Saturday, October 15, 2011

Mr.NoBrain 리플레이 세번째 한국어 해설

다시 돌아온 Mr.NoBrain의 리플레이 입니다.

이번에는 저와 저의 친구간의 게임이구요

(Me) Mr.NoBrain [오크] Vs (Friend) Arbertro [오크]

이번 해설도 즐겨주셨으면 합니다.
언제나 주시는 관심 감사드리고
언제나 감사합니다.

(여러분의 리플레이도 해설 해드립니다, 생각이 있으신분은

ha013079@gmail.com

으로 여러분의 리플레이를 보내주시면 부족하지만 최선을 다하여
해설 해드리겠습니다.  감사합니다)

Mr.NoBrain 리플레이 두번째 한국어 해설

저의 두번째 워3 배틀넷 리플레이 동영상입니다.

(Me) Mr.NoBrain [오크] Vs Yange[나이트 엘프]

재가 한국인이기에 한국어로 해설이 편하여 이제부터는 한국어로
해설을 해볼까 합니다.  저의 첫작 즐겨주시기 바라고 다음에는 더
재미있는 리플레이로 찾아뵙겠습니다.

(여러분의 리플레이도 해설 해드립니다, 생각이 있으신분은

ha013079@gmail.com

으로 여러분의 리플레이를 보내주시면 부족하지만 최선을 다하여
해설 해드리겠습니다.  감사합니다)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

First Noob Replay Cast

Here's the first ever replay cast of one of the Battle.net games that I played a couple of weeks back.  Forgive the lackluster commentary...this is my very first try at doing this commentary thing.  When I watched this myself after recording it I really didn't like the way I cast the replay.
Anyways, I'll try to put more replays up, and I hope to God they'll be better than this.  

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Blood Mage - You've met your matchstick?!?

Human Hero - Blood Mage (He's bloody mad)

 - Fast attack rate.
 - Flame Strike is effective on units and buildings.
 - Banish matches well with Gryphons (can also cast on self and ally units).
 - Phoenix revives over and over as long as the egg survives.




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BLOOD MAGE SPELLS AND SKILLS
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Flame Strike: Conjures a pillar of fire which damages ground units in a target area 
over time.

Mana cost: 135




Banish: Turns a unit ethereal and slows its movement speed by 50% for 18 seconds (at level 3). Ethereal units cannot attack, but they can cast spells and will take 66% more damage from Magic attacks and spells.
Mana cost: Lv.1: 75 , Lv2.: 60,  Lv3.: 50 




Siphon Mana: Transfers mana between the Blood Mage and a target. Drains mana from an enemy, or transfers mana to an ally. Siphon Mana can push the Blood Mage's mana over its maximum value, though excess mana drains off rapidly if not used. 
Mana cost: 10




Phoenix: Summons a powerful Phoenix. The Phoenix burns with such intensity that it damages itself and nearby enemy units. Has Spell Immunity, and Resistant Skin. When a Phoenix dies, it creates an egg that will hatch into a Phoenix.
Mana cost: 175




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Paladin - His big hammer is compensating for...?!

Human Hero - Paladin (Better than nothing?!)

- Good defensive tanker unit.
- Slow attack speed.
- No offensive skill. [Holy Light can only damage undead units]
- Divine Shield has the same effect as Invulnerablity potion.
- Skills consume relatively small mana.



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PALADIN SPELLS AND SKILLS
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Holy Light: A holy light that can heal a friendly living unit or damage an enemy 
undead unit.

Mana cost: 65



Devotion Aura (passive): Gives additional armor to nearby friendly units. 


Mana cost: 0



Divine Shield: An impenetrable shield surrounds the Paladin, protecting him 
from all damage and spells for a set amount of time.

Mana cost: 25


Resurrection (Ultimate): Brings back to life the corpses of 6 friendly nearby units. The spell will choose the most powerful corpses to resurrect if there are more than 6.

Mana cost: 200  


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Mountain King - The Muther of All Dwarves !

