BW General Discussion - Page 200

On August 20 2017 10:40 duke91 wrote:


Dunno. I went over to SC2 for a month in 2011 and went 70-5 or something ridiculous.

On August 21 2017 09:33 probelife66 wrote:


This is true.. I went from bw to master rank in SEA server in like a month. SC2 is way easier in my opinion.

On August 21 2017 10:50 SnowfaLL wrote:


Masters isnt some insane rank to achieve in SC2, it should be the standard rank of anyone with prior RTS experience. Getting GM in a month is another story, or top 100 even.

I think switching back to BW is easier for most who have played BW in their past (I feel much stronger than when I played before, from my SC2 experience) as opposed to those who've never played BW before switching, because the mechanics are quite different.

But of course, on this forum, SC2 is the worst game of all time and anyone who plays it is completely newb, and BW iccup C+ ranks would be #1 in the world in a month because its so easy (like that Flash fellow who couldn't win any korean tournaments for 3 years.. oh wait..)

On August 21 2017 12:32 probelife66 wrote:



Let me explain the logic to you. Master in sc2 is second highest rank. Lets call it C+ on iccup level equivalent to be conservative. I can tell you with 100% certainty that even with RTS experience coming from sc2 there is no way you could reach C+ eqivalent in a month with BW. You would spend a year or more fighting it out at D or D- level. That was my original point.

On August 21 2017 12:45 rauk wrote:


that is such an over exaggeration lmao. people with 'high level' rts experience reached B- on iccup in less than 6 months back in 2008/9: see beastyqt or kolll. if you're masters in sc2, you can reach C- at least in less than a year if you actually try hard

On August 21 2017 12:56 probelife66 wrote:


Completely disagree.

On August 21 2017 13:01 blade55555 wrote:


When did you play SC2? 1 month in 2010 when the game first came out or in 2013? Would be curious as if you played when the game just came out, everyone was new and was insanely easy to get masters.

Also really easy to get C- if you have previous RTS experience. You also can't really compare SC2 rankings to Iccup ratings. SC2 rankings there is always a certain percentage of players that are in masters. Iccup didn't have that "rule".

On August 21 2017 13:36 rauk wrote:
lol. they require different skills. they are different games. bw requires more apm than sc2, that's fine, who cares? also foreign pros beat korean pros all the time in broodwar up until like 2004 or 5, then all the foreigners quit bw. if there were as many foreigners playing bw as there are playing sc2 now, you'd see similar results in sc2 where kors are still on top but drop random games/series to the best foreigners (which still fucking happened even at the end of kespa era.... see legend beating 3 stx players in a row. or pj vs effort. or jaystar vs bisu)

On August 21 2017 13:30 probelife66 wrote:
By disagreeing with me your basically arguing SC2 and bw require the same skill level. Which they don't. You wont see foreign pros beating be pros as often as they do in SC2. Anyway that's fine if u disagree, just don't try and call me out like I'm saying something outlandish. Your just part of groupthink, I get it.

On August 21 2017 16:22 Liquid`Drone wrote:


Dude, learn to read and argue. He's not saying that at all. He's saying that the idea that anyone who starts playing bw is going to spend a year in the D- / D ranks is a wild exaggeration, and he's right. A top sc2 player can absolutely get to c+ ranks or thereabouts through 6 months of dedicated practice. The thing most players struggle the most with is the concept of 'always do everything as fast as you can' - this is something sc2 players are already familiar with. Understanding strategies and build orders well enough to achieve c+ is not all that complicated.