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[kasane]

Tried zerg. Anti air is abbysmal. Never again

 

[unknownstranger]

Tried zerg. Anti air is abbysmal. Never again

Which is why Corrupters need a huge buff.

 

[Yoshichan]

Tried zerg. Anti air is abbysmal. Never again

Coming from BW, this is the first time you've played and/or even seen SC2?

 

[kasane]

Wouldn't make me mad, they're still expensive as fuck so I don't think it would be a good route to go with in any match up.

What if they're returned to BW prices?

Coming from BW, this is the first time you've played and/or even seen SC2?

Watched some pro games

 

[Yoshichan]

What if they're returned to BW prices?

1 supply, 75/25 hydras would probably kill the entire game, all match-ups :lol

Watched some pro games

Gotcha! Static anti-air has been heavily buffed for zerg in HotS as well (spore crawlers needed evolution chambers previously, and the spores now deal a SHIT done damage against biological units). I agree that the corrupter is true garbage though... quite possibly the most boring unit in the entire game.

 

[Boken]

No dude. Rick, Nate, and I wreck people.

you guys could wreck people in mobas together

 

[kasane]

1 supply, 75/25 hydras would probably kill the entire game, all match-ups :lol

Gotcha! Static anti-air has been heavily buffed for zerg in HotS as well (spore crawlers needed evolution chambers previously, and the spores now deal a SHIT done damage against biological units). I agree that the corrupter is true garbage though... quite possibly the most boring unit in the entire game.

I actually main terran . I have been wanting to switch to zerg but i got owned during my first try

 

[Yoshichan]

I actually main terran . I have been wanting to switch to zerg but i got owned during my first try

Yeah I think that's gonna be the case with every race, unless you get matched up against someone who just started playing as well! You should just play the race that you feel is themost FUN. That way you'll keep playing and improving from there. All the races are good.

 

[Boken]

I actually main terran . I have been wanting to switch to zerg but i got owned during my first try

BW terran feel most like sc2 protoss apparently

 

[kasane]

Yeah I think that's gonna be the case with every race, unless you get matched up against someone who just started playing as well! You should just play the race that you feel is themost FUN. That way you'll keep playing and improving from there. All the races are good.

Well im starting to get a hang of SC2 terran. Im afraid of i get used to it i wont try zerg anymore :lol

BW terran feel
most like sc2 protoss apparently

Well BW terran owned pro leagues for a decade.

 

[Yoshichan]

No race in BW feels or plays the same in SC2, so :/... but yeah I think Flash said something about SC2 toss being kinda like BW terran.

Well im starting to get a hang of SC2 terran. Im afraid of i get used to it i wont try zerg anymore :lol

Sure! Start with one race and when you're bored/frustrated, you could always try the other two races.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Some guy just raged out when i beat him, kept asking me over and over what the counter to infestors are. Kinda frustrating for me as in the entirety of WOL i never built infestors, i only started building them now because they're underused.

 

[Zen]

Changes to the balance test map

Hi guys,

We'd like to tweak the changes on the current balance test map a little bit this week.

Instead of doing the Revelation range buff, we'd like to try a change where units that are hit by Revelation can't remove it by simply burrowing or cloaking. Burrowing or cloaking will still hide the unit, but unburrowing/uncloaking will reveal it again.

We'd also like to try a lesser version of the Widow Mine nerf. Right now, we feel just straight downgrading to the 1.25 range is too big of a nerf. Therefore, we'd like to try a change where widow mines don't do full damage. Units within the 1.25 radius will take 100% damage like we're testing right now. From 1.25 to 1.75, units will take 50% or 25% of the full damage. This way, the total splash radius is the same as is on live, but the actual damage output is still nerfed.

Edit to clarify:

Here's how we're intending the Widow Mine change to work:

Units inside a 1.25 radius take 100% damage. (40 damage)
From 1.25 to 1.5, units take 50%. (20 damage)
From 1.5 to 1.75, units take 25%. (10 damage)

The listed damage amounts are based on Sentinel Missile's splash damage amount, not the single target damage. Hope this clears things up.

Ah already posted

Well fine then, Blizzard has posted a Q&A talking about the issues with WCS that everyone brings up.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=432243

• What are Blizzard's current plans regarding a residency or citizenship restriction for WCS regions in 2014 (region locking)?
• Has the past year made Blizzard reconsider WCS's position in the scene? Is the aim of WCS 2014 still to be the SC2 tournament above all other tournaments?
• What are the primary goals for the WCS system in 2014?

With a lot more including broadcasting and support of lower level tournaments.

Which is why Corrupters need a huge buff.

As long as it doesn't bring back Broodfestor as the ultimate endgame!

Faints*

 

[Yoshichan]

I played WoL a couple of weeks ago... against a zerg. I got fucked by Broodfesters...

Cursed that game and went back to HotS - proceeded on to get owned by ling/bling/muta > gg

 

[Yoshichan]

Last post from EscapingJail was this:

This kind of post makes me wanna throw up.

I think he hates us...

 

[Boken]

I'm sorry

I think he didn't know I was joking

 

[Yoshichan]

T__________T EJ! COME BACK!

 

[AdventureRacing]

He probably just discusses it elsewhere. If you're actually interested in discussing and playing SC2 GAF isn't the place to do it.

 

[Zen]

Eh I routinely talk with GM and high masters and the comments I see here (toss being BS [from toss players no less], problems with X composition) aren't any different. This will always be more general than a chat or skype call, but that's its strength.

