EPTAnyone have any comments on how to know which race matches a certain personality?
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WCH
Canada239 Posts
Anyone have any comments on how to know which race matches a certain personality? THANKS! | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
Each race has it's own special feeling, I personally can play all 3 races decently but prefer terran because of the macro and units as well as their mechanics | ||
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WCH
Canada239 Posts
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
 Other people's opinions shouldn't matter. Just play what you want to play man. | ||
cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:44 WCH wrote: I actually want to be putting pressure on the opponent at all times, I feel as zerg sometimes I lack the ability to do so. Then I would say Terran (IMO). But also Zerg, (zerglings)... mostly referring to a game TLO vs some protoss player (I think it was in Europe VS Asia, where TLO continuously harassed the protoss player to death, with speedlings finding weak points and immobility). | ||
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Zexion
Sweden971 Posts
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Brokengamer
Philippines116 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:44 WCH wrote: I actually want to be putting pressure on the opponent at all times, I feel as zerg sometimes I lack the ability to do so. reapers-helions-banshess-vikings-MMMdrop-thordrop-raven turrets-nukes If you want constant harassment, then terran is for you. | ||
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AceMgy
United States26 Posts
Heck, you might even feel more comfortable with random after this. Each race doesn't have to conform to a specific playstyle, Zerg can chose not to play econ/macro heavy, Protoss doesn't have to tech up to have a small but deadly army, Terran is already pretty flexible. I play Protoss btw, 80% because of the thematic appeal of the race (I love their style of technology). I can easily have fun with the other races, and often do. It gives me a good insight into how my opponents think and play when I'm on my main race. | ||
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AmstAff
Germany949 Posts
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iEchoic
United States1776 Posts
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Looky
United States1608 Posts
Zerg : Best macroers - greedy personality Protoss: Best abilities - Crafty personality haha idk | ||
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Pablols
Chile517 Posts
Terran - idk Protoss - noble | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
I love putting constant pressure on opponents and picking apart defensive players in almost every other game, but in BW I still felt the most comfortable playing Terran, even in TvP with super defensive turtle styles. | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill | ||
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Creek
United States177 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill I don't think it's that simple, this might be true if this was being applied to 500apm players and such, but in lower level leagues Protoss is easiest, as it requires least apm as well as easiest macro. | ||
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Ordained
United States779 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill Biased much? | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill So cute orby <3. My game vs you goes against this theory as I beat you with terran and I have no skill. | ||
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cocosoft
Sweden1068 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill I will go ahead and say that Terran is the less OP race. | ||
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Cerion
213 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:14 Creek wrote: I don't think it's that simple, this might be true if this was being applied to 500apm players and such, but in lower level leagues Protoss is easiest, as it requires least apm as well as easiest macro. Protoss macro was easier in SC1 but that's not true in SC2, since you actually have to go to the pylon and click for each unit you warp in, while terran and zerg can produce from hotkeyed buildings while controlling their units | ||
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Creek
United States177 Posts
2) Don't use warpgates if this is big issue, xD. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
The key to winning is to make units cover each other's weaknesses, allowing the strenghts to shine Protoss - race for cool kids, you basically play this if you like lasers The key to winning is to make a little bit of everything and use the lasers when you're supposed to use them. Zerg - making a horde of animals with no identity and just throwing everything at your opponent. The key to winning is to make more than he can handle. | ||
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DooMDash
United States1015 Posts
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WCH
Canada239 Posts
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
and to op, just pick the race that you think is the coolest. i chose zerg as a child cause they were a bunch of crazy ass aliens and that's awesome. and if you want to apply constant pressure, then zerg is a good race for that. | ||
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Doc Daneeka
United States577 Posts
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill So enlightening. | ||
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Madkipz
Norway1643 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:41 WCH wrote: I personally do not know which race fits my personality. I have tried all three races and is currently most comfortable with zerg because this is the race I play most often (Platinum in latest patch). In a video on HD's channel, I saw PainUser talk about how which race you pick should be matched with your personality. I really want to match my playstyle along with the right race. Anyone have any comments on how to know which race matches a certain personality? THANKS! Terran, because you asked. Only humans are worried about personality and race affekting their gameplay. | ||
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Lazix
Australia378 Posts
Zerg - For all the punishment and harass you'll have to endure early game you must had been abused as a child and liked it. | ||
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andeh
United States904 Posts
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backtoback
Canada1276 Posts
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NevilleS
Canada266 Posts
