 with fellow admin IronParrot. He beat me :P But of course that is because I had just gotten the game about a month earlier and I was playing terran and he was toss. I've never been too great with terran - but I think newbies often pick them beacuse they can relate to humans. I became good with the protoss and zerg. I even have my own clan. But I havent been on Star Craft in a bit. I also play Diablo II. You think Starcraft is repetitive? At least there they are different missions and with multiplayer and ums there is something different. Diablo is literally the same thing over and over again. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

08-01-2002, 06:07 PM	#6
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I haven't played Diablo II, but I get your drift. And it's a credit to Starcraft that I stopped 3/4 of the way through as opposed to some of the other games, where I couldn't be bothered playing past the first few missions, cos you got all the technology available to you after mission five - well, there goes MY incentive. Age of Empires is a good example of this: repetitive missions, and technological abilities available too soon. I also got sick of having to start from scratch every single mission. I'd take ages (you can't hurry these things ), build up a massive army, take out the bad guys, and then have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. I hear warcraft III is avoiding this, thank Eru. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-05-2002, 12:57 AM	#7
LoRdSCypher Sapling Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 13	Cool. What's the name of your clan, i'm the leader of a clan also, the LoRdS clan . I know what u mean about the terran i hate playin w/ them cause i royally suck w/ them, i'm best w/ toss, and also the ums is really a cool multiplayer option. I usally play dodge the rapist or matrix. I have diablo and i played for a little while but everyone on there hacks and are pks, so i just stop playing. Is diablo 2 any diff. b/c most ppl say it's basically the same thing as 1? __________________ LoRdSCypher [TRUTH](==========> ]\|-\|[ \|[]\| "\|\|"

06-01-2003, 10:04 PM	#9
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	hmm and IP said that it wasn't installed on his comp. What is your account name so i can bea- i mean play you? keep in mind that i havent played in a long while. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

06-02-2003, 01:08 PM	#10
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	I also challenged somebody on Entmoot to a game a while ago but I got no reply. Let's designate a channel so we can all check in periodically when we are on b.net. How about channel "Entmoot". Of course __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

06-03-2003, 01:07 AM	#11
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	When I have time I will likely reinstall StarCraft, then maybe check that channel. It is unlikely I will play at all except on weekends, though. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

06-05-2003, 12:46 AM	#12
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	i had it for N64 but the i lost it or maybe it was stolen....i liked protoss. they i thought had sweet defense so i never lost __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

06-05-2003, 10:03 AM	#13
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	SC is ok, I beat it in two days when I first got it. Some of the "use map settings" games scare me (ie sex on the beach ) __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

07-28-2003, 02:33 AM	#14
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	I can't play star craft anymore - maybe you can help? I just got a computer upgrade so now my computer is on Windows XP and is like 10x faster than my old one running on Windows 98 UNFORTUNATELY, only my files could be transferred - not any of my programs!! This includes star craft I have the Brood War CD - but I do not have the original Star Craft CD. It is not really that important, but I just found it to be a very very fun game. I got Star Craft BW as a gift several years ago. The friend who gave it to me only bought me BW and burned me a copy of his SC CD. Unfortunately, a few weeks after he gave it to me the CD broke - not sure how (there seemed to be a lot of scratches on the back though. That was fine though - since all I played was Brood War. Well now I can't reinstall Brood War because I don't have Star Craft original. I think I still have my CD key lying around somewhere. I would really appreciate it if someone could burn me a copy of SC original and mail it to me. If not - oh well. It was fun while it lasted. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

07-28-2003, 10:52 PM	#15
Anglorfin Alasailon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: college Posts: 861	"tis a fun game. I only wish I could help you, HOBBIT, but at the moment I am suffering from the exact same dilemma. __________________ "and then this hobbit was walking, and then this elf jumped out of a bush and totally flipped out on him while wailing on his guitar." "Anglorfin was tall and straight; his hair was of shining gold, his face fair and young and fearless and full of anger; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was great skill."

07-29-2003, 12:57 AM	#16
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	i have brood war cd and the original but i lost the original so i cant upload it __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

07-29-2003, 01:35 AM	#17
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Well, I could always go out and buy it gasp I believe they sell the original Star Craft for $9.95 at target and even at most soft wear stores. I've seen the Star Craft battle chest for $20 in most places. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

07-29-2003, 11:13 AM	#19
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	do they have starcraft for playstation __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

07-29-2003, 04:29 PM	#20
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	um, no. They just came out with Star Craft Ghost now or something like that. a FPS for all the major consoles - too bad I don't have any of them :P There was a Starcraft like the one for PC on N64, I believe, but not playstation. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

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