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Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
September 03 2008 23:54 GMT
#1
Hey all i was sitting in class today and was thinking of an interesting thing.... Does personality predispose people to choose certain races over others?

What got me thinking along these lines was my starcraft sparring partner and good friend. Personality wise we are night and day, he is a quiet introverted person who "does things by the book" ie. He really isn't that spontaneous or impulsive. On the other hand you have me. Impulsive spontaneous very extroverted and generally i fly be the seat of my pants. Coincidently the races he chooses to play in starcraft are the following:

Terran: His favored race, he plays them because of their "cost effectiveness" and the fact that he can strategically move forward one step at a time. He loves the slow methodical "Terran push"

Protoss: His second choice for races, while he doesn't like toss as much as tron his reasons for picking toss above zerg is because once again, you can follow a plan to the letter, protoss units are more "cost effective" than zerg and thusly in his opinion are once again the better choice.

Zerg: He can't even stand to play them, he hates the fact that the units are not cost effective- and as he puts it just throw everything you have at a battle- don't plan just hope you have more than they have and gg.

Now my opinion of the 3 races:

Zerg: my main and really my only race, i love the instantaneous gratification- quick movement speed for troops, fast build times- no waiting. I love just being able to create hundreds and hundreds of units and just maul you over wave after wave. I mean i can just throw everything at you, 12 muta sure all i need is a few hatcheries, then next zerglings? why not? I just cannot get over thier mobility- imo it's second to none. Also defilers- sooo sexy

Protoss: I would have to pick this race as second because quite simply i hate that tron units when not in proper position seem too fragile (at least to me) So i would have to say protoss is my next favorite. However i go nuts waiting for a single unit to get done, how expensive everything is- and the fact that 2 or 3 control groups of units is it- your army. Also their so slow i just can't stand them. However protoss isn't as bad as god forgive terran.

Terran: Well last and defiantly least for me at least comes tron. Can't stand them. I think their units take forever to make, and the worst part is how fragile they are. Also could you walk any slower marines jesus other than vults terran have no mobility on the ground- unless you stim your marines to the ground that is lol. If your rines get caught out of position or your tanks are out of positions then dead. I think you have to be OCD to play this race because if each and every little single thing isn't prefect nothing is going to work. IMo terran units are too specialized the only thing that is even slightly "all around" is rines that's it. I mean i just cannot understand how people play this race because it drives me into a state of mental psychosis.

Anyway so i was just wondering if anyone here would like to take the time to list theirs or their friends personality and their preferred SC races. I just think that it would be interesting to really see if there is a solid correlation.
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SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
September 03 2008 23:59 GMT
#2
I'd say it reflects skills more than race.
In a very general sense atleast.
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3684 Posts
September 04 2008 00:00 GMT
#3
If you define personality as: "The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person" then yes.
Elite00fm
Profile Joined January 2008
United States548 Posts
September 04 2008 00:02 GMT
#4
On September 04 2008 08:59 MYM.Testie wrote:
I'd say it reflects skills more than race.
In a very general sense atleast.


elaborate?
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 00:08:41
September 04 2008 00:04 GMT
#5
I have played all 3 races as my main, finally ending with terran just because I simply play better with them, I don't really prefer their units or anything over other races, but I just play terran best. Also I don't see how zerg's units are not cost effective, lurk can rape mass units for only 125/125, scourges can kill many air units for only 25/75, sunks have double the health and damage of a cannon for only 25$ more (i know they can't hit air, but people rarely mass air anyways, also there is scourges), 6 lings = 150$, which can kill 1 cannon, even without upgrades, AND you can upgrade them and they are mobile units. including the drone hatcheries are only 350$. I would say more but I think zerg is pretty cost effective, at least more than protoss IMO.

EDIT: About toss, I don't find too many cost effective units really, the only one I can actually think of is HT's, because of storm rape, cannons are decently cost effective, because of detection and AA, altough you could argue the same for turrets or spores too. Anyway thats my elaboration of why i think Z is still more cost effective than P
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17920 Posts
September 04 2008 00:09 GMT
#6
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
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 00:11:03
September 04 2008 00:09 GMT
#7
cracklings take half a supply, cost 25 minerals, and a pair of cracklings has a higher DPS than any single unit in the game other than nuke of course

I wouldnt exactly call that inefficient
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Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
September 04 2008 00:11 GMT
#8
As far as the comments about races go- my friends and myself would like to say that we know that all comments about said races are not FACT however we as players perceive said races to be such.
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-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 04 2008 00:12 GMT
#9
For me at least it's just what I already know.

I can't remember what made me pick protoss, but switching to zerg or terran would be such a shitfest of losing constantly for a while that I'd really rather not. Sometimes I play around with them, and I like both of them (probably zerg more since muta micro is the most fun thing ever), but I prefer a lot of things in protoss anyways.

I mean come on... storm is like the most imba spell in the whole game. Couple that with maelstrom and it's just hilarious.

Plus I get to mind control people. I mean seriously. I love this race.

One time I was in a PvT and I mind controlled an scv and built myself a big siege tank army. I then recalled my sieged siege tanks into the terran base. LOL
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Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
September 04 2008 00:14 GMT
#10
I think people are misreading what originally i had intended to do with this thread. I don't want to hear about why you like a race- I only care about that partly. I want to hear about your personality and how that may or may not have effected the choosing of your main race. So ya.....
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dickless123
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (North)33 Posts
September 04 2008 00:18 GMT
#11
On September 04 2008 08:54 Misrah wrote:

What got me thinking along these lines was my starcraft sparring partner and good friend.


whoever tells you otherwise is wrong, starcraft IS a martial art.
LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1836 Posts
September 04 2008 00:24 GMT
#12
On September 04 2008 08:59 MYM.Testie wrote:
I'd say it reflects skills more than race.
In a very general sense atleast.


Well, when I started terran was my favorite race because they were easier to me than any of the others. (This is of course past the protoss is the easiest as a first race stuff.) I decided that I would rather play zerg though because it didn't match my skill set. I would have to learn new things and adapt. I think that's partially why I'm slow to get better with zerg.
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PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
September 04 2008 00:25 GMT
#13
does personality reflect sc race?

answer: no
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EGMachine
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States1643 Posts
September 04 2008 00:28 GMT
#14
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O
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Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
September 04 2008 00:33 GMT
#15
Wasn't there a thread on this before? Anyhoo, I just chose Zerg because I though Lurkers and Ultras were the coolest units in the whole game. I am honestly much better at Protoss or even Terran, but I simply chose Zerg due to aesthetics and whatnot.
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Insane Lane
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States397 Posts
September 04 2008 00:40 GMT
#16
I would say not in playstyle, but maybe in how you prefer the mindset of your races. Like Terran are brash and badass who just have their way bulldozing through shit, protoss are advanced and warrior-cultured full of noble killing machine units, and zerg are evil and seedy with pure maliciousness and domination.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8748 Posts
September 04 2008 00:51 GMT
#17
On September 04 2008 09:28 Machine[USA] wrote:
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O


cuz protoss is by far the hardest race, so many frustrated protoss players turn to hacks
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Ra.Xor.2
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1784 Posts
September 04 2008 00:58 GMT
#18
I love protoss because of all the options you have. I think its the most adaptive race. Also psy storm is so mazing.
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ScarFace
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1175 Posts
September 04 2008 00:59 GMT
#19
yaeh probably. It always seems to me Zergs are the very aggressive types, the type that likes a lot of action, Terran are the very smart kind of folk who take things very methodically- mechanics and all that are a must for Terran obviously, and Protoss is just in between. Though, who knows how much the personality determines the race and how much the race determine personality [or rather, views on how the game should be played and the skills that should be focused on over other matters].
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nezera
Profile Joined March 2008
Indonesia176 Posts
September 04 2008 01:02 GMT
#20
I agree with TS...im zerg btw
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
September 04 2008 01:03 GMT
#21
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
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yoshtodd
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
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.
moo
Worked!
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada264 Posts
September 04 2008 01:06 GMT
#23
Protoss players r by far the most bm I can tell you that much!
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jinwoooooooo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
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
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
September 04 2008 01:19 GMT
#25
I'm kinda lazy, maybe that's what attracted me to toss.
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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 01:21:37
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
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Skew
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States1019 Posts
September 04 2008 01:29 GMT
#27
On September 04 2008 09:51 NonY[rC] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2008 09:28 Machine[USA] wrote:
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O


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
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
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.
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DownMaxX
Profile Joined August 2008
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?
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NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8748 Posts
September 04 2008 01:34 GMT
#30
On September 04 2008 10:29 Skew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2008 09:51 NonY[rC] wrote:
On September 04 2008 09:28 Machine[USA] wrote:
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O


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


i swear you do it on purpose


of course i do it on purpose. <3
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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
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.
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ahole-surprise
Profile Joined August 2007
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.
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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 01:56:53
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?)

