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UC Berkeley Offering Starcraft Course
The Tumeroks blog reports that the University of California, Berkeley is now offering a class on Blizzard's Starcraft real-time strategy game. "This course will go in-depth in the theory of how war is conducted within the confines of the game Starcraft. There will be lecture on various aspects of the game, from the viewpoint of pure theory to the more computational aspects of how exactly battles are conducted. Calculus and Differential Equations are highly recommended for full understanding of the course. Furthermore, the class will take the theoretical into the practical world by analyzing games and replays to reinforce decision-making skills and advanced Starcraft theory."
Who ever would have thought that the words "Zerg Rush" would have a legitimate chance of showing up on a final?
Will it be possible to zerg-rush through the course?
Do you think the students will rush this course ?
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They could make some use of the Campaign Editor to create maps for specific examples, whether it be theory or history based.
Also, would be interesting to see the course material leak online, since plenty of people can go along with examples.
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I don't get it.
Next time, we'll have a course on spreading butter on bread.
... find this article very interesting!
It's a "DeCal" class run by students. Although a decal class requires a sponsorship from a professor, it is neither taught nor closely supervised by a professor.
I doubt this is for real.
I cannot found anything on the http://berkeley.edu/ web site.
The "official" web site is http://michaelo.phswebs.com/BerkeleyStarcraft/index.html. This page look much like a "student" page and not like a "cours page"
Does anybody got an "official" link on the berkeley web site?
the Balanced Annihilation mod really lets you enjoy strategy to a decent level of detail, while slashdot readers should really have a look at the geeky Kernel Panic mod ...
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Calculus and Differential Equations are highly recommended for full understanding of the course.
They may still won't 'understand' Starcraft until they get their asses handed to them by a 12 year old Korean kid.
starcraft has been patched and refined so many times since 1998 that it is a near perfect example of balanced strategy which requires long term planning as well as short term planning, instant decisions and twitch.
there is no 'annihilation' mode in starcraft. you have to carefully craft your strategy.
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The people/person who made the decisions to forward this and all other nonsense subjects for degree qualification need to be severaly re-educated themselves.
Seriously how is this knowledge ever going to benefit anybody in their lifetime. Its establishments that promote degrees like this, that devalue further education and as a result all students by association. They aid to perpetuate the stereotype of lazy freeloading students, adding nothing of value to society.
This distgusts me.
I can just imagine the first class. The teacher will be standing there wondering where all his students are, then all of a sudden... "ZERG RUSH!", and everyone tries to squish through the classroom door all at once.
Don't Californian colleges have enough Asian students?
If you had four buddies colluding in a 3v3 then you weren't really playing the game, you were just being jerks. If you had three in a 3v3 (all on one team) then it is a valid strategy. But it should never work against non-newbies since the other team should outnumber your SCVs by the time you reach their bases. Or at least the third target should have real defenses and a strong economy by the time you reach him and be able to counter you easily.
Yesterday many of you were complaining about how immigrants were taking American jobs.
Now you're talking about analyzing an RTS as part of a university course. That looks awesome on the resume.
IMHO, the educational standards the US *thinks* it has, it does not. I went through an underfunded public school system, then to a public university in a different country. I come to the US, and the company I'm interning at is doing a fund raiser for an "underfunded" school in the area. A school that happens to have two pools, volleyball courts, tennis courts, an auditorium, etc., none of which my high school ever had. If that is underfunded, I think the problem is not funding, but something else.
The drive for success in American culture has almost disappeared. It is not "needed" anymore. Your undergraduate studies have become so expensive that only those with trust funds from already rich parents can even afford to go to college or university.
Seriously, take a step back and look at *why* this is happening.
In unrelated news, admission applications to UC Berkeley from Korea have doubled. Admissions workers are puzzled by the number of students named "Kekekeke".
Until I can get my PhD in StarCraftery I will take a pass. Besides, I will likely be too busy playing to care.
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This is a Decal course. Any old schmuck can "facilitate" a course on any subject, as long as it is approved (by a board of other schmucks). I'm sure there has been a porn decal in the past: "Ponography in the 21st Century" or some such. As cool as it would be, this is not an actual credit course taught by a professor or Graduate Student Instructor. Sorry guys.
http://www.decal.org/home/index.php
$15 - waived if student currently owns Starcraft and Brood War
I heard that, back in the day, there were Virtua Fighter 2 classes in Japan.
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it's actually listed as "Remaining a virgin throughout college - 101"
"Advanced Starcraft theory" leaves a weird, tingly sensation in my mouth.
You mean a class where you sit playing a game on your laptop while some professor is at the board giving a lecture? I had that class in college. I called it physics101... and intro to computer science... and ... well you get the picture.
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Is the board game Starcraft being used in the course? The link doesn't seem to work. Yehuda http://purplepawn.com/