The first step is to take a 40 ft ethernet cable. Cut off the ends and remove the plastic shielding so you can pull out the copper wires inside. You will see 8 different wires, some twisted together, others not. Pull the wires out and untangle them so you have 8 long pieces of wire and braid them together into one, stronger, more spiritual piece of 'spirit rope'. Use this rope to bind together your keyboard and mouse into a 'spirit bundle' and take this 'spirit bundle' with you out into the wilderness. Selecting the location of your spiritual journey is an important step. You need at least a square km of open space to bask in, preferably a meadow but a sunny park will do, and this open space should be near a wooded grove where you can meditate. I suggest using google maps to discover a suitable location near your house so you can get a ride there and get picked up later without a big hassle. Once you have a location you can start your fast. You should fast for 2 or 3 days, depending on how naturally spiritual you are (you can use online quizzes like this one: http://tinyurl.com/p963jq) to find out, if you score particularly well you can get away with only 2 days but if not I'd recommend 3 otherwise it might be a waste of time. You will know if you only need two! You're going to want to detoxify your body so that you can absorb your spiritual journey so something like a juice fast will work well (see this guide: http://tinyurl.com/33cz4sx for an example). On the day of your journey, walk out into the meadow and hold your spirit bundle to the sky. It might be helpful if you wear some ceremonial robes to help your mindset. You probably already have this, which will do: http://tinyurl.com/4aqsmv. Hold your bundle to the sky until you feel... a presence. You will know when it is time to proceed to the wooded grove and meditate. Go into the grove and find a nice place to sit down. Place your spirit bundle in front of you, and unwrap the spirit rope and place the keyboard to your left and the mouse to your right. Drape the spirit rope so it touches the keyboard, passes across your lap, and touches the mouse, then lay your hands on your knees (over the rope) and close your eyes. If you have been doing the fast correctly, you should already be pretty dizzy so you shouldn't have much trouble slipping into a deep trance. Since you are in a safe place and deep in a spiritual trance, you will be able to connect with the 3 races in their purest form. You must remain in this trance long enough until your race 'chooses' you. Eventually, you will be visited by the presence you felt in the field. They will reveal themselves to you in some strange way, perhaps a falling leaf or a rustling wind, but you will receive a spiritual message from either the Protoss, Terran or Zerg letting you know the true path of your destiny. 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! | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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DooMDash
United States1015 Posts
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WCH
Canada239 Posts
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. The first step is to take a 40 ft ethernet cable. Cut off the ends and remove the plastic shielding so you can pull out the copper wires inside. You will see 8 different wires, some twisted together, others not. Pull the wires out and untangle them so you have 8 long pieces of wire and braid them together into one, stronger, more spiritual piece of 'spirit rope'. Use this rope to bind together your keyboard and mouse into a 'spirit bundle' and take this 'spirit bundle' with you out into the wilderness. Selecting the location of your spiritual journey is an important step. You need at least a square km of open space to bask in, preferably a meadow but a sunny park will do, and this open space should be near a wooded grove where you can meditate. I suggest using google maps to discover a suitable location near your house so you can get a ride there and get picked up later without a big hassle. Once you have a location you can start your fast. You should fast for 2 or 3 days, depending on how naturally spiritual you are (you can use online quizzes like this one: http://tinyurl.com/p963jq) to find out, if you score particularly well you can get away with only 2 days but if not I'd recommend 3 otherwise it might be a waste of time. You will know if you only need two! You're going to want to detoxify your body so that you can absorb your spiritual journey so something like a juice fast will work well (see this guide: http://tinyurl.com/33cz4sx for an example). On the day of your journey, walk out into the meadow and hold your spirit bundle to the sky. It might be helpful if you wear some ceremonial robes to help your mindset. You probably already have this, which will do: http://tinyurl.com/4aqsmv. Hold your bundle to the sky until you feel... a presence. You will know when it is time to proceed to the wooded grove and meditate. Go into the grove and find a nice place to sit down. Place your spirit bundle in front of you, and unwrap the spirit rope and place the keyboard to your left and the mouse to your right. Drape the spirit rope so it touches the keyboard, passes across your lap, and touches the mouse, then lay your hands on your knees (over the rope) and close your eyes. If you have been doing the fast correctly, you should already be pretty dizzy so you shouldn't have much trouble slipping into a deep trance. Since you are in a safe place and deep in a spiritual trance, you will be able to connect with the 3 races in their purest form. You must remain in this trance long enough until your race 'chooses' you. Eventually, you will be visited by the presence you felt in the field. They will reveal themselves to you in some strange way, perhaps a falling leaf or a rustling wind, but you will receive a spiritual message from either the Protoss, Terran or Zerg letting you know the true path of your destiny. 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! epic advice bro | ||
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simples
United Kingdom54 Posts
Also, if your opponent is not paying attention and you micro void rays well its a easy win. P.S. Although, I'm probably going to switch to zerg now. | ||
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GiveMeFace
United Kingdom86 Posts
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
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NATO
United States459 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill /Agree Not sure how patch 13/14 would affect zerg skill though. I haven't played zerg in a while. | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
Zerg - play this race if you are ugly Protoss - play this race if you are really smart and a total bad ass. | ||
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SkCom
Canada229 Posts
On June 12 2010 09:28 Mastermind wrote: Terran - play this race if you are a red neck Zerg - play this race if you are ugly Protoss - play this race if you are really smart and a total bad ass. agreed you just KNOW what race fits you the moment you see it goes like this : which race did you think ROXXXED the HARDEST when you first saw the 3 races for the first time? Not talking about which race was strongest or had so and so abilities. For me, the moment I saw da 'toss I knew I had to play those badass, lightsaber wielding PSYCHO MOTHER F*#KERS! go with your gut kid srsly | ||
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NevilleS
Canada266 Posts
On June 12 2010 09:28 Mastermind wrote: Terran - play this race if you are a red neck Zerg - play this race if you are ugly Protoss - play this race if you are really smart and a total bad ass. This is really bad advice. I've spoken to a number of my spiritual brethren who you might call 'rednecks' but they are visited by Protoss or Zerg spirits. One such friend had a small butterfly land on his knee and he felt a psionic presence caressing his arms gently, telling him to 'feel the fallen voices of Aiur guide his hands' and that 'he and his zealot brothers would dance with him in combat'. He turned out to be a pretty good Protoss player. | ||
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ckw
United States1018 Posts
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Entertaining
Canada793 Posts
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Dance.jhu
United States292 Posts
Terran: A human personality Protoss: A homosexual personality | ||
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D3lta
United States93 Posts
