the over reliance on ramps as a strategy is weak. its old and as old as the days of sparta, its common sense to fight at choke points with a smaller force but to rely that as a common gameplay tactic is just sad. i mean really CHOKE POINTS?

dont you guys feel cheated that after the much hype of strategy ramp playing seems to take center stage? to me its lazy cause really, thats the oldest gameplay trick in the book.
heres the gig, you put 200 bucks into a game that was in development for a decade that got divided into 3 installments and each installment costs probably 200 bucks. thus for the trilogy you need to pay 600 bucks, which i doubt the later installments would have any different multi player systems.  for the above market price im sorry im not sold with "the same game but better graphics", im expecting more a LOT more for that premium price and im not giving a hoot that its SC thus blizzard can bank on it

however, this line is where i get even more frust. games are a form of entertainment, by far its a toy, its never ment to be competitive cause that spoils the fun of it. to say starcraft is worth its value in money cause its "competitive" and its a "sport" just blows my mind, it is both NOT a competition and a sport. the only nation that treats SC that seriously is Korea and even then they dont treat SC2 that seriously.

asking me to pay 200 quid for a game pretending to be a competitive sport is fallacy. go tell anyone "hey, i am an e-athlete cause i play SC2"  and youd get  .

a game that costs 200 bucks need its good value of money, i dont see any value of it

Have u finished the single player campaign? Have u ever watched 'the making of sc2'? Minus the gameplay, the cutscenes, the 3D animation that they produce is by far one of the best. The quality of the production is tremendous. Playing the campaign is like watching a movie and the best part, you partially control the movie! Interaction!

About the ramp, like I said before not all maps have the same size of ramp. There are maps with bigger ramps which favors a certain race.
Same as if u go in a war. Not all environment in a battle is the same right? SO, your strategy also must involve the environment. That's why blizzard have their official map and when you're in a tornament, you can choose which map u want when it is your turn.
The point is, in a ladder match, there are myriads possibilities of producing strategies. You will not stick to just a few, coz when you're playing u can see different strategies againts u that u may not anticipate. That's the beauty of the game!!

And if u wanna have fun, u can play 3v3, 4v4 or even free for all! Seriously it's fun!
Or u can login to NA server, and play the custom games there such as desert strike and many more!!
Honestly if u explore all the possibilities in the game, RM200+ is like nothing!
I would prefer to make him like this game..