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Cascade
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Australia5405 Posts
July 04 2014 07:38 GMT
#61
On July 04 2014 10:55 ZenithM wrote:
More simple solution is to only have one race. That's it, game balanced, rejoice!

But have you considered that unit X is soooo OP? I have always played with unit Y, and frankly I am no good with unit X, and unit Y is much cooler and makes for more fun games than unit X anyway. They really need to buff Y a lot! Player A, B and C have always used mainly unit Y, and they have dropped out of the scene now almost, while players S, T and U are completely skilless newbs that just abuse unit X, making for boring games. Especially player T is such a patch-X.

Imo, you could get the current player community to play pong, and they'd complain that left side was OP when they lost.
Howlsc
Profile Joined June 2014
Canada15 Posts
July 04 2014 08:33 GMT
#62
In BW most of the good players I knew played random about 80% of the time only picking for tournaments or requested specific matchups.

The difference I see is incredible in terms of how little the average SC2 player knows about their non main races.
Arooo
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
July 04 2014 11:29 GMT
#63
On July 03 2014 16:52 Waise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

i like you, scarlett, and i like gaming, and i like gamers. but people have a responsibility to know ahead of time what the risk/rewards of committing fulltime to a career are. i also love art and artists, but if you choose to be a fulltime artist instead of looking for a stable career then there's a decent chance you're not going to have a lot of stability or financial success

maybe i worded my post in a way that seemed insulting i didn't mean it that way, and if it came off as such i apologize. it was a commentary on the OP's reasoning about blizzard "messing with people's livelihoods" through balance opinions, not an invective against esports

Show nested quote +
On July 03 2014 16:39 Nirel wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

Don't feed the trolls, <3 Scarlett.

don't worry, no one is trolling


only you being a dick, nothing unexpected.
Zest fanboy.
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-04 12:25:20
July 04 2014 12:21 GMT
#64
On July 04 2014 20:29 sAsImre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2014 16:52 Waise wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

i like you, scarlett, and i like gaming, and i like gamers. but people have a responsibility to know ahead of time what the risk/rewards of committing fulltime to a career are. i also love art and artists, but if you choose to be a fulltime artist instead of looking for a stable career then there's a decent chance you're not going to have a lot of stability or financial success

maybe i worded my post in a way that seemed insulting i didn't mean it that way, and if it came off as such i apologize. it was a commentary on the OP's reasoning about blizzard "messing with people's livelihoods" through balance opinions, not an invective against esports

On July 03 2014 16:39 Nirel wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

Don't feed the trolls, <3 Scarlett.

don't worry, no one is trolling


only you being a dick, nothing unexpected.
i'm sorry you feel i was being a dick; i was just responding to something in the OP i disagreed with. most likely i could have phrased it better to seem less derogatory, but i stand by what i said if you take issue with that, feel free to send me a message so we avoid a derail
Swift118
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-04 13:11:59
July 04 2014 13:09 GMT
#65
On July 04 2014 20:29 sAsImre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2014 16:52 Waise wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

i like you, scarlett, and i like gaming, and i like gamers. but people have a responsibility to know ahead of time what the risk/rewards of committing fulltime to a career are. i also love art and artists, but if you choose to be a fulltime artist instead of looking for a stable career then there's a decent chance you're not going to have a lot of stability or financial success

maybe i worded my post in a way that seemed insulting i didn't mean it that way, and if it came off as such i apologize. it was a commentary on the OP's reasoning about blizzard "messing with people's livelihoods" through balance opinions, not an invective against esports

On July 03 2014 16:39 Nirel wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2014 16:29 Waise wrote:
if people's livelihoods depend on esports it's their own fault for thinking esports is a viable career path

that's the risk you take when you want to sit around playing computer games for a living

At least it's a better use of time than shitposting

Don't feed the trolls, <3 Scarlett.

don't worry, no one is trolling


only you being a dick, nothing unexpected.


Just another jellybean.

I say good luck to pro gamers, they can have some years doing something they love and still come out of the scene at a reasonable age to catch up on a chosen career path or education. Unless someone is putting off the chance to study at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard or a once in a lifetime business opportunity then going into pro gaming for a couple of years really does not sound like a horrible idea at all.

Back on topic... I really would hate your idea OP, from a personal point of view having to play any mirror apart from TvT would be a depressing thought. I would probably just leave every PvP and ZvZ or just outright quit the game.
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