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    <title><![CDATA[Blog]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[StarcraftWire]]></description>
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    <dc:creator><![CDATA[garona2004@yahoo.com]]></dc:creator>
    <dc:rights><![CDATA[Copyright 2009]]></dc:rights>
    <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-06T22:50:35+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Starcraft # 6]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/starcraft-6/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[What exactly is Cole Hickson’s connection to Jim Raynor? Unless the threads of the past can finally be unraveled, the future is looking distinctly truncated. Trapped and surrounded by hostile Zerg insectoids, not to mention a vengeful C.O. and his crack Cerberus unit, the War Pigs might be making their last stand as the Protoss prepare to incinerate the Zerg&#45;infested world the War Pigs are stranded on! 

Written by Simon Furman
Art by Federico Dallocchio &amp;amp; Brian Denham
Cover by Federico Dallocchio

On sale October 28 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Merchandise, Comic Book]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-06T22:50:35+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[StarCraft @ Igromir Today &#45; NOW!]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/starcraft-igromir-today-now/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ara just poked me about this in the StarcraftWire Irc channel, as a big gaming event is taking place in Russia as we speak, and there will be a StarCraft 2 panel there.

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							<td class="m" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Friday, November 6
11:30 – 12:00 – WoW Panel
14:30 – 15:00 – SC II: Hotstreak
15:00 – 15:30 – WoW: Cataclysm leveling contest
16:00 – 16:30 &#45; SC II Panel
17:00 – 17:30 – SC II: Hotstreak
17:30 – 18:00 – WoW: Cataclysm leveling contest</td>
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The time is a bit hard to read though, as we&#39;re not sure if it&#39;s Russian time or some European time. Both the English and German sites state the same info, so we&#39;re assuming it&#39;s Russian time. That would mean it starts NOW.

More info will be added as it happens!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Non&#45;Blizz Events]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-06T15:00:23+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Starcraft II Beta Closer]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/starcraft-ii-beta-closer/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Blizzard Entertainment announced that all World of Warcraft Accounts must be merged with a Battle.net Account effective November 11th.&amp;nbsp; Whoever decides not to do so won&#8217;t be able to login into the game.&amp;nbsp; We speculated this was the first phase to enable and integrate the Battle.net friend list&#8212;which in turn means ... Starcraft II beta is about to be announced.

The speculation might have some weight after all.&amp;nbsp; SpikeTV Host Geoff Keighley has posted on his tweeter the following:

&#8220;Blizzard is targeting &#8220;first half of 2010&#8221; for Starcraft II according to Activision earnings call.&#8221;

According to him, this was said at the Activision Blizzard Third Quarter Calendar 2009 Results Conference Call.

For those who are still jaw&#45;dropped an unable to catch up, Starcraft II is slated to hit store shelves anywhere between January &#45; June 2010 (which fall into the 2010&#8217;s first&#45;half range).&amp;nbsp; We know it won&#8217;t be January or February, but we do know how long beta test lasts.&amp;nbsp; Considering that range of time&#8212;we do know beta is starting very soon. What&#8217;s the milestone? November 11th is when World of Warcraft accounts must be merged imminently into a Battle.net account.

Thus, any day, week or month after this milestone is the day you have been awaiting and craving folks. Let&#8217;s imagine that the ideal beta test period of time lasted 6 months, beta would have to start minimum on January or earlier.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Rumours, StarCraft 2, Wings of Liberty]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-06T05:35:17+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some Blueposts]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It is a bit silent  now in the StarCraft community but on battle.net it seems that some blue posts made it. <a href="http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/Cydra">Cydra</a> responds to some questions.


Will holding the Alt button show unit/building hit points overhead as they did in Warcraft 3?


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							<td class="m" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Yes. And you can change the option on the menu for this.
Normal: Only show when holding Alt
Selected: Selected units only
Always: Show all unit status bars</td>
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And now to some radar/sensor tower questions.


1. Is the proper name Radar Tower or Sensor Tower?
2. What model is being used: Radar Tower, Sensor Tower, or a completely new one?
3. What are the stats? (mineral cost, gas cost, build time, HP, armor)
4. What is the range of the radar?
5. Do cloaked and burrowed units appear as blips within the radar&#8217;s range?
6. If yes for #5, will a unit be able to see cloaked and burrowed units that are within its visual range as well as the radar&#8217;s range?
7. Does the Tower have any other special abilities besides its radar function?
8. Is the Tower salvageable?
9. Is there anything else you can tell us about the Tower that I&#8217;ve missed? 


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							<td class="m" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">1. Sensor Tower
2. Sensor Tower has a passive Radar ability which expose enemy movements within its radar capacity.
3. It costs 125 mineral and 100 geyser gas and it takes 25 build time. Sensor Tower has 200 hp and 0 default armor. You can upgrade the armor of buildings by 2 at Engineering Bay.
5. No. Cloaked and burrowed units don&#8217;t appear.
7. No.
8. Yes. you can salvage it for 100% fund. </td>
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Very good explonation about the radar and it´s current form. Salvaging the tower is also nice but it remains to be seen how that will effect the balance in the long run.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Battle.net, Blue Posts, Community, StarCraft 2, Wings of Liberty]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-05T09:16:03+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IncGamers Podcast #24]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/incgamers-podcast-24/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new episode of the IncGamers Podcast is online ready for listening.

Enjoy the usual lively banter between the guys as they discuss the week&#8217;s news including Modern Warfare 2 leaked video, Amazon pulling MW2 reviews, MW2 third person mode, news on the Splinter Cell Conviction sequel, Molyneux&#8217;s picks for most revolutionary games in the past 20 years, Star Wars: The Old Republic and more. 

