We understand the problems you are encountering, With the release of Broodwar, We are the number one gaming company in the far east and are selling like hotcakes, so this in turn floods the battle.net. In Korea there are computer bars that only play Broodwar. Not only this we are making alot of changes to the battle.net to make it look better, be more reliable and handle the bigger hit we expect when we release Diablo 2. Just hang in there good times are coming again.....

Outpost 13 gets a new look - Squaredot @ 3:25 PM
Starcraft: Outpost 13 has gotten a new look. Many other features have been brought about as well. Strategies, Maps, Editorials, and even a MOTW (Map of the Week) can now be found there. Go and check it out right away. The link again is Starcraft: Outpost 13

- Squaredot

ScLegacy down too! :p - Overlord @ 11:28 PM
Well it seems that ScLegacy has been down all day! Well all I gotta say is to the guys at sclegacy is this: "We'll host ya!!!" hehheh!

- Overlord

GameGurus - Overlord @ 11:17 PM
Poor Game Gurus!!! All I can say is "sux to be them!" they were and are a great page but as you all know every hosted site seems to be leaving them. Having a bad host BLOWS! :) The newest member to leave is the ISL! It has moved to Simple.Craft!! So check out Simple.Craft for all the details! The ISL's new addy from now on will be http://isl.simplecraft.com!

- Overlord

3-D Goliath Specs - Aiel @ 9:11 PM
I was over at SC Org, by the way nice layout, and I saw a post on some artistic rendering done on the Goliath. I usually wouldn't post about this but it is beautifully done, and in 3-D to boot. Be sure to head over to 3-D Palette and check this one out.

P.S. Great to be posting again guys.

- Aiel

ICQ99a - Agelmar @ 8:50 PM
Wellp, ICQ99a Beta 2.31 or something like that was finally released to the public today! I upgraded from ICQ99a Alpha (beta's a lot less buggy - haven't found a bug yet...) but I also tried upgrading from ICQ98a on the other computer. Both upgrades went extremely smoothly. ICQ99 has a lot of nice, new features. If you haven't gotten it yet, head over to icq.com and get it! It's like 3.5mb, but definitely worth the d/l. I guess this isn't that related to SC, but a vast majority of we SC/BW players use ICQ, so I thought it was worth posting 'bout.

- Agelmar

SD's Weekly Update. - SpaceDominator @ 4:24 PM
You know something guys. I forgot the Tip of the Week and new Puzzle. Shame on SpaceDominator. Oh well, that will be up soon. NOTE: All Links at the bottom =) BTS III is Friday-Sunday. I have uploaded the latest updates, nothin Really new except that I am willing to reward sides for playing Slaughter or Greed. Since no one plays em anyways I think it's time to do somethin based on em a bit. Also, I forgot all about the Beat the Staff II Stories. Also, anyone good at Graphics? Maybe you could help make me a nice new layout for my Personal Webpage(True it wouldn't be so personal.., but I'd be extremely greatful. Or at least just some nice graphics that would make a webpage. =) Please Email. Also starting in 2 weeks I am going to start my March Madness Pool, it's just for FUN.. I'm gonna run two of them. One of them for all interested parties, and the other one for my family and personal friends. It's a tradition of mine, and well.. a break for the SC Community. =) I hope many people sign up, it's a ton of fun. All you do is fill out the bracket, and you have teams to root for! It's A TON of fun, and I have won my personal pool 6 years in a row. Scared yet? Want to beat the Champ of Guessing and predicting? =) Come and Sign Up and proove me wrong. Here's your links:
Beat the Staff Information
Personal Page(Needs a new layout!)

- SpaceDominator

Smooth sailing for GX - Squaredot @ 4:03 PM
Some of you might have noticed that Gamers Extreme was down this afternoon :(. I noticed this morning when I tried getting on the site (down with school) :). Well, it is up now and their server problems have been resolved.

As many of you may have noticed, GX has been down for almost twelve long hours now. Our ISP finally got to the root of the problem, so it should be smooth sailing for now. It's good to see you all again!

DT strat at Simple.Craft - Squaredot @ 10:42 PM
Ramza has put up his Dark Templar guide on Simple.Craft. I'm not sure if the guide is still on Tha Starshack or not, but you can read it right here.

