            
| | News Archive for November, 1998 Wednesday - November 25, 1998
Another One Bites The Dust!!! - Overlord @ 9:32 PM
I just saw at ScInfinity that Starcraft1.com is no more...Farewell to yet another great sc site.
Brood War Beta Patch 1.06 - Overlord @ 9:18 PM
I just downloaded the Brood War Beta patch version 1.06 here are the details:
Brood War Balance Changes - Patch 1.06
ZERG
Hatchery- Time to build increased slightly
Devourer- Armor increase to 2 (from 1)
Zerglings- Adrenal Glands effectiveness decreased slightly
PROTOSS
Dragoons- *Unit Size changed from medium to large
Corsair- Cooldown rate decreased, Damage decreased, Supply cost increased to 2 (from 1), Amount of splash damage decreased
TERRAN
Valkyrie- Damage per missile decreased, Number of missiles fired decreased, Cost to build increased to 250 minerals/125 gas, Supply cost increased to 3 (from 2), Missiles now deal splash damage
Medic- Hit decreased points to 60, Cost decreased to 50 minerals/25 gas, Optic Flare research cost changed to 100 minerals/100 gas, Now heals while standing (faster healing)
Goliath- Increased weapon upgrade effectiveness to +4
Firebats- Increased attack speed when Stimpacked
* Value the same as Original StarCraft
SpaceDominator Hiring As Well - SpaceDominator @ 5:00 PM
All Right, I think I need to make my own personal plee, now. I need people that will help me write up Strategies, which BTW, is up! The Requirements for become a Strategy Writer is:
#1: You Update the Strategy Page, at a minimum once a week
#2: You have half-way decent Grammar(Don't worry I know mine isn't the greatest)
#3: You have some interesting ideas for improving the Strategy Page(Not Needed, but would be GREAT)
Thanks, and please sign up by emailing me here.
Beta News - SpaceDominator @ 4:56 PM
Hello, Again Folks. I know another lame issue of Beta News, oh well. It will tell you a lot of information about what happened while I was gone. Well, Agelmar thinks they are lame. O Well!
Top Story: The Finals Battleposts
Every Game of the Finals has been posted by Blizzard, so take a look at each of those entertaining reports, and how each of the matches turned out
Game #1
Game #2
Game #3
Game #4
Game #5
Game #6
Well, that's all of the major Brood Wars News for today!
News Positions filled! - Agelmar @ 4:43 PM
We have hired two news people... mabye now we'll have some real news!!! Their names are Mr.Insano and SquareDot. We are simply waiting to hear from them as far as what they want their password to be! Congratulations Mr.Insano and SquareDot!
Tuesday - November 24, 1998
We are now hiring - Agelmar @ 8:23 PM
We are looking for News people for SC Millennium. Contact me if you are interested. A minimum of 1-2 posts a day is required of any and all news people.
Beta Championship News: - SpaceDominator @ 5:08 PM
Sorry I didn't post this in the previous news. However, Agent911, and Zileas look like they have put on one amazing series. Zileas wins the first 3 Games of the Series, which had Agent against the wall, but then he won 3 straight! That is amazing! Take a look at those three wins by Zileas's below:
Game #1
Game #2
Game #3
Game #4
Game #5
Game #6
Monday's a Big Day!
This is amazing, that Agent could come back like that, against Zileas, especially. Guess, that prove's that these are two of the best. Should be a MAD Final. Hope you all are there!(Read The Post)
Beta News: - SpaceDominator @ 4:54 PM
Welcome, to the second edition of the Beta News. We only have one story, to pass onto y'all today. So without further adeu, here it is.
IN-Bob vs Unstoppable Battle Report- Blizzard Has posted their report of the two games between these two very good SC Brood Wars Beta Players. Take a peek at those battle reportshere.
A Possible NCAA Tournament Change: - SpaceDominator @ 4:44 PM
Here is a Proposal from lobodeoro@earthlink.net:
What if we changed the NCAA Tournament into this:
Maybe 9 conference games, 1 against each conference foe, and then the top 16-64 players
to the NCAA Tourney, which is single elimination. The first 9 games can be over 1
weekend, with the finals the next weekend for a 2 weekend tourney. This can also be
shortened by the # of players who sign up for each bracket. Say the top 2 players from
each conference, with a few at large slots for the finals tourney.
Just a few suggestions, on your own BBS, there is someone else who wants to have a
tourney over a weekend, you may want to see his Tourney, and make adjustments
accordingly.
I think I personally like that Idea, so that would change the tournament around, and true it would take too long to manage a 30 Game Tournament. SO that's the new rule. The NCAA Tournament Page(http://www.scmillennium.com/ncaatourn.shtml), has been changed to compensate for this. So... Now, if that's what you guys want, that's what I'll give. Now, one more thing. Expect my massive posts starting very quickly! Thanks.
Sunday - November 22, 1998
SD's Site Choice: - SpaceDominator @ 7:14 PM
Well, SpaceDominator has made a choice for a good site in the SC Community or anything, the site is http://yggdrasil.net/, a very interesting looking site run by ZealotOnAStick. Go to it Yggdrasil.net
The Championships Pre-Game Nervewrecking! - SpaceDominator @ 7:09 PM
Agent911 and Zileas are discussing some issues over the net, going on opposing sides, very interesting I must add. Take a look at their two posts below:
Agent911
Zileas Argues His Point
Sounds like we are going to have an INTERESTING Finals. Huh?
