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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-28 17:59:02
March 28 2008 17:58 GMT
#1
So should i play Terran or Zerg? That's a real hard question for me! it is sort of like a pendulum swinging back and forth non stop, some days feeling like terran is total sh*t and some other days feeling like zerg is sh*t. Right now, i'm straight in the middle, not knowing which one to play, and stick to.

When i started playing StarCraft almost a year ago, i started with the Terran race because the first rep i saw was one of NaDa, so i stuck to them and loved them for a while. Until sAviOr arrived to my view, and i saw he was the dominator! So i switched to Zerg and started playing on iCCup to test my skills. i played well over 200 games with zerg with a poor win ratio of like 30% and me being D+.

But now that he's been slumping real bad, the thought of switching back has come into my mind. Flash dominating the current scene followed by the powerful JaeDong make it even harder to stick to one of them, as they seem almost invincible.

i like Zerg because of the lack there is for the need to be constantly building stuctures (overlords), because of their simplicity, mass numbers and intimidating look. They have map control most of the time and are very unpredictable.
Yet they are very weak and thus need to tech quickly. Thanks to this, Zerg also doesn't have any good all-in rushes besides the famous 4pool build.
Not saying that i like cheesing, but just something to notice.

i like Terran because they are very, very defensive early and mid game, and the chances of you being killed very early are drastically lower than compared to Zerg. i like them also for the fact that they have to apply two different strategies for every MU they play (m&m zerg, tank vult vs toss), and thus their unit variety is very wide, unlike Protoss.

Talking about Protoss, don't even mention them in this blog since i would never, ever play them, not because i don like them, but because they just don't fit my playing style at all!

When in strong levels, Zerg is the race of the strong and feared player, and Terran is the race of the untouchable and intelligent player. But for some reason I can't just stick to one =[

Here are some of my replays of me playing both races:

[image loading] Terran: http://puciek.pl/replays/files/366.rep
[image loading] Zerg: http://puciek.pl/replays/files/365.rep

Help me decide which one to stick to!

[image loading]


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Zalfor
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States1035 Posts
March 28 2008 18:07 GMT
#2
depeds on ur play style.
555, kthxbai
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
March 28 2008 18:16 GMT
#3
+ Show Spoiler [This] +
[image loading]+ Show Spoiler [Isn't] +
[image loading]
+ Show Spoiler [Hard] +
[image loading]

ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
DukE_ss
Profile Joined June 2007
United States689 Posts
March 28 2008 18:20 GMT
#4
lol shallow you are so bias.
“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” William Arthur Ward "You are what you think, You become what you think, What you think becomes reality." Phil Hellmuth
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25979 Posts
March 28 2008 18:22 GMT
#5
Zerg are harder to learn and easier to master. The farther you play to take it, the more you should play Zerg. Otherwise, play Terran.
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Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-01 19:13:14
March 28 2008 18:54 GMT
#6
Zerg
sAviOr[gm] ~ want to watch good replays? read my blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
Atrioc
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1865 Posts
March 28 2008 19:15 GMT
#7
[image loading]



SHINHAN 3 OSL FINALS
One of the people in that picture won the most prestigous and hard-fought tournament win of his career. The other got his main command center infested in Game 3 of the FINALS. Who do you want to be?
Writerman what
Krohm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1857 Posts
March 28 2008 19:40 GMT
#8
Be Zerg, so you can TvZ me. I need more zerg practice partners. Haha, but other than that. Just pick what ever you race you feel is your funnest. Screw the skill factor. Just play for fun, and eventually the skill will come along.
Not bad for a cat toy.
aeronexus
Profile Joined June 2007
United States392 Posts
March 28 2008 19:41 GMT
#9
On March 29 2008 04:15 Atrioc wrote:
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SHINHAN 3 OSL FINALS
One of the people in that picture won the most prestigous and hard-fought tournament win of his career. The other got his main command center infested in Game 3 of the FINALS. Who do you want to be?

shut it, you

big fan of both myself, but NADA FOREVAR!!!!

also, I play Terran.
10 points!
Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
March 28 2008 19:49 GMT
#10
So far you've gotten a couple terran players giving half-hearted answers; and a whole bunch of zerg players unashamedly saying pick zerg. Join the swarm.

(yeah yeah; that's a bit exaggerated)
I BELIEVE IN CAPITAL LETTER PUNISHMENT!!!!!
samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
March 28 2008 20:41 GMT
#11
Play random until you decide on picking a race
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
March 28 2008 20:47 GMT
#12
On March 29 2008 05:41 samachking wrote:
Play random until you decide on picking a race


Well, he didnt want to play Protoss so random is not that good ^^
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-28 20:53:25
March 28 2008 20:51 GMT
#13
Which are u better with? -_-

Edit: on second thought, why not play with mixed race for different MUs like ZvP ZvT TvZ etc. since u said u cant stick to one
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
March 28 2008 20:54 GMT
#14
On March 29 2008 05:41 samachking wrote:
Play random until you decide on picking a race

How long have u been playing random? -_-
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
March 28 2008 21:34 GMT
#15
zerg
i (literally) flipped a coin many years ago between terran and zerg, got terran, and i have so much regret now

i know a few zerg players that feel the same way though about wanting to play t, so i'd say to at least tvz and zvt
Moderatorhttps://soundcloud.com/castlesmusic/sets/oak
Gyabo
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States329 Posts
March 28 2008 21:46 GMT
#16
I used to be in the same boat u were in. I learned the game with terran and stuck with that for several months while occasionally playing zerg for fun. There were many points during that time period where I thought about switching to zerg but I didn't want to abandon terran. Finally, after playing enough games, I decided zerg fit my play style more so than terran, so I made the race switch. My advice would be to continue playing until you find which race is more suitable for your style or which race you have more fun with.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
March 28 2008 22:40 GMT
#17
Z is hard

T is fun :D
^-^
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-28 23:03:21
March 28 2008 22:53 GMT
#18
On March 29 2008 03:16 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
+ Show Spoiler [This] +
[image loading]+ Show Spoiler [Isn't] +
[image loading]
+ Show Spoiler [Hard] +
[image loading]


I read this post without looking at the name first, and when I got to the last spoiler, I thought to myself, 'this has got to be the work of shallow'. C'mon man, you're getting predictable.

Edit: And to op, I played zerg exclusively for all of my starcraft career until a few months ago, when the absolute love of the zvt matchup pushed me into playing tvz just to see the other side. That is probably the best decision I have ever made, related to starcraft at least. Anyways, I would suggest trying it out and seeing which matchups you like best with which race, and just go from there...playing 2 races is a lot of fun.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20016 Posts
March 28 2008 23:42 GMT
#19
zerg
terran micro is fucking gay.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
March 28 2008 23:53 GMT
#20
THE TRIUMPH OF WAR
vs.
overcome all

what sounds more awesome?

also as terran, you get to
hear the ssss-yeah of stim packs
the bair of barbacued zerglings
the mrrrrr of probes dying to a pair of vultures
and the ERRR ERRR ERRR NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED.

BOOM.

FIGHT FOR HUMANITY.
JOIN THE TERRAN DOMINION.
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
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