I've heard a lot of people say that Terran beats Zerg, Zerg beats Protoss, and Protoss beats Terran.
I thought StarCraft was nearly perfectly balanced, that the only imbalances were map imbalances, and that every race could beat every race on the highest level of play.

Is this true? T_T

AND NO FANBOY POSTS!!! If you're sick of getting rolled by one race, don't make a rage post about how imba that race is just because it owns you.

Husky

United States3362 Posts

January 21 2010 21:05 GMT

I heard there was also a Santa Clause, imagine my shock when I learned the truth.

This post is so vague that it hurts my head. Of course any race and beat any race... at any level.. >.<

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

January 21 2010 21:07 GMT

Its balanced due... lol don't know what noobs are telling you its imbalanced xD.

SoL[9]

Portugal1370 Posts

January 21 2010 21:08 GMT

You already know the answer...

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

January 21 2010 21:09 GMT

Thats true at newbie level.
Movie defies the logic behind PvZ.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

January 21 2010 21:12 GMT

Not even very true at newb level. The balance in broodwar isn't perfect but overall it's closer than chess' balance.

TeWy

France714 Posts

January 21 2010 21:14 GMT

Every single MU is, depending on the maps and the level of the players, imbalanced to a certain degree.

gjg.instinct

144 Posts

January 21 2010 21:15 GMT

Racial potential has yet to be proven imbalanced. Practicality and ease of mastery is another story...*cough P cough*.

Zozma

United States1626 Posts

January 21 2010 21:15 GMT

BW is imbalanced.

No way for zerg to win anything unless he like 10x better.

Bebop Berserker

United States246 Posts

January 21 2010 21:17 GMT

#10

Saying its closer than chess' balance is wrong except MAYBE in mirror matchups. Yes it is true that those three matchups tend to favor one side, but that doesnt mean Matchup>skill. To answer your question anyone can beat anyone on any level regardless of map(except maybe battle royal) or any matchup. And yes maps are 100x more important than any inherent advantage that P has over T ect ect.

Glaucus

479 Posts

January 21 2010 21:18 GMT

#11

Yeah, T has it so easy. They should switch irradiate with plague. That will show them!

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 21 2010 21:18 GMT

#12

yes every time you lose a game it's because of either race imbalance or map imbalance, I think it's about 60/39, the 1% comes from stupid stuff like your skill level and what actually happened in the game.

Mienio

Poland40 Posts

January 21 2010 21:24 GMT

#13

That game is more balanced than Rock Paper Scissors xD

besiger

Croatia2452 Posts

January 21 2010 21:24 GMT

#14

if you are trying to lure out AzureEye i dont think hes unbaned yet.

nK)Duke

Germany936 Posts

January 21 2010 21:24 GMT

#15

You can't say that it's imbalance because you can not measure the skill of an individual. You can only measure it if one put 3 exact copies of a guy into a room and let them train for the exact amount of time. The only difference is that they play different races.

Jonoman92

United States9107 Posts

January 21 2010 21:26 GMT

#16

Yes it's true

Fuck this shitty game!

jkillashark

United States5262 Posts

January 21 2010 21:26 GMT

#17

Metagame, man. Metagame.

gjg.instinct

144 Posts

January 21 2010 21:26 GMT

#18

On January 22 2010 06:24 nK)Duke wrote:
You can't say that it's imbalance because you can not measure the skill of an individual. You can only measure it if one put 3 exact copies of a guy into a room and let them train for the exact amount of time. The only difference is that they play different races.

Don't think that would be a good comparison personally. Each time, protoss would almost invariably be the dominant race. Practice time is a variable factor within the balance, but it isn't a constant, even though the potential of each race is (so far).

vOddy

Sweden402 Posts

January 21 2010 21:27 GMT

#19

I just wanted to know that the game is actually balanced, because even some progamers whine at Terran owning Zerg... So I just want to know: Are they whiney bitches, or is there some truth to their whining?

I don't know though, haven't Zerg won against Terran in MSL and OSL finals?