As a Terran Player that has played other races, I'd say Terran works best for those who are into crafty harass combined with predominately defensive play. Despite what many people will have you believe, Terran usually don't simply attack their opponent's base with their army until something significant has happened (keep in mind everything about how a race "works" is a generality). Rather, they tend to turtle and harass, forcing the enemy into a compromising attack. Protoss feel the most inherently aggressive to me. They excel at one base vs one base play, warpgate mechanics being a prime example of toss's unrelenting pushes. However the truth is there are more macro heavy toss players, Terran that like there 3 early rax marauder aggression, and zerg that unrelentingly harass on one base for the first 8-9 mins of the game. | ||
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AceMgy
United States26 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:35 niteReloaded wrote: Terran - if you liked power rangers, combining stuff to make a thing that's stronger than the sum of its parts. The key to winning is to make units cover each other's weaknesses, allowing the strenghts to shine Protoss - race for cool kids, you basically play this if you like lasers The key to winning is to make a little bit of everything and use the lasers when you're supposed to use them. Zerg - making a horde of animals with no identity and just throwing everything at your opponent. The key to winning is to make more than he can handle. This is essentially why I play protoss. I saw the collosus and void ray and was like "OMG lasers!" Looking a bit more into the lore of the race I found out that pylons were essentially crystal computers for the toss. This is really cool because one of the methods being tried now to build quantum computers uses crystals and tiny defects to create potential wells for q-bits to sit. Additionally the warp prism essentially downloads units into its computer, then re-manifests them upon arrival. The units are transformed into information and then back into physical form. Holy shit! That's fucking awesome. This is much like the quantum teleportation technology that might be possible in several hundred years. Also explains how warp-in works. If you couldn't tell, yeah I'm a physics student. We have an unhealthy fascination with lasers. Long story short, just play the race you think is coolest, don't make it a big deal. I still suggest the 100 games of each race idea I posted earlier, if only to give you a good idea of what strategies each race uses. | ||
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Ordained
United States779 Posts
On June 12 2010 10:10 Dance.jhu wrote: Zerg: A overmind personality Terran: A human personality Protoss: A homosexual personality Pretty much this | ||
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Kurt_Russell
Canada147 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + **Comment meant to save me from getting banned** | ||
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Doc Daneeka
United States577 Posts
On June 12 2010 10:36 AceMgy wrote: This is essentially why I play protoss. I saw the collosus and void ray and was like "OMG lasers!" Looking a bit more into the lore of the race I found out that pylons were essentially crystal computers for the toss. This is really cool because one of the methods being tried now to build quantum computers uses crystals and tiny defects to create potential wells for q-bits to sit. Additionally the warp prism essentially downloads units into its computer, then re-manifests them upon arrival. The units are transformed into information and then back into physical form. Holy shit! That's fucking awesome. This is much like the quantum teleportation technology that might be possible in several hundred years. Also explains how warp-in works. If you couldn't tell, yeah I'm a physics student. We have an unhealthy fascination with lasers. Long story short, just play the race you think is coolest, don't make it a big deal. I still suggest the 100 games of each race idea I posted earlier, if only to give you a good idea of what strategies each race uses. haha yeah... similarly i'm a biology student and i've always loved the viral, all-consuming scariness of the zerg. | ||
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ProoM
Lithuania1741 Posts
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Severedevil
United States4839 Posts
You're Terran. | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
"Do I love the smell of napalm in the morning?" --> play Terran "Do I like men?" --> play Toss "Do I wanna get dominated and tentacleraped by Kerrigan?" --> play Zerg | ||
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Vei
United States2845 Posts
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ckw
United States1018 Posts
Lol! ^^ | ||
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
ROFL at the advice of NevilleS, so spiritually enlightening. | ||
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DJhozy
Singapore34 Posts
IMO terrans = defensive (like a turtle in a shell, slow and steady wins the race) zerg = offensive/aggresive (fast spawning units/fast movement speed) protoss = in between terran and zerg. | ||
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knyttym
United States5797 Posts
Zerg are lazy asses who want to sit back and make a shit ton of units. CLick v occasionally and win with sheer numbers. Play until your opponent leaves from boredom Protoss are kind of a mix between the annoying and the lazy. They want to sit back and make there deathball but also have ridiculously annoying units (sentry, colossus, phoenix). So ideally they bother you all game putting you on edge then plow through your army in one big wave. | ||
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GhoSt[shield]
Canada2131 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:22 cocosoft wrote: I will go ahead and say that Terran is the less OP race. You can go ahead and say that but it doesn't mean you are correct. There was a thread recently counting all the buffs/nerfs to each respective race. Terran was highly buffed throughout the beta with the tanks, thors, battlecruisers, reapers and bio upgrades coming cheaper and faster. Nerfs came solely to the reactors, tech lab and marauder shells with a balancing of reaper D-8s. Zerg got nerf batted heavily to: roaches, infestors, overlord speed, with the Ultra being the most buffed with speed coming free but a reduction in health. Protoss had warpgates nerfed due to the low research time made the mirror match-up a 3-warpgate joke. The mothership was nerfed heavily also due to ridiculous abilities. Terran MAY be balanced, but the lack of overkill from tanks and their increased firing rate combined with marauders/hellions tanking in front has made Terran VERY powerful. | ||
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aznhockeyboy16
United States558 Posts
anyways, the fact is just play whatever race you like... I personally like terran in this game because I can continuously make scvs without having to worry about whether or not I should be stopping worker production like I did with zerg. (I was a BW zerg player and my games would always end with me roflstomping my opponent or having him kill me while I was still droning...) Also, I hate protoss and I can't play them at all... the timing on warpgates is ridiculously confusing to me, and I just don't like dealing with all their army units costing so much psi. also, you can be aggressive or macro based with any of the races. except maybe protoss... I don't actually know how you turtle with protoss... also... to the guy above me... don't whine so much about what got nerfed and what got buffed... it's stupid and means nothing except that blizzard thought things weren't balanced before... | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
