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Watch Nine Minutes Of Starcraft 2's Protoss

Chauncey Donovan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:57:40 MDT

@Balance_In_Life (PSN):
Thanks for repeating me.
Yes. It's a blog that posts news. I just said that.
New site in blog format = Blog that posts news.
You can't possibly deny the text at the top of the /very site you're talking about/. It says in plain sight that it's a news site. I don't understand where you get the idea that blogs and news couldn't possibly have any logical correlation between themselves.
Kotaku is a gossip, news and leaks site that produces content via a blog format, allowing for multiple editors to easily differentiate and post.

So, to get back to the original god damned point, you're wrong. "Who cares that it's old. THIS ISN'T A NEWS SITE"? This /is/ a news site. If it were the type of blog that you strongly imply it to be in your comment, then there's a strong chance we would be seeing dozens of posts a day concerning nothing but the lives of the editors. Since this is not the case, and these Protoss/Terran posts are neither leaks, gossip, nor anything close to news, any complaints are pretty much valid.

Apparently this view, true and factual as it may be, is ban material? According to you?

Chauncey Donovan

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KoolAidMan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:10:19 MDT

There are pylons, but there are new units that serve as portable pylons as well! You can deploy them anywhere on the map and they will provide power to any Protoss building in the area. You need them someplace else, just pack up and move them.

KoolAidMan

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Molotov — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:38:52 MDT

Protoss all the way!!! woot woot
I just hope no fucking pylons this time

Molotov

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Balance_In_Life — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:52:17 MDT

@Chauncey Donovan: I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. However next time you say "What? This isn't news! Whats up with _______ (Enter Ed here)" you enjoy your ban. It's a blog bro, thats why it was up for many blog awards this last year. Because they sometimes report the news is because it relates to video games.

Balance_In_Life

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King Seafoam — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:14:26 MDT

Terrans, BORING?

YOU
WILL
DIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

King Seafoam

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Norellicus — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:10:07 MDT

Horay Protoss!

I've always liked them the most...not sure why really, since my play style seems more in tune with Zerg.

Norellicus

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Jacktherip — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:24:45 MDT

For anyone wondering the Black Hole was removed from the mothership cause it was too fucking awesome. Also the terrans aren't boring, though I was more interested in the buildings then the actual units. I'm gonna out on a limb and say this game won't suck cause well they have Korea brainwashed to buy out every copy that comes out over there.

Jacktherip

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Chauncey Donovan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:27:57 MDT

@Balance_In_Life (PSN):

Scroll to the top of any page on Kotaku.
I quote, "Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers."
This is a news site that posts news via a blog format, allowing for multiple editors to post news on the same page.

Chauncey Donovan

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Mpalm. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:22:25 MDT

@nutmilk:

Could you imagine the mess the game would be if corpses didn't disappear? Imagine the game lasts over an hour, and you have plenty of large scale battles. The ground would be covered in crap, and it would either lag horrendously or look absolutely stupid. Unless you really want your screen to be covered in 1000000000000000000000000 zergling corpses...

Mpalm.

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Demaar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:11:18 MDT

@nutmilk:
The clutter would be distractive, though.

Demaar

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Project Thanatos — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:01:47 MDT

This is the first time I noticed the Alizee/Night Elf Dance hologram at the beginning of the video.

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nutmilk — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:59:16 MDT

Haven't we reached a point in technology that enemies dont disappear after they die?

Seriously ---- I want to see PILES of casualties at the end of a scenario.

I hate this disappearing crap.

nutmilk

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Mpalm. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:04:38 MDT

The mothership is awesome... but i cannot betray my terrans.

Mpalm.

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Onizuka-GTO — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:51:07 MDT

really love the way the Terrans mover about, its pretty mesmerising, seeing them slowly float along with inefficient rocket plums pushing them about.

beautiful.

The protoss on the other hand...meh...not as interesting, the same elfin, high tech thing.

Onizuka-GTO

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Mpalm. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:40:12 MDT

@Archavious:

It's just you.

Mpalm.

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solidblur — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:13:04 MDT

I don't like strategy games that much, but this looks really cool.

Btw, what's up with the hologram of a WoW-nightelf dancing on top of the protoss building at the start? When he is introducing the immortals.. Am I the only one who noticed this or just the only one who doesn't know the whole story?

solidblur

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Demaar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:04:28 MDT

Guys who are pissing and moaning about it being old, tell that to Gametrailers. Seems they only just discovered the video.

Demaar

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Xmaster — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:28:19 MDT

I have a sudden need to reinstall StarCraft.

Xmaster

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Mlata — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:36:24 MDT

awesome shit!

Mlata

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Archavious — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:20:43 MDT

Is it me or does SC2 look more like 40k everytime I see a clip?

Archavious

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Tei — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:50:36 MDT

The world needs another Stacraft to realize that only Koreans like micromanagement.

So the victory of macromanagements (games like SupCom, Sins, etc) is near, has the world will share the view that micro is boring grinding.

