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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13408 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-26 06:50:21
January 25 2015 03:52 GMT
#41
On January 25 2015 12:04 graNite wrote:
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On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:
On January 24 2015 20:26 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 20:18 Koivusto wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:54 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:32 ROOTiaguz wrote:
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.


no, please teach me sensei.


is this your full ability to discuss? this is a strategy forum, what are you doing here with this attitude?


Well you started your own argument with "Have you ever played sc2 before?"...Anyway I think Terran has it good in gold/plat level against mutas.I play toss and I constantly find it impossible to fend off mutas without phoenixes even though my games are far from the highest level

EDIT: Not impossible but reaaally hard


i think its harder with toss because you have less range and need to be more active. terran can also set up mines, but stalker or storm are just not the same thing as thors or vikings anti air


You should keep in mind who you are trying to argue with granite as Koivusto points out.


What does his name or skill have to do with his knowledge? Is it perfect because he is a "pro"? Yesterday I saw Nerchio with 0 upgrades in a 20 min game, pros make mistakes too.

Of course the cynical question was not my point of argument but it gave you guys an opening to just attack me instead of discussing, and that is the problem. iaguz also responded to my post with a post that added nothing to the discussion while you can also find that in every one of my posts.

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On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:

On January 25 2015 03:23 graNite wrote:
On January 25 2015 03:12 Saechiis wrote:
On January 25 2015 02:42 LongShot27 wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:54 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:32 ROOTiaguz wrote:
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.


no, please teach me sensei.


is this your full ability to discuss? this is a strategy forum, what are you doing here with this attitude?


He's on Root a shit attitude is required


Can we please not verbally assault one of the few people on TL who knows what he's talking about when it comes to world class level SC2? And graNite, somewhere you have to realise that it's extremely stupid to ask a professional SC player whether he has "ever played sc2 before?" after he gives you a useful reply and then to chastise him for not being able to have a discussion when he returns your cynicism.


can you please show me where he gave me a useful reply? i am so sick of the tl elitism. where can i post about this issue?


Here:
+ Show Spoiler +

On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts



On January 24 2015 17:27 ROOTiaguz wrote:
Well, the mass raven style in tvz is generally is about taking the game in two stages. Stage one is securing roughly half the map and adding as much defence there as to become invincible, especially when combined with mass Raven PDD. When you zerg cannot attack you, you move into stage 2 which is slowly creeping forwards with tanks and ravens and stuff, constantly picking away at his stuff until he runs out of money. Should take an hour or until the zerg runds out of patience.



The question was: can you show me where he gave me a useful reply, one that responded to my posts. You just quoted his other posts. He is not discussing, that was my point.
I was asked by Saechiis to not react that way after he gave me a useful reply, but he didnt.
Moreover you didnt answer my question where to post about this issue and just give me a warning because i didnt treat him like you want me to. Why are you not discussing? Why is he not? Becuse its easier to just give warnings to everyone who disagrees? this is the strategy forum, not the "ask the pros" board.

Instead, you give me a warning for telling him that he didnt respond in a way that adds something to the discussion.
If you tell me about respecting someone, why dont you respect my opinion about the raven use in tvz instead of just saying: he is a pro, he knows better. i am here to discuss, not to be told what to straight up believe only because of a nickname.

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On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:
Sure you can scare the flock away with seekers, but you can't rely on them to kill things. Iaguz is correct, against a good zerg (meaning if you wish to play optimally) you use the PDDs so the other units can kill the mutas, its much more energy efficient.

The only relevant part of your post in terms of "adding something to the discussion". You can rely on the HSM because it either hits or the mutas fly away. There is no way something else happens so you either kill the flock, kill some mutas in case the zerg splits well or he just flies away. In that case you won time, space, ideally fight the rest of his army.

Also dont forget OP is in gold league where you have overgas in the late game as T all the time because there is no other way to spend gas in Bio vs Z than with ravens. And the opponent probably will not be able to split the mutas and you can hit an HSM or two while he is not watching the army.


Oh,

Its not even your OP for this thread.

This makes your reaction all the worse. You came out of nowhere to insult Iaguz by asking if he even plays SC2.

