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Precocious
United States5 Posts
While the beta was up I played as Terran, but I am rethinking if it is for me. Maybe some of you have specific reasons you choose your race that would help me better decide the right race for myself. Why did you pick the race that you play? What is your favorite thing about that race? Thanks in advance. | ||
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imyzhang
Canada809 Posts
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Bob300
United States505 Posts
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Looky
United States1608 Posts
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Precocious
United States5 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:23 imyzhang wrote: there's a thread about this already, with a poll. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=130175 Yeah I saw that, but it really wasn't getting to the question I was asking in my opinion. It seemed like it was more based on trying to calculate the percentages of each race as opposed to the reason why they choose it (even though lower in the post he mentions the why). Sorry if it seemed redundant. p | ||
ItsTheFark
United States158 Posts
Now, I just play it because im best at it. Once the micro/macro 2 tournament ends/I am defeated, I will focus on playing random. | ||
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cashmate
Sweden68 Posts
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Incinerate
Austria36 Posts
I decided to play Protoss because it's the easiest race in terms of micromanagement :D I think i'll stay with protoss til i have an general overview of the game and better micro/macro | ||
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Roniii
United States289 Posts
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Tempest[OEC]
United States417 Posts
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slowmanrunning
Canada285 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:30 cashmate wrote: Zerg because of Jaedong. lol, stayed zerg because of jaedong. Started playing them because of the fast expands, 3rd base by 30 ftw (in sc:bw at least) Missing a lot of the things that made zerg, zerg. | ||
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Tone_
United Kingdom554 Posts
SC2 carried on toss just because. But now playing zerg too because the swarming and feel of zerg is great. At least as good as BW, in terms of really swarming. Terran still feels rigid to me. | ||
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
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Deleted User 72834
247 Posts
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Evolve
Canada63 Posts
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Kurumi
Poland6130 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
"Why did you picked Protoss?" - " It was good and easy" | ||
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Ndugu
United States1078 Posts
This post was severely edited down from its original  | ||
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rastaban
United States2294 Posts
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
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Azar
Colombia66 Posts
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Deleted User 72834
247 Posts
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HarryKC
Croatia58 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:47 LSGamer wrote: Wasn't Bisu the cheating one Day9 mentioned? I love that quote, although i'm probably mixing it up No idea, some oldschool sc1 player should know this. afaik, this quote was on some interview, maybe made by Artosis while he was visiting SKT. | ||
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IPlaySC
United States79 Posts
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habermas
United Kingdom304 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:31 Incinerate wrote: Well, i am also pretty new to starcraft generally. I decided to play Protoss because it's the easiest race in terms of micromanagement :D I think i'll stay with protoss til i have an general overview of the game and better micro/macro You've got it quite the opposite. It's the most difficult race in terms of micro and macro mechanics. I play random in beta just to try them all and then decide upon the release. Probably will be protoss though cause they're awesome, however I find terran to be the "easiest" in terms of viable strategies. It seems like whatever you do, always works. | ||
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Chaoz
United States507 Posts
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LlamaNamedOsama
United States1900 Posts
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SchAmToo
United States1141 Posts
Because I'd rather here my units obey me in english than in something else. | ||
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TailsYouDie
United States17 Posts
http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/1062228/jace-hall-show/videos/jacehall_prt_ep3_21210.html?show=hi http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/1062228/jace-hall-show/videos/jacehall_prt_ep4a_21910.html?show=hi | ||
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hyped
United States135 Posts
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:47 LSGamer wrote: Wasn't Bisu the cheating one Day9 mentioned? I love that quote, although i'm probably mixing it up If you're talking about the whole controversy of throwing games, that's Savior. I play Terran for several reasons: 1. Easiest Macro mechanics when testing for optimal builds. You queue up a Unit, it gets made. With Zerg, you have to worry about Larvae, losing a Drone after making a building, and not missing the Queen's Spawn Larvae ability (though the Queen's ability is essentially the equivalent of calling down Mules). With Protoss, you also have have to test when the best time to use Chrono Boost is, making it take longer if you're testing for an optimal build. 2. I've always been more of a defensive type of guy. It's reassuring knowing that I don't have to worry about run-bys, which are a lot easier to do than busts. | ||
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Acidlineup
123 Posts
I just dont like bugs (Zerg).  | ||
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Ventez
Norway107 Posts
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NATO
United States459 Posts
I switched to Terran in SC2 because Blizzard seems to have a obsession with them (until recently they got buffed every patch). I actually hate the manageability of Terrans base (9 different tab groups with MBS?!), as well as the ridiculous level of micro required to be optimal (seems like every unit has a spell). But in the end, even without managing everything perfectly I can come out on top because of their incredible versatility, and lack of nerfing. Furthermore, Terran are probably the most complex race, so there is still a lot of discover-ability to go on - whereas protoss can't really innovate many new strategies anymore. (I did protoss for the first two weeks of the beta, and was abusing sentries in every game at a time when people though PvP was just zealot rushes (back then sentries did terrible terrible damage to zealots, and force fields just pwnt everything).) I did do zerg for a time, but their units are just less interesting, and (IMHO) Blizzard actually balances them (nerfing and buffing) rather than just buffing. Yes, I know this sounds like I'm saying Terran are OP, but I'm just being honest about WHY I chose my race. I could very well be wrong about these things. | ||
