Special Thanks to Chris - Canon @ 5:47 pm EST
As I was away, Chris wrote a wonderful little script to aid in this tournament. It is fairly simple, You tell it your name, their name, who won, map name, and round number. When you are done with a game report the outcome here. Please do not cheat by saying you won if you didn't. Remember only the WINNER is to report the outcome.
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Final tournament details - Canon @ 11:46 am EST
The final tournament details are located here.

Additions to Canon's post - Chrisjc @ 11:10 pm EST
Since Canon's post ORIGINALLY looked like a two year old trying to use the paste function in Windows *runs and bonks SD :)*... I'll just say this: the number next to the channel name on Canon's post is where you fall in under the bracket listing. Hopefully you could figure that out on your own.

Now, just to reiterate what Canon said, you are expected to show up in your designated channel at 6PM US Central Standard Time, GMT -06:00 (he didn't include this =), on Wednesday, June 27th.

Ah.. yes, one more thing. Save a replay of every game you play in the tournament -- we will be putting our trained web monkeys (one of which will be myself...) to work for indexing and archiving your matches.
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Tournament Channel - Canon @ 10:07 pm EST
The first round will start on Wednesday, June 27th at 6PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.  It will occur on Battle.net US:WEST Gateway unless it is for some reason down, then we will switch to US:EAST.  IF you do not show up within 15 minutes of your scheduled game time, you will forfeit the match and be eliminated from the tournament.  Based on the number of participants, the 2v2 day will be postphoned to as later date TBA.

Channels will be as follows:

1-32 "SCM Tournament Set 1"
33-64 "SCM Tournament Set 2"
65-96 "SCM Tournament Set 3"
97-128 "SCM Tournament Set 4"
129-160 "SCM Tournament Set 5"
161-192 "SCM Tournament Set 6"
193-225 "SCM Tournament Set 7"
226-256 "SCM Tournament Set 8"

New Staff Member! - Hitman @ 6:20 pm EST
What up? This is SC:M's newest Staff Member, Hitman reporting. I'm going to be doing Replays and a few other things here at SC:M but mostly Replays. With some luck, one should be up tonight.

My Battle.net handle is "I-Like-To-Lose!" and since I'm looking for a 0 - 500 record, message me sometime and we can play a 1v1 or 2. Stay Tuned!
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The Hybrid Campaign - SpaceDominator @ 3:15 pm EST
Starcraft Millennium is proud to announce our second campaign. This one is entitled The Hybrid Campaign. It was created by Erik Johnson. These maps were created based on the mission "Dark Origin." Dark Origin is the only bonus mission in Brood War whichappears just before the very last level.

The campaign is in two parts. You can download them from the SCM section or at this address and the second part at this address.
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
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MidasKnight Needs More Teams! - SpaceDominator @ 2:56 pm EST
MidasKnight is still trying to get teams for their 128 team tournament. 80 teams have signed up but they still need 48 more. Go make MidasKnight happy and let them start their tournament. Go to their webpage and sign up!
-SpaceDominator
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Diablo II MP3 - SpaceDominator @ 2:47 pm EST
I am a huge fan of music. I'll listen to anything that you can put in front of me, except for Rap. True, it might not be the most exciting thing to listen to, but Blizzard Entertainment wants to make us buy the Diablo II Expansion Set. So, they decided to release one of their music files entitled "Siege." You can download this very entertaining musical piece at this address.

If it sucks to you, email NobleHelium and complain.
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
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A Reworked Lost Temple? - SpaceDominator @ 2:32 pm EST
Redcloak, a fellow work mate of mine at Starcraft Legacy posted something very interesting at SC:L. Mr. MCTFG decided to rework the design of Lost Temple. What was his purpose for this? Here is the explanation:

