[June] SC2 General Discussion - Page 5

On June 06 2011 11:00 Vansetsu wrote:
So... I have kind of felt this way since the roach got +1 (4) range buff. Zerg played correctly at the highest mechanical and strategical level is very strong. In particular against a Protoss. Discluding early to maybe mid game, I feel like even the best Zerg can generate too much income and and can either re-macro strong unit compositions too fast or stockpile and do other things.

I tried to think of a solution for this for a long time, and finally I think I may have come up with a feasible concept - Charging resources for every creep tumor put on the map (initial tumor possibley being free), and maybe charging a slow mineral rate, ala an scv repairing something, for overlords dropping creep. I have no idea what the amounts charged would be, maybe something like 25m?

Creep is free vision, free expansion denial, and free speed advantage. I think forcing the Zerg to passively spend a little of the massive amount of excess minerals they can macro up in SC2 and making creep something of "resource based value" to attack would maybe make the PvZ match up a tad bit more balanced (before the roach range increase, stalkers could harass roaches without speed and kite with good micro ect.) It also makes a stockpiled zerg a little more accountable for how he chooses to engage with units, even if they are in a "throw away army". However, I'm not sure how this would adversely effect TvZ, as creep is often quickly and easily destroyed... but it's something I have been thinking about a lot.

I'd love to hear some intelligent, non bias feedback on the idea. (if that's possible )

On June 06 2011 21:51 Rambowjo wrote:
Hi, I want to participate in the tournament Husky and Day9 are arranging, but I need a North American copy of SC2. Could a kind American look into where I can get it the cheapest? My idea was to order it to a friend in America and then he could give me the serial key.

My apologies if there's a megapost about this somewhere, I couldn't seem to find it.

On June 09 2011 03:45 Annoying Orange wrote:
Hey guys, quick question, dunno where else to post it
If I change my name to grack would that be bad/frowned upon/ anything like that
It's been in the pipeline for a while, not just since the thing with MMA. I want to change it to grack because my friends call me grack because I'm prone to rage and quitting games early
Just don't wanna look like i'm trying to be Idra or anything like that

On June 09 2011 04:13 Plum13um wrote:
Hello, i got a question for you all. I recently realised that protoss does onyl need to built their gateway tech structures without haveing them powered in order to be able to warp in the teched units.(Didnt try with further tech than Gateway)
Wasnt this differently in the past, or did I get this wrong all the time? :D

Example:
Cyber core is built. Powering Pylon gets destroyed. Toss still able to warp in Stalkers.

**Toss OP!** =D

I have about 20 or perhaps even more off days this summer, so I've been thinking to practice hard. I'm a platinum Terran wanting to get to Masters. What should I focus on while practicing (instead of playing a lot) to achieve this goal?

On June 09 2011 10:08 RM_12 wrote:
Why there is no DJ wheat fanclub? And if there is, i can find only miniWheat's thread. Today on Live on three Wheat was droping some gems that should be posted ^^

On June 09 2011 09:08 edc.initiative wrote:
I remembered seeing a thread somewhere about the list of icons a TL user can get. It showed different ones for each race and how many posts were required to reach them. Can anyone provide me a link to it? I have searched frantically, but to no avail. Also, can you choose which icon you can have, as long as you unlocked it?

On June 07 2011 08:04 RM_12 wrote:




You misunderstood.

If you see no starport with observer, you won't add stargate. I'm talking about adding phenixes when you already have few colossi. They have short producton time and are not expensive for how usefull they become. If you open with robo and start colossus production relatively early, terran have to go for some timing or add vikings. If he goes for timing, you have units countering his units, if he adds starports and goes for late game you add stargate and gain upper hand in engagements, because it works out extremly well. I encourage everyone to try it and see how you can move forward with entire army without exposing your colossus nor stalkers.

When terran dodges colossi with marauder ball and moves vikings forward you have to move colossi back and get stalkers in range of vikings to snipe them leaving your stalkers in range of marauders while they are out of colossi range. When you add phenixes you can suddenly a-move and still beat this terran composition. It made HUGE difference for me in this MU, that's why i'm suprised it's not commonly used.