Please no more Starcraft minute. PLEASE!

what a bunch of whiny shits. who cares what they talk about? i haven't played like 90% of the games they've discussed, doesn't stop me from enjoying the podcast when they talk about them. 
 
and this week you're especially off because he's talking about TRAVEL, pretty much nothing he said is some kind of insider shit only people who play starcraft would know about. it's the same as if they had gone anywhere else for any other reason and wanted to talk about their trip.

" this whole thread makes me sad "

" @CptBedlam: I don't understand what I've said that states that most of the people who listen to the podcast hate Starcraft and Starcraft-related discussion. Go read my second comment where I clarify what I meant by alienation -- it was a completely reasonable thing to state. There's no way that most of the people listening to the Bombcast are on-going Starcraft 2 players. I know that you and I aren't Starcraft 2 players, so in some ways we are being alienated. Sure, I know what build-orders are now, but there's no way I'm going to understand everything Brad says.   "

I'd take the SC2 minute over the 2 part Bombcast consisting of nothing but Brotherhood and Black Ops they seemed to have this week. Admittedly they don't do that often often, but damn when they do it kinda sucks especially when its 2 games I couldn't care for.

Its not like they didnt talk about fable 2 and fallout 3 for over a year past their release. Oh wait they did , and it was good times.

I concur with most of the folks before me. Even though I've never touched the game I though the latest segment about the bananas-crazy stuff going on in Korea absolutely fascinating. In case you missed it, Starcraft is kind of a big deal, and when one of the crew gets flown out to a different continent just to watch the final match of a video game tournament, I want to hear about it.

You don't like the two best parts of the show?

"I'd be willing to be the majority of the folks that purchased the game have moved onto other things, we are in the fall release season after all, and even among the people that care about Starcraft a minority gives a crap about the Korean tournies."

I agree video games are terrible! I am also incredibly disgusted by Alex Navarro. Keep both of these things out of the Bombcast, please.

More Starcraft II in my opinion. More, more, more!

I enjoy both those segments. Fast forward if it bothers you.

I feel sometimes like I might be the most easy going member at this site.  I always read so much complaining about things GB does that don't happen to fall in people specific interest ranges.  I don't play Starcraft or RTS's but I find the talk very interesting, and I think it's cool that Brad tried something new by going to Korea.  I don't care as much for JRPG's anymore but I still found Matt Kesslers quicklook fascinating.  I don't play any Dsi Ware releases but I find Jeff funny, and the zany excuses for games interesting.  I used to think this site had more individuals that were fans of gaming in general and all it's facets, but like many times in my life I find myself wrong. 

There can never be enough Starcraft.

The problem with skipping is that there are no time flags.

I want to see the video of that training house and the size of the rice cooker.  

There's only one way to settle this debate.
 
You gonna play as T, P, or Z?

How can you complain about 2 or 3 minutes of a 2 and a half hour podcast.

competitive Star Craft intimidates me..dunno if i'll ever get into it but Brad's Startcraft talk is fascinating to me.

I skipped ahead in the bombast. I am looking forward to the vids. Very much so. Kind of the way it works for me.

Depressing_Wizard:

The biggest problem, though, is that the Starcraft talk is using up podcast time that could be used to discuss topics that don't alienate most of the audience.   

  

 Depressing_Wizard:

But the odds that the majority of the listeners play Starcraft are slim.    

" It's a little known secret that you can click anywhere (that's right!  Anywhere!) on the bombcast's progress bar and it'll skip right to that part, past the other parts you may not find desirable. "

" even among the people that care about Starcraft a minority gives a crap about the Korean tournies."

I love hearing about Starcraft.

This should have been a poll because I bet there would be a shitload more people who like Brad's "StarCraft II minute" than dislike it. Whether you like it or not, it's not like other games for a lot of people where they completely forget about it 2 weeks after it comes out. There's a major tournament scene that Brad enjoys discussing and if you can't handle skipping/listening to it for 2 minutes out of the 2 and a half hour podcast, maybe you shouldn't be listening at all.

I enjoyed hearing about the event on this week's podcast. Fascinating stuff.

" This should have been a poll because I bet there would be a shitload more people who like Brad's "StarCraft II minute" than dislike it. Whether you like it or not, it's not like other games for a lot of people where they completely forget about it 2 weeks after it comes out. There's a major tournament scene that Brad enjoys discussing and if you can't handle skipping/listening to it for 2 minutes out of the 2 and a half hour podcast, maybe you shouldn't be listening at all. "

If you don't like it, don't listen to it. I don't necessarily like the Starcraft chatter as much as other parts of the show but it makes for good, interesting conversation.

