I’m about to say fuck Starcraft 2
Feb 27
Games blizzard, starcraft 16 Comments
So I have been playing in the Starcraft 2 beta and to be honest, I’m not overly impressed. It’s basically the same game brought forward with some refinement.. Fine.. Those who love it can play it.. I for one very likely wont be and there are two primary reasons for this;
- The people playing are douche bags
- Just like SC1, the game is wildly out of balance
I’m playing in the friend and family beta and STILL the people I play against are rabid pricks.. People say all the time that MMO (WoW specifically) players are rude and jerks, and I have to say they are nothing compared to the Starcraft players.. It’s like all the lame ass epeen stuff you see in MMO’s that a player does over the course of the year or two he plays the game is compressed into one 20 minute game and so they have to be extra big douche bags just to be sure you know how uber they are and how much you suck..
I want to play any game of this nature against my friends or coworkers, and no one else.. I don’t want to have to suffer the fanboy jackasses who feel the need to tell you how much you suck every five minutes just to make themselves feel better.. I mean seriously how pathetic are you that you have to continually tell others they suck to make yourself feel better..
My second point is the balance issue.. I’m sorry but I always felt Starcraft 1 was out of balance.. Well guess what.. Starcraft 2 is also unbalanced.. And you’d think that Blizzard might take it as a clue that if everyone is playing one race, and no one is playing another race.. there’s a reason for it.
I just got finished playing a 2v2 game in which the opponents partner quit about 10 seconds into the game.. So it was actually a 2v1 game with 2 Zerg players versus 1 Terran player.
I always play Zerg, and this was the VERY FIRST TIME I had seen another player intentionally play Zerg.. In all the other games I have played so far, everyone plays Terran.. Clue one that Terran are over powered is that everyone plays them.. I have seen a few folks play protoss but not many..
And We played for something like 45 minutes, two Zerg versus one Terran and couldn’t beat him. 2v1 and we lost. We used up ALL the resources on the map and weren’t able to get him out of his bolt hole.. Yes.. ALL of the resources.. I had 6 bases by the end of the game and my partner had 4.. The opponent just proceeded to nuke us into oblivion and all the attacking we did in the world did no good what so ever..
He had SWARMS of stuff flying and running around, was poking us from all sides as well as a continual nuke spam, and was mounting an impossible defense of our combined and organized attacks.. And he only ever had 2 bases.. He also had ample time to tell us how much we sucked..
I know I’m not great at this game.. but I’m not that darn bad.. and my partner seemed to know what he was doing.. I think it’s a pretty clear case of one side being over powered..
I tried to ask the Terran player what he was doing and he proceeded to tell me how great he was and how my parents should be embarrassed they gave birth to me… This is a friend or a family member of a Blizzard employee.. Fine.. Fuck you.. You can have this game, I don’t want it..
Mar 25, 2010 @ 21:13:48
I’m not familiar with star-craft multi-player but, assholes out number “decent” folk in many competition based in games (at least they’re the most vocal). I feel the less power someone has in life the more they’ll abuse it when they feel like they’ve done something or are doing something that makes them feel “powerful”.. its just a fucking game, go do something, invent something, or earn a living and even then its not worth gloating over you just end up looking like a douche bag. When i play games online i try not to let trash talk get to me its nothing more then.. well.. trash.
Apr 26, 2010 @ 19:30:53
Yeah, mean people suck, and mean no-life-losers suck the worst. I’m considering dumping some time into hacking this pig if someone open sources it. If we have to write a whole lan component we should just hack the whole thing for balance. Then again we could just flip Blizzard the bird and keep playing our current favorites.
Having a life helps keep old games interesting. DOTA, COD, and a few others still do the trick after a long day of real life. Leave mastering bug ridden betas for the lifeless losers. Then when they build their whole strategy around nuke spam and it finally gets balanced they’ll cry in their nasty smelly greasy pillow.
