I've been having real trouble ever since the release of SC2 deciding on which race to play. Lately, I've been switching alot between Protoss and Zerg as I try and find the race which suits me best. (I've definitely ruled out Terran, I hate that race with a passion.) I have been getting really frustrated with myself, as I keep promising to stick to one race to practice and get good at, but then I'll see a cool play in a GSL game from HuK, Fruitdealer or another god like figure in their respective race and switch right back.

So my question to you is, why do you play the race you play? Hopefully if I hear some reasons that I can also relate to, I will finally choose a race and be done with it. Maybe even Terran. Thanks.

IvanJoukov

France31 Posts

March 14 2011 20:39 GMT

Cause I have no self esteem.

lagbzz

Poland171 Posts

March 14 2011 20:40 GMT

I love creep and zerglings, even though they die like no tomorrow ^__^

TSM

Great Britain584 Posts

March 14 2011 20:40 GMT

On March 15 2011 05:39 IvanJoukov wrote:
Cause I have no self esteem.

very very good

i play zerg because i got to the high levels playing it, my other races are really bad

Stropheum

United States1124 Posts

March 14 2011 20:41 GMT

Because I'm a masochist

decaf

Austria1797 Posts

March 14 2011 20:42 GMT

I like playing zerg because I find the other races boring. Nothing fancy about mindlessly doing build X. Zerg is way more challenging in my opinion.

Tim17

France39 Posts

March 14 2011 20:42 GMT

Cause i want to use iEchoic's build against ivanjoukov.

Zystra

United Kingdom79 Posts

March 14 2011 20:42 GMT

I also hate terran with a passion which is why I take great pleasure at destroying them with an invincible deathball or warp storming their mineral line.

eXwOn

Canada351 Posts

March 14 2011 20:43 GMT

Terran. Just an old schooler from SC1. I was on a team many years back and they needed terran players when I first joined. I found the micro intense, and trained extremely hard. From that I developed a personal attachment to terran that I couldn't leave.

Sorry to hear you have a vendetta against terran :'(

dthree

Australia150 Posts

March 14 2011 20:43 GMT

#10

Other races are too slow

TheTenthDoc

United States9561 Posts

March 14 2011 20:43 GMT

#11

I used to play P but switched to T because P was the same thing every game. The variety of choices I have as a Terran player is great, I'll gladly trade the Colossus (my favorite unit) for that.

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

March 14 2011 20:43 GMT

#12

I play Terran. because that is what I played in Broodwar.

Vipsanius

Netherlands708 Posts

March 14 2011 20:44 GMT

#13

I started playing terran, then switched to protoss. Whenever I was toying with Zerg and returned to protoss, I noticed my macro improved a lot. Switched back and forth a few times, but I roll Zerg as my main race.

Jermstuddog

United States2231 Posts

March 14 2011 20:44 GMT

#14

Oldskool love from BW. Zerg was always my favorite, even though I thought Terran was better.

Go figure that it's the same shit in SC2.

naggerNZ

New Zealand708 Posts

March 14 2011 20:44 GMT

#15

I play Zerg because it is the weakest race, therefore even if I lose I'm still better than my opponent because they only beat me due to exploiting imbalance.

Rob28

Canada705 Posts

March 14 2011 20:44 GMT

#16

I started with terran because I played through the single player first, but switched to toss after a few weeks because it's what I played in BroodWar. If I could go back in time, knowing what I know now about toss, I'd have gone zerg instead of specializing in a race that's boring as hell and contantly being nerfed (but I won't go into an imba argument here).

IMO terran is a cop out race. Remember that sceenshot of Idra demanding that his opponent apologize for playing as protoss because he thought winning with them is not winning with skill? That's how I feel about terran now.

Masq

Canada1792 Posts

March 14 2011 20:45 GMT

#17

Played zerg in broodwar and I hated ZvT so I switched to Terran for SC2 beta.

HowSoOnIsNow

Canada480 Posts

March 14 2011 20:46 GMT

#18

I played Zerg because of SaviOr and July back in Brood war and just because i though that the mechanic of the race was really based on timings and rhythm, being a musican, it always help. Though, i got so fed up with defiler play and just the simple fact of playing a zvz that i switch to terran.

Now, in SC2, i play Zerg, i find that ZvZ is actually fun. It takes more effort to learn Zerg and i like that for a fact. I find them also visually more interesting.

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

March 14 2011 20:46 GMT

#19

Zerg has superior style and flavor. The way zerglings engulf the enemy, how the map gets infested by creep, so many banelings, the overall artistic design of the race. From a gameplay point of view, you have to play more intelligently and reactively than with the other races. I always feel like an underdog, which makes every won battle that much more rewarding.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

March 14 2011 20:46 GMT

#20

Tried out all 3 races, thought Protoss was the most fun.