Race Pickers and Their Mentors - Page 2

Clasic

Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts

June 23 2009 21:17 GMT

#21

On June 24 2009 05:12 HeavOnEarth wrote:
Well this is assuming that there are equal numbers of Terran, Protoss, and Zerg users, or relatively similar.

for example, in this very thread there are even more zerg users than terran/protoss combined.

Thus a silly poll which doesn't really prove anything unless the numbers are absurd ~!

Poll: What race do you play?
(Vote): Zerg
(Vote): Terran
(Vote): Protoss

What about random :X?

Hammy

France828 Posts

June 23 2009 21:35 GMT

#22

It's true that I'm pretty much as good (or bad rather, since I suck) with terran as I am with zerg despite barely ever playing as terran. I think the main reason for that is the amount of info I've been able to get for terran. Zerg definitely have to learn on their own a bit more (of course there is some help, but not as much as there is for T or P).

merach

United States182 Posts

June 23 2009 22:38 GMT

#23

On June 24 2009 06:35 Hammy wrote:
It's true that I'm pretty much as good (or bad rather, since I suck) with terran as I am with zerg despite barely ever playing as terran. I think the main reason for that is the amount of info I've been able to get for terran. Zerg definitely have to learn on their own a bit more (of course there is some help, but not as much as there is for T or P).

And I would never try to argue that the dynamic of T and P isn't far, far different from Z. Someone recently wrote a 2 hatch muta guide that made the most sense to me thus far as a non Z user. The thing that doesn't seem to get covered much is how builds adapt to meet the build your facing. A simple example is the 9-minute push for terran is the same up until near the time you want your factory, 3 hatch = factory, 2 hatch = rax. it's stuff like that which i feel leaves zerg users in the dark, because if a terran adapts properly, I see most zergs immediately respond "oh fuck need hive tech" and it creates a painfully big timing window that I exploit repeatedly.

Reason

United Kingdom2770 Posts

June 23 2009 23:11 GMT

#24

On June 24 2009 06:17 Clasic wrote:

Show nested quote +

What about random :X?

Random isn't a race.

koreasilver

9109 Posts

June 23 2009 23:15 GMT

#25

At first I read through every Zerg thread in the recommonded list in the strategy forum. After that, I just followed through by watching progamer vods.

AttackZerg

United States7570 Posts

June 24 2009 00:23 GMT

#26

I look to non korean zergs for possiblities and pro gamers for precision.

For instance I have watched hundreds of ret and mondragon replays to get a feel of what they can do with zerg( as a way of understanding the farthest limit of my potetential in my best single game) and I look to pro gamers Jaedong,Effort,Julyzerg,Yellow[arnc] for the excucution and builds of what is currently in vogue by the strongest zergs.

I think finding a favorite player/play style is the key to truly falling in love with broodwar, I feel in love with h.o.t-forever and then [nc]...yellow and then julyzerg, so for years I loved low eco play, then I saw blackman, 0gogo and oversky make 50 drones and drop hydra/lurker/ling and fell in love with that and so on and so forth. Currently my favorite ZvP style on the planet is actually eg.machine his 4 hat hydra openings are very strong and smart and set up for a very strong lategame. His playstyle is centered around 4-5 base - 4 gas into hive and from the first moments of the game he is pacing for that.

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

June 24 2009 00:45 GMT

#27

But I thought Machine was terrible [image loading]

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