Human Hero - Mountain King (The shorty with a big punch)

 - Good damage dealer and tanking unit.
 - Relatively low MP compared to other heroes.
 - The only hero who has a stun skill among human units.
 - Effective when carrying HP and MP potions.




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MOUNTAIN KING SPELLS AND SKILLS
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Storm Bolt: A magical hammer that is thrown at an enemy unit, causing damage 
and stunning the target.

Mana cost: 75


Thunder Clap: Slams the ground, damaging nearby enemy units. Units are also slowed for the duration listed below.

Mana cost: 90



Bash (passive): Gives a chance that the Mountain King's attack will do 25 bonus damage and stun his opponent for 2 seconds (1 second for Heroes).

Mana cost: 0


Avatar (Ultimate): Activate Avatar to temporarily give the Mountain King 5 bonus armor, 500 bonus hit points, 20 bonus damage and spell immunity.

Mana cost: 150

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Human Hero Archmage - It's not Gandalf !

Human Hero - ARCHMAGE (The old fart on horsey)


- Relatively low HP compared to other heroes.
- Brilliance Aura matches up well with Mountain King.
- Can summon multiple Water Elementals if Brilliance Aura is learned.
- Water Elementals are good tanking units.




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ARCHMAGE SPELLS AND SKILLS
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Blizzard : Calls down a wave of freezing ice shards that damage units in
a target area.

Mana cost: 75


Summon Water Elemental : Summons a Water Elemental to attack enemies.


Mana cost: 125



Brilliance Aura : Gives additional mana regeneration to nearby friendly units.


Mana cost: 0


Mass Teleport (Ultimate) : Teleports 24 of the player's nearby units, including Archmage to a friendly ground unit or structure.

Mana cost: 100



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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Moon's Back?

In my last post, I said that Moon has moved on to Starcraft 2, but it seems like he hasn't forgotten about Warcraft 3.  This is a video of a semifinal match between Moon(Night Elf) and YuRiFoCuS(Orc) for the opportunity to represent their country in the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2011.  Hey, who said Warcraft 3 was dead?!  It's alive and kicking, hooya!



The video commentary is in Korean... no English subs  :(
But, I thought the video was enjoyable nonetheless.  The voice of the male commentator was kinda annoying though.

ToD(Human) vs. Moon(Night Elf) WCG 2007 Grand Final

Here's a video of a match played between ToD(Human) and Moon(Night Elf) in the WCG 2007  Grand Final.  I think, at the time, both players were two of the best pro Warcraft 3 players in the world.  Dang, I wish I could play 1/10 as good as these guys...  Anyways, these guys were awesome.  Moon has moved on to Starcraft 2, but I think ToD had retired from the pro game scene.  BTW, the actual match starts at 8:08 in the video... Enjoy!

The Tech Tree - Humans

A so-called "Tech Tree" is a requirements map for buildings and units.  Essentially, certain buildings and units need specific types of buildings completed before they become available for build.  Here's a useful picture of the Human tech tree.


As you can see, the above picture only shows the requirements for buildings, and it does not show the requirements for units.  So, I'll list the requirements for units below.

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     Units                  |            Requirements             
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1.  Peasant                 |              Town Hall
2.  Footman                 |               Barracks
3.  Rifleman                |           Barracks, Blacksmith
4.  Knight                  |  Lumber Mill, Blacksmith, Castle 
5.  Spellbreaker            |  Arcane Vault, Arcane Sanctum, Keep
6.  Priest                  |         Keep, Arcane Sanctum
7.  Sorceress               |         Keep, Arcane Sanctum
8.  Dragonhawk Rider        |         Arcane Vault, Keep
9.  Gryphon Rider           |          Lumber Mill, Castle
10. Mortar Team             |      Keep, Blacksmith, Workshop
11. Flying Machine          |      Keep, Blacksmith, Workshop
12. Siege Engine            |          Castle, Blacksmith

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Basics - Humans

Now for the basics of the game...
There are four races available in wc3tft namely the Humans, the Orcs, the Night Elves, and the Undead from which you can choose one to play as.