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Profile Blog Joined April 2007
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.
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Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
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
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
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.
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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
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...
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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
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
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.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 02:26:44
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

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Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
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...
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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
September 04 2008 03:05 GMT
#41
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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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
September 04 2008 03:09 GMT
#42
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
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 04 2008 03:09 GMT
#43
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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AngryGoliath
Profile Joined August 2008
United States32 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 03:17:23
September 04 2008 03:16 GMT
#44
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.
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 04 2008 03:19 GMT
#45
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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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 03:28:28
September 04 2008 03:26 GMT
#46
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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-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 04 2008 03:28 GMT
#47
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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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 03:32:03
September 04 2008 03:29 GMT
#48
KwarK is/was B/B+ Protoss with 105 APM.
sMi.Arcology is B or so Protoss with 135 APM.
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teh.pwnerer
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada110 Posts
September 04 2008 03:30 GMT
#49
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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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
September 04 2008 03:38 GMT
#50
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.
^-^
DownMaxX
Profile Joined August 2008
Canada1311 Posts
September 04 2008 03:55 GMT
#51
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.
parasite
b0red111
Profile Joined August 2008
United States48 Posts
September 04 2008 04:06 GMT
#52
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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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
September 04 2008 04:19 GMT
#53
I used to play zerg, but switched to terran because i had trouble vs Psi storm, and everyone was toss...
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eX-Corgh
Profile Joined October 2007
Russian Federation386 Posts
September 04 2008 04:20 GMT
#54
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.
Never give cheese to the Gorilla ^^
avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
September 04 2008 04:25 GMT
#55
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.

Sup
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
September 04 2008 04:26 GMT
#56
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.
xiaofan
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States513 Posts
September 04 2008 04:28 GMT
#57
i wouldnt necessarily say toss is easy mode
it's just simplier to micro macro and make decisions as a protoss player
Phyre
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1288 Posts
September 04 2008 04:29 GMT
#58
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.
"Oh no, I got you with your pants... on your face... That's not how you wear pants." - Nintu, catching 1 hatch lurks.
boongee
Profile Joined November 2004
United States967 Posts
September 04 2008 04:32 GMT
#59
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
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
September 04 2008 05:11 GMT
#60
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
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
September 04 2008 05:20 GMT
#61
On September 04 2008 09:28 Machine[USA] wrote:
i noticed protoss's tend to be hackers, wonder why that is O_O

yet zerg minhack, hmmm. oO
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
September 04 2008 05:40 GMT
#62
personality effects playstyle, not race imo
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
September 04 2008 05:45 GMT
#63
pseudo science can be fun, but not fact.

Just search for the birthday/race thread.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
fOrQQ
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Hong Kong321 Posts
September 04 2008 05:56 GMT
#64
Reach, Bisu, Anytime in toss. Toss = sexay ppl?
sqwert
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States781 Posts
September 04 2008 06:30 GMT
#65
personality reflects ur style of play and ur aggressiveness. if ur one of those uncertain ppl, ull turtle up aftter takign ur expo and never scout. or if ur like ppl who get all caught up wen one of ur unit dies, then ur like my friend who plays halo alot
if everythings coming your way, youre in the wrong lane. sAviOr 4evar!
boongee
Profile Joined November 2004
United States967 Posts
September 04 2008 06:39 GMT
#66
A COMPARISON

Zerg is like kekeke ^^
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Terran is all like why yes indeed I do believe this would be the proper course of action
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and Protoss is all like MY LIFE FOR AIUR
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DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS
dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
September 04 2008 06:52 GMT
#67
no. if anything it reflects how good you can get and how fast you will improve.
lxginverse
Profile Joined May 2008
Monaco1506 Posts
September 04 2008 06:52 GMT
#68
No... i dont think its personality that reflects race...


skill does...


btw im impulsive and i do play terran ^^
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boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
September 04 2008 06:59 GMT
#69
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REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1903 Posts
September 04 2008 08:04 GMT
#70
I chose terran because i saw boxer replays and vulture, MnM, dropship and wraith micro seemed so much fun!
I like zerg, too, because flanking is like vulture micro and muta micro is a lot of fun.
I don't like p micro :/
If I had to choose race now I would pick T before they meed their exodus...maybe 1 out of 20 games is TvT these days :/
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
September 04 2008 08:43 GMT
#71
On September 04 2008 17:04 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
If I had to choose race now I would pick T before they meed their exodus...maybe 1 out of 20 games is TvT these days :/


In the Korean scene? That must be luck then (or lack thereof), because so many Kors are T.
In the foreign scene it's not surprising, Terran is simply too hard to play, it needs too much multitasking (if you think otherwise, you have no idea :p), that's why we only have like 1 or 2 top Terrans (Strelok is very good, and then... uh... then it gets already hard to choose. Maybe BRAT_OK? He did well in TSL but otherwise haven't read anything about him. Fenix? Also just some second-rate top player) while I can count at least 6 or 7 top Protosses who are able to beat anyone (JF, Nony, Dreiven, Draco, White-Ra, Legend, Arew, Cloud, the list goes on and on and on...) and several top Zergs (less than Ps but more than Ts).
I really wish people would pay more attention to this "imbalanced" race distribution, and learn about the reason behind it (ease of multitasking), and what should be done in SC2 to make each race equally playable for non-progamers.
axel
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
France385 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 09:43:23
September 04 2008 09:21 GMT
#72
On September 04 2008 08:54 Misrah wrote:

Terran: I think you have to be OCD to play this race because if each and every little single thing isn't prefect nothing is going to work. IMo terran units are too specialized the only thing that is even slightly "all around" is rines that's it. I mean i just cannot understand how people play this race because it drives me into a state of mental psychosis.

.


lol hilarious, i think its a bit true anyway . This is a goodthread. I wonder what does your race choice reveals from a doctor in pshychology point of view.
And what a bout random?

And i choosed Terran only because of the tank siege , i like the idea of strategy and artillery.
sushiman
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden2691 Posts
September 04 2008 09:30 GMT
#73
I prefer protoss due to their versatility. You can actually use all the units on their rooster in any given matchup and still be somewhat efficient, something that's basically not possible with the other two races.
I also like microing individual units, which also makes me like terran (with rines in particular) but makes me dislike the group-type micro with zerg. Also, I feel toss have the middle ground approach to expanding; fewer bases than zerg, more than terran. Just enough to feel aggressive and defensive at the same time.
How that reflects my personality I'm not sure, but I guess I prefer not to be too aggressive nor too defensive, while at the same time having lots of options. Guess I'm insecure? ;D
1000 at least.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
September 04 2008 09:37 GMT
#74
For years there were many fucking awesome non-koreans T's
I mean common dude the most recent non-korean to place in a starleague was elky for christ sake, after him every P who has gone has failed ....

NTT,Testie,Andriode,a2, froz, cope, suker, a2 (I think that was his name), hellghost, christian or whatever who placed top 3 wcg ( some bvg I can't remember) ....

dude just off the top of my head I can make your post look stupid.

In the last couple years alot of the very good T's quit playing, while alot of the people who kept playing and improving happend to be protoss, and then the protoss revolution came and P's learned to finally kill a zerg or two along with advancements in macro techniques and strategy ...

"JF, Nony, Dreiven, Draco, White-Ra, Legend, Arew, Cloud" how many of them were considered awesome two years ago .... draco is the only one that was at the top of the non-korean food chain then...

There are more protoss now because the game has been mapped out to such an extent where they are able to learn enough without having as good of scouting (like Z or to a lesser extent T) to be able to counter and treat situations precisely.

That is the hardest part of protoss, unit combinations and timming. Of course there are more protoss now that people can play them correctly!....

but that said there were always alot of great tosses..... leg/nazgul/smuft/grrr and although not as great rekrul... right there you have five tosses that went to korea before and don't forget 2005 fisheye wcg second place.

All three of the races have great achievements in the past 10 years.

The reason there are less good terran players currently is simple, THEY ARE FUCKING BORING. To be a monster TvZ and TvP and TVT requires playing the same two or three strategys over and over and over and over and over again, because they are proven and they work. Terran is boring that is why less non professionals are willing to spend countless hours playing them for no pay!
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
September 04 2008 09:53 GMT
#75
In the past, I know... many things were different back then. But I'm looking at the current situation only. After 10 years of this game, and after the "Protoss revolution".
It's a bad situation when one race so clearly dominates the foreign scene now. And despite all the talk about "P is only easy for newbies, it's hard on high levels" and so on, it is none other than Protoss which has this success at the high foreign level.
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
September 04 2008 10:12 GMT
#76
On September 04 2008 18:37 AttackZerg wrote:
For years there were many fucking awesome non-koreans T's
I mean common dude the most recent non-korean to place in a starleague was elky for christ sake, after him every P who has gone has failed ....

NTT,Testie,Andriode,a2, froz, cope, suker, a2 (I think that was his name), hellghost, christian or whatever who placed top 3 wcg ( some bvg I can't remember) ....

dude just off the top of my head I can make your post look stupid.