Starprint 1.0 Released! - SpaceDominator @ 7:02 PM
Wow! Is all I can say about Statprinter 1.0, it is an amazing program, and produces some pretty nifty information about the units. It should really make life a ton easier for Webmasters(Like us!). I have put up a couple of samples of the very good work, the program does. One of them is a chart with just the Brood War heroes, and the other one is the whole thing. Take a look at them below and download this amazing program.Starprint 1.0!
Everything in Starcraft Table
Source: SC Legacy
Starcraft Poll - SpaceDominator @ 6:33 PM
Boy, I am in the Posting Mood Today! Go over to Planet Review and go vote for Starcraft, as the best game out of their following list. Well, if you want to, thought I'd just tell everyone.
Source: Starcraft.Org
Brood Wars Stuff - SpaceDominator @ 6:29 PM
Every Day, there will be a news post called this, until the actual game is released! So be on the look out for it.
Today's Top Brood Wars Story has to be:
Agent911 defeated IN-Bob in 3 games to advance to the finals to play Zileas for the Brood War beta championship. For Full Details, let's take it out to Shlonglor's reports on the games, the following links will take you to Shlonglor's Reports on those two games
Game #4
Game #5
Today's Other Brood Wars Stories
Skill or Race?- Shlonglor posted a rather interesting post, about how the top players acted. I agree with some parts of it, and I disagree with other parts, but of course everything goes that way! Take a look at that post here.
SpaceDominator's Opinion- Today on SpaceDominator's Opinion, is SD's Opinion on the Medic
Well, I have to admit that the Medic is exactly what I wanted, to play wiht the Terrans. After all, they needed something that could make there infantry units better. The Medic is what Terran Players just wanted!
Well, that's all for Today's Brood Wars Report, report in tomorrow, for more information. SpaceDominator Ends Broadcast
Blizzard Starcraft Action Figures! - SpaceDominator @ 6:18 PM
Blizzard yesterday released their press release about their Action Figures that they are selling. Take a look at what they said:
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 23, 1998 - Building on the success of two of the hottest selling computer game franchises in the software industry, Blizzard Entertainment shipped Warcraft and StarCraft action figures over the weekend. The move represents Blizzard's first entry into the $1 billion action figure industry.
The figures include popular characters from each game including StarCraft's Protoss Zealot, Terran Marine and Zerg Hydralisk, as well as Warcraft's Orc Grunt and Human Footman. These collector-quality figures will stand about 7 inches tall and include multiple articulations.
Blizzard's initial run of action figures totaled 300,000, which were all snatched up by eager retailer pre-orders. The figures are available at software stores nationwide immediately for between $10 - $12.
Additionally, the company announced a limited-time holiday promotion, in which with the purchase of selected Blizzard games, customer receives a free exclusive edition of the Terran Marine action figure. The game's popular WarPig character will be offered through Jan. 31, 1999 or while supplies last.
StarCraft, which released earlier this year, has already sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide and is poised to reign the number-one selling game of 1998. The Warcraft series has sold more than 3 million copies since the first game released in 1994.
They sound pretty cool!
Starcraft Tarsonis Interviews A Quite A Few People - SpaceDominator @ 6:16 PM
As my title states, Starcraft Tarsonis has interviewed a quite a few people, that have done worthwhile things in the SC Community. Take a look at each of those interviews here.
Source: Starcraft.Org
SpaceDominator Speaks Sadly : ( - SpaceDominator @ 6:05 PM
What is going on, First Kore and now DarkShade, the staff is starting to deplete which is not a very good thing. However, I will not leave this page, so I will be taking over supplying all of the news for everyone, lucky you! Now, the NCAA Tournament is not Doing as Successful as I thought. What do You guys want, to sign up?! Please email me your ideas. Thanks to DarkShade though, we'll be keeping this layout, and won't need a new layout to get everything going! So please email me about that issue at spacedominator@scmillennium.com. Well... let's just see what happens.
So long everyone! - DarkShade @ 6:29 PM
Dear Aiel, Agelmar, Koreldar, Overlord, SpaceDominator, and Warlord:
Yo, Sup? You all must be wondering what's this all about? Well this is my last day for me at SC Millennium. I been through a lot of stuff here and it's time for me to leave. Why? I don't know, I guess I just lost interest working here. I'm kind of tired of it in a way. Things aren't so fun anymore. I'm useless to the site anyways. I haven't really done much besides posts news (with grammar mistakes and all). I made the graphics, I improved the layout a little, but that's not much of anything. I don't feel fullfilled with my position here. I don't write any stories, or spend time writing a strategy, write articles, made a scum, or helped out with the pages. I started a sc page because I thought I will enjoy it forever, but it didn't turn out that way. I got a lazy and I started not to care, but I still kept going because of the merge. I was already tired of it, but I pretended that I wasn't. I mean I wanted to quit long time ago, but since the merged has happened, I say to myself, oh what the heck! I'll help out, I'll continue. Then as things were rolling, I felt kind of glad that we're finally opening. That was just temporary, I went back to feeling disgusted with the site, but I manage to bare with it. Now, I can't bare with it anymore. So I guess this is the end for me. I'll still be around on the net of course, but won't be doing anything here in SC:M. There's nothing much I want to say about my departure (you all probably think this "speech" is lame anyways) so farewell everyone and good luck with the site! Good bye! BTW, you can keep the layout and graphics and everything I made, or you can delete it if you want! Do whatever you want with it, if you use it you don't even have to give me credit, cause I don't care anymore... Lastly, you can delete this long post too if you want! Ok, so long everyone! Buh-bye!
