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vizir
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland154 Posts
March 14 2011 21:19 GMT
#61
because I'm noob and all I can do is 4wg
jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
March 14 2011 21:19 GMT
#62
random because i like match ups rather than race.
i was protoss in bw because of the requirement of less hotkeys.
now that this doesn't matter, i'm full time random.
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{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
March 14 2011 21:20 GMT
#63
playing terran since 98 cause of how awesome tanks were, kinda stuck with it.
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Airact
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland366 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:22:49
March 14 2011 21:21 GMT
#64
I play Zerg because Terran wasn't mobile enough for me. And now I have to deal with Roaches... Well even they are more mobile than Terran so I guess it's all cool.

I loved SK Terran vZ and Mechplay vP in BW. Mechplay isn't mobile I know, but somehow I just liked mech vP and hated Tanks vZ lol.

So yeah, neither of those were possible when I changed to Zerg(Mech vP is kinda viable now after Jinro vs. MC) and I have stayed with Zerg, loving my Mutalisks and Zerglings although they are really only viable in ZvT now.
parn
Profile Joined December 2010
France296 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:21:44
March 14 2011 21:21 GMT
#65
Most of the time it's because i'm really bad in a particular match up, for example PvP, so I'm going to focus on Protoss. Then I also know my TvZ is sometimes weak so I switch to Terran to work on this, etc ...
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Lobo2me
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway1213 Posts
March 14 2011 21:21 GMT
#66
Because I like queen macro, ling speed and mutas.
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1Eris1
Profile Joined September 2010
United States5797 Posts
March 14 2011 21:22 GMT
#67
I didn't want free wins. Kidding.

I really enjoyed the swarm concept in BW.
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Kwanny
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany222 Posts
March 14 2011 21:22 GMT
#68
inspired by slayers boxer
feebas
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland268 Posts
March 14 2011 21:22 GMT
#69
White-Ra, Pylons and an unwarranted sense of self-entitlement.
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HowardRoark
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
1146 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:30:10
March 14 2011 21:23 GMT
#70
After switching a lot (I even had a P period) I got stuck with Zerg after being inspired by He who must not be named. I also loved the way the game was broken in favor of Zerg when installing fresh copies for Null Modem play, because we didn't/couldn't patch it.

Oh, and I was Orc in War2 because the Ogre Mage's Bloodlust was so much stronger than the Paladin's healing. But when I come to think of it it was because I would have 9 Ogres in a box and it was so easy to Bloodlust them all while healing was impossible. Did they patch it, or was the healing perhaps not useless? Maybe it was even stronger than Bloodlust but I just did not understand or could handle the micro?
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ToastieNL
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands845 Posts
March 14 2011 21:23 GMT
#71
Random, to keep an even view on all matchups, and I find it most challenging and fun to do.
Zerg lategame is imbalanced as shit. Also: "Protoss is really strong recently. Perhaps, it's time for there to be some changes for Terran." -MMA. Even MMA asks for buffs. Srsly Blizzard. Srsly.
GinDo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
3327 Posts
March 14 2011 21:23 GMT
#72
On March 15 2011 06:09 MagnusHyperion wrote:
I played Random during both beta phases of SC2 and eventually went with Protoss because it fit well with my SC:BW background. I actually won more with Terran but it still didn't feel quite right to me.

I think the key is to give all of the races a fair shot by playing Random until you can finally pick which race feels the best to you. Please note, you will need to play a ton of games in order to finally elucidate the correct choice. Also note that, for the most part, playing Random will cause your rankings to decrease while you adjust but, over the long term, you will eventually benefit from the experience by finding "your race."

Good Luck to all those lost souls in search of a home on Char, Aiur/Shakuras, or Korhal/Tarsonis =.


Yeah i had the opposite happen to me. I would win all my Protoss matches in SC2 but still switched to Terran though i had a lower win rate. Kinda funny how i never thought Terran to ever be OP because i never made Marauders EVER . Got to Diamond without ever making 1 Marauder. Now after so many months i'm finally starting to add marauders but only when I go Bio TvT, Bio TvZ and Marauder Hellion Timing Attack, And to FE against Toss.

My TvP has always been Marines and Tanks.
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bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
March 14 2011 21:24 GMT
#73
Terran because it was Wings of Liberty so it seems appropriate .. Now switched it up to protoss because warpgates are so much fun
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Shiladie
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1631 Posts
March 14 2011 21:25 GMT
#74
I always enjoyed protoss the most in my early days of BW, but found I was best with zerg, so kept practicing as them. When I got back into the scene years later, I jumped onto iCCup and chose zerg there. At which point I was doomed to always play zerg. I'll stick with em through think and thin now...
dani`
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands2402 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:27:14
March 14 2011 21:25 GMT
#75
Zerg - The defensive position early because of the fast Hatch annoys me, as well as the lack of offensive options early on and the lack of superior units you can get when you are way ahead in the lategame. Where Protoss can switch to Carriers / Mothership / Collosus, Zerg has the Ultralisk which frankly is quite situational and is not as dominant. I do love the Zerg midgame where you dominate with allowed map-hack and mass production, and Muta harass vs Terran <3.

Terran - Probably the best all-round race, but also very defensive in nature. Based a lot on positioning, especially vs Zerg and Terran when Siege Tanks are a necessity (bio in TvT can work but IMO is harder). TvT usually turns out into the most boring thing in the world if both players opt for Tanks. Their style does not suit me at all, so slow, immobile and boring.

Protoss - As probably is clear from the previous 2 descriptions; I play Protoss because they are by far the 'coolest' race of the 3. I love the warp ins, their units with awesome abilities like Blink and Feedback; their super strong units for lategame (mentioned already), and the fact their mechanics tend to favor offensive play. I don't want to play slow games where you mass defensive units. I love macro games, though. There's a difference between teching up and making a good army and making mass Siege Tanks / Missle Turrets / Bunkers like GoOdy does in pretty much every game :x
JimSocks
Profile Joined February 2009
United States968 Posts
March 14 2011 21:29 GMT
#76
Terran. Because I always pick human in any game I play.
Protoss in team games, although starting to play more in 1v1 now that my teammates quit.
MacroNcheesE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States508 Posts
March 14 2011 21:32 GMT
#77
Protoss, because that's what I played for ~7-8 years in BW. My Life for Aiur.
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PJFrylar
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States350 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:34:33
March 14 2011 21:32 GMT
#78
I wanted to play terran in BW; I always really liked the feel of the factory units. However I was really bad with terran so I played mostly protoss/zerg. I just made the decision that I wanted to play terran when I got my hands on SC2 (knowing at that point I'd be pretty equally bad with all the races). So I started off with terran on day 1 of the beta and haven't looked back.

I do still play the other races in custom/team games from time to time though.
1234andr
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada22 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 21:34:58
March 14 2011 21:34 GMT
#79
I went with Protoss because in my opinion, they are the most like Undead from Warcraft 3. I just can't wrap my mind around not being able to summon buildings 8D (And of course being Canadian and all Huk just happens to be my hero.)
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1233 Posts
March 14 2011 21:36 GMT
#80
I played toss in beta and about 2 months after release. After that I took a break from gaming. In that break I started watching streams, somehow the zergs seemed the most appealing. I got so fascinated by Cella's and Idra's ability to survive 4gate pushes and the likes, crushing terran siegelines with banelings and ultralisks and just amazing stuff. So I hopped onto battle.net, got demoted to gold within 50 games and worked my way up to diamond again where I am now.
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