In the last couple years alot of the very good T's quit playing, while alot of the people who kept playing and improving happend to be protoss, and then the protoss revolution came and P's learned to finally kill a zerg or two along with advancements in macro techniques and strategy ...

"JF, Nony, Dreiven, Draco, White-Ra, Legend, Arew, Cloud" how many of them were considered awesome two years ago .... draco is the only one that was at the top of the non-korean food chain then...

There are more protoss now because the game has been mapped out to such an extent where they are able to learn enough without having as good of scouting (like Z or to a lesser extent T) to be able to counter and treat situations precisely.

That is the hardest part of protoss, unit combinations and timming. Of course there are more protoss now that people can play them correctly!....

but that said there were always alot of great tosses..... leg/nazgul/smuft/grrr and although not as great rekrul... right there you have five tosses that went to korea before and don't forget 2005 fisheye wcg second place.

All three of the races have great achievements in the past 10 years.

The reason there are less good terran players currently is simple, THEY ARE FUCKING BORING. To be a monster TvZ and TvP and TVT requires playing the same two or three strategys over and over and over and over and over again, because they are proven and they work. Terran is boring that is why less non professionals are willing to spend countless hours playing them for no pay!


This whole post is true except for the last part where ALL I GOT TO SAY is fuck you Gary Terran is mega cool

But, I'm the kind of guy who holds proper execution above variation in builds to some extent, so even that last bit is a little true
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1903 Posts
September 04 2008 10:21 GMT
#77
I was not even speaking about Top foreigners I was talking about my level which is around C-. You just dont get TvT games :/ theres like 1/20 TvT 7/20 TvZ 12/20 TvP :/
ofc situation may be different in korea, china and maybe russia?
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
September 04 2008 10:25 GMT
#78
The Top Zergs The Top Terrans and the Top Protoss all lose to each other. Maybe since there are so many more protoss players then terrans it makes for a smaller amount of Top terrans. Have you played iccup between d and c+? ... its got to be about 60% protoss players. Alot of people enjoy the race and since non-koreans CHOOSE to rely on more strategy then mechanics doesn't the most strategically diverse race make sense?.... Look at how unique the top 10 non-korean P's play .... its astounding. I make fun of toss players all the time ... for fun, but its just as hard as every other race.

The S class pro gamers embarrased everybody BUT strelok who put up the only good fight(he should have won). And of the non-koreans who won games against B level/practice partners you have Castro(z),Nony(P),Fenix(p),Handy(T) that isn't bad disribution. AND the Z and T beat koreans P's to boot!
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
September 04 2008 10:35 GMT
#79
I do have to say that 90% of Terran is not the build you choose, but the decisions you make over the course of the game. There are right times and wrong times to move out in TvP and TvZ, and a massive amount of possible choices for every aspect of your game after the initial build, and learning this shit is incredibly tricky. That's what keeps it entertaining for Terran players, I guess. There isn't much variety in the builds themselves, but there are endless ways to play Terran~
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
pewpew
Profile Joined February 2008
United States132 Posts
September 04 2008 10:36 GMT
#80
I'd have to say that it race choice begins as a personality thing, and then turns into a skill thing. When I first started playing, I played Zerg. I liked the whole idea of massing an army quickly and then surrounding people earlier than they could surround me. But at the time, I realized that I didn't have the micro skills to make effective harassments with mutas or lings. That's when I switched to Protoss. They're less micro reliant, and you don't have to have 400 APM to run somebody over.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
September 04 2008 10:38 GMT
#81
I love you Steve.

OMG I've been playing terran for a 3 days straight to improve my mouse accuracy... holyshit TvP is hard!
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
September 04 2008 12:12 GMT
#82
I've started playing Terran recently and its so fucking hard T_T. Before that i was a Protoss player (and i thought THAT was hard )

That makes it all the more fun
I find TvT kinda boring rite now so im staying away from that for the meanwhile...
masami.sc
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States445 Posts
September 04 2008 13:13 GMT
#83
I think Terran players are very methodical. Tvp especially, because you have to lay mines, make a good formation, etc. I guess that's why I SUCK. Because I can't win TvP for shit.

Zerg players are probably um... aggressive people? But then you take a look at jaedong and it makes you wonder about that.

Protoss... well, whenever I think of a toss player I think of reach. So i guess protoss players are the most manly.
mmmmm...
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 13:21:35
September 04 2008 13:21 GMT
#84
i think terran is easy, all i do is execute builds w/ logic behind them tvz and I have enjoyed great succes with that even though I've played Zerg far more and am not even close to as succesfull with that race.
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28598 Posts
September 04 2008 13:42 GMT
#85
i think people who play random are always pretty cool
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Beagle23
Profile Joined August 2008
Australia52 Posts
September 04 2008 13:51 GMT
#86
i'm pretty aggressive and don't like to take it slow. i also main terran.

what comes of this is that i never do this 'slow push' thing i keep hearing about and i love dropships.
Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
September 04 2008 13:53 GMT
#87
wow the turnout for this thread has been much more than i had previously expected. But i hope that you all don't mind if i make one more plea to the rest of you TL- Could you please try and formate a few posts like my original so i can get a better understanding of my previous question(s) I may decide to use this interesting question for a school project (because of the overwhelming turnout) and i was wondering if you guys wouldn't mind providing some more concrete data...... thanks?
A thread vaguely bashing SC2? SWARM ON, LOW POST COUNT BRETHREN! DEFEND THE GLORIOUS GAME THAT IS OUR LIVELIHOOD
TaG]SiG
Profile Joined October 2007
United Kingdom53 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 13:59:56
September 04 2008 13:56 GMT
#88
im surprised by how many people chose Zerg, simply because it was the race that came least naturally to them and therefore had to improve on certain skills. I was initially very drawn to protoss, however started playing my worst race (zerg) simply because i thought it was a challenge.

PS i dont really get people who say that zerg was the easiest race for them when they started sc, i cannot understand why. (im zerg btw)

Also i am often worried by my lack of natural talent in sc (im one of those ppl who has initial talent at most things), however ive always put this down to the type of driven competitive players that sc draws (the opponents being better), now im wondering if i had picked a race that came more naturally if i would have been more successful ^^
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
September 04 2008 14:03 GMT
#89
I picked zerg after watching a bunch of Kimwanchul vs boxer reps back in the day... I thought ZvT was so artfull and amazing I wanted to specialize in it. Also my friend Cope was terran at the time and we both loved the TvZ matchup so it was obvious I should play Z.
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jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
September 04 2008 14:18 GMT
#90
naw

fbh and boxer are =\
both are t, i dont see the similarities but of course i donno them irl
MadNeSs
Profile Joined March 2007
Denmark1507 Posts
September 04 2008 14:25 GMT
#91
There's one thing I've always wondered - Why are all the fat ppl always zerg? I swear it I've only seen fat zerg players (and Im not just talking about July), it's weird. There must be a reason for it!
Zuries
Profile Joined May 2008
United Kingdom156 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 14:54:48
September 04 2008 14:52 GMT
#92
my general opinions are :

Terran : My race. Terran is manly, tanks stomping shit vultures are fun to harrass with and mines are fun to place. Anoying thing is, you have to think about positioning, when to siege , where to place mines etc, and a toss just A clicks and maybe storms. i like terran builds and buildings and play style. Also being the hardest race ( in my opinion, technically speed and positioning) fulfills my quick hands.

zerg : like a disease across the world, mass expansions, mass units, lots of strategy involved lots of mobilitiy, suiciding zerglings is fun etc. this race as my 2nd.

protoss : easiest to macro with, highest hp units, fewest units. most effective spells really (recall storm) easy to cheese with. Nothing really hard about protoss except for the fact that it can be really hard to defend your bases from a zerg and can be hard to attack terrans in a well fortified position, usualy have to bring something extra to the table.

i would never play protoss, gimpfest

^^ still i like that their in the game so i can rape them

60:40:0 terran:zerg:toss is my preferance

and in answer to the question, yes i do think it reflects personalility
FUCK SALT
eth0x
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada208 Posts
September 04 2008 15:06 GMT
#93
On September 04 2008 09:18 dickless123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2008 08:54 Misrah wrote:

What got me thinking along these lines was my starcraft sparring partner and good friend.


whoever tells you otherwise is wrong, starcraft IS a martial art.


Sig-worthy.
Because he is Mantoss, the incarnation of masculinity and awesomeness.
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6766 Posts
September 04 2008 15:17 GMT
#94
I'd say for a lot of people it reflects ... their love for boxer
Graphics
LastWish
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
2013 Posts
September 04 2008 15:22 GMT
#95
Players with most temperament are always Toss, you can see this even nationwide where more temperament nations have more top toss players.
Toss players are also usually cool and betterlooking.

Zerg players on the other hand are not aggressive but instead phlegmatic. This also explain why there are more fat zerg guys around.