You can go ahead and say that but it doesn't mean you are correct. There was a thread recently counting all the buffs/nerfs to each respective race. Terran was highly buffed throughout the beta with the tanks, thors, battlecruisers, reapers and bio upgrades coming cheaper and faster. Nerfs came solely to the reactors, tech lab and marauder shells with a balancing of reaper D-8s. Zerg got nerf batted heavily to: roaches, infestors, overlord speed, with the Ultra being the most buffed with speed coming free but a reduction in health. Protoss had warpgates nerfed due to the low research time made the mirror match-up a 3-warpgate joke. The mothership was nerfed heavily also due to ridiculous abilities. Terran MAY be balanced, but the lack of overkill from tanks and their increased firing rate combined with marauders/hellions tanking in front has made Terran VERY powerful. Hence, making them the spoiled brats that they are... Guess this is a good decision because I think we will see a lot of noobys convert to Terran on gamerelease because they feel comfortable with 'em due to the campaign. Terran has finally become beginner friendly which they weren't in comparison with SC and BW (I am saying this because I helped a lot of beginners having problems to figure out terran back in the old days of Starcraft and BW). I think this is a good thing because I want the game and It's community to grow as much as it can. I don't want a small group of elitists reigning because of a high entrylevel as the last years of Broodwar were (and yes I talk about it as if it was dead for a reason..). Even if that means to play in divisions with strange names and to have terran buffed. I have no problem with Terran beeing easy to play for beginners (on the contrary) as long as there is room for improvement and a way to separate the wheat from the chaff. The more danger, the more honor. Right now I see no reason to think Starcraft 2 lacks these qualities. | ||
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:47 cocosoft wrote: Then I would say Terran (IMO). But also Zerg, (zerglings)... mostly referring to a game TLO vs some protoss player (I think it was in Europe VS Asia, where TLO continuously harassed the protoss player to death, with speedlings finding weak points and immobility). NAH. This was Nony vs TLO in the something lol. :3 And Nony is american so def not Euro vs Asia. Anyways, and well Nony pylon blocked so he did hatch at an expo close to nonys bse. | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On June 12 2010 09:28 Mastermind wrote: Terran - play this race if you are a red neck Zerg - play this race if you are ugly Protoss - play this race if you are really smart and a total bad ass. I'm proof of the toss one ^^ I got a rating of about 1000(started at about 500) at chess and I've only been playing officially for three years. Plus I'm great at tricking people into thinking I have my whole army being rallied to the enemy base when I have 2 more gates proxied somewhere rallied to the left/right of his choke getting ready to hit is base while he is out trying to kill me ^^. Also, I'm smart enough to know to proxy pylons everywhere to check for bases being taken and for drops coming towards my base. Protoss is for the cool and smart kids as well as the occasional bad ass! Terran is a race for kids that have ADHD and are strong. Zerg is a race for kids who want to invade their own world(whether it be Aiur, Earth, Mara Sara, or some weird world like bikini world, it will be invaded by the zerg!). | ||
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AncienTs
Japan227 Posts
but really, i think whichever race makes your hot-keying fingers (left-hand) feel the most comfortable? | ||
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kRow
Canada22 Posts
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DJhozy
Singapore34 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:37 kRow wrote: no race takes skill in sc2, my 8 year old sister beat 3 ppl , when in sc1 i tried to teacher she couldnt even beat the computer.... you should ready your sis for wcg! | ||
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:37 kRow wrote: no race takes skill in sc2, my 8 year old sister beat 3 ppl , when in sc1 i tried to teacher she couldnt even beat the computer.... why arent you good then? bad players are not allowed to say a game is easy. | ||
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NevilleS
Canada266 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:39 IdrA wrote: why arent you good then? bad players are not allowed to say a game is easy. Because IdrA, every time he loses its because he lost the random coin flip rock paper scissors battle. OR its because the race he plays is totally underpowered and his opponents were using OP units. | ||
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gravity
Australia1847 Posts
Terran - Johnny Protoss - Timmy Zerg - Spike | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
In terms of Magic: the Gathering player types (see http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr11b), I'd say the closest match is: Terran - Johnny Protoss - Timmy Zerg - Spike can't find the playertypes | ||
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gravity
Australia1847 Posts
Fixed the URL. | ||
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AJMcSpiffy
United States1154 Posts
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Zerluth
Argentina78 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill Wow, ¿really? I think Scissors is OP too, but takes too much skill to get those 2 fingers out in time to beat his stupid paper. NevilleS and IdrA best answers ever. BTW ¿the Idra? then you have no skill according to our dear friend orb, given you play Zerg... WCH: Start playing random until you get happy for spawning as a certain race o bad for spawning as another one. | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:52 Turbo.Tactics wrote: Show nested quote + In terms of Magic: the Gathering player types (see http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr11b), I'd say the closest match is: Terran - Johnny Protoss - Timmy Zerg - Spike can't find the playertypes Fixed the URL. A lol... i couldn't read it because of the greater firewall of china >.< Read it through a proxy now and I think the comparison is genius! | ||
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IPlaySC
United States79 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:37 kRow wrote: no race takes skill in sc2, my 8 year old sister beat 3 ppl , when in sc1 i tried to teacher she couldnt even beat the computer.... by that do you mean she beat you three times? | ||
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WCH
Canada239 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:48 gravity wrote: In terms of Magic: the Gathering player types (see http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr11b ), I'd say the closest match is: Terran - Johnny Protoss - Timmy Zerg - Spike Interesting... I used to play magic... More of a Spike/Johnny lol.. | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
Interesting... I used to play magic... More of a Spike/Johnny lol.. Then you should be familiar with the name Turbo Stasis.. (my first nick until i realized Protoss has stasis. And i hate protoss!) I'm a Johnny of course | ||
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DROPPINBOMBS
United States312 Posts
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
I play Terran because its fits my personality, Because i look like Thor That's perfectly fine as long as you don't talk like it. :D | ||
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waffling1