For those that are interested, over the last several weeks I have worked on creating a map based on the Blizzard Lost Temple map which as everyone knows is only second in popularity to the notorious Big Game Hunters map. The goal of this new map was to keep the features of the original Lost Temple that made it the most popular ladder map of all time, while changing many other features of the original Lost Temple which promoted boring gameplay, gimmick strategies that exploit map imbalances, and routine build orders that when executed countless times between two opponents can become mindnumbing over time. In other words, the goal was to make the map favor strategical gameplay over tactical gameplay. Most of the changes were made in an effort to open up gameplay and discourage strategies which though effective make any RTS map boring over time. RTS game maps like Garden of War (Warcraft II), Tiberium Garden (C&C), and Southern California 1947 (C&C Red Alert) all share a similiar design with Starcraft's Lost Temple and promote camping (also known as containment), two unit strategies (hydra/lurk, muta/ling, vulture/tank, marine/vessel zealot/temp, reaver/goon), and crutch strats that make playing Starcraft less fun and less creative, and in the case of replays also less enjoyable to watch. This map has been playtested many times and has undergone many, many changes to reflect some glaring problems others saw in the feedback I received while testing the map in 1v1's and 2v2's, so needless to say much effort has gone into trying to make this a fun 1v1 or 2v2 map for newbies as well as experts. The downloadable zip file contains two versions of New Lost Temple in the form of a Melee version and a Use Map Settings version that has four observer slots. Last but not least, there is a readme.txt file which explains the motivations to the changes/enhancements of the original Lost Temple. Hopefully many people will enjoy this map as much as I have in creating it. I only made it for fun just as I have in the past with game mods I have made for other RTS games like Command and Conquer and Red Alert where I made Ultimate C&C (a binary mod for C&C) and then 2 years later Ultimate Red Alert (a binary mod for C&C Red Alert). Both mods were extremely popular in their day, so please do not write me off as some RTS newb shamelessly promoting his map, rather write me off as some guy with experience in game design and strategy shamelessly promoting a map he made. Honestly, I simply just offer this map to the Starcraft community, for better or for worse, just as other map makers have with Altered Starcraft and UMS maps like Zealot Farm (my all-time favorite) or Starship Troopers. After all, even if only one person enjoys New Lost Temple (other than myself of course) then I would consider it a success. Last but not least, many thanks to everyone who gave me all of the positive as well as negative feedback to get this map into its final form, especially those who were the most critical. You know who you are so I will spare you the agony of mentioning you by name.

Strategies Are Up! - SpaceDominator @ 11:35 am EST
Both of the strategies that I promised from yesterday are up. The first one has to deal with BTS and how you should mentally prepare for it. It's not a very complicated article but it's an important article. I'd read it, if I was you.

Also, the second strategy that I have posted was about the First Few Minutes. In the first few minutes of a game of Starcraft, things happen really quickly. You are forced to develop a strategy, forced to execute a strategy and start the backbone of your entire force. Without a successful first few minutes, you won't have much luck.

We also recieved another bonus strategy into the section. Dhavok is really going to town for us. =) He wrote his next strategy about Automated Starcraft. The key to this is that it teaches you all of the small details, such as Cloning which will make you a better player, and save you time. In a game of Starcraft, seconds are precious. You can't waste them.

Enjoy all three strategies at this address. Soon, I will be adding some material to the Miscellaneous section and the Weekly features will be updated.
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
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What Makes An Online Game Successful? - SpaceDominator @ 11:31 am EST
GameSpot will sometimes pose some very interesting questions to the gaming community. This week's Question of the Week is no different! They propose the question: "What makes an online game successful?" Let's give you a large piece of the pie by giving GameSpot's introduction:

According to an IDC press release published in February, 40 million households will play online games by 2004, up 25 million from 2000. Online gaming has definitely caught on, and it's become synonymous with multiplayer gaming. As with other Internet-based activities, online gaming spans international boundaries, age, class, and gender. Across the world, players log on to their favorite games or services to seek out others for a battle of wits and strategy or to cooperatively defeat other teams of players or dangerous monsters. Although much of online gaming communication is conducted in English, some of the most successful games aren't even English-language games. Lineage: The Blood Pledge, a Korean online role-playing game developed by NCsoft, boasts 2 million active accounts and as many as 180,000 simultaneous users, which ostensibly makes it the most successful online game in history. Other extremely popular online games include Sony's 3D online RPG EverQuest; Counter-Strike, which is undoubtedly the most popular online shooter today; Tribes 2; and Diablo II.

The success of these and similar games has been a very sweet temptation for developers wanting a slice of the pie. An incredible number of massively multiplayer games or online persistent-world games have been announced in the last two years--not a month seems to pass without another announcement. But is there a place for all these "me too" games? Some strong contenders like Funcom's Anarchy Online will soon be ready to test the market, while developers closely watch the incumbents. So what makes an online game successful? This week we tackle the question along with special guest writer and Ultima Online designer Starr Long.

