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KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
August 20 2012 01:33 GMT
#81
I can't really understand how you came to the conclusion that they're not patch zergs from your "data". . . .
not that I really care but the OP looks uber flawed.
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Sroobz
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1377 Posts
August 20 2012 01:34 GMT
#82
Well, 2 of these guys are still pretty bad vT actually. If you watched some of their play from IEM, they send their ENTIRE army to deal with drops. Vortix is actually pretty good
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MigzR
Profile Joined October 2011
Portugal89 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-20 01:35:09
August 20 2012 01:34 GMT
#83
On August 20 2012 10:03 Anta wrote:
SortOf just finfished school around april/may an started gaming full time from there.

Stephano says ZvT is pretty balanced. Sure he owns Protoss but this is how he rolls long before 1.3.4 , other zergs still have trouble (ask idra).

slivko and vortix are just fucking good.

T whining is just awful... we had so many tournaments with TvT semis and finals - it SUCKS!
bless god that time is over..

Yeah, now comes the times where finals are played zvz, watching those amazing and exciting slow and dull roach on roach battles, or standard every game early ling baneling aggression, you just can't predict what's gonna happen!!!! Hopefully we'll have a lot more of those to come!!!
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
August 20 2012 01:36 GMT
#84
On August 20 2012 10:33 KawaiiRice wrote:
I can't really understand how you came to the conclusion that they're not patch zergs from your "data". . . .
not that I really care but the OP looks uber flawed.


I guess you didn't care enough to read what I wrote before " my data ". You'll find why my conclusion is what it is. You say it looks flawed but not why, which makes me think you only looked at the results without reading the rest.

Please read it and give me a more detailed opinion, I would love to hear it from a respectable player like yourself.

That is... if you care.
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blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
August 20 2012 01:36 GMT
#85
Fake. It's simple these so called parch zergs people throw around would have made a splash as soon as patch hit. Now of days terrans are winning in tvz again (well Korean terrans). Zvt is already swinging pretty even again in Korea and the patch didn't make zvp broken its still balanced and boring to watch and play.
When I think of something else, something will go here
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
August 20 2012 01:41 GMT
#86
Yeah Vortix is really a patch Zerg, he uses so many queens...oh wait
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MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-20 01:42:21
August 20 2012 01:42 GMT
#87
The thing is, patch zergs seem to only exist in the foreign scene. Zergs in korea had a short but strong revival in GSTL, but have settled back down into being even, possibly below terran and toss. And so we've had european zergs crushing korean terrans, but korean terrans generally doing fine vs korean zergs.
So in conclusion:
EU OP.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Areon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States273 Posts
August 20 2012 01:43 GMT
#88
On August 20 2012 09:18 nkr wrote:
I hope these number can put a hold on the name calling, if only for a bit.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to discuss! (sorry for the lack of fancy pictures)





What the fuck? These numbers will only add fuel to the patchzerg flames. An increase to ZvT across the board? And you thought this would be supportive?

Ultimately the most important thing to note is that correlation does not equal causation. Without the patch I'm sure these players would have improved and had similar results.
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
August 20 2012 01:45 GMT
#89
On August 20 2012 10:43 Areon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 20 2012 09:18 nkr wrote:
I hope these number can put a hold on the name calling, if only for a bit.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to discuss! (sorry for the lack of fancy pictures)





What the fuck? These numbers will only add fuel to the patchzerg flames. An increase to ZvT across the board? And you thought this would be supportive?

Ultimately the most important thing to note is that correlation does not equal causation. Without the patch I'm sure these players would have improved and had similar results.


No one would expect any less than an increase in ZvT across the board. ZvT in general is much more zerg favored now than it used to be before the patch. However if they were patch zergs then surely ZvT would be the matchup carrying them since patch ? that's what the stats show has not happened
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Oiseaux
Profile Joined May 2011
United States676 Posts
August 20 2012 01:48 GMT
#90
Anyone trying to claim that these guys only got good due the the patch clearly don't follow developing SC2 players (and slivko I'd argue is pretty developed, whereas SortOf and Vortix have more recently have been making waves - from my own experience I've seen SoftOf destroying the daily tourneys for quite a long time now). And yes OP, I read your post and saw that you are saying they aren't "patchzergs." TBH I don't think any one player can be considered a patchzerg; the baddies are still bad and the good zergs just got that much more of a leg up (i.e. they still deserve the results they're getting).
"[S]o be ready to kiss a few donkeys with glued-on paper horns during your unicorn hunt." -Some stupid 4x4 magazine
sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
August 20 2012 01:48 GMT
#91
I think its right to assume that their success is largely due to the patch.

I think its wrong to assume that this is because the patch made zerg overpowered against terran.