Terran, hmm I don't know too many terran players but those who come in mind are crazy freaks. And they usually look like ones too.
Exception made for Boxer, who looks cool.
- It's all just treason - They bring me down with their lies - Don't know the reason - My life is fire and ice -
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
September 04 2008 15:27 GMT
#96
I play Protoss because I like the unit efficiency, as you said in the OP. I don't like throwing away dozens of units (which is why PvT push breaking makes me cry sometimes, and lategame PvZ). I love microing zealots against lings in the early game, goons against early Terran units, etc. I feel like every unit is valuable and has to be taken care of. I also really enjoy the mechanics of PvT, as in using drops and mine drags and etc. I guess I would have to say I'm a micro player, but not the kind that patrols vultures and lays mines or likes to do massive zergling flanks (although when I offrace Z I do that). So I like Protoss.
Peace~
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
September 04 2008 15:40 GMT
#97
On September 04 2008 09:18 dickless123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 04 2008 08:54 Misrah wrote:

What got me thinking along these lines was my starcraft sparring partner and good friend.


whoever tells you otherwise is wrong, starcraft IS a martial art.


Profiled lol.
Peace~
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
September 04 2008 15:45 GMT
#98
I think it does reflect kind of... not all the time... but most of the time I think it does..

for me, it kinda goes like this... I cant never decide on anything or Im always changing my plans or thoughts in life so quick.. like everyday is something new '-___-

Thats prolly why I switched from toss to Terran and then keep playing all 3 races everyday.. like I tell myself one day... I wanna be like mjy and then the next day Im like aggrrr I hate Zerg I wanna be like bo sung.. etc
w/e
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
September 04 2008 15:53 GMT
#99
Same shit here man with T and Z I can never decide...

But I've been sticking to Z lately because they're very spontaneous and that was the race I chose first when I started playing on iCC.
vAltyR
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States581 Posts
September 04 2008 16:02 GMT
#100
Heh. Actually, I started out on protoss because originally it was me and two friends of mine who played regularly; one went zerg, one went terran, and I was stuck trying to pick a race, so I started out by changing races every game pretty much. One of my friends commented that I played zerg like a protoss player, and I played protoss player like a zerg player, meaning when I played zerg, I would make too few units and expect them to win out against everything, thus I would get owned *hard.* When I was protoss, I would make more units and therefore have a stronger army. Plus, we needed a toss player, so...

I think the races go along a power/number spectrum. Zerg are at the numbers end, and protoss are at the power end, and terran are somewhere in the middle. I like to play the power end, so I'm protoss. If any of you guys play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I play Ike, the slowest and strongest character So I guess it kind of fits.

As to the personalities themselves, I'm not sure if it's really reflections of their race or not. I guess zerg players are probably colder, because units are cheap and expendable, and protoss have to value all their units and not waste them, so they have to be more careful. Terran, as I said before, is a mix of both.
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Ki_Do
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Korea (South)981 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 16:19:12
September 04 2008 16:18 GMT
#101
Terran is like if you got a bomb in ur shoulders that is gonna explodde if u make any stupid movement, u are under pressure all the time ... to play well with it you have to be very creative and a very good self control...
I've got a point, and i'm ready to kill or die for it.
SkepTicAL
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada872 Posts
September 04 2008 16:24 GMT
#102
lol i duno, i kinda player terran the way it shouldn't be played lol. I guess that's why i chose it.... because I play it pretty differently then most terrans, especially TvP where usually im the aggressor rather than the protoss. If your a big bully online and on sites, but really nice in person... does that make you a terran user? :D
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dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
September 04 2008 16:34 GMT
#103
im sorry but every other post in this thread is some idiot claiming some random crap based on 2-3 examples.

all zerg users are fat? what the fuck.
sqwert
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States781 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 17:10:26
September 04 2008 17:08 GMT
#104
On September 05 2008 01:34 dream-_- wrote:
im sorry but every other post in this thread is some idiot claiming some random crap based on 2-3 examples.

all zerg users are fat? what the fuck.


saviors not fat! ><
if everythings coming your way, youre in the wrong lane. sAviOr 4evar!
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
September 04 2008 17:10 GMT
#105
On September 05 2008 02:08 sqwert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2008 01:34 dream-_- wrote:
im sorry but every other post in this thread is some idiot claiming some random crap based on 2-3 examples.

all zerg users are fat? what the fuck.


saviors not fat! ><

i was wondering..........how did chojja ever win an osl against savior???????

Experience > Raw talent
... some time later, Savior gets into his prime because...
Refined talent (through experience) > all
Peace~
aTnClouD
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Italy2428 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-04 17:41:03
September 04 2008 17:26 GMT
#106
Well I picked Protoss back in the time in 2003 because the best italian player was Cafone and my goal was to beat him with his own race. After 5 years I think I've picked the wrong race though. My bw skills are 90% mechanics, macro and speed, which fits a lot more to terran. Also protoss have to play risky in many situations, and I like playing straight and winning in the late game, so I suppose my pick was the worst among the three. I don't like my race at all actually, and I don't see how it could reflect my personality. I also disagree with all the people saying that the race picks you or w/e. You just pick a race randomly without knowing if it fits you the best or not. No one will ever know if he picked the right race before at least a good year or two of playing in my opinion. But well, I might change to terran or zerg in sc2[image loading]
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Korea (South)3851 Posts
September 04 2008 17:51 GMT
#107
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Misrah
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1695 Posts
September 04 2008 19:53 GMT
#108
Well i am defiantly getting some better responses thanks TL however this is what i have gathered so far. Plz feel free to flame away if you think that some of my assumptions are incorrect

I guess ill start with my favorite of the three.

Zerg: IMO ( i stress IMO) I think that mostly zerg players are charismatic, outgoing, emotional, and generally strong willed. My Horoscope for western in Sagittarius and for the Chinese zodiac I am a Tiger. I am defiantly a go getter and am really stubborn. I shoot from the hip so to say. I can be slightly arrogant at times, however i generally get along well with people i meet. I believe that these traits IMO show through the best with the zerg play style. For example Zerg's really can't do anything sneaky- ie proxy are pretty much impossible. A zerg is rarely if ever going to beat you with a little sneak attack or some cute micro trick. IMO a zerg 's best asset is simply fighting straight up, straight on gun ho. Zergs don't do anything tricky- they just power units and begin to hammer away at your army wave after wave, until eventually you die. No pretty micro just brute force- that's what i like plain and simple. No tricks, no nothing except honest head on battle. Now from my point of view of the zvp zvt match ups.

ZvP: IMO protoss is a huge pussy and i hate them all. Here is why. I rarely if ever see a protoss just go balls to the wall straight up mid game huge army and roll. No no, i see some pussy DT sair shit or even worse some more pussy reaver sair shit. I see them dropping temps, sitting behind their psi storm and generally being tricky sneaky bastards. Also when a protoss takes an expo- holy shit cannon cannon cannon off one pylon at a choke there. With a templar woo. Also their units are imo worthless assassins. Ie. Sair- fast annoying, great for harrass and being a bitch but not in head on fights. Same with reavers, DT, DA and fucking carrier's. God damn protoss hides behind everything- cloak and recall, and psi storm. When a toss tries to go carriers on me, all they do is run run when i fight them- run so you can get your arb, or your ht or your da. I mean Christ i just can't stand it.

ZvT: Ok well terran are not as bad- however they still succumb to at times being huge pussies. At worse you get a terran who proxies everything, and bunker rushes and does some tricky early drop ship play. Trying to take out my knees and not fight head on. Little bastards. (IMO) Besides that terran start off well- huge group of MnM and get out there and roll. However the head on battles that i enjoy with a terran early game army are short lived. Soon tanks. wtf........ lets just sit 123981345 miles away perfectly safe and blast the shit out of you ok? well that is some bs however i am willing to look past this little problem, because what comes next just brings my piss to a boil. Now this is what for me ruins the whole terran race, and it is the following. That fucking cloud of sci vessles. Need i say more? ohh hell yes. First off those mothers are quick, i mean really quick- so trying to kill them before they go and decide to hover over their sea of MnM is actually quite difficult. Do you know what else is difficult? Watching all of your drones die because two vessles splooged on each other and are now happily fly above your min line killing everything. woo hoo.

Now as far as protoss players personality types: I don't have much to go on so TL im hoping that some of you will help to fill in the blanks

Terran players: same as above I don't know their personality types- TL plz help me fill in this blank as well

Feel free to add/flame anything.

