DarkBlizz

The insane version of this AI is a killer.
I barely win once in 3-4 games lol.

Quote from: madmarttigan on March 10, 2010, 10:48:40 AM
As I have been playing the AI over and over I have come across one thing that still gives me a lot of trouble. I know half of it is my fault for not pestering them enough, but how do you deal with carriers as a protoss player when you have a more balanced mix of units made. It seems like stalkers and phoenixes are useless. Psionic storm got super nerfed and I don't think immortals attack air. Should I try archons, or perhaps just make more carriers than them? Protoss used to have scouts which were some of the strongest Anti air units in the game and now they feel like a phoenix is a replacement? bleh

Terran vikings aren't that great but at least I've got thors, battlecruisers /w y cannon, and seeker missiles. I think seeker missiles have the potential to be the new Psionic storm. I still have a little trouble with a mass of carriers as terran, but I don't feel like their AA is as worthless as protoss.

To be honest I haven't really had this issue with zerg because the comp is so easy to overwhelm early on with zerg and I haven't gotten the chance to let them build up to carriers lol. I don't know how corruptors weigh in on the AA fight. I know you can always have a crap ton of hydras to take care of business though! They should bring back scourge imo though.

Hokay. Lets imagine both you and your opponent play protoss and have pretty much thge same tech up speed and mineral/gas mining rates (pretty much the same resources gathered). To counter carriers you need to think it logicaly. Big units are outrageously weak against smaller yet more units. This being said, you can try to counter them with phoenixes and archons. You basically have to place the phoenixes in automatic atack mode near the carriers to kill as many interceptors as possible and micro the archons to target the carriers and take em down one by one. You can use a couple of halucinations too 

Quote from: bnwdandy on February 28, 2010, 04:25:40 PM
PvP mess zealots can be very powerful, as I saw some replays that single base no gas build, and zealots only can be powerful.
PvZ you need some deference and fast tech build, also expand at beginning is considerable, fast tech for high templar, psi storm is very strong vs Zerg.
PvT zealots + stalker with charge and blink researched.

PVP, defenately a shit load of zealots is pretty much the shit, specialy against the AI.
PVZ, i prefer going like a hand full of zealots, a hand full of stalkers and as many collossus as i can (with this trio, you really dont care about his air units becouse his base goes down in less than a minute unless he has twice or more units than you lol).
PVT you can try a dark templar and phoenix combo if he goes mass vikings (scouting like mad is esensial no matter which race you play against) and combined masses of zealots,stalkers and immortals if he goes mass marine/marauders and tanks.

I also wanted to post about something like this.
Is it possible to make a script for one of the channel bots posted on this forum, that can hold a league?
The is such a script for Stealthbot if you guys are familiar with it, that works as a plugin but is very bugged becouse its creator only released  a part of the code wanting to actually sell it for a lot of money. The script is called Suicide's dota league bot.

By script for one of the bots here, i mean something pretty simple. I need it for PVPGN servers btw.
The functions would be :

1. Channel protection (as a channel operator, the bot kicks off the channel all the users that arent vouched in its database)
2. Keep track of the vouched users by using a database storage method (txt file,mysql, you name it)
3. Store the members scores and show a ladder when specifically requested by command.

Commands :

Admins :
- Vouch <username>
- unvouch <username>
- warn <username> <Reason : Leave/flame/cheat>
-removewarn <username> (Leave/flame/cheat are an array to save the reason of the wards)
-ban <username>
-unban <username>
-ladderdelete <username>
-Promote <username> <Rank : member/host/captain/voucher/administrator> (these are command groups that are given to the specific users, member is given by default upon vouch)
-demote <username > <Rank : same as above>
-forceresult <game name> <Result: Sentinel/Scourge/ Draw>
-deletegame <game name> <reason : whatever reason the admin wants>

Voucher :

-Same as Captain, yet its allowed to vouch people and promote them up to captain.
Commands :
vouch <username>
promote <username> <Rank>
demote <username> <rank>


Captain :

-Same as Host, yet its allowed to Challenge other people.
     -Challenge <username(must also be captain)>
     - teams
     -listpool
     -pick
Host :
- Regular member that has the .startgame command.

-Member : Regular member.

Global commands (every user can use them as long as its vouched):
sign
out
statsme
stats <username>
warninfo <username>
warn <username> (vote system, upon a minimum of 6 warns in a single game, the warned user gets a 2 hour ban)


The command trigger can be "!" or "." or "-" .

I would love to get such a script for a bot that is stable. I would apreciate it a lot and provide advertising through the bot to its creator.

Im amazed by this AI but even the noncheating one seems to cheat.
I mean i played on blistering sands a PvP and got raped by so many carriers.
When i played ZvT, the terran was terrible. It only made some vikings and thats about it. He didnt't stand a chance even though he killed a serious ammount of overlords lol.

When i played TVT, i got raped again becouse he came with more vikings than my SCV count lol, and thats in the early rush.

Quote from: bnwdandy on February 28, 2010, 04:25:40 PM
PvP mess zealots can be very powerful, as I saw some replays that single base no gas build, and zealots only can be powerful.
PvZ you need some deference and fast tech build, also expand at beginning is considerable, fast tech for high templar, psi storm is very strong vs Zerg.
PvT zealots + stalker with charge and blink researched.

Psi storm is crap in starcraft 2 unless you corner the oponent's army and block its exit since psi storm now seems to have a little cast delay. I suggest pairing up zealots with charge,stalkers and Colossus. They seem to pown zerg.

Well, as far as i know, cracks and no-cd loaders and other apps like this, are made based on a trojan backdoor code that's harmless to the computer or OS, it just does what it's supposed to do, crack the damn thing.
This being said, its pretty normal to have your antivirus shout like mad that you have a virus.
I simply dont understand why you guys use antivirus software that simply dont do anything. If your ment to catch a cold, you'll catch it anyways, regardless of how many aspirins you take.
The best antivirus is the brains of the computer user. If you dont download porn from suspicious websites, files from public torrent sites or other stuff like that, you should be fine.

Quote from: sc2_switcher on February 22, 2010, 09:26:40 AM
Would you guys wan't an interactive experience in fullscreen mode?
i'm thinking of re-doing alot more menus and make a cooler interface,
with SC2 music integrated with a OGG player running in background (via fmod?),
button sounds etc... kinda like the ultimate launcher of all times fitted for the SC2 trilogy!

Full MPQ imports/exports
MediaBay : Screenshot modes taken during gameplay.
MapBay : Manage your maps
ReplayBay : Manage your replays.

etc...

or is this taking it to far ? 

If im not mistaken, the members here look in your app for its functionality, not its looks.
If i may make a suggestion...Dont focus much on the interface, focus on the things this app actually does.
Btw, for some reason, some replays made in the legit sc2b game aren't viewable in the cracked version.
As you all heard, there was recently a sc2b competition organised by the ESL. Like the average Joe, i downloaded the replays and when i run them, they load and upon startup of the game i get an ingame error saying "Replay desync" and below it the "Leave Game" button. Could you guys do anything about it?