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risk.nuke
Sweden2825 Posts
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AeonStrife
United States918 Posts
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EatCrow
Estonia333 Posts
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Deleted User 72834
247 Posts
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
quite odd as i was a zerg player in BW for over 6 yrs o_O | ||
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Gahlo
United States35142 Posts
That and the boom of siege tanks firing...so satisfying. | ||
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OverSight
United States104 Posts
Mostly because of the over minds intro speech. Awaken my child! I also loved bugs when I was little | ||
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Takkara
United States2503 Posts
If I had to change for SC2, which I've considered, I'd go Protoss. For some reason, Protoss style just "clicks" for me. Maybe it's just an easy race, but I just understand the game flow as Protoss. I'm holding out because I'm stubborn and my favorite training partner (my cousin) is Protoss. Maybe I'll switch, but I enjoy the versatility for now of Terran. | ||
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Xanatoss
Germany539 Posts
One Reason are the Units.. there... NOW! Mechanics of Warpgates buffering my not-the-best-Macro at the beginning of my history at this game. The other is that I am _obsessed_ about Bisu's Forge-FE into Corsair Build in PvZ, described in Day[9]'s Podcasts and want to force it to work in SC2 in any way as well. | ||
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tfmdjeff
United States170 Posts
I tried Terran out, and I liked it a bit. I just felt really restricted by it. I love to expand, which certainly is not a very terran trait. I fucking LOVE ravens and ghosts, though. I play random whenever I play 2v2, and whenever I get terran, I mass the shit out of ravens and ghosts, even if that is the most terrible, gas guzzling unit composition terran could possibly have. And I hate protoss. I wasn't going to play it as my main race, I didn't want to be associated with the pathological cheesers that play it. Whenever I get it in 2v2 I play macro oriented and just mass up stalkers with blink. It always works because nobody ever expects a protoss player to play a straight up macro game. Blink stalkers are hella fun to micro, too. So yeah, that's basically my thoughts on all the races and why I do/do not enjoy them. | ||
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Toads
Canada1795 Posts
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DanielD
United States192 Posts
On July 02 2010 06:23 tfmdjeff wrote: And I hate protoss. I wasn't going to play it as my main race, I didn't want to be associated with the pathological cheesers that play it. Whenever I get it in 2v2 I play macro oriented and just mass up stalkers with blink. It always works because nobody ever expects a protoss player to play a straight up macro game. Blink stalkers are hella fun to micro, too. . That's racist. | ||
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Duban
United States548 Posts
So after some frustration I tried zerg and loved it. Zerg's macro and micro offer amazing flexibillity. With both it's military and economic units produced from the same building you can focus on either one exclusively. It can go all in offensively like no other race and build a strong army very early, it can focus entirely on macro and build up an economic advantage extremely quickly. It has a wide range of units that are fast, mobile, and yet effective in ways terran and toss can only dream of. Went from silver to platinum overnight with Zerg and I love it :-). | ||
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Wr3k
Canada2533 Posts
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Latham
9560 Posts
I guess maybe I feel they changed too much or too little from BW. I really enjoy playing Zerg, the units are fast, agile and good attackers. They compliment my aggressive play style. Overlords give you good scouting information, and the creep speed boost is good too. Also, having only 1 unit producing structure is very comforting, even though Z's macro mechanic is by far the most unforgivable out of the 3 races. But since the roach nerf, and the subsequent change of ZvZ dynamics from roach wars to ling/bling wars my conviction to this race has been wavering. I just hate with all my heart the ling/bling spam that ZvZ has degenerated into. A complete snoozefest to watch AND play at the same time. Lately I've been experimenting with Protoss, but I think I'll stay Z since I just don't feel at home with P ;/. | ||
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Frozenzen
Sweden97 Posts
In SC2 the warpin mechanic made me fall in love with them all over again, and seeing as how my favorite BW unit (the carrier) is still there it's all fine. | ||
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vindKtiv
United States215 Posts
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Leeoku
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Mesha
Bosnia-Herzegovina439 Posts
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tfmdjeff
United States170 Posts
Is something racist if it's completely true? I'd think it'd just be a statement of fact. | ||
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Yuka
United States133 Posts
I approached WC3 and SC/BW the same way. | ||
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r33k
Italy3402 Posts
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TheNomad
United States134 Posts
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Sabu113
United States11047 Posts
Also in SC2 its the race I am both most familiar with the hotkeys and I think it's macro mechanics are extremely newb friendly. Warpgates force you to have good non-cueing macro. Also... REAVA REAVA REEEAVAAAAAA! ( I miss you buddy) | ||
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
On July 02 2010 05:56 habermas wrote: You've got it quite the opposite. It's the most difficult race in terms of micro and macro mechanics. I play random in beta just to try them all and then decide upon the release. Probably will be protoss though cause they're awesome, however I find terran to be the "easiest" in terms of viable strategies. It seems like whatever you do, always works. macro wise protoss is the easiest, They arnt that hard to micro either but none of the races are rly hard in that department. Terran and Zerg are about = in difficulty. This reminds me of all tho protoss r ezy jokes back in bw  | ||
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adi1133
Romania109 Posts
so Terran ftw | ||
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Wihl
Sweden472 Posts
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