May 12, 2010 @ 16:55:20
dude im sorry but if u cant win 2v1 in starcraft beta it means ur terrible. if the races are unbalanced right now, it’s just because blizzard hasn’t finished making the game. theres a reason its called a beta. it’s not the real thing. And for you to say SC was unbalanced…….if your understanding of starcraft strategy, counters, timing pushes, macro, and micro doesn’t tell you that all three races are equal and it jsut depends on how good the player is, then you havn’t really played starcraft all that much
May 12, 2010 @ 16:57:01
but yea the poeple who play the beta are assholes…. and they aren’t even that good. IF you want some strategy ideas email me
May 13, 2010 @ 11:23:19
Andrew: Knowing nothing about me or the situation, you have already passed judgment.. awesome. “I don’t want to have to suffer the fanboy jackasses who feel the need to tell you how much you suck every five minutes just to make themselves feel better.. ” — thanks for telling me I’m terrible.
During the phase of the beta when I was still playing everyone was playing Terran and nothing else.. That’s a clue to a possible balance issue. And while I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no pro at starcraft, the fact that two of us (the other guy seemed to know what he was doing) couldn’t break his turtle means there was a balance issue.
Thanks for the strategy offer but at this point I think I’ll save my money for diablo
Jun 01, 2010 @ 08:27:20
I’m sorry you’ve had poor experiences with online play, but not being able to win 2v1 is definitely not proof of a balance issue. It’s really only indicates that you’re a weak player. Arguing you should win simply because it’s 2v1 is fridge logic.
Jul 12, 2010 @ 12:21:19
The main issue I see with SC2 is the fact that it is still in beta. Let me explain. Blizzard has issued over 16 patches since the release of the beta in an attempt to balance the races. While I feel that the protoss could be buff up a more (lets start with the mothership) all 3 races can put on a good fight. What turns me off with SC2 is the players, most beta players are hardcore 19 yros. I am 30 and I like to game 2 or 3 times a week (i would love to do more, but i have a job/life). I got owned in my last match and afterwards I check out the players stats. He played over 120 matches in the last 5 days (of beta phase 2). That means he plays around 24 matches a day which is around 8 hours a day! I will NEVER be able to win against these gamers but when SC2 becomes available to the public hopefully we will get a flood of causal gamers which I can hang with. For now I would not recommend SC2 Beta to those who are not hardcore/clan/tournament players.
Jul 18, 2010 @ 01:42:21
Starcraft 2 is in three parts at $60.00 dollars a pop for a total of $180 dollars. Hated Activision has its hands in the pot. The game gets too crowded and slow in the beta version. Corporate world has destroyed the gamer, and this game will be the downfall of Blizzard and bloody Activision, mark my words.
Now I am one of the best gamers in the world, and I remember how much fun total annihilation was because of the raw number of units and the huge size you could make the world. This is all do to open source code and many brilliant people adding creatures to the game. Blizzard is the only one left, like microsoft, and we are stuck with crap. Marketing ploys, poor creature design not looking anything fierce, and bad game play. Now I am not here to argue, will not be returning to this blog, and I hope I reach as many as possible. So take my comments as a very serious warning.
I will work hard to be one of the first to crack and pirate the game. Please do not give your hard earned money too these morons. I believe in funding competitive gaming companies. Wait and pirate it like me. I will show Blizzard and Activision the true meaning of what they lust for, greed.
Up yours Activision.
Signed
Pissed Off
Jul 19, 2010 @ 01:40:25
What is there to say. $60 per game times three parts for a whopping $180 dollars. No game is worth that. I remember when games like Total Annihilation (Better than Starcraft 1) by Cavedog came out with nice games that had open editors and you could create tons of arm and core dudes. Here is Starcraft 2, lame as hell, limited in thought, no lan allowed, expensive, map editor is supposed to take a genius to use, and a possibility of being required to use Battlenet to even play it. Gamers mad need to be on Battlenet to even get certain features of the game that will not come with the stand alone product. Bite me.
I will never buy any games from Blizzard or their new ally Activision. I will pirate your games and figure ways around your stupid system. You will learn that GREED is not the key to gaming. Driving out your competition until your the only one left is why we are left with crap. Take Microsoft for example.
World save your money, do not preorder, and send these clowns at Blizzard and Activision a clear message. Follow the days of old school games like Total Annihilation that treated games with respect, and boycott Blizzard.
NO LAN, BATTLENET REQUIRED!
$180 FOR ONLY PART OF GAME!
YOU SUCK BLIZZARD & ACTIVISION!
