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  it's an interesting premise at least. I wonder how game-altering it could realy be though. /don't figh... : vertdang
  • my guess is about as much as putting infantry in buildings. can be effective, but limited. always wante... : daggot
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  "If they're a great player, it shouldn't be just about having one build order. If a blizzard blows in, th... : pizzaput
  • They're* Looks like you've not touched a grammar book since Warcraft 3 either. : jackomack
  • I love Relic's mechanics, but their balancing is truly awful. : 0mar
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    Same reason why Chess sucks and why Go is such a terrible game : Serpico74
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      Welllll ... in a sense, yes. You can be the most brilliant strategist in the world with an IQ off the ch... : bipolar
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        I know about Chess360 and I think its a cool idea. That said, Relic isn't the company to be "fixing" s... : Serpico74
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          Also, this is complete nonsense: "it shouldn't be just about having one build order. If a blizzard blows : Serpico74
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            Yeah, that also struck me as odd. You react to a build order, to what the opponent does, not to a dice-ro... : Moonbase Commander
            • It kinda felt that statement came from the old WC2 days. Back then, build order was everything; mostly b... : daggot
      • AFAIK go doesn't fall to that the way chess does! could be wrong though : xsoulbrothax
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    "One blizzard could also be your savior because it forces an opponent to kind of hunker down and wait for : Magitek
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      no, that kind of shit is fine. It's just like the ball bouncing weird in football. The key is that it... : 0mar
      • nope. pro players hate random shit. like crits in TF2? drama bombs galore. everything must be contr... : Downforce
      • If it affects both sides equally at the same time (ie, the blizzard hits the entire map and not just smal... : Beady
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      The best competitive games (DOTA, Starcraft, Street Fighter) don't have randomized elements like that. ... : Serpico74
      • Guess that depends on whether you want luck or skill to win out. In sports I suppose the idea is "may the... : Marrbe
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        There are certainly elements of randomness in Dota (crits, neutral spawns to a degree). CS had lots of ra... : mathyou
        • One reason CS:S failed in the competitive scene is that it made bullet spread patterns far less predictab... : Serpico74
        • Crits are limited to a few characters only -- often are item / gold / level dependent on characters that ... : darkT
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        I am constantly surprised how much randomness there is in DotA and people don't care or don't notice. ... : Rampancy
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          DOTA has a maximalist design compared to most games, and certainly over games like SC or SF, absolutely. ... : Serpico74
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            I dunno, there's still some really crucial random stuff built into the map like runes (location and type)... : Rampancy
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              In Brood War there is a 30% less chance of being hit if you are on the high ground. This is a form of bal : Serpico74
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                BTW, the way DOTA achieves balance is pretty amazing. So many games have been nerfing things in the name ... : Serpico74
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                  I like the idea of buffing to balance things. The thing you have to balance around is players still havin... : sammyl
                  • Absolutely. I feel like all of these competitive games, LoL included, have been doing a really great job ... : Serpico74
      • Yup, and LoL too has been getting rid of randomness for a while. Dodge is gone, almost no spells can crit... : sammyl
      • It's true. I played in a L4D tournament back when stuff was randomized and it was the WORST ever becau... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • A random event should never affect the outcome or flow of a competitive game : maulla
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  When they added rain to various CoH maps, it was awful and distracting. : Junktown
  • ^^ Most incorrect statement I've heard so far in 2013 : g3dHorse
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    isnt that the point? : RikiTiki2
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      COH2 is gonna be bad ass, period. Anyone whining because of a little snow storm is a crybaby. War is hell... : k1ld0r
      • I'm looking forward to this one, if for nothing else a different RTS at the very least! : MadMatt
• PREORDER CAN'T WAIT! : coyoterys
• It's a neat gimmick for a friendly comp stomp or something, but unfortunately no one's going to want to b... : darthfusion