Ye Olde Staging Point

Wow, just finished up a four-player game of Starcraft online. Joel (Protoss) and Jay (Terran) went up against me (Terran) and Steve (Zerg) in a team game. It was very intense and well-fought and lasted around 1.5 hours. Steve and I failed to adequately secure one of the two bridges over the river that separated our teams, and it was downhill from there as Joel and Jay sent wave after wave of troops at us. We held them back for a while, but eventually they broke down most of our defenses and we surrendered just as a wave of Protoss Zealots came flooding through our base. Everyone played extremely well and the match was enormously fun. I'd love to get some more team games going; that added an interesting new dimension to the game and to planning out strategies.

It amazes me that a 4+ year old game can still be so much fun. And it amazes me how after years of playing, I still haven't found any exploits or "cheap strategies" to guarantee an easy win. Winning requires outwitting and outmanuvering your opponent, and the result is always an intense match that rivals anything a fast shooter like UT2k3 has to offer.

Now to plan for the rematch...