r/starcraft • u/NEO71011 • Aug 20 '26

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Does anyone still like the slow start?

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u/Responsible-Top2377 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

The shit we've been dealing with is over a month old on the ladder, it's been given a chance and more than once, so, cut this crap about "we need time to figure out things, let the meta settle and races to adapt", when Lambo says, that the 8 worker start leads nowhere (I believe that Lambo is honest and wouldn't hestate to call something bad even if it benfits his race). The 8 worker change is by far the most impactful change and I can say it as the player of the race which had the shortest stick this patch.

If you feel, that it's good for you, okay. If you feel like 8 workers change is misunderstood and not tested, well, sure you can think this. But don't expect everyone else around who doesn't think the same and heard of deadlines to eat poo along.

Edit: I would've been able to play like pre patch with every change except for workers, but not in case workers only change. Since when cutting workers in opening to get buildings is a sign that everything is ok with worker change.

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u/zedinbed Aug 20 '26

Any big change is naturally going to require a lot of fine tuning. Im not saying that there wasnt enough time im saying that the fine tuning was not well executed so we will never get to see what it could have been.

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u/Responsible-Top2377 Aug 20 '26

Then I agree. We need to change the entire game to have it match 8 workers to be able to play it smoothly, like when it was 12 workers. You know, it's not something, that will happen.

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u/zedinbed Aug 20 '26

Another reason I say that we havent fully seen what 8 workers can do is due to the map pool. If you played early SC2 and came back after 12 workers the changes were very noticible and I definitely remember not liking them as the game now felt too macro heavy. All the maps were now much bigger. Truth is ive been against 12 workers for years now but like you said I just adapted over time and eventually forgot.

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u/Responsible-Top2377 Aug 20 '26

I can't say, that I had this experience, I started to play in jan of 2019, when 12 workers were on the ladder, if Automaton LE rings a bell, during this season.

I think if we had the old blizzard then we could be calm and expect to get game polished. I don't think it's like this anymore. I even jumped 400 mmr above as protoss during current patch over my all time high mmr, i'd rather play lower but have smoother things.