As the lucky bastard that I am, I got my hands on a Starcraft II beta key. Initially, SCII wasn’t the Blizzard game I was looking the most forward to (because let’s be honest, Diablo III!), but the more I kept hearing and reading about how amazing the beta was, the more I started wanting in. So I used my extensive contacts network (*ahem*), and secured myself a place in the beta.
Now, as a self proclaimed “‘PC’ “Gamer’”, I’ve played my share of RTS’s, but I’ve never delved into the online multiplayer part of them. When I play any of the artehsus, like Age of Empires 2, or LotR: Battle for Middle Earth 2, I have usually only played the single player campaigns, or I have played it LAN with my friends, who employ the same tactics as I: Turtle up, hoard resources, amass a giant army, then send them all at once for an epic, chaotic battle.
Needless to say, that shit don’t fly in the realm of online multiplayer Starcraft. If you try something like this you’ll quickly get Zerg rushed straight up an uncomfortable place… and I’m not talking about the back of a Volkswagen either.
So with this series of articles I will at the same time try to give you my impressions of the beta, and document my quest to become a “real” RTS player. Join me, whydon’tcha?









