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Baz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom289 Posts
October 13 2011 13:32 GMT
#1
Victory, follows victory, follows victory. Even a Terran juggernaught needs a break once a while, so over to Team Liquid for some comic relief. “Ladder Fear” one thread reads, “[H] ZvT advice needed!” another. As I wipe the tears of laughter from my face it is time to kick back with some GSL over lunch.

Then, “what is this?”, a strange feeling consumes me. The zerg drone glides by the proxy 2 rax, missing it by centimetres. A moment that should have been pure pleasure instead gives a bizarre sinking feeling inside. No joy is felt. As the Marines rip through the paperweight Zerg defences, an inevitable shriek of “GG” resonates through the swarm world, stabbing me agonisingly in the chest.

Confusion. I lack any comprehension of this pain. Why do I feel no joy for my Terran Brother? Is he really my brother at all? Was I in fact adopted? Come to think of it, we never had the same sense of humour and he is a different colour to me… I always pick red and this Terran is blue! Horror. I shudder as my whole life clicks into place. I have grown up with the wrong family, I have been living without a soul.

Brutal. Efficient. Unstoppable. Robust. Words that could be used to describe the formidable machine that is the Terran race, and who would disagree? Korea produces them like Family Guy produces jokes irrelevant to the storyline (that’s right, just like that one). There is no argument to be had, those Terrans take some stopping. Yet, I am numb to my compatriots cause, I feel no camaraderie with the Terran forces.

Flimsy. Pathetic. Puny. Unstable. Although the swarm may have its heroes, few would argue that these terms cannot be applied to the Zerg race. Yet, there is something about those salivating swarmlings that infests my soul and corrodes my mind beyond any sense or reasoning. My heart beats to their biological pulse, thrusting grungy creep through my thickening veins.

All this time my support belonged to my true brothers, Nestea, Losira, Idra and Stephano to name a few. Why was I too blind to notice? My lifeless black heart has been jolted back to life. After being pulverized of all emotion for 18 long months by the Terran machine, my anguished blood finally flows again. It swarms and engulfs me, spreading ecstatic oxygen to every inch of my rejuvenated body. My skin now emits a warm elated cream; I have been released from the depths and found home at last.

So let the Terrans have their “victories”, let them believe they have it so good. They know not what joy is. Their restless spirits scream silently whilst their unwitting mentors live a dark, joyless existence. Having escaped the clutches of this darkness, I will live as a proud member of the swarm, not only as a spectator, but player too.

Enjoy your victories while they last Terran fools, you are only depleting your own bleeding souls. Dismiss this warning at your peril my former forged allies, the vibrant Swarm grows… and whether you know it yet or not, you will eventually follow your empty souls into the darkness.

TLDR
[spoiler]I switched from Terran to Zerg[/spoiler]

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garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
October 13 2011 14:29 GMT
#2
I dropped from diamond to platinum when I made the switch almost a year ago.

gl
#TeamBuLba
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
October 13 2011 14:39 GMT
#3
McCleoud, my beta TvT nemesis, switching to zerg? At least wait until HOTS!
Mattchew
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States5684 Posts
October 13 2011 15:07 GMT
#4
i hate terran but there is not enough good terran outside korea in respect to the other races, so i do not support this decision
There is always tomorrow nshs.seal.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
October 13 2011 15:13 GMT
#5
Welcome to the Swarm!

+ Show Spoiler +
...but remember, the only true Zerg color is Pink
drooL
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2108 Posts
October 13 2011 15:32 GMT
#6
5/5 good read and good luck with your new race
@nowSimon
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
October 13 2011 16:02 GMT
#7
welcome to the swarm. <3
http://i.imgur.com/fAUOr2c.png | Fighting games are great
Treadmill
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada2833 Posts
October 13 2011 19:05 GMT
#8
Awww. It seems like the only race-switching that happens (aside from Artosis) is terran to zerg.
Thienan567
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States670 Posts
October 13 2011 19:09 GMT
#9
Funny, I'm considering switching from Zerg to Terran. =p
Flossy
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States870 Posts
October 14 2011 01:15 GMT
#10
Very elegant and sensory story.
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SlimeBagly
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
356 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 02:07:22
October 14 2011 02:04 GMT
#11
I can tell the same story. I was C- zerg in BW. When I switched to SC2, I said, fuck it, I want units that do damage! Protoss I became, but every zerg I saw win a game tugged at my heartstrings. After all my time studying Mondragon replays, seeing him play in TSL was more than I could bare. I dropped from Masters Protoss to Platinum Zerg, but I knew it was the right move.
mutalisks are awesome!
Bswhunter
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia954 Posts
October 14 2011 07:05 GMT
#12
Baller post. Winning a good game with zerg is like the greatest thing ever
Stop browsing and do whatever it is you're supposed to do. TL will still be here when you get back
Baz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom289 Posts
October 14 2011 07:43 GMT
#13
Thanks for the responses and support!

On October 14 2011 16:05 Bswhunter wrote:
Baller post. Winning a good game with zerg is like the greatest thing ever


This is totally true, I have dropped from Masters to Diamond but I am comfortably winning my fair share of games in diamond now. Winning these is giving me more satisfaction than winning as a Terran in Masters though.
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