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Protoss is OP

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mrmin123 *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Korea (South)2971 Posts
December 11 2009 08:28 GMT
#1
I finally managed to beat DJEtterStyle/Fuck Etter/Etter for the second time ever so I can officially say that the first time wasn't a fluke, but I think it's mainly because protoss is so easy. I prefer playing PvZ because I can 1a2a(sometimes 3a) more liberally, just put down storms when necessary, and not worry about stupid back-breaking micro tricks like running zealots through minefields or getting my goons stuck while trying to snipe tanks.

Now, I'm not saying I'm a great player or anything. Frankly, I'm terrible. Probably D+, if I was being generous. But shit even I can beat a player much higher level than I am simply by surviving to psi storm and enough high templars.

Here I will highlight some key moments of that second victory (basically the only moments I had to think about the game at hand, because playing protoss means I can turn off my brain for most of the game).

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12:04: lol I win

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15:43: omg wait I think I'm going to lose my third. I hope I made high templars

[image loading]

16:10: Whew I did! Now time to crush this puny zerg army post-3rd-expo-loss

[image loading]

16:14: wtf he still has units?

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16:17: lolol

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17:58: omg ultras panic mode on

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18:01: 1a2a storm!

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18:03: Whew.

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18:42: I think countering his nat immediately and losing the rest of my army was a bad move... but at least I get to storm these drones!

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22:14: omg

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24:14: God, storm drops are so gay.

Then I 1a2a'ed a few more times and magically Etter tapped out. I hope this victory serves as a beacon of hope to all those struggling D-/D/D+ level PvZ specialists out there. Remember that protoss is OP (everyone on TL says so!), so turn up your confidence and 1a2a3a!



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In all seriousness I was pretty happy when I beat Etter the second time ever and I wanted to share some screencaps of that awkwardly close game, which I honestly felt was tipped towards my favor thanks to Etter fucking up with his opening build and some decent storms on my part. Besides, storm is OP and thus so is protoss... everyone on TL says so. @_@ I hope some could get that feeling of satisfaction of storming a big group of zerg units when they saw the screenshots above. :D

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ProbeSaturation
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada292 Posts
December 11 2009 08:32 GMT
#2
delicious zerg blood
Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
December 11 2009 08:33 GMT
#3
I still don't understand how protoss is so manly- when all they do is sit back and watch the light show fry all my little zergies to pulp.

IF YOU PLAY PROTOSS DIE!
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AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
December 11 2009 08:37 GMT
#4
Great storms!

haha but Storm is not OP and neither is Protoss. Every race has its good points and bad points. Zergs in ZvP can hit and run Toss expos with insane DPS cracklings and doom drops are really deadly & unpredictable. Terrans in TvP can really gay a Toss with imba vultures and insane ground army upgrades + damages that just melt away goons like ice cream.

When I play PvT, I tend to be macro-orientated than playing PvZ, BUT PvT battles require more micro than PvZ battles if that makes sense. I think this works because I tend to clash with Z units everywhere around the map while T has less frequent battles, but bigger battles.
Terrans who whine: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=107788
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
December 11 2009 08:38 GMT
#5
(P)Reach
ForTheSwarm
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States556 Posts
December 11 2009 08:39 GMT
#6
Agreed, storm drops are the easiest, most imba tactic in the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARRGGGGHHHH
Whenever I see a dropship, my asshole tingles, because it knows whats coming... - TheAntZ
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
December 11 2009 08:46 GMT
#7
This is what mutas are for, pvz gets soo hard once you get to D+/C- and the zerg goes "oh wait if I get mutalisks I can kill the one thing holding him up: storms". D level pvz is so much fun because your templars never get threatened :D

And yeaahhhh protoss is manly, (P)Reach
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
December 11 2009 08:46 GMT
#8
On December 11 2009 17:33 Misrah wrote:
I still don't understand how protoss is so manly- when all they do is sit back and watch the light show fry all my little zergies to pulp.

IF YOU PLAY PROTOSS DIE!

*hurk*
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ejac
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1195 Posts
December 11 2009 08:52 GMT
#9
On December 11 2009 17:39 ForTheSwarm wrote:
Agreed, storm drops are the easiest, most imba tactic in the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARRGGGGHHHH

Get ready for sc2 and Storm Warp-ins.
esq>n
Chen
Profile Joined June 2009
United States6344 Posts
December 11 2009 08:53 GMT
#10
On December 11 2009 17:33 Misrah wrote:
I still don't understand how protoss is so manly- when all they do is sit back and watch the light show fry all my little zergies to pulp.

IF YOU PLAY PROTOSS DIE!

I still dont understand how Zerg is so fragile-when all they do is 1a2a3a sit back under my storms and watch all there units fry to a pulp and then complain about it.
IF YOU PLAY ZERG DIE!
and stop complaining about one of the actual race balances that go in your favor.
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
December 11 2009 08:54 GMT
#11
lol seriously fuck you.
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I fucking HATE this. I will manage to crush an attack then all of a sudden he gets that one storm off that just kills 20 drone and the ENTIRE attack is given redemption based off of one templar.
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H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
December 11 2009 08:55 GMT
#12
fun read.
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caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
December 11 2009 09:05 GMT
#13
On December 11 2009 17:33 Misrah wrote:
I still don't understand how protoss is so manly- when all they do is sit back and watch the light show fry all my little zergies to pulp.

IF YOU PLAY PROTOSS DIE!


Protoss is manly because even when they storm the crap out of your units they run manlots right into the storm to attack anyway.
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Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
December 11 2009 09:09 GMT
#14
god i hate storm fuck that move
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
December 11 2009 09:11 GMT
#15
MRMIN HES OUR MAN
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NonFactor
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden698 Posts
December 11 2009 09:15 GMT
#16
It's common knowledge that Protoss is the most forgiving and overall the race that requires the least micro / macro skills.

As I see it. Protoss, not OP but easy.
Chen
Profile Joined June 2009
United States6344 Posts
December 11 2009 09:22 GMT
#17
On December 11 2009 18:15 NonFactor wrote:
It's common knowledge that Protoss is the most forgiving and overall the race that requires the least micro / macro skills.

As I see it. Protoss, not OP but easy.

Isnt terran the most forgiving since their ability to turtle and survive allows them more opportunities to come back from bad situations? when toss lose their casters (HT in PvZ and arbs in PvT) its auto-gg for the most part
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17018 Posts
December 11 2009 09:51 GMT
#18
On December 11 2009 18:22 Chen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2009 18:15 NonFactor wrote:
It's common knowledge that Protoss is the most forgiving and overall the race that requires the least micro / macro skills.

As I see it. Protoss, not OP but easy.

Isnt terran the most forgiving since their ability to turtle and survive allows them more opportunities to come back from bad situations? when toss lose their casters (HT in PvZ and arbs in PvT) its auto-gg for the most part


Clinging onto life by turtling only lets the P take more expansions and starve you even farther.
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lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
December 11 2009 10:09 GMT
#19
On December 11 2009 18:15 NonFactor wrote:
It's common knowledge that Protoss is the most forgiving and overall the race that requires the least micro / macro skills.

As I see it. Protoss, not OP but easy.


yeah, protoss have the least starleague wins of all the races, they're obviously the easiest race to play.
win8282
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)454 Posts
December 11 2009 10:33 GMT
#20
OP says PvZ is easy.

hmm....
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