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I'd be open for a game or two now. Anybody else up?
EDIT: Too late, gotta go now. Maybe in ~4 hours or something?

Okay, then lets all meet in the "ags" channel on iccup (the abyss).

Well, I have time for another game or two. Anybody up?

Okay, well, I'd say we all meet up in the iccup (The Abyss) gateway, channel "ags"?

[Ben304, in order to play with those players that only have the iccup version, you'll need it, too, BTW. You don't need to dl the standalone as the directions step 1 says, just the rest I believe.]

Sweet, Ben.

Mazoliin, are you following these directions? http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/sc_start.html

If so, what error message/problem specifically?

If not, follow these directions.

Ben304, in order to play with those players that only have the iccup version, you'll need it, too, BTW. You don't need to dl the standalone as the directions step 1 says, just the rest I believe.

What's the problem?

Well, I'm up for some more games in the next hours or so. If anybody is interested --> reply.

sure, channel agsforum on iccup, ALPHA2T?

Sweet, let me know once the installing is done. Then just connect to the battle net for the updates. Once that's done access the Gateway Europe (should work fine) and then hit "channel" and enter "agsforums". Either I'm in there or write me a PM and I'll come.

Okay, I would have some more time to play right now. Anybody up?

One more resource for the interested:

http://wiki.teamliquid.net

It's the best StarCraft wiki out there with tons of strategies, build orders and general information. Additionally, it embeds youtube videos of pro matches underneath each build order where that strat is used successfully so you can check it all out in detal.

Ben and Crimson, yeah, but these English commentators actually have the Korean and audience screaming in the background as well, just a little quieter. Plus, they give you A TON of information as to what's going on. I wouldn't have ANY game sense if I hadn't been watching 2-3 games per day these last months.

BTW, for some additional motivation or entertainment, I can recommend these two English commentators on pro matches:

http://www.youtube.com/user/huskystarcraft
http://www.youtube.com/user/hdstarcraft

They have commented tons and tons of matches and it's really high quality commentating. Video qualities are usually ok yet not great. Some are done in HD though.

Ah, okay, well we can try that out if it doesn't work in bnet (or iccup if somebody only has that version I guess).

Anyways, I just played 3 games against Ben304 and fun times were had by all I think.

Sweet.

Ben, let's try Europe? Can't remember where you live right now. Shouldn't matter though. Then join a channel called "agsforums", I'll be there hopefully! Otherwise we can post back here.

Peder, iccup, normal bnet. Never heard of gameranger.com

First of all, people really only play StarCraft: Brood War anymore. It's a standard. Do you have that expansion? Otherwise you could download it from iccup.com (the standalone version) or we can play the 'old' SC but that'd be pretty weird...

When you connect to the BattleNet it will update your version automatically!

[Anyways, so, anybody up for some playing? Please leave a note here saying that you want to play and when you have time, and make it bold so it stands out from the rest of the discussion on the game!]

Okay, great, there seems to be some interested here.

Of course, we can start out by teaming up on an AI or something, co-op, if there's too big of skill difference or something.

I have a friend who has forced me to watch a dude named Bisu play, and if I remember correctly those dudes click a couple of times a second. The LAN matches I've played have always been a very intense experience.

Yeah, Bisu is a beast, Korean top Protoss player. His APM (actions per minute, how speed is measured in SC) is 300-500. You can easily calculate how many times he clicks a second.

Yeah, it's the speed issue that discourages me from playing these real-time strategy games more than very casually.

I can totally understand this. Speed comes with practice though. Plus, StarCraft is a game where a low APM player can easily win against a high APM one just by going for an all-in strategy (dark templar rush for example).

Anyways, so, anybody up for some playing? Please leave a note here saying that you want to play and when you have time, and make it bold so it stands out from the rest of the discussion on the game!

The free version on iccup doesn't allow you to play the campaign, for that you'll need to spend the 5 bucks in a real shop. It just allows online playing on the iccup servers.

StarCraft runs on almost any system btw., it's really, really low-spec.

[Over at iccup.com you can even download a version for free (legally) and play online, so there's no reason NOT to play...]

Anybody interested in playing some good old StarCraft? I've been playing for some time now and I really love playing it as well as following the pro-scene in Korea etc.

Somebody interested in a friendly match?

Over at iccup.com you can even download a version for free (legally) and play online, so there's no reason NOT to play...

I'm not a total newbie anymore but still far away from mastering anything, please don't be shy or discouraged, this game is always fun.

If we get a few players together, we could even do a mini tournament maybe? Also, I can cast (commentate) games and upload them in HD to youtube for others to watch etc.

SoundGuy, please educate yourself before blurting out absolutely and utterly untrue statements.

Maybe you mistook AGS for Gamemaker or something.

Don't mean to jump at you, it's just that not ONE of the facts you listed (on AGS) is right.

My plan was to get back to everyone once the deadline had passed.

I'm sorry if its standard practice to acknowledge auditions but after the 10th or so audition I stopped replying.

I will reply to everyone after the deadline has passed and I have made my decision.

I'm afraid there is currently no chance for 1-2 line characters since there just arent any. There are very few characters in my game.

Ah, okay, I wasn't aware that there was a deadline. I didn't say 1-2 line character, though, I said I'd like 1 or 2 lines of feedback from you if possible.