Zileas beats INcinerate - DarkShade @ 4:27 PM
Zileas beatened incinerate 3 out of 5 games! He's advancing to the finals. For the championship game he'll be playing against either IN-Bob or Agent911... Just wait and see....
SpaceDominator Speaks: - SpaceDominator @ 12:44 PM
Thanks to DarkShade, our news got done yesterday! I was gone all day yesterday. Now, today, however I will be HOME all day. So.. Expect lots of updates from me today. This is what will be on the docket today:
#1: Add a New Starcraft Puzzle.
#2: Update the Tournament Page(http://www.scmillennium.com/ncaatourn.shtml)
#3: Update the SCM of Week Ratings Page
IN other words, just expect somethin out of me today.
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
Final patch for BW beta - DarkShade @ 01:21 AM
No, it's not 1.06 yet, but it's a post made by Annihilator-x17 about the final patch for Broodwar Beta! It discusses many things about games balance, if you didn't read it, check it out now! Click here!
BW beta champsionship battle report - DarkShade @ 12:01 AM
There's a new battle report from blizzard! Check it out here
Saturday - November 21, 1998
A tip of the week addition - DarkShade @ 11:53 PM
Well the tip of the week seems a little short and too simple. So I added a little more to it. Hope ya like the tip.
[9]eVERLAST interview - DarkShade @ 7:10 PM
This is kind of late, but here's the link for the interview conducted by ((((storm))))
Starcraft Legacy Hacked? - DarkShade @ 7:06 PM
Well I can't access the site! And I read in Extreme Starcraft that Sc Legacy's news updater got hacked! Let's hope they get it fixed!
Starcraft1 & BwDynasty News - DarkShade @ 7:03 PM
It seems like Starcraft1 doesn't have anything anymore!!! You'll see nothing in their directory when you enter their site. Also, Brood War Dynasty has nothing but a "strange" message! What's happening?!
A farewell to.... - DarkShade @ 6:45 PM
Koreldar.... Good bye.....
Thursday - November 19, 1998
SpaceDominator's News - SpaceDominator @ 11:45 PM
Hello Again, it's me SpaceDominator. If you sent me your idea for the puzzle, thanks a Ton! They will all be posted with the solution on Sunday! I don't want to give the answer away yet! There is not much news except that INcinerate will be facing off against Zileas in the Semi-Finals of the SC Brood Wars Beta Tournament. I am predicting Zileas in 3. I also updated the SCM of the Week below, and I will be adding a Tip in just a little bit, so take a look at that. Thanks a Lot.
SpaceDominator
Our news script - DarkShade @ 5:19 PM
Again our news script is acting up again... I guess the Math is screwed up.. it can't calculate the date or something... One time the news were under SUNDAY, but it's suppose to be MONDAY the got the day wrong but the date right... Jeez, but the most common problem is that it's not making a new date for us.... Oh well, just bear with it... So I hope you're not thinking that we don't do any news/updates... We actually do... :)
Link of the week idea - DarkShade @ 5:09 PM
Well since we have all these stuff of the week, why don't we have a link of the week? Most SC sites doesn't give out a link weekly, so I guess this idea is pretty cool...and this will make us one of the few sites with this feature! My idea of a link of the week is that the links doesn't necessarily have to be a Starcraft Site, it could be ANY site! The site just has to be cool! But a game site (General, RTS, Quake, Tiberian Sun, ETC) would most likely be up on our link of the week. But it doesn't mean we can't have a joke page or something... Anyways, I'm going to post up a link every week for your enjoyment! Starting next week on either Tues. or Wed. Just watch for my postings and you'll see the site I've picked! If you want to suggest a site, go ahead and email me at: darkshade@scmillennium.com. Well I guess that's all... Bye!
SpaceDominator Responds - SpaceDominator @ 9:23 PM
Hello Again, this is your daily dose of SpaceDominator, and because their isn't a ton of news out there, except that Zileas beat Blacklizard in 2 Games, to Advance to the Semi Finals(I know a little old)! Again, please continue to sign up for My College Basketball Tournament(The Link is here.
Also, I would like to tell people to do my Puzzle on the front page. The Puzzles are meant to make you think a little bit, but not too hard to make your brain explode. They are fun to do, and email me your POSSIBLE Solutions.