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1) easy production method a) one unit producing structure for ALL units). b) no having to check the progress of unit-producing-structures to queue up the next unit; u make and ur done. c) one tech building and ur done (no special building for this unit or that (queen is an exception, but it doesn't really count) - turning 14 larvae into all hydralisks is fun - injecting larvae knowing that you will soon be able to queue up 14 larvae all into hydralisks is fun too. 2) "powering" drones and finding the line of when u can get away with more macro appeals to my efficiency-obsessed (aka "greedy" or "lured by potential massive macro") side 3) i love being able to produce tons of units at once, or surge, or quickly prepare in response. i also prefer having to manage creep tumors and overlords over watching unit producing structures or chronoboosts (mules are easy enough) yeah, i think zerg isn't as much of a micro/tactical race compared to the other two. it's all about surrounds, concaves and macros predominantly. But a "tactical" move i like to do is baneling drops on the workers, while distracting the opponent's focus with an army somewhere else. BOOM BOOM BOOM. sit back and macro + defense some more oh yeah lets get some more sharing of specific reasons from your own perspective even if it's just for your one race, rather than making blanket caricature statements that will undoubtedly invoke disagreement, the word "biased" and the word "troll" | ||
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
- You constantly have to show others how manly you are. You would never risk to do anything unmanly. If your a women then you are attracted to men that are that way. - You like those movies where someone has to build a team to solve a problem and every teammember gets his own scene to introduce him/her. There's the nerd, the sly, the muscular (but silent/dumb), the tough women, the technician etc. - You think SC2 is about tactics. Zerg: - You think that you somehow must be "the bad guy", who is cynic/sarcastic all the time. - You like movies with interesting antagonists. And your allways on their side. - You think SC2 is about calculation. Protoss - You think that there is a 'truth', and that everyone should follow your lifestyle. If someone doesn't then he's 'wrong'. - You like movies with moralistic undertones. But they have to fit your ideology. - You think SC2 is about army compositions. | ||
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RoboFerret
United States70 Posts
I personally chose Protoss way back in Starcraft cause I was like "Wow, protoss are friggen badass. I'm gonna be them and just look awesome." I had no gameplay knowledge, no way of knowing if I liked defensive play or anything. I simply liked Protoss, and tried to learn them, and they've stuck with me. | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
Terran: - You constantly have to show others how manly you are. You would never risk to do anything unmanly. If your a women then you are attracted to men that are that way. - You like those movies where someone has to build a team to solve a problem and every teammember gets his own scene to introduce him/her. There's the nerd, the sly, the muscular (but silent/dumb), the tough women, the technician etc. - You think SC2 is about tactics. Zerg: - You think that you somehow must be "the bad guy", who is cynic/sarcastic all the time. - You like movies with interesting antagonists. And your allways on their side. - You think SC2 is about calculation. Protoss - You think that there is a 'truth', and that everyone should follow your lifestyle. If someone doesn't then he's 'wrong'. - You like movies with moralistic undertones. But they have to fit your ideology. - You think SC2 is about army compositions. Best post in this thread so far. I feel you got me with the zerg one... | ||
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splcer
United States166 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:14 Creek wrote: I don't think it's that simple, this might be true if this was being applied to 500apm players and such, but in lower level leagues Protoss is easiest, as it requires least apm as well as easiest macro. we arent talking about scbw here we are talking about sc2 where i dont think toss is the easiest to macro with | ||
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
Terran- if you like pepsi Protoss- if you like coke Zerg- if you like to eat the guy drinking the pepsi and/or coke | ||
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Epithet
United States840 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:24 3FFA wrote: I'm proof of the toss one ^^ I got a rating of about 1000(started at about 500) at chess and I've only been playing officially for three years. Plus I'm great at tricking people into thinking I have my whole army being rallied to the enemy base when I have 2 more gates proxied somewhere rallied to the left/right of his choke getting ready to hit is base while he is out trying to kill me ^^. Also, I'm smart enough to know to proxy pylons everywhere to check for bases being taken and for drops coming towards my base. Protoss is for the cool and smart kids as well as the occasional bad ass! Terran is a race for kids that have ADHD and are strong. Zerg is a race for kids who want to invade their own world(whether it be Aiur, Earth, Mara Sara, or some weird world like bikini world, it will be invaded by the zerg!). 1000 Elo is like scholastic level in the chess world. | ||
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Dice.
United States78 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:29 Cerion wrote: Protoss macro was easier in SC1 but that's not true in SC2, since you actually have to go to the pylon and click for each unit you warp in, while terran and zerg can produce from hotkeyed buildings while controlling their units Macro easier in SC1? You're trippin'! And Protoss should be warping units in right on the damn battlefield, or very close to it. Keep a probe with your army? EDIT: Warp prism maybe? Seem very handy, shuttle + warp in. | ||
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Zerksys
United States569 Posts
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prodigy.dts
United States35 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:59 Looky wrote: Terran: best harassers - annoying personality Zerg : Best macroers - greedy personality Protoss: Best abilities - Crafty personality haha idk as a terran that suites me perfectly | ||
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prodigy.dts
United States35 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:39 IdrA wrote: why arent you good then? bad players are not allowed to say a game is easy. agreed, same applies to the many people ive seen that like to say FPS games like CS1.6 are easy. always pushing forth the "i could be good if i wanted" notion | ||
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Effect010
Germany89 Posts
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
(tone of cheeses, allins and the option to turtle into win) 2.) If you are versatile and attracted to powerful things go for P (cheeses and allins are viable but standard play is just as good, overall robust units, you can outexpand your opp or beat him with other methods) 3.) If you are a more straight forward type who relies on skill and outclassin the opponent go for Z (less cheeses and allins, more fragile at many points, requires solid mechanics) Imo ^^ As you could guess i'm a Z | ||
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Yung
United States727 Posts
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Martylang
Netherlands40 Posts
On June 12 2010 17:00 XKiller wrote: you can have any personality with any race its how you play them that effects it so just play what you like most or play random. ^ ^ Best post because it's true. | ||
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DuncanIdaho
United States465 Posts
