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your Country52797 Posts
On February 23 2012 09:39 Erasme wrote:
Well, in french rook are called 'fou' which could be translated by 'crazy'. And for me, the craziest unit in protoss are templars! :D
Zerg's rook would be an unborrowed lurker.
All pawns shall be workers!
Stop lying all of you ! Btw, Kerrigan is a dude. (sorry)
How did you know I was crazy?!
Btw at least one of us were telling the truth in those 3 posts ^^
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I would make the kings tassadar and the overmind.
Queens- Matriarch and Kerrigan
Rooks- Carriers and ...ultralisks I suppose
Bishops- DTs and Mutas
Knights: Dragoons and hydras
Pawns: Zealots and Lings!
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On February 23 2012 09:39 Erasme wrote:
Well, in french rook are called 'fou' which could be translated by 'crazy'. And for me, the craziest unit in protoss are templars! :D
Zerg's rook would be an unborrowed lurker.
All pawns shall be workers!
Stop lying all of you ! Btw, Kerrigan is a dude. (sorry)
Kerrigan is far too sexy to be a dude.
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That's exactly the point ... It's a trap.
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I would go like this
king:tassadar (but I figure making units with distinctive characteristics would be hard, so if not arbitor)
queen: rassagal (or carrier)
bishop: corsair
knight: dragoon
rook: archon
pawn: zealot
king: defiler
queen: queen (duh)
bishop: muta
knight: hydra
rook: ultra
pawn: ling
This way you have a theme of pawn small unit, knight ground range unit (and the goon's movement resembles a knight), bishop is light air unit, rook is hulking mass of a ground unit, and king is the spell caster that isn't good on it's own.
That sounds very challenging to make detailed units small enough to be used as chess pieces, but with enough time and enough pieces of wood, it should be possible. GL, I'll be keeping an eye out for when you post pics of the finished products!
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Overlord should be the king IMO. It really fits, slow and lumbering. Then when you can make a rule then when you castle your king or are going for the stalemate you have to say "BWARRRRRGGHGHGGH!" as you move your king. I think lurkers fit in with the role of the rook than an ultralisk. I don't know where you'd put it in, but it's a shame there's no defiler
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United States1268 Posts
make an extra set for me 
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Rook for Protoss should be a Reaver IMO. Lurker for Zerg.
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My suggestions would be:
Protoss
King = Tassadar (In the Gantrithor)
Queen = Zeratul
Bishop = High Templar
Knight = Dragoon
Rook = Reaver
Pawn = Zealot
Zerg
King = Overmind (Maybe the Eye Only)
Queen = Kerrigan
Bishop = Defiler
Knight = Hydralisk
Rook = Lurker
Pawn = Zergling
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Zeratul as Bishop i think would be best, the cross board snipers if you dont have detection you will get owned, Maybe make knight to corsair and leave out the goon, but i would imagine the goon would be a bad ass looking chess piece.
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When I think of rooks when I play chess I always think of Tanks. Terran would be cool too.
Marines = Pawn
Vulture = Knight
Bishop = Science Vessel
Rooks = Tanks
Battleship = Queen
Raynor = King
Those would be alot harder because with those pieces two of them would be floating.
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Hong Kong9164 Posts
Some thoughts on the matter...
Protoss Bishop: Dragoon
Dragoons oftentimes move, and shoot, diagonally. With range upgrade they can hold space well. They remain mobile, but often times are blocked by other units or insufficient micro and AI mishaps.
Protoss Knight: Shuttle
Thinking of reaver drops and DT drops here.
The knight is most reminiscent of an air unit. It can fly over obstacles and drop down to kill units in a wide, sometimes unpredictable area.
Protoss Pawns: Pylons
I know the Zealot is probably your first choice here, but this just came to me. Pawns litter the chessboard, but form an important structure especially in the late game. Pylons, similarly, form an imporant backbone to the successful Protoss army.
The only significant issue I can see with this is that Pylons themselves don't actually have the ability to attack and kill enemy units.
Zerg Rook: Lurker
Rooks are often used for long-range column and file space control. Lurkers perform a similar space control mechanic.
Zerg Knight: Mutalisk
Same thinking as before in terms of the knight being an air unit. Think of the two knights on the field as two impeccably microed Mutalisk stacks attacking in two places at the same time. You are now Jaedong.
As a side note, have you considered the answer to the question as to which pieces shall be Black and which pieces shall be White?
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Rooks should defiantly be lurkers.
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Protoss
King = Carrier (Tassadar/Gantrithor)
Queen = Zeratul
Bishop = High Templar
Knight = Dragoon
Rook = Reaver w/ Shuttle
Pawn = Zealot
Zerg
King = Overmind (the Eyeball thingie from the Overmind portrait)
Queen = Kerrigan
Bishop = Defiler
Knight = Hydralisk
Rook = Lurker
Pawn = Zergling
Bishops are religious figures and HT serve that purpose for Protoss. Defilers are the Zerg counterpart to HT (even if they dont' serve a religious purpose in Zerg lore). Rook should be lurker 'cause they attack in a line; shuttle/reaver cause those buggers are quite mobile like the rook. Dragoon as knight since dragoons are basically zealots riding a robot; hydra as knight is fitting as counter to dragoon. Pawns are self-explanatory. Queen should be a unit that kicks ass so Kerrigan and Zeratul are the natural choices; I don't like Matriarch as Queen cause she was a sissy that didn't do anything but get herself mind-controlled and owned. King for Protoss should be Gantrithor to distinguish Tassadar from the HTs. For Zerg Overmind's the obvious choice; I think the Eye thing in the Overmind portrait would work quite well.
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Wow, ambitious project, I'd say it'll be a lot of fun, do post progress
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I don't have any suggestions, but look forward to the posting of the pictures of it.
This is a nice creative idea you have here.
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bump
I would like to know how is this going.
And if the op is still trying to make one. So we can make moar suggestions!!
Regards.
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I'd do Terran/Zerg
Terran
King = Battlecruiser
Queen = Thor
Bishop = Goliath
Knight = Vulture
Rook = Siege Tank
Pawn = Marine
Zerg
King = Ultralisk
Queen = Queen
Bishop = Defiler/Infestor
Knight = Hydralisk
Rook = Mutalisk
Pawn = Zergling
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If you did Terran/Zerg, what if the queen for Terran was Kerrigan, and the queen for Zerg was Infested Kerrigan? A bit anachronous, I suppose, hehe.
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On April 14 2012 04:35 Masq wrote:
I'd do Terran/Zerg
Terran
King = Battlecruiser
Queen = Thor
Bishop = Goliath
Knight = Vulture
Rook = Siege Tank
Pawn = Marine
Zerg
King = Ultralisk
Queen = Queen
Bishop = Defiler/Infestor
Knight = Hydralisk
Rook = Mutalisk
Pawn = Zergling
He said it was a BW chess set.
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