StarCraft 2 is the sequel to the original StarCraft and its expansion Brood War. Though 13 years past in the real world, the story picks up only 5 years after Brood War's. The single player follows the campaign of Jim Raynor in his efforts to fight for freedom against the Dominion and save the ...
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What is the optimal Marine stutter step frequency and timing?
In Starcraft 2 Marines can stutter step, meaning they attack move and start their attack animation, this is canceled by a move command and then attack move again.
Theoretically there should be a ...
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What value does Starcraft 2 mouse sensitivity refer to?
In Starcraft 2 I can set my mouse sensitivity to some percentage value. What does 100% mean? Is 100% my Desktop mouse sensitivity or the fastest possible speed for my mouse?
I want to have the exact ...
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Can I control which nuke will be launched?
Assuming I have multiple nukes ready at different ghost academies, when I launch a nuke, which one will be used? There are times when I want to choose the nuke to use, for example during a base race ...
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What are World Object Tooltips?
Within the option settings for Starcraft 2, there is an checkbox labelled "Display World Object Tooltips."
You see this setting from Menu -> Options -> Gameplay.
What does this do?
What classify ...
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Starcraft editor won't load any Blizzard maps :(
I restart my computer and then start up SC2 map editor. I go to open a map and log in as me -- and it even says "Logged into Battle.net as __". But when I select file type as "All Editor Maps" and ...
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I win, but it took too many time, what I did wrong? [closed]
I'm a platinum leagues high/top player, last year I'm stack in positions... and doing a lot of different things to increase my rating, but still stuck...
Couple of days ago I've won 2 games (ok, I ...
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What happens if you force field but there's no more room?
Suppose you have an area completely walled off with structures and filled with units, such that no more units can enter.
Then, you drop a force field on it. What happens?
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How to test map vision / how to open bnet maps in map editor
What is the best way to test vision on bnet maps? For example testing if a proxy building can be seen by units on high ground or xel'naga towers. I can't think of a way to do it, because if I'm ...
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Is there a tool that checks for cheats and hacks in a given replay?
Starcraft and Warcraft 3 had both sophisticated tools to check if someone cheated during a game (BWChart and W3Chart). They checked for strange behavior and impossible clicks, like selecting opponents ...
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Where can I upload replays to ask question about my mistakes?
I would like to upload my replays to some StarCraft 2 replay portal in order to ask questions about my mistakes.
sc2replayed - doesn't upload replays anymore (in automatic mode it just put them into ...
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Can you Mule-click on a mechanical to repair it?
When you do a mule drop in order to repair a mech, can you click on the mechanical unit itself while doing the drop, or do you have to wait for the mule to appear, and then order it to repair?
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What is the collective name for the evolution chamber, forge, and engineering bay?
Zerg's evolution chamber, Protoss' forge, and Terran's engineering bay have similar roles. All are pre-requisites for anti-air and detection buildings for the respective races.
What collective term ...
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Do I have to complete a mission to earn an achievement in SC2 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Do you receive achievements if you complete them without using the save game feature?
I have just started a level, quickly got an achievement I needed. Now can I just ...
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Playing SC2 Replays with double click
When I double-click on an SC2replay file in brings up SC2 but then nothing happens. How can I get it to play the replay?
I am trying with a replay that's relatively recent... from April.
I'm on ...
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What region should I choose for Starcraft 2?
I'm from Europe, but I heard that in the North America region they have more maps, players and others features. Is that true?
Should I choose North America over Europe (even with the server distance ...
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Is there an online tournament site that let's you win money? [closed]
Note that I am not talking about betting sites where in you bet on other players win. What I'm looking for is an online tournament site where in you actually play the game and if you win you get paid.
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How do I properly counter a protoss turtle 4gate as zerg?
the name says it all pretty much. if the protoss player plans on a 4gate, but turtles his ramp with buildings and zealots, how am I to counter that? the proper counter to a 4gate last I knew was build ...
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Starcraft II Patches not Downloading Correctly
Ever since I first installed the Free Version(Then later on upgraded to full version) the patches always stopped installing at random percentages and it will stay there. The way I fixed it and finally ...
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How long is StarCraft 2's typical input delay compared to other competitive games?
Battle.net 2.0 seems to have severe netcode issues, meaning that commands take longer to be executed than they should. This is likely a result of preventing lag and dropped connections, but it comes ...
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How to Combat Protoss Walling in a Zerg's Base
Recently I had a game where I went for a risky Hatch-First build except before the hatch was close from being completed the Protoss walled off my main's base with pylons exactly like the picture ...
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Is there a Terran wall-in guide?
Does some kind of Terran wall-in guide exist that focuses on the different ramp types. I struggle with some of the strange 2v2 ramps, especially if they face northeast and I want addons on my Barracks ...
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How does the game decide which building to center on when double-tapping a hotkey bound to multiple separate buildings?
Say I have all of my nexuses on hotkey 4. I double-tap 4 -- how does the game decide which nexus to center the camera on? Is there a way to quickly toggle around, centering on each building in a ...
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How does mothership cloak behave while being revealed?
If I am being revealed, and my mothership is cloaking my buildings,
Are the buildings visible to the opponent?
Can the opponent attack the buildings without detection?
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What does the letter+number on the GOMTV GSL scoreboard mean?
On the above picture of a GOMTV GSL scoreboard I assume the P and T stand for Protoss and Terran, but what does the number mean? Seed?
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What happens in Team Monobattles if my Infestor obtains a worker of a different race?
