Posted on March 3, 2012 by: 
Quelex 
(SCII) News, General News, StarCraft 2 
34 Comments
Hey guys just wanted to let you know there is a new Blizzard Custom Map out if you don’t already know. StarCraft Master tests your micro skill and game knowledge. The game is laid out in 30 mini-challenges. You can retry each one as many times as you want and you can choose which ones you want to do and when. All the challenges you complete are tied to your account so there is no need to complete all of them in one sitting.
You can earn achievements on Challenges 8, 9, and 24. You get more achievements for 10, 20, 25, and 30 challenges complete.
When you finish 25 challenges you will unlock a new portrait for your account.
Here’s a link to a little guide with tips and strategies for each challenge from Bnet Forums.
Good luck!
Posted on February 22, 2012 by: Quelex General News, Polls 19 Comments
Hey guys. Been a while since we’ve updated. There unfortunately has been really no news on Heart of The Swarm for a long time. The only thing we haven’t touched on is the fact that Blizzard has decided to nix their plans for Blizzcon 2012 due to all the work they wanted to get done on Diablo III, the WoW expansion, and HoTS.
Due to the lack of any new info on the beta or anything related to the progress of the game nearing completion, it’s beginning to look doubtful the Zerg expansion will even be out this year. Hopefully, we’ll have some concrete information soon instead of guesses.
So for our Poll of the month back in November (ouch), we asked which races you’d be interested in seeing most in terms of their new HoTS units. Here’s the results.
In Heart of The Swarm, which Race's New Units have you most interested.
- All. (27%)
- Zerg. (21%)
- Protoss and Terran. (14%)
- Terran. (11%)
- Protoss. (10%)
- Protoss and Zerg. (9%)
- Terran and Zerg. (6%)
- None. (2%)
Total Votes: 100
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Our next poll asks you what do you play StarCraft for the most?
What do you play the most in StarCraft II?
- Campaign. (25%)
- Custom Maps. (25%)
- Ladder. (19%)
- 1v1, Melee, FFA, Team Matches (Non Ladder). (17%)
- Co-Op vs AI. (14%)
Total Votes: 48
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Posted on January 20, 2012 by: Quelex (SCII) News, General News, StarCraft 2 34 Comments
Hey guys, haven’t had much to update for in a while due to no real news coming out for HoTS since Blizzcon. One news item came up a day ago with the voice of Kerrigan, Tricia Helfer, posted on her Twitter account a picture of herself in the recording studio and talking about the voice recording process starting for the script of the game.
This means the script should be all set in stone, and a big step is underway. Still no news on when the Beta that was announced will be coming out (My guess is late February or mid Spring) though.
At any rate, hope you all had a good Holiday season. We’ll get a new poll up soon. Until then, have fun!
Posted on November 2, 2011 by: Quelex (SCII) News, General News, Polls, StarCraft 2 239 Comments
Stumbled on this interesting article detailing a very cool map. XenoX’s “HoTS Custom” did the inevitable while waiting for the release of the new expansion: created a map with the units of HoTS detailed in the Blizzcon 2011 Trailer. While it’s obviously not a substitute for the actual expansion, it is a neat thing and he should be applauded. From one map maker to another, I tip my hat.
Our Poll of September asked about Heart of The Swarm units as well, and came up with some neat results. We had a tie between New, New and Old, and Old was close too. New units are obviously favored since people are looking forward to trying new things with each race.
For Heart of the Swarm's Multiplayer, would you rather see more old units come back or new units brought in?
- More completely new units. (35%)
- Both! (35%)
- More old units. (30%)
Total Votes: 51
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The Poll of the Month asks about the new units.
In Heart of The Swarm, which Race's New Units have you most interested.
- All. (27%)
- Zerg. (21%)
- Protoss and Terran. (14%)
- Terran. (11%)
- Protoss. (10%)
- Protoss and Zerg. (9%)
- Terran and Zerg. (6%)
- None. (2%)
Total Votes: 100
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Posted on October 27, 2011 by: Quelex (SCII) Patches, General News, StarCraft 2 43 Comments
Here are the notes for the PTR Patch 1.4.2 coming out in early November. Simply gives Protoss cheaper upgrades and makes EMP a little less powerful.
General
- “Audio Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its tooltips have also been changed for clarification.
- The fade-in for game sound during alerts changed from .5 seconds to 2 seconds.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a truncation on specific resolution if the current and maximum supplies are 3 digits.
- Fixed an issue which prevented footprint from being edited in the Footprint Editor.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to have missing icons and images on low end graphics cards.
Balance
PROTOSS
Forge
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300
- The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
- The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250
TERRAN
Ghost
- EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5
