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Kevinshi3
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States148 Posts
June 05 2012 00:08 GMT
#1
note: This is not a thread about imbalances or what race is the best, this is just my personal opinion on each race and the beauty and appeal of each of them Enjoy!

Protoss, Zerg, and Terran. They're made up words but when you read these words, you feel an automatic emotional reaction to them. So without much further ado here is my personal opinion on each race and their appeal.

Protoss

The Protoss are depicted as technologically advanced aliens,yet around one third of the Starcraft 2 community associate with them. In fact....

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(Yep there's my desktop and me admitting that there could be some bias in this post.)

So what is appealing about Protoss?

Protoss is generalized to be expensive and small in numbers, with each unit being much stronger individually. So how does that contrast with the other races? On the one hand we have the Zerg, the polar opposites in terms of design, they mass large armies with individually expendable units that end up crushing their opponents through sheer numbers. Then there's the Terran's who rely on the middle ground, fairly cost efficient in number, and fairly in the middle between Protoss and Zerg in terms of numbers. So I reiterate what's so appealing about Protoss? Is it the elegance of the units, the sleekness of the carrier, the honorable zealots, the epic psi storms (yea I'm looking at you (Wiki)Jangbi, the scary-as-hell probes in your opponent's bases (hell yea cannon rush and proxies for Life ).

Or is it control over the battlefield that the best Protoss Commanders can demonstrate, the ability to force field (or stasis field) off our opponents, showing a craft and ability that is no other race can offer. With these abilities a Protoss player can show some finesse, and creativity because there is no equivalent to the FF or the Stasis Field in the other races, they allow players the most control over their surroundings in Starcraft

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With so many options available to the Protoss arsenal, those who choose to represent the Protoss race have the potential to win in completely epic matches with devastating storms, awesome blink stalker plays, hordes of zealots busting down their front door, and intense Collosi Thermal Lances devastating your enemies. We also have the privilege of having some of the most epic late game armies,

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(this is obligatory)

Drawbacks of Protoss

However this appeal is not without its holes, us Protoss have to live as the eternal underdogs, proud, but often living without a clear cut leader. We suffer from a lack of an idol, a (T)Flash to dominate other races, or a (Z)Jaedong to nerdstomp any perceived balances in all matchups. Protoss rally behind their heroes and often are let down, be it (P)Stork falling out of the OSL in the ro16 or (P)MC's disastrous decline into Code B in 2011 and there's (P)Bisu's failure to qualify for OSL time and time again? And who could forget the Era of the Sad Zealot in 2011 which peaked when we saw only five Protoss in the ro32 of GSL October (http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_Global_StarCraft_II_League_Octoberr)

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(Remember me?)

We have our extreme ups and extreme downs and find it hard to find hope, but I believe that this is part of the appeal of Protoss. We find a connection with our fellow Protoss and we don't care who's doing the winning, as long as it's for Aiur. So that's why tonight, right before GSL Season 2 2012, I will cheer for Squirtle (and hopefully the rest of my fellow Protoss) as he faces off against MVP, because even though Squirtle is the underdog (in my opinion), those who play Protoss share a common sentiment, we need someone to believe in, we need our own Legend of the Fall http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=46486.

Author's note: Please bare with me, this is my first thread ever, I don't know how I sound to you guys so I will definitely accept your constructive criticism. You can flame if you want, this is Part 1 of hopefully what will become three parts (with the other two races) and I just wanted to see what people thought about my little piece. PM any suggestions or leave it in the comments and thanks for reading!)

Edit: Oh yea and if you would like to, please post why you play Protoss!
Edit 2: (This was originally posted in the Sc2 General Section and was closed, which I understand which is why I placed it into the blogs section now)

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yo mamaship so fat it couldn't fit in the expansion
kamkerx
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States264 Posts
June 05 2012 00:23 GMT
#2
i play zerg because i hate myself... jkjk gotta play zerg cause there stuff looks cool, and they have suicide units which is bad ass (alalalalal) and because macro for zerg is so ezez
Abort Retry Fail
Profile Joined December 2011
2636 Posts
June 05 2012 01:21 GMT
#3
Terran, because it rocks to be humans in outer space fighting aliens!
BSOD
Kuja
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States1759 Posts
June 05 2012 01:35 GMT
#4
Why Do We Capitalize Every Letter In Tittles? + Show Spoiler +
(sry had to)
“Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?”
Kevinshi3
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States148 Posts
June 05 2012 01:38 GMT
#5
Haha idk its just a habit I have with titles, Idk if thats normal or not but thats what I see in all thread titles sooo yea
On June 05 2012 10:35 Kuja wrote:
Why Do We Capitalize Every Letter In Tittles? + Show Spoiler +
(sry had to)

yo mamaship so fat it couldn't fit in the expansion
OSM.OneManArmy
Profile Joined April 2011
United States509 Posts
June 05 2012 02:07 GMT
#6
Haha i love tanks so obviously i had to pick terran, no tanks for protoss and zerg
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Imperium11
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States279 Posts
June 05 2012 02:58 GMT
#7
On June 05 2012 10:35 Kuja wrote:
Why Do We Capitalize Every Letter In Tittles? + Show Spoiler +
(sry had to)