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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
September 04 2008 19:56 GMT
#109
On September 05 2008 02:26 iG.ClouD wrote:
Well I picked Protoss back in the time in 2003 because the best italian player was Cafone and my goal was to beat him with his own race. After 5 years I think I've picked the wrong race though. My bw skills are 90% mechanics, macro and speed, which fits a lot more to terran. Also protoss have to play risky in many situations, and I like playing straight and winning in the late game, so I suppose my pick was the worst among the three. I don't like my race at all actually, and I don't see how it could reflect my personality. I also disagree with all the people saying that the race picks you or w/e. You just pick a race randomly without knowing if it fits you the best or not. No one will ever know if he picked the right race before at least a good year or two of playing in my opinion. But well, I might change to terran or zerg in sc2[image loading]


My hero ... hates his own race ;_;
^-^
arew
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Lithuania1861 Posts
September 04 2008 19:57 GMT
#110
On September 05 2008 02:26 iG.ClouD wrote:
Well I picked Protoss back in the time in 2003 because the best italian player was Cafone and my goal was to beat him with his own race. After 5 years I think I've picked the wrong race though. My bw skills are 90% mechanics, macro and speed, which fits a lot more to terran. Also protoss have to play risky in many situations, and I like playing straight and winning in the late game, so I suppose my pick was the worst among the three. I don't like my race at all actually, and I don't see how it could reflect my personality. I also disagree with all the people saying that the race picks you or w/e. You just pick a race randomly without knowing if it fits you the best or not. No one will ever know if he picked the right race before at least a good year or two of playing in my opinion. But well, I might change to terran or zerg in sc2[image loading]


If we doesnt count first two lines everything else is same to me o_o i would rather play T but its too late for me.
750/750 emotions fully stacked
drug_vict1m
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
844 Posts
September 04 2008 20:36 GMT
#111
On September 05 2008 04:57 arew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2008 02:26 iG.ClouD wrote:
Well I picked Protoss back in the time in 2003 because the best italian player was Cafone and my goal was to beat him with his own race. After 5 years I think I've picked the wrong race though. My bw skills are 90% mechanics, macro and speed, which fits a lot more to terran. Also protoss have to play risky in many situations, and I like playing straight and winning in the late game, so I suppose my pick was the worst among the three. I don't like my race at all actually, and I don't see how it could reflect my personality. I also disagree with all the people saying that the race picks you or w/e. You just pick a race randomly without knowing if it fits you the best or not. No one will ever know if he picked the right race before at least a good year or two of playing in my opinion. But well, I might change to terran or zerg in sc2[image loading]


If we doesnt count first two lines everything else is same to me o_o i would rather play T but its too late for me.

fuck man it's never too late...you're just a wuss whos afraid of learning and loosing so much again.
One must feel chaos within, to give birth to a dancing star.
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
September 04 2008 20:36 GMT
#112
[image loading]

I used to get better at a really fast rate with Protoss.. since I changed to T its harder for me to get better.. I shoulda sticked with P.. Id probably be a good player
w/e
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
September 04 2008 20:40 GMT
#113
On September 05 2008 05:36 InfeSteD[rA] wrote:
[image loading]

I used to get better at a really fast rate with Protoss.. since I changed to T its harder for me to get better.. I shoulda sticked with P.. Id probably be a good player


yeah but it feels more rewarding to be a good terran player
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
September 04 2008 21:27 GMT
#114
I really wanted to like protoss, their lore, style and CARRIERS certainly appeal to me. However i can't stand moving a ton of goons back and forth, back and forth, it's such an extremely boring 'basic' ground unit and i can totally see why Blizz are excluding them in SC2.

Terran works for me, i personally enjoy TvZ more than TvP, mm with vessels has a certain feel to it which i dig. TvP mech isn't that bad either, tank creeping is the downside, but mapcontrol with crazy bikers is awesome.

Worst thing about terran is loosing your advantage. You work so hard for it so when a main battle is lost to an unlucky mine detonation or whatever, it often tilts you, at least it does me.
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5281 Posts
September 04 2008 23:18 GMT
#115
I would have to agree with the op.
I really think you have to be a specific kind of person to be able to play terran every game.

Terran and Zerg are like the opposites... just like the OP said.

Also, I love how the OP gave credit to terrans, the race really is was imbalanced. If it wasn't for boxer, blizzard would probably have had to patch it.
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5281 Posts
September 04 2008 23:21 GMT
#116
isn't arew like 16 y/o?
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
September 04 2008 23:31 GMT
#117
On September 05 2008 04:57 arew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2008 02:26 iG.ClouD wrote:
Well I picked Protoss back in the time in 2003 because the best italian player was Cafone and my goal was to beat him with his own race. After 5 years I think I've picked the wrong race though. My bw skills are 90% mechanics, macro and speed, which fits a lot more to terran. Also protoss have to play risky in many situations, and I like playing straight and winning in the late game, so I suppose my pick was the worst among the three. I don't like my race at all actually, and I don't see how it could reflect my personality. I also disagree with all the people saying that the race picks you or w/e. You just pick a race randomly without knowing if it fits you the best or not. No one will ever know if he picked the right race before at least a good year or two of playing in my opinion. But well, I might change to terran or zerg in sc2[image loading]


If we doesnt count first two lines everything else is same to me o_o i would rather play T but its too late for me.


It's not too late at all you are young as hell!
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Tinithor
Profile Joined February 2008
United States1552 Posts
September 04 2008 23:46 GMT
#118
Ok i've been a T main for a long time but i've always felt that i'm just BETTER at zerg. First off, i procrastinate in real life alot, i don't do stuff till the last minute. I say this because with zerg i kinda feel like i'm just waiting for that lurker upgrade, or crackling ultra, or mutas, or filers and then all of the sudden BAM you're in for a shitstorm.

Also, with zerg i don't feel pressured to micro perfectly like i do with T. I can lose a couple groups of lings and it doesnt matter as much. Not as much pressure really. Also i'm more of a macro kind of guy, and making ass tons of units from hatches is easy for me and once i get rolling with about 4 bases and full upgrades its alot of fun.

Also the final thing i have to say that i like about zerg is the potential to all in in many different ways. I have a kind of "fuck it if this doesnt work who cares" attitude in real life so i'm not afraid to try lots of different all ins and generally i'm more successful with zerg when i play like this.
"Oh-My-GOD" ... "Is many mutas, Yes?"
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
September 05 2008 12:47 GMT
#119
I wonder how many psychologists play Starcraft?
Brood War loyalist
DeepGreen
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States175 Posts
September 05 2008 13:12 GMT
#120
I think when you first select a race, you pick based on traits the race seems to encompass strategically (i.e. Protoss: honor, strength, power) that you identify with on a personal level.

However, once you've had a little experience, I think your preference becomes whichever style of play you like best, with what race do you "naturally" seem to have more success, and/or aesthetically, what do you least mind staring at for the thousands and thousands of hours that many players put into Starcraft.

So, to answer the OP: initially, yes, I think we select based on personality. Once you've played a few games, I think things change.
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daz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada643 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-05 13:16:56
September 05 2008 13:16 GMT
#121
On September 04 2008 10:48 ahole-surprise wrote:
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.


no idea why people bash protoss so much on these forums. imo, protoss is the hardest race and the least gay race, its the only race where you cant win off pure mechanics, you actually need to have a brain to play protoss, z and t is 95% mechanics. i mean i know these days its all about macro/micro, but just because i dont have 250 apm doesnt mean i suck, and when i beat the hundreds of lame 250 apm players when i only have 150, they probably all log onto tl.net and post 'protoss takes no skill, this guy with half my apm just raped me WTFIMBA?' sorry, no, im just a better starcraft player
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iD.NicKy
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
France767 Posts
September 05 2008 14:36 GMT
#122
protoss cause it's ez and i'm lazy
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
September 05 2008 14:41 GMT
#123
[B]

ZvT: Ok well terran are not as bad- however they still succumb to at times being huge pussies. At worse you get a terran who proxies everything, and bunker rushes and does some tricky early drop ship play. Trying to take out my knees and not fight head on. Little bastards. (IMO) Besides that terran start off well- huge group of MnM and get out there and roll. However the head on battles that i enjoy with a terran early game army are short lived. Soon tanks. wtf........ lets just sit 123981345 miles away perfectly safe and blast the shit out of you ok? well that is some bs however i am willing to look past this little problem, because what comes next just brings my piss to a boil. Now this is what for me ruins the whole terran race, and it is the following. That fucking cloud of sci vessles. Need i say more? ohh hell yes. First off those mothers are quick, i mean really quick- so trying to kill them before they go and decide to hover over their sea of MnM is actually quite difficult. Do you know what else is difficult? Watching all of your drones die because two vessles splooged on each other and are now happily fly above your min line killing everything. woo hoo.
Terran players: same as above I don't know their personality types- TL plz help me fill in this blank as well

Feel free to add/flame anything.




OK, here comes the flame. Terrans being huge pussies? NOT CHARISMATIC??? BOXER?? ILOVEOOV???????

Bunker rush is being a pussy? Damn you can't be higher than D skill. It takes real skill to pull of a bunker rush, that's why Boxer is so epic. Science vessels? I find it damn hard to keep them alive, and you find it hard to kill them. Just play better man. Terrans start of with drop? Nice, it's easy to defend. Zerg starting of with lurker drop? The same thing.

You are too narrow minded and I guess you have never even tried the other races. You can only be good if you play all races.

Terran personality types: BOXER!!!! Do I need to say more?? ILOVEOOV???


