Whatever made you choose your race? I'm sure we all have our own little story as to how we eventually made up our minds to try a certain race. For some people I know, they liked the idea of protoss units having shields and went with them. Others thought that zerg could mass really fast. So they chose zerg. Why did I exactly play terran?
Before I got broodwar, I was caught up with a video of a battle between Oov and July where July went for some all-in build and Oov BARELY managed to hold it off. The battle came down to every single unit that July threw to Oov. Oov built a firebat, 3 lings shred the firebat. Just as that happened, a marine popped up from the rax and takes down 2 lings.. a few nearby SCVs takes care of the last. July then sent in 6 and Oov had one firebat out by then and it was so back and forth. I remember the pivotal point that caused both players into tech is when Oov somehow managed to squeeze a medic out, forcing July back and making them both start their tech.(Haven't really watched the game ever since so I'm not exactly sure of the sequence of events.)
It amazed me because I had never seen a Starcraft game being played this way. I played Broodwar since I was 9 years old but I've never seen the game this wya. It was basically my first pro-game that I watched. A terran vs a zerg. I was never a fan of zerg simply because back then, I just hated the bad guys due to the campaign in broodwar.
I also liked the background music of terran. It reminded me alot about SCVs mining minerals. It wanted to make me play Terran so bad. I remember the day when I was out with my family and I went to a shop to go get a copy of Starcraft battle chest set. It was really cheap. I think around S$30 or so. This kid nearby stood and stared at me for a while.. probably wondering "WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU BUYING A 1998 GAME WHEN YOU'VE GOT NEWER ONESZZZZ?? NOOBZOR". Maybe he didn't have that thought in his head but he sure gave me that kind of look. But I must say.. almost 6 years of gaming life, nothing has ever come close to Starcraft. Runescape comes closest(still pretty far away.) The diversity about how each game is different and the desire inside that makes you want to improve further keeps making you play. And I've found Starcraft to be the most effective game I've played because my reflexes increased tremendously. My accuracy also improved alot. I used to always miss catching stuff that people throw at me but now, they actually miss the stuff that I catch.
So this was basically why I play Terran.
But it didn't stop there.
I think Terran is a race that requires alot of mechanics. I still remember back in the days when I was in GG.net, many guys who knew that I was new to starcraft told me to play protoss first since it was easier for lower leveled players. I agree with that but I still stuck with Terran.
Eventually, I started playing on Bnet. Initially, I had a phobia of the fog of war.. not knowing what your opponent was doing. There was always this known fear at the back of your head that revolves back and forth into your conscience that your opponent will do some devastating attack on you.
I remember my first game, it was vs zerg. I had built up around 10 marines and the zerg had around 12 mutalisks. Completely owned. I played for 3 weeks straight with all losses. It was really frustrating.
But then came another figure. BoxeR. I think in every SC player, BoxeR has a place. Whether you play Protoss, Zerg or Terran, every SC player has a tinge of BoxeR in them. Its the nature that wants them to do creative strategies. Its the nature that pushes them on to fight till the last worker. Its also the nature that forces us back into contemplation about our poor performance and to gather yourself back again to come back as a stronger figure.
That's really why I stuck at playing Terran.
When I first watched BoxeR's perfectly executed SCV rush vs Yellow, I was AMAZED. I thought to myself "Who would ever think of such a strategy?". I was so amazed, I decided to try it on my own. I logged on to Bnet, made a game "LT NOOBS". A zerg player joined and I began thinking about how I would go about doing it.
Coincidentally, I actually went 8 rax on time. I scouted him first on 5 and his natural hatch was already up. I set up a bunker and I brought my marines in. He brought a bunch of drones to try and deflect the rush but my bunker was finished and 3 marines were already inside. He retreated and I advanced onto his hatchery. Eventually, he lost all his workers and lings and gave in. It was my first victory ever on Bnet.
I'm proud as a Terran player to know of all the past greats and current greats who have devised creative strategies with Terran, which is the race that is seemingly most inflexible amongst the other races. It brings me delight to know that I also wield the power of terran but power without control is nothing.
I think that choice and liking of certain race says a bit about everyone's personality. I mean few of my real life friends used to play starcraft and according to their lifestyle, attitude, opinions I could easily say which race had each of them chosen. Like some who are self-confident, narcissistic with feeling of superiority went for protoss, similar with terrans and zergs.
Maybe we could make some psychological test which would say what race you are most likeminded with according your real life
On December 26 2008 01:22 .MistiK wrote: I play protoss because i don´t like TvT and ZvZ.
Do like me, I play TvP, TvZ and PvT. I don't do this because I am more bad in TvT compared to the other MUs but rather that there too few good terran players to practise against to get my TvT good and TvP is just so much easier (on my level D/C)
On December 26 2008 02:38 ilistis wrote: I think I might switch to terran. Iccup doesn't need another protoss anyway.
