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floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
August 08 2010 23:45 GMT
#1
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6 game losing streak. My biggest streak ever, in both beta and retail.

3 protoss
2 random into protoss
1 random into terran

From rank 6 diamond to rank 23, I lost like 80 points. I only broke my losing streak vs a protoss who didn't use warpgates (and he actually beat me the game before with cannon cheese)

It made me realize that almost everything about zerg makes me rage.

I don't like the creep system. it's actually kind of cool in theory, but in practice it means your units are fucking shit off creep. With the exception of lings, which are still pretty quick, your units are sluggish and awful. Why am I forced to have units that are like they are stuck in goddamn molasses. It's great when things are going your way, but it's basically a kick in the dick in any other scenario. Have you ever tried to move hydralisks off creep? They practically move backwards they are so goddamn slow. Good luck getting them out of storm. Why the fuck?

I don't like that I have no variety at all in my openings. All my 1 base plays are visible to everyone. I may as well be wearing a sign, "incoming cheese" If I don't FE, there is no alternative, everyone knows your roach or your baneling all in is coming and the second they beat it its game over. It's not even as powerful as a 4 gate. It's so much worse than a 4 gate. Our 1 base is garbage. There's almost no point in 1 base lair, there's just no variety.

Our tier 3 is okay, only it actually comes in the tier 3 time span while everyone else can pump it out in 5 minutes flat if they wanted. Where's my mid game unit that forces you to adapt to what I'm doing for a change? My collosus or tank/thor equivalent? I don't know like something that lurks beneath the ground

There's pretty much one play you can make: muta switch. Of course they have magic planes that flip around and shoot while flying backwards and upside down. Or 9 range vikings which admittedly arent that good against muta they just have 9 range so I had to mention them, they don't really need vikings anyway when theres

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the fucking god of thunder in robot form

I don't like queens. Well no, that's not true. I like queens. It's just that my macro mechanic are actual units, that take damage and die, that set me back and make it so I can't even produce units when phoenixes come in doing barrel rolls and lift it off to rape it. They are units that I need to use to actively defend my base with because for some reason someone at Blizzard thought hey no tier 1 AA would be like, totally unique and not just fucking awful to deal with. And my macro mechanic, in addition to being a unit I have to actively use, is also a thousand times less forgiving, and a thousand times more important than either terran or protoss. Not to mention the more bases I have the harder it gets, while the more bases you have the less important and demanding yours gets

Chrono boost is so easy people don't even use it. Top players just chill out with full energy on their nexuses in any game that lasts more than 15 minutes, sometimes they'll use a bit on upgrades but basically it goes unused for I'd say 40-50% of the game.

Imagine for a second if terrans had to drop mules and cast spells and shit with it instead of just press e and click minerals. Their brains would explode. That's what we have to do, fortunately anyone who plays zerg has an enormous brain so we can manage to use our queens without threat of immediate brain death. Oh and we have to run around laying creep, which without it our units are reduced to geriatric movement speeds


I know why only 20% of people play zerg.

****
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
August 08 2010 23:55 GMT
#2
I feel ya...lack of anti air...difficult macro mechanic...

oober slow hydras....

bring some overlords next time! =O
Jaedong :3
The_Pacifist
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States540 Posts
August 09 2010 00:01 GMT
#3
Ouch. 6 loss streaks never feel good.

If you look at my "most common race played" statistic, it'll tell you zerg. But although it's my most common, it's not what I play over 50% of the time. And it's not because I absolutely love collossi or because siege tanks are so awesome. It's just because playing such a one-dimensional race becomes stale after a few games.

Many terran misunderstand me. I don't have zerg tears because "OMG siege tanks are so imba!!" These are zerg tears of boredom. I don't want a buff to zerg. I just want some variety.
goldrush
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada709 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-09 00:06:42
August 09 2010 00:02 GMT
#4
Because obviously the solution is to get mass drop while fast teching to T3, spreading creep constantly, not missing a spawn larva, constant scouting (if you don't sac an overlord or the overlord doesn't take the exact right path, then you just suck), mass expanding... oh, and not making a single wrong decision on what units to get or when to pump drones or units.

It's so easy! After all, you can run around the other guy's army. That is, if moving their army two steps to either side didn't cover the entire map.

(I feel your pain, as a Zerg player I think that Zerg is just unforgiving of mistakes in general)
Jugan
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1566 Posts
August 09 2010 00:03 GMT
#5
There were overlords in sc1. They are the same in sc2. Don't just make enough overlords to get by. If you don't like it, then don't play it. You can't play zerg like how you play terran or protoss.

Here's it straight up to you buddy:
If you're not good with zerg, then you're going to suck. Period. But if you can learn the ins and outs of your race and play it like how you should be playing it, you will smash people into oblivion. Zerg has more mobility than terran and protoss put together, so start using it.
Even a Savior couldn't fix all problems. www.twitch.tv/xJugan
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
August 09 2010 00:09 GMT
#6
Hah I just went on a huge losing streak too. I like the fact that only 20% of people play zerg because Zerg is the most skilled race to play (hardest to grasp), and many top tier players play Zerg. It just shows that only pros play Zerg.

