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Starcraft in 3D project Revolution Apr 08 2008
This is kinda neat. A starcraft conversion using War3's engine. Only terrans are playable. Looks kinda interesting, not sure it'll catch on though, as the game plays the same, just looks "different".
If you watch Ascension you might be a fan of Artosis, commentator (as I am) along with Gentho. We at battlereports.com love these guys, and I was pleased to see that not only can Artosis commentate but he's in 11th place right now in the TSL.
Well, below is my open letter to the real time strategy gaming cartel. I want a war simulation. A real one. I don't want little cartoon tanks jostling around in a video sandbox chewing down each other's health meters, while a preteen opponent insults my sexuality using every key on his keyboard except the ones with letters.
-JV
Mediaesports.com down Mar 17 2008
We all noticed mediaesports.com was down today, and rumor is that Skew pulled the plug because of a lack of content. This is all quite shocking to the BW community, as this was a hugely popular commentary series of non-korean SC pros.
I searched the BrightCove website and DID find that all the old vods are still up, so watch them while you have the chance!
Ascension isn't gone :) We're just having some technical difficulties
due to losing our webmaster.
Thanks for your concern :)
-Gentho
-Johnny_Vegas
ZERG UNVEILED Mar 09 2008
Yeah, this is big. LOTS of new units, including a much more badass queen, really innovative units called corrupters, and far more. Check out gameplay videos, screenshots and interviews HERE!
-|]agomar
Ascension group 11 Feb 25 2008
Ascension group 11 is up!, I only saw a couple of games... maybe they are in the middle of uploading now, not sure!
This is an awesome non-korean pro SC tourney if you somehow have been living under a rock for the last 3 months.
Oh, and please check out the Star Invitational VODs if you haven't. Tasteless is a great commentator as well, commentating live from the actual event!
-JV
Round 2 of Ascension Feb 15 2008
I think its safe to say that there has been nothing more entertaining to Starcraft players these days than the masterful Ascension commentated by Gentho and Artosis.
Round 2, group 10 has just been released, check it out!!
-JV
Group 7 of Ascension is Up! Jan 22 2008
A truly excellent group this week, and an amazing series of games. Check out some of the best VOD's around, right here!
Also, I'm sorry to report that, in a shocking twist, battlereports.com crashed out of the 2on2 tourney after failing to get through the first round. Apparently, Raider's skill "is pity." Hey: we may not know StarCraft, but at least we know English!
(If all the br.com players were good I'd have no one to play with. -JV)
-|]agomar
Gentho submits a very cool War 3 report! Jan 19 2008
Team Battlereports.com Wades into Battle! Jan 10 2008
All that's at stake is eternal glory, StarCraft immortality, and Psy's virgnity.
That's right: Battlereports.com has joined the 2008 2on2 StarCraft Fansite Tournament. Representing our corner of the internet: Raider and Psyonic_Reaver. Each player has his own strengths and weaknesses, and in order to give our first-round opponent, "Reps.ru," a fighting shot, I've decided to write a brief Player Bio to rally support behind our champions.
Psyonic_Reaver (LEFT): One of the nerdiest gamers ever to set intellectual foot within the bowels of battlereports.com, Psy's foremost ambition is to become the best StarCraft player in site history. He's well on his way to supplanting Corbalt and Eriador for that title, having recently discovered that pileups in the thousands are usually better avoided. In all seriousness, Psy has a relatively sound knowledge of the game and will no doubt prove a worthy yin to Raider's yang. And yes: I almost wrote "wang."
Raider (RIGHT): Like Psy, Raider is a consistantly excellent battlereporter granted the incomparable honour of representing battlereports.com. Raider has a strong grasp of the fundamentals of the 2v2, although he is 1-467 against Redneck_Firebat. He is the alpha male - the pants-wearer - in this terrific twosome, commanding respect and giving orders in typically dictatorial fashion. Usually selecting "random" in 2v2 competition, Raider will have the chance to shock and awe his opposition with the surprise of an unexpected race. Also, judging by the picture I found, he's better looking than Psy. Sorry, Psy.
With these two as our champions, how could Battlereports.com possibly lose this tourney? Even against professional gamers - it's simply impossible. Good luck guys!
-|]agomar
PsyonicReaver commentates on ODT Group F Jan 09 2008
Check out some great VODs that our good friend PsyonicReaver has created, nice work Psy!
If you haven't been keeping track, the fifth week of the internet's best StarCraft VOD series is up!
Also, have a look at some of our new replays, many haven't been posted elsewhere, and they're certainly lots of fun.
-|]agomar
Check out game 5, it ruled!!!! -JV
RSS Feed added Jan 05 2008
I added an RSS Feed link below the menu, (removing the paypal donate button to save space). you can add it to your feed reader, also I'd like to encourage other Starcraft sites to feel free to subscribe to the feed and display links to our battle reports on their site (hey, free content for you!). I have a script that will allow you to do so here: rss parsing script which uses magpie library.
-Johnny_Vegas
A great year! Jan 01 2008
2007 is come and gone, and with it we have seen renewed activity in the community.
Just off the top of my head here are some encouraging things for the future of
our site, and the Starcraft community in general.
Starcraft 2 announced and playable and looking crazy good.
a lot more starcraft being played
a lot more battle reports written!
VODs making the pro games more accessible
replays and tournaments popularity is up
forum very active
a lot of starcraft sites popping up
site has been getting a lot of programming/gfx help from the likes
of Lucky and Zerg~Ling.
Awesome reports, forum postings, etc.. from New and Old school reporters alike, such
as Psyonic_Reaver(really helping VODs take off), Raider, Maareek, Drefsab, DeonPeon,
ThreeFold, wow you guys rock.
A big thanks to Artosis and Gentho for providing us with some thoroughly excellent VODs from their recent "Ascension" event that pitted some of the best international StarCraft players against one another.
The shortest-lived business venture ever Dec 28 2007
SC2GG.com bit the dust, after the "business elements" were alarmed that there was a drop in hits around Christmas time. Wonder why that could be.
So, former SC2GG.com patrons, while we won't pay for your YouTube videos, you're most certainly welcome here to keep the VODs alive!
-Lucky
*UPDATE* So I guess the site is back up.. I don't know what is going on.
-Psyonic
World Cyber Games champ Gentho premier report Dec 27 2007
Hello and welcome. This is Johnny_Vegas, presenting to you all for the first time ever a battle report by pro RTS champion Gentho (more about Gentho). Not having followed the World Cyber Games, I first heard of Gentho after seeing the highly informative starcraft guides he has at
rtsprofessional.com. After watching some of his videos, I thought that we br.com'ers would be the perfect audience, for his insightful commentating. This is a ICCUP 2v2 game, featuring some high quality video and commentating by Gentho on one of his own games. He graciously agreed to post this report, and if we are lucky there may be more in the future. Lets give him a warm battlereports.com welcome!