- Squaredot

PGL: Bracket H - Squaredot @ 10:34 PM
Here are the current standings for bracket H of the PGL.

Bracket H:   PH-jeSteR defeats Trinista
Sauron-PBC defeats Kold-The-Feared(forfeit)

Antioch Chronicles!!! - Overlord @ 6:36 PM
Well I d/l the Antich Chronicles at like 5 a.m. yesterday and I must say that I was quite amazed! The story line was great, the sounds were great, everything was great! (except the d/l time. I need a ******* cable modem! :)) I can't wait for part II!!! Keep up the great work guys! You can check the Antioch Chronicles official page here!! And you can go straight here to d/l it the Antioch Chronicles!

- Overlord

Award straight from SimpleCraft!!! - Overlord @ 6:12 PM
Sc:m has recieved ToyMarine's award of the day!! Check out the very pimpin' SimpleCraft for details!

- Overlord

List Of Every Map Ever Made By Blizzard!! - Overlord @ 4:50 PM
I saw this at Infoceptor. It's a list of EVERY map made by blizzard. Wow there's quite a few! Go here to see the list!

- Overlord

Starcraft.Org Wallpaper - Squaredot @ 09:50 AM
IndoFlaven has released some 'Offical Starcraft.Org Layout Wallpaper'. If you really want to stare at Starcraft.Org's layout all day then download it below =P.

I made this desktop wallpaper to go along with the new layout. It's simple yet cool (in my opinion) and it's the wallpaper I use... so give it a look.  

• 800x600
 
• 1024x768
 
• 1152x864

and now by popular demand!
• 1600x1200
  

I didn't dither them at all, so they're max quality and look best in 24-32bit color. 16bit will do in a bind, but you're losing quality.

Spiffy Layout for Antioch - Squaredot @ 09:38 AM
The Offical Antioch Chronicles Web Site has updated their page with some new graphics. I really like the first one titled: Wake up! Antioch is Back! :). Go there and check it out now.

Anti-Cheat homepage - Squaredot @ 09:20 AM
The homepage for the Blood Lords, and center for the Anti-Cheat is right here. Keep checking their page for updates on the Anti-Cheat. Currently it is supposed be undergoing testing by Blizzard.

- Squaredot

Anti-Cheat? - Squaredot @ 09:12 AM
I saw this on Tha Starshack so all credit goes to them.

Zileas Interview - Squaredot @ 09:07 AM
Pez-The-Feared from Simplecraft has recently interviewed Zileas. The interview is pretty nice and can be found here.

- Squaredot

New skin - Squaredot @ 6:33 PM
Starcraft.Org is back up now with their snazzy looking layout.

Well it took a disgusting amount of time, but it's finally up... hope everyone likes it. The site is best viewed in 800x600 or above (designed in 1024x), with at least 16bit color. Sorry for the large load time, but you should notice load times closer to what you remember from the old layout on subsequent visits due to that fantastic invention, the cache. There's bound to be some broken links and/or images that we didn't find, so if you find one or any other errors be sure to send them in. Huge thanks go to Lt. Kaneda, Antareus, DrLazardo, Slev, Alva Dyson, and Kynes for their help in content conversion. Give us feedback! We'd love to know what you think. You can mail your opinion to feedback@starcraft.org. For more information about the layout go here. Finally, thanks to Warblade! and his awesome layout for serving this site for almost a year. I know you'll all miss it, but give the new one a chance... cause we're not changing it back

Starcraft Tourny - Edrob @ 6:31 PM
Yep, another Starcraft Tourny. Check this out:

We only need 6 more teams. It's swiss pairings (half the teams advance each round). Single elimination, teams of 2. This will probably be spread over a period of 2 weekends. There are no prizes, as i'm not sponsored. Basically, this is to try to meet some people who are actually good (so many newbs on Bnet) and to have some fun! =) I will determine 8 or so maps that will be used......So, enlist you AND your friend now. Details at my webpage http://ascpage.cjb.net.

Legacy Check - Mr. Insano @ 4:42 PM
I grabbed this off sclegacy.

