StarCraft II: ToD: "SC2 has a never ending skill scale"

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By Radoslav 'Tyrael' Kolev

Feb 14, 2011 17:49

The former WC3 pro and current Millenium SC2 player Yoan "Tod" Merlo answers some questions from GomTV regarding the state of StarCraft and his future in this new for him eSports niche.

Yoan 'ToD' Merlo, who most recently made his first major appearance on the StarCraft 2 scene by reaching Ro32 of Assembly Winter 2011 took some time to answer some questions coming from GomTV users.

Yoan talks in large about his first steps in StarCraft 2 and how he feels about the game in general. As former WarCraft 3 legend, ToD provides some interesting insights.

"I feel StarCraft2 is a lot harder than WarCraft3, but easier to play than BW. It is extremely competitive as a lot of people take the game seriously and want to be at the top. So it takes a lot of practice to be good. [...] I believe that a game like SC2 has a never ending skill scale. You could play the game for a really long time and still have a lot of things to learn."

As the interview continues further, ToD shares his thoughts on the strategy aspects of the game and the major differences between WarCraft and StarCraft as far as top-tier games are considered.

"I'm not sure if I feel as comfortable as I was when playing WC3. I mean SC2 is a faster game in general where the mechanics are quite different. In WC3 you could do the same basic strategies for years and just changing a few timings could win you the tournaments. In SC2, when playing vs. a top player, if you do the same strategy 2 games in a row, there's a good chance that he will adapt to it and punish you for it."

Yoan also talks about his performance at Assembly Winter 2011 where he lost in the first play-off round to

Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs. The Frenchman confesses that it's not the losing that bothers him, it's how the losing occurs. However, the motivation of the Millenium Protoss has not waned and he looks forward to train even harder in the days to come.

By the end of the interview, ToD addresses the issue of the different eSports scenes, that is the European, American and Korean.

"If there were to be a huge tournament with 64 players that included 32 Koreans and 32 EU/US players, I don't think the Koreans would be utterly dominant. They would probably have an edge but not a huge one like they did in BW. As for the types of strategies, Koreans seems to be ahead most of the time regarding the "trend" in most matchups, but non-Korean have shown quite some good things as well, coming up with some strategies."

You can read the full interview on the GomTV forums.

Source: GomTV Forums