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The balance whining is starting to get out of hand. TL has always had a "zero tolerance" policy when it comes to addressing balance whine. Please be wary of what you post because we will be handing out mod actions now.
Motivate
Profile Joined June 2011
2860 Posts
September 08 2018 09:57 GMT
#321
wow... since when do people complain about broodwar perceived imbalance?

terran was doing extremely poorly up until now. in fact, up until this series people were still very skeptical of last or any terran besides flash. also, we're still at the stage where NO ONE can tvp besides flash.

i'm the biggest zerg fanboy but give credit where it's due. last played really well.
starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 09:58:51
September 08 2018 09:58 GMT
#322
On September 08 2018 18:57 Motivate wrote:
wow... since when do people complain about broodwar perceived imbalance?

terran was doing extremely poorly up until now. in fact, up until this series people were still very skeptical of last or any terran besides flash. also, we're still at the stage where NO ONE can tvp besides flash.

i'm the biggest zerg fanboy but give credit where it's due. last played really well.

people will find a way to bitch about anything
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8762 Posts
September 08 2018 10:02 GMT
#323
On September 08 2018 18:49 ShloobeR wrote:
Ahh okay just rewatching it, Ultralisk Chitinous plating upgrade finished while he was killing the first push, so he definitely would have had consume/lurker out

even if he could have gotten consume out, he would have to defend with ling/muta/defilers.
he wasnt teching to lurkers before the attack and to start when he realised the push was going to come fast, well he wouldnt have the resources for it.
if we analyse the game and judge their decisions by the second then yeah defilers could have been better but i doubt jd wanted to risk defilers being a bit too late. he needed to defend the 3oclock perfectly. even if the hatchery didnt die drone losses would be devastating anyway and defilers with swarm would still have incurred losses
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:07:45
September 08 2018 10:03 GMT
#324
Wow, didn't think it will end 4-0 but JD needs to improve his TvZ. Nevertheless the results it was a good achievement to get into finals. I believe in JD, let's smash that ASL.
And happy for Last, he finally gets his win and shows he's not just some other terran.
sunbeams are never made like me...
Delial1986
Profile Joined November 2015
29 Posts
September 08 2018 10:07 GMT
#325
Sorry, I don't think it's bitching, it is really simple observation. You can even find video with Korean zerg pros gathered and complaining about TvZ.
Lazare1969
Profile Joined September 2014
United States318 Posts
September 08 2018 10:08 GMT
#326
On September 08 2018 18:52 Delial1986 wrote:
I feel all discussions about what JD could do all pointless because Terrans are just fucking OP. And it is not about Last or Flash amazing skill, because I think JD strategical thinking and mechanics and all others skills are on the same level. He is just playing against OP Terrans. It is not without reason why Zerg didn't win any major tournament in SC for years!

Did you see how JD threw away like 4 lurkers in the first game? There were 2 chances he could've won that game. Second game was him gambling with only 2 sunkens to try to take care of a whole marine & medic control group. Third game Jaedong again could've won the game after he busted his two bunkers and ran zerglins up the ramp, but played too indecisively afterwards. Fourth game was probably the only game you could say was a BO win because of how strong 1-1-1 is in cross spawns.
6 trillion
chongu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia2593 Posts
September 08 2018 10:09 GMT
#327
There is still ASL, jaedong hwaiting!

Jaedong wasn't able to show us his standard tvz, but such is the nature of tvz, Terran dictates the flow of the game. Terran seemed imba in the first two maps, really reminded me of flash Vs jaedong games where jaedong is half the supply of the Terran player without too much happening. Haha

All in all, I wouldn't expect it to be a StarCraft tvz finals without whining.
SC2 is to BW, what coke is to wine.
Delial1986
Profile Joined November 2015
29 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:19:20
September 08 2018 10:18 GMT
#328
On September 08 2018 19:08 Lazare1969 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 18:52 Delial1986 wrote:
I feel all discussions about what JD could do all pointless because Terrans are just fucking OP. And it is not about Last or Flash amazing skill, because I think JD strategical thinking and mechanics and all others skills are on the same level. He is just playing against OP Terrans. It is not without reason why Zerg didn't win any major tournament in SC for years!

