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raff100
Profile Joined April 2011
498 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-30 22:58:59
April 30 2017 22:56 GMT
#241
On May 01 2017 07:53 Karpfen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2017 07:38 raff100 wrote:
WCS Austin just remembered me why I can't enjoy watching this game since LotV came out.I've tried to support SC2 as I could,but this is not the game I used to love and I can't handle its design anymore.
I'm out of it .You guys are a great community,best of luck!


Or you just had your favourite race lose and are salty about it. Sorry for the sad truth.

I was cheering for Snute ,as I do in every other tournaments,but I'm very happy for Neeb, he is such an humble and hardworking guy!
Unfortunately I don't care about balance whining, it's just the design of the game that I can't stand.
kajtarp
Profile Joined April 2011
Hungary492 Posts
May 01 2017 00:49 GMT
#242
On May 01 2017 07:56 raff100 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2017 07:53 Karpfen wrote:
On May 01 2017 07:38 raff100 wrote:
WCS Austin just remembered me why I can't enjoy watching this game since LotV came out.I've tried to support SC2 as I could,but this is not the game I used to love and I can't handle its design anymore.
I'm out of it .You guys are a great community,best of luck!


Or you just had your favourite race lose and are salty about it. Sorry for the sad truth.

I was cheering for Snute ,as I do in every other tournaments,but I'm very happy for Neeb, he is such an humble and hardworking guy!
Unfortunately I don't care about balance whining, it's just the design of the game that I can't stand.


thx for the spoilers.
Why so serious?
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
May 01 2017 01:17 GMT
#243
On May 01 2017 09:49 kajtarp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 01 2017 07:56 raff100 wrote:
On May 01 2017 07:53 Karpfen wrote:
On May 01 2017 07:38 raff100 wrote:
WCS Austin just remembered me why I can't enjoy watching this game since LotV came out.I've tried to support SC2 as I could,but this is not the game I used to love and I can't handle its design anymore.
I'm out of it .You guys are a great community,best of luck!


Or you just had your favourite race lose and are salty about it. Sorry for the sad truth.

I was cheering for Snute ,as I do in every other tournaments,but I'm very happy for Neeb, he is such an humble and hardworking guy!
Unfortunately I don't care about balance whining, it's just the design of the game that I can't stand.


thx for the spoilers.

well man the tournament is over lol
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-01 03:46:25
May 01 2017 03:45 GMT
#244
The poll/title are a suggestion on its own. Is it more fun to watch? What if you had stated, Is it less fun to watch? What if you had stated was HOTS more fun to watch than LOTV? I firmly believe how you actually phrase the question will affect the poll numbers/how people will answer. It is a bias poll from the start that wants you to think that lotv is better to watch than hots due to the way it is phrased. For me, LOTV is crap. HOTS was OK. WOL was GREAT.
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aQuaSC
Profile Joined August 2011
717 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-01 03:54:28
May 01 2017 03:53 GMT
#245
I feel many considered the game more fun when nobody knew how to play properly yet, that's a typical trigger thread created to further antagonize people here
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necrosexy
Profile Joined March 2011
451 Posts
May 01 2017 04:21 GMT
#246
yes, because of the lack of swarmhosts
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
May 01 2017 04:25 GMT
#247
On May 01 2017 12:53 aQuaSC wrote:
I feel many considered the game more fun when nobody knew how to play properly yet, that's a typical trigger thread created to further antagonize people here


For me it had to do with being apart of the scene as a competitor during the WOL era so i naturally enjoyed watching the game more back then. I definitely see what you are saying though, there is definitely satisfaction in "discovering" or "figuring something out". The brain releases dopamine every time these types of things happen.
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SmileZerg
Profile Joined March 2012
United States543 Posts
May 01 2017 06:51 GMT
#248
I know this is that sort of thing that's guaranteed to set someone in the thread off, but I don't think that should stop me from sharing my personal opinion, so here goes:

As far as I'm concerned, the question in the OP doesn't matter, because what more people should be asking is, is SC2 more fun to watch than Brood War? For me it's a resounding no. I'm having so much more fun watching Brood War, and I feel it's important to mention, just to quash that fallacy that I see brought up so often that people only prefer Brood War due to nostalgia, that I was never into competitive BW back in its heyday - in fact, although I played it casually as a kid I didn't get into e-sports at all until Wings of Liberty. It's only now that I'm realizing what I was missing all that time and I kind of loathe SC2 for stealing and wasting the spotlight for years with such an inferior game design. There were some good moments in SC2s history (BoxeR vs MMA semifinals at MLG) but I can't help but think they would have been better if they'd just been in the better game.
"Show me your teeth."
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 01 2017 07:44 GMT
#249
On May 01 2017 15:51 SmileZerg wrote:
I know this is that sort of thing that's guaranteed to set someone in the thread off, but I don't think that should stop me from sharing my personal opinion, so here goes:

As far as I'm concerned, the question in the OP doesn't matter, because what more people should be asking is, is SC2 more fun to watch than Brood War? For me it's a resounding no. I'm having so much more fun watching Brood War, and I feel it's important to mention, just to quash that fallacy that I see brought up so often that people only prefer Brood War due to nostalgia, that I was never into competitive BW back in its heyday - in fact, although I played it casually as a kid I didn't get into e-sports at all until Wings of Liberty. It's only now that I'm realizing what I was missing all that time and I kind of loathe SC2 for stealing and wasting the spotlight for years with such an inferior game design. There were some good moments in SC2s history (BoxeR vs MMA semifinals at MLG) but I can't help but think they would have been better if they'd just been in the better game.

You're pretty much preaching to the choir at this point. It's not an unpopular opinion among those who've watched both games that BW can be more entertaining. That doesn't mean that SC2 is completly worthless as a source of entertainment, and it's not pointless to discuss whether or not each expansion made the game better.
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SSMMA
Profile Joined February 2016
15 Posts
May 01 2017 10:09 GMT
#250
"Look at the viewership"
This is not an argument, the game is 7 year old and and other games took the lead : LoL, csgo, hearthstone, overwatch. An rts game is much harder to renew than a MOBA and it's logical most people get bored with the game for some time. Moreover, sc2 is such a frustrating game, and need a lot of focus which can be tireing/boring for recreative players in the long run.
Overall, i think a lot of players still enjoy watching starcraft 2 games even if they don't play the game, because it remains so beautiful to watch.
The game is to me much better than HoTS and WoL. Early WoL was really good to play and watch, and it remains one of the best gaming experience I had.
After tasting LOTV, i feel that there's no comparison to HotS, it's much better in a lot of ways. The variety of openings and the mid game stages are overall more dynamic and interesting than in hots or wol which make it much more enjoyable to watch; and even to play, when you go back to wol or hots, everything looks so slow and predictable.
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1971 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-01 10:33:00
May 01 2017 10:10 GMT
#251
On May 01 2017 19:09 SSMMA wrote:
"Look at the viewership"
This is not an argument, the game is 7 year old and and other games took the lead : LoL, csgo, hearthstone, overwatch. An rts game is much harder to renew than a MOBA and it's logical most people get bored with the game for some time. Moreover, sc2 is such a frustrating game, and need a lot of focus which can be tireing/boring for recreative players in the long run.
Overall, i think a lot of players still enjoy watching starcraft 2 games even if they don't play the game, because it remains so beautiful to watch.
The game is to me much better than HoTS and WoL. Early WoL was really good to play and watch, and it remains one of the best gaming experience I had.
After tasting LOTV, i feel that there's no comparison to HotS, it's much better in a lot of ways. The variety of openings and the mid game stages are overall more dynamic and interesting than in hots or wol which make it much more enjoyable to watch; and even to play, when you go back to wol or hots, everything looks so slow and predictable.


Guess you didn't read the article where I statistically broke down the number of openers used (as well as frequency with which they were used) over the course of two full seasons of GSL and how they decreased dramatically in LotV.
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