Zerg fits the "I'm playing macro, I am superior" mindset. They also have the advantage of never needing to attack their opponent to get ahead as they have the power of the infestor+broodlord deathball to fall back on. I think many of the Terrans might have switched over as they were complaining about the late game. That said Zerg has always been the most active and vocal race though, there might be something about the ugly/slimy design which attracts people who want to feel edgy, it reminds me horde in WoW who were also the ugly but vocal race.

bokchoi

Korea (South)9498 Posts

April 02 2012 09:42 GMT

#82

could have to do with your map vetos as well

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

April 02 2012 09:44 GMT

#83

They probably havn't heard the terran music yet.

Antares_

Poland269 Posts

April 02 2012 09:50 GMT

#84

Many Terrans switched to Zerg recently, because of how ridiculous TvP became. That's why on Diamond+, there are situations where you meet multiple Zergs in a row. I'm mid-high Diamond and this season I've played 124 games - 54 vs Z, 31 vs T and 39 vs P. You can also check sc2ranks.com, and see that in fact there are a lot of Zergs and Protosses, but not too many Terrans.

Micket

United Kingdom2163 Posts

April 02 2012 09:50 GMT

#85

Because Terran and Protoss players at that level have limitations in unit control which mean their armies are terrible vs Zerg unit compositions. When Zergs are using roaches, they can often inject mid battle as all they are doing is maintaining a concave and making sure their units aren't doing anything stupid. Pro Terran players never dare start building depots in a fight ZvT. Its complete suicide.

THM

Bulgaria1131 Posts

April 02 2012 09:51 GMT

#86

There are so many zergs because the terrans disappeared!

kusto

Russian Federation823 Posts

April 02 2012 09:56 GMT

#87

Well don't worry guys i recently switched back to terran and will drill through the leagues!

InVerno

258 Posts

April 02 2012 09:56 GMT

#88

Cmon, its not a secret. At human levels zerg mechanics can be deadly for Terran & Protoss in respective matchups.
After "infestor boom" zerg race got the casual player favor for a gameplay reason, its simply a "moralized" camper mode, defend and wait for the deathball. When this situation "wait your deathball" was protoss, most ppl was playng protoss. Camper players switching race, nothing more.

cvt

United States192 Posts

April 02 2012 09:57 GMT

#89

24 games... This is a troll right?

AxionSteel

United States7754 Posts

April 02 2012 09:59 GMT

#90

On April 02 2012 18:50 Zeetox wrote:
Many Terrans switched to Zerg recently, because of how ridiculous TvP became. .

Not just because of that, there are so many factors imo, at this level TvZ is also really hard, unless you play mech which is a bit easier to pull off.
I think Zerg is just really trendy, so many popular community figures play it, as pointed out on previous pages. IdrA, Stephano, Catz, Destiny etc get thousands and thousands of people watching them stream, terran streamers generally get far less viewers. Most casters seem to be zerg as well, and give off Zerg biased casts.
Also because IdrA cries at basically every terran and protoss unit, random zergs on ladder think they can cry too. The amount of abuse terran players get on ladder from zergs is quite extreme, I find it funny though but it may put some off

Chaosvuistje

Netherlands2581 Posts

April 02 2012 10:00 GMT

#91

Probably to do with map vetoes, zergs tend to veto the same maps, atleast in previous seasons.

GhostNova

Germany42 Posts

April 02 2012 10:01 GMT

#92

my last 9 games i played were 8 vs Zerg and only 1 Terran.

dpurple

Turkmenistan592 Posts

April 02 2012 10:04 GMT

#93

Zerg is easier by far. And Im not balance whining I play all races, zerg is the only one I can get into master with.

tomatriedes

New Zealand5356 Posts

April 02 2012 10:05 GMT

#94

On April 02 2012 18:50 Zeetox wrote:
Many Terrans switched to Zerg recently, because of how ridiculous TvP became. That's why on Diamond+, there are situations where you meet multiple Zergs in a row. I'm mid-high Diamond and this season I've played 124 games - 54 vs Z, 31 vs T and 39 vs P. You can also check sc2ranks.com, and see that in fact there are a lot of Zergs and Protosses, but not too many Terrans.

If that were the only reason then you would expect protoss numbers to grow too but according to someone's research in the other thread protoss numbers have been dropping too albeit not quite as much as terran.

TigerKarl

1757 Posts

April 02 2012 10:09 GMT

#95

Well you almost always get strange numbers when only looking at your own data. According to my sc2 gears i've been playing 42% as protoss and 24% as terran, being an exclusively random player.
Also my ratio of enemy races on ladder seems pretty balanced, just slightly so that i encounter mostly protoss.

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

April 02 2012 10:14 GMT

#96

You know what I'd like? If OPs wouldn't just go HEY GUYS HERE THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LAST 24 GAMES I PLAYED LET'S SPECULATE AND THEORY CRAFT AS TO HOW THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT OBSERVATION CAN BE EXPLAINED followed by a lot of whining, QQing and balance complaints. If instead you'd make an ACTUAL statistical approach with, say, a significant sample size, OR would dedicate some time to, say, interviewing your next 100 opponents about why they picked their respective race and making an analysis out of that. But no. *sadface*