Also I'd like to mention a really Great treatment of RollerCoaster Tycoon by Threefold. Well presented and well written tutorial style report of a classic game.
-Johnny_Vegas
More Christmas Cheer! Dec 25 2007
Well, if hanging out with your family and sipping eggnog and getting lots of presents and watching Lebron James and Dwyane Wade play on ABC wasn't enough, DeonPeon has just released a fun new battlereport! This one covers one of the craziest games I've ever been a part of: a wild FFA on Predator. It even features JV being blatantly BM (I taught him well . . . . ). Go check it out!
-|]agomar
Merry Christmas Dec 24 2007
OSL Finals - Game 1
It sure as heck beats that piece of coal I got. Johnny_Vegas presents the first BattleReport of the OSL finals!
Johnny_Vegas has granted me with the mighty powers to post news. My first act as news poster is to inform you all that my LIVE commentary of the OSL Finals is being posted in a new part of the BattleReports.com website.
Hope you all enjoy it! Written reports will soon follow!
-Psyonic_Reaver
*UPDATE* Check out Greth's recent contribution to the BR.com community. It is funny, witty, and shows the reason why audio commentary can be fun. You can literally hear the sarcasm dripping from his mouth.
New Reports Galore! Dec 19 2007
It's a testament to the continued strength and creativity of the battlereports.com community that, nearly ten years after the release of the first StarCraft, our contributors still find ways to describe their games in ways not seen before.
On that note, Psyonic_Reaver has created another of his ground-breaking audio-battlereport-things - this one a touch better than his first.
DesertDemon has also submitted a new battlereport; barebones indeed, but a pleasant bit of light reading.
Last, but certainly not least, Feanor has released a truly excellent Deus Ex battlereport that surely ranks among his finest. Have a look here!
On another note, the Terran Nomad is out. I think it's ugly; well, nobody thinks it looks good, but it's cool to see it build things, I guess. Sure is a far cry from the Mothership, though. And when will we see those Zerg?
Finally, I encourage you all to check out our replay section. There have been so truly excellent replays submitted, and you'll notice we've cut down on spam. Give it a look!
-|]agomar
SC2GG.com teams up with BattleReports.com Dec 16 2007
Hey guys. I've been talking to eggy over at SC2GG.com, about sharing content between our sites in an effort to give our contributors more recognition and more of an audience.
So our plan in general is to give SC2GG.com access to our new battle reports (and maybe the last 50 reports as well), and in return they'll be providing us with a feed of their video commentaries, with descriptions, etc...
I will create a separate section of the site for viewing the commentaries, and will allow comments and ratings. I really think this is good for both sites.
I am still working on redoing most of the site's code, as well as providing more features and making the reporting experience more rewarding, but that is going to take a while, and this is a more near term change.
thanks,
-Johnny_Vegas
Drefsab turns coal into a DIAMOND! Dec 11 2007
So Drefsab logs on to op ~nohunters, first time in a long time. We TvZ on dire straits, nothing special. After the game is over, he excitedly tells me he's going to BR it. Your average reporter would have considered it a non-event, but then again Drefsab is no average reporter...
In Vegas’ official report, he states that the second squad was sent in to clean up the remaining hatcheries, that the sunken colonies were not in a position to protect anything vital. What he fails to explain is why he felt it necessary to include a medic if the sunken colonies weren’t a threat.
I created this guide for anyone interested in creating Starcraft (or other) video battle reports.
I went for cheap ($37 total software cost) and used FRAPS, Audacity, and VirtualDub but there are many other ways you could do this, including using HyperCam or Camtasia.
This is a 4 part video, check out the report for the other three, because thats about four times more Psy than I want to put on the front page.
-LN
Sex, Drugs, and Starcraft: The Johnny Vegas Story Nov 21 2007
Psyonic_Reaver just released a lengthy and fairly detailed interview with Johnny_Vegas, the beloved creator/god of our site. JV and Psy suggest Canada's economy is poor and bizzarely infer Egypt is in Mesopotamia, just cause they're badass that way. They also talk about random obscure games and battlereports trivia. Anyway, if you're into the site, check out their banter. Strangely, by the way, Psy did not bother to release an accompanying battlereport. Could part 2 be in the works . . . ?
In completely unrelated news, the rookmark rankings have been updated, by - who else - JV. Someone should really release some reports to knock me from the #1 spot (but then, of course, Mark4 might well be ahead of me, anyway). Come on guys!
-|]agomar
Halo 3, Halo 3, Halo 3 Nov 15 2007
What they are saying.....
I really enjoyed that. I haven't played Halo 3, but now I'm thinking I may have too.
Obviously the pics helped out the report greatly, but they seemed kind of ... I dunno, there was something about them I wasn't really feeling. I love that double laser kill collage, though, that's fuckin hilarious. -Mareek
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Nice to have something new and refreshing. The write was well written, and I had an easy time understanding the game since I've played it. *I don't own an XBox 360 though.* That double laser kill picture was hilarious. *I'M A CHARGIN MY LAZZAH!*
-Psyonic_Reaver
KingWombat reports on classic MediEvil PS game Oct 03 2007
The only report your liable to find the phrase "Why, thank you, goat head". A solid picture filled report, of a game most of us have never played, or probably heard of.
-Johnny_Vegas
Raider in an impossible battle!! Sep 20 2007
Raider has no chance in this broodwar matchup. Read the report to see how he deals with being completely overmatched by a dishonest opponent!
-Johnny_Vegas
News Galore! Sep 06 2007
You know, we may not get quite as many reports as we used to, but the ones even new reporters submit are quality. Reporting newbie Stacker just released a really great new report on the game that time forgot: Commander Keen 2: Aliens Kidnapped My Babysitter. Just kidding, it's Warcraft III. Check it out, you won't regret it!
In completely unrelated news, Blizzard has released some more StarCraft 2 stuff. Check out the beloved Mothership's info page right here, it looks pretty cool except for the lack of the black hole ability. Actually, if you want to leave some input on the Mothership that Blizzard will actually have a look at, have a look at these forums.
-|]agomar
StarCraft II Update and Site Redesign Aug 24 2007
There's a new StarCraft II unit up at the official website. The Banshee is a really interesting little ship that addresses an important weakness in current Terran air. Now, you'll be able to build cheap air units that can actually do some damage to ground troops. About time!
In site news, we've developed a template of the new site graphics. A big thanks to Mattzarella for his input and Zerg~Ling for his mad photoshop skillz. Post your feedback on the forum; you can find the thread here! thanks Maar :)
-|]agomar
Some Interesting Stuff Aug 16 2007
The replay section has been heating up as of late, and just two days ago we received two particularly interesting submissions. Lemon has graced us with a couple replays showcasing the most amazing micro I've seen in years. Apparently three mutas are more invincible than a group of battlecruisers - when used properly. Check out the best replay of the pair, right here!
Blizzard has also decided to release a StarCraft II update. The latest information is about the beloved Dark Templar, which now looks extra badass and has a cool new weapon. Have a look!
