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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
May 31 2007 07:56 GMT
#1
You can practice warcraft for two months and learn all the skills
You can practice starcraft for two years and still haven’t mastered the basics
You can practice red alert for two decays and be as good as when you begin playing

When you can beat two computers in warcraft, you can start winning in multi-player
When you can beat seven computers in starcraft, you still can't win against humans
When you beat a computer for the eight millionth times you realize you never played humans

Play warcraft for two hours and you can loose to the same strategy 8 times in a row, suffering a crushing defeat
Play starcraft for two hours and you can loose to 16 different strategies 8 times in a rows, suffering a crushing defeat
Play red alert for two years and you loose to the exact same thing forever, suffering a crushing defeat

Play warcraft you only have to practice one race to learn all the match ups of that race
Play starcraft and you will realize, 3 years later, a Zerg exterminator used to be good with the zerg
Play red alert and you only need to practice on nation to learn every single nations.

Learn a few strategies from warcraft and you can start winning
Master fifty strategies from starcraft and you still can't start winning
Learn a few strategies from red alert and they’re all useless. Just stick to the one everyone uses--forever

A noob's day in warcraft: You cornered your enemy but they still managed to get out in one piece
A noob's day in starcraft: You realize apart from gorilla warfare there is also ground pushes, ambushes, harass, seiging, nuking, faking, etc.
A noob’s day in red alert: You realize strategies are pointless—mass mass mass!

In warcraft no matter how far you're from your base you can still return and save it in ten seconds(teleport)
In starcraft your army can be in the east side of your base and yet your west portion still gets wiped out.
In red alert, pay attention to your ore miners

In warcraft you scout once every 5 minutes and know what your opponent's army consists of.
In starcraft you scout 5 times every minute and still get false intelligence.
In red alert you scout for the first 5 minutes and there’ll be no need to do so anymore

In warcraft you can still guess what your opponent's army is made out of even if you don't scout for 5 minutes.
In starcraft your opponent's army will be made out stuff that completely counter yours if you don't scout for 3 minutes.
In red alert you don’t scout.

In warcraft you can relax if you win a big battle
In starcraft you won a big battle and got caught by a drop, loosing your base completely
In red alert you won a big battle and you feel good—it’s just normal routine.

In warcraft big battles are often one sided in body count.
In starcraft big battles are often two sided in body count.
In red alert dead people disappear.

In warcraft your army gets wiped out and you’re basically dead meat
In starcraft your army gets wiped out 10 times and the victor is still uncertain.
In red alert your army gets wiped out and it’s just everyday life—come back in 10 seconds

In warcraft you can watch half the replay and tell who's going to win
In starcraft you realize your prediction on the victor is wrong towards the last minute
In red alert you don’t know what a replay is, nor do you know about live games

In warcraft if your main base gets wiped out you're dead meat
In starcraft your main base, your expo gets wiped out and yet you and your opponent have already traded base, or you have your Command Centers floating everywhere.
In red alert you base can be blown up, as well as captured, stolen, sabotaged, and even packed up to leave the spot

In warcraft the game is set when all the resources are drained
In starcraft you drain every last drop of resource and still get a draw

In warcraft you can hold back, turtle and wait for your chance to come.
In starcraft if you hold back, turtle and then find out that every expansion are taken by your opponent with their workers working in it.
In red alert you only fight for resource, that’s the way it is

In warcraft you build a shit load of defense at your front door and your opponent tell you off for being cheap
In starcraft you build a shit load of defense at your front door and your opponent either drop you or nuke you
In red alert you build a shit load of defense at your front door, the back door and the interior of your base, and then you tell off your opponent for copying your base pattern.

In warcraft you can use bully lower level units with higher level ones
In starcraft you can use marines to counter carriers...

In warcraft you'll have to run when you see air units of opponent if you have no anti-air
In starcraft you attack with a muta rush and your base get wiped out by 3 groups of zerglings.

