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Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
September 09 2009 13:49 GMT
#1
Ok what the fuck is up with all the zergs iccup. I just played 3 games all were ZvZ (I'm incredibad ZvZ but didnt feel like dodging).

So I decide for the 4th game: no more ZvZ for this session. So the first guy joins and instantly changes race to zerg. I politely state that I've played 3 ZvZ's already and want to play another MU. He leaves and everything is fine.

Now I keep on kicking zergs and telling them why, since I'm a very polite guy. Now after the 7th, yes 7th, zerg joined my game I was like fuck this. From now on I'm gonna be one of those who includes "No Z" in the gamename.

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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
September 09 2009 13:54 GMT
#2
i hope you realize that when you kick someone their race sticks in their slot, so when someone else joins they'll automatically take whatever race the last person in the lobby picked
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Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
September 09 2009 13:54 GMT
#3
Do you happen to be hosting Heartbreak ridge?
Firebathero is still the best!
beetlelisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Poland2276 Posts
September 09 2009 13:55 GMT
#4
Ts and Ps scared of 4pool at the beginning of the season?

Well it's good for me because I like ZvZ... just have to win with flu and stop producing green creep with my nose...

I'm not sure how to interact with this blog tbh o_o
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Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-09 13:58:59
September 09 2009 13:58 GMT
#5
On September 09 2009 22:54 SoMuchBetter wrote:
i hope you realize that when you kick someone their race sticks in their slot, so when someone else joins they'll automatically take whatever race the last person in the lobby picked


I know that, but they didnt change

On September 09 2009 22:54 Sprite wrote:
Do you happen to be hosting Heartbreak ridge?


No, think it was Othello
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Licmyobelisk
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines3682 Posts
September 09 2009 14:02 GMT
#6
Well, yeah the amount of zerg players have sky rocketed.. could it be possible because of JD's success? Good thing I haven't switched to z yet since protoss is so ezpz
I don't think I've ever wished my opponent good luck prior to a game. When I play, I play to win. I hope every opponent I ever have is cursed with fucking terrible luck. I hope they're stuck playing underneath a stepladder with a black cat in attendance a
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
September 09 2009 14:03 GMT
#7
nope, I still play terran..
Official Entusman #21
Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
September 09 2009 14:03 GMT
#8
Ya, somehow i have more ZvZ's than ZvP's

Normally i have 6 times the ZvP's

Atleast i like ZvZ .
sAviOr...
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
September 09 2009 14:04 GMT
#9
well aren't the maps kinda zerg favored this season? i guess its understandable
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Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
September 09 2009 14:17 GMT
#10
On September 09 2009 23:04 da_head wrote:
well aren't the maps kinda zerg favored this season? i guess its understandable


the maps are more zerg favored at the pro level, to a small extent..

at the lower ranks, i don't think it matters as much lol.
sAviOr...
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
September 09 2009 14:20 GMT
#11
On September 09 2009 23:17 Camlito wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2009 23:04 da_head wrote:
well aren't the maps kinda zerg favored this season? i guess its understandable


the maps are more zerg favored at the pro level, to a small extent..

at the lower ranks, i don't think it matters as much lol.

before c+ level i dont think it matters at all..(no d player) with small exceptions will be able to abuse the map features, unless they are blatantly obvious(cliff etc.)

But unlike yourself ive played like 15 PvT's this season. Im enjoying it too since PvT is fun as fuck
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
oob
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden630 Posts
September 09 2009 14:29 GMT
#12
I love all the zergs tbh. TvZ is by far my favourite MU, so keep em coming!
Happiest man on earth
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
September 09 2009 14:33 GMT
#13
Well zergs have been doing well lately...
And the maps tend to favor zerg, although this doesn't always hold true.
I haven't faced a zerg yet on iccup though.
Sullifam
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
September 09 2009 14:34 GMT
#14
I have played as many Ts this season as Zs and Ps combined...
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
September 09 2009 14:34 GMT
#15
I've only played one PvZ so far, mostly just PvPs here :l
Writerptrk
Strayline
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States330 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-09 14:38:02
September 09 2009 14:36 GMT
#16
This is what happens when you win all the Starleagues...