-|]agomar
First StarCraft II Battlereport! Aug 07 2007
Psyonic_Reaver has released an incredibly entertaining (and typically nerdy) summary of his experiences at Blizzcon. Featuring the first-ever StarCraft II battlereports (that's right, note the plural), the first discussion of StarCraft II strategies. some fun little stories and the most disappointing photos of "HOT" Asian girls ever, Psyonic_Reaver's report ranks as one of the year's best. Check it out here!
Being a competant and dedicated nerd, Psyonic has also graced us with a cool StarCraft I battlereport between himself and some Korean dude. It's well worth the read - have a look!
Finally, a few miscellaneous StarCraft II updates. The Xel Naga are back . . . but the Tempest unit is out, and has been replaced by the original Carrier. Also, the Mothership has unfortunately been overly nerfed. Meanwhile, the reaver's gone, but Medics look to be in. Blizzcon has provided us with some really cool updates and even some interesting videos; check out the official StarCraft II website for more!
-|]agomar
Amazing New Report Jul 30 2007
Mattzarella wasted little time since becoming a rater to release a spectacular new FFA battlereport! The report features everything you'd want in a classic StarCraft Free For All Battlereport: well-known [gay] players, a massively long introduction, huge, over-the-top collages and a preponderance of extremely well-written text. A big thanks to Mattz for helping to revitalize the site - now do the man a favour and leave a comment (or two).
-|]agomar
New Rater! Jul 27 2007
Today we welcome a very well-endowed man into our highly exclusive rating fraternity. Well, actually a couple days ago, but I am lazy and didn't post earlier. Also, it's no longer exclusive, since apparently we're letting the likes of him in. Either way, a big congrats to Mattzarella! In all seriousness, an accolade long since deserved for one of the site's most beloved personalities, and best reporters.
Decay has also released a really fun StarCraft report with a truly bizarre colour scheme. Describing an especially hectic FFA where everyone allies against me (figures), the report is certainly one of the year's very best.
-|]agomar
Updates! Jul 25 2007
First off, we have a new and [hopefully improved] FAQ! There's more questions answered - some concerning the site redesign - while I've expanded on most answers. Meanwhile, Lucky lent some of his prodigious expertise to grant the section a cool new CSS layout. Check it out!
More importantly perhaps, Lucky's also given us a really great new feature: a quote editor that any report rater can use. The bottom line: new quotes by the barrel. You can see more details (and thank the resident Mexican) right here!
I was looking at the tourney manager tonight and thought to myself, "If I had a clan site, wouldn't I want to display the brackets on my own site sometimes?". In fact, I think people had emailed me this very request years ago, and I never had a chance, or thought I didn't have time.
Heck, maybe you just want to make the brackets visible for your office softball tournament and you don't want to link your boss to battlereports.com, because he'd think less of you (lies!).
The only catch is you gotta have PHP installed on your website or it won't work, but cmon' what decent web server doesn't have that these days? (sorry IIS guys)
-Johnny_Vegas (email me your questions or comments, I am starved for attention.)
New SC2 Info and New Wiki Posts Jul 21 2007
Some preliminary reports from Korean and German magazines have given us loads of new information on the Terrans and Protoss. We've even got some rough statistics now: the Mothership will apparently cost 400 minerals, 400 gas and 10 supply, and its upgrades will run you 300 minerals and gas apiece. Meanwhile, the Collosus will be twice as expensive as the Reaver. Also, it looks like the Thor will have some interesting weaknesses, while medics may not be implemented at all. Look for more information on Wednesday, in the meantime you can find all this and more right here.
There have also been some especially informative articles written on our Wiki as of late, headlined by an incomplete yet intriguing look at Mark4, penned by JV himself. There's also a writing guide from yours truly, to go with Maareek's CSS guide. Meanwhile, LuckyNewbie, myself, Mattzarella and YourRoleModel all received particularly detailed entries. Have a look!
-|]agomar
Power Overwhelming Jul 19 2007
Blizzard released some information on the Twilight Archon today, and damn it looks good. Even better, it looks like Blizzard has decided to scrap the Soul Hunter. Read about the decision on the battle.net forums, right here. Thanks again to StarCraft Legacy for reporting these latest updates!
Also, be sure to check out our progress on the Battlereports.com Wiki. Before long, we'll be opening editing to respected members of the community who have not yet been appointed as raters. Stay tuned!
-|]agomar
New StarCraft II Information and a BR.com Wiki! Jul 12 2007
First off, Blizzard released eleven new screenshots yesterday showcasing new units, new terrains and new special abilities. Hell, there's even a psionic storm. They're viewable through IGN, right here. And yes, they look very, very cool.
IGN has also released an interview with Tony Hsu, StarCraft II's associate producer. According to the interview we'll be finding out alot more at Blizzcon, but the article does contain some intriguing information. Looks like you'll be able to merge a dark templar and a high templar to form a twilight archon, for instance. That's the nerdiest sentence I've written in years.
There's also new information about what may end up being the most important unit in the Protoss airforce: the warpray. I'll be building a million of these, not surprisingly.
Also, here's a link to a fairly extensive question and answer session with StarCraft II's lead designer. Lots of interesting little points; zerglings, for example, will end up looking different than they do in the screenshots we've seen. A big thanks to StarCraft Legacy and zip_disk for their attempts to keep us updated!
Finally, some info about our own site! JV has graciously created a battlereports.com wiki. Bear in mind this feature is still in its infancy, but it's an example of how, little by little, we'll be upgrading this site in preparation for StarCraft II.
-|]agomar
New reports in da house! Jul 03 2007
x]FS[x has decided to grace us with a really solid Warcraft 3 report that's certainly worth its high rating.
Meanwhile, Psyonic_Reaver has continued his nerdtastic reporting surge by submitting an entertaining little piece complete with old-school background.
Last but not least, it looks like op ~nohunters on battle.net is a pretty crowded place again - at least on weekends. Let the BM observing and overblown FFAs begin!
-|]agomar
Some news Jun 17 2007
First off, I'm an admin now. Someone has to keep Lucky in check!
Second, check out a new Starcraft 2 gameplay video! Looks like some of our favourite units are back.
First off we have this gem from Zerg-Flesh involving a very tight PvP on the new map Tau Cross that comes down to the last few units. Really nice game.
Next we have a PvT on R-Point between a top foreigner and a semi-pro Korean. Carriers, dweb, storms, against the sheer strength of 3-3 metal. Worth a watch.
Finally, we have another PvT, this time involving myself and a clanmate on Rush Hour 3. The highlight of the game is easily the bat drop he performs on my probes...but hell, that's worth a watch in and of itself, isn't it? ;)~
- Maareek
The Iraq Battle Report Dec 06 2006
Veteran reporter James Baker III has published his battle report about the current Iraq war. Go read it and make yourself smart.