" @ryanwho said:

" @audiosnag said:

" @ryanwho said:

" I agree. I skipped a solid half hour of podcast this week. Time to be a big boy and do your job Brad. Play other games. "

I know, right? Starcraft is such a baby game. "

I think you should take another shot at reading that. Its November, there are more new games this time of year than any other time. So maybe don't spend a half hour on a 4 month old game. Its an opinion. People can have opinions on free samples. If your answer for any negative opinion on something is "you don't have to listen to it asshole" well maybe you shouldn't be hovering around the Bombcast FEEDBACK forum. This isn't rocket science. "

It's a grievance remedied by click something on the screen with one's mouse.  Hence, it's a shitty grievance.  People are allowed to have dumb opinions so long as we can call them dumb.  As for your claim that the SC2 chatter is taking time away from other games they can be talking about, you'll have to point me to where in the podcast Ryan seems to be keeping someone from discussing another game they played over the week. "

i have always like RTS games from the fringes, i am not especially good at them but for the most part i have always had fun playing them.  So SC 2 was never something i was going to jump into with both feet like a lot of people have, so what i have enjoyed is listening to Brad talk about the game it is good conversation about the game and its many degree's of game play. 
 
On a personal note i don't listen to the bombcast just here the things i agree with or like i listen because it is a very funny, interesting, informative group of people sitting around discussing the the things they are most passionate about,  without being a bunch of arrogant asshole game press like i find in other podcasts.

But if Brad stopped talking about starcraft he'd have no other reason for living.

" There can never be enough Starcraft. "

i actually enjoy brads starcraft talk... especially that korea bit about "the house" was quite interesting, and i cant wait for the video...

Fuck Starcraft, I wanted to hear about Drew's adventures at the DMZ. Wish he would have gone.

" @tdk08 said:

" This should have been a poll because I bet there would be a shitload more people who like Brad's "StarCraft II minute" than dislike it. Whether you like it or not, it's not like other games for a lot of people where they completely forget about it 2 weeks after it comes out. There's a major tournament scene that Brad enjoys discussing and if you can't handle skipping/listening to it for 2 minutes out of the 2 and a half hour podcast, maybe you shouldn't be listening at all. "

I bet a poll would show the opposite. I don't really care, but if given the choice, I would prefer hearing about a wider variety of games than the same ones weekly. "

I enjoy Brad's obsession about Starcraft, because it's a game that has a huge following, credibility, drama and character. I just realized how awesome it would have been if Jeff had done the same thing with Street Fighter.

" I like it, therefore it stays! "

At least it gives him something to talk about. Brad has always been the weakest link on the podcast. Him blabbering about Starcraft is better than him hardly saying anything. 

" Fast Forward? "

This is nothing. You missed the year where they went on about nothing else except Rock Band and Guitar Hero. 

I love the Starcraft section each week even though I have very little interest in Starcraft. It reminds me of the old Fallout 3 section to the podcast and how that game went through each person for about a year. It's great, and I love it.

I dunno about most people, but I listen to the Bombcast to hear the guys of Giant Bomb talk to each other about stuff.  I don't care what that stuff is, I just enjoy it because they all get along so well.  Did anyone ever listen to GFW Radio?  At best, 50% of that podcast was about games and the other 50% (at the very least) was about anything else they felt like talking about.  And that was great, because everybody on that podcast got along really well and they were generally all hilarious. 
 
So if Ryan asks Brad, "hey Brad; whatcha been playing?" and the answer is "Star Craft 2," so be it.  If the conversation gets stale, they should move on, and that's the case no matter what they're talking about, but I don't mind Brad spending a minute or two out of 120 talking about Star Craft 2.  Plus, Koreans be crazy, so I want to hear about that madness.

StarCraft?! STARCRAFT!

I used to play Starcraft 2 quite a bit, then my computer broke, so every moment of Brad talking about Starcraft 2 ends up me looking on youtube for some games to watch... but I enjoy every moment of it.

"I like it, therefore it stays! "

I STRONGLY DISAGREEEEEEE! 
I look forward to starcraft talk every week... KEEP DOING IT!  
I have a feeling the only people who get annoyed are the xbros who never touched an RTS before.