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Vengeancekael · Mar 21, 2013

「PAX East」

Ѻ Date: 22 March - 24 March
Ѻ Official Site: PAX East
╙ Blizzard: Diablo III (PS3) Playable Demo + A surprise

「Diablo III PS3」

A demo version of Diablo III for the PlayStation 3 will be available to play at PAX East!
Blizzard is currently developing the gruesome game for the PS3 & upcoming PS4!

「 Blizzard Allstars... ? 」

Apart from the playable DIII (PS3) demo, Blizzard Entertainment will also have a surprise for attendants and those watching live!
Most people are suspecting it'll be the revamped and most likely turned-into-a-standalone-game Blizzard Allstars!
Be sure to check out the livestream at 10:00 a.m. EDT Friday, March 22.

Vengeancekael · Mar 18, 2013

ʃ Social Group ʅ

Ѻ Start: November 2012
Ѻ About: Organizes contests (Terraining, writing, modeling, etc.) + roleplaying
Ѻ Past Events: The Mad King's Realm (Halloween) & Santa's Realm (Christmas) & Cupid & Mania (Valentine)
╙ Next: Help decide the group's next theme here!

ʃ Starcraft II Comic & HotS Crash ʅ

Blizzard has published a neatly made comic called "(Kerrigan) Hope and Vengeance".
Check it out, the 9 total pages are of quite fascinating quality!

A lot of players are still experiencing a crash while playing the Heart of the Swarm campaign, even after the latest patch 2.0.6.
Right now, a solution has been offered by one of the Blizzard developers!

ʃ Project Spotlight ʅ

The Project Spotlight in the monthly news batches will no longer be set up by me:
From now on, on the 18th of every month, a nomination thread is created in the Map Development forum.
The community has the opportunity to nominate projects they deem interesting&active enough in it till the 2nd of the next month.
Then the projects with at least 5 nominations will be added to a poll that will run for 2 days only. (2nd-4th of every month)

Vengeancekael · Mar 16, 2013

Heart of the Swarm「Released」

As of 12.03.2013, the first Starcraft II expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' is out!

"Kerrigan has returned, and her brood has begun creeping planet earth. In the wake of a massive midnight launch event spanning thousands of stores across five continents, the global zerg invasion has commenced. Players around the world are now streaming back into the Koprulu sector to start the epic new chapter in the saga of StarCraft II."

「Buy / Features」

» New Hosted Project「The Chosen Ones」

Author: 「Aeroblyctos」

'The Chosen Ones' is a massive single-player RPG (campaign) that offers you dozens of hours of gameplay. It has been heavily developing for the past 5 years and is now finally coming to a conclusion!
Featuring a deep storyline, detailed cutscenes and advanced gameplay with puzzles, etc. it should have something for everyone to enjoy!
The latest major patch, 1.9, has been released today, containing an all new chapter!

» Multiple chapters
» Fun combat
» Lots of cutscenes/cinematics
» Puzzles
» Well thought-out plot

「Forums / Presentation」

Vengeancekael · Mar 9, 2013

January & February 2013 News Batch
Contributions by:
^{I3lackDeath & Magtheridon96 (Resource Moderators)}

Note: Future news batches should be published sooner.

Index

Top+

Projects Spotlight

The Hive's Arena

Hive Quiz

Last Page

(Click the tabs below to switch between different Resource Spotlights)

January

February

Maps

Models

Icons

Spells

Top 5 Maps of January

	^{WoSA AI} Type: Hero Arena Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: neo_sluf ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Glavie Maze TD} Type: Tower Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: polardude ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Working Class Mafia} Type: Mini-Game Category: Modern Warfare Author: fang__00 ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{By Demons Be Driven} Type: Altered Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: Forsaken ^{^(Useful)}
	^{Pokemon Legacy} Type: Miscellanous / Other Category: Anime Author: Nightbrowler ^{^(Useful)}