Tournaments! - SpaceDominator @ 11:25 am EST
Some people aren't just happy with being good in their own clan or in their own opinion. Some have to prove to others that they can really be dominant in a game, such as Starcraft. Tournaments are the most common way that players love to prove this. The SC Community always seems to be buzzing with some of these beautiful tournaments. Below is some details on some of the upcoming tournaments you may wish to consider:

SC:Dynasty is holding a 16 team 2v2 tournament. If you and a partner wish to compete in this competition(supposably for the brightest and the best), you are to look for the tourney admin, ":)Aries:(", on B.net. They have every right to refuse your acceptance as well.
Source: Starcraft Nation

The Player's Club Tournaments- Every Friday Night on B.Net at 8:00 PM EST, Greydevil hosts a competition. If you wish to participate in these tourneys, e-mail xmaverick@aol.com or message GreyDevil on B.net.

MidasKnight's 2vs2 Tournament- MidasKnight will be holding a 2v2 Tournament on July 6th, 2001. At his website he is also requesting that people vote on which map they'd like to see in this competition. He also linked to us here, so we owe him a favor. Go check him out today at this address.

Our Own Tournaments- We will be holding Beat the Staff This Friday. If you haven't signed up, please do. It's not a prerequisite but for the name of simplicity, do it! More details on this will be coming at you tomorrow and Friday.

Now that you know where the tournaments are, go win them!
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
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For Aiur - SpaceDominator @ 11:11 am EST
BattleReports.com has always been one of my favorite webpages. You will always find some very well written battle reports there. Quotes highlight the top of the screen and sometimes you are just forced to laugh.

Breeze is one of the most talented at his job of reporting games. He introduces the game with a very cool flash image and then continues to use 3D imagery to make the game come to life. Breeze decided to cover the joys of a simple Protoss vs Protoss encounter. Check out this amazing Battle Report at this address. It's better then a replay by a few hundred times. However, he even included the replay for you to download. =)

If you are in the mood for something a little less flashy, check out ::nobody::'s Battle Report at this address.

I admire them for being able to put the time and effort into those pieces of work. Amazing! Bless them with some of your attention, today!
Thanks,
SpaceDominator
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Weekly Plan - SpaceDominator @ 12:34 pm EST
Welcome to the first of several weekly plans that I will be writing here at Starcraft Millennium. The idea of these weekly plans is to give you an idea of what to expect out of us here at Starcraft Millennium over the next week. Without further adeu, here is the plan:

Tuesday June 19th, 2001-

Campaign Creations Creates Again! - SpaceDominator @ 12:12 pm EST
Campaign Creations has been known to create some of the top quality Campaigns in the Starcraft Community. They have decided to strike again, with a second sequel to Vision of the Future, entitled Prophecy.The author RazorClawX had the following to say:

A new darkness dawns in the second sequel to Vision of the Future. Return to the universe where a Black Dream drives the notorious Scantid Fleet beyond the reaches of the Koprulu Sector, unaware of those conspiring against their survival. A dark prophecy has been ordained-- do we have the free will to stop it, or is it merely an illusion? Fate. Destiny. Prophecy.

Battle.Net Update - SpaceDominator @ 12:06 pm EST
Battle.Net is going through some server maintenence on most it's servers. The details are as follows:

The U.S. East and U.S. West Battle.net servers and Diablo II Realms will be unavailable starting at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 19th PDT (UTC -7). The Asia and Asia 2 Battle.net servers and Diablo II Realms will be unavailable starting at 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 20th Seoul Time (UTC +9) (5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 19th PDT / UTC -7). Maintenance is expected to last no more than 1 hour in all the servers.

SCS Update - Canon @ 12:51 am EST
FatBoySr has updated SCS's map section with 20 all new maps. They are mixed within the melee section. Also, we will be opening up the UMS section next week. In any case, if you would like to send any UMS maps, load them up and send them away to fatboysr@starcraftsilo.com.

SC:L interview - Canon @ 10:19 pm EST
SC Legacy just put up an interview with the "Below Average" broodwar player KChat. It's an interesting read. Check it out here.
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New Strategy Up! - SpaceDominator @ 11:33 am EST
Hi Everyone! It's been a busy time for me. I had finals to prepare for and that had to take a higher priority then SC:M. However, with school out. That won't happen.

On my birthday I produced a strategy entitled Off-The-Wall Strategies. These strategies are things that you would never think about executing in a game of Starcraft. However, the odd detail is that they can work! I've explored three different strategies(one for each race) and I went into detail about how to execute them and the backbones of how it works. You should enjoy this strategy at this address.

Agelmar will be gone for the next month, but don't expect any slow downs from us. We will be moving full-steam ahead with our pair of tournaments over the next two weeks. You will also be seeing a weekly plan which will detail the things you can expect from SC:M over that current week. It's a matter of keeping us organized and a manner of keeping you coming back to look forward to the new content that will be coming.