Matt Everett, who designed the now famous Battle.net Buddy, has completed a program for us known as Legacy Check. It's integrated into our web page, and it'll allow you to check the full stats of any player who resides on battle.net. It'll give you their full StarCraft stats, Ladder stats, and Brood War stats. Be sure and check out this latest addition to StarCraft Legacy here!

- Mr. Insano

About Starcraft.org - Overlord @ 02:18 AM
They ARE getting a new layout and I must say it looks a HELL of a lot better then the old one! It is quite sad though, it seems they STILL haven't added us to their quality starcraft links section...hmmmmmmm.

- Overlord

Announcements At Infoceptor!!! - Overlord @ 12:08 AM
187 asked me to post the post he made, so here it is! :)

Missed 187? I thought so ;] Heh, i've been busy making infoceptor better for all! First, we will be hosting some web sites. Although it does come out of our file limits, so we may not offer a lot of space. But you could always use us for just the url, etc and keep files at other sites once your time is up and have the infoceptor subdomain link there. (for example if you're out of space, store a file at a hypermart.net site and have your infoceptor sub domain point there). Second, Infoceptor is going to have a battle.net server! Some problems exist though due to the fact that it is a flavor of linux that me and motaro (programmers here) are not familiar with. So, since bnetd files do not take up much space, anyone with a bnetd site (that i think is good enough) and are willing to help us set this up, will get a free subdomain! (telnet access is available)...expect to see the battle.net server up some time in the future at 187.infoceptor.com.

Speaking of 187.infoceptor.com, me and motaro are going to be setting up a web site business! So, if you need a layout, graphics, CGI, or just plain HTML pages, we'll do it for a low price! To make sure that something doesn't happens and it turns out we can't set up something for you, we go to your site first and tell you if we'll be able to install what you've ordered, then upon recieving your payment (so as not to be screwed over by people who do not want to pay), we'll install the script, layout, etc. I will also be hiring people for graphics and CGI or other programing (C/C++) in which you will get paid! Desolation-X, if your reading this, i want you to do graphics :). More info on that at 187.infoceptor.com later. NOTE: it may take a while to get everything working due to the fact that i'm having trouble uploading thanks to my ISP :\

- Overlord

Movie review - October Sky - Agelmar @ 10:42 PM
Wow... what a movie. October sky opened tonight, Friday, February 19, and I must say that I am truely impressed. This was not some hokey movie about killing bugs, or some overly romantic movie like Message in a Bottle, or some kiddy movie like the Lion King. No, this was a movie about dreams, ambitions, education, and life. This was a movie about a boy with a dream, and about him working hard with his friends, through trial and error, to achieve that dream.
The basic rundown of the movie is as follows: There is a boy in a mining town in West Virginia. His father is a big-shot in the coal mine which runs the town. His father expects his son to be a miner, like himself, and prettymuch everyone else in the town; it's the destiny for everyone who grows up in Coalville. But this boy knew that this was not to be his future. Sputnik had just been launched, and he stood out on the lawn, along with about 100 other people, and stared at the stars, looking at the first ever artificial sattelite sent into space by Man. It was then that he knew he wanted to build rockets. Over a period of time, he and three other boys build rockets out of components which they buy by taking apart old railroad tracks and selling them, and a number of other odd things. I dare not say too much more, for I do not wish to ruin such a wonderful movie. If you have not yet gone to see it, you must see it. I must say that it is one of the best movies I have seen in a LONG time. It brought a tear to my eye in more than one scene. A movie this good is rare, don't let it slip through your fingers. Go out and watch it, and when its over, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

- Agelmar

SpaceDominator Feels Sick: - SpaceDominator @ 9:46 PM
Not Really. I just read another article that is making me a little annoyed.. I'm not going to say where I've read my two articles I'm gonna complain about, however.. this is what I want to say:
Kids Don't Deserve To Play Starcraft
I read an article at a site that said this. Kids don't deserve to play the game of Starcraft. They stated that Kids don't act professional enough to play the game of Starcraft. Excuse me dudes, but your talking to a kid here. Kids deserve to play the game of Starcraft, because why do kids buy it? For Entertainment. Why do some adults buy the game? For Money. So, kids deserve to play the game of Starcraft and some people need to understand that Kids have a right to play a game. Note: No Offense to Any Adults here. I'm just a bit ticked.
When Someone isn't perfect. They shouldn't play Starcraft Your kidding me again right?? Not at all, a site basically criticized Newbies and other people don't deserve to play the game of Starcraft if they don't know every strategy perfect. That's wrong. In that sense you probably don't deserve the game. The Game of Starcraft is for FUN, not professionalism.
I'm not trying to offend anyone, I'm just annoyed at people who feel that people who aren't Experts don't deserve to play a game they got for Fun. It makes me sicker than the Flu.
Thanks,

