Dark Matter said:
kingcomrade said:
wtf isn't this smart cast
Because autocast is for WC3 players!! Starcraft players are capable of more butthurt than any other video game community I can think of.
Is that your reaction to all forms of criticism? "omg teh butthurt"
The fact is SC2's simplified mechanics are detrimental for its prospects as an e-sport and its longevity as a competitive game.
Read
this article if you actually care about the subject instead of just being a dumbfuck goon.
If you boil down the content of that article, he's saying: "SC2 is less about micro, and more about macro."
Now since I always found the admittedly insane micro-plays some competitive players pull off in SC1 ultimately boring (since it solely includes a combination of luck and reflexes - not strategy), I'm inclined to answer the article with:
Yeah, exactly. That makes it a better game, in theory.
The author even concludes in his intro that a casual player only notices the micro, but only "experts" see the macro, which makes his later point, that the game loses depth by not focusing enough on the first, a bit null and void.
In conclusion, I like watching competitive SC2 much more than watching Brood War. In SC2, I follow build orders, timings, and economy - you know, that part of RTS that stands for "strategy," rather than in Brood War where you mostly watched which of the two guys who could move their hands and brain-cells around fast enough to keep up with the clusterfuck of units doing ten thousand things on the screen.
I'm not saying you can't be of the opinion that micro is the most exciting, like the author does. I'm just saying that it doesn't mean Brood War was a better game.