Did you see how JD threw away like 4 lurkers in the first game? There were 2 chances he could've won that game. Second game was him gambling with only 2 sunkens to try to take care of a whole marine & medic control group. Third game Jaedong again could've won the game after he busted his two bunkers and ran zerglins up the ramp, but played too indecisively afterwards. Fourth game was probably the only game you could say was a BO win because of how strong 1-1-1 is in cross spawns.


I see it a bit differently. Game 1 bunker rush into soft contain makes it all easy for Last, but JD comes with some smart moves - zerlings run by, snipes with scourges and is almost on his way to come back, but makes ONE mistake with lurkers and it is GG. Game 2 - Polaris - 2 CC first - I think with this map it's gg from Zerg anyway. Game 3: perfect example of how much advantage JD manage to get in the early game and it is still not enough to beat Terran. Game 4: 1-1-1 into spam rax, sv, marines, medics and just a-move unitl you win.

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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
September 08 2018 10:19 GMT
#329
On September 08 2018 19:07 Delial1986 wrote:
Sorry, I don't think it's bitching, it is really simple observation. You can even find video with Korean zerg pros gathered and complaining about TvZ.

You can find videos online of people saying that vaccines cause autism.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:20:36
September 08 2018 10:19 GMT
#330
No one is saying that Terran is overwhelmingly OP (eg 90% stronger than other races).

Surely in an asymmetrical game, it is less plausible that the matchup between both sides is perfectly 50-50 balanced.

Top Terrans are slightly favoured against top Zergs in most maps (eg 52-55%) - is that an unreasonable assumption given the entire history of BW? Anyway, the discussion was about why that such assumption may be true (eg flexibility of builds). If you don't agree with the assumption, then no need to be bitchy about it.
gg no re thx
Delial1986
Profile Joined November 2015
29 Posts
September 08 2018 10:21 GMT
#331
On September 08 2018 19:19 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 19:07 Delial1986 wrote:
Sorry, I don't think it's bitching, it is really simple observation. You can even find video with Korean zerg pros gathered and complaining about TvZ.

You can find videos online of people saying that vaccines cause autism.


Oh come on, this is really dick move to use such a comparison.
ShloobeR
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Korea (South)3819 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:27:33
September 08 2018 10:24 GMT
#332
On September 08 2018 19:02 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 18:49 ShloobeR wrote:
Ahh okay just rewatching it, Ultralisk Chitinous plating upgrade finished while he was killing the first push, so he definitely would have had consume/lurker out

even if he could have gotten consume out, he would have to defend with ling/muta/defilers.
he wasnt teching to lurkers before the attack and to start when he realised the push was going to come fast, well he wouldnt have the resources for it.
if we analyse the game and judge their decisions by the second then yeah defilers could have been better but i doubt jd wanted to risk defilers being a bit too late. he needed to defend the 3oclock perfectly. even if the hatchery didnt die drone losses would be devastating anyway and defilers with swarm would still have incurred losses


Well the point is I'm assuming he wasn't teching to lurkers because he had already made up his mind to go ultras.
If he had no intention of going ultras he would have started the hydra den / lurker tech earlier without a doubt

Considering he already had knowledge that the push was going to be quite tank heavy (and he had already lowered the vessel count a little bit), his decision to go ultras at any point just makes no sense to me. I guess we'll just have to disagree.
: o )
Motivate
Profile Joined June 2011
2860 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:33:04
September 08 2018 10:27 GMT
#333
On September 08 2018 19:19 RKC wrote:
No one is saying that Terran is overwhelmingly OP (eg 90% stronger than other races).

Surely in an asymmetrical game, it is less plausible that the matchup between both sides is perfectly 50-50 balanced.

Top Terrans are slightly favoured against top Zergs in most maps (eg 52-55%) - is that an unreasonable assumption given the entire history of BW? Anyway, the discussion was about why that such assumption may be true (eg flexibility of builds). If you don't agree with the assumption, then no need to be bitchy about it.

I find it is a very hard match up, yes. There are LOTS of ways for the Zerg to die from simple mistakes. As is the case with TvP or PvZ which are both very difficult for Terran and Protoss respectively (although I note on the previous page you say that Terran has a bag of builds vs protoss which I disagree with). However, a knee jerk response that Terran is overpowered isn't correct either.

