EPTHealthbars on/off in casted games - Page 9
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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Rococo
United States331 Posts
The analogy might seem ridiculous since nobody's safety is at stake by having healthbars set to on, but that isn't the point. Healthbars on is also a sacrifice, trading visual clarity for more information. And maybe it's because I still watch Brood War, but despite information having a probable competitive advantage and feeling obligated to set healthbars to on when I play, I still value clarity higher subjectively. Especially when watching. Giant churning blobs of healthbars battling healthbars is just completely off-putting to me. The information is still conveyed visually as well, just sometimes it has to be inferred after a unit dies. As a player this is bad but as a spectator it's fine. Nothing in the game functions differently depending on its health. There are no luck-based damage ranges like in Warcraft 3. As long as there's an observer to show you where each army is before a battle starts it's all there for you to see. Visual clarity is forfeited by the way. Nestea uses select only healthbars and I assure you it's not because he's a casual. Attempts to frame this argument as casuals vs. non-casuals are disingenuous. | ||
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Derity
Germany2952 Posts
i prefer selected only... | ||
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
I guess I mean that health bars are a good thing, but there's a point where they become too much. | ||
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
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Elios
Brazil277 Posts
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Candadar
2049 Posts
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PardonYou
United States1360 Posts
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Mr.X
Spain115 Posts
It's like saying that in a football game I want to see the stats for shots, fouls, corners, yellow cards, the changes have been made, and the current standings in the league ... its stupid, honestly I hate the fact that in many tournaments the "Always ON" is a MUST because of the viewers. First because Blizzard has failed to implement in an elegant bars, second because 99% of the time are NOT necessary and third because most part of the screen are these fucking 100% green or yellow bars moving. Personally I like playing with the bars always active, but I know the difference when I am SPECTATOR and when I am PLAYER. | ||
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NietzscheanKant
Finland92 Posts
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Forikorder
Canada8840 Posts
but aside from big engagements i like them on | ||
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Candadar
2049 Posts
On February 20 2012 02:27 Forikorder wrote: i dont like healthbars on during huge battles but aside from big engagements i like them on That's the thing. In smaller engagements, it's REALLY helpful to have them. However, when you got 100 zerglings and 50 banelings being dropped from 15 overlords along with a bunch of mutas fighting dozens of marines and tanks and shit, there is already so much going on that having all those healthbars only makes it more difficult to decipher what the fuck is happening. | ||
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
On February 20 2012 01:56 Derity wrote: i don't need to see the healthbar of 100 zerglings running into some tankfire. i prefer selected only... Very well put! I think healthbars are best turned off in broadcasted games. I mean, when you have a huge engagement the healthbars just jobble up everything and create a mess. Now don't get me wrong, I think they should often be toggled to see the healthbars of a small number of units in the early/mid-game because the small fights are very much easy to track via HP. But like I said, late-game with diminishing stream quality and bunched up units, the engagements are usually over so fast the HP bars don't really matter. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
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Jayson X
Switzerland2431 Posts
On February 20 2012 01:49 Grumbels wrote: Is this poll serious? I hate viewing with health bars turned on, it makes everything look so ugly and cluttered. I didn't expect this result at all, in stream chat too you always hear people complain about health bars being on. Same here. Health bars on turn me off. | ||
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Mr.X
Spain115 Posts
On February 20 2012 02:38 HaXXspetten wrote: Always on of course, also ok if the casters show them during battles, but still better to just have them on all the time. Arguments? Reasoning? | ||
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Tsuki.eu
Portugal1049 Posts
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Mr.X
Spain115 Posts
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nvrs
Greece481 Posts
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