On May 04 2014 13:19 Circumstance wrote: To complete the unholy trinity of the 2-hour Swarm Host, I submit for your approval, Stephano vs. Petraeus at Lone Star Clash 3.
+1 You should make a poll of this, too. To make it more official and stuff
Solidifies everything we know about why it's such a garbage unit.
I would love for there to be a change - Swarm Host costs 150/200 (from 200/200), costs 1 mineral to spawn two locusts, there's a "do not spawn" button that can be activated. You could also use that to active and trap enemy units, might be cool. Or to hide your swarm hosts if they're caught out of position and you want to hide / burrow them until the enemy leaves.
There were 2 games I remember, I think both involved Idra, one where his opponent killed his own command center with siege tanks then Idra gg'd, and another (I think from the same MLG) where he gg'd out to a bunch of hallucinated void rays when he had the game won.
Then again, those might be so bad they're good, but from a competitive viewpoint it was shit.
On May 05 2014 05:16 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: I just saw that 3-hour game, holy shit can I have my three hours back?
welcome to hots.
I mean there are good long games. JD usually plays nice 40 minute ZvP's. And in my own personal experience games have been rather short compared to WoL.
This is simply the huge equivalent of a boring WoL game where P has carriers and Z broodlords, or a boring BW PvT where P is trying to find a way to flank the Terran tank line.
On May 05 2014 06:57 deth2munkies wrote: There were 2 games I remember, I think both involved Idra, one where his opponent killed his own command center with siege tanks then Idra gg'd, and another (I think from the same MLG) where he gg'd out to a bunch of hallucinated void rays when he had the game won.
Then again, those might be so bad they're good, but from a competitive viewpoint it was shit.
On May 05 2014 14:41 BreakfastBurrito wrote: Not unique to stephano at all lol... such as the recent tournament regame that involved swarmhosts
Yes there was that one Soulkey/Reality proleague game, but it really is much more Stephano than everyone else put together. Zergs right now are showing great ways that you can use swarm hosts aggressively; Soulkey just crushed Flash in Proleague by using swarm host pincer attacks (attacking mech armies from the back with banelings while locusts eat the tank shots from the front). Stephano intentionally tries to make games last as long as possible. Amazing that he still has any fans at all, I guess (as IdrA and NaNiwa's careers demonstrate), if you're a foreigner who even has the slightest shot against Koreans (though let's be honest IdrA didn't even have that past early 2011), foreign fans will love you no matter how obnoxious you are.
On May 05 2014 14:41 BreakfastBurrito wrote: Not unique to stephano at all lol... such as the recent tournament regame that involved swarmhosts
Yes there was that one Soulkey/Reality proleague game, but it really is much more Stephano than everyone else put together. Zergs right now are showing great ways that you can use swarm hosts aggressively; Soulkey just crushed Flash in Proleague by using swarm host pincer attacks (attacking mech armies from the back with banelings while locusts eat the tank shots from the front). Stephano intentionally tries to make games last as long as possible. Amazing that he still has any fans at all, I guess (as IdrA and NaNiwa's careers demonstrate), if you're a foreigner who even has the slightest shot against Koreans (though let's be honest IdrA didn't even have that past early 2011), foreign fans will love you no matter how obnoxious you are.
xD, the thing is idra and stephano aren't really obnoxious. Idra had some emotional issues that snowballed from his inferiority complex of zerg since early wings of liberty, aside from that hes an interesting and cool guy.
The stream peaked in viewers when the swarm host vs swarm host happened, it was HILARIOUS to see. Now, if this happened every game it would be a travesty, but that little bit to me was quite entertaining and I was hoping it would break the record.
GSL circa 2011. I it was a game on Crossfire by theBest I think. The Terran went for a proxy blue flame hellion into banshee but lifted off the factory about 2 second before the upgrade finished. They then proceeded to lose everything.