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Alright, so I recently made a blog post about switching to Zerg. I got quite a few comments, mostly saying goodluck, some saying I was traitor and I think Chill likened it to playing in a windtunnel. Awesome.
So today was the first day on iCCup and I went 4-3. That is not bad I suppose. Though I learned a few things right away:
1 ) Wholly shit is it a lot harder to macro. The first game I would put my extra hats at random bases, so my layout was a lot like: main - 3 hat, natural - 2 hat, 2nd natural - 2 hat and so on. It would be the same as a Protoss making their gateways two at a time and in random locations. Hard to get used to, but now I just put all my extra hats in my main. Brainpower.
2 ) Besides macroing, there is easily four to five times as many things to do as a Zerg than a Protoss. I don't spam at all, so as a Protoss, I just start the game and just kind of chill for the first two minutes. It's not like i'm wigging out now that I am playing Z, but I am definately finding it harder to keep track of everything past the ~5minute mark. Oh the humanity.
3 ) Muta micro is hard. I'l be honest, when Zerg's would complain about battle.net latency and hype up LAN latency, I would usually just call them bitches and end it at that, but there is such a difference I feel like such a tool now. I would apologize to the Zergs I said that too, but I am a manly man, so no can do.
4 ) It's really fun annoying the hell out of Protoss. As a Protoss player before, I would cleverly call these players faggots, but now I realise how fun it is to go 9pool and follow up with some really fast mutalisk or something. Just anything to piss them off. I also experienced the joy of having a guy cuss me out after I made sunk lurk spore and smartly suicided into it. Great fun.
It's only been one day, so I don't have much else to say. Expect more tomorrow.
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Keep it up  Zerg is so much better ~ ^^
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hahaha
now you know why terran and zerg players make fun of protoss players
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I play zerg the second most frequently, and I can say, there are <5 times as many things to do.
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'Toss to Zerg? You have my respects.
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Hey I am gonna switch from toss to zerg too!!!!
I saw a replay of 9 overpool speedlings and I am like "HOLY SHIT THAT IS FUCKING AMAZING." So yeah. Pretty much.
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ZvP is so great because you have such great map awareness at all times that you can basically make anything work if you do it right.
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Zerg always been my race, and il never switch.. im infested by the overmind itself. i feel like a brother of Kerrigan herself
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i enjoy having a zerg that goes "play a real men's race" and leave just because of 4858955 cannons.
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haha lol awesome man. I am a noob but whenever I switch from terran to protoss i am pro xD. Protoss are so fucking easy lol. Every unit is rock hard, they can do unlimited uber harass, their ground army is invincible and half medics itself. Their fucking minerals OMG! They have SO FUCKING MANY so fucking quickly! It feels like double the amount terran have ><.
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wait til you try zvz, you'll want to kill yourself. It's not like any other MU in sc.
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On June 13 2008 07:03 HamerD wrote:
haha lol awesome man. I am a noob but whenever I switch from terran to protoss i am pro xD. Protoss are so fucking easy lol. Every unit is rock hard, they can do unlimited uber harass, their ground army is invincible and half medics itself. Their fucking minerals OMG! They have SO FUCKING MANY so fucking quickly! It feels like double the amount terran have ><.
do a timing attack on protoss and youre guaranteed a win.
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ZvZ is so friggin' fun... -_- so is TvT...
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@Fusion, unfortunately yes! Protoss takes a lot of skill too, but I think it's definately easier to play Protoss. I'm slowing getting used to the craziness of Zerg.
@Ancestral, your entitled to your opinion, but for mathematical purpose; assuming there is no spamming (you have to take my word for it when I say this) I usually have 130-140 APM as Protoss and I do just fine. I have 160-180 in all my Zerg games and I am like.. a D level Zerg, so it definately requires a lot more micromanagement imo.
@Bub, Appreciate it
@Hobo, if I see you on, we will bo99 ZvZ gogo
@B2Porn, yeah man. Not only that, but I can see what a Protoss is doing and think about what I wouldn't want to have to fight at that time; than make those units! Awesome.
@Woop/Raithed, lol :p
@Hamer, I guarantee if I played Zerg for a month and switched back, I would play Protoss a lot better from just having to get used to the speed of things. That being said, I don't think I'l want to switch back.
@Quesadilla, oddly enough, I've done alright ZvZ so far. Keep in mind i've only played regular D's, but I am done pretty well for myself thus far.
@Raithed2; I know all too well -_-
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salv why did you ask to join smi. then never play on tag ;_;
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This is an interesting read
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On June 13 2008 07:34 Salv wrote:
@Fusion, unfortunately yes! Protoss takes a lot of skill too, but I think it's definately easier to play Protoss. I'm slowing getting used to the craziness of Zerg.
@Ancestral, your entitled to your opinion, but for mathematical purpose; assuming there is no spamming (you have to take my word for it when I say this) I usually have 130-140 APM as Protoss and I do just fine. I have 160-180 in all my Zerg games and I am like.. a D level Zerg, so it definately requires a lot more micromanagement imo.
@Bub, Appreciate it
@Hobo, if I see you on, we will bo99 ZvZ gogo
@B2Porn, yeah man. Not only that, but I can see what a Protoss is doing and think about what I wouldn't want to have to fight at that time; than make those units! Awesome.
@Woop/Raithed, lol :p
@Hamer, I guarantee if I played Zerg for a month and switched back, I would play Protoss a lot better from just having to get used to the speed of things. That being said, I don't think I'l want to switch back.
@Quesadilla, oddly enough, I've done alright ZvZ so far. Keep in mind i've only played regular D's, but I am done pretty well for myself thus far.
@Raithed2; I know all too well -_-
rofl this guy is fucking attentive to his blog-goers xD
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a lot of blogs about people switching races recently. Zerg is a lot of fun and I think it is the hardest to play.
I'm actually thinking of changes race as well. Do you think I should switch to toss or are there too many already? I'm Terran atm
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One day Ill switch to zerg, i swear it!
Ive been saying that for years but hey maybe your blog will inspire me =D
GL//GJ^^
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On June 13 2008 08:07 kNyTTyM wrote:
or are there too many already?
Yes.
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to the original poster:
hey, i need some practice p v z ^________^ would you play me??
if i dont take it in the midgame, or if i dont have a huge advantage, i cant win against zerg. even late game is so hard to take for me T___T
pm me if you would play XD
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On June 13 2008 08:07 kNyTTyM wrote:
a lot of blogs about people switching races recently. Zerg is a lot of fun and I think it is the hardest to play.
I'm actually thinking of changes race as well. Do you think I should switch to toss or are there too many already? I'm Terran atm Just stick with terran mate. Way too many protoss. Id be a terran or zerg if I could. Im better at macro with a zerg, and know terran BO's more, but their play styles dont fit me. Sometimes I wish I could handle the other races well, but im stuck with toss. No reason for you to be, though! 
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kyjori, I am Salv on iCCup, hit me up.
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