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Spitfire
Profile Joined September 2009
South Africa442 Posts
July 29 2011 11:24 GMT
#241
It cant be an Esport because of.....smart casting?

Thats a first.
seansye
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1722 Posts
July 29 2011 11:31 GMT
#242
Topic and title are misleading.

I do agree with smart-casting. Makes this game much easier, but so does multiple building hotkeys, unlimited amount of unit hotkeys, smarter AI, Auto-mine and everything else. Everyone knows SC2 is a much easier game.
I will master Speshul Taktics.!
mdb
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Bulgaria4059 Posts
July 29 2011 11:32 GMT
#243
Smartcasting, mbs etc. lower the skill cap a lot. I dont think anyone can argue against this. But I think the faster pace at which SC2 is played makes up for that.
dlcofls21
Profile Joined July 2011
71 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 11:33:11
July 29 2011 11:32 GMT
#244
I agree with OP in that smartcasting/mbs/etc are really fucking stupid and terrible additions to the game (in terms of gameplay), however that makes the game no less exciting to watch. Sc2 is and will be a great "esport" for a long time.
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KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
July 29 2011 11:33 GMT
#245
SC2 already is quite an esport, lol.
England will fight to the last American
k!llua
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia895 Posts
July 29 2011 11:33 GMT
#246
brb going back to a christian fundamentalist forum and trying to preach evolution.

my hair is a wookie, your argument is invalid
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
July 29 2011 11:35 GMT
#247
First of all, purposefully sensational title. No good.

Second, statements like this are pure conjecture and fabrication and offer no insight as to why it would improve SC2 as an ESPORT or even what your definition of improvement is.

I feel that if SC2 is to really succeed as an E-sports it needs to be more challenging and the one way to do that that wont hurt the play of the average gamer and sales of SC2 or promotion of SC2 to new audiences, but actually help it is by removing smart casting which will make watching SC2 even more enjoyable and make all of us all be excited once again, since Brood War about things that pros can do and we can't.


When I see Demarcus Ware flatten somebody, do I think "that was really enjoyable because I could never do that" ?

Third, this is one of those "I don't like how the game is, and this is how I wish it would be" posts, that Chill complains about. We generally don't allow those, especially when they're just an unsubstantiated rant like this is.
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