In Team Monobattles a player is restricted to one attacking unit. It is possible to get or select Infestors. Then I can Neural Parasite an enemy worker to build a main building (Nexus, Command ...
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How to maximize Zergling/Roach army by the 12-minute-mark?
I know it's possible to reach 200 supply in under 12 minutes playing as Zerg.
Assumptions:
not attacked by opponent
Queen injects larvae on time
How can I efficiently and quickly create a max ...
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What is Scan-Move?
From wikia:
Scan-Move is a command available to units without an attack, such as
high templar and the medivac dropship. The hotkey used is A, the same
as the attack command. Using scan-move ...
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If your mothership is being controlled by neural parasite, can you build another?
When a unit is under neural parasite, it temporarily does not belong to you. When your own mothership is under neural parasite, can you start training a new one? When the new one completes, you will ...
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Terran vs Zerg builds
What's an aggressive Terran strategy that's effective against Zerg players?
I'm really curious about attacking Zerg early. Since I'm fairly new to SC2 the only "real" build/strategy I know is 1-1-1 ...
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Spreadsheet with StarCraft 2 units statistics
Is there a spreadsheet with unit states for StarCraft 2?
The ones I found are either not up-to-date is (e.g.
this one is clearly not fro 1.4.3 patch) or not comprehensive (e.g. one on the Blizzard ...
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Nydus worm behavior
In what order do units exit a nydus worm? FIFO (First In First Out) or LIFO (Last In First Out)? Is it the same from the nydus network as it is with the nydus worm?
If you have multiple nydus worms ...
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Where can I get a few thousand replays sorted by league?
I want to analyse many replays. I have all the scripts but I lack replays.
I need a few thousand replays for every league, preferably not with the same players.
Are there any mappacks that I can use ...
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How is the number of games available in the match history tab determined?
When viewing a player's profile, you can see the match history for that profile.
The match history does not give you access to all the games ever played under a given profile, only the most recent ...
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What information is available on EPM to APM comparisons?
I've been looking for information on EPM it relates to APM statistically (fractions/percentages/ratios) of APM. Information desired would include:
EPM and APM combined, across leagues. This could ...
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Is there a reliable source for APM distribution in leagues?
I am wondering how I do APM / EPM wise compared to other players. The only source I found so far is this Teamliquid poll.
But I have some issues with this:
It's very old
It's a poll so everbody can ...
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What is the difference between EPM and APM?
Blizzard introduced EPM as a new stat for watchers of Starcraft2 matches, in one of the last patches. I am a bit confused. What is the difference between EPM and APM? What does each include exactly in ...
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Can I “replay” a replay in Starcraft 2?
Can I "replay" a multiplayer replay in Starcraft 2?
And by "replay" I mean the ability to interfere with the replay at any given point. Thus allowing to answer questions we all have when watching a ...
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Hide the hud of StarCraft II during play
I need to hide the hud of StarCraft II during play so I can take screenshots of the full play ground. How I can do that?
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Is it possible to determine or control where a SCV moves during construction?
Is it possible to determine where a SCV will move next while building or on which side of the building it will finish?
Here is my scenario:
Enemy is going 6pool and his lings will arrive before my ...
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Is it possible to query the opponents favorite (most played) race and other stats during a game?
In Warcraft 3 it is possible to query some stats of your opponent during a game to see how good he is. The command is "/stats playername". Is something similar possible in Starcraft 2?
I want to see ...
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Replays Stopped Working
Recently I have been having issues when trying to play a replay whether it is recent or an old one that I had saved. All replays show up as "Unable to Open Replay" here is a screenshot below:
So how ...
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When do units say their annoyed quotes?
When looking up SC2 units on Liquipedia, I noticed that there are a number of categories of quotes for each unit. Most of these are self explanatory as to when they play, but I'm not sure when the ...
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Why is Matt Horner embarrassed of Mira Han?
Their encounter and marriage thereafter is a bit awkward, but still.
Is there any valid reason for Matt to be embarrassed while Jim Raynor is talking to Han?
Light spoiler: He waves his hands in the ...
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Is it possible to see the other players races once I am in the game in Starcraft 2?
I often play 2v2 or 3v3 games. Usually it takes quite long until everybody is ready and I can checkout their races. But sometimes I forget to look or the game loads very fast and I do not know what my ...
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Why does the 'favored' rating change from start of game to end of game in Starcraft 2?
Why is it when I start a game and it says the team is 'Favored' or 'Slightly Favored' and then it ends and it is considered even or even my team 'Slightly Favored'? What impacts this? I win where ...
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What are the main 'Battle.net' differences between SC2 and Warcraft III?
Some people complain about Battle.net 2.0 in StarCraft 2 saying that there are many features missing from Warcraft III, like for example 'clan support'. What are the main differences between these ...
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What's a “Stank” and how do I find one?
As I was browsing through the SC2 portraits I have seen a strange one:
What is a Stank, and how, more importantly, where do I complete this task?
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TvP: How to counter Protoss double expand if you commited to 1rax expand yourself?
Last time I play my TvP match-up 1rax-fast expand. If I see Protoss does 1gate expand I do 1 more CC. That worked well until I get higher in ranking.
Now I often see Protoss does double expand. If I ...
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Should I share unit control in Starcrarft 2 2v2?
Some time ago I played a lot of Warcraft 3 2v2. I was even quite decent.
Back then most players shared their units, as micro was way more important. People hated it when their hero died because they ...
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How do I combat mass Void Rays as Protoss?
I play PvP games with a friend of mine. Neither of us is very good, but he usually wins because he has played more than me. Thing is though that he rarely does anything other than build a bunch of ...
