it has too definitions:

a) overpowered (imbalanced)
b) "I didnt figure out how to beat a certain strategy because I do the same things over and over again."

Uhh and e) Original post / poster.

By the way your personality is totally that of a terran. Believe me i can tell. We know this not you.

Sylvr

United States524 Posts

June 13 2010 09:25 GMT

#142

I've played Terran primarily thus far, but that's mainly because the 2 friends that I play with a lot had already picked Toss and Zerg.

Personally, I view Zerg as the type that that typically can't go toe-to-toe with a similar sized force of another race and have to rely more on ambushes, feints, and blind-siding to whittle their opponent down until victory is possible. They're more "tricky". They require some sort of outside advantage (surprise, positioning, superior intel, superior numbers, etc.) in order to compete. They have all the tools needed to GAIN these advantages, but it takes some ingenuity to make it work. If you try to do the same thing for Zerg that you do for Terran or Protoss, you're going to lose a lot of games.

I think Protoss excels in sheer power. Pretty much everything they can make is a threat. I would disagree that they have more options for "cheese" than other races. It's just that the same tier of cheese from them is more powerful pound-for-pound than the other races. I would say that the balance for this advantage is that they're more brittle than the other races. Their tech tree can be broken fairly easily and they're totally dependent on Pylons. Also, their workers have the least HP.

Terran just have options. Many many many options. They have a larger number of viable tech branches than the other races, and they have multiple answers to anything that can be thrown at them. They have the capacity to mimic some of the components of the other races' styles.

This is my opinion of how the Races are. It is subject to change as I get better with each race.

-Iron-

Germany27 Posts

June 13 2010 10:46 GMT

#143

On June 13 2010 16:59 -Desu- wrote:Terran - Like Zerg players, people who know the harsh conditions of life and get used to it but on the other hand who are so arrogant, play this race.

Replace arrogant with AWESOME then you're right (and tell your girlfriend she has to go back to the kitchen)!
Barney Stinson and Charlie Harper play Terran! True story.

Daedie

Belgium160 Posts

June 13 2010 11:02 GMT

#144

On June 13 2010 16:59 -Desu- wrote:
My girl friend's personality-race explanation:

Protoss - People who are noble and proud, a little bit arrogant, play this race.

Zerg - People who faced and learned the harsh conditions of life and went to bottom but still had the skill to rise up against all obstacles, play this race.

Terran - Like Zerg players, people who know the harsh conditions of life and get used to it but on the other hand who are so arrogant, play this race.

So you need to be either arrogant or have had a tough childhood to be a SC player? Interesting.

arnold(soTa)

Sweden352 Posts

June 13 2010 12:45 GMT

#145

I mained terran from beta day1, I took my spiritjourney, with spiritrope and all. I was visited by a hydralisk, he told me I need more mineralzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZSssssssssss

Leeoku

1617 Posts

June 13 2010 13:53 GMT

#146

u could also look at it in terms of easiness of macro. this is how i look at it.
Zerg: Easiest since u can group all ur hatcheries together and thats all u need. workers and army at once
Protoss: Medium, u can group all ur warpgates together and spam units in an area
Terran: Hardest since grouping buildings is kinda hard due to buildings having different addons might mess you up, or it would force u to go back to broodwar style of manually going to each building to pump units

Apolo

Portugal1259 Posts

June 13 2010 14:26 GMT

#147

Protoss - believe in good.
Zerg - believe in bad.
Terran - believe in beers and rock and roll.

arnold(soTa)

Sweden352 Posts

June 13 2010 15:49 GMT

#148

On June 13 2010 22:53 Leeoku wrote:
u could also look at it in terms of easiness of macro. this is how i look at it.
Zerg: Easiest since u can group all ur hatcheries together and thats all u need. workers and army at once
Protoss: Medium, u can group all ur warpgates together and spam units in an area
Terran: Hardest since grouping buildings is kinda hard due to buildings having different addons might mess you up, or it would force u to go back to broodwar style of manually going to each building to pump units

/me wonders if you are a terran player.
see this a lot from T players (I myself am one

) and I disagree. Terran macro is defenitly not harder than the other races, just different.
Personally I struggle the most with P macro during fights because I cannot just quee(spelling?) units and rally point them, I need to move to an area with pylonpower and warp, takes time away from micrO :-(

I suggest just playing all three races until you find out which one you are the best with, that is prob the race you are the most comfortable with , and to be honest, all races are cool except protoss.

