[Zanderax]

I have been recently thinking about the quality of play in the lower leagues and I have come to the conclusion that BSG is split into two groups.

1) The Cheesers
2) The Thinkers

We all know what the Cheesers are like; 6, 7, 8 Pool, 4 Gates, Bunker Rushes and the worst of the lot, Cannon Rushes. But the thinkers start a game with an overall plan of the game that utilizes strengths of their race and they know which units to get out and how to maximize their troops.

Now everyone knows there are no Cheesers in the GSL or the TSL or any other high level competition. I know that only few Cheesers exist in the Master League and almost all of them would be crushed by the play in the Grandmaster league. We begin to see Cheesers appear in the diamond league and by the time you hit bronze it can be hard to wade through the SEA of these offensive low interest players.

Without wins you cannot go up divisions and without going up divisions you will get pitted against cheese again and again and ultimately you will lose. This is what I think drags a lot of good BSG thinkers down and keeps them from getting higher in their server.

Some say you must fight cheese with cheese but I see two problems with that idea.

1) Cheese is not as fun as a full well thought out game.
2) This will produce another Cheeser and in a year or two we may see leagues like Platinum and Diamond be full of Cheesers.

My solution is to discourage cheese (more so than already) and educate the BSG players (there are already fabulous people doing this.)

My problem is coming across people who say that can do what they like, yes that is technically true but I think many will find it more satisfying to learn to play properly.

I want to encourage low level players to find the fun in playing a game for longer than 10 minutes.

Together we can Make Cheese History

Quick Comments

NvPinder:

'and almost all of them would be crushed by the play in the Grandmaster league' As a grandmaster player i can testify that i still lose to cheese... a lot... and that this sentence is false.