-LN
To Hong Kong and Back Again Nov 30 2006
Feanor is back, bringing the latest installment in his Deus Ex series. Will our protagonist's killswitch be activated before he finds Tracer Tong? Will a poor housekeeping lady be shot in the back?
There's only one way to find out, ladies and gentlemen.
Admit it. Deep down inside we all still want to play some great warcraft. Don't you miss those skittle colored battles you could just gape at until you realize you forgot to micromanage your army?
That's what Augury is here for. To help you remember. To spread the love
...and seriously, who doesn't want to be in a battlereport of such epic proportions? I'm not talking some sissy little chickenscratch of report. I won't make rows of pictures like maareek. I'm not going to make this about some fruity console game like mattzarella. I'll run this through a spellchecker, unlike Raider. And I sure as hell won't make this a Blood Bath report like Desert Demon. No sir, this is going to be the most excellent thing to happen to you since, well, Monday ended.
The only problem is, I need people. I have a couple, but experience dictates that a forum post doesn't get me the eight I need. This is where you come in. Show up at 8 PM EST this Friday, August 18, and be remembered until the report gets pushed off the frontpage.
Get details (and reserve yourself a spot) in this thread. I hope to see you all there.
-DD
Quite possibly the best replay ever Aug 15 2006
Despite Maareek's attempts to let it slip under the radar, I command all of you to go watch this replay.
It is so good I won't even bother trying to describe it. Go. Go now.
- LN
Final Fantasy Tactics report Jul 19 2006
Mattz writes his first report in almost two years! Check out the crazy art he used in this Final Fantasy Tactics report.
In 1998, following the enormous success of Final Fantasy 7 and other games in the series, Squaresoft released Final Fantasy Tactics, a tactical turn-based RPG with battles playing out on isometric maps in the politically disturbed land of Ivalice. The plot was rich and juicy, the characters were moody and prone to murder as they always are, and the battle system was was an extremely fun blend of old Final Fantasy spells and attacks as well as a new form of fighting out battles in 3D rotatable maps. It was no wonder that the game was a success.
-Johnny_Vegas
Tournament Updates Jun 17 2006
First is first, and that means of course the rules & brackets: Rules Brackets
Update! We have a winner! While many were expecting a Keanu_Reaver vs Fox^1 final match, we weren't expecting it to be for third place!
This years finals were between lnept and born-to-porn, AKA o]BP[o of Team Areola. BP made running wins to cap the series 2-1 and earn 30 USD (which is like what... 10 Euros?).
Thanks to everyone for the great turnout, and especially Psyonic_Reaver for organizing (and bankrolling) the whole deal! There's already talk about a 2v2 and free-for-all tournaments, so if you missed out be sure to check the news for upcoming events.
For those of you who really wanted to know the conclusion to .Praetor's Civilization report series.
"Yes, I'm a flake. No, I can't ever finish it. Yes, I added a (very quick) summary of the rest of the game to the end of this report." -.Praetor
For shame Praetor. Shame! =)
- Who'sGotLag.IDO
Two New Raters! Apr 28 2006
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you two more into the hall of retired and lazy battlereporters: Desert_Demon and Maareek.
So go finish that report and get lots of ratings! Before JV screws with the forum again!
- LuckyNewbie
Report Categorization Apr 25 2006
Now the general public can apply categorizations to each battle report. I shall later use this data in tools to browse and search for specific types of reports. If a report is already categorized, you are encouraged to do it again, as the stronger weighted categories will have the most weight in the search engine.
See the Categorize this Report link on each report.
thank you,
JV
A Few Good Reports Apr 21 2006
You know it's a good week when you read about hobbits taking over the world. It's an especially good week when a new reporter comes along with this jewel about a game that hasn't been reported on previously.
So what way to best celebrate this? Friday Night Brood War, of course. Be there, bring your friends, and practice your cheesiest strats.
Everyone's welcome to come, we'll be on the USEast Server in op ~nohunters at 10pm EST.
- LuckyNewbie & Ashwin
Replay Archive, Revisited. Apr 11 2006
Post your best replays, ladies and gentlemen, for this is no longer the site of the free external bandwidth! Replays linked externally will be forwarded to a random 8 or higher report, hopefully increasing the quality of those still posted.
However, feel free to talk about them and link anywhere else on the site (ie, forum). I heavily recommend some of
Maareek's replays, such as Game 2 against the Inkmeister juggernaught.
- LuckyNewbie
Friday Night Brood War! Apr 07 2006
Yes folks, op ~nohunters has some scheduled activity tonight. Don't pretend like you have something better to do, because in the words of WarLeaderJustin: "The thing is, StarCraft > sex."
10 PM EST, op ~nohunters, USEast. The first night in some regularly scheduled servings of starcraft.
- LuckyNewbie
Writing History (again!) Mar 28 2006
You guessed it, Raider is back once again! This time it's not civilization 3, but the much more balanced game of Starcraft in his [finally] continuing The WGTour Chronicles.
"I contributed as I could, and every time I beat a Korean, I would use a hunting knife to cut a mark on the side of my monitor."
What are you waiting for? Go read!
- LuckyNewbie
MONSTER battle report, more like a book Mar 23 2006
Artius has got a nice humorous writing style combined with an in depth knowledge about what makes this game great.
Easily will take you all day to read, or a week if you read it in installments, trust me its worth it.
-Johnny_Vegas
Your New Muckraker! Mar 20 2006
Hello,
JV agreed to make me an admin. I'll be deleting spam, fixing reports, and generally doing that lovely janitorial stuff.
If you feel like being an upright citizen like zip_disk, let me know of anything that need's fixin'. I can be reached at LuckyNewb on AIM.
- LuckyNewbie (First newspost hurrah!)
A little light Starcraft reading Mar 18 2006
It's been a little slow for good quality reports around here lately, which makes LuckyNewbie's report a welcome addition. Check out the goods for Lucky's semi-epic battle vs the ever popular Maareek on Lost Temple. It almost makes me want to play starcraft again =].
Mark4
Metal "Thug" 3 report Mar 13 2006
Check it out. This report from Turbo_Noob is a real blast. Coin op goodness!
-Johnny_Vegas
Random Report of the week! Mar 06 2006
Here's the deal. I'll pick a random report and you guys discuss it in the forum. Woohoo!
Hello and welcome to yet another Who'sGotLag.IDO battlereport. This battlereport will be about a game played on Footmen Frenzy v3.61. That is to say this report is based on a UMS map for WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. You can skip down to the next paragraph since you will not care about what follows this sentence. This is report number 18 for me (numerically), BUT in terms of completed reports, this is number 16. You may ask where are the other reports and I would say incomplete or haven't started when I got bored/lazy/busy.
In case you missed this one by Drefsab, I'm linking to it again. I died laughing after reading it, seriously I'm writing this from the grave.
-JV
Here's a report that deserves a second look Oct 06 2005
Thanks to the absence of reports lately, let me direct you to this one from Dagomar and SCN that you hopefully didn't miss the first time.