FaTLiP

United States57 Posts

June 13 2010 22:12 GMT

#149

You can also do it by how you Play COD MW2.

Terran = Used n00b t00bs with One man army pro.

Protoss= Smg, rifile. Ran around with ninja, stopping, and marathon.

Zerg = Used commando, Lightweight, Throwing knife, and tac knife on a magnum.

Yeah. That seems pretty accurate.

Tiazi

Netherlands761 Posts

June 13 2010 23:06 GMT

#150

On June 12 2010 09:08 NevilleS wrote:
The only way to discover your 'true race' is to embark on a journey of spiritual discovery...

...Once your race has chosen you, you can pack up and head home, text your mom to come pick you up, etc. Hope this helps!

What he said.

Epic post!

figq

12519 Posts

June 13 2010 23:13 GMT

#151

Actually, you can personalize each race, especially if you play as random. It's not the race that makes your game, it's YOU that make the race's game.

Even though the 3 races may seem quite different, they are still more similar than the variety of game styles among players.

RogerChillingworth

2888 Posts

June 13 2010 23:18 GMT

#152

On June 14 2010 08:13 figq wrote:
Actually, you can personalize each race, especially if you play as random. It's not the race that makes your game, it's YOU that make the race's game.

I think this is spot on. If you take a sample size of 5 players per race, you can really see the differences.

Whether a Zerg player skips a Queen for an insanely fast lair and does a lot of one base play, 14 pool/16 hatches, doesn't get lair until several minutes into the game and gets 3-4 queens instead...

Same goes for T and P with one base play and proxying, cancelling buildings and laying down a ton of barracks. 1-1-1 for T, hiding tech every game for P.

It's just interesting to see how players tailor the race to their personality. It isn't so much the race itself that lures people in, but people who change the shape of the race.

DrakanSilva

Chile932 Posts

June 13 2010 23:38 GMT

#153

On June 12 2010 07:45 TheAngelofDeath wrote:
Just play what race feels right.

Other people's opinions shouldn't matter. Just play what you want to play man.

yes but what does it means to feel right with that race ?
are there some ingame mechanics that works for some kind of personality details ?
are there some personal point of views that make you play that kind of style ?

And you can make a lot of questions, psychological questions (even if is pure theory) that relates the kind of game or gameplay to your personality qualities.

It might be useless, but never the less, is just for fun research.
Maybe there is some kind of stereotype for zerg players that makes them different from terran players.

I don't know and i won't do any kind of research like that, but i thinkt that the OP wanted to meant was something like this.

And saying like "no there isn't" is false because you don't have quantitative proofs about it.

Who knows, there might be something that we are not aware off because nobody has invested the time to research it (even if it's useless and pure theory).

Darksun

United States17 Posts

June 14 2010 21:36 GMT

#154

In my opinion these are the feels of the races:
Zerg- swarm feel, easy to rush easy to harass, aggressive personality.

Terran- lumbering/strong feel, likes large armies/unit 'balls' middle of the field race, defensive personality.

Protoss- Egyptianesque look, small armies caster ability intensive difficult to hold early attacks, devious personality.

I myself fit best with and play Protoss and I love it.

crms

United States11933 Posts

June 14 2010 21:51 GMT

#155

i play zerg. I played protoss in BW (didn't play that much as I played war3) and felt I would play toss again in sc2.

In war3 i played UD forever then ORC (BMabuseLOL)

I only started zerg to try them out in a 2v2 with a friend first day of beta, and stuck with them ever since. I toy with going back to toss, but im so much better at zerg and enjoy it I don't feel its worth it. Currently diamond level as zerg and plat as toss.

anyway I'm zerg and I'm evil, so there you go.