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United States3786 Posts
I remember somewhere it said that TLFE represents the constantly evolving history of TL. It's good that this thread of all threads came out. It's about time for the TL community to take a good look at itself. Here's what I see when I look through the thread:
The TL community has become primarily SC2 based. The TL community has grown VASTLY. The TL community has become much less experienced with many people having low-post counts. The TL community has become a lot shittier. The TL community has dropped to the level of flame wars.
Take a good look at yourself.
Good post OP. I think it really did show the elephant in the room. Just happened to be two.
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Actually you are right, but micro does still play a role and there is a lot less of it in starcraft 2.
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On May 13 2011 07:17 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:15 I_Love_Bacon wrote: I've thought about it a little more. My issue with the OP is not his base position, but all of his surrounding arguments.
Base position: BW players practice more and because of that create better games. If SC2 players practiced more like BW, they'd be better.
This is a fine statement and I think the overwhelming majority of people would agree with it. Where you lose me, and most of the dissenters, is when you meander off that topic and touch the outlying areas about it. Further adding to the problem was that the first SC2 final edit was essentially a blog post insulting SC2 players (note: obviously not his primary goal, but that is certainly how it comes off to most people). Many SC2 pros already practice 12 to 16 hours a day with 8 hours rest. There are only 24 hours in a day so, how can they practice more? I think only a part is the time they invest in the practice. The quote by Min tells us the other part. Quality of practice is essential. Are you working towards certain goals? (e.g., 40 games on the same map) or do you just mindlessly play games for fun?
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On May 13 2011 07:03 Murderotica wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 06:59 Weird wrote: I'm so glad that this post was made, it's really helped bring everyone here together, BW and SC II fan alike... Oh wait, it's done the complete opposite for 115 pages, thanks dickhead. No, I think it was the stupidity that arose from all the SC2 fans that has been doing that for over a year, and the BW fans trying to get simple concepts into their thick skulls, then the SC2 fans being pissed that they are being (rightfully) talked down to. This is just the best thread to vent that, and if you look through the thread, it's a pretty even division between people who take shits on this thread/argue with the OP while having no understanding of BW and people who agree with it.
I think one of SC2's biggest advantages is the quality of it's fanbase compared to Brood War's.
I've actually been trying to get back into Brood War, and every time I read a post like this I'm like "nope. Nothing for me here".
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On May 13 2011 07:17 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:15 I_Love_Bacon wrote: I've thought about it a little more. My issue with the OP is not his base position, but all of his surrounding arguments.
Base position: BW players practice more and because of that create better games. If SC2 players practiced more like BW, they'd be better.
This is a fine statement and I think the overwhelming majority of people would agree with it. Where you lose me, and most of the dissenters, is when you meander off that topic and touch the outlying areas about it. Further adding to the problem was that the first SC2 final edit was essentially a blog post insulting SC2 players (note: obviously not his primary goal, but that is certainly how it comes off to most people). Many SC2 pros already practice 12 to 16 hours a day with 8 hours rest. There are only 24 hours in a day so, how can they practice more?
It's about practicing efficiently, not so much about the sheer # of hours. The mechanics demanded by SC2 are less than SC:BW, so quite frankly thousands of hours aren't needed to really get them down. However, true analysis and a deeper understanding of matchups/maps are done by really trying/targeting different things while practicing. I think, at the moment, too much of sc2 is mass gaming as practice or maybe trying out very select build orders.
Honestly, I think (and I posted about it earlier) the inclusion of a true SC2 ProLeague would be huuuuge for its development. When players have a better chance to be chosen and have more games to prepare for, they'll spend their time more wisely. At the moment, with so few tournaments available to the majority of players, most of their time is spent down twiddling their thumbs.
edit: To extrapolate on my Proleague issue... BW actually has it down correctly, in my opinion. The foreigner scene actually has almost the opposite problem compared to the Korean scene. The sc2 scene for foreigners is almost an over-saturation of tournaments, so they spend so much time playing tournament games compared to legitimate practice it hampers them. In Korea, the opposite, there are so few games to prepare for that they don't spend their practice hours wisely. BW's balance, in comparison, is far superior when look at MSL/OSL/PL.
