Additional Supply Depots Required: 15 Ways to Prepare for StarCraft 2
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With only hours to go until the release of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, you’ll need something to stave off the waiting madness.
“Hell, it’s about time.” Too right it is! An agonising 12 years have passed since the release of the sensation that was StarCraft, leaving us in the cold void of space without a sequel. However, the wait is so very nearly over. At midnight tonight, launches of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty will begin across the world.
So depending on where you live, you’ve got about half a day to grit your teeth and prepare. As any good commander knows, preparation wins battles as much as courage and skill, so, here are 15 ways in which you can put the remaining wait time to good use:
1. Earn $60 or the equivalent: Easy if you happen to have a job, but not so simple for the younger generation. Better start doing those chores kids, the Terran Dominion demands it!
2.Prepare an excuse for work: Face it, there’s no way you’re going to the office tomorrow.
3. Break off all meaningful relationships: How can you sow the seeds of a new galactic empire with a whiny partner holding you back and wresting you away from your command console?
4. Feed your children/dependents/pets: Or at the very least give them money so they can go forage for themselves. Except pets: don’t expect that from them unless they happen to be ultra-evolved, bioengineered, perfect killing machines.
5. Acquire a gaming throne: You can’t be expected to command vast armies and fleets from a fold-up stool now can you? Get yourself a command chair worthy of a battle-cruiser commodore.
6. Keep comms online: If you share your internet connection with your housemates/kids, then beg/cajole/order them to refrain from using it.
7. Maintain all power systems: Buildings in SC2 may not require power but your PC does. To eliminate the danger of power outages, why not run a mini-generator from your basement? Or at the very least go and threaten your local electricity authority with painful death by Gauss rifle if they fail to provide you with adequate power.
8. Stock your supply depot: It’s going to be a long night waging war, so ensure you have supplies to last you. There’s still time to get that mini-fridge you’ve always promised yourself.
9. Turtle up: Once supplies and critical systems are secure, turn your room into a private Terran bunker to avoid the inevitable rush of distractions. Nail down all entrances and cover all vents, but creating firing ports will probably be unnecessary.
10. Chug a beer: For the older gamers, of course. You’ll need something to take the edge off. Feel free to use your best Southern drawl whilst drinking it. “Ah got yer Zerg right here, hehe!”
11. Catch up on the story: It’s been over 12 years since vanilla StarCraft came out. So take the time to reacquaint yourself with the rich background of the StarCraft universe. Boot up that saved profile and indulge in some classic carnage, it’ll only make SC2 seem more beautiful by comparison.
12. Bone up on strategies: “I want you to retrieve whatever design or weapons schematics from the networks.” With the top tips from the internet strategy guides, you will assuredly bring victory to your StarCraft faction.
13. Perform some recon: If you’ve been living in a cave, or other form of internet vacuum, and haven’t seen the exquisite trailers for SC2 yet, then visit the official website and prepare to be visually blown away. Even if you have seen them, treat yourself to another viewing. There’s even a handy countdown timer to let you know exactly how much longer you will need to rub your hands in anticipation.
14. Get inspired: In order to really get in the SC2 mood, find some inspirational sci-fi to whet your appetite. Watch the guilty-pleasure film Starship Troopers or read from the host of excellent sci-fi novels that concern vicious aliens, mighty starships and really big guns. Look no further the world of Warhammer 40,000, which StarCraft owes a lot of its imagery to. Here’s a kick-ass site where you can browse and order the novels from the finest authors on the subject.
15. Nap: You’ll need the rest, because tomorrow, a new world order will rise.
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If you can still find them, there was a mini-series of StarCraft books put out several years ago that really did an excellent job with the lore and filling in gaps! I’ve been destroying these books just to catch up on my lore from over a decade ago.
Wow! Great tips.. can’t wait till launch..!!@!#
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Love this game, been playing ever since http://www.blizzardbeta.com gave me a beta.
An awesome guide for preparation of launch. A question to contemplate though (as I never played the beta, just saw vids for it) did the original marauder shoot blue laser beams!? Twin-linked shoopdewoop LAUNCHERS WAT?