Beat the Staff is this Friday. If you have not signed up for the competition, do not worry. However, signing up for the competition does make life easier on us so I can get a better judgement for how many will show up. It'll be very interesting when we have 50 community people taking on 6 staff members.

Also, if you want to do me a huge favor, I'd love it. Agelmar will be going to Germany as he stated, and he will be gone for a month as he stated. However, why only a month? We could leave him there for 3 months, 4 months even. If you would like to help me in my scheme to keep him away for even longer, please send a check of $1000.00 or more to the "Keep Agelmar in Germany" trust fund.(Like SpaceDominated said, we like to have fun here at SC:M)
Thank You,
SpaceDominator
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Leaving - Agelmar @ 8:01 am EST
I am leaving for Germany in a few hours, and I will be gone until 7/18. Until then, SC:M is in the capable hands of her staff. SpaceDominator will be taking my place while I am gone, so be kind to him :-). I will be unable to check my email, so if you have something important to tell us, please send it to SpaceDominator or one of the other staff. On another note, today is also my birthday (yea!). Enjoy the tournament! Hopefully we will also have some new strats posted soon, so stick around! SC:M is once again rockin'.

Until July,
Agelmar
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Tournament is filled! - Chrisjc @ 6:28 am EST
Yep, the tournament has reached 256 people! Thank you all for your support, this is going to be a great tournament.
If you cannot attend, please tell us now.
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Starcraft Silo looking for Comedian - Loophole @ 11:43 pm EST
Starcraft Silo has announced that they have a staff opening. They are looking for someone to help update their dormant humor section.

This position requires a "good sense" of humor. Meaning you must know what's funny, and how to make it funny. You must also have good organizational skills and a serious side to you. You could do anything from submitting jokes, to pulling b.net prank, or writing up a funny story.

New strategy - Agelmar @ 6:09 pm EST
The illustrious SpaceDominator has posted a wonderful strategy on how to be a better player in a team game! Definitely a must read for anyone who likes to play on B.Net (especially if you like to be liked :-). On a somewhat related note, trust SD's strategies. He just owned me about an hour ago in a game (I was zerg, he was toss. He zeal rushed me, and I was screwed. Perhaps I expanded too fast and didn't get enough defense in?) Anyhow, what I'm trying to say is, listen to SD! He knows what he's talking about!. I'll try to get some community news up after dinner, until then, feel free to discuss the latest strategy in the Strategy Forum!
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Minor updates - Chrisjc @ 8:16 pm EST
Updated the Starcraft unit statistics (needed 1.08 changes), and the files page, because about all of the downloads there are antiquated old pieces of junk, obsoleted by Battle.net changes *sarcasm* for the betterment of the battle.net service *end sarcasm*, or simply have better versions and multiple platform releases available, like for FSGS. Also, I edited the Scum of the week thing below since Blizzard has discontinued it. If we ever have our own MOTW thing, a link to that will be placed there. That's all for today from me.
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Campaign Creations Galantry Update! - Wizzard @ 5:25 am EST
It would appear that Desler of Campaign Creations has posted part one of three little design journal updates that he is doing over at cc, you can view it here.
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Strats on the way - Agelmar @ 10:33 pm EST
Loophole has been helping me out with the stragegy situation. He has helped me to design a script which will allow our strategy writers to quickly post their strategies to the page, and have them be visible for your enjoyment. This should be up sometime tonight, so expect new strategies to be up soon! Enjoy, and be sure to discuss strategies in the new Strategy forum! Access the forums here, or by clicking "Forums" on the left.
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Hello - Chrisjc @ 9:46 pm EST
Hi, I'm going to be helping out with Agelmar's eventual reign of glory over the remaining Starcraft world... I mean, updating content on this site that probably hasn't been touched for two years. I look forward to this, and don't really have much else to say. Just wait and see, though :)
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New Staff - .Phobos @ 7:21 pm EST
Another new staff member here, I'm Phobos and I'll be doing my best to supply quality strategies as often as possible to keep our viewers happy. Same as Canon, I won't go into great detail, but I will say it's good to be aboard. BTW, you can reach me at Phobos@scmillennium.com
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You asked and you got it. Comments are here. - Agelmar @ 6:13 pm EST
I've gotten a lot of email from people saying "Site X and Site Y have comments on their news, why don't you? You should." I guess I'm not the biggest fan of comments, but hey, give the people what they want! As such, the comments have now been enabled and should be fully functional. Comment away, and don't forget to discuss other matters over in our forums.

