[nemo44x]

I played SC2 heavily when it came out and for some time after and I loved it. But you're right - the game does not allow someone to be casual or even semi-casual.

It is an unbelievably stressful game and you have to not only master all 3 races abilities but understand numerous and ever changing strategies around them, have excellent macro skills and understand timings, etc. If you don't keep up aggressively with practice and all these other things you'll simply get slaughtered over and over. And although their rating system tries to pair you up it has become harder and harder to find casual players.

I think it's one of the best games ever made and I love watching the top players to this day even though I do not play any longer. But I wish they could come out with a scaled down version with fewer units, easier macro and certain rules in place to limit cheese play, etc. Have smart units or something where different strategies can be used throughout a game and various units will intelligently play a certain role of scouting, attacking, defending, etc.

The truth is the game is amazing because of its difficulty and also unplayable for most people for the same reason. I am not "gosu". I have a life and can't play for hours every day - or every day for that matter.

[Steko]

SC2 needs a game mode where one player is run by 2 casuals.

[tgb]

Depending on what you mean, that is a feature of the new release: archon mode, where two players have shared control of a single base. This was also a feature of starcraft one but was never very popular. This time it should be easier to use and find matches through matchmaking. The recent blizzcon had a match between 4 pros in this mode, and the casters really couldn't keep up with the side engagements that were happening. So it's even interesting from a competitive scene as well.

[Steko]

Oh thanks for the info, I had no idea. Too absorbed in the Hearthstone coverage I guess.

[ionforce]

> It is an unbelievably stressful game

This is why I don't play. So much stress.