-JV
Pokah!! Sep 05 2005
For those of you who don't know, our very own Yoda has written a battle report on poker. Why should I pay attention you ask? Well, even if you don't like poker too much, Yoda is a very decent writer. And if you do like poker...well, Yoda is like our Eriador, except poker instead of BW. I know he's won in excess of $200,000 playing poker, so that's proffesional level in my book. This report is about his first event in this year's world championship of online poker. It's a very interesting insight into the mind of a top poker player. I think people normally pay a decent amount of money for hand history and insight like this, so it's very good of Yoda to share this in the traditional br.com fashion. Excellent work my good man!
Mark4
Pros from Korea in a ZvP slugfest! Aug 09 2005
A text book perfect battle report by old reporting veteran Ling-erie, of everyone's favorite game BW. Check it out fellas, Ling-erie graduated with honors from the school of battle reporting and knows how to do it right!
-JV
Little FPS Action Jul 31 2005
I missed this when it first came out, but a little sunday morning battle report action made me a believer. A LOT of effort went into writing this story, and it shows. Good effort, the kind of effort that a master sculptor uses to create a masterpiece, as opposed to the kind of effort Kane makes in creating his macaroni volcano for his science project =]. Read and enjoy!
Mark4
Good Things Come in...Pairs? Jul 01 2005
First we have a Master of Magic report, the typing of which alone is enough to bring tears to my eyes. This game is one of the greatest of all time in my nostalgic memory, sort of like civilization with world devouring spells. Lets just say the report does the game justice.
Next we have SCN with a team [C]runk production. This in-joke fest features poor writing, and I apologize to all of you that have already clawed your eyes out from seeing the picture I'm using. But then again, if you clawed your eyes out how are you reading this? Ahem....okay, well at least Dag makes pictures worthy of a NH FFA style report. Plus JV himself is playing as well as myself, though not seriously =]. Enjoy!
Mark4
New FFA Tourney!**UPDATE** Jun 21 2005
Here we go again. For those of you wondering when the little guy is going to get a chance to win while Everyone allies vs Corbalt, here you go: FFA Tourney time. Click here for details. Basically We'll have a two round huge FFA tourney with the winners from the first round going head to head in the second. This should fun as heck, and the final winner get $75! Sign up quick. Oh, and I moved it to sunday this time to help people schedule some time for it.
Mark4
Our most esteemed report Zerg~Ling wins the tourney! With a disappointing turn out, but a singularly great game ZL takes down all comers and executes a nail biting finish that had him shaking ten minutes after the game was done. Excellent job by all players!
Mark4
NEW 2V2 TOURNEY! **UPDATE** Jun 07 2005
Okay folks, with very cool people like Ling and Dibbler practically shoving money down my throat, br.com is hosting a 2v2 Tourney. Click here for details. Essentially the same rules as for the 1v1 Tourney for eligibility, and on the day of the tourney two person teams will be randomnly assigned. So don't worry about finding a partner just sign up and have fun! First prize is $50 and second $30. Good luck to all and sign up quickly!
Mark4
Okay, update is in thw above post and the rules have changed. Hopefully this will make the tourney more accessible to our whole fanbase. Good luck!
Eriador and SCN won the tourney vs Corbalt and CKrad! Congratulations! The brackets are here, and the best game of the tourney is here. Thanks to everyone who played!
Tourney Day! **UPDATE****UPDATE** May 14 2005
Ok folks, it's time for the games! Starting 3:00pm EST in channel op Mark4, we'll be kicking this puppy off! Click Here for the tourney. Brackets go up in a few minutes.
Mark4
We have our winners! First Place is Corbalt, second is BlueRibbon (who beat a heavily favored Eriador) and Fox^1 takes third. Great job to all the players, and you can all expect some fantastic reports out of this.
I've finished the Tourney summary! If you want to know what games to catch the replays of just click and read.
Tourney Update and some GREAT Reports May 11 2005
It's been a very long time since we got two great reports in one week. First up is WhosGotLag.Ido with an ongoing LSN report. I like the game a lot a while back, and he certainly does it justice. The report makes a great intro to the game if you've never heard about it. Next we have BlueRibbon with what is truly a great brood war report. Slayer'sBoxer vs Didi in an all out slugfest. True BW fans CAN'T miss this report. As BlueRibbon says, if you like sex, you'll like this report. And even if you don't, you'll still like it Dagomar.
Click here for an update on the tourney with maps added.
Mark4
1v1 Brood War Tourney announced for Sat, 14 May May 07 2005
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm announcing the br.com 2005 invitational 1v1 tourney. This was the most popular choice by a small margin. After this you can look forward to a 2v2 tourney, and other smaller tourneys for different games. This tourney is open to people with a report scored seven or higher or known to me as highly regarded participants in the site (old schoolers). If you're not sure if you're old school just ask =]. Read the rules here. The first Place Prize is $75, 2nd is $50, and third $25. Good luck to all! Also, if you don't want to play but want to report or help run the tourney please email me.
Mark4
Mark4@battlereports.com
Tourney Time! Apr 28 2005
Ladies and Gentlemen, the tourney piggy bank is rather full. I leave it in your hands to decide the games to be played. As it's invitational, we'll be allowing certain old schoolers and anyone who has submitted a report with over an 8.4+ rating to play. Feel free to vote regardless of your eligibility, as hopefully we'll get some great reports out of this.
Mark4
A serious report Apr 24 2005
On a serious game
About a serious problem
By a serious reporter
Let me present to you a Drefsab Report
"It all started when a long lost friend linked me to http://www.food-force.com. This site, run by a radical faction within the United Nations, was offering a free computer game for download. Now like I said, I had no interest in helping to feed hungry people, but how could I resist the temptation to download a 221 MB installer file? Especially when I realized I could publish my high scores out to the food-force website! Had the download page not contained an emaciated, big lipped black girl staring forlornly off camera at her mother being shot by rebels, I might have ejaculated on my keyboard."
Now that's the serious stuff we've come to expect from my boy Drefsab. No humor on such a real topic, right mates?
Well, I just can't pass up putting my favorite quote in this one:
"We only have two minutes to find the hungry people. Apparently the helicopter is a rental and we've got to get it back before we start incurring late fees. Carlos flies like a madman and I'm working the searchlight like a lesbian on a double-ended dildo. Even so, I didn't think we had a prayer. However, the island was small and all the Sheylanites were walking aimlessly around outside their mud huts so we got a perfect score."
Mark4
Nice Warhammer 40k report! Apr 16 2005
Dustbiter has improved on his original Warhammer 40k report, and he did a great job. Check it out.
-JV
Turbo Noob Apr 10 2005
Strikes again! His first Metal Slug report was a highly readable ride. Part two expands on the humor and good fun of part one. Well worth wasting your sunday morning reading!
""Enemies ahead captain!" cried Eports, "They're heavily armed with large x's on the sides of their ships. I recommend we hold down the A button and move back and forth". Tarma dashed to look out the window as the submarine opened fire, spraying the area with deadly bolts of blue... lasers? fish scales? No matter, they were certainly deadly and in infinite amount."
