On January 21 2019 09:47 willian88a wrote:
1º sc2 has low skill ceiling and zerg is imba.
2º In my opinion the game now is not better, the only positive thing about the previous versions of the game is that the games are not so long. With Lotv a lot of strategies have been lost, especially in the early game, there are no viable strategies without using vespene gas (except the shameful cannon rush), and the games are summarized in a race to expand and reach the T3 units (while you try to do economic damage to the rival). Deathballs remain, zerg bane-ling (and hydras) amove is still an embarrassment that does not require skill and with zerg you can reach master league using only one or two control groups and frequently using f2 amove.
In Lotv there is hardly any real strategy, now everyone expands more, but the only reason for that is that there are now ridiculously few minerals per base, and that's why everyone expands, that's not a strategy, it's an obligation, the game does not reward you enough if you mine from more than three bases. Lotv for me is as disappointing or more so than Wol and Hots. Speaking as a former terran player, I feel that for terrans the game is more boring than ever, TvT stinks, there is no variety, it is not allowed to expand quickly since it is more likely that one or two reapers of the rival serve to defeat you before the minute 5. PvT is still a garbage but in another way (and imbalanced), ZVT, I already said it, zerg against T does not need skill (I speak of terran using bio), mech vs zerg is stupid and boring, unviable in high level and bored in master league and lower leagues. For me SC2 is over, I will continue watching competitions, from Brood War obviously, the SC2 competitions always bored me even when I played it.
1º sc2 has low skill ceiling and zerg is imba.
2º In my opinion the game now is not better, the only positive thing about the previous versions of the game is that the games are not so long. With Lotv a lot of strategies have been lost, especially in the early game, there are no viable strategies without using vespene gas (except the shameful cannon rush), and the games are summarized in a race to expand and reach the T3 units (while you try to do economic damage to the rival). Deathballs remain, zerg bane-ling (and hydras) amove is still an embarrassment that does not require skill and with zerg you can reach master league using only one or two control groups and frequently using f2 amove.
In Lotv there is hardly any real strategy, now everyone expands more, but the only reason for that is that there are now ridiculously few minerals per base, and that's why everyone expands, that's not a strategy, it's an obligation, the game does not reward you enough if you mine from more than three bases. Lotv for me is as disappointing or more so than Wol and Hots. Speaking as a former terran player, I feel that for terrans the game is more boring than ever, TvT stinks, there is no variety, it is not allowed to expand quickly since it is more likely that one or two reapers of the rival serve to defeat you before the minute 5. PvT is still a garbage but in another way (and imbalanced), ZVT, I already said it, zerg against T does not need skill (I speak of terran using bio), mech vs zerg is stupid and boring, unviable in high level and bored in master league and lower leagues. For me SC2 is over, I will continue watching competitions, from Brood War obviously, the SC2 competitions always bored me even when I played it.
Your negative attitude is frankly embarassing and it feels so so out of place if compared to the authentic enthusiasm White_hart exhudes.
Foreigners are better now because the region lock allowed EU and NA scenes to develop without being strangled by the overwhelming opposition of top koreans; LoTV's skill ceiling is arguably higher than HoTS's and Zerg is not imba: it was probably the strongest race during Serral's reign last patch mid to late 2018 but by a slight and healthy margin(only Maru and Protoss won GSL tournaments last year).
The game is not dying, it's actually on the rise in terms of audience outside Korea.
There is some uncertainty regarding longterm plans for the progaming scene as the new Activision-Blizzard is experiencing internal changes and this might reflect in downgrading the funds for sc2 tournaments ;Heroes of the Storm pro scene got cancelled entirely and someone fears Sc2 could experience the same soon, but we will enjoy WCS in 2019 and hopefully for another couple of years.