- SpaceDominator

Sc.org getting a new layout? - Edrob @ 8:56 PM
Today I noticed that Starcraft.org had some will return graphic up on their main page. Hmm, layout change? I'm sure everyone was really tired of that other one :-)

- Edrob

A Great Starcraft Site: - SpaceDominator @ 8:42 PM
We may have posted about this outstanding site before but I'd like to expand onto it.The Starcraft Network is an outstanding site with some very good strategies and a very nice overall page. True LorDeep one of the webmasters their is a Florida State Fan which destroys some of the purpose. JK Lor! However, it's a great site and give em some attention people! Thanks,

- SpaceDominator

SpaceDominator's Ramblin: - SpaceDominator @ 8:20 PM

Hallo! Ich heisse SpaceDominator! Oh well, enough German from me! Anyways Agelmar came up with a great idea for the Strategy page, and please check it out.. I am thinking about maybe converting that over to each of the strategy pages.

Also... if you have an article(argument, an opinion paper..) please send em in. I'd love to hear em, and they'll get posted. GUARANTEED!(Remember, I like Bulk Updates)..

Everyone's also done very well with this weeks puzzle of the week. Also, thanks to everyone for sendin in their SCM's and Strategies. They'll get posted soon! Also... I am thinking about getting the SCM of the Week thing started. We have a large collection of SCM's already, and more are comin in!(Danke!). Each week we'll announce a NEW scm of the week in the SCM page..(Expect this to be Every Sunday as well). Sunday is my magical day for Tips/Puzzles and every tip of the week.[(It's also a nice slow day with no real news(usually)]. Now... this is something I'm very interested in getting people's opinions about. I'm doing very well on the Strategy Guide, however.. is their anything you guys want to see? Like some special type of Strategy that I don't have up already. Send in your ideas and I'll probably accept them.. Also an example would be nice.
See ya all on the B.Net forums(heh.)
Thanks,

- SpaceDominator

Mac Starcraft - Mr. Insano @ 7:43 PM
Bliz has updated the MAC version of Starcraft's status. Here is what they said.

Blizzard has received many inquiries from the Macintosh community regarding the status of Starcraft for the Mac. We know that many of you are eager to play the game, so we are pleased to announce that development, game balancing and testing are complete. However, during the time that it has taken to convert the game to the Macintosh, the PC version has undergone stability, balance and installer changes. In our desire to provide the best Macintosh gaming experience possible, we have been working on ensuring that the Macintosh version is fully compatible with the PC version. Instead of updating the Macintosh version to the latest version through a series of patches, we have decided to incorporate the upgrades before releasing the game so that Macintosh players can battle PC players instantaneously. We have already begun the process of implementing these compatibility upgrades and do not anticipate any additional delays to the game's release. We will post an announcement as soon as the final version releases to manufacturing.

- Mr. Insano

Strategies section has a new look... kinda - Agelmar @ 5:12 PM
Well, I've just toutched up the Strategies section a bit. No new layout, but it does look a lot better. Less cluttered, and now it uses nice unordered lists instead of a ton of line breaks ;-) Go check it out and then tell Spacedominator or myself what you think!

- Agelmar

Top 10 Cheaters ? - Mr. Insano @ 4:03 PM
Our affiliate (and hosted site) SC:Infoceptor found this post.It supposovely has proof that 9 of the top 10 players are cheaters.It looks scattered, but it has some good content. Thats interesting.

- Mr. Insano

Follow up on b.net - Mr. Insano @ 3:57 PM
I just got this off the main page.

Blizzard's web sites and Battle.net hub servers are back on-line after temporarily experiencing intermittent loss of connectivity to the rest of the Internet. This interruption may have affected the reporting of some games that were in progress during the loss of connectivity. While these problems were not Battle.net specific, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our users.