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Another parallel:
Nick Diaz is the Strikeforce middleweight champion (mixed martial arts). He's just an average, B-level boxer. In fact, there aren't any MMA champions that have had success in high-level boxing! What a farce the competition must be in mixed martial arts! There are clearly hundreds of boxers that could switch to MMA and dominate shortly thereafter.
What an utterly stupid line of thinking.
Success in one sport, or in one game, does not automatically transfer over to another similar (but still quite different) sport or game.
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On May 13 2011 07:23 Ribbon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:03 Murderotica wrote:On May 13 2011 06:59 Weird wrote: I'm so glad that this post was made, it's really helped bring everyone here together, BW and SC II fan alike... Oh wait, it's done the complete opposite for 115 pages, thanks dickhead. No, I think it was the stupidity that arose from all the SC2 fans that has been doing that for over a year, and the BW fans trying to get simple concepts into their thick skulls, then the SC2 fans being pissed that they are being (rightfully) talked down to. This is just the best thread to vent that, and if you look through the thread, it's a pretty even division between people who take shits on this thread/argue with the OP while having no understanding of BW and people who agree with it. I think one of SC2's biggest advantages is the quality of it's fanbase compared to Brood War's. . Now, that is just flat out wrong...
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On May 13 2011 07:25 phosphorylation wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:23 Ribbon wrote:On May 13 2011 07:03 Murderotica wrote:On May 13 2011 06:59 Weird wrote: I'm so glad that this post was made, it's really helped bring everyone here together, BW and SC II fan alike... Oh wait, it's done the complete opposite for 115 pages, thanks dickhead. No, I think it was the stupidity that arose from all the SC2 fans that has been doing that for over a year, and the BW fans trying to get simple concepts into their thick skulls, then the SC2 fans being pissed that they are being (rightfully) talked down to. This is just the best thread to vent that, and if you look through the thread, it's a pretty even division between people who take shits on this thread/argue with the OP while having no understanding of BW and people who agree with it. I think one of SC2's biggest advantages is the quality of it's fanbase compared to Brood War's. . Now, that is just flat out wrong...
Explain.
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On May 13 2011 07:24 I_Love_Bacon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:17 Medrea wrote:On May 13 2011 07:15 I_Love_Bacon wrote: I've thought about it a little more. My issue with the OP is not his base position, but all of his surrounding arguments.
Base position: BW players practice more and because of that create better games. If SC2 players practiced more like BW, they'd be better.
This is a fine statement and I think the overwhelming majority of people would agree with it. Where you lose me, and most of the dissenters, is when you meander off that topic and touch the outlying areas about it. Further adding to the problem was that the first SC2 final edit was essentially a blog post insulting SC2 players (note: obviously not his primary goal, but that is certainly how it comes off to most people). Many SC2 pros already practice 12 to 16 hours a day with 8 hours rest. There are only 24 hours in a day so, how can they practice more? It's about practicing efficiently, not so much about the sheer # of hours. The mechanics demanded by SC2 are less than SC:BW, so quite frankly thousands of hours aren't needed to really get them down. However, true analysis and a deeper understanding of matchups/maps are done by really trying/targeting different things while practicing. I think, at the moment, too much of sc2 is mass gaming as practice or maybe trying out very select build orders. Honestly, I think (and I posted about it earlier) the inclusion of a true SC2 ProLeague would be huuuuge for its development. When players have a better chance to be chosen and have more games to prepare for, they'll spend their time more wisely. At the moment, with so few tournaments available to the majority of players, most of their time is spent down twiddling their thumbs.
Click on the upcoming events tab to the right.
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This whole thread seems like a giant troll. A well constructed and immaculately written troll post.
My pros are better than your pros... hence my game is better than your game. Lets draw a line in the sand and take sides and fight about it.
Lets ignore the age of SC2... or the fact that its a different game... or the fact that bw pros make too much to be bothered changing games and proving the op right. I want BW pros in sc2. I want bw to die and sc2 to be balanced perfectly by blizzard so the whole world can join in unison to play the ultimate esport and have a true global champion! I want a global cup... that actually does decide the BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD.
