Idra was waiting for someone to do mineral gather rate analysis for starbow. Well, i did it just for him! Since there doesn't seem to be a dedicated starbow forum, so I'm gonna post the link here:

Starbow gather rates analysis link.
http://tinyurl.com/lzurrwh

Please feel free to disperse it in other forums.
The basic conclusions were:

100% saturation means 8 workers on 8 mineral patches.

SPREAD WORKERS! When saturating the base from 100% to 200% saturation, drones add income at an average of 63% efficiency. Past 200% saturation, worker efficiency drops down to 22%.

Always transfer workers to saturate newly created base. It will repay itself in less than a minute and will add 50% increase in income after that.

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

January 28 2014 09:06 GMT

#57605

So apparently Idra really enjoys Starbow? What are his current thoughts on the game? Does he seem to enjoy it a lot?

Whole

United States6046 Posts

January 28 2014 19:52 GMT

#57606

On January 28 2014 18:06 Incognoto wrote:
So apparently Idra really enjoys Starbow? What are his current thoughts on the game? Does he seem to enjoy it a lot?

From reading his posts on the thread, it seems that he enjoys the game. He posted a few balance opinions, but since the game is so new, he isn't assertive about it. (He knows that he needs to be cautious with balance opinions while the game is so new.) You should go check out his posts to get a more complete idea of his thoughts, but if you only read one post, read this:

On January 17 2014 10:28 IdrA wrote:
general thoughts after playing a bit more
zerg production seems wonky, but may just be designed that way. seems like 2 hatcheries per base, even mining suboptimally, is necessary. queens dont seem like they make as big an impact as the t/p boost mechanics but not sure.

zerg units feel really slow, especially for zerg units. might be necessary but just design wise i'd prefer weaker, faster units. feels more zergy. although faster units kind of forces turtely gameplay from your opponents so it might be a smart sacrifice to make.

it's really fuckin annoying that recall still goes through if you kill the arbiter. goliaths also seem much worse than they were in broodwar. i didnt experiment with using vikings in their place, and apparently vikings on the ground got buffed, plus starport is necessary for 2/2 grades, so that may be a better option.

spider mines (or whatever theyre called now) seem shit. they do not work at all aggressively, which was one of their coolest applications in bw, created a lot of control on both sides. they didn't even seem super effective defensively, in front of a tank line. im not sure exactly how the manual trigger works, i tried to use it a couple times and it didn't seem to make a difference, may just be me fucking it up though.

storm still seems absurdly strong but i think p would have 0 chance vs z without it, and at least it's cooler and more workable than forcefields.

Deleted User 137586

7859 Posts

January 31 2014 01:07 GMT

#57607

Awake Gracklings, time to vote for IdrA in the "Best Starcraft 2 stream'' category.

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

January 31 2014 17:45 GMT

#57608

idra casting anything atm?

askmc70

United States722 Posts

February 01 2014 01:25 GMT

#57609

Anyone know what happened?

WombaT

Northern Ireland27332 Posts

February 01 2014 01:29 GMT

#57610

I await confirmation of this, I hope it was just some mischievous soul on his Twitter

Wedge

Canada580 Posts

February 01 2014 01:34 GMT

#57611

-- Eh, not worth it

TBone-

United States2309 Posts

February 01 2014 01:39 GMT

#57612

Read on reddit he's leaving to go back to school. Came from Destiny's skype on his stream.

WombaT

Northern Ireland27332 Posts

February 01 2014 01:45 GMT

#57613

If so best of luck Greg, been a great addition to the scene these years

jnsjr

United States461 Posts

February 01 2014 02:22 GMT

#57614

Just got the cancellation. Good luck in whatever you do Greg. Will always be a fan and hope you keep streaming.

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

February 01 2014 02:23 GMT

#57615

Well...

Good luck Greg.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

February 01 2014 02:26 GMT

#57616

On February 01 2014 10:25 askmc70 wrote:
https://twitter.com/idra/status/429423307587219456

Anyone know what happened?

I imagine he's quite sick of playing starcraft (can't blame him). After doing it so long I bet he's going to start going to school or something, he's probably done with esports now from the sound of it (I could be wrong!).

Best of luck always enjoyed the commentary :D

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

February 01 2014 02:30 GMT

#57617

Don't see anything wrong with returning to school. Good luck!

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

February 01 2014 03:17 GMT

#57618

School is good. Best of luck to him and his lady.

gophario

United States169 Posts

February 01 2014 03:52 GMT

#57619

I would assume he will still cast given the opportunity but nothing wrong with exploring new options in his life. He's spent plenty of time playing starcraft including an extended period where he didn't really enjoy himself. If streaming isn't gonna pay the bills then it's time to give something new a shot.

GLGL and please stream some ole' casual bullshit for us every once and a while

radscorpion9

Canada2252 Posts

February 01 2014 04:07 GMT

#57620

Yeah I can't imagine him growing old playing Starcraft 2 on stream, a game he seems to have a love-hate relationship towards (now mostly hate), which has also surely become stale after playing it thousands of times over.

You kind of need a 'real' occupation at some point because you can't stream SC2 (or just playing games generally) for the rest of your life. I think streaming is generally only useful as an ancillary source of income unless you are a very entertaining person, so it really makes sense that he decided to go back to school and learn. I wonder what he's going to study??