Good, that means faster playing for all of us !!

- Mr. Insano

More on Clan.Net's space - Agelmar @ 3:48 PM
This is in response to an email I got from Puppet: We only have so much space on our server, which is not a lot. We (SCMillenium) take up quite a bit of space, and our main hosted site, SC Infoceptor, is taking up about 206 MB! We are offering each clan 15mb (although our largest site right now is only taking up 6) but we want to keep that space open. Unless you want us to become like Angelfire and offer 200k.... Well, you get the point. Also, I have contacted our host in order to receive a disk quota increase in the hopes that we may take on some more sites, and we plan on taking three or four more sites on. Please do not email me about being taken on, I have selected from the origional messages that I have received. We are not like Geocities; we do not have unlimited resources at our disposal. We were only able to take on 8 clans, with a quota of 15mb each. We expected about four clans, and we pushed for more space so now we are bumping it up to about 12. We had no idea that we would get as many requests as we did, so that is why we did not say "we will only be able to host x many sites". As it went, we went with a random selection of sites that specified that they had a pre-existing web page. Oh well. If you have been selected as one of the additional 4 clans to be hosted, you will hear from me. Please do not ask me to be hosted, we are NOT taking on any more sites. P.S. We did get the additional space that we requested.

- Agelmar

New map of the week - Mr. Insano @ 3:47 PM
It is called Obsidian and looks pretty cool. Info on it will be posted on the bottom of the main page shortly.

- Mr. Insano

Tiberian Sun Giveaway - Squaredot @ 3:23 PM
Got this info from StormSurge, one of the guys from RTS Nation:

RTSNation, http://rtsnation.com/, is holding a pre-ordered Tiberian Sun giveaway (2.19.99 - 2.26.99) over a week long period. All you have to do is fill in the form (Linked to at the main page) and press Submit. You can enter on all 7 days of the week for three chances to win. Our last contest was very successful (Brood War giveaway) and the three winners have been listed on the main page.   By the Way: RTSNation just got back up with a new backbone for fast loading. Some new features are available include a mailing list and new editorials.

New staff member at BWD - Edrob @ 11:05 PM
Yep, there's a new editorial writer at Brood War Dynasty. His name is FallenDragon. He kicks off his entrance with a bang, writing an editorial on how to make a good webpage. You can check it out here. It's kind of short, but it's to the point. I agree with everything he says, but he failed to mention us? :D

- Edrob

News script is fluxing up! - Edrob @ 10:49 PM
Yeah, you may have noticed it on the main news page while I was fixing it. For some unknown reason, I guess that post by Mr.Insano deleted ALL of the html on the page for Febuary 18. Lucky all of the words from the news were still there, so all I had to do was spend an hour putting all of the html in. I think it's fixed, and hopefully it doesn't do it again on this post.

- Edrob

Battle.net is fluxing up! - Mr. Insano @ 9:32 PM
I grabbed this off the Battle.net main page. Here is what it had to say.

5:30 P.M. PST -- Blizzard's web sites and Battle.net hub servers are currently experiencing intermittent loss of connectivity to the rest of the Internet. Although these are problems with one of our Internet Service Providers and not with Battle.net, these problems may be manifested as connection difficulties, server disconnects, slow chat performance or slow page loading. We are working as quickly and as hard as possible with the Internet Service Provider to correct this problem and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our users. We will post updates to the Battle.net forums and this page as they become available.

Check this, I scored a great interview with Giggles~Lizard today. Now, this is not your normal type of StarCraft "star" interview, this one deals with subject that people (all-be-it disturbed:) care about. I must warn you, this chat is pure S.C and Lockeye style, so Viewer Discretion Is Advised! Since interviews don't take to long to think up, do and edit, I should be able to throw one at all you coolio's once a week. Of course, not of the normal variety, but along the lines of this Giggles one. Check it out and enjoy!

RTSNation back up - Edrob @ 11:21 PM
I just recieved an e-mail from StormSurge saying that RTSNation is back up.

- Edrob

Diablo 2 update - Edrob @ 11:14 PM
Yep, grabbed this off of Battle.net:

Avault.com has posted a short Development Update with an interview with Bill Roper from Blizzard.