Top 5 Models of January

	^{Water Temple Keeper} Type: Unit Category: Alien / Futuristic Author(s): icewolf055 ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^Dathylos Type: Unit, Hero Category: Creep, Mechanical, etc. Author: infrenus ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Staff of Decay} Type: Item, Attachment Category: Orc, Dwarf, etc. Author: Epimetheus ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Guardian Wisp} Type: Unit, Effect Category: Night Elf Author: JesusHipster ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Kurdran Academy} Type: Building Category: Dwarf Author: Ket ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}

Top 7 Icons of January

	Dark Steel Sword by kola
	Grommy by Sin'dorei300
	Mana Potion by NFWar
	Potion of Chagrin by Marcos DAB
	Pistol by eubz
	Mask of Silence by D.ee
	Mask of Chaos by D.ee

Top 5 Spells of January

	^{Fire Blast} Type: Target Ground Category: GUI / Triggers Author: Ofel The Editor ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Arcing Floating Text} Type: System Category: vJass Author: Maker ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Storm's Call} Type: Target Ground Category: GUI / Triggers Author: Losam ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Arcing Shurikens} Type: Target Ground Category: JASS, JESP Author: Doomlord ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^Skyfall Type: Target Ground Category: GUI / Triggers Author: zv27 ^{^{(No rating)}}

Models

Icons

Spells

Top 5 Models of February

	^{BE Arcane Annihilator} Type: Blood Elf, Mechanical Category: Unit Author(s): Frankster ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Blood Elven Decimator} Type: Unit Category: Blood Elf, Mechanical Author: Frankster ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Crimson Yoroi} Type: Attachment Category: Miscellanous / Other Author: Kitabatake ^{^{(No rating)}}
	^Biodome Type: Building Category: Space Author: Ket ^{^{(No rating)}}
	^{Meteor Fly} Type: Unit Category: Alien / Futuristic, etc. Author: UgoUgo ^{^{(No rating)}}

Top 4 Icons of February

	Faceless Madness by Sin'dorei300
	Unbroken by Sin'dorei300
	Water Orb by Darkfang
	Flay by Technomancer

Top 5 Spells of February

	^{Shadow Trail System} Type: System Category: vJass Author: Maker ^{^{(Highly Recommended)}}
	^{Charge Spell System} Type: System Category: GUI / Triggers Author: CoLd Bon3 ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Custom Stat System} Type: System Category: JASS, JESP Author: Doomlord ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Frost Arrows} Type: Target Ground Category: vJass Author: IBornForThis100 ^{^{(Recommended)}}
	^{Jump System} Type: System Category: vJass Author: Maker ^{^{(Recommended)}}

A Goblin's Tale ^{(by PROXY)}

<<Quests are a special thing in A goblin's tale. The ultimate goal is, to gain Reputation in Rivershire. You obviously start with 0 reputation, at a neutral level. Every action you do, everey quest you fullfil adds positivly to your reputation or negativly. And here comes the speciality of many of the quests in ~ A goblin's tale ~: Multiple decisions. For example, a guard is complaining about a witch, which resides in the forest nearby. You can decide now, do you want to kill her and bring the guard her head, giving you an extra Bonus from the guard, or do you keep her alive, telling the guard only that she agreed to leave the forest, giving you the normal reward from the guard + the witch will sell you recipes for potions.>>

Type: SPRPG

Lordaeron: The Aftermath ^{(by Goblinkingsp)}

<<Set just after the events of Reign of Chaos, Illidan has cast a spell damaging the Frozen Throne and countless minions of the Lich King have rebelled. Sensing an opportunity to strike the Legions Dreadlords plot Arthas's downfall whilst the broken Alliance Remnants also battle for control of their ravaged homeland. Take control of the Blood Elves, Scourge, the Legion, the Dalaran Remnants, Dwarves, Trolls, Forsaken, the Cult of the Damned or the Silver Hand. Battle for supremacy of the shattered land of Lordaeron in a grand strategy for the ages!>>

Type: Azeroth Wars style

Hero Contest #6: The First Invasion - Results

#1 -Kobas- #2 Luorax #3 Garfeles

Questions

Rules

Coding:

[Easy] What field of mathematics can be used to easily rotate a set of coordinates onto a plane?
[Moderate] What data structure is used when allocating scalar values?
[Hard] Given an ordered set of data, how many operations in the worst case scenario would it take to find an integer in that set? Give the complexity in Big O Notation.

