[DtorR]

Chess is a mentally challenging game. In essence Sc2 and chess requires using your brain. In chess you have to plan your moves ten steps ahead and visualize possible scenarios for every move. Sc2 requires mental multi-tasking, in depth timings, intuition and of course good strategy. It is wrong to say sc2 is not a balanced game since there are always solutions to solving problems that you come across in the game.

[AZKziek]

Originally Posted by DtorR

Chess is a mentally challenging game. In essence Sc2 and chess requires using your brain. In chess you have to plan your moves ten steps ahead and visualize possible scenarios for every move. Sc2 requires mental multi-tasking, in depth timings, intuition and of course good strategy. It is wrong to say sc2 is not a balanced game since there are always solutions to solving problems that you come across in the game.

Which is why they've been patching the game since the beta?
I like your sense of reasoning behind balance.

[Uglymutt]

Originally Posted by AZKziek

Which is why they've been patching the game since the beta?
I like your sense of reasoning behind balance.

Do you believe the original starcraft was balanced? I would argue that apart from protoss being a little under powered in high level play that SC2 is relatively balanced, however the metagame has shifted in favour of terran at this stage. This occurred in Brood War as well with the win rate of races reaching 80% at some stages (without any new patches being implemented) due to shifts in metagame. Arguably this is what is happening now, so it is not fair to cry imba or OP when these shifts occur.