In warcraft you sometimes doubt that quantity makes up for quality
In starcraft you never doubt that quantity makes up for quality

In warcraft your heart break every time you loose a unit
In starcraft you'll know what’s a horde is like
In red alert a unit is made to die

In warcraft you don't separate your troops
In starcraft small scale battles are all over the map
In red alert the battle fields are all mutually agreed—where ore miners meet!

In warcraft you fight changes
In starcraft you change to fight
In red alerts there’s no such thing as ‘change’

In warcraft you're proud of your hero that's one level higher than your opponent's
In starcraft you're proud of your zealot that blew up 10 siege tanks by sacrificing itself to the spider mine field and tank fire.
In red alert you’re proud of your air unit that secured the resource node

In warcraft when your APM is over 150 you'll get bored that you start setting rally points
In starcraft when your APM is over 150 you'll be able to execute the most basic commands
In red alert when your APM is over 150 you’re out of your mind. APM does not exist in red alert

In warcraft you're excited when you micro 12 individual units
In starcraft carpet bombardment with 12 dropships on 12 different screens is still basic(maybe not...)
In red alert placing a building is micro

In warcraft even meteors can recognize friends and foes
In starcraft a careless psi storm will be more catastrophic to you than your opponent
In red alert your units kill each other

In warcraft you always say ‘that’s logical'
In starcraft you always say ‘that's possible’
In red alert you always say ‘that’s impossible’

In warcraft you'll learn what's efficiency
In starcraft you'll learn what's quantity
In red alert you’ll learn what’s ranking

In warcraft you'll learn the importance of level ups
In starcraft you'll learn the importance of economy
In red alert you’ll learn the importance of a huge army

In warcraft you learn how to battle
In starcraft you learn how to wage war
In red alert you learn how to follow the instruction booklet

In warcraft all maps are land based up till now
In starcraft there're island maps ever since WCG2001
In red alert you realize the map never changes

In warcraft you'll find out that there're a couple completely useless units in the game
In starcraft you'll find out that every unit pose an importance in certain strategies
In red alert you’ll find out that every unit are completely useless apart from the few exceptions

Warcraft is a test of your micro skill
Starcraft is a test of your brain and hand
Red alert is a test of your patience

Strategies in warcraft changes according to the latest patch
Strategies in starcraft changes according to the pros
Strategies in red alert are ambushes

Warcraft plays you around
You play Starcraft
Westwood plays you and red alert around

In warcraft you say the word imbalance and everyone start debating on race, hero and units
In starcraft you say the word imbalance and everyone disagree in general
In red alert you say the word imbalance and you’re in the wrong discussion—every nation is the same.

Someone says Warcraft is crap and you will get pissed and start fighting
Someone says Starcraft is crap and you will cast a sideward glance and ignore them
Someone says red alert is crap and you will get pissed but still agree

Play warcraft long enough and you'll find out that it's a great game.
Play starcraft long enough and you'll realize that starcraft is more than just a game.
Play red alert long enough and you’ll think a good company is more important than a good game.

Play warcraft long enough and you’re thinking about what a fun game warcraft is.
Play starcraft long enough and your daily actions are enhanced by starcraft.
Play red alert long enough and your get more and more single minded.

Play warcraft long enough and you know more and more.
Play starcraft long enough and you’re asking more and more.
Play red alert long enough and you learn more and more rubbish.

Warcraft is the most brilliant game Blizzard ever created.
Starcraft is the art created by god via Blizzard for all gamers.
Red alert is the reason why Westwood sucked.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
fookyou
Profile Joined March 2007
Canada351 Posts
May 31 2007 07:59 GMT
#2
Red Alert 1 was a classic, don't diss
Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
May 31 2007 08:01 GMT
#3
From many of your WC > SC statements, it seems you're a fan of games that play the game for you. ie.. units micro-ing themselves for you, basically easy-mode games.
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Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6106 Posts
May 31 2007 08:04 GMT
#4
lol @ red alert
#1 Terran hater
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-31 08:06:35
May 31 2007 08:05 GMT
#5
Man, a lot of your statements make it seem warcraft is better... when it's not!!! T_T

But you have a lot of starcraft favored ones, too.