One thing though, I'm a random player, and I don't think it's so much a matter of personality as it is a matter of mood. When I'm sitting down for a good game and my mind is open and at a state of sort of, full-awareness, for lack of a betterway to describe it (e.g., had a good night's sleep, had my coffee, drove to my office and a nice story was played on NPR on the way, and life is simply, peachy), I play random and tend to do well. If I play one race too many times in a row, whether I'm winning or not, I get bored really fast. Other times, when I'm not in my typical euphoric-random state, I just pick whatever suits my mood. If I'm angry and need to vent my frustration, I usually play terran due to the harrasment potential. If I feel like I am the smartest person in the world and all the rest of humanity whimper and grovel beneath my awesomeness, I'll play protoss, due to there strength in few numbers. If I'm paranoid that I might lose and need to control the map and react to whatever the opponent has in store for me, quickly, I'll play zerg, due to their quick tech switching and fast xpo. And although I like all three, for whatever reason I like zerg the best, though I choose random the most.  *Edit: Perhaps I like zerg because of their nydus worm and my Dune fetish, though I must say this worm is what makes them the most mobile as well, imo, especially if you have several exits scattered about* Personally, I think random has it's own strategic advantage, in that it throws the opponent off on their early build order, since they don't know what to expect, and once they scout you, they tend to underestimate you. I have about 2-3 strategies I tend to play for each of the 3 races, and then the rest is all planning counters and reacting to what the opponent is doing, while keeping as much map control and sight out there as possible. | ||
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
On June 12 2010 12:39 IdrA wrote: why arent you good then? bad players are not allowed to say a game is easy. Have you ever heard the saying 'A day to learn, a lifetime to master' ? It applies for SC2. Just because the game is easy doesn't automaticly makes you the best player at it. It can be related to dart. Its easy to learn to throw the arrow and hit the board but pro players will of course beat you because they have developted and sharpened their tactics of how to make the best out of one throw. | ||
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
On June 12 2010 22:20 LittleeD wrote: Have you ever heard the saying 'A day to learn, a lifetime to master' ? It applies for SC2 then it isnt easy... | ||
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Piski
Finland3461 Posts
On June 12 2010 14:32 clickrush wrote: Terran: - You constantly have to show others how manly you are. You would never risk to do anything unmanly. If your a women then you are attracted to men that are that way. - You like those movies where someone has to build a team to solve a problem and every teammember gets his own scene to introduce him/her. There's the nerd, the sly, the muscular (but silent/dumb), the tough women, the technician etc. - You think SC2 is about tactics. Zerg: - You think that you somehow must be "the bad guy", who is cynic/sarcastic all the time. - You like movies with interesting antagonists. And your allways on their side. - You think SC2 is about calculation. Protoss - You think that there is a 'truth', and that everyone should follow your lifestyle. If someone doesn't then he's 'wrong'. - You like movies with moralistic undertones. But they have to fit your ideology. - You think SC2 is about army compositions. You nailed it. | ||
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Maginor
Norway505 Posts
Protoss - superior toughness Zerg - superior numbers | ||
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Tristan
Canada566 Posts
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
If you want to be looking at some cool animations with shiny stuff and a race of Jedi go for Protoss. If you like the alien eroticism of Zerg buildings pulsating and erupting in, the erratic but relentless spread of creep, pooping of creep tumors, and throbbing in general, go for Zerg. | ||
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nihoh
Australia978 Posts
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Mentos
United Kingdom203 Posts
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groms
Canada1017 Posts
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gillon
Sweden1578 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill How cute, still clueless and trolling along. | ||
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
You hate Protoss because they can warp in their units close to the battle. You're the kind of guy that loves big guns and fields of death caused by your explosive ridden attacks. If you play rock,paper,scizzors you wish you could pick explosion to just get it over with and win the game. You're firmly convinced that even if you have 10 marauders and easily deal with fully upgraded ultralisks, you're not overpowered in any way whatsoever. Then you play Terran. You're kinda ok with everyone. You take it easy and keep a heads up for everything that happens around you. Though you're the kinda guy that would go to a toddlers playground and beat down 5 of them just so you can prove that 1-attack zealots are far superior to the masses of zerglings. You suffer the same curse as Flash, without pylon power or shields, you're no big deal to play against. You can't give feedback to your colleagues because in some way or another, you will offend or even hurt them. You don't like your Mother and even if you were lying on your deathbed you wouldn't summon her with your Nexus One phone. Then you play Protoss. I play zerg, guess which race I like or hate. | ||
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Latham
9560 Posts
ZvZ is just baneling/speedling spam into mutas. PvP is warpgate galore into robo (lol, like there is an alternative xD) TVT is viking>banshee>tank>marine>viking or just straight up viking/tank. Think carefully which one of these matchups doesn't drive you crazy. I chose zerg because PvP is a snoozefest and TvT makes me think about committing suicide everytime I play it. | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
Zerg kind of has a build a lot of weak crap and hope you can surprise them with burrow if they're competent. Go them if you don't like having very many options and you want to have to force the issue to win. Terran has a I can harass, macro, micro, spellcast, defend, and be aggressive better than the other races feel. Go them if you plan on playing competitively. Protoss has the most personality of the three. Play them if you like being creative and using a little bit of everything. | ||
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Stripes
Australia57 Posts
[B]Protoss macro was easier in SC1 but that's not true in SC2, since you actually have to go to the pylon and click for each unit you warp in, while terran and zerg can produce from hotkeyed buildings while controlling their units errr.. protoss have a specific key JUST for warp gates. You dont even have to remember to hotkey them yourself ... lol | ||
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JonChamp
Denmark31 Posts
On June 12 2010 23:19 groms wrote: I picked toss for one reason and one reason only.... LAZER BEAMS!!! PEW PEW BIATCH!! I laughed..! In all seriousness, i do believe the personality and race-theory. I used to play zerg, and I'm the person who is hoping the humans (terrans!) in Avatar would kill the shit out of those hippie-blue-people. | ||
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Kurumi
Poland6130 Posts
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Dubo