Muahahahahahaha....

...or maybe not, OH NOES!. Starcraft 2 can be another huge sucess of the micro!

Tei

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mizeriq — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:42:39 MDT

@Pinhead: You can build multiple motherships, they changed that some time ago, and the queen is just a big worker that creates the defensive buildings, not a high tech superweapon.

mizeriq

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KoolAidMan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:33:07 MDT

@Thassodar: You're right, he does work here. That said, "mean" doesn't factor into anything, this is an internet forum and unlike most people I don't get my feelings hurt, I just talk about the matters at hand and leave it at that. If I'm wrong, my bad, if you're wrong, I'm not going to keep quiet either, even if it is with with a moderator. There is nothing wrong with discussion.

This does reminds me that this isn't the first time I have disagreed with Mr Plunkett. Here he is giving out investment advice and my rebuttal: [kotaku.com]

But what do I know, I made a $25000 return on what he recommended against. I suppose I should have crammed it there too.

KoolAidMan

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KoolAidMan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:16:16 MDT

@Pinhead: I can't wait to see the uber unit that the terrans have. :)

KoolAidMan

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Pinhead — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:01:53 MDT

The mothership is awesome. It's interesting how the Zerg and Protoss each have a unit they can only have one of, the Queen and the Mothership.

Pinhead

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v-rus — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:54:51 MDT

I almost cried *sniff*.

Aside from being the most beautiful strategy game I've ever seen, the gameplay balancing was amazing. Those guys at blizzard are freakin' geniuses!!

v-rus

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Ciremu — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:44:10 MDT

If this trend is a premonition for an upcoming release of "x minutes of Zerg gameplay", then sure. If not, then.. well, I guessing watching this(old stuff) again is fine :P

Ciremu

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Thassodar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:37:36 MDT

@KoolAidMan: You hear that slight...slight whistling noise? I believe that is the sound of the banhammer, and I believe it is about to come down upon thee.

First you call him sloppy and then you tell him to grow up? What you should have done is STFU when he said to. Your reaction, in my opinion, is very childish. "You're mean, but I'm right and you're wrong!" is all I read in your comment. What you fail to remember is that he works here, you don't.

Thassodar

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elislider — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:12:22 MDT

i had not seen this video before, but damn blizzard still manages to have a sense of humor and appealing to the gamer culture out there while still being very professional.

elislider

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Krytha — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:02:29 MDT

Damn it. My blood pressure shot through the roof for a second there. Ahh well, such is life... full of dream-crushing disappointment.

Krytha

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Balance_In_Life — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:41:11 MDT

@Chauncey Donovan: No... it's a blog that some times reports the news.

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KoolAidMan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:23:56 MDT

@Luke Plunkett: That video was from the the day the game was announced in Korea. It was giant news, the big reveal.

Mike Fahey posted it here when the game was first revealed last May: [kotaku.com]

Michael McWhertor posted an HD version shortly after: [kotaku.com]

That wasn't obscure news, it was a huge deal with thousands of views here so don't be surprised or offended if people are going to tell you that the story is a repeat. If you want to repost old news out of excitement or to give everyone a recap or whatever, especially if you hadn't seen it before, great, that's totally cool! But presenting old news as new news is sloppy. It took about five seconds to find the matching stories.

And come on dude, "cram it"? Grow up.

KoolAidMan

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ServiceMaster — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:20:51 MDT

Well I hadn't seen it, but I gotta say that the GG at the end is awesome. Oh, and this game scares me. I hope I'm not gonna need crazy WC3 micro to be great at it. With all the abilities and whatnot. It doesn't seem like it, though.

ServiceMaster

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Hrist — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:17:11 MDT

Hey, leave the Terrans alone. What did they ever do to you?

It's okay little Marines, I won't let the mean old Luke Plunkett insult you anymore. :P

Hrist

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Chauncey Donovan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:03:51 MDT

@Balance_In_Life (PSN):

[img144.imageshack.us]
^Actually, this is a news site.

Chauncey Donovan

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cokpendejo — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:03:04 MDT

First Time I'd seen it.

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jynxycat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:39 MDT

I for some reason didnt catch much SC2 media after it's announcement, for the sake that I was worried it would be poor quality, or not interesting.

Protoss warping in stuff with portable field generators = gg.

jynxycat

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Lancehead — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:57:13 MDT

This battlecruiser death animation looks so much better than the new "pop" explosion one. Hope they don't settle on that one. It looks so... well, disappointing.

Lancehead

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:46:10 MDT

@Luke Plunkett: Thank you for continuing to bathe us in Starcraft 2 glory. I don't care if its been shown on the big screen in Times Square 6 months before this, I hadn't watched it and enjoyed watching it here.

En Taro Adun!

DaiMacculate

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Zanch — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:39:21 MDT

Even though it's old, it's always impressive.

Zanch

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Witzbold — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:30:14 MDT

I always loved the protoss. :D

But it looks like Im pretty excited about the new terran units too.

