David Kim Interview by Thud after IEM Hannover - Page 16

On March 15 2013 06:28 Amui wrote:


I wouldn`t be surprised if more than just DK was GM. Realistically they need to have a couple players playing at(or at least understanding) the highest level just for analytical purposes. It comes down to learning what part of a X is broken, and what way will fix it without destroying the feel.

On April 13 2013 03:09 Emzeeshady wrote:

They were only ever used for all ins vs Protoss and nexus canon makes those irrelevant.

Ravens are used quite often vs Zerg late game. Banshee openings are not used vs Zerg because the gas is better spent on mines/medivacs.

Ravens are still used vs bio with pdd to help with marauders. Banshees have the same use in TvT as a solid aggressive opener that you can rely on to kill a bunch of scvs plus scout.

On April 13 2013 04:59 BaaL` wrote:


I literally never see a banshee anymore in TvT, mines shut it down way too hard. Hellbat drop is the new and only 1-base play IMO.

On April 13 2013 02:55 Emzeeshady wrote:

Not really. Pulling marines behind marauders and splitting them a bit is actually pretty easy. Simply MMM vs Muta/Ling/Bane was fairly equal on the micro side as if you didn't surround from multiple angles and split banes to match marines then you were probably going to lose. Now you can't even engage the Terran army unless you dance and dodge with three separate parts of ling/bane while suiciding units to kill mines. Not to mention Terran can pick up and fly away at ANY time now because of the turbo vacs ensuring that any attack is a no risk one.

On April 22 2013 21:19 kamicom wrote:
Anyone know when the balance patch is coming? It's brutal watching TvZ on GSL. All these great Z's play perfectly, gain advantages, then all die to the same WM, or some hellbat drop on a mineral line (even when the Z prepares) that kills off like 14 drones in exchange for 2 75 mineral units. I'm sorta glad T's are abusing WM and medivacs and Hellbats so at least the devs know what's broken about the units. Need patch soon though. All the Z's dying off this tourney

On April 22 2013 21:19 kamicom wrote:
Anyone know when the balance patch is coming? It's brutal watching TvZ on GSL. All these great Z's play perfectly, gain advantages, then all die to the same WM, or some hellbat drop on a mineral line (even when the Z prepares) that kills off like 14 drones in exchange for 2 75 mineral units. I'm sorta glad T's are abusing WM and medivacs and Hellbats so at least the devs know what's broken about the units. Need patch soon though. All the Z's dying off this tourney

On April 22 2013 22:35 Butterednuts wrote:
I really hope they give ultras the burrow charge ability. It would be amazing from a spectator's view and actually make the unit viable. The only reason it isn't used more is because of the horrible pathing AI that occurs when it is trying to walk around tiny zerglings and banelings. By the time it actually reaches it's target it's halfway or 3/4 dead. By removing the clunky AI part, it will greatly increase ultralisk usage imo.

On April 22 2013 22:35 Butterednuts wrote:
I really hope they give ultras the burrow charge ability. It would be amazing from a spectator's view and actually make the unit viable. The only reason it isn't used more is because of the horrible pathing AI that occurs when it is trying to walk around tiny zerglings and banelings. By the time it actually reaches it's target it's halfway or 3/4 dead. By removing the clunky AI part, it will greatly increase ultralisk usage imo.

On April 22 2013 21:19 kamicom wrote:
Anyone know when the balance patch is coming? It's brutal watching TvZ on GSL. All these great Z's play perfectly, gain advantages, then all die to the same WM, or some hellbat drop on a mineral line (even when the Z prepares) that kills off like 14 drones in exchange for 2 75 mineral units. I'm sorta glad T's are abusing WM and medivacs and Hellbats so at least the devs know what's broken about the units. Need patch soon though. All the Z's dying off this tourney

On March 15 2013 06:25 peidongyang wrote:
I'm calling bs on the gm three races thing
That means he is performing at a similar if not higher level than thorzain, sase and a lesser tier Korean pro Zerg at their respective races? Yeah bullshit.

On April 23 2013 11:58 kamicom wrote:
*reads down replies that defend WM and medivac*
Terran, terran, terran.. funny coincidence.
You have to factor in that there were mirror match ups and Protoss that factored into the advances in GSL. I'm not using the # of T's vs Z's in GSL to gauge the units because that doesnt make any sense; there are just stronger players right now that are Z. It has nothing to do with that those strong Z players are losing to weaker T players which is the point I'm making.

To the person who said a spore stops hellbat drops, no it doesn't. A vast majority of hellbat/hellion/rine drop harrass either breaks even or pays off for the T (that's the whole reason why the T's that are winning are winning). go watch the ZvT's again; Other than soulkey vs maru, there are many moments when a Z will have ovs set up, prepare static, and move units/pull drones-- but the T will use afterburner to drop right onto drones with hellbats and take out at least 4 drones before either picking up/escaping (usually more).

Wasn't the whole point of scourge to compensate for Z's weak AA (don't tell me a queen or 2 and spores are viable to deter medivacs because they arent most times, especially with boost) and actually make T's work for drop harrass?