But until sc2 is more balanced and strats ironed out and learnt (look at the changes to the meta game/balance patches in the last year... its far from being finished... not to mention 2 expacs to come) and gains more popularity in korea, this dream will never happen.
So for quite a few more years we will have these pointless dick waving posts and a divided community until either sc2 dies or bw gets eclipsed by sc2. Have to wait till after legacy of the void to see which happens. Patience children.... blizzard has much further to go before any real comparisons can be made. Why can't we all just enjoy the ride?
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i liked the article and cant say i disagree but i can see why people that only play sc2 will get annoyed reading this .
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On May 13 2011 07:26 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:24 I_Love_Bacon wrote:On May 13 2011 07:17 Medrea wrote:On May 13 2011 07:15 I_Love_Bacon wrote: I've thought about it a little more. My issue with the OP is not his base position, but all of his surrounding arguments.
Base position: BW players practice more and because of that create better games. If SC2 players practiced more like BW, they'd be better.
This is a fine statement and I think the overwhelming majority of people would agree with it. Where you lose me, and most of the dissenters, is when you meander off that topic and touch the outlying areas about it. Further adding to the problem was that the first SC2 final edit was essentially a blog post insulting SC2 players (note: obviously not his primary goal, but that is certainly how it comes off to most people). Many SC2 pros already practice 12 to 16 hours a day with 8 hours rest. There are only 24 hours in a day so, how can they practice more? It's about practicing efficiently, not so much about the sheer # of hours. The mechanics demanded by SC2 are less than SC:BW, so quite frankly thousands of hours aren't needed to really get them down. However, true analysis and a deeper understanding of matchups/maps are done by really trying/targeting different things while practicing. I think, at the moment, too much of sc2 is mass gaming as practice or maybe trying out very select build orders. Honestly, I think (and I posted about it earlier) the inclusion of a true SC2 ProLeague would be huuuuge for its development. When players have a better chance to be chosen and have more games to prepare for, they'll spend their time more wisely. At the moment, with so few tournaments available to the majority of players, most of their time is spent down twiddling their thumbs. Click on the upcoming events tab to the right.
I'm talking about Koreans, not foreigners. Foreigners have a different problems when it comes to practice.
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most of the people are pissed because the author says the sc2 competition is a farce. nobody is denieing that flash or jaedong would be good if they switch over. the main issue here is why somebody has to write this kind of article only to state somehing that most bw fans think anyway.
I mean with this article u are not gonna change the minds of the sc2 fans. u are only flaming them. there is no article here on the front page written by any sc2 fan that says that bw competition is a farce because all the bw players are so bad , that only flash or jaedong are winning. there is no competition and so on...
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
Replying to the 'offtopic' posts: SC2 fanbase is just a lot younger. BW has had the same players for so many years, it's only natural that the BW community was more mature and in general had more 'quality'. But quality is a dreadful word for that, I think maturity is a better word. But for SC2 to grow, the younger and more quantitative fanbase is needed oh so much. So in a way it is a double edged sword.
Apparently the SC2 community is not developed enough to take such awesome (and opinionated!) posts. I honestly do not see why people take it so personal. Be happy that someone has a different opinion than you and learn from it. It does not harm you one bit. Or at least, it should not.
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Calgary25988 Posts
On May 13 2011 07:27 Bobgrimly wrote: But until sc2 is more balanced and strats ironed out and learnt (look at the changes to the meta game/balance patches in the last year... its far from being finished... not to mention 2 expacs to come) Can you exactly explain what changes happened to the metagame in the past year? Bonus points for not making a list of popular strategies.
