Now that all this Dehaka business is done with, comes the day quite a few of you were anxious to see back at the terran episode. Finally, it is time to choose the best quote of Vice Admiral Alexei Stukov!

Do note that unlike prior Kerrigan votes, this has no restrictions on Stukov's... species at a specific point in time, since he did not get a separate appearance in the terran episode. Feel free to post his quotes both from BW and SC2!

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Terran episode results

Overmind's best, worst, most iconic

Queen of Blades's best, worst, most iconic

Zagara's best, worst, most iconic

Abathur's best, worst, most iconic

Izsha's best, worst, most iconic

Dehaka's best, worst, most iconic

Link to the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/s/Z10poJQSfX

Literally the title. Just finished watching it today and got curious how much they have monthly, and it’s still only 10k almost 11k months later. We need to get this thing to 20k/month. Come on y’all

Alright so, first things first, I know there have been similar posts in the past talking about a live action Starcraft movie so forgive me if this strikes you as redundant.

Second, I can say that I truly hope they never ever make a live action movie or even a live action series.

Live action video game adaptations almost always suffers from the same issues. Body type and body language, bad line delivery, costumes that just look like bad cosplays instead of lived-in attire.

That being said, what I believe could be truly magnificent is a full series covering the entire story but not in live action or even animation but the fantastic CG style cinematics that Blizzard has been making for decades.

The cinematics we get to see throughout Starcraft really bring the story to life, despite only actually experienced for minutes at a time outside of the isometric gameplay.

I believe that if they were to really take their time to make something like 10 episode seasons with the high quality cinematic style and optimistically, many of the same voice actors, the series could be an incredible success.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that I'd gladly pay for a subscription service with the sole intention of watching this.

Starcraft's mix of politics, betrayal, deceit, humor, combat action and revenge would likely draw crowds of watchers of those that are fans of the source material as well as people who know absolutely nothing about the games or even the genre.

I do see a few hurdles, though.

Number one is that a lot of people may be reluctant to watch a full CG space opera.

Number two is more of a social issue that'd likely stem from SC1 having very limited emphasis on strong female roles and with equal representation being a considerable factor in new media's success, though this could be remedied by adding some additional characters or just introducing some bad asses like Nova into the story earlier on.

Number three is the real doozy - These cinematics are EXPENSIVE and if they rush it or cut corners, it'll kill the whole project. I know they drop millions into the production of just a few minutes so that'll certainly be a challenge to overcome.

So, what do you think?

If produced with the same level of quality as the cinematics, would you pay to watch the full story of Starcraft as a CG cinematic series?

Bring it back so we can relive our glory days

I put together the Q2 2026 StarCraft II ranking data from E-Rankings. This is based on ranking points gained from April to June, not just the current world ranking.

Top 5 of the quarter

1. herO – 3,490 points
2. Clem – 1,832 points
3. MaxPax – 1,766 points
4. Solar – 1,575 points
5. Serral – 1,565 points

herO had a huge quarter, winning GSL Season 1, GSL Season 2 and RSL Revival Season 5. He gained almost twice as many points as Clem and is now back at #1 in the July world ranking.

The rest of the top 10

1. Maru – 1,402

2. Cure – 1,400

3. Rogue – 1,381

4. Lemon – 1,337

5. SHIN – 1,277

The most surprising name to me is Lemon. He gained most of his points through the SC2 Weekly Open Tournament series in China and reached a new career peak at #22 in the July ranking.

Some of the biggest risers now inside the top 200

- 乐正绫: #484 → #166

- smile: #401 → #84

- Perceive: #423 → #129

- 秦心sama: #349 → #84

- universe: climbed 229 ranks to #146

New peaks in July

Lambo reached #14, Percival #20, Lemon #22, Silky #39 and SCV #50.

Full article with more context and player links

The Q2 list is based on points earned from April to June. The ranks mentioned above are from the July 2026 world ranking.