Personally I just set a threshold like "I will play 4 zvz's a night" and then try to be polite and explain it to people. Most people will understand if you send them a message like "hey sorry I just played 3 zvzs in a row."
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66364 Posts
September 09 2009 14:48 GMT
#17
Zergs are awesome
POGGERS
justiceknight
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Singapore5741 Posts
September 09 2009 14:50 GMT
#18
lol, now Z is imba? lololololol

me Z player,add me id: darkrocket

i started the S10 with 2-6 zvz,i am sad now....
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
September 09 2009 15:09 GMT
#19
I always seem to end up playing ZvT. Not much ZvZ for me yet.
I pwn noobs
Kletus
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada580 Posts
September 09 2009 15:16 GMT
#20
Only the cool kids ^^
Your resistance only serves to make my carapace harder.
Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
September 09 2009 15:31 GMT
#21
I thought it was just me. In the previous several seasons I've been playing mostly protoss with some terrans sprinkled in there and almost no zergs. This season I've been playing almost as many zergs as protoss, and almost no terrans (I think a lot of terrans dodge TvT)

I actually find it kinda surprising that people would just switch races based on how well the pros are doing

I don't buy the whole "zerg map pool" thing. Tau Cross and Othello have been around for a while
Trucy Wright is hot
Aaerian
Profile Joined September 2009
21 Posts
September 09 2009 15:31 GMT
#22
Most game on iCCup are ZvT for me, pretty annoying for someone trying to practice his ZvP
Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
September 09 2009 16:15 GMT
#23
Well must be some kind of trend as usually. When Protoss was owning at starleagues I only played zvp (which i like) now its zvz it seems.

1) Players who pick race and stick to it for long time
2) Players pick race but changes according to korean pro race strenghts
Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
September 09 2009 16:16 GMT
#24
maybe you should petition for mutalisk to be removed from the game. i bet if that happened there would be a noticeable change in the frequencies you encountered zerg.
MrBitter: Phoenixes... They're like flying hellions. Always cost efficient.
Sadist
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States7328 Posts
September 09 2009 16:20 GMT
#25
ive noticed it too. they all have decent muta micro too which is so annoying =[ Pretty soon my bio will never win again.
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Ouga
Profile Joined March 2008
Finland645 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-09 16:27:20
September 09 2009 16:23 GMT
#26
I wish I could face your "problem", only facing zergs. By far the most fun (and easy) matchup to play on all races imo I understand the prob though if you only want to play zerg in all mu's sinve zvz is kinda meh.

Your situation was probably just randomness, but I wonder if I could finally make games with "Z only" in name.

I've played 76 games in this season and of those games it has been 28 vz, 28 vp, 18 vt. Numbers would be a bit more to favour p/t because sometimes I refuse to play p/t if there's been too many of them in a row. So there definately isn't too many zergs out there, unfortunately
][-][eretic
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada395 Posts
September 09 2009 16:36 GMT
#27
Ive been zerg since I started playing again. I was probably better at protoss when I first came back because they're a lot easier to remember how to play. Didn't even try to play more than a few games with them though. I played back in the days when most players played all 3 races, but were good with like only 2 or so.

So I had the option to try something almost entirely new 'terran', go with the race I most enjoyed playing 'zerg', or do what would come back easier to me and play protoss. I chose zerg, I've just always liked the race, even when boxer was slaying kids with his ridiculous micro I was a fan of NC Yellow and the )iS(City/Side guys who put out some amazing replays.

The race has always been dynamic and the ability to adapt and switch it up at any point in time just allows for more of a creative game play. Protoss seems so boring, and Terran would have been my next choice if I had more time to get familiar with the race in my days off.

So yeah, I just like the race, but it's definitely possible others are seeing the dominance of the top zergs and are bored of their own race and just want to try something new. Zergs flexible, so much fun to play with
Hi :)
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
September 09 2009 16:53 GMT
#28
I've noticed a LOT of Zerg (and a bunch of Protosses that play Zerg against Protoss) which pleases me to no end, because PvZ is currently my favorite matchup. PvP PvZ ZvZ ftw.
My strategy is to fork people.
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
September 09 2009 20:10 GMT
#29
I support teh Swarm~
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
September 09 2009 21:44 GMT
#30
Hm, I've actually had a pretty nice split across the 3 races which is nice.
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
September 10 2009 01:17 GMT
#31
I've noticed a fair number of zergs, but still a good percentage of protoss.

Out of every 5 games for me, 2 are toss, 2 are zerg, and 1 is terran.

Sadly, TvT is my best MU so far this season. Weird...
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
DarkShadowz
Profile Joined December 2008
Sweden321 Posts
September 10 2009 02:39 GMT
#32
I have played Protoss the least this season and a ton of zergs. Basically everyone is doing some kind of ling cheese. Lost to it x4 today. So now I'm playing extra defensivly early game because I have yet to loose a PvZ in mid - late game.

I like PvZ so it's fine, but PvP is my favorite MU so I want more of it!
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
September 10 2009 02:45 GMT
#33
On September 10 2009 10:17 Grobyc wrote:
I've noticed a fair number of zergs, but still a good percentage of protoss.

Out of every 5 games for me, 2 are toss, 2 are zerg, and 1 is terran.

Sadly, TvT is my best MU so far this season. Weird...

most of the time when they see you are terran, they choose a different race.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
September 10 2009 03:18 GMT
#34
so far 40 zvz
26 zvp
19 zvt
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
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