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Spartan
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2030 Posts
May 31 2007 08:06 GMT
#6
A lot of his statements show why SC is better, and I'm sure at the same time hes trying to say WC is better.
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Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2529 Posts
May 31 2007 08:08 GMT
#7
On May 31 2007 17:01 Spartan wrote:
From many of your WC > SC statements, it seems you're a fan of games that play the game for you. ie.. units micro-ing themselves for you, basically easy-mode games.
I didn't read the whole post because it was way too long. But the parts that I did read, he seems to be saying SC is a better game than WC because of the fact that in SC, most of the actions are not automatic like in WC.
comabreaded
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
United States2166 Posts
May 31 2007 08:10 GMT
#8
ahaha thats great. i love the RA disses

"In red alert you build a shit load of defense at your front door, the back door and the interior of your base, and then you tell off your opponent for copying your base pattern."
I put the fu in fun
PaeZ
Profile Joined April 2005
Mexico1627 Posts
May 31 2007 08:14 GMT
#9
I loled at the last one, and i agree with mostly you say
berated-
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1134 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-31 08:19:22
May 31 2007 08:18 GMT
#10
Play warcraft long enough and you'll find out that it's a great game.
Play starcraft long enough and you'll realize that starcraft is more than just a game.
Play red alert long enough and you’ll think a good company is more important than a good game.


After playing this game for so long, I for one seem to have taken this for granted. It is so true how perfect this game really is. Thanks for this write up, it was a lot of fun to read.
jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
May 31 2007 08:19 GMT
#11
Haha I laughed a lot at this; really clever


Warcraft is a test of your micro skill
Starcraft is a test of your brain and hand
Red alert is a test of your patience

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Pressure
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
7326 Posts
May 31 2007 08:23 GMT
#12
In red alert dead people disappear.

rofl wtf?
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-31 08:26:07
May 31 2007 08:25 GMT
#13
Hahah wow that is LONG!
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Good work sir!
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SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
May 31 2007 08:25 GMT
#14
On May 31 2007 17:08 Blind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 31 2007 17:01 Spartan wrote:
From many of your WC > SC statements, it seems you're a fan of games that play the game for you. ie.. units micro-ing themselves for you, basically easy-mode games.
I didn't read the whole post because it was way too long. But the parts that I did read, he seems to be saying SC is a better game than WC because of the fact that in SC, most of the actions are not automatic like in WC.

It seemed to me that he kept going back and forth. But whatever D:
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CowGoMoo
Profile Joined December 2006
United States428 Posts
May 31 2007 08:26 GMT
#15
nearly all of those put SC>WC3.

funny thread =D
Lord.of.Nukes
Profile Joined December 2005
United Kingdom226 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-31 08:27:08
May 31 2007 08:26 GMT
#16
This one: + Show Spoiler +
In warcraft no matter how far you're from your base you can still return and save it in ten seconds(teleport)
In starcraft your army can be in the east side of your base and yet your west portion still gets wiped out.
In red alert, pay attention to your ore miners
and this one: + Show Spoiler +
In warcraft when your APM is over 150 you'll get bored that you start setting rally points
In starcraft when your APM is over 150 you'll be able to execute the most basic commands
In red alert when your APM is over 150 you’re out of your mind. APM does not exist in red alert
were my favorites.
~Legit~
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States408 Posts
May 31 2007 08:27 GMT
#17
Nice read

Warcraft plays you around
You play Starcraft
Westwood plays you and red alert around

rofl~
LegitMatthew
orionClan
Profile Joined March 2007
Canada188 Posts
May 31 2007 08:33 GMT
#18
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Good'Ol Outdoors Ay?
Bodom_Night
Profile Joined April 2007
United States33 Posts
May 31 2007 08:42 GMT
#19
hehe really nice article yea sc's so much more fun theres always something to do in wc3 you get so bored....
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
May 31 2007 09:01 GMT
#20
haha thanks for the comments...
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