(jk )
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The_Pacifist
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States540 Posts
August 09 2010 00:09 GMT
#7
Overlords are not the same in SC2. In BW, overlords could detect, and you didn't need to use them to spread creep because the hydra speed upgrade still existed.

And isn't this the typical answer for all frustrated zerg: Use zerg mobility. Ironically, it seems to be the only answer. We have mobility. Hurray. How strategically diverse. As strong as mobility is, it doesn't make options much more diverse.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21243 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-09 00:26:44
August 09 2010 00:26 GMT
#8
Our "mobility" is non existent on this current map pool where a fucking Thor can amble from his base to yours in like 5 seconds -_-

Need bigger maps >_>

And I feel your pain, I went like 2-10 last night, dropped 100 points and like 40 ranks lol.
TranslatorBaa!
chaoser
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States5541 Posts
August 09 2010 00:26 GMT
#9
As a terran, I have to say, I feel bad for the zerg =[. May you one day be buffed. Maybe in HotS?
Haven't you heard? I'm not an ex-progamer. I'm not a poker player. I'm not an admin of the site. I'm mother fucking Rekrul.
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
August 09 2010 00:28 GMT
#10
I feel you floor exercise. It sucks to lose to people who have a ridiculously easier time than us. We're forced to manage creep, manage more bases, manage constant scouting, ect. Terran just needs to ask himself, "Can my tanks abuse this part of the map? Do I have Marines or Thors to shoot Mutalisks?" Protoss isn't as easy, but a lot just 4 Warpgate All-in, so they need to ask themselves: "Did I remember to put a proxy pylon to completely nullify the defender's advantage on this game?"
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
August 09 2010 00:41 GMT
#11
Yea, I played zerg at first too just because I played them in bw. They just aren't fun to me, everything I liked about zerg in bw (the huge econ's and sweet control with muta's and lings and lurkers) is all gone and whats left isn't even good or easy. All the challenge, none of the enjoyment; I don't know how other people do it.
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-09 00:58:36
August 09 2010 00:56 GMT
#12
Idea: give hydralisks a goddamn speed upgrade. They move as fast as constipated slugs off creep, its fucking retarded. Isn't the premise of "The Swarm" basically quick, cost effective, cheap units? That was the beauty of BW Zerg, your speed and ability to flank / surround / counterattack.

On August 09 2010 09:03 Jugan wrote:
There were overlords in sc1. They are the same in sc2. Don't just make enough overlords to get by. If you don't like it, then don't play it. You can't play zerg like how you play terran or protoss.

Here's it straight up to you buddy:
If you're not good with zerg, then you're going to suck. Period. But if you can learn the ins and outs of your race and play it like how you should be playing it, you will smash people into oblivion. Zerg has more mobility than terran and protoss put together, so start using it.


The thing is off creep Zerg units are slow as fuck. Theres not that much more (if any) mobility than a protoss or terran now
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
August 09 2010 01:16 GMT
#13
I haven't played any Starcraft 2, but it sounds like Zerg needs a Lim Yo Hwan. SOMEONE STEP UP QUICK.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
August 09 2010 01:24 GMT
#14
Current maps are terrible for zerg, there's pretty much no way they can flank a ball properly.
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
August 09 2010 01:40 GMT
#15
On August 09 2010 10:16 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
I haven't played any Starcraft 2, but it sounds like Zerg needs a Lim Yo Hwan. SOMEONE STEP UP QUICK.

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Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
Surrealz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States449 Posts
August 09 2010 01:48 GMT
#16
hey guys just lost a game on bnet gonna come on the forums and blame the races and not my own play
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Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
August 09 2010 01:49 GMT
#17
I would agree with the "heads explode" part, but many of the current SC2 Terran players were Terran players in SC1. Try playing SK Terran...
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Dance.
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States389 Posts
August 09 2010 02:02 GMT
#18
This post made me cry... I agree with it 100%
It is what it is...
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
August 09 2010 02:07 GMT
#19
I love all Zerg players. I've been Terran since day 1 of beta.
Just got lucky I guess.

I rolled a few games against the Very Hard computer and holy fuck.
Zerg makes no sense whatsoever. How you guys win ladder games with them, keep your minerals spent- know what units to make- scout...

I have no Idea. I win the games, don't get me wrong... but I have 2k minerals and real trouble remembering Inject, creep spreading and tech/upgrades.

Anyone who plays Zerg is a fucking genius. Hats off.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
August 09 2010 02:10 GMT
#20
Dude I so feel you. I love playing zerg because I think it's a lot of fun. But playing against people of my level is just so much harder cuz of my race

Where's the Maestro? Who will be the savior of zerg??
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
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