Mark4
Migrated to PHP 5 Apr 04 2005
Brad the server guy upgraded us to PHP 5. It appeared to work fine, then later I noticed the mysql_result errors. Whoops! It appears I have fixed the bug in the forum that was causing that problem.
New Features you can all enjoy now that we have PHP 5....
#1. PHP 5 will increase the quality of all forum posts.
#2. Viewing battlereports.com with PHP 5 will make you more popular with the ladies.
#3. Your dog likes PHP 5.
#4. Smirk at your friends that are still visiting sites powered by PHP 4.
;-)
Raider releases part 3 of epic series Mar 15 2005
Impressive in scope...
Outlandish in its pure audacity....
Witness the marvel that is Writing History in Raider's 3rd part of an epic Civ 3 battle reporting series!
-Johnny_Vegas
Anonymous Fan awards EldritchEvil with gift card Mar 01 2005
I received an email from an anonymous fan of EldritchEvil's latest XCOM reports. He wished to thank him for his fine reports by awarding him a $10 Electronics Boutique Gift Card.
The latest patch for Warcraft III has arrived! Players of the Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne can now look forward to several key fixes and a bevy of new world editor features. The Frozen Throne has also been updated with new maps, numerous balance changes, and additional bug fixes.
The patch for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne includes:
Six new maps from our Bonus Map program, including Excavation Site (4 players), Echo Isle (2), Hinterland Raid (6), Ruins of Stratholme (6), Azeroth Grand Prix (8), and Extreme Candy Wars 2004 (8). The six-player map, River of Souls, has also been updated to allow AMM play.
Balance changes, including reduced build time for the Undead Banshee, increased gold cost for the Staff of Teleportation, and changes to the abilities of several neutral Heroes.
New environment and floating text functions for the world editor, as well as new triggers and unit states.
Numerous fixes to units and abilities for all four races.
The smaller Reign of Chaos patch includes several fixes to units, Heroes, abilities, and the world editor.
As always, for more detailed information on the changes to Warcraft III, please read the appropriate patch text file. "
Ripped straigth from www.Blizzard.com. Happy gaming folks.
Mark4
Warhammer 40k Feb 26 2005
Before all this new fangled Dawn of War stuff came out, there used to be a tabletop game that you'd play of Warhammer 40k where you'd move little figurines around in the real world and roll dice and pretend to shoot stuff. You know, like playing barbies for little boys. Ahem, right, not that I'd know about either of those things. And there was a board game version of it too for those who couldn't paint all the damn little figurines. So anyway, this tended to attract geeks, of all people. And geeks like computers too. So one geek programmed all the original board game into a form you can download and play, and of course where ever there is conflict there's some good old time story telling about how one guy kicked another guy's posterior. That's where dustbiter and his report come in. So read the report, download the game, and have yourselves a good weekend.
Mark4
My favorite tactical game Feb 09 2005
Eldritch Evil brings us the second installment of his X:Com, UFO Defense series. I have to say, xcom is one of my favorite games of all times. If someone would update the graphics I'd be back to playing it again in a heartbeat. Heck, I first played it about ten years ago and even last year I went back for a bit of a refresher. It's a great game and EE does it a fair amount of justice. Plus if you ask him too, he'll name one of his in game characters after you for part three. Sure, you'll probably get mind controlled by a sectiod and use your grenades to destroy your fire team and lose the mission, but at least you'll be in a br without having to hang out with Mareek in op ~nohunters, right? =]
Mark4
***** UPDATE ***** Part Four is up! Despite a lot of whining about no action I do get promoted in this part =].
Old School starcraft Jan 30 2005
Desert Demon, a reporter who doesn't get nearly enough respect, has released his latest bit of TvZ love. Sure, he did over dcotor a few pics, but if you click on any of them you get a pop up mini map! Lurkers and defensive matrix boys, it doesn't get better than this.
Mark4
Woah, nice report Jan 29 2005
Here's a very nicely done War3 report from some new blood. We hope he makes more!
If this was his first one, then no telling how much he could improve.
-Johnny_Vegas
Whos got lag? Jan 25 2005
Footmen Frenzy is quite possibly the best mod of WC3 out there. And Who'sGotLag.Ido is definitely in the top writer category for this site. Put that combination of pure reporting goodness together and you get a report that screams read me, and has more inside jokes than you can shake MCTFB's, well, you know what at. Get's to the reading boys, it's worth it!
Mark4
He's Back! Jan 20 2005
Our boy Heartcutter is back. In his classic style, HC explains the intricacies of first locating your opponents heart, then cutting it out. Cutting instrument left up to the reader. It's good to have one of my old opponents back in play. Too bad I've been doing just a taste of brood war instead of war3 =]. Of course, BW is still THE game of games in my humble opinion.
Mark4
The final chapter Jan 02 2005
Of the wretchedly named SuperCopKr's saga is here. But take heart dear readers, the quality of his name is in completely inverse proportion to the splendidness of his prose. It has been a LONG time since the first installment of his WW2 inspired fiction reached us, and it has always been good. It's a great blend of the perspectives of front line troops and tactical details. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but it sure as heck is mine.
"The aidman was often asked if a casualty was going to make it, if the wounded man would die. It was not always the case that he could give a clear answer, chance was always involved in these things. Despite the science to his methods, the knowledge he had of physiology, there was always an uncertainty to the fate of a man bleeding his bandages red.
He would answer, "I can't tell. It's too hard to tell right now."
And because by this time the soldiers were hungry, thirsty, and afraid, they would sometimes snap with some malice, "When the fuck can you tell, Doc? When he's dead?"
The aidman knew that everyone was stressed, but he had never really learned how to deal with frayed nerves. "That's just how it is," he said flatly. And he would crawl to the next foxhole, his eyes red with fatigue and his hands red, also, with the science of his trade." Wow.
Mark4
Remember Strifeshadow? Dec 31 2004
Our boy LordBrand from those halcyon days of yore used to work as a team member of sslegacy.com. Now that SS has passed into all of our fond memories, he's turned to Armies of Exigo for his RTS amusement. Click the picture to check out his site....this means you Zerg~Ling! =]
Mark4
Is it Cheesy to use pics to entice people to read your report? Dec 27 2004
Just ask Lithium. I haven't seen such a cheesy ploy since the last time I wrote a report, but heck, I'm repeating his folly on the front page so maybe it has something to it, right? On the plus side, he's got two cool starcraft games with people you might actually recognize from the site in them. And he uses the classic YourRoleModel ploy of korean speaking reavers. On the down side, you have to wade through a few paragraphs of rambling to get to the meat of it =]. Luv!
Mark4 P.S. Complaining about the girl picture got you this WLJ.
