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nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
January 05 2009 05:19 GMT
#241
When everyone says "low" level they mean like c- right?
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9016 Posts
January 05 2009 05:23 GMT
#242
On January 05 2009 14:19 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
When everyone says "low" level they mean like c- right?
Low level means different things to different people.

Low level in my personal opinion is C- and below.

Mid range is C/C+/B- and B and up is high level.

But like I said, some people could consider C- to be high level. It's all relative.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
January 05 2009 05:34 GMT
#243
I'm pretty sure at blizzcon 2 years ago, TL gave Bisu and Reach this:

[image loading]
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
January 05 2009 06:51 GMT
#244
On January 05 2009 14:09 G5 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2009 13:26 EleanorRIgby wrote:
On January 05 2009 13:22 lgdDante wrote:
On January 05 2009 12:45 G5 wrote:
On January 05 2009 11:06 Chill wrote:
On January 05 2009 10:59 IdrA wrote:
On January 05 2009 10:58 Chill wrote:
This is at D foreigner levels. Stupid people keep extrapolating it to top foreigner levels.

ya there wouldnt be so many foreign z's and t's dominating if it were really imbalanced
ohwaito_o


Haha okay thats fair


Don't fucking tell him that. Greg I love you but you need to cut that shit out. The only reason that there are more top foreign Protoss users than Z or T is because they worked harder at it. It is simply a fluke. If LX choose Terran and practiced equally as hard with his T as he did with his P he would be the same level he is at now. It's all a fluke, don't try to tell us Protoss users that our race is easier because our race worked harder than yours.

Think about how much practice White-Ra, IefNaij, NonY, Cloud, PJ, LX etc... etc... worked on there game and then think about all of the good but not top foreign Terrans and Zergs and tell me they have put in as much practice over such a long period of time and the only reason they aren't as good as the players I mentioned above is because Protoss is easier. So stupid.

So an entire race of players just happen to work harder than the other 2 races?



Yea thats an extremely retarded argument


If you think top 30 foreigners or top 30 period should be 10 Protoss, 10 Zerg, 10 Terran and take into absolutely NO consideration for the actual person playing the game, you are as ignorant as they come.

It's more ignorant to assume otherwise. While it most likely won't be a perfect 10/10/10 split, odds are the numbers will be pretty close. Unless you want to argue that more talented gamers are drawn toward picking a certain race.

I think a better argument is that more people tend to start off player as protoss, which therefore gives P a bigger pool of players to produce top players of that race.
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blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4450 Posts
January 05 2009 07:04 GMT
#245
On January 05 2009 14:34 Athos wrote:
I'm pretty sure at blizzcon 2 years ago, TL gave Bisu and Reach this:

[image loading]

more like savior and savior only.

Bisu was across the Pacific at that time ^^
blabberrrrr
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
January 05 2009 10:36 GMT
#246
--- Nuked ---
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
January 05 2009 10:45 GMT
#247
On January 05 2009 19:36 PriitM wrote:
Protoss is alien pig, disgusting!

Protoss pig builds large amount of cannons and cannons are blocked with gateways - easiest expo defending ever. By the time cannons are getting killed protosses army will be there and ready to rape leftovers from attacking army.

I'm sensing someone is mad because they lost their army into cannons? Like walling, cannon placement and forge blocking takes a lot of skill. Even with good placement at the pro level, protoss can still get overrun by lings.
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
CoL_Drake
Profile Joined March 2005
Germany455 Posts
January 05 2009 10:46 GMT
#248
on very low lvl zerg is easiest a click go lings xD

terran is hardest oO
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:13:20
January 05 2009 11:12 GMT
#249
On January 05 2009 14:09 OneOther wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2009 13:55 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
On January 05 2009 13:34 OneOther wrote:
On January 05 2009 13:06 skyglow1 wrote:
On January 05 2009 12:37 OneOther wrote:
On January 05 2009 12:29 Azrael1111 wrote:
On January 05 2009 12:26 mIsUZu wrote:
Here's a little insider to tvz for those terrans that thinks p is alla bout 1a2a3a.

1t1a2a3a4a

ZOMG T imbal T easiest T is for noobs

o.O


Except you need more hotkeys of units and 5 lurkers will completely roll your army in 5 seconds if you don't pay attention

and what happens to a protoss army if you 1a2a3a4a to spider mines?
while i agree that protoss is easiest at the low levels (D-/D/D+/C-), this thread is becoming more retarded by each second.


Terran has to invest far more time and actions into planting a mine field while zerg can simply burrow, so the danger of getting raped by lurkers is greater. Also by the time you react, you'll have lost way much as a terran vs lurkers than a toss vs mines.

