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Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10307 Posts
December 03 2012 21:23 GMT
#301
Thank you for bringing the disgusting whiteboi nationalism to light. Skill > noobs for life.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
December 03 2012 21:23 GMT
#302
The only reason why foreigners got a good match up ratio vs Korean in 2012 is because of Stephano and he was beating koreans left and right before the patch also
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
December 03 2012 21:24 GMT
#303
I miss the good days of TvZ
#TheOneTrueDong
proofy
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada283 Posts
December 03 2012 21:25 GMT
#304
At least reading this article was more fun than watching and playing SC2. Thanks!
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
December 03 2012 21:25 GMT
#305
Whiteman fucking with the natives again :/ This time with zerg buffs instead of blankets.
IM hwaitiing ~ IMMvp #1 | Bang Min Ah <3<3
Mia
Profile Joined November 2012
75 Posts
December 03 2012 21:25 GMT
#306
This is correct, i wonder maybe this is the reason that Orc was overpowered in Wc3 also? To allow foreigners beat Koreans.
"Terran, who is missing in action" - me
Wrathsc2
Profile Joined March 2011
United States2025 Posts
December 03 2012 21:26 GMT
#307
man i miss tvz 2011
A marine walks into a bar and asks, "Wheres the counter?"
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
December 03 2012 21:27 GMT
#308
On December 04 2012 06:21 Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo wrote:
Man this thread really could need fewer comments in which people declare their superiority by telling everyone how very well they understand the OP.

You speak truth
Mavvie
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Canada923 Posts
December 03 2012 21:28 GMT
#309
I actually thought he was serious for most of this, hahaha.

On a serious note, the patch that came to HotS today seems very interesting. "Heavily nerf infestors" while making other play (mutalisks, ultralisks, and indirectly banelings/zerglings) more viable lategame. Can't wait to win and improve an equal amount as I am currently, but without everybody demeaning the value of my rank because of the race I play.
Getting back into sc2 O_o
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10307 Posts
December 03 2012 21:28 GMT
#310
On December 04 2012 06:18 Rorschach wrote:
It makes me sick to my stomach watching the better player lose to broken game design. Its to the point you can't even outplay your opponent...

I hope this game dies, it doesn't deserve to be a successor to BW.

T_T thank you friend
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
00Visor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
4337 Posts
December 03 2012 21:28 GMT
#311
Its a nice write-up, but the use of statistics is very bad.
- Winrates have to be compared with those before the patch, foreign terrans always sucked
- A high number of the zerg wins were by Stephano who simply has been outstanding amongst foreigners for a long time (also before the patch)
Rioo
Profile Joined May 2012
46 Posts
December 03 2012 21:29 GMT
#312
Very entertaining text! I see this all the time when I (terran) play with my two buddies (zerg and protoss). Even though I would say the protoss player is better in every single aspect, but not by a lot, the zerg has so much better success in Starcraft 2.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10307 Posts
December 03 2012 21:29 GMT
#313
On December 04 2012 06:23 Benjamin99 wrote:
The only reason why foreigners got a good match up ratio vs Korean in 2012 is because of Stephano and he was beating koreans left and right before the patch also

He had barely 50% winrate
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
December 03 2012 21:30 GMT
#314
Definitely a quality write-up.

And, damn, thanks for reminding us of how good ZvT used to be. Both watching and playing. It was the best matchup by far. Then all the metagame shifts fucked it in the ass. Mech, which I hate to death (who wants to see some amazing Thor micro? Oh wait...) and now going infestors. Definitely not as exciting as the old muta/ling style.

But, honestly, I think it's more the winds of the metagame and the discovery of new strats that lead to this fungalfest, rather than the last patch. It had something to do with it, for sure, but if we revert it back to the way it was pre-patch, infestors would still be the dominant choice, as mutas are almost not even viable in ZvT anymore. They would be slightly weaker but I don't honestly believe that we would see a significant change in gameplay.

But I definitely think there's truth in what you're saying.
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"Win rates are 50/50 both on ladder and at high level tournament play. There is nothing at the moment that we belive is any cause for concern. Game is balanced." ~Blizzard

You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
link0
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1071 Posts
December 03 2012 21:30 GMT
#315
Fantastic and accurate write up. You put into words what every Masters+ player is already thinking.
http://www.justin.tv/link0 - Gosu.Linko - http://www.facebook.com/link0
a176
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada6688 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-03 21:32:32
December 03 2012 21:32 GMT
#316
how quickly we forget how prevalent muta ling bling was. and with that strat, it was never a guaranteed win. yes. more entertaining. but at the pro level, why not use a build that will increases your chances of winning? thus infestor strats became prevalent.

im just trying to say, yea, its lame to watch bl/infestor game after game, but dont blame the players. blame blizzard. and no, hots will not fix this.

you will now have swarm host-infestor-brood lord to deal with! om nom nom free units!
starleague forever
CamoPillbox
Profile Joined April 2012
Czech Republic229 Posts
December 03 2012 21:33 GMT
#317
Yes blizzard need to take down some heads Diablo 3 failed completly , SC2 same mistakes zero community listen(slow or zero reactions to concurent games community ) , + outspam world of warcraft with datadisks where fight are less and less interesting and easy+pvp only +hp+dmg(per data) nothing more+ungly items to wear on most of races......(not played pandaria yet) .
Counted in ALL we need Total new soul+spirit+idea+fantasy to blizzard cause they only drain from their predecestor games SC:Bw, Diablo2,first two expansions of Wow......
only way to make Blizz work again is Heads from top must fall or be kicked to ass. (true is just painfull)

Sory for gramatic mistakes not all are borned english mens
Czech Terran(Hots) player
CrugerDK
Profile Joined December 2011
Denmark323 Posts
December 03 2012 21:34 GMT
#318
this post has some good point, but alot of it is sensationalized trash.
ArcticRaven
Profile Joined August 2011
France1406 Posts
December 03 2012 21:37 GMT
#319
From reading comments - am I the only zerg player that fucking hates infestors ? The sheer mind-numbing boringness of fungle into amove has singlehandedly made me switch to Terran then get a dota key. I just can't stand playing my race anymore, because infestors are the only choice that doesn't auto die to mech and FFE allins and it's the worst choice you could make when it comes to actually enjoying the game.

And I'm not even talking about watching tournaments.
[Govie] Wierd shit, on a 6 game AP winning streak with KOTL in the trench. I searched gandalf quotes and spammed them all game long, trenchwarfare247, whateva it takes!
Ficetool
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany165 Posts
December 03 2012 21:38 GMT
#320
On December 04 2012 06:30 link0 wrote:
Fantastic and accurate write up. You put into words what every Masters+ player is already thinking.


I am Master and think it is utter rubbish, written by someone who has no clue and is biased :-)
Not to mention all the stupid things he writes that makes it either a troll post or just ridicolous
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