As You guys can tell, I am the one that likes to do different things, so if you also have any ideas yourself, you would like to see done, please email me your idea. Who knows, maybe it'll come true! So, Thank You, SD Signing Off
Some Improvements to the page! - DarkShade @ 8:53 PM
Well I kinda altered the front page a little! I made new headers, they look much cooler than the old ones. I added the Puzzle of the week thing on the front page because I wanted people to recognize it (read my last post).... Well that's all from the graphics guy.... Later!
Changes At SimpleCraft - Overlord @ 8:07 PM
I saw at our great affiliate SimpleCraft that they have tweaked there layout a bit. (They added a Infested Terran to there navigation bar, and a couple new graphics). Looks GREAT guys!!! Check it out here.
About our Puzzle of the week - DarkShade @ 5:58 PM
I'm just here to tell you about this thing.... What is it? Well it's the puzzle of the week thing we have.... I guess nobody paid much attention to that thing because it's in the miscellaneous section... So I was thinking of putting it on the front page with all the other weekly stuff... The puzzle of the week is very interesting and I think you should all try it out! It makes you think a bit, but it's a lot of fun to figure it out!... So all I'm trying to say is that I'm going to put on the front page so people will notice it (You will see a change in the front page in a few days) and that you should check it out! Click here for the current puzzle! BTW, the puzzles are managed and invented by SpaceDominator. Thanks to him for his great idea! That's all... Until next time...
Wednesday - November 18, 1998
Brood War Teaser Movie! - Overlord @ 10:45 PM
I just added the Brood War teaser movie!!! It's 35 megs but well worth the d/l. Get it here.
More Updates to the Images section!!! - Overlord @ 10:25 PM
I just updated the screenshots section here. And I added the cutscenes section here.
Rendered Art Update! - Overlord @ 7:07 PM
I added 6 new pictures to the rendered art section!!! Check them out here.
Tournament Page Is Up! - SpaceDominator @ 5:41 PM
The Introduction to My Tournament Page might be a tiny bid hard to understand, but if you do Good. The page is now up, and It will tell you how to sign up and how the Tourney will work. Why Am I keeping you waiting? Here's the link:
NCAA Basketball SC Tournament
BW Beta patch 1.05! - Koreldar @ 12:46 PM
Yeesh, all these patches! Blizz has gone and patched Brood War again, raising it to version 1.05. I guess they did this for the Starcraft beta, but this is kinda getting outta hand. It's all in good favor I suppose... Anyways, below is what's in the patch, sent by Blizzard:Beta Squadron Alert:
Patch 1.05 to the Brood war Battle.net Beta has been launched. You will find the
usual run of bug fixes as well as another round of balance changes. As always,
your qualitative feedback is appreciated.
See you on Battle.net!
Patch 1.05 Brood War Balance Changes
ZERG
Hatchery Cost reduced to 300 minerals*
Build time decreased*
Larva spawn at a faster rate
Sunken Colony Cost reduced to 50 minerals
Build time decreased
Spore Colony Build time decreased
Ventral Sacs Build time decreased
Scourge Hit points increased to 25
Devourer Armor decreased to 1
PROTOSS
Templar Archives Cost increased to 150 minerals / 200 gas
Maelstrom Duration of effect decreased
Carrier Attack range of Interceptors decreased to 8*
TERRAN
Valkyrie Damage per missile increased to 6
Damage type of missiles changed to Explosive
* Value now matches Starcraft v1.0
Not many changes, but there were some significant changes, such as the hatch back to 300.
Tuesday - November 17, 1998
SC Tourney - Agelmar @ 8:10 PM
For all of you who prefer an old style "KV" tourney, i am going to run a SC Tourney at a date TBA. It will use a custom map (probably 192x192) and will be 1x1. However, there will be a 3rd player who is to be an official observer, which will most likely be either myself or Koreldar. He will have observers all over the map. The tourney will start at 4PM PST (7 EST) on a Friday and will continute and probably end early Saturday. I will be posting a signup form soon. SD's tourney will still be held, (probably), but at his last tourney only 2 people showed up, myself included. If you prefer a straightforward tourney, no stupid plot, no "over 3 months" bull, then sign up for the SC Millennium Old Style© Tourney. No offense meant to SpaceDominator, but people dont like tourneys that try to lamely incorporate a theme and are spaced over 3 months. People want a right here right now WYSIWYG tourney. Agelmar Out.
Times Lost - Agelmar @ 7:05 PM
Aah.... The wheel of time turns and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth comes again. In one age, called the Diablo age by some, an age long gone, an age yet to come, a society arose. Everyone was nice, people actually joined REAL channels instead of hanging out in Diablo Retail USA-1, and people actually talked in those channels. And the tourneys, aah the tourneys.... they were like nothing else. They started at 4PM Pacific time, 7 Eastern on a Friday and went on until Sunday. Non-stop. People would play eachother, someone would observe, the winner would be recorded, a new pair would be matched up, and then a new game would start. There was no 3 month tournament, no on your honor system, these were real torunaments, the best of them being run by Knights Valorous (KV). Now we have people trying to incorporate themes into tourneys, stretching them over a period of three months, and adding an honor system. The times have changed, and for the worst. I am working with the members of Knights Valorous to try and organize a Diablo tourney for old time's sake. I will post more information later on when it becomes available. Opposing viewpoints are welcome. Email them to me and the will probably get posted. Agelmar Out.