Lim Yo Hwan forever!
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
September 05 2008 14:56 GMT
#124
i play mainly terran and zerg primarily.

I play zerg terran style and I play terran zerg style.

Works wonders.

For terran, taking 3-4 bases against a zerg is gg, especially when you equate marine-medic as lurk-ling. My control is pretty good against lurks and mutas these days, and I do lots of drops, so what usually happens is I get BCs and no amount of ultraling can fight that.

For zerg, I usually produce about 18 lings at the beginning to scout and contain, sometimes if I scout 1rax cc with no bunker i use a few lings to harass scvs and bait marines to get flanked followed by muta/hydra. hehehe.
I'm generally good with keeping units alive though, especially lings.
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fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-05 15:20:59
September 05 2008 15:19 GMT
#125
On September 05 2008 04:53 Misrah wrote:
Now as far as protoss players personality types: I don't have much to go on so TL im hoping that some of you will help to fill in the blanks

I'm a manipulating asshole with an elitist undertone. I think this fits Protoss players pretty well.

EDIT: The fact that everyone calls our race the pussy race is like adding more sand to our vaginas, so people call us dicks and pussies more, and the cycle keeps repeating.
Peace~
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
September 05 2008 15:30 GMT
#126
On September 04 2008 22:21 ret wrote:
i think terran is easy, all i do is execute builds w/ logic behind them tvz and I have enjoyed great succes with that even though I've played Zerg far more and am not even close to as succesfull with that race.

4 raxing foreign z's gives you as much right to talk about racial balance as dt droppers
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LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
September 05 2008 15:31 GMT
#127
I am Better with Protoss, but Zerg is closer to me. The aggresivity where I can outsmart my opponent by tech switches, zerglings all over the map and forcing the other one to adapt reflects my personality...
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Crimson)S(hadow
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Philippines525 Posts
May 05 2010 03:06 GMT
#128
personality does affect race and even unit choice from my experience. i guess by how much varies on different people
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 03:09:09
May 05 2010 03:08 GMT
#129
On May 05 2010 12:06 Crimson)S(hadow wrote:
personality does affect race and even unit choice from my experience. i guess by how much varies on different people

Nice contribution, think to check the thread date? -.0
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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
May 05 2010 03:14 GMT
#130
several threads are being necro'd recently....

I don't think that race reflects personality, it'd show more in the play style.
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J1.au
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia3596 Posts
May 05 2010 03:19 GMT
#131
Thread necromancy is morally wrong.
TriniMasta
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1323 Posts
May 05 2010 03:19 GMT
#132
depends, if you like to be aggressive go for zerg, just something like that
정명훈 FIGHTING!!! Play both T and P.
TriniMasta
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1323 Posts
May 05 2010 03:20 GMT
#133
On September 05 2008 23:36 iD.NicKy wrote:
protoss cause it's ez and i'm lazy

wow Protoss is not easy... just cause a noob won't die in the first 10 min of the game doesn't mean its easier
정명훈 FIGHTING!!! Play both T and P.
YellowEmperor
Profile Joined October 2008
Taiwan100 Posts
May 05 2010 03:41 GMT
#134
Personality doesn't affect race.
Interests do.
I've played all 3 over the years--during that time, I chose the race that I felt I could be creative with, or aggressive with, or just whatever the current cool race of the time was. I play zerg now b/c of it's possibilities by watching Jaedong. I've played since 98'
So, I enforce again, personality doesn't affect race--typically more so after meeting players at LAN events.
I think it's the same as asking someone if they think their favorite fruit of the day is affected by their personality.
When you learn something, use the heart.
gumbum8
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States721 Posts
May 05 2010 03:43 GMT
#135
protoss is less apm intensive, and I don't see anything particularly wrong with that
Races just play differently and reward different styles in different ways... All 3 have a wide array of strategies available.
but really, has anyone REALLY been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
May 05 2010 03:45 GMT
#136
1. I'm lazy
2. I love taking shortcuts
3. I love pissing people off
4. I don't like to practice piano, or anything for that matter
5. I'd rather be eating and sleeping more than anything else

I play protoss.
the throws never bothered me anyway
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
May 05 2010 03:48 GMT
#137
There is a very broad definition for personality. But yes, I think it does.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Weasel-
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada1556 Posts
May 05 2010 03:53 GMT
#138
I can't stand playing Terran more because of their build style than anything. I play zerg only because my friend saw boxer VODs when we were both SC noobs and wanted to bunker rush some zergs. I was practically forced to play zerg so I just stuck with it (he got bored of SC really fast but I kept playing). I offrace protoss occasionally but prefer zerg. I can't think of why I would like zerg exactly, though.
PeT[uK]
Profile Joined November 2009
United States412 Posts
May 05 2010 04:02 GMT
#139
um no it doesn't... there are only 3 races... yet so many personalities...
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Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
May 05 2010 04:07 GMT
#140
On September 05 2008 23:41 Zoler wrote:

OK, here comes the flame. Terrans being huge pussies? NOT CHARISMATIC??? BOXER?????????? ILOVEOOV???

Fixed(Boxer is waay more notable),
In response to the original post: While I don't always like watching someone like Flash, I realize turtling is sometimes integral to terran play. Aggression could be suicide in those cases.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
May 05 2010 04:08 GMT
#141
I was scared of Zerg when I was kid and found them to be very intimidating opponents online, same with Undead in WC3.

So I wanted to be intimidating, and thus I chose Zerg. I'm getting older now though and more chill, having thoughts of switching to Terran...
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
May 05 2010 04:09 GMT
#142
I don't know about personalities but i think progamers definitely look like their races
for example
zerg: jaedong, julyzerg, luxury/yarnc, effort, savior(to lesser extent)
toss: reach, bisu, kal, best, garimto
terran: tend to just look like normal humans, nada, boxer,flash, etc
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Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11321 Posts
May 05 2010 04:19 GMT
#143
Well seems as it's been necroed...

I honestly don't know. I was taught on Terran, but switched to Protoss to vary up the races being played in our LAN parties. (And the third friend chose Zerg for similar reasons.) I stayed with Protoss because from other strategy games, I love teching and Protoss is a high tech race. (Age of Empires, Civ II had me fast teching to everything.) I also enjoyed the being sneaky with Reaver, DT, and HT drops and just the pure amount of casters the Protoss had.

The one thing that made me think that there might be something to the personality thing- a fellow joined us in our 6 player LAN party and managed to guess every single one of races- with the exception of one. (Guessed toss, was actually Zerg.) But he couldn't quite say why he thought we played each race.

Terran would be my second race of choice- mostly once I figure out how to use Vultures properly and started dropping. I like to hit where the army is not rather than assaulting head on.

My personality? Dunno, never BMed anyone, fairly level-headed, patient etc.
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rwan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada68 Posts
May 05 2010 04:19 GMT
#144
Zerg is my favourite and then it's Protoss. I don't know why but I just hate playing as Terran. :0
...But the parasites say NO!
Crimson)S(hadow
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Philippines525 Posts
May 05 2010 05:32 GMT
#145
On May 05 2010 12:41 YellowEmperor wrote:
Personality doesn't affect race.
Interests do.
I've played all 3 over the years--during that time, I chose the race that I felt I could be creative with, or aggressive with, or just whatever the current cool race of the time was. I play zerg now b/c of it's possibilities by watching Jaedong. I've played since 98'
So, I enforce again, personality doesn't affect race--typically more so after meeting players at LAN events.
I think it's the same as asking someone if they think their favorite fruit of the day is affected by their personality.


well for me i am usually zerg because they are versitile, volatile and aggresive. but at one point i became cold and misogynistic, so i picked terran because the cold steel of robotic mech felt better for me at the time. i'd mech vs everything, since its a viable strat vs everyone now. and i would REFUSE to make medics, because i was misogynistic. so there you go starcraft race//unit choices reflects personality.
"It's the end of the BW era which i devoted everything to for 10 years. I tried playing sc2, but my BW memories run too deep; I felt like I was playing an entirely different game" -ToSsGirL
liaf
Profile Joined April 2009
Norway318 Posts
May 05 2010 06:47 GMT
#146
I think that if I chose a race based on my personality, zerg would be the last race I chose. I would probably play protoss or maybe terran. But I still play zerg because I'm just better with them, don't know why. I've been thinking of switching several times, but I've stayed because of Jaedong.
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rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
May 05 2010 16:51 GMT
#147
On September 04 2008 18:37 AttackZerg wrote:
For years there were many fucking awesome non-koreans T's
I mean common dude the most recent non-korean to place in a starleague was elky for christ sake, after him every P who has gone has failed ....

NTT,Testie,Andriode,a2, froz, cope, suker, a2 (I think that was his name), hellghost, christian or whatever who placed top 3 wcg ( some bvg I can't remember) ....


