StarCrafter

English Etymology From en w:StarCraft er occupation. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-StarCrafter.wav US Noun A player of the StarCraft franchise of video games. en Pete Sharpe Insurrection: Starcraft Add-on w:PC PowerPlay 29 October 1998 80 https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-029-1998-10/page/n79/mode/1up Insurrection’s claims of 102 new multiplayer maps immediately started a bad taste forming in my mouth, but fear not intrepid Starcrafters, this is one non[-]official expansion pack that doesn’t deserve to be melted in a vat of boiling fast food fat. en James Bottorff ‘Brood War’ expands ‘StarCraft’ universe Weekend The Cincinnati Enquirer, 158th year, number 309 6 8 12 February 1999 32 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/102400183/ On the other hand, newcomers or novice StarCrafters should polish their skills with the original before taking on the expansion’s missions. en incite TOP 20 incite Computec Media USA, Inc. December 1999 24 https://archive.org/details/incite-december-1999/page/n25/mode/1up 1526-2693 StarCraft: Battle Chest For hard-core StarCrafters only: this collection includes all the games in the series. en Rosa Harris-Adler The games we play with a Net w:Ottawa Citizen 12 May 2000 F4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/465967706/ With a little investigation, Ted learned his opponent was a professional Starcrafter, whose play online is sponsored — to the tune of 100,000 American big ones — by gaming companies and magazines aimed at gaming fans. en w:Allen Varney Gamer Nation The Escapist https://www.escapistmagazine.com/gamer-nation/]/[https://archive.org/details/theescapist_201911/TheEscapist_3_final/page/n3/mode/1up 26 July 2005 The Korean scene draws foreigners as well. Daniel “Rekrul” Schreiber, one of America’s best StarCrafters, moved from Ohio to Seoul to play professionally, but then found greater success there playing poker. en Darren Gladstone Starcrafters; Is the classic RTS ready for a comeback? w:Computer Gaming World 259 February 2006 1 https://www.proquest.com/docview/212875448 Starcrafters; Is the classic RTS ready for a comeback? en StarCraft II w:GamesTM 69 April 2008 54 https://archive.org/details/gamesTM069/page/n53/mode/1up Naturally, one of the main announcements to come from Blizzard was that the Xel’Naga, an ancient group responsible for the evolution of the Protoss and Zerg races, would feature prominently in the new tale. This led many StarCrafters to believe that the Xel’Naga would feature as a fourth playable faction, but this has been denied by the development team. en George Stewart Two great tastes that taste great together w:Electronic Gaming Monthly 233 October 2008 20 https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-233-october-2008/page/20/mode/1up What if a high-ranked Counter-Strike clan hooked up with some of those crazy Korean StarCrafters? w:Chris Remo StarCraft Wars June 2010 100 https://archive.org/details/wired-2010_06/page/n99/mode/1up Real-time strategy geeks measure their micromanagement skills in APMs—actions per minute. Pro StarCrafters can handle 400 APMs, and some suspected that StarCraft II would slow down the action so players could enjoy the lush scenery. David Hutchinson; Douglas Rankine Games 31 July 2010 23 https://www.proquest.com/docview/734447474 Diehard Starcrafters will be delighted en Sriram Gurunathan Gamers are social animals Digit 11 11 November 2011 38 https://archive.org/details/DigitNovember2011/page/n39/mode/1up Games such as Starcraft and Counter Strike have massive followings, with StarCraft even becoming a professional sport in Korea. Matches are telecast on TV, and some events attract upto 1.2 lakh people in attendance! Starcrafters are media celebrities out there, with one certain player, Lim Yo-Hwan having a fan club of more than half a million members. As Video Gaming Goes Pro, Viewers Pay Up https://www.npr.org/2012/02/25/147406033/as-video-gaming-goes-pro-viewers-pay-up 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120227192214/http://www.npr.org/2012/02/25/147406033/as-video-gaming-goes-pro-viewers-pay-up 27 February 2012 [MIKE] LAMOND: The protons are trying to get back to his base, force field to protect his army. One StarCrafter (unintelligible) take it out. Now, the immortal really needs to be focused on firing down the... / [SCOTT] SIMON: Wow. Now, Mr. Lamond, a lot of people find baseball jargon incomprehensible. What were you just saying there? / LAMOND: Essentially in that clip, StarCraft II, there is basically two sides. Bo Moore Tzu Can Play That Game 21 3 March 2013 68 https://www.proquest.com/docview/1328133675 Pro StarCrafters need insane reflexes (some manage more than 300 actions per minute) and possibly an innate grasp of Sun Tzu’s theories. en Video games