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Re: Starcraft - I'm Done With This Game!!

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From: The Ignorant Asian
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 00:29
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<alvinst...@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>I am ready to throw in the towel on playing Starcraft online.  In the
> last three days of playing, I won only 3 games out of 40.  I used to
> win all the time.  The fun is gone because several factors make it
> impossible to win now.
>
> I only play 3v3 team games, and you would think the luck of the draw
> would eventually give me decent teammates in an expert game.  Nope, I
> always get the worst noobs.  In one game, this idiot turtled and took
> 30 minutes to build 2 carriers. Meanwhile I was slaughted as all three
> players hammered me.  I've tried every strategy in the book.  There is
> no way to beat 3 super pros vs me.  Last night, I tried going mass
> defense first.  I built 20 sunkens.  They ripped through the sunks in
> less than 60 seconds.  Funny, I could send a 100 unit army, and die
> fast if I go after such a defense.  Every game ends up with me
> fighting 3 on 1 since my teammates can't mount an offense.
>
> A large part of the frustration is the game hosts always stack the
> team.  Usually they team up with all their buddies.  If I try to host,
> no one will join my game.  Now, I get so pissed off that I stopped
> playing.  I join the stacked games, then announce that I am leaving.
> If the host makes a new game, I login with a new ID, and repeat the
> process to irritate them.
>
> Even more amazing, whenever I do get a decent teammate, the game
> almost always puts them in an isolation position far from my base so
> they get attacked first.
>
> Anyone else deal with these frustrations?


Don't play BGH/Money maps. It's for noobs.

The time/effort you spend for building 20 sunkens could have been used to 
build/upgrade your troops which is the essence of winning. Sunkens won't 
help you conquer your enemies, innit?

Ps. This is most probably the first OT post I've made since '98?
-- 
Steven Ung
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