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Altered Starcraft History
(last updated 6-20-01)
My most famed level: Altered Starcraft. Unfortunately, also my most played
and abused. Here is a "brief" summary of the HISTORY of (8)Altered
Starcraft. I am not offering older versions of my level due to the fact
that they are just unfair and I would prefer them to not exist. I have
tested all the versions around 30-40 times before making any alterations
(except version 1.04+). Comments or concerns about the fairness of the
map? Then tell it to me, not to
the guy kicking your ass!
Download Altered Starcraft 1.06+
| Version | Release Date (roughly) | What about it? |
|---|---|---|
| 1.00 | Some time in late May '99. | Original release. For people who were wondering, I did in fact try to have Zerg with 3X all stats, Protoss being free, and gave various starting conditions. I realized that the Zerg were invincible with 3X all stats. The Protoss being free created too many problems and cheap strategies. My eventual decision was to make the Protoss have 1/10 all costs and Zerg 2X all stats. |
| 1.01 | Early September '99. | The Zerg starting with 2 overlords and 6 drones was too much of an advantage (I never saw them lose). The Protoss Began to get far to good if no Zerg were playing. I watered down the Zerg and Protoss starting conditions and continued to deny the fact that the Protoss and Zerg were far to good. |
| 1.02 | Late September '99 | OK OK! I realize everybody that the Protoss are just too damn good! They now have 1/5 all costs. Happy? The Terran starting conditions now involved a little bit of gas. Protoss start conditions reduced to 50 minerals and the Zerg now have 5 drones and 2 overlord start with 50 minerals and 100 gas. |
| Altered Starcraft+ | November '99 | My most famous and played level. I think its because the shiny "+". The Protoss were now a piece of crap race. So i altered them; the Protoss have (I believe) 1/8 all costs and the game is almost fair. The Terrans have no gas to start and the Zerg are left unchanged. If you are going to play a non-current version, play this one. |
| 1.03 | February '99 | The legacy continues as the Protoss are still deemed "too damn buff." The new emerald editor (which i have for quite a while) is implemented. The Terrans get level 4 upgrades while the other races don't change (sorry biased biased biased! They were my current choice race). The Protoss began to lose (more often). |
| 1.04 | Late March '99 | Ooo! Here is an idea! My original concept was to have the Terrans dominate early to mid game. The Protoss were to kill around mid to late game (as they caught up to the Terran tech tree). The Zerg were supposed to be unbeatable an hour into the game. I changed the max upgrades for each race to the following: Terrans-3, Protoss-4, and Zerg-9!!!! The Zerg get level 9 units. Is this fair? We will see soon enough. e-mail me if you feel this is unfair! |
| 1.04+ | March '99 (4 days later) | CRAP!! I forgot that the stupid infested Terrans do only 100 damage (bug that existed since the FIRST Altered Starcraft. I need to get hit. This is the ONLY difference between 1.04 and 1.04+. Sorry Sorry! Please promptly update your Altered Starcraft. The plus sign is there so that people will say: "Oooo a plus sign, must join!" (like my version above). |
| 1.05 | 5/1/00 | Well, sorry. No free Protoss! I discovered that free toss created essentially 4 starting bases for all toss players. When I decided to cut the starting number of probes, each probe still made a new base with 200 pylons and gateways... unfair... uh, no? Lets see what does this version have thats so great? No shiny "+" (sorry). First the toss now have a max upgrade level of 5. The Zerg have a max of 10. The starting conditions changed too. The Terrans now are more tech oriented with a 50m 100g start. The Zerg start with the same, and the Protoss get only 18 minerals to start (disabling immediate virus-like map infecting -- expanding). The mission briefs and objectives changed to include this web site address. Lets hope this is the final installation of Altered Starcraft. |
| 1.06 | 7/24/00 | Yes, its another damn recreation. I thought this map was perfected, but, damn, I was wrong. The Terrans had an obvious disadvantage late game, and I grew sick of it. Now, the Terrans have the capability to reach level 5 upgrades. The Zerg were watered to level 5 also and the all powerful Protoss now only go to level 3 upgrades. The start conditions were SLIGHTLY modified for all the races, mostly I decreased the Terrans to 50 minerals and increased the Protoss to 22 minerals. Thats it. |
| 1.06+ | 7/27/00 | Damn. I feel dumb. I forgot to change a few of the mission briefing version numbers. Well, this is a minor bug and is now corrected. |
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