You don't see people complaining that Protoss is overpowered whenever they beat Terran? Last ASL, Protoss had maps (Third World) where they could abuse both carriers and arbiters.
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
September 08 2018 10:32 GMT
#334
On September 08 2018 19:27 Motivate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 19:19 RKC wrote:
No one is saying that Terran is overwhelmingly OP (eg 90% stronger than other races).

Surely in an asymmetrical game, it is less plausible that the matchup between both sides is perfectly 50-50 balanced.

Top Terrans are slightly favoured against top Zergs in most maps (eg 52-55%) - is that an unreasonable assumption given the entire history of BW? Anyway, the discussion was about why that such assumption may be true (eg flexibility of builds). If you don't agree with the assumption, then no need to be bitchy about it.

I find it is a very hard match up, yes. There are LOTS of ways for the Zerg to die from simple mistakes. As is the case with TvP or PvZ which are both very difficult. However, a knee jerk response that Terran is overpowered isn't correct either.

You don't see people complaining that Protoss is overpowered whenever they beat Terran?


I was quite bitter when Snow defeated Flash last ASL actually. I still feel the map pool was terrible for Terran.

For the record, I play Terran in BW. I know how annoying we can be, even at lower levels of play
gg no re thx
whaski
Profile Joined December 2012
Finland577 Posts
September 08 2018 10:33 GMT
#335
Come on! Last hasn't been streaming for month now, just practicing for this. He has done jos preparation for semifinals and finals likely only to get bashed with "terran op".
it's not just a music it's something else
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 10:39:19
September 08 2018 10:35 GMT
#336
so when JD 4-0'd Rain did ppl bitch about Zerg OP? Or did people bitch about terran OP when Last beat SK?
lol JD fans are just sad that he lost, quit whining, JD did really well even if he lost, second place in 8 years, thats not bad at all
Faker is the GOAT!
Cryoc
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany909 Posts
September 08 2018 10:39 GMT
#337
On September 08 2018 19:27 Motivate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 19:19 RKC wrote:
No one is saying that Terran is overwhelmingly OP (eg 90% stronger than other races).

Surely in an asymmetrical game, it is less plausible that the matchup between both sides is perfectly 50-50 balanced.

Top Terrans are slightly favoured against top Zergs in most maps (eg 52-55%) - is that an unreasonable assumption given the entire history of BW? Anyway, the discussion was about why that such assumption may be true (eg flexibility of builds). If you don't agree with the assumption, then no need to be bitchy about it.

I find it is a very hard match up, yes. There are LOTS of ways for the Zerg to die from simple mistakes. As is the case with TvP or PvZ which are both very difficult for Terran and Protoss respectively (although I note on the previous page you say that Terran has a bag of builds vs protoss which I disagree with). However, a knee jerk response that Terran is overpowered isn't correct either.

You don't see people complaining that Protoss is overpowered whenever they beat Terran? Last ASL, Protoss had maps (Third World) where they could abuse both carriers and arbiters.

The majority of people play Protoss, so no surprise there.
http://www.twitch.tv/cryoc
darktreb
Profile Joined May 2007
United States3016 Posts
September 08 2018 10:40 GMT
#338
On September 08 2018 19:35 AzAlexZ wrote:
so when JD 4-0'd Rain did ppl bitch about Zerg OP?
lol JD fans are just sad that he lost, quit whining, JD did really well even if he lost, second place in 8 years, thats not bad at all


Yeah. I was rooting for JD but this is how BW works. ZvP, TvZ, and PvT sweeps are easier to come by.

Also this was winner's choice map selection. That means win streaks are more likely. 1-0 usually leads to at least 2-0. The nice thing about winner's choice is that reverse streaks also become more likely.
chuDr3t4
Profile Joined April 2010
Russian Federation484 Posts
September 08 2018 10:51 GMT
#339
sad for JD
happy for Last

making 1 mistake that loses you the game and makes you lose the initiative so you get sweeped in the finals... well that's brood war for you.
I live in Russia. I wear the fufaika, valenoks and the shapka-ushanka with the red star. I drink vodka straight from the samovar, and my riding bear plays on the balalaika.
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4951 Posts
September 08 2018 10:52 GMT
#340
I'm not saying T is OP I'm saying the specific build they ALL opt to go for now, is very very strong, up to the point of being OP, probably because it hasn't been figured out yet. The flexibility must feels so disgusting to play against.
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