Starcraft

Starcraft's gameplay centers on the acquisition and control of two resources, minerals and Vespene gas, which are necessary to construct combat units and buildings. Minerals, which are required for all normal units, appear as blue crystalline formations protruding from the ground. They are 'harvested' or 'mined' by worker units (SCV for Terran, Drone for Zerg, Probe for Protoss). Vespene gas, which is required for advanced units and upgrades, appears as a geyser with green clouds erupting from it. A particular structure (Refinery for Terrans, Extractor for Zerg, Assimilator for Protoss) must be constructed before worker units can harvest the Vespene gas.

Players can have only a limited number of units at a time, each of which has a "supply/support" rating roughly correlated with that unit's combat strength. Players must maintain enough unit-supporters (Supply Depots for Terrans, Pylons for the Protoss, and Overlords for the Zerg) to support their forces.

Players use their resources to construct buildings. Some buildings morph, train, or "warp in" units, while others upgrade the players' forces or allow more advanced units or structures. Resource management, expansion to control resource locations, and effective offensive and defensive combat tactics are key to victory. The unit types available to each species define its racial identity. Protoss marshal powerful and expensive warriors and machinery, while Zerg rely on sheer numbers and speed to overwhelm their opponents. Terrans are the versatile and flexible alternative to both races, providing a compromise between specialization and combined arms. No species has a net advantage over the others.

The game can be played in a variety of ways. If you wish to play against another enthusiast (ME!) then download Hamachi.

Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application. It's dead set easy to get working. After all, I managed to do it. And Hamachi is FREE.

Also make sure you've got the latest patches for Starcraft that have been released since after the game was published (without it you can't properly connect via VPN programs like Hamachi).

After you've done that, join the 'squidoo' team. Contact me through this lense for the password to join the group.

While I have been playing this game for quite a while I'm only fairly decent at it (it's been a while since I've played) and I'm only interested in playing games with people AGAINST computer opponents. So if you want to join me, drop me an email. Otherwise if there's others that join who want to go PVP you're most welcome.