Profile of Basilone

Just goes to show how you have never played sc2/couldn't get out of bronze league, congratz.

Have you ever played? Making gold league is as simple as improving your macro mechanics with a basic BO from TL. If you are trying to learn MLG tacitcal micro techniques before you have good enough macro mechanics to make gold, you are doing it wrong.

True, but i've beaten more than one tournament winner... and that wouldn't happen in SC2. I don't claim that i'm top player, but i've been more than solid lvl 16 with vcoh armies, and even top10 wehr and american when I had the time to play more. And i'm almost 40 yo with a job, wife and kids.

I'm arguing that difference between good (ie lvl16) and top players should be greater. If anyone can get almost as good as CoH experts with not so serious practicing that's bad for a game as e-sport. Look at the amount of dedication and practicing that's required to become good in SC2 and compare it with CoH. People (spectators) admire the skill and dedication of top players because it's extraordinary, not merely slightly better.

Yeah there is more competition for SC2, but that doesn't mean that the top CoH players aren't very good compared to the rest. I beat level 16s all the time, some of them kinda easily...but I've only come close to beating a regular SNF player one or two times. And how little you play CoH doesn't really matter, because believe it or not most of the top CoH players don't play 40 hours a week. Aimstrong is one of them. He usually just comes out of the woodwork when a tournament or SNF is upcoming, and is still good enough to beat Symbiosis 3-0.

CoH takes a lot less practice compared to SC2. For one, the smaller pool of units and tech paths lets you learn the meta game pretty fast if you put any effort in to it. But because SC2 has almost infinitely strategic diversity (and more balance patches) you need to stay active to know the current meta game. And the mechanics of the game are just different. If you get rusty at SC2, you have a LOT of work ahead of you when you try to start playing again. But CoH is similar to riding a bike, you never really forget how to play....making a return can be done in just a few days.

I've meant that it shouldn't be too easy to execute perfect play. With less than 40 CPMs required to play CoH well, just few reasonable teching paths, and maps that force always the same positioning and strats there's almost no difference between good and top tier players in CoH. At least it's not big enough to compensate for a bad luck roll.

Low skill is just that - low skill all around (micro, macro, tactical reasoning). CoH is ridiculously easy as it is atm.

The cpm skill comparison for CoH vs SC2 is invalid. In SC2 most of your commands are just hotkeying your buildings and keeping a steady production. Then the tactical micro isn't really that much. The best of the best are obviously much quicker, but for 90% of SC2 players its as simple as selecting a blob, tabbing to the unit you want, and pressing a key. CoH micro doesn't require as much keyboard pounding, but still needs fast reactions and good multi tasking (unless you are content being subpar player).

More tactical reasoning? Lolno. Definitely more strategic diversity since there is many more units and abilities, but it doesn't need a smarter person to do it. It definitely takes more knowledge of meta game and experience, but becoming acquainted with the game =/= better tactical reasoning.

If it is as easy as you describe it to be, I can expect to see you make the SNF semis, right?

Just got it, 20$ because THQ needs money for making the best CoH2 and Metro evaaaa!

Relic makes CoH, THQ just boxes and markets it.

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