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rO_Or
Profile Joined October 2010
United States306 Posts
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17781
IdrA is making a completely valid point that Zerg has a lot more difficulty scouting than the other races and therefore makes it extremely hard to plan your game strategy. Day9 was just stubbornly using the cop out "argument" (if you can even call it that) that IdrA hasn't tried every possible build ever. IdrA was making a point about a fundamental problem that he sees with zerg: A lack of ability to scout your opponent until they move down their ramp and are already heading to your base. Day9 was arguing a completely different point because he had no answer to IdrA.
On August 19 2011 00:04 Larryx wrote: The thing is that EU events are so much Difficultier than NA ones.
dLKnighT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada735 Posts
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17782
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BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5219 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-04 04:45:03
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17783
He states that the early game is too risky for Zerg, because they are the defensive race, and they cannot scout and do not have a standard safe build that is safe against everything.

Thus, they can lose to something randomly, regardless of skill. That is a bad game mechanic.

Tyler had a good rebuttal, whereas Day[9] did not, he stated that Protoss takes risks and does a build that might lose to X but are safe against Y, Z and W, and the Protoss just hopes Zerg doesn't do X, and it often pays off, since Zerg only does X a small amount of the time (often doing Y, Z or W).

Idra agreed, and said that was a bad game mechanic too, because it introduces random chance, like rock-paper-scissors. Tyler agreed.

So in the end, Tyler and Idra agree that the game is mechanically bad, because of the randomness.

That sums up the arguement. I love logical arguements.
N3rV[Green]
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17784
Best state of the game ever.
Never fear the darkness, Bran. The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-04 04:42:12
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17785
On May 04 2011 13:39 Ribbon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 04 2011 13:37 Killerkrack wrote:
Day9 got absolutely destroyed. He literally didn't bring up one counter point to what Idra was saying besides saying "well I just don't agree" in between random grunts.


Idra says we wants a build that's safe against everything.

Day[9] says Spanishiwa.

Idra says it doesn't beat super-greedy builds.

Idra wants Zerg to be able to hard-counter EVERYTHING.


Since when were economical builds super greedy?
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
May 04 2011 04:41 GMT
#17786
On May 04 2011 13:40 Shaetan wrote:
/commercial
/commercial
/commercial

hehe


I was honestly expecting him to do that as a joke. (and for money)
BearStorm
Profile Joined September 2010
United States795 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17787
On May 04 2011 13:34 Vei wrote:
FUCK IDRA<333
hahahaha, asking sean for specifics and he can't provide any. how shocking: someone who commentates and never plays can't say anything other than "well i disagree but i can't provide specific counterarguments"


Please just stop. If you want to criticize at least do it respectfully. This is Teamliquid not some battle.net forum. Also I know for a fact that Day9 plays at a high level in Starcraft 2 with his smurf accounts. To say that he has no idea what he is talking about is just ignorant.
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Spectorials
Profile Joined October 2010
558 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17788
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7245/sotg.png

Tasteless: "What is that face Idra is making?"

lolololol
AxelTVx
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada916 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17789
20K!!!
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Axel 145 Masters Protoss
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17790
On May 04 2011 13:41 rysecake wrote:
Idra should just switch races...

did artosis switch because he thought P was OP?
mikyaJ
Profile Joined April 2011
1834 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17791
On May 04 2011 13:40 PantsB wrote:
Idra is convinced he's superior to everyone who isn't Korean. Yet he loses sometimes. It make these compatible he blames external factors such as the race he plays being underpowered in both BW and SC2. He's always done it, its not rational.

It doesn't show Z as UP. The evidence doesn't back him up in NASL or GSL but its never been based on reason. Its about emotion and frustration and rage.


Quoting statistics does nothing. What IdrA is saying is that the Zerg will only win if the Terran or Protoss makes mistakes or doesn't play to their fullest. Obviously Zerg will still win within his theory.
MKP||TSL
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17792
Day9 is just saying that whining like that isn't productive...
RIP MBC Game Hero
On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17793
On May 04 2011 13:40 dtz wrote:
or you can always play like julyzerg and pay no heed to what opponent does. but i think philosophically, idra does not like that.


Idra asked for a def build and Day9 gave him one. However it isn't good vs greedy builds. Idra wants a build that can beat everything. Doesn't exist. Shouldn't exist.
VENDIZ
Profile Joined October 2010
1575 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17794
How can you call out a winner of a debate that went absolutetly nowhere? Sure, Day9 didn't PROVE anything that would make one believe zerg is on par with the other two races.. but what did IdrA do besides negate all incoming ideas/comments with equally vague statements about everything he spouts is the truth..

Can't understand how this could be worth listening to every week as the opinions of the participants won't move an inch regardless of how good arguements the other parts make..
SaGe fighting!!~~~~~~
Oreo7
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1647 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17795
Oh, also Idra for some reason thinks as zerg being the "defensive race" which I don't think it's necessary.
Stork HerO and Protoss everywhere - redfive on bnet
Krehlmar
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1149 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17796
Love Day9 and IdrA but from a discussion standpoint IdrA just made better points without anyone being able to dismantle them
My Comment Doesnt Matter Because No One Reads It
relyt
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1073 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17797
IdrA is a wizard.
TedJustice
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1324 Posts
May 04 2011 04:42 GMT
#17798
I feel like Tyler saved that balance discussion.

It actually turned out to be a pretty good discussion.
Cartel
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada255 Posts
May 04 2011 04:43 GMT
#17799
Day9 had nothing to bring to the conversation, and in my opinion is totally wrong about his ideas that ALL GAMES ARE BALANCED no matter what, simply because we havent discovered it yet in meta game.


So let me give Day9 and example. What if Zerglings did 50 dmg. Would each race find a way to make the overall game balanced? Would it just take time? Of course its not balanced, and should be fixed. But Day9 would think its balanced we just haven't figured it out yet.

I_Love_Bacon
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5765 Posts
May 04 2011 04:43 GMT
#17800
If you combine IdrA + Tyler then you get the proper analysis of it. It's seems imbalance, but it's mostly game design. All the races suffer from the same problems Tyler talked about, but merely that Zerg suffer the most from it.
" i havent been playin sc2 but i woke up w/ a boner and i really had to pee... and my crisis management and micro was really something to behold. it inspired me to play some games today" -Liquid'Tyler
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