A quick note. Yes, I am aware of the fact that the "comments" link does not show how many comments have been posted. This feature is not in the version of the news script we are using (the latest beta version). I promise you that as soon as it is available, I will update the script so you can see the number of comments posted :-)
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More Staff - Canon @ 9:13 am EST
Hey guys, this is Canon, I'm the new editorialist here at SC:M. I'm not gonna type a whole schpeel about how i'm gonna help and such, because that is a given. If you think you have a topic worthy enough of an editorial, drop me a line at canon@scmillennium.com.Canon

New SCM Map Maker - Wizzard @ 8:58 am EST
Hello to all that may be reading this. I am WiZzArD, a new map maker at Starcraft Millenium. I look forward to providing the visitors of this site with some high-quality starcraft maps. If you need anything, email me at wizzard@scmillenium.com or contact me on ICQ, my number is 119242651. Bye for Now!

New Staff - Loophole @ 12:08 am EST
When SpaceDominator posted that Starcraft Millennium was looking for staff, I jumped at the chance to help. I've been a Starcraft junkie since two weeks after the game was released, and I had been thinking about trying to get involved in the community lately. What better way than to help stuff good content into Starcraft Millennium until it's bursting at the seams! I'm looking forward to working with Agelmar, SpaceDominator, and all of you in making Starcraft Millennium great again. You can visit the forums, or drop me an email if you want to catch up with me. =)

Email working - Agelmar @ 10:38 pm EST
Someone told me today that they could not reach me via webmaster@scmillennium.com. I do not know how long this has been out, but from what I can tell it went down sometime within the past four days. I fixed the problem a few minutes ago, so if you sent an email to webmaster@scmillennium.com and it bounced, please try again, as the problem is now solved. Sorry for the inconvenience. On a bit of a happier note, we have another new staff member, Loophole, who will be doing news, and various content around here, hopefully getting things running smoothly again. Drop him a little hello note over in the forums and post a bit :-)

Forums are up - Agelmar @ 5:48 pm EST
The forums are finally up. After being down for so long, I figured I would get them back up so that we could get feedback, and get that good ol' community feeling going again. Please make yourself comfortable and post away in the forums. I have updated the script, I like this one a lot better than the old (which I had coded by hand). Registration is required, but your information is secure. Once you choose a username, you will be emailed a password immediately. For this reason, it is important that you use a valid email address. Once you get your password, you will be able to login and change your profile (which includes your password). Head on over to the forums by clicking on "Forums" on the left, or by clicking here, and have fun!

Battle.Net Update - SpaceDominator @ 11:05 am EST
Blizzard Entertainment has decided that they are going to make some changes to Battle.Net. It is also causing quite a stir around the Starcraft Community.

Blizzard Entertainment's News Post:

The Battle.net Team has been working to improve the user's experience over the past 8 months. To that end, we are changing the amount of access that telnet clients will have on Battle.net chat channels. On Monday, June 4, we shall be restricting telnet user's access to just three channels, Blizzard Tech Support, Open Tech Support, and Blizzard Public. The last channel is a new channel specifically created for the telnet user. All full retail versions of Blizzard's games will be able to enter this channel. We anticipate that this change will improve communication on the chat channels.

Recon 2000 - Agelmar @ 6:30 pm EST
Recon 2000 is one of the largest gaming events held in North America. This year it will be held from June 29 to July 2. I will be in Germany at the time, so I will unfortunately not be there (I will be at GenCon however :-). Recon 2000 goes all day and all night, so you have to have a good deal of stamina to attend. The deadline for registration is the 8th of June. Head on over to www.recon2000.com for more information.

P.S. Starcraft.org may have beat us to this post, but hey, what does it matter? They misspelled "millennium" :-)

The phoenix rises - Agelmar @ 5:33 pm EST
Well, Starcraft Millennium is once again back. My good friend SpaceDominator is going to help me get SC:M back to the wonderful, rockin' site it once was. We will finally have news, and best of all, NEW CONTENT!. We do need help however, so if you want to help out with news, or content, email SpaceDominator. I am currently devoting myself to Warcraft Millennium, which will be focusing on Warcraft 3. I will, however, also be lending a hand to SD in getting SC:M back up and running. Anyhow, we need your help, so please, if you love SC, love SC:M, love me, or love SpaceDominator, (or even if you don't), then drop him a line at spacedominator@scmillennium.com. Look for new content soon, and please, tell your friends to drop by. SC:M is coming back, and we're going to come back in style. Look for WC:M sometime around the beta of WC3. And please, drop a line to SD and help out. If we're going to make this site great again, we're going to need your help.