The patch only exacerbated Zergs lategame strength by reducing the high rate of Terran early game all-ins which created the initial equilibrium (what Blizzard calls "balance"). I think Terran just needs more options late game, design wise, and then it will be more balanced.
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BretZ
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1510 Posts
August 20 2012 01:48 GMT
#92
I dont get it...the game seems pretty balanced but since everyone hates losing they seem to blame on whoever wins. Since terran just continue to build marine/tank and not try to change strategies seems like they blame the patch more and more.
Orek
Profile Joined February 2012
1665 Posts
August 20 2012 01:54 GMT
#93
Definition of terms:

Patch Zerg
A zerg who only started making a splash in the scene after patch 1.4.3 balance changes, released the tenth of may 2012, implying that this zerg only is where he is at due to the patch, and the supposed zerg imbalance that comes with it.

Campaign Terran
A terran who only made a splash in the scene before patch 1.4.3 balance changes, released the tenth of may 2012, implying that this terran only was where he was at due to initial terran design that Blizzard apparently spent more time on for WoL single player terran campaign, and the supposed terran imbalance that came with it.


Patch Terran
A terran who will only start making a splash in the scene after patch 2.X.X balance changes in HotS, released sometime in 201X, implying that this terran will only be where he will be at due to the patch, and the supposed terran imbalance that will come with it.

Campaign Zerg
A zerg who will only make a splash in the scene before patch 2.X.X balance changes in HotS, released sometime in 201X, implying that this zerg will only be where he will be at due to initial zerg design that Blizzard apparently will spend more time on for HotS single player zerg campaign, and the supposed zerg imbalance that will come with it.


and we compelete the cycle in LotV with Campaign Protoss vs Patch Terran/Zerg.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
August 20 2012 01:55 GMT
#94
Focusing on the patch is a huge mistake. Zerg are doing well because of the overall climate of the game (I'm not really sure if 'metagame' is appropriate here, but some people might phrase it that way) is favorable to them. I don't think too many people would claim that the patch had a huge impact on PvZ, but some would claim that Z is favored at least in the late game. You don't even have to rely solely on win percentages, but you can observe certain behaviors as the re-emergence of 2 base all ins.

I can't help but compare JonnyRecco with Cruncher. Time will tell if he has more success than Cruncher.

Saying there's no such thing as 'patchzergs' is tantamount to saying there's no such thing as balance or shifts of power. These things happen are cyclical, and are to some extent in the control of the playerbase (if not individual players) so you might as well accept it.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
KiF1rE
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States964 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-20 01:56:55
August 20 2012 01:56 GMT
#95
i think its more of look zergs are getting stronger at macro and mechanics all around,Something that is basically hitting a bubble and popping and many zergs that are putting in hardwork are now getting to that level of play. This was happening before the latest patch, zergs were always rising before it. The concern i have is, that look at all the zergs rising up and playing well in the foreign scene. Where is all the foreign tosses and terrans rising up and placing well in tournaments? While some could argue feast and fraer for example, but they are no where near the results of the swarm of new zergs rising to the top.
Valikyr
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2653 Posts
August 20 2012 01:59 GMT
#96
I think it's funny that more or less the only up and coming players/random ppl that manage to place high have been zergs for like the last six months ^^
AngryMag
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1040 Posts
August 20 2012 02:00 GMT
#97
read on TL long before I finally registered. This is the first time in this community that a bunch of new and upcoming players get insulted and belittled for actually being succesful. A real lowpoint for this community, everybody who shouts "patchzerg" should rather work on his own play and not belittling others.
hasuterrans
Profile Joined April 2009
United States614 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-20 02:03:33
August 20 2012 02:02 GMT
#98
On August 20 2012 11:00 AngryMag wrote:
read on TL long before I finally registered. This is the first time in this community that a bunch of new and upcoming players get insulted and belittled for actually being succesful. A real lowpoint for this community, everybody who shouts "patchzerg" should rather work on his own play and not belittling others.


This is definitely not the first time.
AngryMag
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1040 Posts
August 20 2012 02:03 GMT
#99
On August 20 2012 11:02 hasuterrans wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 20 2012 11:00 AngryMag wrote:
read on TL long before I finally registered. This is the first time in this community that a bunch of new and upcoming players get insulted and belittled for actually being succesful. A real lowpoint for this community, everybody who shouts "patchzerg" should rather work on his own play and not belittling others.


This is definitely not the first time.


you had individual players insulted (Cruncher for example), but you had never a whole bunch of newcomers belittled because of the race they happen to play.
hasuterrans
Profile Joined April 2009
United States614 Posts
August 20 2012 02:04 GMT
#100
On August 20 2012 11:03 AngryMag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 20 2012 11:02 hasuterrans wrote:
On August 20 2012 11:00 AngryMag wrote:
read on TL long before I finally registered. This is the first time in this community that a bunch of new and upcoming players get insulted and belittled for actually being succesful. A real lowpoint for this community, everybody who shouts "patchzerg" should rather work on his own play and not belittling others.


This is definitely not the first time.


you had individual players insulted (Cruncher for example), but you had never a whole bunch of newcomers belittled because of the race they happen to play.


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