Going to reiterate - a WCS PREMIERE 2015 PLAYER

You want to call me out? Sure fine.

He didn't answer your question because it was addressed to begin with, he says you don't kill them with HSM against a good player. He was giving the OP advice which would follow him past gold league, not something that works for now but not later.

And you begin by speaking down to him in your first post in this thread. If anyone chose not to enter into a discussion it was you.

I warned you for showing a lack of respect.

I'm going to say one thing in public right here:

If anyone who reads this wants to see pros post here in the strat forum, show them respect. You don't need to believe every single word they say - they can be wrong sure. you can ask them questions to find out how they formed their opinion, you can ask "i do X for Y reason, you say not to do that, why is it bad? Can you explain?". That is a discussion.

What you have to do is show some basic respect to them. The reason Pros dont like posting here is because they don't like being told they are wrong and spoken down to by people who have not put as much time into the game as they have and have not put much thought into their post talking down to them.


Want to discuss specifically how he "doesn't add to the discussion?" - he was having a discussion. He and snolla went back and forth with their posts. Snolla liked the answers. Iaguz was giving the OP Snolla some understanding as to why he plays the game slow, and pdds. I am sorry if you couldn't extrapolate the underlying reasoning.

HSM might scare them away sure. But the question is about killing the mutas. Yeah bad control will lose the mutas. But maybe it only works in gold? You know what works for sure though? Slow killing the zerg. Pdds which cost less energy means you can push forward, and get vikings etc and then win in the end its not a flashy HSM win but its a win. The ravens more energy efficiently push forward. Yeah an hsm can act in a pinch sure, but that doesnt mean you rely on them. None of that invalidates Iaguz's original point.

So no he did not directly answer your post. Want to know why? Because you acted like an idiot towards him.


Moreover you didnt answer my question where to post about this issue and just give me a warning because i didnt treat him like you want me to. Why are you not discussing? Why is he not? Becuse its easier to just give warnings to everyone who disagrees? this is the strategy forum, not the "ask the pros" board.


I'm not discussing because I don't have to. I was trying to get you to show some respect. Your idea of discussing seems to involve a lot of name calling and talking down to others.

I did not warn a single person for disagreeing with Iaguz. I warned YOU for acting like an idiot and insulting him.

Hey go back to page 1 see where Avilo posts about using HSM to scare the mutas away? I didn't warn him even though he has a different opinion from Iaguz in this thread. You want to know why I didnt warn him? He didnt talk down to someone who plays this game every day at a professional level and is a top player out of Australia.

No its not the ask the pros board. We don't have one. Want to know why its not ask the pros? because the pros dislike people like you coming in here and talking down to them when they attempt to be good people and show up.

Hey here's another thing for you. You see how Iaguz has a blue background? He's been posting on the strat forum for years, before making WCS, before being on ROOT, before being a "big" name because he genuinely tries to help people.

So no, I'm not disucssing. I am telling you, show respect in your posts. If you want to call me out on the forums thats fine, I'm gonna smack you right back down into place when you decide to shitpost like this.

Don't like it?

Too bad.

Go read: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tl-community/17883-tlnet-ten-commandments

You seem to be breaking nearly every single rule on that page in this thread.

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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
January 25 2015 03:57 GMT
#42
Hey granite stop trying to chase away pros from the strategy section. I imagine newer players probably want their advice the most.

I know there's not supposed to be backseat modding here but I read your posts and im like 'wow, i am surprised he is getting away with this'. Not because you are arguing with a pro, more just the way you are doing it.
varsovie
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada326 Posts
January 25 2015 03:59 GMT
#43
On January 25 2015 12:04 graNite wrote:
The only relevant part of your post in terms of "adding something to the discussion". You can rely on the HSM because it either hits or the mutas fly away. There is no way something else happens so you either kill the flock, kill some mutas in case the zerg splits well or he just flies away. In that case you won time, space, ideally fight the rest of his army.

Also dont forget OP is in gold league where you have overgas in the late game as T all the time because there is no other way to spend gas in Bio vs Z than with ravens. And the opponent probably will not be able to split the mutas and you can hit an HSM or two while he is not watching the army.



