On March 14 2012 14:06 MorroW wrote: rofl why would you make a poll like this its pretty ridiculous imo :/ only brings forward hatred and rage of people thats only arguments they have to back it up is their opinion and personal experience
i hope everyone realize this poll is not to be taken serious ^^
but seeing how there is no neutral option to take in the poll i guess that just means this was made for fun. anyway, i voted for protoss :-)
On March 14 2012 13:50 power-overwhelming wrote: This is very misleading. 1/1/1 still beats any Protoss any day. The reason why GSL is losing to Protosses is because for majority of 2011 it was all tvtvtvzvzvtvt. Now that a few Protosses got in, these Terrans and Zergs haven't figured out how to deal with them and are losing. Nothing really changed as far as balance goes. Terran is still the MOST COMPLETE race with the best defense and offense. Zerg still has the easiest macro less use of micro.
Protoss IS STILL BLAND. One dimensional.
lolol thank you for that post. very amusing
Yep, maybe to concentrate all balance whining and rage posts here so they don't polute others threads Not a bad idea imo !
Protoss is construed as the strongest race right now because right now the current state of the game is MACRO UP. Since Protoss is strongest in the late game, it only makes sense because that Protoss is the strongest right now.
Anyways, I voted terran, and I main both zerg and terran (almost random I guess). Terran because they have the best risk/reward situations or tools imo, but only by a slight margin I would say. The recent or still short Protoss success is no reason for calling toss imba, especially when they were below terran/zerg by a bit for a while (in pro scenes, most notably, the GSL). The rise of toss maybe be likened to The Legend of the Fall!
Troll Poll Lol. There should always be the option that all races are about as equally strong right now.
I went through the last 10 big events in the TL tracker and looked up the 1-4 place finishers, and I swear, I can't remember time when the picture is so ridiculously well balanced across all races. In almost every event top 4 has all 3 races represented, and they constantly rotate which race wins the events or takes 2nd, so doesn't seem there's any prevalence.
Almost makes me sad that HotS is knocking on the door, because now - right now - seems the best time for SC2: WoL. I wish this period would last longer and we would enjoy tons of events with very decently even races.
let us be realistic, such polls never get serious, since the begin of the time everyone voted toss as imba even if they was shitt and it will never change
Lol I feel like TL made this poll just to troll... Balance discussions are pointless, its a defense mechanism people use when they lose, tourney results/win-lose ratios for each race pretty much show that things are balanced
On March 14 2012 12:25 mrRoflpwn wrote: protoss wins a tournaments after 6 months~ protoss is immediately imba people are so pathetic.
No one said anything about imba. The poll asked which race is the strongest atm. And peolpe reconed it's toss. Why cry about it and think everyone else is wrong?
Terran is only weak because of their production method.
Toss gets "reversed" production, that means that they get the units first and then have the cooldown (production time) afterwards, This plays a significant role lategame after huge engagements. (like 200/200)
Zerg has production "banks" which enables them to create up to 4-5 production cycles at once. Zergs production mechanic doesnt seem to cause too many problems for terran tho.
i guess everything is quite balanced at the moment. there is a counter to everything and if you lose to a build order, you could have countered it easily if you made the right desicions.
In my opinion the game is more or less balanced. Of course there are a few matchups that favore one race at some point in the game. For example in PvT Terran is stronger in midgame, Protoss is stronger in lategame, but its also a balanced matchup.
I think all the guys crying about imbalance are just bad and dont know how to handle some situations. You can see it at the high level that all races are balanced. So I also miss the "no strongest race" button in the poll ;(
Protoss certainly have the edge. 9 times from 10 when i'm rolled by Terran or Zerg its hands up "ive been outplayed". I honestly cant say the same for these space Elfs. The game is pretty balanced tho, just think Protoss is the better constructed race.
But seriously... if you make a poll like this, an option like "i think it's pretty much balanced" would be nice. Since we have MLG Winterarena for the Terrans, GSL for the Zergs and IEM for Protoss. I think that's about the most even tournament results in a long time. Even the GSL Up/Down matches are/were even 2 Z, 2 P, 2 T. What more can you ask for?
Funny btw how everyone still thinks in Deathball vs. Deathball mentality. "I can't just go MMM with some ghosts and win anymore *crycry*" or "our deathball consisting out of cheaper units doesn't win against the one made of more expensive ones! unfair!" Well guess what, running head on into a protoss army is generally a very very bad idea.So stop doing it.
On March 14 2012 17:17 Chr15t wrote: Terran is only weak because of their production method.
Toss gets "reversed" production, that means that they get the units first and then have the cooldown (production time) afterwards, This plays a significant role lategame after huge engagements. (like 200/200)
Zerg has production "banks" which enables them to create up to 4-5 production cycles at once. Zergs production mechanic doesnt seem to cause too many problems for terran tho.
Also, Toss can warp in as many units as they have warpgates AT THE SAME LOCATION. Zerg reinforcements have to travel all over the map from respective hatches. A moot point, but an important one.
maybe protoss is the strongest race at the moment but i honestly dont mind it. the protoss race was bad for almost an entire year while terrans won gsl after gsl. now it's protoss time
Wow, for the first time, this is really really hard to answer for me. I think the difference is so small that if poll had the option I'd much rather vote for "the game is balanced" and that there are no clear strongest race.
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Not a bad idea imo !