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This is the most depressing thread I've ever read on TL. I used to watch BW, now I watch SC2. The OP hasn't told me anything new (top level BW players are insanely good, yes), and hasn't decreased my enjoyment of SC2, but it has greatly decreased my respect for the TL community. I never realized there was so much anger and bitterness between the BW fans and SC2 fans. Not just the fact that "current competition in SC2 is a farce" is given a front-page spot, but also the response from some of the veteran TLers has been really disheartening. Yeah, SC2 has brought in a lot of new posters, and a lot of them post like crap -- they're new, probably young, and not used to how things work around here; the mods will take care of those posters when they get out of line. But what excuse do the veterans have for belittling a huge portion of the TL community just because we happen to like SC2? We all love Starcraft and esports, why are we looked down on for not being diehard BW fans? :-(
I'm not talking about everyone, obviously, and there have been some stupid comments from the SC2 camp that warrant angry responses, but a lot of this thread is just... </3
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On May 13 2011 07:28 I_Love_Bacon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2011 07:26 Medrea wrote:On May 13 2011 07:24 I_Love_Bacon wrote:On May 13 2011 07:17 Medrea wrote:On May 13 2011 07:15 I_Love_Bacon wrote: I've thought about it a little more. My issue with the OP is not his base position, but all of his surrounding arguments.
Base position: BW players practice more and because of that create better games. If SC2 players practiced more like BW, they'd be better.
This is a fine statement and I think the overwhelming majority of people would agree with it. Where you lose me, and most of the dissenters, is when you meander off that topic and touch the outlying areas about it. Further adding to the problem was that the first SC2 final edit was essentially a blog post insulting SC2 players (note: obviously not his primary goal, but that is certainly how it comes off to most people). Many SC2 pros already practice 12 to 16 hours a day with 8 hours rest. There are only 24 hours in a day so, how can they practice more? It's about practicing efficiently, not so much about the sheer # of hours. The mechanics demanded by SC2 are less than SC:BW, so quite frankly thousands of hours aren't needed to really get them down. However, true analysis and a deeper understanding of matchups/maps are done by really trying/targeting different things while practicing. I think, at the moment, too much of sc2 is mass gaming as practice or maybe trying out very select build orders. Honestly, I think (and I posted about it earlier) the inclusion of a true SC2 ProLeague would be huuuuge for its development. When players have a better chance to be chosen and have more games to prepare for, they'll spend their time more wisely. At the moment, with so few tournaments available to the majority of players, most of their time is spent down twiddling their thumbs. Click on the upcoming events tab to the right. I'm talking about Koreans, not foreigners. Foreigners have a different problems when it comes to practice.
So GSL is not a proleague?
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On May 13 2011 07:04 K3Nyy wrote:
To put it in perspective, Idra, probably the most strongest foreigner in SC1 when SC2 came out, is pretty much dominating right now. MVP, the only A class player to transfer over is dominating pretty hard as well. If there was no solid relationship between SC1 and SC2, they wouldn't be winning nearly as much. .
However, people like IdrA still lose (rarely) to people like Combat-EX, whereas in BW someone like combat-EX would never be able to touch IdrA in 100 games.
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On May 13 2011 07:30 Beyonder wrote: Replying to the 'offtopic' posts: SC2 fanbase is just a lot younger. BW has had the same players for so many years, it's only natural that the BW community was more mature and in general had more 'quality'. But quality is a dreadful word for that, I think maturity is a better word. But for SC2 to grow, the younger and more quantitative fanbase is needed oh so much. So in a way it is a double edged sword.
Apparently the SC2 community is not developed enough to take such awesome (and opinionated!) posts. I honestly do not see why people take it so personal. Be happy that someone has a different opinion than you and learn from it. It does not harm you one bit. Or at least, it should not.
i think talking down to sc2 players isnt mature or showing quality at all...
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On May 13 2011 07:29 Miefer wrote: most of the people are pissed because the author says the sc2 competition is a farce. nobody is denieing that flash or jaedong would be good if they switch over. the main issue here is why somebody has to write this kind of article only to state somehing that most bw fans think anyway.
I mean with this article u are not gonna change the minds of the sc2 fans. u are only flaming them. there is no article here on the front page written by any sc2 fan that says that bw competition is a farce because all the bw players are so bad , that only flash or jaedong are winning. there is no competition and so on... Why would this be flaming? It's simply a different opinion, and an interesting one that makes a (good) point.
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