Still though I think protoss will be my main force once again.

Witzbold

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UmeShoryu — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:22:31 MDT

@City17Mailman: Well GG is something all the Korean tourny players type before they resign if they're losing the match. Unless you consider the pro players "l33t" as well.

UmeShoryu

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City17Mailman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:16:51 MDT

@Camon: That's a shame; when I saw the "GG" at the end, I thought it was some kind of nod to Gary Gygax, and I thought "oh, how classy to recognize a guy who had such an impact on gamers around the world".

But now I find out it's a year old, so cleary it was a 'nod' to the 14-year old pimply-faced "l33t" crowd saying "good game".

*Sigh* I like my imaginary world much better. ;)

City17Mailman

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semmem1 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:11:58 MDT

I am not sure, but I think that I am ashamed that I watched all 9 minutes of the video, and I am pretty sure I didn't blink.

semmem1

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Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:09:14 MDT

@Camzor: Aren't we all :) Which is why I sat there this morning and watched all nine minutes of it.

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Camzor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:08:03 MDT

@Luke Plunkett: Looks like I'm quite stupid today.

Thanks for posting this. I'd seen it before, and just earlier today, but I'm on such a huge SC2 high right now that I'll watch anything multiple times.

Camzor

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Neer'mo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:06:50 MDT

I was just sitting here wondering where Luke was with my daily SC2 fix. And here it is!

... guess that makes me a spooky bastard!

Neer'mo

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Hypnotoad222 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:06:27 MDT

It creeps me out how he says the word thick...that THICK terran armor...so creepy. But god, Protoss just kick so much ass, I'm so excited for this game...I mean a fucking black hole!

Hypnotoad222

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aeonpulse — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:03:30 MDT

so the video is old, who cares? cheer up, there's tons of fresh porn out there!

aeonpulse

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BossMonk — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:03:16 MDT

Its interesting, in this (old) video, zerglings have small wings, but in the newest video zerglings are hopping wingless across the screen.

Winged zerglings and marines with riot shields. What could this mean?

BossMonk

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Den Den Boy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:02:47 MDT

I agree with you Luke, the Terrans are so primitive compared to the true master faction: the Protoss.

For Aiur!

Den Den Boy

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warf0x0r — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:00:22 MDT

Kotaku I was so excited only to find out its last years clip... I hate you! Your not my father!!! You can't tell me what to do!

warf0x0r

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Mikaze — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:53:47 MDT

The ending still makes me smile.

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Luke Plunkett — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:53:19 MDT

@Camzor: Yes.

It's called a joke.

@KoolAidMan:
I hadn't seen this vid. And if I hadn't seen it, it's a fair bet a shitload of other people haven't seen it either. So cram it.

Luke Plunkett

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GUNDAM-RX-78-2 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:52:11 MDT

Oh hey i watched this like an hour ago on gemetrailers very cool.
Going to reccomend this to a PC friend seing as how I couldnt run this on my shoddy machine ;_;

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

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Camzor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:51:36 MDT

Luke, I can understand pointing out the video, but was it necessary to basically copy and paste your comment from last time as well? :P

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MisterSleep — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:51:18 MDT

I was never able to get into the first game -- I barely have the cognitive capacity to walk and chew gum -- but this is the kind of demo that will make me buy the game when it comes out despite being guaranteed to suck horribly.

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Balance_In_Life — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:45:43 MDT

@mechis: And I'm very disappointed in your clearly shoddy comment.

Who cares that it's old. THIS ISN'T A NEWS SITE! Go watch your CNN and Fox News if you want news. This is A BLOG PEOPLE! He can write what ever the fuck he wants.

/rant end

Ok on topic: First off, Terrans are not boring! This looks incredible. Everything from the backgrounds to troop movement, everything. I for one will buy this 1 second it's out.

Balance_In_Life

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KoolAidMan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:44:23 MDT

First you show the old Terran video, now this old Protoss video. Come on guys...

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Lancehead — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:43:27 MDT

@mechis: Hey, I saw the Terran vid, but somehow I missed this one. Looks good to me.

Lancehead

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onidavin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:41:56 MDT

What a weird voice.

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mechis — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:41:34 MDT

this has been up for quite some time.

Plunkett, I am very disappointed in clearly shoddy journalism.

mechis

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Djnardu — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:40:37 MDT

This is like rlllllly old, they showed this demo to announce SC 2

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QC8472 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:39:05 MDT

@Bluecell: it's the same.

QC8472

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Camon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:37:37 MDT

Good stuff... but a year old.

Camon

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For_the_lulz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:37:17 MDT

Come on, terrans arent THAT boring

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Bluecell — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:36:47 MDT

I could swear I watched this exact video last year.
Is this the same one, or has something changed?

Bluecell

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Inglix — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:36:24 MDT

Seeing a 3d Starcraft in motion nearly brings tears to my eyes.

Inglix