Site:

[Easy] ~~What project received the "Hosted Project of the Year 2012" award?~~
[Easy] ~~What's different this time around in the resource spotlight? (Layout-wise)~~

Blizzard Entertainment:

[Moderate] ~~Kerrigan's vengeance is directed at who in Heart of the Swarm?~~

The objective is to answer as many questions as possible and get the most answers right to earn reputation points!
You are not allowed to edit your post with new answers, just double post if you have to.
Everyone except for Magtheridon96 is allowed to participate.

Site:

The site has been moved over to a new server which is even faster.
A new spotlight will be coming with the next news batch, so anticipate it!

Vengeancekael · Mar 8, 2013

「Project Blackstone」

"With the future of the Swarm uncertain, Arcturus Mengsk has seized this opportunity to bolster his Dominion forces.
He has gathered a seasoned team of scientists—the best terran minds in the Koprulu sector—to unravel the secrets of the savage zerg and the enigmatic protoss.
Because in this brutal corner of the galaxy, the human race is going to need every chance it can get."

> A very interesting website for Starcraft Lore enthusiasts.
「Project Blackstone」

「Vengeance Trailer」

「Patch 2.0.5」

Global Play now available! (Switch servers at any time)

BUG FIXES

General
- StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running.
- Fixed an issue where players would be unable to change their language if patch data was not 100% downloaded via the game launcher.
- Fixed several issues causing the game to turn unresponsive when pausing and leaving the game in various states.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the game to run low on video memory.
- Fixed a desync that could occur between Mac and PC if an AI was scouted with a cloaked unit.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in rare situations when force-quitting StarCraft II.
- Fixed a number of crashes that could occur when viewing and rewinding replays.
- Fixed an issue where players could not hear voice chat when using the FMod provider.
- The language selection dropdown should no longer display an incorrect language.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when playing some Arcade games when using a custom hotkey profile.
- Fixed a countdown display issue when utilizing the Take Command feature in the Korean and Taiwanese game clients.
Battle.net
- It is now possible to properly un-bookmark Arcade maps from outside of the Bookmark page.
- Fixed a number of issues related to the “only officers will be shown” warning text reserved for Groups with large rosters.
- Clans and Groups rosters are no longer sorted in reverse order.
- Clans and Groups are now defined properly in chat when typing in a game.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a Clan or Group using certain combinations of special characters.
- Fixed a display issue that could occur when scrolling down a large Group roster list.
- It is now possible to use special characters in Clan and Group names.
- It is now possible to use spaces in the names of groups in the Russian game client.
- Fixed an issue for players in Korean or Taiwanese game clients who were unable to add Battle Tag friends in certain situations.
Editor
- Fixed a crash that could occur when double-clicking an .SC2Map file while the editor was downloading required dependencies.

The hosted project Blades 'n Gore II has recently had a major update.

Version highlights:

Combat system has been completely remade
- AI units now play with the same rules.
  They have access to the same abilities as players, while also now being vulnerable to stumble, disembowel, and impale.
- Combat floating texts are now clearer and more informative.
  For example deflected damage amounts are now always displayed.
Ability tooltips and icons have been completely remade
- Icons are now color-coded for convenience and the tooltips now display accurate stats with numbers.
New terrain area added
- A medium sized (3500x1500) ship area is now available for deathmatch and duel arena modes.

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New ship terrain

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New ability icons

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