Star Blog #54

A couple of things worth mentioning today.

1) I have a new Starcraft 2 machine on the way! yeah. Currently I play on a laptop with low settings etc. On low it is very playable on my machine but underwhelming to be sure. I ordered a new iMac 27" i7 Quad Core w/ 2 gig Radeon 6970m video card. So it's about move from a small laptop screen to a nice big 2560x1440 running the game on Ultra or Extreme graphics settings. Needless to say....very excited :)

2) Blizzard announced a benchmark for promotion (perviously this was very much hidden)

Basically for me Bronze to Silver will require 1200 points. I'm around 350 with about a 250 bonus pool so maybe half way there if I get some games in. I guess i'm not sure I'll be able to grind out enough games before Mid December when season 4 is supposed to end. Unfortuantely it's a some what busy time of the year and I just may not get the games in....but I'm going to try! I've been fairly dissapointed with how much time I've been putting into 1v1 lately (like none lol) so maybe this will be motivation to crank out some more games!

Here is the link to the article which discusses points needed (note you can be promted without hitting these point totals if your MMR is high enough and you are just out right winning a lot).

sea.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/195635/Climbing_the_Ladder_How_to_Earn_a_League_Promotion_-11_17_2011

EDIT: update forgot to mention something from now until the 28th SC2 is $29.99 - head over to Blizzard.net and get in on the fun.