The Tournament is On! - SpaceDominator @ 5:46 PM
O.K, everyone the NCAA Basketball Tournament will start very soon, I'll get the Official Page, up very soon. So expect that up today. Now, here's how I plan on handling games, due to the fact that it is running for 3 Months, I will be leaving it up to the honor system, of you guys sending in the Victory Screenshots. That will be to varify that you have played a game. Do that for as many games, as you play, send them in sets, do whatever, just send Screenshots. Thanks, and There is still Room For A Ton More People!
Thanks a lot,
SpaceDominator
Chapter 7 of AoS! - Koreldar @ 1:39 PM
Starcraft Legacy's DeathViper has released the 7th chapter of Aeon of Strife! I'm in the story as "Krel'Dar" (aint that cute?) so go check it out you foos! Here's an exerpt about me in it:
"Well! A new recruit I see. My, you look to be a strong one. My regards to F'Luxor here for
finding you. Come inside and enjoy the warmth of our fire," said the obviously excited tribal
leader, "you can call me Krel'Dar." I turned out to be a leader of a tribe called Sargas. Pretty sweet!
Monday - November 16, 1998
SC Millennium College Basketball Starcraft Tournament - SpaceDominator @ 10:12 PM
I am a Person that has been a fan of College Football and College Basketball, so I thought maybe I could run a Starcraft Tournament with the College Basketball Theme, and I think I've come up with an idea. To Do This Idea however I will need about 120 People, willing to try an idea full of curiousity.
It would be sort of like the PGL, except with a WHOLE different theme behind it. There would be 120 People, who play Starcraft Games, against each others, whenever they can find time, for about 3 Months until March, when the real NCAA Tournament Comes Out, and then the Top 64 People, will make a Single-Elimination Tournament like In College Basketball. There would be AUTOMATIC bids, by having the people that win their Divisional Tournament or whatever. I want to get this idea going as Quick as I can, so I need 120 of you guys to sign up for this idea. Easier said then done, huh? Well, Here's my Little idea to try to influence you to come into this tournament, the first 9 People to sign up will gain control of one of the remaining conferences, which means they will get to choose any events that occur within their section of the Tournament. If I get enough emails, I will get that page up ASAP. So Please Email me at spacedominator@scmillennium.com, about this!
SpaceDominator Reports! - SpaceDominator @ 9:28 PM
I know! I know! I haven't posted an update in SO Long, and everyone is wondering if I had died, or something. Well.... As you can see, I haven't. Due to the fact that everyone else didn't update News Today, I guess that means, that I am the lucky one to do it. So Here's your LONG report on what has happened in the Starcraft World:
SC Millennium Updates
Current Puzzle Updated, Solution Added(Puzzle #2: A Love to Obliverate)
SCM Page Updated(4 Map Set Up), Look Under Scenarios/Campaigns, that will be where I put mission sets.
Brood Wars Beta Tournament Information
Here is the Report of what happened on The Brood Wars Beta Front:
LameKing defeats Shadow!, Took 2 Games
IN-Bob defeats Unstoppable, Took 2 Games
GeekFactor defeats Mr.Plow, Took 2 Games
Blacklizard defeats Nova-The-Feared, it took 2 Games
Zileas defeats Stratus, It Took 2 Games
Incinerate defeats Pfeiff, It also Took 2 Games.
Well, Starcraft.Org got eliminated from that tournament. Sorry bout that guys! : (
The Brood Wars Beta Tournaments Quarter Final Matches:
Incinerate vs Travolta or Merikor
SD's Pick of the Quarter Finals Blacklizard vs Zileas
Geek-Factor vs IN-Bob
Crexis or Agent911 vs Lameking
You think I'm done Yet?? Nope.
SC Community News:
None for Today
Starcraft News to Know about:
Well, The Ultimate Drone bug has been declared something that you will not experience unless they attack you with 30 Drones. That doesn't happen too often!
SCM of Week Review Score for Highway: 8.6
That is all from SpaceDominator, so now, you cannot say that I haven't updated the news in a while. Hehe!
Sunday - November 15, 1998
More about starcraft1.com - Overlord @ 10:54 PM
I don't know what but something major happened at starcraft1.com, because when I went there today i saw there directory which had information that the public should most definently not see. Hope you boys get if fixed and SOON!
PlanetQuake interviews Bill Roper - DarkShade @ 9:46 PM
You read the title. If interested, click here
Another SC expansion pack - DarkShade @ 9:44 PM
Another SC expansion is about to be released! It's called Retribution! Click here for more information!
Complete list of changes in BW beta patch ver. 1.04 - DarkShade @ 9:40 PM
Just click here. Enough said.
BW beta championship battle report - DarkShade @ 9:36 PM
click here to read the game between Incinerate and Pfieff in the BW beta championship finals. Click here for more championship info and results
Starcraft1.com hacked? - DarkShade @ 9:29 PM
When you go to starcraft1.com you won't find an index... but you'll find other HTML files on the server... hmmm... did they get hacked? or what?
