[IPL] Day 3 Live Report Thread - Page 89

On October 09 2011 00:49 s3rp wrote:


You don't have enough Gas on 2-3 Bases to constantly get Tanks/Medivacs/Upgrade AND Ravens from a second Starport . Blowing minerals for scans in most cases is just smarter , it's not like Ravens are that good against Zerg in low numbers .

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.

On October 09 2011 00:51 Cyro wrote:



You dont mass medivacs, pretty much mass marine with a few tanks and build ravens, i saw it used vs infestors, you can kill up to 10 infestors per seeker missile and have 1 guaranteed kill if you launch, seeker is good against pretty much everything and marine kill anything seeker doesnt with splits etc, i didnt see the style much but i thought it was very interesting and powerful