Merry Christmas to all Dec 24 2004
And to all a Lucky Newbie report. Whoa. You know, I would trade all the socks, hankerchiefs, and lumps of coal in my stocking for a report like this. Rome:Total War provides a great setting for Luckies narrative prose and graphical delights. In fact, I probably need to cut this short to go give Lucky his well deserved ten.
Oh, and lets not forget to mention, it's report #6000. As Keanu_Reaver would say 'Whoa'.
Mark4
I need to get cracking Dec 23 2004
I think this is my second report of the year. Ah, how the mighty have fallen. I claim a dispensation for having spent six months in Iraq though =]. Happy Holidays all!
Mark4
Armies of Exigo giveaway results Dec 21 2004
Congratulations to ZerG~LinG! You'll be receiving Armies of Exigo thanks to the fans for voting you in, and for clicking on the banner enough times for us to receive the game in the first place. Hopefully we'll see a cool battle report on the game some time.
In case you missed my post in the forum, we are giving away Armies of Exigo to a deserving reporter. Vote on the active reporter who you think will do a good job with an Armies of Exigo report, and who has reported on an RTS before.
We've got a new concept we are testing out here at battlereports.com, "tales" which are mini-reports based on your gameplay experience in an RPG or MMORPG game. Dagomar has just released an excellent tale on "Freelancer" which you may enjoy. Soon we'll have our own section for these types of reports, and a way to tie a series together.
Vegas authors a World of Warcraft "Tale" Dec 11 2004
See what happens when an orc and an undead warlock team up to gather "exotic mushrooms"!
-Johnny_Vegas
Armies of Exigo Dec 07 2004
Ladies and Gentlemen, you've probably noticed the new banner Ad for Armies of Exigo. It's a new RTS with some really cool features, and as gamers, we decided that it was a good fit for advertising on our site. Speaking of those features, here's what they have in store for you:
o Control any of three different armies: The Empire (knights, wizards, elves), The Beast (ogres, trolls, lizardmen), and The Fallen (dark elves, fallen knights and creatures of the deep).
o Wage war on two fronts simultaneously – above and below the surface – with a unique dual layered map system.
o Stunning 3D visuals bring the characters and environments to life.
o Immerse yourself in a fully interactive world: Blow up bridges, create avalanches to take out your enemies, cause subterranean lava flows to erupt aboveground, and dig tunnels from the surface into the caverns below.
o Engage the enemy with an army of up to 200 units for massive real time battles.
o Change the landscape of both the surface and underground by deploying units, such as Miners, and casting spells, such as Earthquake and Volcano.
o Single-player includes a three part campaign and skirmish mode to battle computer-controlled players.
o Go online and play in one of four multiplayer modes: Melee, King of the Hill, Mission, and Free-for-all.
Lots of good stuff in there, I especially have a weak spot in my heart for terrain changing by in game units. For me, that's one of the holy grails of the next generation RTS games. Very graciously, the company has offered us a free copy of thier game if enough people click on the banner. Johnny and I of course decided that if we get it, we'll give it away to whichever great reporter agrees to do a battle report on it for the site. So check out the Ad and click if you want to know more!
Mark4
Keanu Strikes Back! Dec 02 2004
Everyone's favorite Reaver has continued the saga of Jarius with Chapter Seven of his epic. So far this has been one work of fiction that a lot of people have really liked, so check it out to see what the hype is all about. Hey, at least Keanu isn't wasting all his time with WoW like everyone else (me).
Mark4
File Manager improvement - ZIP file auto-extraction Dec 02 2004
For all you reporters that bit their nails uploading one file at a time your pain has ended. Now when you upload a file with a .zip extension in your Report Center, the contents will be automatically extracted for you, folders and everything.
Lets see, we've got a revamped submission tool, and now you can upload all your report's files at once... Wouldn't it be a good time to start working on that block buster report?
-Johnny_Vegas
Turbo_Noob runnin' and gunnin' Dec 01 2004
Prepare yourself for some FPS
action, Turbo Noob style! Here's a game you probably never
played, because frankly it wasn't that good. Might be a find
in a bargain bin somewhere...
And now for something completely different Dec 01 2004
Holy Cannoli Batman, THIS is about as odd as a battlereport gets. If you're looking for godly starcraft action but can't find any, and now you're getting just a tad hungry.... well, step right up. Wow. Well, I guess we all have unusual...tastes. (groan)
Mark4
Why battle reports matter Dec 01 2004
We at battlereports.com are simple folk. We enjoy playing games, and we enjoy talking about playing games, and we like to read about playing games when we can't play them. That's right, we are the 1.4% of the gaming population that is literate, and damn it we are proud.
And then there is the noble hero known simply as "the battle reporter". This selfless individual is witness to a gaming session (or perhaps a real life event), and wants to preserve it for all time. Either to share a strategy in Starcraft, or just to give some friends a tutorial on a obscure but cool game, he reports.
The really great reporters are extremely talented individuals. With a mixture of artistic and literary prowess they entertain the rest of us, usually at times when we could really use some entertainment (work, school, when you've got a browser and nothing else).
Besides the contributions these reporters have made to entertaining the masses, they are also historians.
Twenty years from now people will be able to go back and have a deeper understanding of what things were like during this time. While online forums are great for current discussion, the sea of information that they produce
lead them to be poor historical records. Battle reports have more permanence.
Where will Blizzard go years from now when they have forgotten what it was like for the early Starcraft or Warcraft gamers? How could you learn anything about the
obscure but innovative RTS game that is Strifeshadow, that some are already starting to forget, yet you can still go back and find battle reports and get a good understanding of what it was like to play that game.
Stick around and you'll see that this is a strong and diverse community,
where legends and history are created.
Have a good one,
Johnny_Vegas
Reporting Themes Nov 27 2004
I was at Warsmith.org and saw a nice post linking to some battle reporting templates.
I had some time today so I went ahead and made some more improvements, this time to the Report Center.
Can now use HTML authoring tool when you create or open HTML files in the file manager.
linked the file manager and Submit Report page, so you can just click a link to create a report using a html file
HTML authoring tool in the file manager lets you browse/preview all your images in current directory
-JV
Report Submission Tool gets +1/+0 upgrade Nov 24 2004
I enhanced the report submitter so that you can now make use of a web based HTML editor. You can still create reports by externally linking to HTML files as well ('FILEREAD' still works for you old schoolers). Also the preview functionality has been significantly improved as well.
I am working on an additional improvement that will integrate the report submission tool into the Report Center, so that you can drag and drop images right into a report!
-JV
Do not miss this report! Nov 21 2004
If you looked in the dictionary under "extraordinary battle report" if such an entry were to exist you would find something like this.
My apologies to ZerG~LinG for not reading this the day it came out. I happened to be going through some recent reports that I hadn't yet commented on and came across this blockbuster. ZerG~LinG is a future hall of famer and one of a few key reporters that have really kept battle reporting alive these past couple of years.
-Johnny_Vegas
Kill the lagger... Nov 20 2004
Check out this interesting report on a MMORPG game similar to Worms/Scorched Earth that is a sensation in korea....
