@The_vagabond7

So you finally got your beta key ey :)

I remember seeing you begging for one ever since I started my first SC2 thread.

Select Create custom game after you hit the multiplayer button, then after you pick your map and it goes to the lobby, there is a button that says "AI+" or "computer+" or something to that effect. Just hit that button and it adds a computer to play against. The only difficulty available is "very easy" which means in a 20 minute match the computer made maybe 5 or 6 offensive units. Not much to chew on, but it gives you a chance to check out tech trees and such.

If anybody wants to add me to their friends list my name is "vaga"...assuming that is what you need to know to add a friend. I haven't really touched that button yet.

You also need the identifier.

Damn straight and I'm as happy as a clam. Just got done with my first human match, though it was one of my five novice placement matches. A 2v2 where me (toss) and my partner (zerg) obliterated our opponents (toss and terran). I don't know about them, but we were both avid players of the first starcraft and so it wasn't a particularly epic match.

The novice round adds in rocks and slows down  the speed (I think) to ease you in, so it took a few extra minutes before we could do anything offensive. But by the time I broke down their wall my partner and I both had our naturals up and running at full steam and I had about 8 lots, and a smattering of sentries and stalkers (since I didn't really know what either did really), and he had gone with roaches and hydras. We rolled in and neither of them had working expos. they combined forces but we mowed them down easily, and then tore through the terran base. The toss had a single carrier (this isn't BGH norush20min NEWB) and it went down fast to the hydras. Easy win, but damn did it feel good. Not in a "I just beat up a five year old" sort of feel good, but a nostalgic "aaah, that's the stuff" sort of way. Damn this game feels good.

I just need to get a few buddies to roll around with and it will be just like the good ol days when I was 14 or so staying up till five AM every night playing starcraft drinking Dr. Pepper. Good times....

Oh identifier....I think it's Vaga.houser

I really need to go preorder SCII at my local GameStop, I can't wait to play in the beta!!!

Is there anyone from europe gateways maybe?

@KungKras

You may be right, some builds may take in account the whole population, esp. if it's pop. tight build. But when you see streams or read normal tact., it's 9 pool because of 9 drones, 10 rax because of 10 scv's. So it may be situational. In fact if it's written as xy / xz it's your case, if it's written as xy it would be mine.

@Aragod

I'm from europe :)