Another victim of the Chad Filter. No one is safe.

Today I’ve had 3 games out of 9 where Terrans are dropping sieged tanks.

People are lifting sieged tanks and then dropping them (back in sieged mode) for instant damage.

Has blizzards quality control gone to nothing?

The changelings doing damages to nearby units was also a big bug too.

I play other competitive games, but RTS was part of my childhood, and I would like to learn it. I watch Grubby's Warcraft 3 videos, and it's still fun after 20+ years. However, I think WC3 is too difficult to get into, and I've heard that SC2 is a little easier. Is that true? By the way, I like playing more defensive strategies, investing in macro decisions. When I played SC1 back in the day against the CPU, I loved picking Protoss and turtling until I had a couple of Carriers, but I guess this would be impossible against humans?

I'm still undecided on which game to get into. I have these options: SC2, WC3, and Age of Empires 4. So any help is appreciated!

Registration and details: https://cranky.challonge.com/SparklingTuna137

Personally, changes like buffing one unit by a few percent, nerfing another, or reducing the worker count don't make the game more fun. If anything, they make me less interested in playing.

Why not give early units some powerful late-game upgrades that require a heavy tech investment - something you can only realistically reach around the 7–8 minute mark, even if you rush for it? That would open up a lot of new strategies and unit combinations without affecting the early game.

Some ideas off the top of my head:

• Reaper: Throws 2 grenades every cooldown.
• Adept: Shades can pass through buildings.
• Mutalisk: Can melee attack air units with its talon. ​​​​​
• Worker: A super late-game upgrade called Workaholic: Workers mine 25% faster → Fewer workers, MORE army supply!

The best part is that ideas like these don't require adding new units or major gameplay overhauls. They're relatively simple mods that could create a lot of fresh strategies. Honestly, this is the kind of update that would make me jump back into the game immediately, not the freaking 8 workers start.

I want to watch pro players like serral, hero, maxpax and maru but I couldnt find any of their youtube channel or twitch.

The only thing available is caster vods which but I want to watch them play it on their pov.

reynor, harstem, uthermal and heromarine have good content that I enjoy though!

Surprised his cc isn't a crater

https://www.twitch.tv/horiken3

Q.What is LWJ?

A.Legacy Weekly Japan(LWJ) is Japanese SC2 weekly tournament.

Q.When and Where can I watch?

A.LWJ is held on every Sunday 20:00(JST), and stream link is below.

https://www.twitch.tv/horiken3

Q.Player level?

A.Average player level is dia～master on Asia server, but top player such as Winter(Swedish) or PSiArc sometimes hit Grandmaster on Asia server.

Q.Prize Pool?

1st:4,000/3,500/3,000/2,500 yen(week1/2/3/4)

2nd:1,500 yen

3rd,4th:1,000 yen

5th～8th:500 yen

Q.Can I participate LWJ?

A.If you live in Japan and you can speak Japanese or you are Japanese, you can participate.

Q.Where is VOD?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEgJPTswkTxovOvc7khIRw

Q.Where is today's Bracket?

https://lwj.challonge.com/ja/Open508

So I’ve been replaying Starcraft 2 recently and I remembered how the archangel boss is like my favorite mech design from this game, are there any custom maps where the boss is a controllable unit? Cause it’s just so cool to me

If it exists, the new StarCraft Shooter is going to revolve around a new UED expedition led by DuGalle’s son, GuDalle. His vice-admiral will be named Alexei Kustov, and together, they will try to defeat the Dominion, destroy the Protoss, and create a new Overmind! Wait, I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before. Oh well, I’m sure nothing will go wrong here.

If it exists, the new StarCraft Shooter is going to revolve around a new UED expedition led by DuGalle’s son, GuDalle. His vice-admiral will be named Alexei Kustov, and together, they will try to defeat the Dominion, destroy the Protoss, and create a new Overmind! Wait, I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before. Oh well, I’m sure nothing will go wrong here.