Other Useful sites : Starcraft 2 General Discussions

Hey what are other useful sites for sc2 database?

http://sc2armory.com/game

Here's my "info" page on SC2:
links past the game synopsis's

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game synopsis from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_II:_Wings_of_Liberty

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft. Released on July 27, 2010, the game was developed for concurrent release on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.

Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game is built around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoid genetic assimilators; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty will focus on the Terrans specifically, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is expected to be set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follow the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes old characters from the original game, as well as introducing new characters and locations to the franchise.

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from: http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/StarCraft_II

StarCraft II is a sequel to the real-time strategy game StarCraft, announced on May 19, 2007, at the Blizzard World Wide Invitational in Seoul, South Korea. It is set to be released as a trilogy.

StarCraft II's multiplayer mode will be available at no cost. Internet access will not be required to play the game[14] but will be required for installation. StarCraft II will be available through digital distribution.

Blizzard intends to continue support StarCraft II years after release, in a similar manner to the StarCraft patches, which have been updated more than ten years after the release of the original StarCraft.

The game will be split into three separate products, based around the terran, zerg and protoss campaigns respectively. The first will be called StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the second will be called StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and the third will be called StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.

Little to no work is currently being done on the expansions, as Wings of Liberty is Blizzard's current focus. The story team, however, has moved on to the Heart of the Swarm.

Blizzard Entertainment chose this route due to the challenges they faced creating the campaigns. Through a trilogy, they can create more content per campaign, such as movies, sets, props, characters, missions (including Easter egg missions) and so forth. Each character will have their own arcs, missions and dialog.The story has been designed so that no previous knowledge of StarCraft is required to enjoy it.

The three campaigns do not occur simultaneously in-universe. Rather, they occur in chronological order, each campaign beginning immediately after its predecessor.Each campaign will have 26-30 missions in total (including branching missions) and a set ending, rather than a cliff-hanger.

The latter two expansions are expected to take over a year to release.

All three races will be completely developed for the multiplayer skirmish mode

Trilogy Features

Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void are considered to be expansion sets and will be priced as such.

Each will upgrade and expand multiplayer content in addition to containing a campaign, such as the possibility of new units, abilities and structures. New units available in the expansions can only be accessed if a player buys the expansion. Each product would have upgrades to the multiplayer, "that's the whole point of the expansion or the second part". Each race will be enhanced in some way.

Blizzard plans on adding "drawing" functionality for referees in Heart of the Swarm.

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home
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/launch?ref=/sc2/

forums
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/
www.starcraft2.net/
starcraft2forum.org/

beginners guide
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/guide/whats-sc2
Video noob guide by inc.gamers.tv (beta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjiTv_8Q-_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIhFcxPw4M

wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_II:_Wings_of_Liberty
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/StarCraft_II

db
http://www.staredit.net/galaxyedit/
http://www.zergalicious.com/database.php
http://www.starcraft-source.com/unitdatabase/

map db sites
(We have a total of 1,153 StarCraft 2 maps in our database)
http://sc2.nibbits.com/maps/
http://www.staredit.net/?p=database
http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/
http://sc2.curse.com/downloads/sc2-maps/default.aspx
http://www.starcraft-source.com/
http://scmapdb.com/map:starcraft-2

guide sites (looks like SOME are $$premium:(
http://www.starcraft-replay.com/guides/
http://sc2armory.com/
http://www.sc2guidereviews.com/

fan sites
http://starcraft.incgamers.com/

Sites that list ALL mmorpg's past, present, and future

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm
http://www.globalmmo.com/mmorpg-list
http://www.gameogre.com/mmorpgs.htm

Nice list hardsell im sure members will appreciate the time you took to make this one.