[SC2B] Micro Matters

March 6th, 2010 09:55 | Starcraft 2 Beta

Text by riptide

Our two favourite SC2 voices are back this week, talking about balance changes, embarrassing in game moments, and of course, micro. There are many points of view out there at the moment on how unit control works in the Beta. Of course, when reading those opinions, its very easy to forget that the Broodwar micro management we know and love also evolved over many, many years. Listen in as these two old schoolers give us all some perspective. Micro aside, there is also a lot of patch talk as usual, with plenty of banter thrown in.

If you missed them talking about the last patch, here's a little bit about our casters. Sean "Day[9]" Plott needs no introduction on Team Liquid. From Day[9].tv to casting the TSL, he is the voice of TL and his rabid fan following grows everyday. His co-caster on this podcast, Tristan "Mantra" Brand, has been playing games since Warcraft 2, a man whom Day[9] calls "an ancient dinosaur among gamers" and by his own admittance is "a Blizzard RTS elitist."

If you've got thirty minutes to spare, this cast is definitely worth a listen. A micro discussion, balance talk and Artosis mothership jokes - what more could a nerd ask for? So, enjoy the cast and keep your ears open for a special announcement! As always, there's more great stuff from TL on the way.

>> Download Team Liquid Beta Cast #3 <<

Or if your browser supports it, use this embedded player:

How to Listen to Ogg Vorbis
The format of the podcast has been changed from mp3 to ogg. Here is a list of software that plays ogg on windows, mac and linux. Almost all media players (with the exception of Apple products) will be able to play Vorbis with no additional requirements.

This post was made by the Team Liquid Starcraft 2 Coverage Team. For more of TL's coverage, please visit the Team Liquid Starcraft 2 Beta Page.

Last edit: 2010-03-06 18:15:04

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rawe Sweden. March 06 2010 10:00. Posts 81

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Great =D Listening

d(O.o)a Canada. March 06 2010 10:01. Posts 4755

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.ogg? o,o

Hi.

Iaaan Canada. March 06 2010 10:02. Posts 578

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Great, but I cant figure out how to open it D:

edit: http://xiph.org/dshow/downloads/
yay

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ToolBox United States. March 06 2010 10:03. Posts 13

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Yea! Even more Day 9...

Carnac Germany. March 06 2010 10:06. Posts 16362

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ogg vorbis is pretty common, most media players play it
you can achieve smaller file sizes with similar quality compared to mp3 (for just voice), so it's easier on TL's bandwidth

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0neder United States. March 06 2010 10:06. Posts 2860

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Nothing happens when I click on the link... .ogg file?

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riptide Administrator March 06 2010 10:07.

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VLC opens it fine.

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Carnac Germany. March 06 2010 10:09. Posts 16362

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great podcast once again!

loved the part about the development of micro throughout sc1's history and how the same will probably apply to sc2.

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Zapdos_Smithh Canada. March 06 2010 10:11. Posts 2525

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Why did you guys have to change the format? Other one worked fine

www.soundcloud.com/rt24 for regular electronic dance music mixes

Southpaw United States. March 06 2010 10:12. Posts 39

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Any idea for MAC users on how to open this?

synapse China. March 06 2010 10:12. Posts 5035

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Sweet thanks

EDIT: When in doubt, VLC opens everything.

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0neder United States. March 06 2010 10:12. Posts 2860

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Thanks for the cast, but please use a less obscure format next time. =)

Contemporary TvZ is BW level exciting now. Just hoping for TvP now...=)

pachi Australia. March 06 2010 10:12. Posts 4855

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On March 06 2010 10:11 Zapdos_Smithh wrote:
Why did you guys have to change the format? Other one worked fine

Because this one is smaller for same quality and bandwidth is cash.

riptide Administrator March 06 2010 10:16.

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On March 06 2010 10:12 Southpaw wrote:
Any idea for MAC users on how to open this?

http://www.vorbis.com/setup_osx/

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edahl Norway. March 06 2010 10:22. Posts 481

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Rawr.

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LunarDestiny United States. March 06 2010 10:23. Posts 4134

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Wow, ninja upload of podcast #3...

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Murre Sweden. March 06 2010 10:26. Posts 1

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Would it be possible to post links to the replays u talk about? For example the worker rush or what it was u were talking about in the start.

hugman Sweden. March 06 2010 10:49. Posts 4078

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I don't want to complain because I appreciate the podcast, but iPods don't play oggs and I'm sure I'm not the only one using an iPod for listening to podcasts. I can and will convert it but it's just extra hassle

jetpower March 06 2010 10:59. Posts 72

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On March 06 2010 10:49 hugman wrote:
I don't want to complain because I appreciate the podcast, but iPods don't play oggs and I'm sure I'm not the only one using an iPod for listening to podcasts. I can and will convert it but it's just extra hassle

Yup I agree. My suggestion, if anyone cares, is to make it mp3 or mp4 (aac) in the future. In that way more people will be happy.
(btw: ogg/vorbis files play in Winamp, Foobar2000 and other good music players.)

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