 

[Pandaman]

protoss players are all a little off like that.

 

[Yoshichan]

protoss players are all a little off like that.

Panda, I want to play games with you ffs ._. Why can I play with so many other Canadians but not with you?

 

[Pandaman]

Panda, I want to play games with you ffs ._. Why can I play with so many other Canadians but not with you?

the last time you said that you never logged on.

 

[Yoshichan]

the last time you said that you never logged on.

Wait, logged in on what? Steam? B.net?

 

[Pandaman]

Wait, logged in on what? Steam? B.net?

b.net.

but for some reason my sc2 install is booting into wings of liberty right now.

okay wtf. why does this installer have the best sc2 music ive heard yet.

 

[Yoshichan]

b.net.

Wait, I don't even remember when this happened! Do I even have you on my friendslist?! I don't know which one I added, I have so many accounts ._.

 

[Pandaman]

Wait, I don't even remember when this happened! Do I even have you on my friendslist?! I don't know which one I added, I have so many accounts ._.

you did -_- we used to zvt together...

 

[Yoshichan]

you did -_- we used to zvt together...

Jesus, why do I never see you online then ? I don't think I have you on my friends list on my current account, so I'll have to add you again... PM me your info :3? I'll add you later today!

edit: Daily Destiny manner

 

[Yoshichan]

Todays BW gif (and todays Reddit steal, of course):

 

[Holden]

also daily gif repost from a couple post up

 

[Yoshichan]

also daily gif repost from a couple post up

What?! I'm scanning the shit out of the last couple of pages and this gif isn't found anywhere...

 

[Holden]

post #10933 ...?

 

[Yoshichan]

Oh... terrans don't have observers, we can't see shit when they're invisible

 

[Yoshichan]

I would do anything for Blizzard to implement some sort of end-game after leveling to 90... at least so that the casuals have something else they can do. Experience points is absolutely worthless once you've 30/30/30'd everything...

If you'd be able to buy portraits, voices, skins and whatnot, that would add a ton more replay-ability. Hey, Blizzard's still got Legacy of the Void to implement something like this, but I dunno if they're ever gonna do something like this

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[Feep]

You poor soul.

Firefall is dead I play dota nao. At least I got paid to cast. Feep too busy making videogames. Dont lump me in with him.

I'm watching all of you.

ALL OF YOU.

 

[profit]

Me and Yoshi playing, anyone else up?

 

[Yoshichan]

GGs, profit!! Silver my ass.

 

[kasane]

I lost TvT because of mech Vs bio

 

[profit]

GGs, profit!! Silver my ass.

Tell that to Blizz but seriously I'm usually in gold; I just havent played a lot lately and got demoted to silver.

 

[Son1x]

Tell that to Blizz but seriously I'm usually in gold; I just havent played a lot lately and got demoted to silver.

Yea, they implemented MMR decay few months ago. Being semi-active (few games per week/month) sucks these days.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Scarlett playing in WCS AM. If she can get through this group she's pretty much one series away from making blizzcon.

 

[Holden]

blizzard not owned by a french company anymore. DAMMIT

 

[isual]

Already dinged level 90..

nothing else to do now in the game. uninstalled ???

 

[Syf]

Already dinged level 90..

nothing else to do now in the game. uninstalled ???

Ladder, campaigns, arcade?

 

[Boken]

Ladder, campaigns, arcade?

yeah go into arcade and play Storm Of The Imperial Sanctum!

 

[AdventureRacing]

Scarlett playing in WCS AM. If she can get through this group she's pretty much one series away from making blizzcon.

Welp, looks like we're almost certainly going to have 16 Koreans at blizzcon.

 

[Syf]

Welp, looks like we're almost certainly going to have 16 Koreans at blizzcon.

And very likely a Korean sweep (+1 Chinese) of the WCS "America" Ro8 this weekend. I don't mind the world championship being all Koreans because they are the best players, but I really wish Blizz would do something about the regions. Sucks when there's no American players to cheer for at the American championships.

 

[Zen]

I lost TvT because of mech Vs bio

Replay?

 

[Yoshichan]

I find those mid-pushes super hard to defend when I have a bio army going up against mech. Fuck tanks, widows and vikings for vision.

 

[Crimsonlink]

Lategame colossus is the worst. Storms are good if you can just dodge but dammit if Archon Colossus is so freaking annoying to deal with. Either too many Vikings or too many ghosts.

 

[AdventureRacing]

And very likely a Korean sweep (+1 Chinese) of the WCS "America" Ro8 this weekend. I don't mind the world championship being all Koreans because they are the best players, but I really wish Blizz would do something about the regions. Sucks when there's no American players to cheer for at the American championships.

I do mind. We already had a tournament that had the best players in the world, it was called GSL and we didn't have to wait all year to see it. If anything the world championship finals is just a lower quality version of the GSL, it's all Koreans just with lots of weaker ones who get through the weaker foreign WCS's.

The first WCS was SO much more interesting because of how it showcased each region (even if the lack of terrans ended up hurting the tournament).

It sucks because WCS clogs up the whole scene and starves out the other tournaments where we actually get to see some foreigners play.

The amazing part is that despite all this Korean domination WCS has been the worst thing to happen to the Korean scene in a long time. Less prize money and less tournament opportunities to play in which sucks for players and sponsors. This whole GSL and OSL sharing a tournament is just such absolute stupidity and i'm surprised both of them haven't pulled out of SC2 all together.