[IPL] Day 3 Live Report Thread - Page 81

On October 09 2011 00:42 Xaeldaren wrote:
So we have to miss half of the RO32 so they can stream LoL?

Wonderful.

Who came up with that fantastic idea?

On October 09 2011 00:47 Drazerk wrote:


9:40

Boxer holding of but only on 10 scvs now

On October 09 2011 00:47 Jezdog wrote:

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On October 09 2011 00:48 -_- wrote:
Idra says hellion expand is a problem for zerg 0_0

On October 09 2011 00:46 Zombie_Velociraptor wrote:
Why are morons who had never played Brood War saying a spider mine is the same as a baneling mine? Holy hell, have any of you at least watched a BW pro game? Spider mines do less damage due to how the game mechanics are, fill a very specific niche without which the game would basically be unplayable in TvP, AND introduce a lot of very intense, very high-level micro tricks, ie shooting the mines down, kiting them into tanks, forcing shuttle use, etc.

Baneling mines are absolutely NOT necessary for the game to be 'balanced' the way spider mines were (one could argue Z is slightly weaker than T in the match up, but not massively so); and a single lucky baneling hit can literally turn ANY game from a clear loss to an instant win. There isn't, and never was, a single unit or ability in Starcraft - either BW or WoL - that is anywhere close to the amount of instawin like a burrowed baneling is.

I'm not saying there isn't a way to counter bling mines, I'm not saying it wasn't Boxer's fault he lost that game - but as a spectator, I think it's fucking ridiculous that a guy can be stomping his opponent for 20 minutes, then lose to literally 50 min/gas and 2 clicks. It's a dumb mechanic, period.