United States161 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Zerg - Not OP but skilless There goes my "good sc players are smart" theory. I guess you just play a lot. edit: I'm assuming you're the actual orb and not just some stupid kid using a similar name. I mean, I'm assuming you're the actual orb.* | ||
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ConsummateK
United States98 Posts
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
On June 12 2010 09 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 12 2010 09 end_of_the_skype_highlighting:08 NevilleS wrote: The only way to discover your 'true race' is to embark on a journey of spiritual discovery. The first step is to take a 40 ft ethernet cable. Cut off the ends and remove the plastic shielding so you can pull out the copper wires inside. You will see 8 different wires, some twisted together, others not. Pull the wires out and untangle them so you have 8 long pieces of wire and braid them together into one, stronger, more spiritual piece of 'spirit rope'. Use this rope to bind together your keyboard and mouse into a 'spirit bundle' and take this 'spirit bundle' with you out into the wilderness. Selecting the location of your spiritual journey is an important step. You need at least a square km of open space to bask in, preferably a meadow but a sunny park will do, and this open space should be near a wooded grove where you can meditate. I suggest using google maps to discover a suitable location near your house so you can get a ride there and get picked up later without a big hassle. Once you have a location you can start your fast. You should fast for 2 or 3 days, depending on how naturally spiritual you are (you can use online quizzes like this one: http://tinyurl.com/p963jq) to find out, if you score particularly well you can get away with only 2 days but if not I'd recommend 3 otherwise it might be a waste of time. You will know if you only need two! You're going to want to detoxify your body so that you can absorb your spiritual journey so something like a juice fast will work well (see this guide: http://tinyurl.com/33cz4sx for an example). On the day of your journey, walk out into the meadow and hold your spirit bundle to the sky. It might be helpful if you wear some ceremonial robes to help your mindset. You probably already have this, which will do: http://tinyurl.com/4aqsmv. Hold your bundle to the sky until you feel... a presence. You will know when it is time to proceed to the wooded grove and meditate. Go into the grove and find a nice place to sit down. Place your spirit bundle in front of you, and unwrap the spirit rope and place the keyboard to your left and the mouse to your right. Drape the spirit rope so it touches the keyboard, passes across your lap, and touches the mouse, then lay your hands on your knees (over the rope) and close your eyes. If you have been doing the fast correctly, you should already be pretty dizzy so you shouldn't have much trouble slipping into a deep trance. Since you are in a safe place and deep in a spiritual trance, you will be able to connect with the 3 races in their purest form. You must remain in this trance long enough until your race 'chooses' you. Eventually, you will be visited by the presence you felt in the field. They will reveal themselves to you in some strange way, perhaps a falling leaf or a rustling wind, but you will receive a spiritual message from either the Protoss, Terran or Zerg letting you know the true path of your destiny. 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! Amazing post gj! | ||
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
On June 13 2010 01:41 Dubo wrote: There goes my "good sc players are smart" theory. I guess you just play a lot. edit: I'm assuming you're the actual orb and not just some stupid kid using a similar name. I mean, I'm assuming you're the actual orb.* If I where orb then comments like this would give me so much e-sadisfaction! | ||
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monitor
United States2404 Posts
Terran: best harassers - annoying personality Zerg : Best macroers - greedy personality Protoss: Best abilities - Crafty personality haha idk Do you play Protoss? | ||
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Azarthis
United Kingdom19 Posts
Other race: OP Other Race: For idiots My race: Totally Fucking Awesome dude! I would say: Protoss: Slightly elitist, "my units are more powerful therefore i'm better", also easily impressed by shiny objects. Zerg: Slightly megalomaniac, "all your map are belong to me", also probably turned on by tentacle anime Terran:Slightly Pyromaniac, "Duuh i has a boomstick", also probably thinks the other races are for elitist idiots or anime tentacle lovers. | ||
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Mentos
United Kingdom203 Posts
On June 13 2010 02:36 clickrush wrote: If I where orb then comments like this would give me so much e-sadisfaction! who the fuck is orb? honest question... | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On June 13 2010 03:04 Azarthis wrote: anyone noticed how all the responses are: Other race: OP Other Race: For idiots My race: Totally Fucking Awesome dude! I would say: Protoss: Slightly elitist, "my units are more powerful therefore i'm better", also easily impressed by shiny objects. Zerg: Slightly megalomaniac, "all your map are belong to me", also probably turned on by tentacle anime Terran:Slightly Pyromaniac, "Duuh i has a boomstick", also probably thinks the other races are for elitist idiots or anime tentacle lovers. I think this is the first or second post that makes sense in this thread. | ||
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Wr3k
Canada2533 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill lol... | ||
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EatCrow
Estonia333 Posts
Zerg - you like the alien in Alien vs Predator Terran - you like the masculine hunks in the alien movies Yes, I am a P player. | ||
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Deleted User 76781
101 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:09 -orb- wrote: Simple: Terran - Most OP but still takes skill Zerg - Not OP but skilless Protoss - Not OP and takes skill What does OP mean? | ||
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clickrush
Switzerland3257 Posts
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." | ||
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Kurumi
Poland6130 Posts
c) I tried almost everything,can somebody tell me how to beat that strategy? | ||
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
d) I'm trolling everyone here. | ||
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VelRa_G
Canada304 Posts
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Deathstar
9150 Posts
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Undercroft
United Kingdom166 Posts
On June 13 2010 03:04 Azarthis wrote: anyone noticed how all the responses are: Other race: OP Other Race: For idiots My race: Totally Fucking Awesome dude! I would say: Protoss: Slightly elitist, "my units are more powerful therefore i'm better", also easily impressed by shiny objects. Zerg: Slightly megalomaniac, "all your map are belong to me", also probably turned on by tentacle anime Terran:Slightly Pyromaniac, "Duuh i has a boomstick", also probably thinks the other races are for elitist idiots or anime tentacle lovers. also probably turned on by tentacle anime maybe... *shifty eyes* but anyways. I love zerg. I fell in love with thta race the moment i saw them. There's something beautiful about the way the way they assimilate or eradicate all lifeforms they come across in their neverending goal of biological perfection. Also studying zoology might have biased me a little. I play random though. Know thy enemy and all that jazz | ||
