New posts from Cydra

Here are three new Blue posts from Cydra on the Starcraft 2 General Discussion Forum. They concern the current state of the Terran Sensor Tower, the Vespene Laughs Comic Contest and whether pressing Alt will have similar uses to WC3.

1. Is the proper name Radar Tower or Sensor Tower?
Sensor Tower

2. What model is being used: Radar Tower, Sensor Tower, or a completely new one?
Sensor Tower has a passive Radar ability which expose enemy movements within its radar capacity.

3. What are the stats? (mineral cost, gas cost, build time, HP, armor)
It costs 125 mineral and 100 geyser gas and it takes 25 build time. Sensor Tower has 200 hp and 0 default armor. You can upgrade the armor of buildings by 2 at Engineering Bay.

4. What is the range of the radar?
N/A

5. Do cloaked and burrowed units appear as blips within the radar's range?
No. Cloaked and burrowed units don't appear.

6. If yes for #5, will a unit be able to see cloaked and burrowed units that are within its visual range as well as the radar's range?
N/A

7. Does the Tower have any other special abilities besides its radar function?
No.

8. Is the Tower salvageable?
Yes. you can salvage it for 100% fund.

9. Is there anything else you can tell us about the Tower that I've missed?
N/A

We're pleased to announce the return of the monthly StarCraft "Vespene Laughs" Comic Contest on October 29! We received a ton of funny and creative entries in our previous contest; now we're inviting you to make the galaxy laugh once more.

To participate in each month's contest, simply submit your entries here (http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/contests/starcraftcomic/index.html) by the 28th of the following month. The first-place winner each month will win keys to the upcoming StarCraft II beta. Check out the official rules for more information here (http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/contests/starcraftcomic/rules.html).

Will holding the Alt button show unit/building hit points overhead as they did in Warcraft 3?
Yes. And you can change the option on the menu for this.
Normal: Only show when holding Alt
Selected: Selected units only
Always: Show all unit status bars

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