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On September 04 2008 11:55 Misrah wrote:
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... How come not? I'm silly therefore I like zergs because the units are funny ^^
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This sounds stupid but I'm sort of insecure about things, so I play terran alot. I FE and usually turtle in tvp till I'm ready. lol
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On September 04 2008 11:55 Misrah wrote:
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...
That's probably because everyone agrees that the idea you created in the OP doesn't relate to anyone else on TL.
Clearly as people are saying, they didn't choose their race due to their personality 
And god I hate being a protoss player so much. We toss players take so much abuse from haters.
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I think that Zerg users generally tend to have the best manner. This might seem ironic to some, given that Zerg is generally regarded to be the "evil, malicious race"; but from my experience, this seems to be the case. I have to admit that Terran users are probably the most BM since they are much more susceptible to frustration, since as the OP mentioned, the race does require such a preciseness of execution to be played effectively, so that any minute errors will often set one back very far.
The bad-mannered Protoss users, on the other hand, have little excuse. They are generally dickwads who actually believe themselves to be possessed of skill.
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On September 04 2008 12:16 AngryGoliath wrote:
The bad-mannered Protoss users, on the other hand, have little excuse. They are generally dickwads who actually believe themselves to be possessed of skill.
See what I don't get is how everyone continuously seems to think protoss is so easy mode. If it's so easy, why don't all you people switch to protoss and start winning for a change?
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On September 04 2008 12:19 -orb- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2008 12:16 AngryGoliath wrote:
The bad-mannered Protoss users, on the other hand, have little excuse. They are generally dickwads who actually believe themselves to be possessed of skill. See what I don't get is how everyone continuously seems to think protoss is so easy mode. If it's so easy, why don't all you people switch to protoss and start winning for a change?
It's arguably the easiest race in terms of learning curve and mechanics compared to the other races - but it's not like there's any significant advantages therefore switching to Protoss wouldn't make you all of a sudden start winning, you'd just feel it easier by far. A 100 APM Protoss can be B, but a 100 APM Terran can be C-/C at tops imo. As well, although Zerg doesn't take incredible mechanics like Terran does - it is much harder because it needs good scouting and decision making just to macro, let alone adapt and develop strategy. You have to see what the opponent is doing to decide ratios of unit/drone counts. Too much in one side will make you lose.
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On September 04 2008 12:26 Superiorwolf wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2008 12:19 -orb- wrote:On September 04 2008 12:16 AngryGoliath wrote:
The bad-mannered Protoss users, on the other hand, have little excuse. They are generally dickwads who actually believe themselves to be possessed of skill. See what I don't get is how everyone continuously seems to think protoss is so easy mode. If it's so easy, why don't all you people switch to protoss and start winning for a change? It's arguably the easiest race in terms of learning curve and mechanics compared to the other races - but it's not like there's any significant advantages therefore switching to Protoss wouldn't make you all of a sudden start winning, you'd just feel it easier by far. A 100 APM Protoss can be B, but a 100 APM Terran can be C-/C at tops imo.
I've never seen a 100 apm protoss get to B t.t
For that matter I've never seen a C- Terran have 100 apm.
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KwarK is/was B/B+ Protoss with 105 APM.
sMi.Arcology is B or so Protoss with 135 APM.
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I play ZvT, ZvP, and TvZ. In my Zerg match-ups, I have a strange thing for hydralisks and lurkers - I guess I'm a ranged guy.
Someone analyze me plz.
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Protoss is a very simple race to play, just macro well and harass every so often and you win most your games.
Oh, and if I'm having a bad day I can just smash my face against the keyboard and still win.
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On September 04 2008 12:38 Equinox_kr wrote:
Oh, and if I'm having a bad day I can just smash my face against the keyboard and still win.
This made me laugh hysterically. Probably a lot more than it should have. Thank you. 
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On September 04 2008 12:16 AngryGoliath wrote:
I think that Zerg users generally tend to have the best manner. This might seem ironic to some, given that Zerg is generally regarded to be the "evil, malicious race"; but from my experience, this seems to be the case. I have to admit that Terran users are probably the most BM since they are much more susceptible to frustration, since as the OP mentioned, the race does require such a preciseness of execution to be played effectively, so that any minute errors will often set one back very far.
The bad-mannered Protoss users, on the other hand, have little excuse. They are generally dickwads who actually believe themselves to be possessed of skill.
We're just happy to actually not get banned from a non-ICCUP game. stupid zerg mineral hacks giving all Z players a bad rep. I swear, If I knew how to program I would make a terran mineral hack.
On the personality note for the OP, I tend to disagree with your hypothesis. I think that people tend to play whatever race best plays to their own innate strengths. This doesn't only apply to starcraft, people tend to do what they are good at. For example, as a student at the united states military academy, officers generally go to different brances of the army that suite their own abilities. Some officers are great tactically on the battlefield, they tend to gravitate towards the combat arms branches, while the officers who are better at logistics tend to go towards stuff like transpo and quartermaster.
basically people try to set themselves up for success.
Bringing it back to starcraft, I'll use myself as an example. My micro sucks, HARD. And to be perfectly honest, my mechanics leave something to be desired too. However, I feel that I am decent at adapting to what my opponent throws at me. So I play zerg.
If you look at T and P players I'd imagine that they are naturally better at a part of the game that is emphasized by their main race.
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I used to play zerg, but switched to terran because i had trouble vs Psi storm, and everyone was toss...
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In my experience, people choose races they like more. Has nothing to do with the personality.
Personality affects the play style though to some extent.
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lol @ the intelligence remark of toss users -.-
There's some saying somewhere:
"Protoss players are dreamers, Terran players are ambitious, and Zerg like sacrifice." Something like that.
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I choose toss because I liked carriers.
Once that got boring I thought, what race is the hardest?.....
I thought zerg looked the hardest. So I choose zerg.
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i wouldnt necessarily say toss is easy mode
it's just simplier to micro macro and make decisions as a protoss player
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I play Terran for some of the same reasons the OP's sparring partner does.
- I'm a bit of an elitist when it comes to gaming. I intend to play the race that I feel you have to earn your wins a bit more than the others. I enjoy knowing that when I win, I won through greater difficulty than the next guy.
- Boxer and Nada.
- I sort of like the idea of the Terran ball, which once it gets big it becomes near unstoppable.
- I'd be more satisfied knowing I steamrolled my opponent with pure mechanics than out thinking him with some ingenious cheese maneuver or original build. Although I do enjoy watching said creative play.
I'd say I'm relatively quiet in real life for the most part, a bit elitist, believe in doing things the "hard" way since it's generally the more worthwhile. I also believe in doing things "by the book". I don't seek to create new things and "break the rules" so much as playing within the rules and mastering whatever I'm doing to perfection.
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I've actually had the idea that players of the different races look different. Each race having its own personality is definitely possible -- likely, even -- but I swear that when I watch some pro vods I can tell who plays what race before the game starts just by what they look like
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On September 04 2008 13:32 boongee wrote:
I've actually had the idea that players of the different races look different. Each race having its own personality is definitely possible -- likely, even -- but I swear that when I watch some pro vods I can tell who plays what race before the game starts just by what they look like
Lol considering theres only 3 races, its not THAT hard
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