[GSL] Blizzard Cup Group B - Page 53

On December 19 2012 04:13 decado90 wrote:


People still count 2011? Maps like Steppes of War, Kulas Ravine, Delta Quadrant, Scrap Station, Xel Naga Caverns?

game brand new, rax before depot, no meta game to speak of, tourneys few and far between...


2012 the game is way more developed and is as bad or worse than it's ever been.

On December 19 2012 04:23 Za7oX wrote:

So does that mean GomTvT never happened? no.....

On December 19 2012 11:57 PhoenixVoid wrote:
At least this is the representation of what the latter half of 2012 was. Disappointed to see 5/6 players being Zerg, but with most of the Protosses slumping, and the majority of the Zergs playing at their best, it was expected. One lone son of Aiur will challenge the fury of the Swarm soon, while the Terrans have all long gone. Jeez, this is just like the campaign.

On December 19 2012 12:47 vthree wrote:


That is like saying GomTvT happened because P and Z were slumping and a majority of the Terrans were playing at their best. The meta and the maps just favor zergs right now. Especially top zergs that can defend all the timings.

On December 19 2012 13:15 sitromit wrote:


Well, it wasn't Zergs that knocked Seed and Rain into Code B. Seed fell to Code A because he dropped 4 maps to a Protoss in his ro32 group, then got knocked down to Code B by a Terran. He also got 2-0'ed by Kas at Iron Squid. Nestea even said he lost his passion and hadn't been practicing as much.

Rain got knocked out by a Terran too. He has only been able to win against Protoss since he got knocked out of MLG by Bomber.

So I think it's safe to say, that the 2 Protosses were in fact already not doing so well, in a slump, whatever, regardless of the ZvP metagame or maps.

On December 19 2012 13:50 mbsupermario wrote:
So, I play zerg and I'm going to say it: zerg is too powerful. The funny thing is, I don't think it's the queen buff, OL speed buff, even infestor/broodlord that is causing the imbalance.

Ok, so maybe infestor/broodlord is a bit broken. My point is, the imbalance has existed all along, but because players of yore were not as technically proficient as today's players, taking advantage of the core mechanics (ie. creep spread, overlord spread, inject larva) simply make other changes seem super powerful. It's the reason TLO provided (on more than one occasion) for switching back to zerg.

I think the best way to truly fix this would be to improve the core mechanics of the other races such that they have potential to affect the game to the same degree as zerg's core mechanics.

Warp gates seem pretty cool, but chronoboost is lackluster and doesn't provide much room for separation between a great player and the best player.

Terran's core mechanics just seem outright bad in this regard.

PS. I would like to see improved top speed/acceleration on hunter seeker missile, possibly accompanied by a damage reduction. It would definitely help to narrow the gap between 'necessary' and 'almost useless' for the primary terran spellcaster.