-Johnny_Vegas
And for you philistines out there who don't appreciate the simple beauty of this game, and the delicate humor of the report, there is a Jessica Alba picture at the end. That's right boys, a little something for everyone!
Mark4
New Navbar was denied Nov 18 2004
An unruly mob broke into the land of forgotten code and demanded the return of the classic navigation bar.
"To hell with simplicity" they shouted, "We are perfectly happy with a 20 link nav menu and we categorically refuse any attempt to simplify it!".
With his tail between his legs, Vegas is forced to replace the old nav bar, preserving the status quo.
FIN
Site easier to use (we hope) Nov 18 2004
I thought the navigation bar could use a little simplifying so I put a lot of the sub-links on their own pages. Let me know what you think.
-Johnny_Vegas
Half life 2 battle reporting prize! Nov 17 2004
To commemorate the release of a great game, we at battlereports.com shall award the next reporter who receives a final score of 9.0 or higher on a half life 2 report a special prize of $10. The winner must have a paypal account to receive the prize.
-Br.com staff
File Manager issue fixed Oct 26 2004
It seems that ever since we switched servers the file manager had a bug in it that allowed people to gain access to other people's accounts. Thanks to wakiki for pointing this out...
Alas! Our days of spamming random prank folders is gone :( I think a few people put folders named "LOL BADME SUX!" and "MORE FENCING BR PLS" in badme's account. I won't disclose any names, of course, although I may have been one of them ;)
The bug has now been fixed.
-Johnny_Vegas (who does not work for Microsoft)
More than 10 new reports restored! Oct 21 2004
Thanks again to zip_disk for restoring more classic reports. There are quite a few interesting ones here in this pile. Here is the link to a spreadsheet of ALL the reports that zip_disk has restored.
Zerg~ling has been cut. Good luck to the remaining competition. You should expect to receive an e-mail within the next couple of days."
In other news an old friend of the site, and hall of famer, returns to post a Texas Hold em Report that will have you singing the praises of the gambler himself.
Breeze now in the HOF! Sep 15 2004
From his first report (aptly titled 'First Report') to his presumably final work on the site in 2001, Breeze has blown his very own path through the hallowed grounds of BR.com with revolutionary skills in the graphical arts.
Contributed greatly with breathtaking flash movies and awe-inspiring 3D rendering
Gave us a constant reminder of how important the art of perserverence was, whether it be through graphics or the written word.
And secondly long time hall of fame reporter .Praetor has released the much anticipated 3rd part in his Rise of Rome series. .Praetor's adept usage of the english language leads to very interesting reports, no matter what game he is reporting on.
Lastly we have Who'sGotLag.IDO restoring the images from even more classic reports. It would have been a shame to see them lost forever, but now they are back for good. Classic Starcraft reporting goodness brought back to life!
More quality reports restored from days past Aug 30 2004
One of these days I'm going to ask Who'sGotLag.ido/zip_disk how many reports he actually has saved on his hard drive. All I know is they keep coming, and I'm grateful. Some of these are only partial restorations. Enjoy!
|]agomar, Master of the Universe releases another doozie Aug 24 2004
Hello there, it's |]agomar here. JV's generously allowed me to write my own news article, so here it is: I've written a new report, the concluding segment chronicalling the adventures of Team Rater through the Freelancer universe. It's extremely long and, like all my brs, brimming with adjectives and collages - so make sure you've got a while to read it. Oh, and LuckyNewbie isn't in it - all the more reason to read ;) .
-|]agomar
He keeps going... Aug 23 2004
All I can say is zip_disk must have a lot of old reports on his hard drive, as he's uploaded the images and fixed even more. And some of these are real classics, mostly from way back when Starcraft was on fire in 1999.
Old reports restored starring (Whoop, Ronin, Bob the Newt, King-Lewis) Aug 22 2004
We've got 2 more old school starcraft reports from 1999 with fully restored images for you, thanks to our official report curator zip_disk!
Ronin gets some Ownin - a classic Zerg vs Protoss matchup starring King-Lewis and Ronin.
a 2v2 on Hypothermia - Yes an actual animated gif of Johnny_Vegas nuking peons is finally restored!
Thanks again to zip_disk for restoring these reports.
-Johnny_Vegas
10 Classic Reports restored! Aug 19 2004
Sadder than starving children, is the fate of many old battle reports whose images were hosted at such nefarious "free" web sites as Geocities and Angelfire.
Who'sGotLag.IDO / zip_disk misfortune of not having decent internet access 4 years ago has turned into a big plus for the rest of us, as he has retrieved some classic reports that he had saved locally to his hard drive! What's more, about half of FLS's restored reports star ME, muaahaha, bonus. Do not miss Bob the Newt's restored report, it was ground breaking at the time.
Replay submissions back due to public demand! Aug 17 2004
Anyone can once again submit replays to the site. Periodically unpopular replays will be removed however. Also we added a new section for "Staff Replays" posted by Fox^1 and his team of quality replay posters.
.Praetor releases 2nd part of Civ 3 report Aug 13 2004
Ok, re-enabled replay submitter, but only for raters. If you have a great replay, ask a rater and he may submit it for you.
Created 2 modes for viewing replays, "Latest submissions" and "Top downloads". Also I deleted all replays in system with less than 150 downloads. This will work for now, until we get the new site up!
-Johnny_Vegas
Replay changes Aug 12 2004
The replays are largely crappy spam right? Not anymore. I disabled the replay submission tool, and reordered the "Browse Replay" section so that the top downloads show up first in the list.
Turns out we've got some pretty awesome replays on this site, they were just hard to find. Replay submissions will be renabled at some point in the near future. Most likely the general public will not be allowed to submit, there will be some sort of moderation process to ensure only high quality replays are submitted. Thanks go to Fox and others for suggesting these changes.
-Johnny_Vegas
zip_disk fixes classic reports! Aug 11 2004
Ok, after a very long boring period uploading pictures over a 28.8 one at a time (*cough<
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Raider (RIGHT): Like Psy, Raider is a consistantly excellent battlereporter granted the incomparable honour of representing battlereports.com. Raider has a strong grasp of the fundamentals of the 2v2, although he is 1-467 against Redneck_Firebat. He is the alpha male - the pants-wearer - in this terrific twosome, commanding respect and giving orders in typically dictatorial fashion. Usually selecting "random" in 2v2 competition, Raider will have the chance to shock and awe his opposition with the surprise of an unexpected race. Also, judging by the picture I found, he's better looking than Psy. Sorry, Psy.
NoBBiR throws hit hat into the ring with 2007's first poker battlereport, and the third ever submitted. Yahoo!
Veteran reporter James Baker III has published his 
When: 11:30 AM EST Saturday, June 17th 2006
Halp meh Zilaes!! NewbEye has crafted the complete starcraft strategy guide. Spread the word, and "prepare to get schooled."
You guessed it, 
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