Battle Report #4 is OUT!!!

[n00bonicPlague]

I was surprised that David Kim didn't turn his island expo CC into a Planetary Fortress the moment it landed. That would have completely thwarted the measly Protoss attack. At least he thought twice and did so at the high-yield expo.

During most of the game it seemed that the the Protoss player had no idea what he was doing. He had a few shining moments (there were quite a few well-placed storms and well-performed blinks) but overall he was a very messy player. He really could've used some Immortals. Immortals would've torn those heavy armored units to pieces and lived to tell the tale.

[Xyvik]

Aye I do agree, although I think Kim didn't fortress his island expo because I don't think he knew about the warp prism. Had the protoss used that warp prism a little more things would have been more interesting.

As it stands it was still very interesting. I wonder if the protoss player was the best non-David Kim player around, and if he isn't, I wonder who is.

[LoTuS]

the medivac's drop and pickup animation is waay faster than sc1. That opens alot of microing capabilities btw, in part 1 when the siege tank was clicked, it showed the range area.Does that only work for obs?

one more thing, how do u post an autoplay youtube vid on forum?

[n00bonicPlague]

one more thing, how do u post an autoplay youtube vid on forum?

You must first prove that you are worthy of my dark knowledge.

[supersonic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhQE9Cfu3Q (BR4)

MMMMMMM nice yummy burp at 4:42.....

[Neon]

Does someone know a link to the original mp4 file?

[FrozenArbiter]

The Medevac is easily one of my favorite new units, and I have supported it since its creation, against a multitude of ignorant opposition.

Lol "ignorant opposition".

Wow.

Aside from healing the ghost (something which could have been accomplished just as well by dropping 1 ghost 1 medic), it did nothing that a regular SC1 dropship or a WC3 zeppelin couldn't do.

I'm not as fiercly opposed to it now as I once was (though I still think the medic is a better unit), but I don't get what's so great about it at all. Yes, sweet tank/dropship micro... but it's possible with a regular dropship as well so it being a medivac doesn't add anything to it.

Meh.

Definitely not!

Well, the Colossus didn't actually do anything. At all. It seems to go between "super powerful" (WWI 2008?) and "trash" (Blizzcon 2008?) with little middle ground :P I love the reaver but I think they kinda need to replace as many units as they can so, c'est la vie. Same with the arbiter.

Anyway, I really liked the game. My favorite part was, I think, the terran opening. Such a smooth transition from hellions -> double expo -> drop. Very reminiscent of modern TvZ builds really (1 fac vulture CC) or some of the fast nexus counters TvP (1fac mines -> double cc).

[Gifted]

On the subject of the dropship, I will admit something I found oddly satisfying was it's average speed in comparison to the Hellion's high speed. Seeing Hellions drop out, sprint off and do their business and make it back just in time while the dropship just trotted along it's path was a rather interesting sight to behold.

[sandwich_bird]

So, who's addicted to terrible terrible damage? Kim is.

[Nicol Bolas]

It seems to go between "super powerful" (WWI 2008?) and "trash" (Blizzcon 2008?) with little middle ground

Every unit looks like trash when it's shooting at targets it's not meant to kill. The Colossus is good against low-Hp units. So bringing them out against a player with Marauders and Thors was just not smart. So the Colossus didn't look particularly powerful.