A hilarious post - Agelmar @ 10:59 AM
One of the BW beta testers has made a hillarious post on the BNet Forums. You can look at it here. I strongly suggest you check it out. It is the funniest thing I've heard in a week. Agelmar Out.
Saturday - November 14, 1998
Starcraft World affiliated - Koreldar @ 7:02 PM
Welp, we've affiliated with the slick Starcraft World. They're hosted by pudzone so they're in our "posse", which made it seem fit to become affiliates. Check em out!
Brood War patch 1.04 - Overlord @ 12:16 AM
I just saw at Brood War Dynasty that patch 1.04 for Brood War is out. Go here for details on all the game and game balance changes.
Friday - November 13, 1998
New Section - Overlord @ 11:55 PM
I've added the rendered images section so check it out here.
BW Release Date - Agelmar @ 7:21 PM I must remind you all that this is UNOFFICIAL.... but here is the word on the street. Brood War is supposed to be released one month from today. Again this is unofficial, but it is being said all over the place. Happy brood-warring. Agelmar Out. BW beta championship! - DarkShade @ 6:12 PM This is from blizzard: The top 16 players as of midnight on Wednesday November 11th have been selected and seeded by their ladder rankings. All matches during the Starcraft™: Brood War™ Beta Championship will follow a head-to-head, single elimination format. The winner of each round will be the player who wins 2 out of 3 matches against his opponent that round. At least one Starcraft: Brood War Beta Championship Official will be present during all championship matches and will moderate matches, observe matches and ensure that players are using the correct match and map settings. Official maps will be issued to all competitors by Starcraft: Brood War Beta Championship Officials before match play begins. Click here for more information Our first fan fiction! - DarkShade @ 12:30 AM If you didn't notice it, we got up a new story in the stories page. The story is a fan fiction from Arian Solberg, it's a 5 chapter novel called "The Intricate Unknown." Click here
Wednesday - November 11, 1998
Another SC HACK?! - DarkShade @ 11:47 PM
A new hack has been reported by our affiliate Simple.Craft! The hack supposedly allows you to build the supplies (overlord, pylon, depot) instantly and without any cost! Whoa, it's a dangerous hack, more powerful than a Map Hack... Simple.Craft made a long post about it, it tells a story of what happened in a game that they were in....Check it out here!
PGL on TV - DarkShade @ 11:28 PM
On good morning american (friday) there will be a feature about the PGL games and players! There will be interviews and other stuff, but I think the interviews will just be on Quake Players, maybe some info on Starcraft... I don't know! Go watch it!!!
An early Scum of the Week!!! - DarkShade @ 11:23 PM
Hey guess what?! This weeks' scum of the week is already out! Click here to download and click here to view the large image of the map! It's 192x128, BadLands, and 2-4 players! oh here's the map's little story:
The Terran frontier has remained a place devoid of any semblance of law and order for
decades. On the desolate strips of prefabricated roadway that stretch between border
colonies, gangs and outcast aliens terrorize any wayward travelers foolish enough to
encroach into their territory. Traders and treasure seekers use these dangerous
byways at their own risk. When two or more gangs square off in arguments over
salvage rights or in border disputes, these highways host battles unrivaled in their
ferocity and violence.
BroodWar patch (again!) - Koreldar @ 7:53 PM
Welp, looks like Blizzard is going to patch Brood War one more time (hopefully the last). Here are the predicted changes:
- Zerg Hatchery price back down to 350.
- Zerg Hatchery build time increased.
- Zerg's larva respawn time increased.
- Scout's and Wraith's ground firing rate increased again.
- Starport and Stargate's costs are decreased.
- Lurker cost went down.
- Sunken Colony's damage is explosive now.
- Increased range on Broodling and some Dark Archon spells.
- Air-to-air damage for Scouts has been increased.
Thanks to StarPirate for sending that in!
Agelmar, SCM Page Update - SpaceDominator @ 6:00 PM
Hey everyone, just wanted to say that I have finished my update on the SCM page.
BNet Attitudes - Agelmar @ 5:48 PM
Wow! I just got out of this 4v4 computers game, and it stunk! I was Zerg, and there were two protoss and a terran. I had to save the terran's but 7 times, and he didnt even do anything! The other guy was even worse! He was a protoss and did nothing the whole game but build 30 photon cannons in his base! Not even a zealot! He drove me nuts! The other protoss guy got 8 carriers, but while attacking he got dropped :-(. There were three comps left and i had to take em all by myself. The other two had NO ARMY AT ALL!!! They were trying to mooch off of my and the other guy's win. I did not feel that that was at all right, so i killed both of them and won the game. If you join a game, you dont just build a bunch of building defense and mooch off of the other people's win, you participate and help win. Otherwise, I'll be out to get you like a rabid bunny. =) But seriously, if you join a game... PARTICIPATE!
Agelmar Out
Blizzard Press Release - PGL Finals! - DarkShade @ 1:57 PM
Go ahead and read:
The best Starcraft players in the world converge on San Francisco this weekend, and
Blizzard fans are invited...
The Starcraft PGL Season 3 championship is this weekend, and Starcraft fans are invited to see
the event live. Blizzard's Bill Roper will be on hand Friday and Saturday to demo Brood War, plus
for the first time, we will be giving away to one lucky attendee one of the new Starcraft figures.
