Re: How will StarCraft 2 affect professional players?

Yes, I am Korean American.

 

Then you must have a natural inclination towards starcraft and being good at it.

 

LOL
too bad the american part of you would rebalance your skills
i hope starcraft2 will bring back life to protoss proness. it's been at an all time low

 

I hope starcraft 2 adds some more units (which it seems to be by looking at the protoss) because the unit combinations in SC can get dull as there are not that many units.

 

one time i saw a korean playing protoss
he was MASS-CLICKING ATTACK SO MUCH with his dragoon that it kept stuttering and didnt shoot....

 

Or he was microing so fast that you couldn't even see the attacks from the dragoons anymore. His speed was so great that he transcended the game's supposed limits.

 

z0mg i want his hands and brain

 

I don't think being Korean effects how good you are at SC, I know people are just kidding about this.

I think a lot of Koreans are good because of the culture in Korea.  The competitive level as well as interest is huge, so the average skill level is higher.  Which in turn, raises everyone's skill level even further.

Another game that I used to have a big interest in and played a lot of, and also something Koreans have a reputation of being good at, was Tekken.  Even though it's made by Japan(Namco), they don't have much interest in the game there, so they suck at it.  But Korea is known as the Tekken mecca because of the huge interest there.  Since it's easy to find competition, everyone gets better fast.  Hell, everyone between the age 10 and 20 plays Tekken and SC in Korea, EVERYONE.

I think it comes down to how much interest someone has in a game, and how much competition they can get their hands on.  If everyone around you shares the same interest, you can hold that interest at the greatest intensity for a long time, especially if basically your whole country shares that interest.

I don't know about being Korean making me good at anything, but I'm certainly blessed with an ass load of game crazed friends.  Games, basketball, cigarettes, and alcohol make up most of the memories of my teenager and young adult years, all of which I shared with friends.

 

Well I'm certainly hoping SC2 won't require less skill than SC1. That's what makes the game so fun and exciting, having to use your own skill to decide the outcome of the game. If SC2 is designed to be more user friendly, or almost plays itself, it will ruin Star Craft. I won't be surprised if people stick to SC1 if SC2 is a let down as far as using your skill is concerned. We can only hope that the pros will be demanding of the skill factor. And beings they get to play test the game, I'm sure it will be much like the original when it's all said and done.

 

They also want it to be the ultimate competitive RTS so they won't dumb it down.

 

Blizzard is not going to release anything that plays itselft, especially SC2.

 

WoW plays itself.
WC3 plays itself.
But no, SC2 wont.

 

That is a pretty clear statement that SC2 may not require as much skill and may "play itself". Hun-Ho did say whether or not it will be able to be an e-sport is yet to be seen, so this indicates it really could go either way and even he isn't sure right now. But like i said, I'm sure it will be much like SC1;Especially with these Korean pro gamers play testing it and making sure it is balanced and meets their needs.

 

No it's not...

 

lol do you know how to comprehend English? "Pro gamers who have built up their state-of-art skills over the years may find their edge dissipated with the new version." If you don't understand what that means, I really feel for you.

 

Look up the word dissipated if you seriously don't know what it means. And if you still think that isn't a clear statement as to the loss of required skill in SC2, you're either really that dense upstairs or your being stubborn.

 

I comprehend English perfectly fine.
That sentence means that StarCraft 2 will not be an exact copy of StarCraft so the skills they used in StarCraft (a lot of which was memorizing what the exact counters should be, what unit damage, speed, hp, armor, upgrades, time to get, etc...) are not going to be that helpful generally.
It certainly does not make it 'perfectly clear' that StarCraft 2 may not require as much skill and may "play itself."

The period always goes inside the quote in English by the way.

And use the edit button, don't double post. Thanks

 

Duh...it's like if you played pacman for the past 10 years, and all of the sudden you play pacman 2 for the first time, of course your edge will be somewhat dissapated, but eventually they will own @ SC2 and it will most likely make the transition into e-sports. It's just an obvious statement that he is making. Besides, how the hell is he going to know whether SC2 plays itself or not? Last time I checked SC2 isnt going to be out for another year or so and Je Hun-ho works for the Korean e-sports, not for Blizzard. :bad:

 

lol wow you kids are funny, you really are. Learn to be more social and try and understand you don't have to turn everything into an online debate to try and boost your obviously insecure ego. No my friend, you obviously don't understand English otherwise you would be able to comprehend what he is saying in his statement. Saying that you will need different tactics in a different game is a given. Of course you will need different tactics, why state the obvious? Go read the interviews on THIS site from the gaming magazines. Chris even states the game will be more user friendly and play itself to a degree. Get your facts straight before you try and make a point, one with no ground or substance by the way. Now I know you can't resist an attempt to redeem yourself to look "cool" for all your internet buds, so go ahead and waste some more of your time typing out another feeble minded paragraph of grammatical filth. Make some real friends and maybe you will develop normal human like behavior so situations like these won't occur so periodically.

By the way, I'll double post as much as I want. And if you don't like it, you can kiss my ass

 

Here's my double post, you know what to do

Don't expect a reply to whatever childish nonsense you come up with to try and coerce me into further continuing this petty debate. I'm sure getting in the last word will make you feel like a tough guy. I'm sure it will make you feel so unbelievably cool. So go ahead and stoop to that level, humor me some more. Well it's been fun making a fool out of you, you're pretty decent at doing that yourself though wouldn't you say? Carry on


Edit by sc2forums: Permanent Ban for double posting