Thoughts On The Starcraft II Battle.Net

Recently, Blizzard released a sequel to the highly popular Real Time Strategy (RTS) video game, Starcraft. Over the past few days I’ve had a change to play Starcraft II with the new Battle.Net service and here’s my experience so far:

Blizzard’s hasn’t changed its original Starcraft formula: you still harvest Vespene gas and mine for minerals with Drones, SCVs or Probes. For those familiar with the game, Terran, Protoss, and Zerg races are still duking it out. If you’re like me and didn’t know much about the Starcraft universe, it’s worth checking out the tutorials that Blizzard includes. Everything from information on how to play the game to data on units and tech-trees is available.

Blizzard’s Battle.Net service matches you up to someone of comparable skills, similar to Xbox Live. To get started, players need to take a series of five placement matches against various foes. These matches determine your league: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. (