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ckw
United States1018 Posts
On June 13 2010 05:41 Deathstar wrote: What are random players? People with personality disorders? lolol | ||
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Impervious
Canada4200 Posts
Originally, in SCBW, I played Terran, because I percieved that they were the most versatile. After getting more comfortable with the controls of the game, I figured that Zerg would actually fit my playstyle more. There are so many different strategies available for ZvT and ZvP, and figuring out when you can squeeze an extra drone or two is a crucial skill. And ZvZ is just so much fun anyways. Having watched a few streams of SC2, I figured Terran was the most versatile race. And, having played ~100 games over the course of the beta, I figured I made the right choice. There are so many options available. | ||
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Infiltrator
Montenegro80 Posts
Protoss on the other hand offer the most specialized units. If you like to micro, protoss is for you because a lot of success is based on your ability to use force fields, storms, blinks etc. The mentality of protoss in a non-rush game is this - get a unit combination that crushes the enemy opposition, and employ it before the enemy gets the chance to counter it. This can be said for any race but I feel it's most pronounced with protoss. The Zerg is for people who like to be passive and macro up. You also get early map control, which is nice. Zerg require you to know when to cut workers for army production and vice versa. This is what the early map control can help a lot with. Opposite to protoss, generally zerg require very little micro. If you like to expand all over the place and outproduce your opponent, this is the race for you. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
Best post(s) in the thread.. -To me I find alot of people who first pick up the game play protoss and then switch once they get bored / feel comfortable with other races. Random is also good to use because like Day[9] said..He doesn't go "OMG This strategy is so imbalanced" he goes "Oh, i'm going to use this strategy next time in this matchup.." | ||
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sevia
United States954 Posts
Terran looked quite different. It seemed like every time I lost to a terran, it was to a different army composition or playstyle. MMM, mech, rine/raven, mass vikings... Terran can make almost anything work in almost any matchup. Being able to switch the functionality of buildings, and having a very dynamic teching system, makes it an incredibly versatile race. Plus, mech looks badass. I snapped off of toss and caught on to terran almost immediately. Toss just didn't fit how I play RTS. Moral of the story: If you don't feel comfortable with your race, switch. Learning new races isn't hard at all if they're more suited to your playstyle, and you'll have way more fun. Toss is for more calculated, chessboard type players. Terran is for reactionary, quick thinking players. And Zerg is for the overpowering, macro-until-you-break sort of player. | ||
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Kurt_Russell
Canada147 Posts
On June 12 2010 07:47 cocosoft wrote: Then I would say Terran (IMO). But also Zerg, (zerglings)... mostly referring to a game TLO vs some protoss player (I think it was in Europe VS Asia, where TLO continuously harassed the protoss player to death, with speedlings finding weak points and immobility). That was actually cerra-werra . | ||
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-Desu-
Turkey173 Posts
On June 13 2010 05:41 Deathstar wrote: What are random players? People with personality disorders? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.1 post in this thread | ||
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Zerksys
United States569 Posts
I've also heard it referred to as "original post" like in a thread. Am I mistaken? Protoss - Flashy Terran - BIG GUNS Zerg - Sneaky sneaky | ||
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FaTLiP
United States57 Posts
Terran - Overweight, Unliked. Zerg - Major acne. Probably sports a bowl cut. Protoss. Arrogant. Overly gels hair. | ||
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Zerksys
United States569 Posts
On June 13 2010 14:09 FaTLiP wrote: It's all about your looks. Terran - Overweight, Unliked. Zerg - Major acne. Probably sports a bowl cut. Protoss. Arrogant. Overly gels hair. LIAR i play zerg and I'm completely arrogant and overgel my hair every day | ||
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RogerChillingworth
2888 Posts
On June 12 2010 08:29 Cerion wrote: Protoss macro was easier in SC1 but that's not true in SC2, since you actually have to go to the pylon and click for each unit you warp in, while terran and zerg can produce from hotkeyed buildings while controlling their units I like the probe at the top left hand corner of your screen. Protoss macro is more difficult in SC2? What? Really wish people had the ability to take a step back and be objective once in a while. Not that this thread isn't silly to begin with, but goll-EEE! ~._.~ It comes down to, as people have said, what you're most comfortable with. After 20 or so games it should be pretty apparent. I played random until Zerg clicked in--also interested in Terran but don't like the mirror at all. Also isn't as my style as I would have thought. Played Zerg in BW, too. | ||
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-Iron-
Germany27 Posts
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-Desu-
Turkey173 Posts
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. | ||
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Probe.
United States877 Posts
On June 13 2010 05:18 clickrush wrote: 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. | ||
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Sylvr
United States524 Posts
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. | ||
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-Iron-
Germany27 Posts
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. | ||
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Daedie
Belgium160 Posts
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. | ||
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arnold(soTa)
Sweden352 Posts
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Leeoku
1617 Posts
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 | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
Zerg - believe in bad. Terran - believe in beers and rock and roll. | ||
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arnold(soTa)
Sweden352 Posts
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. | ||
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FaTLiP
United States57 Posts
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. | ||
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Tiazi
Netherlands761 Posts
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! | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
Even though the 3 races may seem quite different, they are still more similar than the variety of game styles among players. | ||
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RogerChillingworth
2888 Posts
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. | ||
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DrakanSilva
Chile932 Posts
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). | ||
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Darksun
United States17 Posts
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. | ||
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crms
United States11933 Posts
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. | ||
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