I haven't played since the middle of last season just because I got discouraged and bored of playing mostly TvZ matches. Last season I played about 150 games between my 2 accounts and about 2/3 of those games were against zerg. So I quit playing alot. I played a bit today on my alt account and have 24 games this season, and thought maybe the zerg numbers would dwindle but my match history as of this season is:
T-2
P-7
Z-15

I'm mid-high master and get matched against top 25+ master players and they are usually zerg. Is there something I'm missing? Why does the majority of players at this mmr play zerg? I have no problem with the game balance or anything like that, I'm just freaking tired of playing mostly zerg. QQ

Anyone else find themselves in this situation when they play?

HaXeR

Czech Republic189 Posts

April 02 2012 06:19 GMT

Mid master here (700pts). I would say its coincidence. Last season I played almost only TvP, this season its balanced. Play more game and you will see.

CCupcakeDyran

United States53 Posts

April 02 2012 06:20 GMT

I played about 150 games so far, and 120 of the were zvzs.
I wish I knew why everyone is suddenly playing z.

wester25

Canada63 Posts

April 02 2012 06:20 GMT

cause stephano and drg

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

April 02 2012 06:21 GMT

It's disgusting, out of my last 65 games 40 of them have been zvz....

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10366 Posts

April 02 2012 06:22 GMT

it can also be because of your maps... if all zergs ban the same maps that are bad for them, and t and p ban the maps that are bad for them vs z, you'll end up with a lot of zvz

CCupcakeDyran

United States53 Posts

April 02 2012 06:23 GMT

On April 02 2012 15:21 KimJongChill wrote:
It's disgusting, out of my last 65 games 40 of them have been zvz....

One can only play so many of those before serious mental problems begin to develop...

Misanthrope

United States924 Posts

April 02 2012 06:24 GMT

I quit playing Zerg last season after playing 19 ZvZ in a row at high diamond. Switched to Protoss, now all I do is play PvZ high plat-low diamond.

riff

United States113 Posts

April 02 2012 06:24 GMT

On April 02 2012 15:22 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
it can also be because of your maps... if all zergs ban the same maps that are bad for them, and t and p ban the maps that are bad for them vs z, you'll end up with a lot of zvz

Not true. Map selection happens after the matching.

drop271

New Zealand286 Posts

April 02 2012 06:26 GMT

#10

On April 02 2012 15:24 riff wrote:

Show nested quote +

Not true. Map selection happens after the matching.

Are you sure about that? I have seen posts disagreeing, and my experience on the ladder suggests you are wrong too.

A couple of seasons ago I got sick of TvT, so I downvoted Lost Temple and Delta Quadrant and barely saw any after that

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

April 02 2012 06:27 GMT

#11

This sounds rather anecdotal.

Ramuh

Germany238 Posts

April 02 2012 06:28 GMT

#12

The fact that you only get ZvZ does not necessarily mean theres more z than others. Your Games simply are simply not a big enough sample size to make any accurate observations on the actual situation.

While it is highly improbable that you get that many ZvZ, it is not impossible.

http://www.sc2ranks.com/stats/region/all/all/all

Sc2Rank Stats seem to indicate that Z is underrepresented.

Piledriver

United States1697 Posts

April 02 2012 06:29 GMT

#13

Not a balance whine, but I think at the level at which we are playing without precise micro and timings, zerg can be pretty strong, especially for players who are purely reliant on macro. I personally know a few terrans and tosses who switched to zerg just because they just wanted to rely on pure macro and overrun their opponents with superior army count. As long as you have got your droning , injects and spore crawler timings down, zerg can be pretty easy to dominate with at masters and below.

Edit: Of course, you can cheese with toss/terran and be pretty succesful, but if you are a macro guy, then zerg is your best bet.

sc2CruSha

United States105 Posts

April 02 2012 06:29 GMT

#14

low master is filled with zergs..
mid master is actually a lot more spread out o_O

latan

740 Posts

April 02 2012 06:30 GMT

#15

because stephano

SwizzY

United States1549 Posts

April 02 2012 06:33 GMT

#16

I don't ban any maps and still get PvZ 6-7 times out of 10. This fact alone has allowed me to practice my FFE and macro play very efficiently.. ^^

Chocobo

United States1108 Posts

April 02 2012 06:33 GMT

#17

Mid masters here. In the past 4 months according to SC2 ranks, I have faced 282 zergs, 247 protoss, and 190 terrans.

ZvZ feels like a chore I have to endure to get to play the other matchups.

tomatriedes

New Zealand5356 Posts

April 02 2012 06:34 GMT

#18

Zerg is quite fun to play for a lot of people because of the speed and maneuverability or zerglings and mutas I think. I switched to protoss and I hate how base bound I feel in PvZ. One slip up in simcity against lings and it's game over and defending against mutas can be super-frustrating as well- whereas flying around with mutas sniping stuff is fun. This is nothing to do with balance more the feel of the match ups.

Chocobo

United States1108 Posts

April 02 2012 06:35 GMT

#19

On April 02 2012 15:28 Ramuh wrote:
The fact that you only get ZvZ does not necessarily mean theres more z than others. Your Games simply are simply not a big enough sample size to make any accurate observations on the actual situation.

Depends on the sample size. Sure, a dozen games doesn't prove anything... but after 50-60 games your stats start to become statistically meaningful, and after hundreds they're likely to be pretty accurate. You don't need to sample ten thousand games to derive some accurate information.

1sz2sz3sz

Andorra173 Posts

April 02 2012 06:40 GMT

#20

Its cause zerg is the easiest race to play

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