The team also discuss the games they have been playing including Torchlight, RaceOn, Left 4 Dead 2 and Champions Online. Oh! And don&#8217;t forget the &#8220;Special Needs Post of the Week&#8221; and the &#8220;Bullshit Story of the Week&#8221;. Not to be missed!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Community, Other Games]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-11-03T12:12:59+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Moondragons Friday Fun 2]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/moondragons-friday-fun-2/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Once again a new friday which means more <a href="http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/StarCraft">StarCraft</a> fun for you guys. Lets begin with something serious. In this first game we have Tossgirl vs Yellow a tvz game. Tossgirl is not considered to be a player that can threat others but can she defeat one of the stronger zerg player?





Next up we have a game that was recently played and considered to be the match of the year according to the commentators. It is Boxer vs Ncyellow an epic tvz struggle.





Now we get to a old <a href="http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/StarCraft II">StarCraft II</a> video that we have seen before but this time we will see it with a twist. A shaky cam and a sarcastic commentator. What more could you ask for?








This is it for this time guys, have a nice weekend.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Community, e&#45;Sports, StarCraft 2, Tourneys]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-10-30T17:10:14+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[BlizzCast 11 Live]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blizzard has released the eleventh official episode of BlizzCast.  Check it out here.  The episode focuses on a retrospective look at Blizzcon &#39;09.  Community Manager <a href="http://starcraft.incgamers.com/wiki/Karune">Karune</a> discusses the single&#45;player portion of StarCraft II that was playable at Blizzcon:

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							<td class="m" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">It’s a lot more than the talking heads now, there’s a whole bunch of cinematics in between, there’s a lot of options for you to explore and really immerse yourself to the world of StarCraft. I think the fan reaction was really big.</td>
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Additionally, we get some insight from other Blizzard community managers on their experiences at Blizzcon.  Although there is no new information about StarCraft II in the podcast, it is a fun look at the Blizzcon from the insider&#39;s perspective.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[BlizzCast, Community, BlizzCon, BlizzCon 2009, Podcasts, Karune, Interviews]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-10-30T06:10:37+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[SC2 playable at the IFNG event in Hamburg]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/sc2-playable-at-the-ifng-event-in-hamburg/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just a quick notification for those near or willing to goto Hamburg to play some Starcraft 2:

We will have SC2 playable at the IFNG event in Hamburg on Friday. That will be the BlizzCon build, both multiplayer and singleplayer available. More info on the ESL site: (link)

The event will be held friday the 29th of oktober.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Beta, Multiplayer, Single Player, StarCraft 2, Wings of Liberty]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-10-30T00:48:50+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Galaxy Editor Confirmed For Beta]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/galaxy-editor-confirmed-for-beta/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Galaxy editor which is the same editor that Blizzard are using to create the maps and other things will ship with the beta once it starts. Blizzards twitter page confirmes this.


#DailySC The #StarCraft2 galaxy editor will be available during beta. What are some custom games you are looking forward to?

Source.


I remember that during blizzcon 2009 someone from blizzard did hint about that the editor would ship sometimes during the beta but now it is official.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Beta, StarCraft 2, Wings of Liberty]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-10-29T19:06:39+00:00]]></dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ATI won&#8217;t support DirectX 9 cards anymore]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/ati-wont-support-directx-9-cards-anymore/]]></link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Things are getting pretty nasty for all Starcraft players who have either a low&#45;end computer or an old ATI graphic card sold between 2000&#45;2005 or earlier you are out of luck.&amp;nbsp; ATI has announced they won&#8217;t support DirectX 9 graphic cards any more. All these models won&#8217;t have support or patch updates under Windows Vista or Windows 7. And if you are acquainted with how Blizzard games work, you need to update to the latest graphic card drivers almost every patch.

Considering to play Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty? It&#8217;s a good time to upgrade your computer with a new video card or start planning to get a 2010 computer system to catch up with current technology to make sure your gameplay won&#8217;t be affected in upcoming months.

AMD has moved a number of DX9 ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators products to a legacy driver support structure.&amp;nbsp; This change impacts Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux distributions.&amp;nbsp; AMD has moved to a legacy software support structure for these graphics accelerator products in an effort to better focus development resources on future products.

The following products have been moved to the legacy software support structure (including Mobile and All&#45;in&#45;Wonder Variants):

ATI Radeon 9500 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
ATI Radeon X550 Series
ATI Radeon X600 Series
ATI Radeon X700 Series
ATI Radeon X800 Series
ATI Radeon X850 Series
ATI Radeon X1050 Series
ATI Radeon X1300 Series
ATI Radeon X1550 Series
ATI Radeon X1600 Series
ATI Radeon X1650 Series
ATI Radeon X1800 Series
ATI Radeon X1900 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress Series
ATI Radeon X1200 Series
ATI Radeon X1250 Series
ATI Radeon X2100 Series


Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7.&amp;nbsp;  If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7.&amp;nbsp;  Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows Vista level graphics driver is limited to WDDM 1.0 level support).&amp;nbsp; Using the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista driver under Windows 7 is not officially supported by AMD, and as such AMD will not provide any form of customer support for users running in this configuration

Any customers using a combination of a ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series product with any of the legacy products listed above in a single PC system must use the ATI Catalyst 9.3 or earlier driver.&amp;nbsp;  All future ATI Catalyst™ releases made available past the ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 release will not include support for the legacy products listed above or any of the features associated with those legacy products.

AMD may periodically provide Windows XP and Windows Vista driver updates (for the products listed above) for critical fixes only.&amp;nbsp; No new features will be provided in future driver updates.&amp;nbsp; The Linux ATI Catalyst™ driver will only be supported in Linux distributions prior to February 2009 for the legacy products listed above.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Hardware]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date><![CDATA[2009-10-28T22:14:37+00:00]]></dc:date>
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