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My solution to Stormgate's casual vs competitive divide? Give in to competitive players... for 1v1 only. A long-form video discussing Stormgate's balance changes, the impact of legacy skill, the value a core audience brings, and why designing for the new or intermediate 1v1 player is terrible for both the competitive scene and casuals.

A special thanks to AureilStormgate and Hupsaiya for their hours of free time and insight. This video was copied over from a Twitch broadcast, so some redundancy can be expected. There will be a followup video on suggested balance changes. GLHF out there.

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00:00 - Intro
01:28 - Appeal to Legacy Skill
03:48 - AoE Damage and Why the Alpha was Better
07:54 - Higher Game Speed Is Good
13:02 - Slow Games Snowball Harder
16:01 - AoE as Tools
21:01 - Casuals Do Not Stay in 1v1
28:01 - Counterplay and Casuals in Other Games
34:26 - Multilayered Army Combat and AoE
40:03 - Worker Harassment Is Good
44:03 - WarCraft Does High TTK Right
46:48 - Constricted Player Creativity and Agency
49:40 - Start Buffing and Stop Nerfing
54:00 - Autocast Hurts the Game
1:05:33 - Getting Dumpstered Is Fun
1:10:28 - Masahiro Sakurai Case Study
1:15:40 - Blocking in SFVI
1:17:26 - Creeps and Creeping
1:28:05 - Impacts of Easy Scouting
1:30:57 - Hupsaiya Joins and Starting Units
1:40:04 - Worker Harassment and Armor Tags
1:43:41 - Artosis Maps and Autocast
1:46:10 - Player Skill as a Design Girder
1:50:35 - Mythical Road to 1v1
1:57:52 - Whales and Evangelists
2:05:31 - Embrace the Legacy RTS Playerbase
2:12:47 - NonY Video and Tier 2 Tech
2:15:36 - Changing the Game Speed
2:17:10 - Changing the Maps
2:22:03 - Changing the Creep Allocation
2:28:51 - Mismicro Potential
2:36:22 - Why Vanguard Is Oppressive
2:41:27 - Remove Return to Hangar
2:42:50 - Outro Before Part 2


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