In relation to that one question about a good metaphor for starcraft in order to explain it to someone who doesn't play:

Imagine you have a sports team (bear with me...). You don't have any players yet. You have a few coaches/staffmembers and a club house. You have mere minutes to manage the funds and build the facilities that can support and draft a balanced team of players, making sure you can account for any situation or position in the given sport. You then meet the other team in a match against their players, only your players are total idiots, they can't think on their own at all, they can barely even walk from one point to another point when you tell them to; you have to tell them exactly what to do and how to do it at all times. And instead of using some ball/stick related thing based on goals or points, you just have to friggin KILL the other team. But not just kill them, you have to completely obliterate them and remove them from all existence so that they cannot possibly ever contest your team again. When you kill the players you then proceed to kill their club house and locker room and stadium and all their managers/staff-members and family members who may possibly spawn more players of the opposing team.

Thats how i always thought of it anyways

zerious

Canada3803 Posts

October 26 2010 16:35 GMT

#2791

Uhhh I don't think it was the real V-Gundam

nm, LOL they corrected you after wards

Pibacc

Canada545 Posts

October 26 2010 16:41 GMT

#2792

nvm

Gezz

United Kingdom81 Posts

October 26 2010 17:09 GMT

#2793

incontrol had me crying of laughter, amazing

AskJoshy

United States1625 Posts

October 26 2010 17:23 GMT

#2794

If you're ever in a scramble for a guest again, I'd love to participate in one of these beyond just laying on the floor in DC laughing at everything Tyler says to IdrA and iNcontroL says to anyone else. =) Just PM me on TL if you're in the mood.

Otherwise, I'll see all of you guys again in Dallas in just a couple of weeks! =)

Cade

Canada1420 Posts

October 26 2010 17:33 GMT

#2795

I'm pretty surprised noone corrected iNcontroL when he said that stim only cost marauders 10 HP, when it costs them 20 HP.

Great cast guys, I look forward to and enjoy this cast every week!!

Bortlett

United States302 Posts

October 26 2010 17:41 GMT

#2796

The problem with the chess comparison, IMO, is that it doesn't compare on a physical level. You don't have the dexterity component.

I think Starcraft is closer to American football. There is both a mental component and physical component. The mental part is the playcalling, which is done by the coordinators (macro), and the players have to execute the plays given to them (micro). In football, you can call the perfect plays every time, but it doesn't matter if your receivers can't catch passes and your linemen can't block. Similarly, if your players are executing the called plays correctly, but you always run the ball up the middle, you're not going to win a lot of games. You even have cheese in football (fake punts/field goals, wildcat, statue of liberty plays, etc.).

So Starcraft is basically like being all 11 guys at once on your team and the playcallers.

There's elements of this in a lot of team sports, but I think football illustrates it the clearest.

Logo

United States7542 Posts

October 26 2010 17:54 GMT

#2797

I always considered Starcraft as playing Chess, a sport, and an instrument all at the same time. You have strategic thinking like you have with chess, the adrenaline of a sport, and the dexterity and rhythm of playing an instrument.

JMDj

United States454 Posts

October 26 2010 18:28 GMT

#2798

they practice for 8...9....10.... MAYBE EVEN ELEVEN HOURS.

hahahaha
incontrol is the man

blizzind

United States642 Posts

October 26 2010 18:38 GMT

#2799

alex garfield has always been pretty suave with sponsors. that's the reason EG has so many of them. with sc2 getting really big all over the world it doesn't surprise me one bit that he can get some really special sponsors now.

escobari

Finland192 Posts

October 26 2010 19:18 GMT

#2800

Since I always hear comparison to chess - hasn't any starcraft player ever played Go? Far more superior game, and far more similar to sc. There's territory, power, influence, "build" sequences, skipping defense, base races and trades etc. even micro(tesuji). IMO it's the game to go, if you want to improve your strategic mind.