With the beta in full swing and tens of thousands living the dream that has been in the making for almost 12 years since Starcraft's original release, the professionals and amateurs alike are coming up with new strategies and build orders. The game has evolved quite a bit since then however, and if this is your first time returning to the Real Time Strategy genre in a while you might find that the strategies read like programming code! Fear not, this is your primer to understanding the acronyms and terms thrown around in a Starcraft II strategy conversation!

Get a stimpack and head over to Ten Ton Hammer's StarCraft II Terminology Encyclopedia for your briefing.