Nice innuendo. I think Tittles are important enough to capitalize too.
Sinensis
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2513 Posts
June 05 2012 03:01 GMT
#8
I play Zerg because I'm a misanthropist. Also bugs and tentacles.
1a
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada36 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-05 03:38:17
June 05 2012 03:37 GMT
#9
--- sorry double posted somehow
hi
1a
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada36 Posts
June 05 2012 03:37 GMT
#10
On June 05 2012 10:35 Kuja wrote:
Why Do We Capitalize Every Letter In Tittles? + Show Spoiler +
(sry had to)


i remember learning in school, youre supposed to capitalize every signficant word in the title (excluding and, the, to etc.) unless...+ Show Spoiler +
your post was just a joke and im just dumb
hi
phiinix
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1169 Posts
June 05 2012 04:37 GMT
#11
I play x race because I think x race is the best, hence better than the others. Strange that most people don't take more pride in the race they play t-t
Zombo Joe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada850 Posts
June 05 2012 04:58 GMT
#12
I play Terran because its the most fun.

I can't turtle for 15 minutes every game and I don't like allining.
I am Terranfying.
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
June 05 2012 05:12 GMT
#13
I play Zerg because both Terran and Protoss have been inferior in every applicable way except tournament wins since 1999.

There are no drawbacks. Only unfavorable maps.
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There's a touch of subtle humor in this post. Somewhere.
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
June 05 2012 05:29 GMT
#14
Nice blog, at least as amusing as most. 5/5

I look forward to the Terran and Zerg pieces.

And it's fun to read for those of us who switched races between bw and sc2
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
June 05 2012 05:43 GMT
#15
When I started Starcraft with Brood War, Terran was obviously my first race since it's almost exactly analogous with the races in pretty my all other traditional RTS games, especially those in Age of Empires and Command & Conquer which I played religiously in my youth. I never understood how to play BW Zerg, and BW Protoss was okay but nowhere near as gripping as BW Terran.

Fast forward to SC2, and I started off as Protoss since I thought they were the "easy" race. However, I eventually got bored with it's very formulaic nature, so I switched to Random. Zerg as alright, and I was decent enough at ZvZ to pull myself out of Silver and into Platinum. However, I ended up loving Terran, my weakest race, due to all the possibilities the race has.

With the add-on dynamic, Terran can open up with a cornucopia of harass openings. On top of that, TvT is by far one of my favorite match-ups in BW and SC2. ZvZ is pretty stressful with ling-bane battles and mass Roaches, and PvP is either a 4gate vs 4gate, coinflip,or mass Colossi battles. On top of that, TvZ is awesome, though TvP leaves something to be desired, although I still prefer TvP to ZvZ or PvP.

Oh, and I think it's good to have dominating idols like Boxer, iloveoov, Nada, and Flash to look up to.
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DawN883
Profile Joined November 2011
Sweden558 Posts
June 05 2012 06:41 GMT
#16
Good blog ^^

I play terran because all those big cannons and all the muscular men in their combat suits are irresitable.
If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die
Creegz
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada354 Posts
June 05 2012 06:56 GMT
#17
Great post

I actually play Zerg because I found it very comfortable. I started as Protoss because I knew someone that could teach me basic fundamentals as Protoss, who was in top 10 Diamond (before Masters was out). I swapped to Zerg when I saw that they were beating the pants off me, and I felt like the best way to figure out everything was to play it and try my hand at it, eventually it took a spark with me where I understood and felt more comfortable with it than I did Protoss. I did spend some time playing each on and off, and eventually just swapped full time to Zerg. I have played a tad of Terran, and I do like the race as I do all, which is why when I play Team games I random. I do find Zerg caters to my thought process. That's basically what this all boils down to in my opinion. I feel that it caters to the thought process of the individual. Some people can random all day long and still win just because they understand the game as general mechanics, and don't focus on a specific style of how the game is played these people are scariest when they begin to focus on a specific race as they can change their mechanics and fluidity quickly and to adapt to the opposing player. Basically playing like Zerg is "optimally played" as, but do it with something far scarier. Imagine a completely reactive Terran player, the versatility alone makes this possible on a slower scale than Zerg's ability to do this, but if they can hold off initial pushes and react to them properly, they are able to become an even more versatile opponent than someone who understands the Terran mechanics well enough to attempt to do something similar.
Who is this guy? ^
Kevinshi3
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States148 Posts
June 05 2012 10:53 GMT
#18
Thanks for the feedback I didn't know how short this post actually would be until I previewed it. I'll make the follow ups when Summer Break starts on the 21st and yea I am also thinking of a Random Article too. Just throwing around thoughts
On June 05 2012 14:29 Subversive wrote:
Nice blog, at least as amusing as most. 5/5

I look forward to the Terran and Zerg pieces.

And it's fun to read for those of us who switched races between bw and sc2

yo mamaship so fat it couldn't fit in the expansion
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