New Dustin Browder interview (From WCS china) - Page 26

On November 19 2012 22:09 aarsgier wrote:
This game is never going to be good because:

A.) larva mechanics is ridiculous and kills interesting games.

B.) This game has to many hard counters.

C.) Many units have problematic abilities: sentries, infestors and high templars.

Only low leagues think this game is ever going to be a great experience. I lost count on how many times I see gold players state that: "The sky is the limit just use your imagination and build raven derp derp".

On November 19 2012 19:35 monkybone wrote:


This isn't the main point, it's an indirect consequent of unfairness in a game. That's not fun either.

On November 19 2012 20:20 [F_]aths wrote:

Getting stomped isn't fun. Without abilities which look total OP the game would be much less fun. We do need abilities which can kill a lot of units fast to have such moments when someone who was ahead all the time loses his army and subsequently looses the game.

Otherwise it would be too boring to watch the game played out while it was won by player X about 15 minutes ago.

On November 20 2012 01:24 monkybone wrote:


The game requires a certain degree of fairness to retain its integrity as a competitive game. If one race is too favored in a variety of situations, this kills the competitive spirit. sc2 is not life, nor is life competitive. So your point is kinda moot and irrelevant IMO.

On November 20 2012 01:59 -Genome- wrote:
I love the way Browder does his interviews. He always seems so on point, and always has a really clear direction on whatever topic the interviewer can think of. That and he pumps out the words at a million miles an hour so you feel like you're getting so much value for time spent watching it xD

A: Elaborate. It rewards good mechanics; what's wrong with that? The late game 300 food Zerg push (via insta-remaxing) is quite strong, but it seems that players have more trouble against the late game composition (e.g. broodlords or infestors), rather than the sheer number of units (which also requires a huge bank and good macro). It's the quality of units, not just the quantity.

B and C: That's what balance patches, the beta, and the metagame are for. To think that the game will *never* be good is not only your random opinion, but already a call made far too soon. Let's see what Blizzard, the players, and the rest of the community can do first, over a long period of time.

On November 20 2012 03:14 MasterFischer wrote:
People give Dustin too much wrap and flame imo..

On November 20 2012 03:31 c0sm0naut wrote:


i would be giving him zero crap if he showed any real game knowledge that wouldn't be immediately trumped by anyone in diamond or better..:
- as of MLG dallas, he didn't know zergs were using more than "6 or 7" infestors in their army composition
- around july he was interviewed and laughed at the notion that people were using infestors to mindcontrol motherships and waste vortex, he said he wasn't aware of the vortex vs broodlord infestor interaction...
- he claimed in this interview that tournament representation is fine, and said people were only looking at one or two tournaments. terran have been represented in low numbers for the last few months now, especially in gstl and other team leagues..


there are many more examples but you get my point. people are just frustrated when the lead dev of their game somehow manages to say some stupid crap in every interview that either is just not true or maybe was true a few months ago. listening to his interviews makes me question if he even watches this game. i know it's his job, but that doesn't mean he automatically is doing a good job of it.