It sure does not! Switching from P to T might be one of the hardest things tho (same with P - > Z). Think about it as switching from easy mode to expert mode =)
i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On December 26 2008 03:14 Raz0r wrote: i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On December 26 2008 03:14 Raz0r wrote: i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol sal.raz0r sup its elias ^^
and NotSupporting, you are retarded.
Thank you, same to you retard. Take things more serious, please.
On December 26 2008 01:22 .MistiK wrote: I play protoss because i don´t like TvT and ZvZ.
Do like me, I play TvP, TvZ and PvT. I don't do this because I am more bad in TvT compared to the other MUs but rather that there too few good terran players to practise against to get my TvT good and TvP is just so much easier (on my level D/C)
On December 26 2008 02:38 ilistis wrote: I think I might switch to terran. Iccup doesn't need another protoss anyway.
It sure does not! Switching from P to T might be one of the hardest things tho (same with P - > Z). Think about it as switching from easy mode to expert mode =)
I play Protoss mainly and switched to Terran for a while. I admit it was really difficult and I played TvZ TvP PvT. TvZ was my best MU and I sucked so bad at TvP. I began to miss playing PvZ (my favorite MU now) so I switched back to being a full time Protoss. I continue PvZ PvT and PvP but playing mirrors on icc gets boring really fast so I am still unsure about continuing PvP for long (I'm currently thinking of switching to TvP but am worried about the amount of rape waiting).
ok, my story then (since I guess ~someone~ should put some effort in this to honour the op, though my post wont be all that long).
When I played startcraft 1v1s on and off on Bnet in 'the olden days' I mostly chose 'random' since I thought that in order to truly master the game I felt you needed to be competent with -all- races. I felt people who just stuck to one race were on ez mode. Heh, little did I know. I always had a preference for Zerg though, I just love how they are the swarming race, just sending endless streams of zerglings or hydras to overwhelm the enemy base. My favorite "move" I guess, in those days, used to be a nice zergling surround on a group of MnM. When streaming in you see those first ones die but you know that in a split second the tables will be turned and your zerglings will slaughter those MnM.
Anyway, a year back or so, me and my mates caught onto competetive Starcraft. One of us, the Zerg player, had been playing for some years and my other mate picked Protoss (not sure if he picked it himself or whether mate 1 advised it). I therefore took the remaining race Terran; we'd have a nice three-way race division. From then on I started experiencing the game differently. I'd just seen a shitload of promatches and although I had decent micro from playing random UMS maps and whatnot macroing almost felt like a new experience. My first big showdown was vs my mate who took P. We played an epic bo5 on some of the maps we'd seen in GOM and whatnot and it was pretty close but winning 3-2 on such a different level from how I played before felt really good. We were both gonna practise up so we stuck to our respective races. I figured I'd get "good" at the one race. Since then, watching matches and surfing TL and whatnot (that the third time I use that word? gawd) I also came to see Protoss as the EZ race. Yer I just don't like em. At the moment my bro also plays P and he rolls me, but when I watch him play vs other I can't figure out how I can't win vs him. Ah well. Zerg on the other hand is so different from T. I have the utmost respect for those players. Managing economy looks so different and I wouldn't dare playing Z at the mo. Anyway, Terran is the manly race and I feel good playing them. But what the hell. At the moment I'm a mere D on ICC (my goal this season: stay a steady D, and reach D+ the next) so what do I know. I guess that when I can hold my own on D+ with Terran I should explore the other races and start playing those. Maybe I'll change, maybe another race fits me better. At the moment I'm loving Terran though.
I played Terran when I first discovered 1v1 low-money solely because of Boxer. I was pretty good at TvZ (I'm still decent at it I guess) but my TvP and TvT were horrendous.
One day, I watched my first sAviOr game...I believe it was vs Reach. He completely slaughtered him and my interest was piqued. I switched to Zerg soon after! (JJu, July, GoRush, Shark...so many other Zergs were influential in my decision )
When I first started playing, my noob friend who got me into the game told me that Terran is the easiest race to learn (yeah, right..); so I spent most of my time playing them and never really thought about switching since I was already much better with Terran. I'd probably be twice as good as I am if I had decided to use toss, but oh well.
i started terran too, but i'll never switch away from terran simply because only terran has comsat scan....whenever i offrace i always reach for my comsat hotkey only to find i don't have it... i need my maphack >.>
On December 26 2008 03:14 Raz0r wrote: i am the Raz0r, a Protoss User! I storm through enemy troops, destroying everything in my path. All zerglings and hydralisks melt in my presence. I enjoy watching tanks explode in my name. Raz0r!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAz0R!!!!!!!! RAZ0R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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