Broken Video Card

So the other day my SO was using the computer, when something broke. It didn’t take me long to figure out it was the video card. Not corrupted driver broken. But broken, broken. I ordered a new card. And despite getting one that seemed to surpass the system requirements, my new card sucks. I bought a cheap card, and as a result, I can only play with a decent frame rate on the lowest graphics settings.

Technically this shouldn’t have a big impact on me. But it does. For some reason, having to play SC2 in a situation where it looks like WoW level graphics really takes a lot of the fun out of it. I find myself not playing as much. Same when it comes to simply watching StarCraft. I feel like the game has grown a bit stagnant. I’m not particularly looking forward to LotV.

Sorry if I don’t post as much. But I feel the wonderful ride that was StarCraft 2 is slowly coming to an end ...

BlizzCon

Sorry to not have written much about StarCraft lately. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like the game has gone a bit stale. I still play almost every day. But the game clearly doesn’t mean as much to me as it used to. At the moment, my video card is broken, so I can’t play anyway.

But I did managed to see BlizzCon. After hearing what the devs had to say about the future of StarCraft, I’m not too excited. You’ll remember that I’m a hardcore 1v1 player. Almost everything they talked about had to do with other aspects of the game. Spawning, the arcade, updates to the UI. The fact that the game is now within 1% of being balanced.

To be honest, the only thing that matters to me are the patches and what new units they play to add in LotV. No much to say about that.

I can add that I’m happy with the widow mine nerf. I’ve had a few games where I lose a disgusting number of banelings due to widow mines. I feel like mines have the potential to do a stupid amount of damage. Especially to ling bling. Which also happens to be the only real counter to marines that zerg have.