Other guests have the chance to win a framed Starcraft poster autographed by the development
team, a Brood War beta, copies of Starcraft, t-shirts and more.
The finals take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Club-i in San Francisco. For fans who
cannot attend the event, the entire tournament will be webcasted live at www.allgames.com.
Blizzard will also have daily updates throughout the weekend. For a complete listing of the
weekend's events check out www.pgl.com.
Another interesting battle report - DarkShade @ 1:37 PM
I've just recieved another battle report today. It was submitted by Vorlon and it's called Raging Tides of Battle. Check it out here. What's cool about reading these stories is that there's always a lesson to be learned. If you've written battle stories please submit them to me and share them with the SC community!
SCL's Aeon Of Strife - Koreldar @ 10:49 AM
Welp, looks like Starcraft Legacy has re-opened their Aeon of Strife storie section! Right now they have only the previous 6 chapters but you should probably go read them so you know what's going on on Monday (when the next chapter comes out). DeathViper is quite the author.
Tuesday - November 10, 1998
More BW Previews.... - DarkShade @ 11:26 PM
Well you may or may not know about these previews, but here's a list of them in case you haven't seen them! Gamespot gamer's digest OGR game center
Concept Art Page is up! - DarkShade @ 8:10 PM
I got some nifty concept art! If you don't know what concept art is, well go to the Images page! View 6 original drawings from blizzard (scanned from the manual) Click here to view the images.
Brood War FAQ Updated - Koreldar @ 7:34 PM
I know this news is a day or 2 old but I thought it's worth the post anyway. Blizzard updated their Frequently Asked Questions board for Brood War. So you'll prolly wanna look into it so just click here.
Our first battle report, check it out! - DarkShade @ 7:22 PM
We just received our first battle report/story! It's untitled (most battle reports are untitled) and it's written by StarPirate! Thank you for your contribution! Click here to read the story!
Our news positions have been filled - Koreldar @ 7:22 PM
Ok guys, we've finished hiring our news guys so please dont send any more applications. You should see posts coming from them soon!
Our News Script is acting up again.... - DarkShade @ 6:13 PM It's STILL monday!... Suppose to be Tuesday... Sorry everyone, but the top 4 headlines or whatever is current news! Our Script is just screwed up again....Can someone fix this? Ladder Resets! A whole bunch of them! - DarkShade @ 6:04 PM Blizzard has made a lot of ladder resets for players abusing the system!! The bad boys are: GERMAN_NICE_GUY, +[)E+EVIL, WESLY, SLAYER~EVIL_GUY, ETC, ETC, ETC! There is too much to list them all! just click here and you'll see a lot of names! Is your name on the list? Dont Worry about the stuff you submitted! - SpaceDominator @ 5:47 PM Everything that you submitted, will get posted, but it will take a little bit of time. I Plan on updating each of the pages at a different time, so that can tell you when to get everything in. Monday-Strategies Tuesday-Links Wedensday-SCM's Thursday-Whatever I get time for! Friday-Blizz SCM of Week Review Page Saturday-None Sunday-Anything and SC Puzzle. Understand? Good Info-Protoss almost done - Agelmar @ 2:24 PM The info-protoss page is almost done. I am working on it now. Agelmar Out.
Monday - November 9, 1998
Random Affiliates - Warlord @ 10:23 PM Thanks to me, Warlord, we now have a cgi script to display random affiliates. This CGI was written by me, and if any of you happen to want to use it, e-mail me above and maybe you'll get the script. We're looking for some news guys! - Koreldar @ 9:28 PM Like almost every other site upon opening, we're looking for some staff, but news only staff. Here are the requirements we'll need from you: - Above the age of 13
- Very knowledgeable about the Starcraft Community
- Online about 1 hour a day
- Very good English grammar skills
- and has basic HTML skills
We will test you on these and wont hire you right away. So make sure you qualify for all of the fields. Send the applications to me at koreldar@scmillennium.com. Affiliation with simple.craft and RoT! - Koreldar @ 9:14 PM Welp, we've affiliated with simple.craft and Realm Of Terror! Check them out cuz you know they're better than you. But dont worry, mommy will make you feel better... just kidding btw BW Beta Ladder Leaders at StarLadder! - DarkShade @ 7:07 PM For those of you who don't have the BW Beta and don't know what's going on in the bw beta ladder, well now you can see who's on the top! If you didn't know, StarLadder provides you with the standings of the Beta ladder. The current leader is INcinerate. Click here for the standings. Distrubution of Stellar Forces Add-on has ceased! - DarkShade @ 6:55 PM Micro Star has announced that they agree to stop distributing and selling their unauthorized add-on. They also agree to destroy the remaining inventory and will also pay Blizzard an unknown amount! YAY! Blizzard wins! Too bad Micro Star, you shouldn't of done it! Here's a quote from the President of Micro Star: "We regret our decision to release the product and any harm to the Blizzard label or StarCraft franchise that our actions may have caused." Another BW Preview and note... - DarkShade @ 6:38 PM Another BW Preview from Adrenaline Vault. Go check it out here... Also, here's the note: anyone interested in submitting stories or articles to us? You will be credited for your work, so if you have them please send them in! We'd appreciate your contributions. Submit your stories or articles to me, at: darkshade@scmillennium.com BroodWar News! Previews and FAQ update! - DarkShade @ 6:22 PM The BroodWar FAQ has been updated, check it out! Also if you want more BroodWar info go to... RTSNetwork and GameGirlz they have a BW Preview Page... Wassup w/ Xoom? - Koreldar @ 12:49 PM If you guys haven't noticed, a big web-site hosting service, XOOM, is apparently having some big problems. I've tried visiting various sites and I get an error telling me that they are changing servers but they would be back up soon. But I've been getting that same error for about 2 days. I created an example page to show you the problems. You can see it here. This is somewhat effecting the starcraft community as many sites are hosted by xoom. Shlonglor gives feedback - Koreldar @ 12:28 PM Shlonglor made a post on the b.net forums stating why Blizzard made such huge downgrades on the Wraith's and the Scout's ground attacks. You can check out the post here and can look at all the responses (and flames) to go with it. I personally agree with this because I have seen alot of "all Wraith and Scout" players, and it's almost unstoppable.
