Seems Blizzard recently released a secret alpha of the Arcade patch to mapmakers with high quantity of players playing their maps.

Despite initial fake warnings on the following thread, it was confirmed by a known mapmaker that it is legit.

The thread in question (with the most interesting post)...

I want to replace all portraits with still 2d portraits for selecting units, transmissions, whatever. The game uses dds textures for this. No problem to make them. But...

But how do I force them? There doesn't seem to be an option to exclude a model from the portrait since the portrait is, in...

So normally I can run SCII at mid-high graphics settings, maybe even extreme if I bothered to set it that high (haven't tested this). Regardless of what detail the graphics are set to, though, one thing is for certain; about fifteen or so minutes into any match, the game will slow down for about...

Is there a basic order that people follow when making SC2 maps? Is it the same design as in staredit where you start at something like terrain, unit stats, sound addition, then triggers? Since SC2's got the addition of new variables like camera angles and more sophisticated unit modding, I'm just...

Little late for a story review yes, and I'm sure many of you probably agree with the ideas expressed here, but I just wanted to get your guys' thoughts on this. When I first played WoL I couldn't quite put my finger on why I didn't like it. After discussing with people on other forums, this...

For people who want a shorter version of things:

- Shredder and Replicant are gone from Multi and there's serious discussion concerning the Mini-thor (Warhound). Should they keep the Thor in HotS, they want to test an AA spider mine, but they are also pondering if this is meaningful because of...

Does anyone know how to get the Campaign AI to defend itself when it's being attacked? The flag in units doesn't seem to do anything/be enough to make it use units for defense, and I see nothing in triggers.

No promises or guarantees, and I don't even have an idea yet. I may be getting an itch to create one though. I'll be bugging various peeps around here for information and advice. Just figure I'd make a post since I haven't in awhile.

Oh, and I don't play sc2 professionally anymore for anyone that...

Nice article about e-sports that shows the salaries of Top 10 Starcraft 2 players. Never thought The Economist and Starcraft 2 would intersect but there you go.

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Mostly made as an attempt to find a way for Mucky to have some custom pickable spells for his future SC2 TGS rather than static spells per hero due to how the SC2 engine is made.

The whole thing mostly relies on having a dummy ability (of type aoe, self-casted, etc.) with a dummy effect then...

Since Sc2's beta I have uploaded well over a thousand videos to youtube, mostly focused on Starcraft 2. I quickly garnered up to ~1280 followers which then peaked at a current 1302 in recent days due to Diablo 3. But, at the end of the road, the last year has seen the slow death of my desire to...

More as it comes from Blizzcon 2011. LOOK ALIVE, PEOPLE!!!

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Patch 1.4.0

General

- A new Career page displaying placement in past seasons has been added to the League & Ladders section of the Profile.
- A new View Ladder button has been added to the league display at the bottom of the Quick Match screen. Clicking...

Tons of changes. As usual it doesn't address the fundamental flaws of Bnet, but there is this:

Dut-da-da-da!
Added raw XML editing mode to Data Editor.

Too bad Mesk probably doesn't care anymore.

I've currently been in the process of creating a Next Generation Bank A.I. for Starcraft 2. Its objective is to simply out-play the opposition to its fullest capacity. I am still working with some bugs that reside within Blizzard's annoying and painful Data-AI Editor; Right now, everything is...

So here guys , we have thousands off custom games, some in europe, USA, etc. But who's the best game off them all ? Reply in this topic your favorite game and why.

Note: Sorry if a post like this already exists.

Here is my fave:

Name: The Urban thing

Tipe: Don't rly know

Gameplay: Wen you...

Umm...Poll?