HOPE YOU GUYS GO BELLY UP!
Jul 31, 2010 @ 12:15:07
this game is so unbalanced its sickening. Bottom line is Terran are VERY overpowered unless you are a pro player and willing to bust your ass to even be somewhat even with terrans. in the bottom to middle brackets, its not even close to balanced.
Here’s an example:
Playing Protoss, I see that my opponent is goin air units, like any lamer Terran does after turtling. So, I make a ton of cannons, which are SUPPOSED to have detect stealth on them. So he flies in 3 banshees with cloak and takes them ALL out without them even firing at him.
WTF
IDK why I even thought that Blizzard was about making balanced games after seeing the nightmare that WoW was. Blizzard is simply about catering to the pro players and making them feel special after taking money from the rest of us. Their track record of giving pro players beta and sneak peeks wreaks of this.
Dont buy this game and dont believe the hype. It’s terrible and is a waste of your time and money.
Aug 05, 2010 @ 08:40:20
lol.. ok… he turtled because it was 2 vs him. he had a total of two bases. you and your partner used up every last mineral on the map and yet still lost.. and to make it worse, he was lolnuking you two while he was reading a magazine probably.
with that information… all the race imbalances that have ever existed in starcraft 1 or 2 put together do not justify the fact that you lost… the only reason you lost is because you are both absolutely horrendous. like so bad they need to create a new league for you. maybe the paper n’ plastic league or some shit like that lol.
l2skill
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Aug 09, 2010 @ 14:40:39
I came across this, and while it may be a little late on the response, you saying that sc1 is unbalanced makes me want to slap you. Sc1 is by far the most balanced strategy game with multiple races. If you say that the terran are overpowered i call you an idiot. In order to avoid a nuke, all you have to do is keep a mobile detector in your base and find the ghost when he launches. You are horrible, and stupid. You obviously have to be, or you would be able to find a counter for anything is starcraft. douche
Aug 13, 2010 @ 10:15:56
^^^ And that ladies and gentlemen is the average SC2 player. This is the type of person you have to subject yourself to when playing.. See Primary Reason #1 in the post.
Aug 14, 2010 @ 01:15:59
I played SC1 many years ago as a casual player, and had an awesome time. The past couple days, I’ve played a few dozen games of SC2 on a friend’s account, and got roflstomped over and over. Maybe it’s because while I dropped SC1… 10 years ago, these uber players latched on to it like rats to a bit of moldy cheese.
In short, SC2 multiplayer has been a completely awful experience for me as a casual gamer, and I have no plans at all to continue playing.
Aug 18, 2010 @ 13:37:51
The game completely sucks. Starcraft 1 was a good game FOR IT’S TIME. In the meantime, for the last 12 years we learned that you can have more fun with a deeper strategy and less repetitive micromanagement. Starcraft 2 did the opposite, while milking 8 years old engine. That’s why the graphics suck. You just can’t make a great looking game on a 8 years old engine. And the style itself is bad. In sc1 zealots looked dangerous, now they look like star wars jar-jar-binks (with a lightsaber too). All Disneyfied. You’d think it would be a logical move from Blizzard to make all the workers go for the minerals at the start of the game automatically. But not only they didn’t make it so, but they added for each race stupid repetitive process of clicking the same button whenever you gather enough energy (mule/chronosphere/puke). There’s no choice there, no strategy, no brain, just click on the same buttons over and over again. How interesting…
As soon as I have to do over and over again same thing, the strategy game stops, and the work begins. I’d rather bore my self to death while making money.
The first 5 minutes of the game are always the same. I can guarantee I could make the script which would be able to beat everybody in the first 3 minutes. Just let the AI go for the rush, bring all the workers and attack with a perfect distribution every time (which is impossible for any player). There, a perfect Starcraft 2 script of a player. Just dumb crap for even dumber people training their APM. Go play online flash shooter games, it’s faster and the end result is the same and it costs less then 150$ (it’s free), and there’s less repetition.
Aug 23, 2010 @ 00:19:23
“. If you say that the terran are overpowered i call you an idiot. ”
If you have no proof other than expressing an opinion, YOU are the idiot.
Go stick your dick in an electrical outlet. People like you are killing online SC, and the fun that comes with playing a game.