8 New Screenshots from Diablo II have been released to the Fan sites this week. Check out the list of Blizzard Fan Sites for pages with these screenshots.

Zileas vs. INcinerate update - Edrob @ 11:09 PM
I grabbed this off of Battle.net:

Friday, February 12th, Zileas and INcinerate played their remaining matches in the Battle.net vs Kali Tournament. After the first 2 games played during the previous week, the series stood at 2-0 with INcinerate in the lead.

In game 3, INcinerate defeated Zileas on Hunters. INcinerate chose random and drew Terrans while Zileas chose to command the Protoss.

In game 4, Zileas defeated INcinerate on Dire Straits. INcinerate chose random and got the Terrans while Zileas elected to lead the Protoss.

In game 5, INcinerate defeated Zileas on Medusa. INcinerate chose random and drew Protoss while Zileas chose random and got the Terrans. This capped of the match with INcineate winning the series 4-1.

Kali now leads the competition 52-30. Game reports and scoring can be found here.

SpaceDominator's Thankful - SpaceDominator @ 8:56 PM
I have been enjoying myself again. =) Now, I decided to post for everyone in a tone of thanks. Thanks to everyone who sent in SCM's and Strategies. They will be included in the next bulk of stuff.(soon..). Also a Reminder that Beat the Staff III Starts Next Friday and goes through that Sunday.(I will be on that Friday and Sunday.. The rest of the Staff will have to do stuff on Saturday, heh). I'm ready to lose more games in the name of FUN. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone. Thanks,(repeating myself again)

- SpaceDominator

Micromanagement - Mr. Insano @ 5:01 PM
I found an excellent post on the b.net forums telling all the basics to micromanagement. Its a really good post worth a read. Check it out here.

- Mr. Insano

Hm.. Tournament Galore. - Mr. Insano @ 4:54 PM
Well, our good friend DH=Bomb (we all know him from Ladder Challenges, back in the good ole days; hehe) is holding another tourny. It will be on March 1, around 8 am EST. It will be 4 rounds, 1 on 1. You can see more info on it here.

- Mr. Insano

New starcraft tourny... - Mr. Insano @ 4:50 PM
Am i the only one getting tired of this ? Anyway, I recieved an email from Toothpaste, teling me about a new Starcraft tourny he is hosting at cases. You can see more info on it here.

- Mr. Insano

SCMillenium ClanNet - Agelmar @ 08:56 AM
Are you the webmaster of a SC Clan? Looking for a place to put your page? SCMillenium is starting the SC:M ClanNet! You'll get 15mb of space, (if you need more space, we can negotiate) CGI ability, SSI, @scmillenium.com email accounts, and yourclan.scmillenium.com! Sound good? Email Agelmar!

- Agelmar

Infoceptor's OK! - Edrob @ 01:36 AM
Straight from Deathwing of Starcraft Infoceptor:

Infoceptor is finally up and running after Server and Script Problems! Everything should be fixed and hence there should be no more unexpected downtimes, go check it out at the new url of http://www.infoceptor.com !!!! Be sure to check it out as a Preview of Warcraft 2 Conversion 2.0 will be posted within a hours time!

Interview of Lancelot - Edrob @ 11:52 PM
Maseman over at Starcrafters has put up an interview of Lancelot from Camelot Systems. You can check it out here.

- Edrob

Starcraft: BW Tarsonis moves - Squaredot @ 8:12 PM
Starcraft: Brood War Tarsonis has moved to Starcraft Legacy. Lets how they have some more luck with ScLegacy than they did with GameGurus. (I'd provide a link but they are down =P)

- Squaredot

SC Legacy back up - Squaredot @ 08:40 AM
I read some posts yesterday (and the day before that) about Starcraft legacy being up, but I still couldn't access it. We'll, I can finally access it so go and check it out =P. The link - If you didn't know - is here.

- Squaredot

Simple.Craft.labs - Squaredot @ 08:37 AM
Our affiliates, SimpleCraft have just opened up a new section. This one is called Simple Craft Labs and is definitely worth a checking out. Go check it out here.

- Squaredot

PGL predictions by Soso - Squaredot @ 08:08 AM
Gx-Soso has put up his predictions of the PGL brackets. He figured everyone's bracket except his own. You can check it out right here.