In low league any AoE is OP. But I'd build Thor instead since it's way more reliable a zoning out mutas or hid 4 WM behind a building to get a game winning connection.
A decent opponent would be able to hit n' run with the mutas enough to deplete raven's energy with dud seekers. A good would be able to pick the targeted muta only and separate it from the flock. The perfect would just run it straight into the ravens.
If Terran has enough resources to get 50 ravens, it's nearly GG for the Zerg anyway regardless of his composition.
BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-25 04:02:35
January 25 2015 04:02 GMT
#44
My apologies OP. I didn't mean it to come to this.

As for graNite, if you're going to speak to me with that rude a tone, I refuse to engage with you on any respectable level. Don't be a cunt.
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Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10374 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-25 04:26:25
January 25 2015 04:25 GMT
#45
On January 25 2015 12:52 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2015 12:04 graNite wrote:
On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:
On January 24 2015 20:26 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 20:18 Koivusto wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:54 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:32 ROOTiaguz wrote:
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.


no, please teach me sensei.


is this your full ability to discuss? this is a strategy forum, what are you doing here with this attitude?


Well you started your own argument with "Have you ever played sc2 before?"...Anyway I think Terran has it good in gold/plat level against mutas.I play toss and I constantly find it impossible to fend off mutas without phoenixes even though my games are far from the highest level

EDIT: Not impossible but reaaally hard


i think its harder with toss because you have less range and need to be more active. terran can also set up mines, but stalker or storm are just not the same thing as thors or vikings anti air


You should keep in mind who you are trying to argue with granite as Koivusto points out.


What does his name or skill have to do with his knowledge? Is it perfect because he is a "pro"? Yesterday I saw Nerchio with 0 upgrades in a 20 min game, pros make mistakes too.

Of course the cynical question was not my point of argument but it gave you guys an opening to just attack me instead of discussing, and that is the problem. iaguz also responded to my post with a post that added nothing to the discussion while you can also find that in every one of my posts.

On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:

On January 25 2015 03:23 graNite wrote:
On January 25 2015 03:12 Saechiis wrote:
On January 25 2015 02:42 LongShot27 wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:54 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 19:32 ROOTiaguz wrote:
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.


no, please teach me sensei.


is this your full ability to discuss? this is a strategy forum, what are you doing here with this attitude?


He's on Root a shit attitude is required


Can we please not verbally assault one of the few people on TL who knows what he's talking about when it comes to world class level SC2? And graNite, somewhere you have to realise that it's extremely stupid to ask a professional SC player whether he has "ever played sc2 before?" after he gives you a useful reply and then to chastise him for not being able to have a discussion when he returns your cynicism.


can you please show me where he gave me a useful reply? i am so sick of the tl elitism. where can i post about this issue?


Here:
+ Show Spoiler +

On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts



On January 24 2015 17:27 ROOTiaguz wrote:
Well, the mass raven style in tvz is generally is about taking the game in two stages. Stage one is securing roughly half the map and adding as much defence there as to become invincible, especially when combined with mass Raven PDD. When you zerg cannot attack you, you move into stage 2 which is slowly creeping forwards with tanks and ravens and stuff, constantly picking away at his stuff until he runs out of money. Should take an hour or until the zerg runds out of patience.



The question was: can you show me where he gave me a useful reply, one that responded to my posts. You just quoted his other posts. He is not discussing, that was my point.
I was asked by Saechiis to not react that way after he gave me a useful reply, but he didnt.
Moreover you didnt answer my question where to post about this issue and just give me a warning because i didnt treat him like you want me to. Why are you not discussing? Why is he not? Becuse its easier to just give warnings to everyone who disagrees? this is the strategy forum, not the "ask the pros" board.

Instead, you give me a warning for telling him that he didnt respond in a way that adds something to the discussion.
If you tell me about respecting someone, why dont you respect my opinion about the raven use in tvz instead of just saying: he is a pro, he knows better. i am here to discuss, not to be told what to straight up believe only because of a nickname.

