Played a few games today, was struck by how much I appreciate this game, and I thought I’d offer my thoughts on what makes this game so...
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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/PrinceofPeachtree on 2024-11-11 09:33:17+00:00.

Played a few games today, was struck by how much I appreciate this game, and I thought I’d offer my thoughts on what makes this game so amazing:

  1. the overall unit control and utility

Aside from a few derpy, stupid units like Ultras (although much less so than before), chargelots, and SCVs (they insist on constructing on the side of the wall where a probe can hit them). Everything in this game feels so damn fluid. Blink stalkers, warp prisms, MMM, ling bane. Each race has a core of units that are really fun to control and very responsive and powerful if you micro them well.

  1. diversity of games

On a given day in masters league, I face such a variety of playstyles and approaches. Besides the fact that most of you play like giant pricks, it’s very interesting to see how people express themselves through the game.

  1. the best games of sc2 are a story

You ever played one of those games where it starts off with a cheese or proxy, both sides come out battered but alive, and you end up in a crazy macro game with hundreds of workers slaughtered, multiple base trades, and it comes down to the final few units?

These are the games that make me cry or scream or rage, but they are also the games that make me laugh and pump my fist and subject myself to the pain of sc2 on a weekly basis. They don’t come often, but when you play one of those games you cant help but appreciate the unparalleled brilliance of this game.

  1. our community

Yeah there’s a few toxic assholes among us, but so many of you will GG even after a painful or close game. Lot of really smart and successful people play this game. Theres a lot of hilarious dudes as well. “Obiwan” chats you up in the early game acting all friendly and shit as he shamelessly expands with zero gas on pure drone queen. “Slammer” opens the game informing me that “slammer needs a bigger hammer.” “Watchout” says nothing at all but his name is fair warning that he is going to fly a prism around loaded with disrupters to make sure you’re paying attention.

Soon my days playing SC2 will be over. Life is taking me in new directions. But I’m gonna miss the game and the last few years I spent struggling to take MMR from you assholes.

GL HF out there bois