When NTT was pwning noobs, testie was getting caught hacking by Chill over and over. Don't put him up there with the good players !
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
SniperVul5
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada166 Posts
May 05 2010 19:30 GMT
#148
I play terran because I'm a real sucker for the novel idea that its humans vs aliens etc.
It makes it seem ask if you're fighting for survival or something.

That and I heard it was a mechanically demanding race and I'm a real keener....
UFO
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
582 Posts
May 05 2010 20:08 GMT
#149
Protoss at the beggining, as I remember - I thought that PvZ was imba as a complete newb so I switched to Zerg to see and I stayed with Zerg and then I would switch back to P and back to Z 2 times , until I stayed with Z for good, I don`t regret a single bit of that now
swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
May 06 2010 01:04 GMT
#150
GGplay then Jaedong made me play zerg
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CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
May 06 2010 01:15 GMT
#151
smart aliens can suck a dick. Bug race has no emotion or will, they only survive and serve the hive to further their existence.
humans are boring.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Corrupt
Profile Joined August 2009
Bulgaria1312 Posts
May 06 2010 01:23 GMT
#152
Live for the Swarm!
And no, it doesn't.
Just a guy trying to enjoy living in the worst timeline and failing miserably since 1990.
GeMicles
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada307 Posts
May 06 2010 02:09 GMT
#153
im an asshole. thats why im toss
i pikachu in the shower
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13918 Posts
May 06 2010 02:46 GMT
#154
Julyzerg, my hero.
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11573 Posts
May 06 2010 03:06 GMT
#155
On May 06 2010 11:46 StorrZerg wrote:
Julyzerg, my hero.


shut your mouth.
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FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2055 Posts
May 06 2010 03:22 GMT
#156
i played zerg at first because it seemed like the hardest race to win with, and i didnt want to take an easy path to victory, i wanted to overwhelm my opponents with superior bw playing ability. after a while i switched some matchups to protoss because i liked being in control of the game constantly, with a strong mobile force. i loved the mobility of zerg in zvp, but not so much in zvt, and eventually pvz became my favorite matchup (invincible armies with storm and archons yeah!). ive played zvp pvz pvt now for most of my bw experience.
aka DragOn[NaS]
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32271 Posts
May 06 2010 03:24 GMT
#157
yes, protoss are fags usually.
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ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
May 06 2010 03:40 GMT
#158
On May 06 2010 12:24 IntoTheWow wrote:
yes, protoss are fags usually.

Terrans are whiners ^^

On May 05 2010 13:09 phosphorylation wrote:
I don't know about personalities but i think progamers definitely look like their races
for example
zerg: jaedong, julyzerg, luxury/yarnc, effort, savior(to lesser extent)
toss: reach, bisu, kal, best, garimto
terran: tend to just look like normal humans, nada, boxer,flash, etc

lol toss=handsome race
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lowbright
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
308 Posts
May 06 2010 03:46 GMT
#159
nada boxer hwasin pretty handsome imo
zergs tend to be ugly though. thezerg zergbong julyzerg
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Rainbow
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States249 Posts
May 06 2010 03:51 GMT
#160
I doubt personality has a large effect on race choice in starcraft; playstyles and unit preferences would probably be a more accurate statement (to me at least).



On May 06 2010 12:46 lowbright wrote:
nada boxer hwasin pretty handsome imo
zergs tend to be ugly though. thezerg zergbong julyzerg


Its funny how they all have zerg in their names.
IndecisivePenguin
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States771 Posts
May 06 2010 03:59 GMT
#161
I think personality can affect race in the way that personality affects playing preferences. Your personality or experience plays somewhat of a role in what kind of person you want to be in the game. A single personality trait in itself is not enough to justify playing a single race though.

For example:
1. A laid-back guy likes to play Terran because he enjoys the comfort of remaining in-base and slowly pushing out, exemplifying his personality.
2. A laid-back guy likes to play Zerg because he feels he wants a more exciting atmosphere in-game as opposed to his normal daily life.

So I think it can, but not in any sort of concrete, linear fashion.
GiantEnemyCrab
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada503 Posts
May 06 2010 04:02 GMT
#162
i always been a terran since i love the terran lore, music, and their turtling nature. very defensive and well balanced units. idk if personality has anything to do with this lol but preference matters definitely. less thinking more playing ;D
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dogabutila
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1437 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 04:33:31
May 06 2010 04:10 GMT
#163
noobs play protoss
pussies play terran
retards play zerg

random players have MPD.




On September 05 2008 22:16 daz wrote:
no idea why people bash protoss so much on these forums. imo, protoss is the hardest race and the least gay race, its the only race where you cant win off pure mechanics, you actually need to have a brain to play protoss, z and t is 95% mechanics. i mean i know these days its all about macro/micro, but just because i dont have 250 apm doesnt mean i suck, and when i beat the hundreds of lame 250 apm players when i only have 150, they probably all log onto tl.net and post 'protoss takes no skill, this guy with half my apm just raped me WTFIMBA?' sorry, no, im just a better starcraft player



1a2a3a is pure mechanics friend xD
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zoLo
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States5896 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 04:57:39
May 06 2010 04:57 GMT
#164
the protoss are more sophisticated and elegant for a more civilized age.

+ Show Spoiler +
i dunno ¯\(°_o)/¯
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
May 06 2010 05:31 GMT
#165
basically its more or less
Obnoxious stubborn people play zerg
Lazy incompetent people play protoss
Self important crybabies play terran
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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
May 06 2010 05:36 GMT
#166
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
May 06 2010 05:41 GMT
#167
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 05:55:07
May 06 2010 05:49 GMT
#168
On May 06 2010 14:41 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans


All right. NOW we have ourselves a genuine internet thread.

+ Show Spoiler +
I FUCKED YOUR MOTHER WITH AN ARCLITE SHOCK CANNON


Let's do this, Protoss scum.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
saritenite
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Singapore1680 Posts
May 06 2010 05:53 GMT
#169
On May 06 2010 14:41 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans


Apparently overcompensating is not such a bad thing

Terran for life.
alexpnd
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1857 Posts
May 06 2010 05:53 GMT
#170
On May 06 2010 14:41 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans


Somebody has to play terran I might as well make a game of it. Plus I love the mech.
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Magic84
Profile Joined October 2008
Russian Federation1381 Posts
May 06 2010 06:00 GMT
#171
I think so. I feel that there is something that connects all zerg players, behavior maybe or appearance, maybe overmind is real in a way.
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 06:06:22
May 06 2010 06:04 GMT
#172
On May 06 2010 14:49 mmp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 14:41 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans


All right. NOW we have ourselves a genuine internet thread.

+ Show Spoiler +
I FUCKED YOUR MOTHER WITH AN ARCLITE SHOCK CANNON


Let's do this, Protoss scum.


you better not start what you cant finish
+ Show Spoiler +
I DT DROPPED YOUR MOTHERS BACKYARD EXPO
U KNO HUM SAYIN??

bring it on you turtling rascal

On May 06 2010 14:53 alexpnd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 14:41 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 14:36 mmp wrote:
Protoss are pussies, degenerates, and druggies (need I link Nony's fpvods?).
Zerg are girly men, squishy purple creep mongers, and sexually naive perverts.
Terran are smart, confident, sexy, foxy baller, badass. A race for real men and chicks with "apm".

I play Terran.

oh i forgot to mention 'extremely overcompensating for something' for terrans


Somebody has to play terran I might as well make a game of it. Plus I love the mech.


I play terran too! (or well...random)
I'm overcompensating for having played protoss earlier =D
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
May 06 2010 06:14 GMT
#173
I think with terrans you do the micro when not fighting, you setup a defense and such.
With protoss you do the micro while fighting.

And with zerg is just 90% macro...

But then again im biased since i dont play tvz.
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
May 06 2010 06:21 GMT
#174
On May 06 2010 15:14 exeexe wrote:
I think with terrans you do the micro when not fighting, you setup a defense and such.
With protoss you do the micro while fighting.

And with zerg is just 90% macro...

But then again im biased since i dont play tvz.

dude have you played zvt? its like 90% micro lol.
Muta micro
lurkerling flanks
and finally defiler/lurker/ling micro
then ultralisks come out, and THEN its only macro
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
May 06 2010 06:25 GMT
#175
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
May 06 2010 06:32 GMT
#176
I want to take this moment to remind everyone that Mother's Day is this Sunday. Show your fat mama you care with a phone call, a card, some flowers. Let her know that there's no fat mama closer to your heart and she truly is special. <3<3<3
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 07:25:06
May 06 2010 07:24 GMT
#177
protoss = handsome
terran = nerd ragers
zerg = most of em are chill
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
May 06 2010 07:29 GMT
#178
I play random, does this mean I'm indecisive, lazy or greedy?
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
May 06 2010 07:30 GMT
#179
On May 06 2010 15:25 mmp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE MOVES SLOWER THEN A QUEEN OFF CREEP
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A COLOSSUS CANT MOUNT HER
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A DROPSHIP THAT JUST CARRIED A THOR GOES "HEELL NAWW" WHEN TOLD TO CARRY HER
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
bbq
Profile Joined January 2010
United States49 Posts
May 06 2010 07:50 GMT
#180
On May 06 2010 14:31 TheAntZ wrote:
basically its more or less
Obnoxious stubborn people play zerg
Lazy incompetent people play protoss
Self important crybabies play terran


Pretty damn accurate
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
May 06 2010 09:20 GMT
#181
On May 06 2010 16:30 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 15:25 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE MOVES SLOWER THEN A QUEEN OFF CREEP
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A COLOSSUS CANT MOUNT HER
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A DROPSHIP THAT JUST CARRIED A THOR GOES "HEELL NAWW" WHEN TOLD TO CARRY HER


Your 1a2a3a is weak.

YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE TRIES TO MERGE THE GAME STACK OVERFLOWS
YO MAMA SO STUPID, SHE COUNTERS THOR DROP WITH 4POOL
YO MAMA SO UGLY, NO ONE WANTS TO FUCK HER EXCEPT YO DADDY
+ Show Spoiler +
YO DADDY SO STUPID, HE FUCKED YO MAMA


YO MAMA SO FAT STUPID AND UGLY, SHE CHOKES TRYING TO EAT HER OWN HALLUCINATION

What ya got, bitch?
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-06 10:30:22
May 06 2010 10:29 GMT
#182
On May 06 2010 18:20 mmp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 16:30 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:25 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE MOVES SLOWER THEN A QUEEN OFF CREEP
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A COLOSSUS CANT MOUNT HER
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A DROPSHIP THAT JUST CARRIED A THOR GOES "HEELL NAWW" WHEN TOLD TO CARRY HER


Your 1a2a3a is weak.

YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE TRIES TO MERGE THE GAME STACK OVERFLOWS
YO MAMA SO STUPID, SHE COUNTERS THOR DROP WITH 4POOL
YO MAMA SO UGLY, NO ONE WANTS TO FUCK HER EXCEPT YO DADDY
+ Show Spoiler +
YO DADDY SO STUPID, HE FUCKED YO MAMA


YO MAMA SO FAT STUPID AND UGLY, SHE CHOKES TRYING TO EAT HER OWN HALLUCINATION

What ya got, bitch?


Your yo mama is weak
Why are you so weak?
because you lack...wit

YO MAMA SO STUPID SHE MADE CORRUPTORS TO COUNTER MARAUDERS
YO MAMA SO UGLY, WHEN A MARAUDER SAW HER HE TORE HIS EYES OUT CUZ "THEY WAS IN A WORLD O' HURT"
YO MAMA SO FAT IT TAKES 290 NUKE SHOTS JUST TO COVER HER ENTIRE SURFACE AREA
YO MAMA SO STUPID, BITCH DROWNED IN A SPAWNING POOL (wtf thats like 2 feet deep)
YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE BURROWS THE ENTIRE MAP CRACKS

sup ho
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
May 07 2010 02:19 GMT
#183
On May 06 2010 19:29 TheAntZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 18:20 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 16:30 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:25 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE MOVES SLOWER THEN A QUEEN OFF CREEP
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A COLOSSUS CANT MOUNT HER
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A DROPSHIP THAT JUST CARRIED A THOR GOES "HEELL NAWW" WHEN TOLD TO CARRY HER


Your 1a2a3a is weak.

YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE TRIES TO MERGE THE GAME STACK OVERFLOWS
YO MAMA SO STUPID, SHE COUNTERS THOR DROP WITH 4POOL
YO MAMA SO UGLY, NO ONE WANTS TO FUCK HER EXCEPT YO DADDY
+ Show Spoiler +
YO DADDY SO STUPID, HE FUCKED YO MAMA


YO MAMA SO FAT STUPID AND UGLY, SHE CHOKES TRYING TO EAT HER OWN HALLUCINATION

What ya got, bitch?


Your yo mama is weak
Why are you so weak?
because you lack...wit

YO MAMA SO STUPID SHE MADE CORRUPTORS TO COUNTER MARAUDERS
YO MAMA SO UGLY, WHEN A MARAUDER SAW HER HE TORE HIS EYES OUT CUZ "THEY WAS IN A WORLD O' HURT"
YO MAMA SO FAT IT TAKES 290 NUKE SHOTS JUST TO COVER HER ENTIRE SURFACE AREA
YO MAMA SO STUPID, BITCH DROWNED IN A SPAWNING POOL (wtf thats like 2 feet deep)
YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE BURROWS THE ENTIRE MAP CRACKS

sup ho


You suck at this.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
May 07 2010 02:39 GMT
#184
they relate to pokemon.. :l
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Twilexia
Profile Joined May 2010
United States62 Posts
May 09 2010 04:25 GMT
#185
Ok I don't know what happened to this thread but I'm going to give my input.

I've been playing scbw for almost 10 years now, but I still haven't settled on a race. Mainly because I play sporadically, and on fastest, and it just never felt like I cared enough.

But now I think I'm going to have to sit down and choose. I like the idea that your personality reflects what race you are playing, because indeed, I will completely agree that different people's personalities will cause them to like different races more.

In my experience, I have had the best time playing protoss. Why? At least at the level that I play on (noob-average level, and on fastest) Most noobs enjoy protoss (as I am one) because, the units are strong, you can mass zealots and win easily, plus goons are easy to use.

But on a personality level, I think protoss also matches mine quite well. I've tried playing terran for the past few days, and while it's been a lot of fun, I have to say that I am quite disappointed by their mobility. While I have made tremendous use of dropships, even winning many games with them, it still feels like, I am always stuck in my base, and always scared to move out.

Furthermore, I feel like my base is always vulnerable to attack. With Protoss, I put down a few cannons and don't worry about it for a bit. With terran, not only do you have to turret, but also put a few tanks down as well.

And zerg... while I have had a lot of fun massing mutas and hydras, I can't seem to play consistently with them. In addition, playing zerg, in my opinion, requires a very strong sense of timing, because without that ability your army will literally get ripped into shreds.

I think my personality is rather reserved, but I enjoy attacking a lot. However, I don't like the sense of having a million bases... I can't keep track of everything! So perhaps protoss should be my main race. Anyway, thanks for this thread, made me realize... i should stop playing terran lol. Even though using siege tanks is very satisfying, I'm just tired of getting my army ripped to shreds every time it's out of place or something.
Hello, I am ready to eat.
Drk_ItachiX
Profile Joined April 2009
Japan113 Posts
May 09 2010 04:57 GMT
#186
Personality definitely has something to do with it. I insist on playing random though.
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zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
May 09 2010 05:50 GMT
#187
i don't like zvz or tvt so i play protoss. if it weren't for tvt's high chance of turning into a super long game. i woulda went T.
zimz
DeepGray
Profile Joined October 2008
United States214 Posts
May 09 2010 06:47 GMT
#188
On May 07 2010 11:19 mmp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2010 19:29 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 18:20 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 16:30 TheAntZ wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:25 mmp wrote:
On May 06 2010 15:04 TheAntZ wrote:
bring it on you turtling rascal


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE GOT CHEESEBURGERS LEAKIN OUT HER VENTRAL SACS
YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE NEEDS GRAVITIC BOOSTERS TO TAKE A SHIT
YO MAMA SO FAT, YOU DON'T WARP HER IN, SHE WARPS YOU


YO MAMA SO FAT, SHE MOVES SLOWER THEN A QUEEN OFF CREEP
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A COLOSSUS CANT MOUNT HER
YO MAMA SO FAT, EVEN A DROPSHIP THAT JUST CARRIED A THOR GOES "HEELL NAWW" WHEN TOLD TO CARRY HER


Your 1a2a3a is weak.

YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE TRIES TO MERGE THE GAME STACK OVERFLOWS
YO MAMA SO STUPID, SHE COUNTERS THOR DROP WITH 4POOL
YO MAMA SO UGLY, NO ONE WANTS TO FUCK HER EXCEPT YO DADDY
+ Show Spoiler +
YO DADDY SO STUPID, HE FUCKED YO MAMA


YO MAMA SO FAT STUPID AND UGLY, SHE CHOKES TRYING TO EAT HER OWN HALLUCINATION

What ya got, bitch?


Your yo mama is weak
Why are you so weak?
because you lack...wit

YO MAMA SO STUPID SHE MADE CORRUPTORS TO COUNTER MARAUDERS
YO MAMA SO UGLY, WHEN A MARAUDER SAW HER HE TORE HIS EYES OUT CUZ "THEY WAS IN A WORLD O' HURT"
YO MAMA SO FAT IT TAKES 290 NUKE SHOTS JUST TO COVER HER ENTIRE SURFACE AREA
YO MAMA SO STUPID, BITCH DROWNED IN A SPAWNING POOL (wtf thats like 2 feet deep)
YO MAMA SO FAT, WHEN SHE BURROWS THE ENTIRE MAP CRACKS

sup ho


You suck at this.

A couple of them got a chuckle out of me.
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