On January 25 2015 07:43 ZeromuS wrote:
Sure you can scare the flock away with seekers, but you can't rely on them to kill things. Iaguz is correct, against a good zerg (meaning if you wish to play optimally) you use the PDDs so the other units can kill the mutas, its much more energy efficient.

The only relevant part of your post in terms of "adding something to the discussion". You can rely on the HSM because it either hits or the mutas fly away. There is no way something else happens so you either kill the flock, kill some mutas in case the zerg splits well or he just flies away. In that case you won time, space, ideally fight the rest of his army.

Also dont forget OP is in gold league where you have overgas in the late game as T all the time because there is no other way to spend gas in Bio vs Z than with ravens. And the opponent probably will not be able to split the mutas and you can hit an HSM or two while he is not watching the army.


Oh,

Its not even your OP for this thread.

This makes your reaction all the worse. You came out of nowhere to insult Iaguz by asking if he even plays SC2.

Going to reiterate - a WCS PREMIERE 2015 PLAYER

You wan't to call me out? Sure fine.

He didn't answer your question because it was addressed to begin with, he says you don't kill them with HSM against a good player. He was giving the OP advice which would follow him past gold league, not something that works for now but not later.

And you begin by speaking down to him in your first post in this thread. If anyone chose not to enter into a discussion it was you.

I warned you for showing a lack of respect.

I'm going to say one thing in public right here:

If anyone who reads this wants to see pros post here in the strat forum, show them respect. You don't need to believe every single word they say - they can be wrong sure. you can ask them questions to find out how they formed their opinion, you can ask "i do X for Y reason, you say not to do that, why is it bad? Can you explain?". That is a discussion.

What you have to do is show some basic respect to them. The reason Pros dont like posting here is because they don't like being told they are wrong and spoken down to by people who have not put as much time into the game as they have and have not put much thought into their post talking down to them.


Want to discuss specifically how he "doesn't add to the discussion?" - he was having a discussion. He and snolla went back and forth with their posts. Snolla liked the answers. Iaguz was giving the OP Snolla some understanding as to why he plays the game slow, and pdds. I am sorry if you couldn't extrapolate the underlying reasoning.

HSM might scare them away sure. But the question is about killing the mutas. Yeah bad control will lose the mutas. But maybe it only works in gold? You know what works for sure though? Slow killing the zerg. Pdds which cost less energy means you can push forward, and get vikings etc and then win in the end its not a flashy HSM win but its a win. The ravens more energy efficiently push forward. Yeah an hsm can act in a pinch sure, but that doesnt mean you rely on them. None of that invalidates Iaguz's original point.

So no he did not directly answer your post. Want to know why? Because you acted like an idiot towards him.


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Moreover you didnt answer my question where to post about this issue and just give me a warning because i didnt treat him like you want me to. Why are you not discussing? Why is he not? Becuse its easier to just give warnings to everyone who disagrees? this is the strategy forum, not the "ask the pros" board.


I'm not discussing because I don't have to. I was trying to get you to show some respect. Your idea of discussing seems to involve a lot of name calling and talking down to others.

I did not warn a single person for disagreeing with Iaguz. I warned YOU for acting like an idiot and insulting him.

Hey go back to page 1 see where Avilo posts about using HSM to scare the mutas away? I didn't warn him even though he has a different opinion from Iaguz in this thread. You want to know why I didnt warn him? He didnt talk down to someone who plays this game every day at a professional level and is a top played out of Australia.

No its not the ask the pros board. We don't have one. Want to know why its not ask the pros? because the pros dislike people like you coming in here and talking down to them when they attempt to be good people and show up.

Hey here's another thing for you. You see how Iaguz has a blue background? He's been posting on the strat forum for years, before making WCS, before being on ROOT, before being a "big" name because he genuinely tries to help people.

So no, I'm not disucssing. I am telling you, show respect in your posts. If you want to call me out on the forums thats fine, I'm gonna smack you right back down into place when you decide to shitpost like this.

Don't like it?

Too bad.

Go read: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tl-community/17883-tlnet-ten-commandments

You seem to be breaking nearly every single rule on that page in this thread.



Based based.