These days I mostly play as the Human race, but I've played the other races before as well.  Since this is an RTS game, first you have to gather resources - gold and wood - in order to construct buildings that produce units. Basically, units are the "soldiers" you use to battle your opponents.

When you start a game as the Humans you're initially given 5 resource gathering units called "peasants" that can gather gold or wood, and construct buildings.  No matter which race you choose to play as, you're given 5 resource-gathering/builder units in the beginning.



Now, let me get into something called a "build order".  A "build order" is exactly what it sounds like... it's the order in which you assign gathering/building tasks to your "peasants".  For now, I'll concentrate on the initial Human build order.  Let me just say that this is the build order that I use, but there are many other ways of starting off.


   1.  Train a peasant at the Town Hall. When he comes out send him to the gold mine.
       (1a.) Immediately send all initial 5 peasants to the gold mine until gold reaches 455.
        Note: The 5 peasants should be mining gold already before the first trained peasant
                 comes out of the Town Hall.
   2.  Take 3 peasants that are mining gold away from the gold mine.
       One peasant should build an Altar, one should build a Barracks, and the third one
       should build a Farm.



   3.  When the 3 peasants are done making these buildings send the two that were
        building the Farm and Barracks to the nearby trees to gather lumber.
   4.  The peasant that built the Altar should next build another farm.  This peasant will be
        used solely for building from this point on.
       (4a.) Train a Hero at the Altar.
       (4b.) Build three more Farms.
   5.  Meanwhile, train 2 more peasants at the Town Hall and send them to the gold mine.
   6.  At this point, you should have 5 peasants mining gold and 2 gathering lumber.
   7.  Train 3 more peasants and send them to the trees to gather lumber.
   8.  At the completed Barracks train 3 Footmen.
   9.  Take the peasant from step 4 and build an Arcane Vault.
        (9a.) After completing build, make the peasant build more farms.
  10. Take one peasant away from gathering lumber and build a Scout Tower.
  11. Use the peasant from step 10 (after Scout Tower completion) and build a Lumber Mill
       (near trees).
  12. Use the peasant from step 11 (after Lumber Mill completion) and build a Blacksmith.
       (13a.) After completing build, make the peasant gather lumber.
  13. Upgrade your Town Hall.

Here, I've listed just the initial build order, and didn't really get into what you should do with the Hero or the Footmen once they've been produced.  I will try to get to those in later posts.

    Greetings!

    Hello World!
    So, this is a blog for the RTS (real-time strategy) game Warcraft 3, or more specifically "The Frozen Throne" expansion pack which was published by Blizzard in July of 2003.  Warcraft 3 is considered by many to be one of the best RTS games of all time. You may be asking, "Why make a blog about a game that came out 8 years ago when there are many other newer games available?"  Well, it's because I still play Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne and still enjoy it tremendously.

    There are newer RTS games like Starcraft 2,which is also published by Blizzard, but I prefer playing Warcraft 3 instead for a number of personal reasons. For one thing, Warcraft 3 has a "hero" character system which is lacking in many other RTS games. The addition of this system allows for much deeper play mechanics - the "hero" plays a vital role in-game as you battle the computer AI or other human players online through Battlenet. Another system that is lacking in most other RTS games is the special "item" system.  These special items are obtainable by killing monster (creeps) NPCs at specific locations throughout the map or by purchasing them at item shops.  And, last but not least, the "hero" characters are able to level up and gain new abilities or strengthen existing ones.

    So, that's Warcraft3 The Frozen Throne aka wc3tft in a nutshell.  I will try to go into some of the specifics of the game in later posts, but for now this should give you a rough idea of the game. Ah, one more thing before I end this post, I am by no means an "expert" at wc3tft, but I just love playing the game. There have been times when I had forgotten about the game and just left it sitting on my bookshelf. But, when I do come back to it, it's always been a ton of fun.