I personally think laying mines is just as easy as burrowing...
And how can you simply assume that you will lose more vs lurkers than vs mines? it's all situational and dependent.

anyways i am getting myself out of this thread


how can laying mines be remotely the same as burrowing. all your do is press a single key to burrow.

laying mines is harder because you have to click once more? LOL
edit: also what NrG.ZaM said


that would actually make it TWICE as hard though, although i dont agree that burrowing only takes 1 click, it takes nomerous clicks same thing as laying mines certainly doesnt take 1-2 clicks on high level. You need to spam those mines like crazy

I liked dongfengs reply:

interestingly an argument that stems from this is that P,T,Z players all put x hours training a day, the P gains the most improvement from this X hours a day and thus they stick with sc while Z and T foreigners dont see significant benefits and quit/do other shit/train less


for example on gosugamers ranking top 20 there are 12 protosses and 2 terrans 6 zergs.
On iccup there are ALOT of protosses. Not only low level but also higher B B+ level are mostly protosses. Especially if you play terran yourself. I know so many decent terrans who chose to play pvt rather than tvt just because it's easier and in very short time they get quite good at it.
its not true that protoss is just a 1a2a3a race but it surely looks easier since there are too many top foreign protosses to make it a coincidence. Ofcourse protoss users would defend that though, its perfectly understandable...

one mentioned 1a2a3a compared to 1t2a3a4a well you forgot the other "t" clicks which makes that specific move twice as hard.

Protoss is easier to macro, units have more health doesnt need as much attention since they dont die as fast as the other races, and since you dont need to give the army as much attention you can focus more on macro which is the core of protoss. Its almost ok to get wounded here and there since its going to get regenerated anyway.



According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
ExSoldier
Profile Joined April 2008
378 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:14:04
January 05 2009 11:12 GMT
#250
in low lvl games protoss is the easier race to use. however once it becomes about c+ level of game play protoss becomes the hardest race to use because protoss is race of adaptation. in other words you need nice game sense or your going to lose alot. A good proof of this is: many protoss players complain how pvz is imbal because in pvz protoss requires you to have great game sense
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
January 05 2009 11:14 GMT
#251
On January 05 2009 20:12 ExSoldier wrote:
in low lvl games protoss is the easier race to use. however once it becomes about c+ level of game play protoss becomes the hardest race to use because protoss is race of adaptation. in other words you need good nice sense or your going to lose alot. A good proof of this is: many protoss players complain how pvz is imbal because in pvz protoss requires you to have great game sense


how do you explain the dominance of protoss on a higher level then?
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
ExSoldier
Profile Joined April 2008
378 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:16:37
January 05 2009 11:15 GMT
#252
because they have great game sense and their multi tasking is out this world ^^ for example: why do you think bisu, kal, and jangbi is so good against zergs? while tempest stork and best isn't so strong against zerg.

also maps do play a part in this as well so >.>
4Servy
Profile Joined August 2008
Netherlands1542 Posts
January 05 2009 11:18 GMT
#253
C+/B- toss is the easyest level for toss imo, cause they are good enough to beat hard core terran timing pushes and they have seen zerg chees a 1000 times to so they can adapt easley vs that to. So mostly it gets a more standard game were they can use 1a2a3a4a5a to fullest potential.
ExSoldier
Profile Joined April 2008
378 Posts
January 05 2009 11:19 GMT
#254
to be honest with you all races have 1 mu that is very difficult to master for many:
tvz, pvz, zvz(or zvt people may argue)

so you really shouldn't choose race because one is considered the "easiest" by the community
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:23:33
January 05 2009 11:22 GMT
#255
On January 05 2009 20:15 ExSoldier wrote:
because they have great game sense and their multi tasking is out this world ^^ for example: why do you think bisu, kal, and jangbi is so good against zergs? while tempest stork and best isn't so strong against zerg.

also maps do play a part in this as well so >.>


Its not logical that protossplayers would happen to have better gamesense and multitasking.
Its not just considered the esiest race by the vast majority of this comunity, it also shows in the results from the top foreigners. Its no coincidence we had a pvp in the TSL finals.
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
ExSoldier
Profile Joined April 2008
378 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:30:13
January 05 2009 11:24 GMT
#256
On January 05 2009 20:22 AnOth3rDAy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2009 20:15 ExSoldier wrote:
because they have great game sense and their multi tasking is out this world ^^ for example: why do you think bisu, kal, and jangbi is so good against zergs? while tempest stork and best isn't so strong against zerg.

also maps do play a part in this as well so >.>


Its not logical that protossplayers would happen to have better gamesense and multitasking.
Its not just considered the esiest race by the vast majority of this comunity, it also shows in the results from the top foreigners. Its no coincidence we had a pvp in the TSL finals.


i didnt say all protoss players have great multitasking and gamesense. what i said was the protoss players that are especially good at pvz have these qualities over the zerg.

also if protoss is the "easiest" race. how do you explain protoss being the most unsuccessful race

also protoss is not all 1a2a3a. if you think about it protoss requires alot of actions in battle than terran and zerg. when terran just mines and sieges protoss have to unload from shuttle(use storm or reaver), move zealots(not attack ground), statis, and also you have to sometimes focus fire with dragoon.
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
January 05 2009 11:37 GMT
#257
On January 05 2009 20:24 ExSoldier wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2009 20:22 AnOth3rDAy wrote:
On January 05 2009 20:15 ExSoldier wrote:
because they have great game sense and their multi tasking is out this world ^^ for example: why do you think bisu, kal, and jangbi is so good against zergs? while tempest stork and best isn't so strong against zerg.