- Squaredot

Battle.net, and other stuff - Edrob @ 04:21 AM
Well, first of all, I want to say that this is the 3rd time I am typing this. First, I'll get to at my story later. Second, ******* netscape performed an illegal operation while I was typing it. Anyway first I'm gonna say what I want to say about battle.net, then I'll get to my cool story.

Well, first of all I'd like to talk about battle.net's being crappy lately. Everyone is saying that it's because of the new patch that's coming out really soon, but I think it's something else. As far as I can remember, before all of the other patches, battle.net was perfectly fine. I don't think this patch is that much different, so why would this be making battle.net act the way it is? I think battle.net is just being crappy because it's battle.net. And the fact that about 30,000 people are on constantly. That's all I have to say about that.

Ever play the BW Use Map Settings game Merc's and Tech's? Well, my friend made me play it today...and I liked it! I played probably 10 games of it just today. I suggest you go try it out before trying to understand the what I am about to say, it's a great map, you should just try it out anyway if you haven't already. Well what I want to say is, why do people like the Merc's and Tech's so much? I think the Kingdoms are just as fun, if not moreso. It's not hard at all to get people to join your game, it's just harder than anything to get half of them to stay. The reason is, once the Merc's and Tech's get filled up, NO ONE wants to be Kingdoms, so they just go join other games. Why? The Kingdoms are the most important part of the game, so why not just play as them? It's just as fun, it just requires a little more work. We don't want our brain to completly mush here people, so try to spread out your horizons, not just play the same exact thing over and over. One of my games was with Desler of SC Legacy, he joined mine and my friend's game out of pure luck. This was his first game of it of course, he just wanted to try it because he had seen it so many times. Anyway, because of that crap I was saying before, it ended up me and him as kings with my friend and someone else as a Merc and a Tech. It was a pretty good game, but I eventually killed Desler's king and won the game. He didn't do bad for his first game, GG Desler :)

Ok, and now for my story. Everyone know of the program Netbus? Well, if you don't, I'll let you in on it. Netbus is a program that allows you to do almost anything to someone's computer as long as they have a certain virus or program that has been run, that comes with Netbus. Well, I got that virus, and sure enough I someone minorly hacked my computer. I was talking to Deathwing and making up this news post about Battle.net, when my keyboard was acting weird. (Not really) It was randomly making spaces and pressing enter. I thought it was my keyboard, so I just lived with it and kept typing. Then, all of a sudden while I was typing a message to Deathwing on ICQ, this message gets typed on it's own in the message:

hahahahahaha, your computer is fu*ked.

The CD rom opens.

EDROB NEARLY TAKES A SHIT IN HIS PANTS ON THE SPOT.

Luckily, a friend had told me about this virus/program a while back, so I knew I should sign off my ISP and get my IP address changed temporaraly. So I sign back on, and talk to my GREAT friend MoFo who knows about this crap, and he gives me step by step instructions on how to remedy the situation. In the process of it all I closed my browser and lost what I had typed in this news post for the first time. Anyway, I'm finally here now and ALMOST done with this news post, so I'm happy. And the hacker seems to be unable to hack me anymore, AHAHH! TAKE THAT! I AM KING! (hehheh, thanks SO much MoFo, everyone be sure to send him an e-mail and praise him for saving Edrob's computer from ultimate destruction) Well, that's my story, hope you liked it.

- Edrob

100 000!!!!!!!! - Overlord @ 6:40 PM
That's right!!! We at sc:m just got 100 000 hits in 6 days short of 3 months!!!! YAYAYAAY!!!

- Overlord

StarCrap Is Very Funny! - Overlord @ 4:47 PM
All of you have to check this site out! It's hilarious!! Go here!!!! It's very kool!

- Overlord

Scum Federation is back up!!! - Overlord @ 4:36 PM
The Scum Federation is back up with a new layout! SilverFox is also looking for a person to make a cgi search/upload script so check it out!

- Overlord

SC Legacy back up - Edrob @ 4:25 PM
Yep, that's right, SC Legacy is finally back up. You can head over there to check out what took them so long. Thanks to Rabu for the tip.

- Edrob

News Reset! - Agelmar @ 4:20 PM
We had a rather large error and had to reset our news. We will try to repost the important news. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.

- Agelmar

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