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Snicklefritz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada19 Posts
August 30 2010 20:10 GMT
#341
I liked it a lot, i just wish however that more zerg players besides slush made it to the top.
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
August 30 2010 20:14 GMT
#342
renamed thread due to misplaced blame. MLG's running of the tournament had nothing to do with how the gameplay turns out these days.
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blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
August 30 2010 20:20 GMT
#343
Wait I don't get it.

Were you bored of ZvT in BW because every game was MM + Tank or Vessel with the zerg trying to counter it?
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PanzerDragoon
Profile Joined March 2010
United States822 Posts
August 30 2010 20:25 GMT
#344
On August 30 2010 06:03 LyRa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2010 05:54 Smiggins wrote:
Another reason i wish marauders weren't in sc2.

They should be T2 and then it's fine :D

Something like you need a factory to build them? If Terran just has marines/reapers early roach could be a HUGE problem. Early stalker push would also be very strong since they kite marines very well
Thoro
Profile Joined June 2010
United States57 Posts
August 30 2010 20:27 GMT
#345
All right, so I got into watching BW when SC2 beta phase 1 ended. I played BW around when it came out, but never got big-time into it because I was like 4 years old at the time. When beta came out I started playing ladder which made me want to get better- so I started watching SC2 as well. Then, as I said above, beta ended so I started watching BW.

So just to set the record straight, I started watching both games around the same time.

In my opinion, BW is way more fun to watch.

There are some good reasons, too- I love the massive amounts of action that goes on in BW- you generally have skirmishes going on EVERYWHERE with massive amounts of expos, as opposed to SC2 where you may get 2 or 3 expos and you have 1 core army and then a small group of harassers, or something of the sort.

I could go into it in more , but basically, I like how BW has players using their army everywhere, rather than in one giant ball marching towards the opponent at certain periods in the game. I think SC2 might develop to the point to where it's more entertaining to watch- I hope so, at least. Until then, I watch SC2 purely to improve my skill level.
st3roids
Profile Joined June 2010
Greece538 Posts
August 30 2010 20:30 GMT
#346
Well i like it a lot , fact is the first rts i ever bothered watch.

Maybe isnt as good as bw , but it is an expansion regardless so not rly comparable.

Regardless is the best we get atm like it or not .
Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2496 Posts
August 30 2010 20:33 GMT
#347
needs time to mature. suspend your nostalgia and go back to brood war 2001, watch elky vs garimto and tell me that isn't the most boring thing you've ever seen
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PanzerDragoon
Profile Joined March 2010
United States822 Posts
August 30 2010 20:34 GMT
#348
Something does need to be done because MMM is like the default build versus every match. It used to be varied with Mech vs Z and Tank/Viking in TvT, but now everything is MMM unless you cheese build
Seam
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1093 Posts
August 30 2010 20:35 GMT
#349
I LOVE watching SC2, I actually get snacks and such to watch it.

I do think watching reapers in every ZvT is boring, but even still it's an awesome watch :3
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OwlFeet
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
75 Posts
August 30 2010 20:40 GMT
#350
You whiney bitches make me want to puke.
Gigaudas
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Sweden1213 Posts
August 30 2010 20:45 GMT
#351
On August 31 2010 05:20 blagoonga123 wrote:
Wait I don't get it.

Were you bored of ZvT in BW because every game was MM + Tank or Vessel with the zerg trying to counter it?


I was bored of Brood War in general because I got so pissed of every time a Terran ruined a great match-up by going mech. It's truly what made me quit BW, man it pissed me of when I saw that early gas. Good bye entertainment, hello torment!

So I guess I'm trying to say that variation is overrated, entertaining unit combinations is more important. Micro and macro in Starcraft 2 is far too easy to have the wow-factor of Brood War though. Have you guys seen how slowly CellaWerra plays? And he's doing great!

I enjoy watching Starcraft 2 but its success as an e-sport will rely more on its popularity among casual gamers than on its qualities as a competitive game.
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Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
August 30 2010 20:45 GMT
#352
On August 31 2010 05:20 blagoonga123 wrote:
Wait I don't get it.

