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Random Monobattles Pro tournament, because why not - Page 15

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Darkfrog
Profile Joined December 2011
Austria211 Posts
February 16 2012 15:29 GMT
#281
Can´t wait for this. Much love tb <3
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Salix
Profile Joined March 2011
New Zealand16 Posts
February 16 2012 21:45 GMT
#282
On February 16 2012 23:50 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
With the no medivacs thing... I don't know if I'm thinking way too hard about this, but would it be worth banning ventral sacs as well? Zerg kind of get their dropship free.


I dunno if I'd consider 200/200 cost and the inevitable loss of supply-generating units to be "free".


I'm pretty sure he means it's free in the sense that it doesn't cost the team 1 of their (probably more helpful) unit types.
amazingoopah
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1925 Posts
February 16 2012 22:25 GMT
#283
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chocopaw
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
2072 Posts
February 16 2012 23:05 GMT
#284
Wow, this is truely great! Thanks for organizing it, TB. =)
SC2 needs more events like that. Just some dicking around. I remember Husky doing a FFA with all the TL guys back in beta. Once in a while it would be great to see more of that.
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Tanlatos
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Brazil9 Posts
February 17 2012 00:21 GMT
#285
Awesome TB!! Any idea when this will be coming up?
Fatze
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1342 Posts
February 17 2012 10:35 GMT
#286
TB is the man - this announcement is awesome.
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Doomtrain2
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany45 Posts
February 17 2012 13:09 GMT
#287
cool, nice Idea! - wondering if you have tested this with pros already? because the random factor is quite huge.

Exciting! Looking forward to that.
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Chilling5pr33
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Germany518 Posts
February 17 2012 16:45 GMT
#288
Is it allowed to transver recources?
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EdSlyB
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Portugal1621 Posts
February 17 2012 16:59 GMT
#289
I wonder if the koreans ever heard about monobattles? ^^
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SolarJto
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States260 Posts
February 17 2012 19:46 GMT
#290
Sounds awesome ^^ When is this?
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TheRealPaciFist
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1049 Posts
February 17 2012 20:22 GMT
#291
On February 15 2012 10:29 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I'm negotiating a date with them at the moment. It's a case of finding a good time for everyone. Last thing anyone wants I think is to plonk the tournament down at a time when none of the big names can play and we end up with Anna Prosser vs Hotbid or something. Actually wait, that's genius, I could PPV the hell out of that.

Anyway I'll let you know when I have something and do the proper announcement. I didn't expect it to get as much traction as it did, I guess an amusing sideshow is appealing to people.


I'm just excited to see players having to play in an environment that is all about adaptation rather than just preparation. Random monobattles wouldn't be the only way to achieve this - another possibility would be random two-unit restrictions (inspired by the Funday Monday where you were not allowed to build any two units determined by the opposing player), or whatever. Regardless, this sounds like a lot of fun
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Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-17 22:48:30
February 17 2012 22:48 GMT
#292
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CCow
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany335 Posts
February 17 2012 22:59 GMT
#293
On February 18 2012 04:46 SolarXPn wrote:
Sounds awesome ^^ When is this?

Really would love to know that as well!
Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
February 18 2012 00:51 GMT
#294
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Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
February 18 2012 10:20 GMT
#295
On February 13 2012 11:19 Gheed wrote:
Trash talk should be encouraged, nay required, to simulate the real battle.net monobattle experience.

I expect an hours of ruthless cannon rushing.


Haha this will be good!
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
February 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#296
On February 16 2012 21:59 SKC wrote:
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On February 16 2012 21:50 Barrin wrote:
Is there a version where you can't get warp prism?

Perhaps medivacs too. Queens seem barely okay. Corruptors kinda seem way underpowered too, unless the enemy gets collosus/carrier/BC/brood lord or has a zerg to hunt the overlords of.


Well, this is in the rules:

"Standard EU Random Monobattles rules, forced random unit and race, no medivacs, mothership, warp prism or corrupter."

So I assume the map alredy excludes those units automatically, if that's what you are asking. About queens, i think they may actually be quite good against certain units, specially air.



zerg can produce queens just like all races can produce workers - however they don't get any attack.
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
February 18 2012 13:36 GMT
#297
On February 18 2012 20:59 y0su wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2012 21:59 SKC wrote:
On February 16 2012 21:50 Barrin wrote:
Is there a version where you can't get warp prism?

Perhaps medivacs too. Queens seem barely okay. Corruptors kinda seem way underpowered too, unless the enemy gets collosus/carrier/BC/brood lord or has a zerg to hunt the overlords of.


Well, this is in the rules:

"Standard EU Random Monobattles rules, forced random unit and race, no medivacs, mothership, warp prism or corrupter."

So I assume the map alredy excludes those units automatically, if that's what you are asking. About queens, i think they may actually be quite good against certain units, specially air.



zerg can produce queens just like all races can produce workers - however they don't get any attack.


On February 16 2012 23:50 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Queens are actually pretty good in monobattles because of their excellent AA and ability to support other units with transfuse. They're particularly effective if you have another zerg player on your team because monobattles rules prohibit more than 1 queen per hatchery UNLESS your unit is queen, meaning the queen player can spread creep for the other guy as well as spread creep over the map far more rapidly than you'd expect. They're also fairly durable units which does help and they scale pretty well with upgrades.


So not exactly like workers, 1 queen per hatchery. Which seems fine production-wise, but I guess can be annoying if you get something like hydras, since you can't spread creep as effectivelly.
r4pture
Profile Joined May 2011
United States397 Posts
February 18 2012 14:47 GMT
#298
Totally looking forward to a date and (more importantly) a player list.
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skrzmark
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1528 Posts
February 18 2012 15:40 GMT
#299
Is there a rule if the opposing team has all ground units and the other team is about to lose but lifts off into the corner so you can't win? That's fucking annoying in monobattles whenever I play.
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Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
February 18 2012 17:09 GMT
#300
On February 18 2012 22:36 SKC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2012 20:59 y0su wrote:
On February 16 2012 21:59 SKC wrote:
On February 16 2012 21:50 Barrin wrote:
Is there a version where you can't get warp prism?

Perhaps medivacs too. Queens seem barely okay. Corruptors kinda seem way underpowered too, unless the enemy gets collosus/carrier/BC/brood lord or has a zerg to hunt the overlords of.


Well, this is in the rules:

"Standard EU Random Monobattles rules, forced random unit and race, no medivacs, mothership, warp prism or corrupter."

So I assume the map alredy excludes those units automatically, if that's what you are asking. About queens, i think they may actually be quite good against certain units, specially air.



zerg can produce queens just like all races can produce workers - however they don't get any attack.


Show nested quote +
On February 16 2012 23:50 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Queens are actually pretty good in monobattles because of their excellent AA and ability to support other units with transfuse. They're particularly effective if you have another zerg player on your team because monobattles rules prohibit more than 1 queen per hatchery UNLESS your unit is queen, meaning the queen player can spread creep for the other guy as well as spread creep over the map far more rapidly than you'd expect. They're also fairly durable units which does help and they scale pretty well with upgrades.


So not exactly like workers, 1 queen per hatchery. Which seems fine production-wise, but I guess can be annoying if you get something like hydras, since you can't spread creep as effectivelly.


Just build an extra hatch for an extra queen to spread creep! C'mon, gotta think like a mono-battler. You'll probably float extra larva anyway for a while so you might as well spread creep instead of inject a couple times.
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