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Let's play a game!
People compare SC2 and chess all the time. Why don't we go a little further? If we were to make a Starcraft II themed chess set, what units do you think would be what pieces? Please explain why, too.
I'll start.
For Zerg:
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Pawn- Zergling.
Self explanatory.
Knight- Roach.
Comes out early, has mobility and range, and the potential for tricky movement.
Bishop- Mutalisk.
High mobility power unit that comes a little later.
Rook- Infestor.
Strong power unit that's a little harder to get out.
Queen- Brood Lord.
Extremely long range and mobile powerhouse.
King- Queen.
Slow moving, high priority target.
For Terran:
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Pawn- Marine.
Basic infantry.
Knight- Reaper.
Mobility and odd movement let it do tricksy things, especially early in the game.
Bishop- Siege Tank.
Long range fighter that can cover others and even move to better positioning.
Rook- Viking.
Another long range fighter that--in conjunction with the Bishops/ Siege tanks--offers a lot of control.
Queen- Battle Cruiser.
Mobile powerhouse.
King- Thor.
Son of a bitch with bad pathing.
For Protoss:
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Pawn- Zealot.
Meat that charges into battle.
Knight- Stalker.
Special mobility lets it do tricky things and get into hard to reach places.
Bishop- Void Ray.
Mobile and dangerous from the get go. Can be a threat used relatively early.
Rook- High Templar.
Power unit that is mobile and dangerous once finally on the field.
Queen- Colossus.
Monster with mobility and range.
King- Mothership.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
(My apologies in advance. I couldn't find a thread quite like this, so I thought it would be okay. Sorry if there was another. Also, I only have a cursory knowledge of chess.)
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I like the idea, need some pieces posted/designed, kgo.
I also like the idea that BCs and Brood Lords are mobile. :D
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Cool thread. I'd think the king of the terran will be the pf - difficult to take down, kinda immobile, yet extremely important.
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Clearly somebody should make a Starcraft chess set.
I'd switch the positions of Viking and Siege Tank though.
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On June 17 2011 02:48 Sprungjeezy wrote:
I like the idea, need some pieces posted/designed, kgo.
I also like the idea that BCs and Brood Lords are mobile. :D
Yeah. Huge stretch, but I'm going to try to justify it by saying they can fly. : P
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ultras should be rooks. They're stuck behind zerglings all the time =P
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I still think that the zerg Queen should be Queen.
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I like the thread idea. but not much room for elaboration from comments.
Great job, you got em all on the head.
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brood LORD should be king imo.. then queen as queen o: although i get your description. but their movement speeds are justifiable for the new posts im bringing in :D
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I feel like the Phoenix would play a better role as a Bishop than a Void Ray would...It's faster and packs that sting, rather than a Void Ray which seems better suited as a Rook.
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ultra king for zerg, queen for queen?
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The hydra should be the knight in my opinion. Like the hydra, the horse always take forever to move directly to the place it wants to be.
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On June 17 2011 02:51 me_viet wrote:
ultras should be rooks. They're stuck behind zerglings all the time =P
I like that. It kinda makes a lot more sense than infestor.
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On June 17 2011 02:53 Synystyr wrote:
I feel like the Phoenix would play a better role as a Bishop than a Void Ray would...It's faster and packs that sting, rather than a Void Ray which seems better suited as a Rook.
Good idea with the phoenix. I've been spurned by phoenix harass enough to probably have known better. But I thought that a Protoss themed chess set would be remiss without HT's somewhere.
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United Kingdom31255 Posts
I remember a SC2 Chess map from Second phase of beta but i like your choices / descriptions although I would have the Phoenix as the Protoss Bishop
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Malaysia140 Posts
Interesting thread.
I think the rooks should be ultras, siege tanks and immortals..i think that would be nicer
maybe the king and queen can be hero units like Kerrigan, Raynor or Zeratul (that would be awesome)
I would so buy one if Blizzard manufactures Starcraft chess boards!
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On June 17 2011 02:58 gulshngill wrote:
Interesting thread.
I think the rooks should be ultras, siege tanks and immortals..i think that would be nicer
maybe the king and queen can be hero units like Kerrigan, Raynor or Zeratul (that would be awesome)
I would so buy one if Blizzard manufactures Starcraft chess boards!
I would probably buy one too, but I feel to really do it right, they'd need a red and blue version of all 3 races.
Then you can enact all the match ups like on the ladder!
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SC2 Chess custom map needs to be made!
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Heh nice post, but calling the High Templar 'mobile' is the craziest thing I have ever heard :D Their movement speed is 1.88, I hope Blizzard will increase this to 2.25 just like Zealots (and Ghosts...) 
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I thought the colossus would be the king, because if they come tumbling down the game is over, but mothership makes more sense I guess.
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