On September 04 2008 09:09 arb wrote:
Mostly people who want free wins are protoss id notice

people who like to work hard for wins are terran

and people who like a mix of both are zerg

OFC your terran. Where is the logic in that statement...? I see no evidence supporting your claim, PROTOSS 4 LIEF

yoshtodd

United States418 Posts

September 04 2008 01:05 GMT

#22

I think you have to specify it as certain personality traits. We'd be hard pressed to answer if someones personality affects their race choice (I would say it doesnt), but you might be able to pick up trends if you choose specific traits, like you said introverted, extroverted, cautious, brash etc (each are a very very small part of a persons entire personality). I'm cautious and introverted, Zerg is my favorite race, Protoss is the race I win most as, and Terran is the race I'm most fascinated by (I like watching terran and wish I were best at terran). I don't think much can be concluded by this... many people probably pick a race because it looks and feels cool, or they have a favorite pro gamer they want to emulate or something.

Worked!

Canada264 Posts

September 04 2008 01:06 GMT

#23

Protoss players r by far the most bm I can tell you that much!

jinwoooooooo

United States176 Posts

September 04 2008 01:08 GMT

#24

The way i see it, you fix your playstyle according to your personality, NOT the other way around.

I play terran, and i have to agree, the lack of mobility SUCKSSSSSSSS. I hated that at first. But after a while, i got used to it. I used to hate the fact that in TvP, you can never roam around the center unseiged much like toss armies do. But after a while, i began to prefer building up a solid terran army, rolling out, seiging only within sight of the toss army, and just plainly steamrolling across the map, much like nada's tornado style. I can't stand turtling off 3 base, and eventually extending myself to 4 or 5 base to split the map, although this might be the norm in some maps (BS comes to mind).

thunk

United States6233 Posts

September 04 2008 01:19 GMT

#25

I'm kinda lazy, maybe that's what attracted me to toss.

VIB

Brazil3567 Posts

September 04 2008 01:20 GMT

#26

Only reason why I play Z is because when I looked at the SC box for the first time I found the hydralisk more funny than the marine and zealot. Then I played for the first time and found a group of zerglings hopping around to be hilarious, so it cosolidated zerg as my race.

So, in a nutshell, I play zerg because I'm silly. Nothing else. :D

Skew

United States1019 Posts

September 04 2008 01:29 GMT

#27

On September 04 2008 09:51 NonY[rC] wrote:

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cuz protoss is by far the hardest race, so many frustrated protoss players turn to hacks

i swear you do it on purpose

TeNken.1

United States226 Posts

September 04 2008 01:29 GMT

#28

I'd say that personality definitely has an impact on what race you play. I'm both a control freak and have intense OCD, so naturally I play terran because I like everything to be precise and calculated.

DownMaxX

Canada1311 Posts

September 04 2008 01:29 GMT

#29

Hm, I'm a very passive person, and I generally don't play FPS or other fast-pace games, but I've always mained Zerg because they seemed the most action-packed to watch and play.. guess my personality doesn't reflect my race?

NonY

8751 Posts

September 04 2008 01:34 GMT

#30

On September 04 2008 10:29 Skew wrote:

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i swear you do it on purpose

of course i do it on purpose. <3

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

September 04 2008 01:36 GMT

#31

people online say that i'm gay but i don't like protoss so i guess it doesn't determine personality.

ahole-surprise

United States813 Posts

September 04 2008 01:48 GMT

#32

I play Zerg and Terran. I like zerg mobility and controlling waves of zerg units and annihilating the enemy.
Always found Terran units themselves cool, like marines and siege tanks, and also the ability to annihilate an opponent's army with one round of tank fire or spider mines.
I guess I like to annihilate things.

I disliked Protoss from the beginning cause their units are boring and gay. Seriously what the fuck is a dragoon, it's just ridiculous. At least zerg represents something animalistic and Terran advanced human technology but Protoss units are like a wet dream for fantasy novel dweebs.

As for why Protoss players tend to (map)hack more, I think Protoss has the most to gain from maphack. Their race is designed to have limited intelligence (much like their users?), because with better scouting abilities, they would be too powerful.

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

September 04 2008 01:55 GMT

#33

On September 04 2008 10:48 ahole-surprise wrote:
I think Protoss has the most to gain from maphack. Their race is designed to have limited intelligence (much like their users?)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*clap clap*
OH SNAP WHAT ARE TOSS GOING DO NEXT?! How will they retaliate!

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

September 04 2008 02:03 GMT

#34

Zerg is lame, they have like no unit variety. Lings, Hydras, Mutas, Ultras, Filers are about it for them.

Terran at least has some shit like paper airplanes, imbarines, imbatanks, vultures, gollies, bcs, and other shit.

And Protoss has probably even more variety than the other two races.

Athos

United States2484 Posts

September 04 2008 02:06 GMT

#35

No

Most korean pro's are proficient in more than one race. They play the race they do because they are slightly better than that race. I don't think it has anything to do with personality.

aTnClouD

Italy2428 Posts

September 04 2008 02:12 GMT

#36

On September 04 2008 09:28 Machine[USA] wrote:
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O

Because protoss has a lot less scouting possibilities than other races. Having map control with protoss is way harder and so some faggots tend to compensate by using maphack.

YPang

United States4024 Posts

September 04 2008 02:13 GMT

#37

On September 04 2008 10:48 ahole-surprise wrote:
As for why Protoss players tend to (map)hack more, I think Protoss has the most to gain from maphack. Their race is designed to have limited intelligence (much like their users?), because with better scouting abilities, they would be too powerful.

LMFAO QFT!

In real life i think im sort of an out of the box creative person, but in starcraft however, i play by the book...I don't know why. Maybe i'll be more succesful if i played cheesier..

I"m terran btw too...

Nitrogen

United States5345 Posts

September 04 2008 02:19 GMT

#38

On September 04 2008 10:36 Superiorwolf wrote:
people online say that i'm gay but i don't like protoss so i guess it doesn't determine personality.

you're gay

.risingdragoon

United States3021 Posts

September 04 2008 02:21 GMT

#39

I play zerg and protoss and can honestly say terran is gaaay. I flank and push break continuously just so I can make terrans feel the pain. I feel "mission accomplished" when I surround and push break them into oblivion, what do you terrans feel riding on the coattail of the turtle cannon?

Seriously. Siege tank is a cannon sticking out of a turtle shell. Goddamn it you're lame! :r

Misrah

United States1695 Posts

September 04 2008 02:55 GMT

#40

so thanks for all of the great responses however nobody has yet to deliver a solid post explaining their more definite personality traits and their subsequent race usage in starcraft. so ya...