Pro players put a lot of work in. Be appreciative for anything they want to contribute.
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graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
January 25 2015 05:26 GMT
#46
On January 25 2015 13:02 ROOTiaguz wrote:
My apologies OP. I didn't mean it to come to this.

As for graNite, if you're going to speak to me with that rude a tone, I refuse to engage with you on any respectable level. Don't be a cunt.

Ok. Then dont answer the post in the same, rude way. Dont call me cunt. Why do you even try to talk with cuss words now? Why start this?

On January 25 2015 12:57 travis wrote:
Hey granite stop trying to chase away pros from the strategy section. I imagine newer players probably want their advice the most.

I know there's not supposed to be backseat modding here but I read your posts and im like 'wow, i am surprised he is getting away with this'. Not because you are arguing with a pro, more just the way you are doing it.

I am not chasing anyone away, I am just trying to discuss my opinions about ravens in tvz and discussions with pros in general. I dont see that from you. See TL rule 4 and 6

On January 25 2015 12:52 ZeromuS wrote:
I'm not discussing because I don't have to. I was trying to get you to show some respect. Your idea of discussing seems to involve a lot of name calling and talking down to others.

I did not warn a single person for disagreeing with Iaguz. I warned YOU for acting like an idiot and insulting him.

You seem to be breaking nearly every single rule on that page in this thread.



If you post here, you are discussing. If you dont want to, dont do it. Dont make me show respect to anyone, it will fail. I can choose on my own who to respect and in what way.

You warned me for this post in which i asked him to discuss the raven muta problem and not post stuff like this with 0 content.
thank you for your post, i read the rules again and noticed my only mistake was to ask the obviously cynical question whether he ever played before or not, only because I disagreed. It is not nice to post stuff like this, but we all know this is not the worst thing that has ever happened on the internet.

If you disagree with my opinion about the raven muta issue, feel free to state yours and tell us why. Dont just say: he is a pro, he knows it better.

Thanks


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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada2250 Posts
January 25 2015 05:53 GMT
#47
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.

I understand you object to iaguz's advice, and you have every right, but is your condescending question really necessary?

I don't understand why you felt it was necessary to ask such an inane question. Its perfectly reasonable to disagree with someone, but that wasn't what you were doing. You were insulting iaguz because you didn't agree with him.

What did you expect from your reply?
graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
January 25 2015 06:08 GMT
#48
On January 25 2015 14:53 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.

I understand you object to iaguz's advice, and you have every right, but is your condescending question really necessary?

I don't understand why you felt it was necessary to ask such an inane question. Its perfectly reasonable to disagree with someone, but that wasn't what you were doing. You were insulting iaguz because you didn't agree with him.

What did you expect from your reply?


+ Show Spoiler +
I tried ravens in TVZ with mixed results, now I dont use them because I dont like them
Cool that you can make ravens work, how do you do it?
I dont think this can work, what is the thought behind this
i have never tried that, but will do.



something like this, i think you get the idea.
"Oink oink, bitches" - Tasteless on Pigbaby winning a map against Flash
BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
January 25 2015 08:14 GMT
#49
On January 25 2015 15:08 graNite wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2015 14:53 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
On January 24 2015 18:10 graNite wrote:
On January 24 2015 16:47 ROOTiaguz wrote:
You don't kill Mutalisks with ravens unless the Zerg is really dumb. You kill mutalisks with viking thor turret all behind a shield of mass PDD's so they take no damage. That's what ravens do in mech; they make all ur shit invincible with PDD plus they seeker missile out swarm hosts


have you ever played sc2 before?
with ravens you can defend your base with the auto turrets and pdd really well, also single hsms scare the flock away. if you are at 10+ raven you can constanstly cast 1-2 missles and force the mutas away or they take huge losses.

I understand you object to iaguz's advice, and you have every right, but is your condescending question really necessary?

I don't understand why you felt it was necessary to ask such an inane question. Its perfectly reasonable to disagree with someone, but that wasn't what you were doing. You were insulting iaguz because you didn't agree with him.

What did you expect from your reply?