also maps do play a part in this as well so >.>


Its not logical that protossplayers would happen to have better gamesense and multitasking.
Its not just considered the esiest race by the vast majority of this comunity, it also shows in the results from the top foreigners. Its no coincidence we had a pvp in the TSL finals.


i didnt say all protoss players have great multitasking and gamesense. what i said was the protoss players that are especially good at pvz have these qualities over the zerg.

also if protoss is the "easiest" race. how do you explain protoss being the most unsuccessful race

also protoss is not all 1a2a3a. if you think about it protoss requires alot of actions in battle than terran and zerg. when terran just mines and sieges protoss have to unload from shuttle(use storm or reaver), move zealots(not attack ground), statis, and also you have to sometimes focus fire with dragoon.


Protoss isnt the most unsuccessful race so i dont have to explain that.
All races on a higher level are probably equally hard to micro, although if u mismicro with protoss it is not as bad as with terran or zerg. Its also easier to keep good macro with protoss since you dont have to pay as much attention to your army...
Saying that protoss would take more micro than zerg or terran is just false.
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
fearus
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
China2164 Posts
January 05 2009 11:45 GMT
#258
On January 05 2009 15:51 lgdDante wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2009 14:09 G5 wrote:
On January 05 2009 13:26 EleanorRIgby wrote:
On January 05 2009 13:22 lgdDante wrote:
On January 05 2009 12:45 G5 wrote:
On January 05 2009 11:06 Chill wrote:
On January 05 2009 10:59 IdrA wrote:
On January 05 2009 10:58 Chill wrote:
This is at D foreigner levels. Stupid people keep extrapolating it to top foreigner levels.

ya there wouldnt be so many foreign z's and t's dominating if it were really imbalanced
ohwaito_o


Haha okay thats fair


Don't fucking tell him that. Greg I love you but you need to cut that shit out. The only reason that there are more top foreign Protoss users than Z or T is because they worked harder at it. It is simply a fluke. If LX choose Terran and practiced equally as hard with his T as he did with his P he would be the same level he is at now. It's all a fluke, don't try to tell us Protoss users that our race is easier because our race worked harder than yours.

Think about how much practice White-Ra, IefNaij, NonY, Cloud, PJ, LX etc... etc... worked on there game and then think about all of the good but not top foreign Terrans and Zergs and tell me they have put in as much practice over such a long period of time and the only reason they aren't as good as the players I mentioned above is because Protoss is easier. So stupid.

So an entire race of players just happen to work harder than the other 2 races?



Yea thats an extremely retarded argument


If you think top 30 foreigners or top 30 period should be 10 Protoss, 10 Zerg, 10 Terran and take into absolutely NO consideration for the actual person playing the game, you are as ignorant as they come.

It's more ignorant to assume otherwise. While it most likely won't be a perfect 10/10/10 split, odds are the numbers will be pretty close. Unless you want to argue that more talented gamers are drawn toward picking a certain race.

I think a better argument is that more people tend to start off player as protoss, which therefore gives P a bigger pool of players to produce top players of that race.


You could have said the same thing about Terran 4 years ago and actually had alot more statistical evidence.
bisu fanboy
ExSoldier
Profile Joined April 2008
378 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-05 11:56:03
January 05 2009 11:50 GMT
#259
Protoss not the most unsuccessful race? here are the titles

osl:
7 zerg
7 protoss(no protoss won 2 titles in osl except garimto....)
11 terran
msl:
6 zerg
4 protoss(only nalra and bisu has msl titles...)
9 terran
wcg:
3 zerg
2 protoss(stork and foru has this title with foru winning with pure luck[how successful was foru...])
4 terran

and only recently protoss been dominating. That is why they called it golden age of protoss? I have said it before protoss requires great game sense and adapt to the opponent. As you can see no protoss won 2 titles in any tournaments except bisu and garimto. And since bisu has great sense and multitasking skills. it is safe to say protoss is the hardest in a higher level of play because bisu is the only successful protoss. that being said protoss is the most unsuccesssful race
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
January 05 2009 11:57 GMT
#260
On January 05 2009 20:50 ExSoldier wrote:
Protoss not the most unsuccessful race? here are the titles

osl:
7 zerg
7 protoss(no protoss won 2 titles in osl except garimto....)
11 terran
msl:
6 zerg
4 protoss(only nalra and bisu has msl titles...)
9 terran
wcg:
3 zerg
2 protoss(stork and foru has this title with foru winning with pure luck[how successful was foru...])
4 terran

and only recently protoss been dominating. That is why they called it golden age of protoss? I have said it before protoss requires great game sense and adapt to the opponent. As you can see no protoss won 2 titles in any tournaments except bisu and garimto. And since bisu has great sense and multitasking skills. it is safe to say protoss is the hardest in a higher level of play because bisu is the only successful protoss. that being said protoss is the most unsuccesssful race


we're not talking about the koreans. Atleast I am not.
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
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