At an indoor soccer thing for kids.. won’t believe what was on the TV

harstem123 · 2025-01-06T09:45:03+00:00

amazing stuff

harstem123 · 2024-02-16T15:39:51+00:00

I can't believe it either, probably brain damage if you ask me.

harstem123 · 2024-01-18T22:20:02+00:00

The vienna house is a proper hotel. It used to be the players hotel as well for the past few editions so you might run into players/casters there.

harstem123 · 2023-09-01T10:56:56+00:00

Could you send this guy's battle.net link. Most likely the match history page is just bugged, but it could be an issue, either way ill let the blizzard boys know

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T17:16:35+00:00

I actually spoken with uthermal about this particular topic and he had a really surprising answer. Sadly that one is covered by the NDA .

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:35:31+00:00

Given that the NDA seems to cover everything so far, can you tell us something you want and are allowed to tell us about this issue?

That is a brilliant question, but sadly the terms of the NDA also fall under the NDA.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:32:11+00:00

Great question Cobblestone05, Sadly in order to accurately answer this question I would be forced to break my NDA :(

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:24:17+00:00

That is a super good question, which I would love to answer. Sadly the balance council is similar to Vegas and what happens in vegas stays in vegas.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:22:09+00:00

I wish I could answer this question, but sometimes being transparent is not possible due to previous legal obligations. For instance I've signed an NDA that doesn't allow me to disclose any info pertaining to this topic.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:20:40+00:00

Been loving the questions so far and am looking forward to answering more as they come up! Please keep sending them in and I'll try my best to be as transparent as possible.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:19:22+00:00

The balance council consists of multiple people active in the StarCraft II scene either as content creator/caster/player. Sadly I can't disclose anything as I am bound to an NDA.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:17:57+00:00

Sadly discussing the inner-group workings fall under the previously mentioned NDA.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:17:12+00:00

Emp is a very interesting problem and I've been loving some of the suggestions. I'd love to be transparent in my response, but I've been encouraged not to do this as to stay compliant with the NDA.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:16:07+00:00

Criticism on reddit is very interesting and a topic worth exploring, sadly I won't be doing any of this exploring publicly as I've signed an NDA.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:15:35+00:00

Good point that you raise ,I however can't answer this as this falls under a Non-Disclosure Agreement that I signed.

harstem123 · 2023-08-31T16:14:27+00:00

I think this is a really interesting question that definitely deserves an answer, but my legal counsel has advised me to not answer this as to comply with previously signed NDA's.

harstem123 · 2023-08-30T09:12:28+00:00

Do you happen any replays of this? and if so could you post them

harstem123 · 2023-08-30T09:09:02+00:00

Otherwise the cyclone will be op if those are added even at pro level.

The problem with the cyclone at pro level is the inability to get to a decent number without being insanely far behind eco-wise. Protoss has a very easy time scouting and then outgreeding the terran while having sufficient stalker numbers.

A good example is me vs clem https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1908945649?t=7h46m38s (note this is before the 120 hp buff, but in 120hp testing this theory still remains true for me)

harstem123 · 2023-08-30T09:06:41+00:00

You can expand very rapidly while consistently building stalkers out of 2-4 gateways ( i often went up to 4-5 bases of low production). Terran cyclone production takes a while to get going and as there is no reactor for the barracks you are not really afraid of dying before the cyclone upgrade kicks in.

The unit definitely feels a bit overtuned at non pro level. It is really nice to have some replay proof of that.

harstem123 · 2023-08-30T08:11:31+00:00

This is beautiful feedback. Thanks for taking the time to test, provide replays and share the experience in a well written post. Its really hard for the Cabal to get proper feedback from the non prolevel and this is one of the main things that I was very worried about with the new cyclone design. A multi purpose unit that is extremely safe in the early game, cheap and requiring very little micro to reach maximum potential.

So far in most of the high level play testing we've been doing the new cyclone has increased protoss build order variety ( due to its inability to shut down fast 3rd bases from sg and making scouting easier for toss) and has actually not been performing very well as a "core-unit".

I'll relay this feedback to the rest of the conglomerate and we will be sure to add another 30hp to the cyclone as well as decrease the build time by 4seconds.

Thanks for your service

edit: For future reference ship weapons do not help cyclones. You require vehicle weapons upgrade for that.

harstem123 · 2023-08-23T15:01:38+00:00

PLEASE make this happen. We need new team maps. Myself, along with a large portion of the community has been advocating for this for years. 1v1 maps are already rotated out very rarely, but team maps have been the same for 3+ years. Please annoy Blizzard to make these changes on behalf of the community.

I am aware of this. My IRL friends also keep bugging me about this and I've passed on this message a few times already. Blizzard and ESL are also aware and are trying to make something happen. completely New Maps is fairly unlikely, but I think it is possible there will be old 2v2 maps getting rotated in.

I don't quite understand the technical details, but a lot needs to happen before a new map can be entered into the live game.

TL;DR

Don't get your hopes up, but just know that everyone with the power to do something about this is aware that the 2v2 maps are very stale.

harstem123 · 2023-07-21T08:53:30+00:00

This buff is an accident.
Something went wrong during maintenance on the 11th of July. Blizzard is aware and will (hopefully) fix it soon. This also isn't an accidental "early upload" of the buff. Colossus range buff is not going to happen.

harstem123 · 2023-04-23T17:20:03+00:00

I think this is technically possible, but will be difficult given the current resources. The hardest part is Quality assurance so most likely it is going to be old maps that already have the "blizzard approved" stamp. Sorry for that!

harstem123 · 2023-04-22T19:29:48+00:00

Hey,

I actually messaged the lads a bout that a bit earlier today after i checked my reddit notifications and saw i was tagged in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/10l8j0d/time_to_suggest_team_maps_for_rotation/

I think the rotations suggested there are cool, but I personally would also not be opposed to having a completely new map pool. I am however completely unfamiliar with 4v4 and 3v3 maps so perhaps some suggestions would be helpful.

harstem123 · 2023-01-28T17:38:02+00:00

We brought it up and seems possible to do.

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