+ Show Spoiler +
I tried ravens in TVZ with mixed results, now I dont use them because I dont like them
Cool that you can make ravens work, how do you do it?
I dont think this can work, what is the thought behind this
i have never tried that, but will do.



something like this, i think you get the idea.


well then lemme give you a quick piece of advice when you're unbanned. If you want a respectful reply, give one yourself. Don't go up to a pro (or anyone really) with this sort of attitude or you'll get nowhere.
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Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
January 25 2015 10:16 GMT
#50
I first wanted to participate in the discussion but decided against it when I saw how it turned out, these posts not only can keep pros for replying in TL strategy section, but also basic people like me who just like open minded and respectful discussions.

I really don't know why some people are so quick at starting fights when nothing really calls for it, but often when you see the posting history of such people you can see they kinda have an agressivity issue that they need to adress somehow cause they're hurting themsleves more than anybody else in the long run.


So :

- thx Iaguz for answering a gold level question, I'm sure 99% of the people who read the thread are grateful for this
- thx TL mods for dealing with the 1% left
- and good luck to OP for dealing with mass muta, I m sure you already know which answers made sense and which did not.
Dear INno and all the former STX boys.
Cascade
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Australia5405 Posts
January 25 2015 13:22 GMT
#51
Sorry Iagus, on behalf of , I think, most TL strategy forum lurkers like myself. I always appreciate very much when pros post here, but I usually don't want to post only to thank them, as I don't feel it adds very much to the discussion. And I certainly understand that response like granites discourages pros to post. But for every granite, there are a lot of lurkers that appreciate your post, so please don't be scared away! Ignoring him will likely be the best method if I may offer some advice.

So please, Iagus and other pros reading, keep giving advice for the (mostly) silent minority, ignoring the annoying vocal minority that you always seem to get on teh intarwebz.
Koivusto
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Finland542 Posts
January 25 2015 18:14 GMT
#52
Well shit, things escalated quickly here. Have you ever tried aiming a HSM into your own medivac boosting it afterwards towards a mutaflock? In our level opponents won't probably except that and BOOM - delicious mutabarbeque. Maybe Iaguz can give some insight if that trick ever works at higher levels.
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LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-25 18:38:59
January 25 2015 18:38 GMT
#53
On January 26 2015 03:14 Koivusto wrote:
Well shit, things escalated quickly here. Have you ever tried aiming a HSM into your own medivac boosting it afterwards towards a mutaflock? In our level opponents won't probably except that and BOOM - delicious mutabarbeque. Maybe Iaguz can give some insight if that trick ever works at higher levels.


it does, but you can't just do it you need to force multitasking like every other heart seeker in a battle, if you drop or push a base while doing it it can distract them, but it's something you do if there is no other option, or you're really sure its going to work because its going to cost you at least 1 medivac and 2 missles, if it doesnt work, you're really fucked. High risk high reward.
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
Tzela
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada48 Posts
January 26 2015 03:52 GMT
#54
On January 26 2015 03:38 LongShot27 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2015 03:14 Koivusto wrote:
Well shit, things escalated quickly here. Have you ever tried aiming a HSM into your own medivac boosting it afterwards towards a mutaflock? In our level opponents won't probably except that and BOOM - delicious mutabarbeque. Maybe Iaguz can give some insight if that trick ever works at higher levels.


it does, but you can't just do it you need to force multitasking like every other heart seeker in a battle, if you drop or push a base while doing it it can distract them, but it's something you do if there is no other option, or you're really sure its going to work because its going to cost you at least 1 medivac and 2 missles, if it doesnt work, you're really fucked. High risk high reward.


my fav avilo replay.

here is said strategy beating a korean pro. for your viewing pleasure.


LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
January 26 2015 04:04 GMT
#55
On January 26 2015 12:52 Tzela wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2015 03:38 LongShot27 wrote:
On January 26 2015 03:14 Koivusto wrote:
Well shit, things escalated quickly here. Have you ever tried aiming a HSM into your own medivac boosting it afterwards towards a mutaflock? In our level opponents won't probably except that and BOOM - delicious mutabarbeque. Maybe Iaguz can give some insight if that trick ever works at higher levels.


it does, but you can't just do it you need to force multitasking like every other heart seeker in a battle, if you drop or push a base while doing it it can distract them, but it's something you do if there is no other option, or you're really sure its going to work because its going to cost you at least 1 medivac and 2 missles, if it doesnt work, you're really fucked. High risk high reward.


my fav avilo replay.

here is said strategy beating a korean pro. for your viewing pleasure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp41OXdMt7I


Mutas are a helluva lot faster than vikings
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
Snolla
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada24 Posts
January 26 2015 07:05 GMT
#56
On January 25 2015 13:02 ROOTiaguz wrote:
My apologies OP. I didn't mean it to come to this.