Sunday - November 8, 1998
BW 1.03 Patch(Opinions from a Non-Beta Tester) - SpaceDominator @ 10:39 PM Patch 1.03 Was released for the Starcraft Brood Wars Beta Testers, and I thought I would give my own personal opinions, even though I am a non-beta tester, I have knowledge from the original Beta. - Devourer movement speed was increased.
Well, I think this is a positive change, for the Zerg though it does make the Devourer a little more dominating. - Devourer damage was reduced by 10, to 15.
What's the real point to a Devourer now, they only do 15 damage, though they do Ensnare everything, which does make them valuable. I say increase this to 20. - Sunken Colony attack rate was greatly increased.
Very Wise! - Sunken Colony damage was reduced by 5, to 35.
Makes sense, reduce the damage, increase the attack rate. - Medic's healing ability was greatly improved.
Good. Can't wait to get my hands on em. - Yamato damage was increased by 10, to 260.
260! Well.. Not much more dominating, but still a positive change. - Maelstrom spell effect duration was increased by 5 seconds, to 15 seconds at normal speed.
O.K, I can live with that. - Dark Templars now take 2 Psi instead of 3. Note: Dark Archons therefore take 4 instead of 6.
Ooh. I see a possible hazard here, the Dark Templars become easier to get, and require less maintance. If your going to decrease this, possibly make em cost more? - Carrier cost reduced by 50 gas, to 350 minerals and 250 gas.
350/250! Pretty good deal, though I think it would be better at 300/300. - Scout gun attack speed (ground attack only) was reduced by 65%.
- Wraith laser attack speed (ground attack only) was reduced by 65%.
I don't see the point to this. They attack slow enough already, make em slower? Then their only purpose is Anti-Air. - Dropship speed was increased to be the same as that of an unupgraded Shuttle.
- Upgraded Overlord speed was increased to be the same speed as a Dropship.
- Valkyrie armor was reduced by 1, to 2.
No real problems above. Brood Wars Release Date? - Aiel @ 7:10 PM It seems that EB World is claiming that Brood Wars is going to be released November 10th. I wouldn't get up your hopes, as we all know how truthful EB World really is. Expect the release date to be a couple weeks later knowing Blizzard. Info-Terran fully functional - Agelmar @ 6:19 PM The Info-Terran page is now fully functional. A description of each section - DarkShade @ 5:55 PM Welcome! This is DarkShade reporting. I just want to give you a description each section! I hope you enjoy the site...news - Where all the current news and updates are. info - General Starcraft Info, Units, statisitics, cheat codes, etc. strats - Our strat section with many different types of strategies: race, map, analytic, situational strats, and etc. articles - This section contains interesting written materials, also includes interviews stories - A fun section containing entertaining literature, fan fics, and battle reports scums - Our scm page, single/multiplayer, scenarios/campaigns, and scm building tutorials/explanations. images - It's a gallery of images, screenshots, concept art, fan art, rendered/movie art, and etc. files - Only contains cool SC programs, no cheats/hacks forums - A place to post messages! not ready yet! links - An archive of other starcraft sites! add your own links here! misc. - A fun section with cool stuff that doesn't have a specific section, just a lot of fun things Hmm... it appears we are open - Agelmar @ 4:28 PM Hmm... well i guess we are open. Images and Files have been finalized, and by the way, the Waterboy was funny but generally not so great overall. Strategy Page Up - SpaceDominator @ 4:13 PM The Strategy Page is now up. It might not all work, so bare with it! Also, send me your scums, strategies, SC puzzle Ideas, and whatever else you think would be helpful to this webpage, through email. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy your stay at SC Millennium. Welcome to Starcraft Millennium! - Koreldar @ 3:56 PM Well here you have it, Starcraft Millennium. We've finally opened and we're sure proud of it! We are hoping to be a major contender in the Starcraft universe. Make sure to check around the site, although some sections aren't up yet (meaning 404 errors) most of them are working. Please send feedback by clicking here. Below is a listing of the following staff members: If you'd like to get more information about us, check out the About Us page.
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