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"Terran is the best race" - Tester video interview - Page 3
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
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LSB
United States5171 Posts
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/29443-Terran_weak_or_just_unlucky | ||
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RyanS
United States620 Posts
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teekesselchen
Germany886 Posts
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Wargizmo
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Hey can someone explain the correct usage of the word "baller", obviously it's meaning is different in relation to the SC community than to its original basketball context. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:29 RyanS wrote: Why does Artosis always say in some other videos, "Of the people I've talked to on the Asia server everyone pretty much agrees that Idra is the best Zerg." But then when people are actually interviewed, no one lists him among the best players in Asia? Because Artosis loves to play up whoever he's got in his focus at the moment? The guy's got a hyperbolic style. That's just the way he is. | ||
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billyX333
United States1360 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:21 TheYango wrote: Didn't Browder say that among US and EU statistics, Protoss > Terran was the heaviest apparent "imbalance"? quite frankly im tired of all these arbitrary statistics being cited by blizzard in general as their main benchmark of whether or not the game is balanced as far as i can tell, they take the statistics from too wide a range of a player pool (rock paper scissors is balanced too if they go solely by this win% benchmark, so its essentially worthless info imo) they just need to forget all statistics <1600 plat rating on NA servers they're awful | ||
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NATO
United States459 Posts
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theqat
United States2856 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:30 Wargizmo wrote: Hey can someone explain the correct usage of the word "baller", obviously it's meaning is different in relation to the SC community than to its original basketball context. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baller the first one is adequate | ||
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teekesselchen
Germany886 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:36 NATO wrote: 100% agree. There are no good Terran players, so Blizzard just makes the race better to make up for their noobishness. Very likely that there just were no skilled players to choose the race. Please don't tell me that you are immune to irony. | ||
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XtrEEmMaShEEN3k2
United States122 Posts
I personally think Terrans have a lot of dynamic options against Zerg in the early-mid game, which is why I think Terrans generally have the advantage against Zerg. Hellions hurt throughout the game and have generally been seen as a strong opener. MMM seem to be the dominant strategy against Zerg, and pre-patch 11, ThorShip as well, with Thors 1-shotting Hydras and 2-shotting Queens, not to mention no need to research Strike Cannons. Not to mention even in the late game, Ravens hurt with Point Defense Drones doing well against Hydras and Hunter Seekers doing well against nearly every Zerg. With the extended range of Infestors, they saw a bit more play towards the end of the last patch. Mind Controlling Thors was powerful, not to mention Fungal Growth hurt most of the Terran army as well, especially Bio Balls, with Banelings also being a nice combo with it. This gave Zerg a bit more power in the mid-late game. I guess the whole thing comes down to whether the Terran can expand and keep the Zerg contained. I personally feel that it's a bit harder for Terrans to expand, but then again, I'm not TOO good at this game. TvZ really presents Terrans with a lot of options, but he really does need to keep the Zerg contained. Though Terrans can probably expand more easily to island expansions and that is one advantage they have on maps that have island expansions. I guess the reason I think PvT is generally even is that neither race seems to have anything that really hurts the other, i.e. "dynamic options" as I call them. Both have strengths in that Protoss probably have the most amount of power in their Micro vs. Zerg's power to expand more easily. Note: I recognize that I am not the best SC2 player and freely welcome criticisms to my observations. I also recognize I am only specifically pointing out specific abilities rather than the general flow of the battle, etc. | ||
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NATO
United States459 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:39 teekesselchen wrote: Very likely that there just were no skilled players to choose the race. Please don't tell me that you are immune to irony. I assume you're referring to the fact that I am Terran. I switched to Terran when I realized they were OP in an attempt to understand their power, and exploit it, so that hopefully Blizzard notices. Still got some learning to do, so currently I'm just tanking the Terran stats. (Although I still have 80% win vs Toss.) | ||
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Wargizmo
1237 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:38 theqat wrote: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baller the first one is adequate Thanks for the link (I had already googled it) but that really doesn't seem to be how people are using the term in relation to SC. I've heard it used to describe a unit that gets a bunch of kills or a player that uses a particularly risky strategy... this doesn't really fit with the "thug that has made it to the big time" description on urban dictionary. | ||
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Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:34 billyX333 wrote: they just need to forget all statistics <1600 plat rating on NA servers they're awful actually im 1900 elo with about 70% win rate and i know next to nothing about this game and just win by macroing what ever units i feel like building... Very few if any people know how to properly play this game yet and we wont really know if the game is properly balanced on this current patch for atleast a few months. | ||
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theqat
United States2856 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:52 Wargizmo wrote: Thanks for the link (I had already googled it) but that really doesn't seem to be how people are using the term in relation to SC. I've heard it used to describe a unit that gets a bunch of kills or a player that uses a particularly risky strategy... this doesn't really fit with the "thug that has made it to the big time" description on urban dictionary. They're all using it incorrectly, in as much as one can use a slang term incorrectly For a unit that gets a bunch of kills the similarity is pretty obvious--any unit could die with 0 kills, but a baller unit has hit it big  As for the risky builds, in that context people seem to use it to mean that a player has an abundance of confidence. Or maybe hubris Don't think about it too hard. The people using the term aren't!  | ||
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Wargizmo
1237 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:34 billyX333 wrote: quite frankly im tired of all these arbitrary statistics being cited by blizzard in general as their main benchmark of whether or not the game is balanced as far as i can tell, they take the statistics from too wide a range of a player pool (rock paper scissors is balanced too if they go solely by this win% benchmark, so its essentially worthless info imo) they just need to forget all statistics <1600 plat rating on NA servers they're awful Not really from Blizzard's perspective as they want the game balanced for every skill level. If the game is perfectly balanced for the top 100 pros and completely imba for the 100,000+ silver, gold and platinum leaguers then it's going to make the game less successful since it will be boring in the leagues that the majority of people play in. | ||
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HalfAmazing
Netherlands402 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Wargizmo
1237 Posts
On May 11 2010 11:55 theqat wrote: They're all using it incorrectly, in as much as one can use a slang term incorrectly For a unit that gets a bunch of kills the similarity is pretty obvious--any unit could die with 0 kills, but a baller unit has hit it big As for the risky builds, in that context people seem to use it to mean that a player has an abundance of confidence. Or maybe hubris Don't think about it too hard. The people using the term aren't! True that, I didn't really think about it up until now but someone criticised someone else for using the term incorrectly in this thread and I thought I'd see if anyone actually could throw some light on how it's supposed to be used, if indeed there is a correct usage. | ||
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