As for graNite, if you're going to speak to me with that rude a tone, I refuse to engage with you on any respectable level. Don't be a cunt.


No worries man. Thank you for your help As I sift through the argument, the suggestions to my play have been of great use already!

Plz don't let anyone stop you from posting here. Us newbies need your help.
To truely lose is to both lose the match and to learn nothing from it. If you lose the match but improve your gameplay, you have actually won.
Snolla
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada24 Posts
January 26 2015 07:29 GMT
#57
On January 25 2015 19:16 Gwavajuice wrote:
I first wanted to participate in the discussion but decided against it when I saw how it turned out, these posts not only can keep pros for replying in TL strategy section, but also basic people like me who just like open minded and respectful discussions.

I really don't know why some people are so quick at starting fights when nothing really calls for it, but often when you see the posting history of such people you can see they kinda have an agressivity issue that they need to adress somehow cause they're hurting themsleves more than anybody else in the long run.


So :

- thx Iaguz for answering a gold level question, I'm sure 99% of the people who read the thread are grateful for this
- thx TL mods for dealing with the 1% left
- and good luck to OP for dealing with mass muta, I m sure you already know which answers made sense and which did not.


Ya man, this thread has helped me a lot. Now I just need to balance out the unit counts of each a bit better and I should be good to go
To truely lose is to both lose the match and to learn nothing from it. If you lose the match but improve your gameplay, you have actually won.
A_Scarecrow
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia721 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-26 07:31:44
January 26 2015 07:31 GMT
#58
well i agree with iaguz advice. as a zerg player if i see players go fast ravens i take the map and keep up the pressure and make sure u never take a 3rd. also learn the timings and scout 3rd timings and ect so you know when he goes mutas and if he is.
On a side note sorry iaguz, there are always people that have little respect for others professions. good luck snolla with your tvz mech.
wasilix
Profile Joined August 2014
Russian Federation80 Posts
January 26 2015 07:45 GMT
#59
On January 26 2015 13:04 LongShot27 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2015 12:52 Tzela wrote:
On January 26 2015 03:38 LongShot27 wrote:
On January 26 2015 03:14 Koivusto wrote:
Well shit, things escalated quickly here. Have you ever tried aiming a HSM into your own medivac boosting it afterwards towards a mutaflock? In our level opponents won't probably except that and BOOM - delicious mutabarbeque. Maybe Iaguz can give some insight if that trick ever works at higher levels.


it does, but you can't just do it you need to force multitasking like every other heart seeker in a battle, if you drop or push a base while doing it it can distract them, but it's something you do if there is no other option, or you're really sure its going to work because its going to cost you at least 1 medivac and 2 missles, if it doesnt work, you're really fucked. High risk high reward.


my fav avilo replay.

here is said strategy beating a korean pro. for your viewing pleasure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp41OXdMt7I


Mutas are a helluva lot faster than vikings


Mutas also unlike vikings can accidentally shoot down and kill a hellion, which effectively negates its ability of chasing anything.
Snolla
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada24 Posts
January 26 2015 12:05 GMT
#60
On January 26 2015 16:31 A_Scarecrow wrote:
well i agree with iaguz advice. as a zerg player if i see players go fast ravens i take the map and keep up the pressure and make sure u never take a 3rd. also learn the timings and scout 3rd timings and ect so you know when he goes mutas and if he is.
On a side note sorry iaguz, there are always people that have little respect for others professions. good luck snolla with your tvz mech.


Thank you, I'm practicing hard
To truely lose is to both lose the match and to learn nothing from it. If you lose the match but improve your gameplay, you have actually won.
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