Were you bored of ZvT in BW because every game was MM + Tank or Vessel with the zerg trying to counter it?

well, bw is amazing because the game evolves (im not saying sc2 wont evolve...) terran MM + Tank/Vessel vs zerg isnt comparable to zvt in sc2...

in bw, tvz was based on terrans push, and zerg's need to get a third gas and to delay that push till they teched to darkswarm: this meant keeping the MM at the terrans main by muta harass, lurker contain, etc...

also, the all games arnt just MM+Tank/Vessel.. a new trend has come where terrans are going bio -> mech which zergs are having a hard time dealing with... flash's genius goliath -> MM push g1 MSL finals vs jd a couple days ago.. straight mech is also a very viable option.. other openings are 2 port wraith, valk play.. the list goes on

this kind of play hasnt been discovered in sc2 yet... (again, not saying it wont come up, just that it took bw a decade to reach where it has now, sc2 has only been out for a lil over a month. beta not included)

give it time people!
Jaedong.
sadyque
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania251 Posts
August 30 2010 20:50 GMT
#353
I really dont get whats with all the "Terran does only mmm" crap.
Well so protoss does only zssi and zerg does only zbm. Wtf is wrong with you people? What the hell are we supposed to build in the first part of the game?? Battlecruisers? We do marine marauders, protoss does zealot stalker and zerg does zergling roach or slight variations. What else is there to do?
We add medivacs - you add immortals
We add ghosts - you add hts
and so on...
What do you want us to do? What do we have to build to make you feel better about the game?
Fast tanks and get owned by -blink stalkers/immortals/chargelots/vrays/zerglings/burrow roaches/mutalisks or what?
Mass reapers to the end of time??
60 bucks? But it has Kerrigans Boobs in three god damn dimensions. Do you know how long i have waited for this?
Coolzx
Profile Joined May 2010
United States138 Posts
August 30 2010 20:54 GMT
#354
On August 31 2010 05:50 sadyque wrote:
I really dont get whats with all the "Terran does only mmm" crap.
Well so protoss does only zssi and zerg does only zbm. Wtf is wrong with you people? What the hell are we supposed to build in the first part of the game?? Battlecruisers? We do marine marauders, protoss does zealot stalker and zerg does zergling roach or slight variations. What else is there to do?
We add medivacs - you add immortals
We add ghosts - you add hts
and so on...
What do you want us to do? What do we have to build to make you feel better about the game?
Fast tanks and get owned by -blink stalkers/immortals/chargelots/vrays/zerglings/burrow roaches/mutalisks or what?
Mass reapers to the end of time??


Have you ever played bw? We all start out by building battlecruiser, carriers, devourer and guardian.

/sarcasm
On the thread: HuK: "I want to be the next Lim Yo Hwan for SC2" On July 20 2010 11:12 IdrA wrote: ahahahahahahahahahahaha User was temp banned for this post.
Kare
Profile Joined March 2009
Norway786 Posts
August 30 2010 20:57 GMT
#355
If you had the korean guy who gets every single scan on the map in sc2 aswell, then it would be awesome to watch, its still pretty fun to watch with HDStarcraft and stuff but not as funny as BroodWar.
In life you can obtain all sorts of material wealth, but the real treasure is the epic feelings you get while doing something you love.
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
August 30 2010 20:58 GMT
#356
I seriously do not get these threads.

If it's boring to watch for you then simply don't watch it.
I'm sure the thousands of viewers on stream enjoy watching SC2, so it's obviously not boring for them.
Cofo
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1388 Posts
August 30 2010 21:00 GMT
#357
You can't sum up the spectator experience of an entire game with a single adjective. It depends on the match. Some matches are boring, some are spectacular. Just like Football, just like BW, just like any game.
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Anxiety
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States650 Posts
August 30 2010 21:01 GMT
#358
On August 31 2010 05:50 sadyque wrote:
I really dont get whats with all the "Terran does only mmm" crap.
Well so protoss does only zssi and zerg does only zbm. Wtf is wrong with you people? What the hell are we supposed to build in the first part of the game?? Battlecruisers? We do marine marauders, protoss does zealot stalker and zerg does zergling roach or slight variations. What else is there to do?
We add medivacs - you add immortals
We add ghosts - you add hts
and so on...
What do you want us to do? What do we have to build to make you feel better about the game?
Fast tanks and get owned by -blink stalkers/immortals/chargelots/vrays/zerglings/burrow roaches/mutalisks or what?
Mass reapers to the end of time??


protoss does Zealot stalker sentry coloxon because it counters MMM, same with the zergling baneling muta.
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
August 30 2010 21:02 GMT
#359
SC2 is a snooze fest for me to watch sadly.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
tsmith15
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada14 Posts
August 30 2010 21:02 GMT
#360
I don't watch for Macro, I watch for Micro. Seeing a series of perfectly placed forcefields or storms, seeing colossi v. colossi; baneling v. baneling, etc. There's so much great micro the repetitive macro doesn't bother me at all. And just the chess game of scouting and counter-scouting, where to put your forces, managing scans, etc. is so exciting. I prefer watching way way more than playing.
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