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On November 01 2011 08:16 Linwelin wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:01 Bobster wrote:On November 01 2011 06:31 zhurai wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. artosis (Z -> p) gumiho (Random -> T) Lz (T -> Z) Guineapig (P -> Random -> P) Day9 (R, not really competitive anymore/yet) Nerchio (R -> Z) Morrow (T -> Z -> (no ZvZ: plays T)) TLO (T -> R -> T ?) David Kim (R) forgot if there wre any others Isn't Minigun playing Zerg now? Minigun's main race is still Protoss. He plays Zerg quite a bit too, but he plays Protoss in tournaments(excluding showmatches)
Ah, ok. 
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On November 01 2011 08:16 Linwelin wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:01 Bobster wrote:On November 01 2011 06:31 zhurai wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. artosis (Z -> p) gumiho (Random -> T) Lz (T -> Z) Guineapig (P -> Random -> P) Day9 (R, not really competitive anymore/yet) Nerchio (R -> Z) Morrow (T -> Z -> (no ZvZ: plays T)) TLO (T -> R -> T ?) David Kim (R) forgot if there wre any others Isn't Minigun playing Zerg now? Minigun's main race is still Protoss. He plays Zerg quite a bit too, but he plays Protoss in tournaments(excluding showmatches)
He plays Protoss in showmatches too, the most recent one he played they requested that he play T/Z so it wasn't PvP
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On November 01 2011 08:10 KingPaddy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 06:31 zhurai wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. artosis (Z -> p) gumiho (Random -> T) Lz (T -> Z) Guineapig (P -> Random -> P) Day9 (R, not really competitive anymore/yet) Nerchio (R -> Z) Morrow (T -> Z -> (no ZvZ: plays T)) TLO (T -> R -> T ?) David Kim (R) forgot if there wre any others Moon switched from T to Z
Hardly, Moon was competing in GSL using knowledge he was given by MakaPrime, who is a Terran. So if you had an experience coach willing to help you out, you'd probably just play the same race as him to simplify things. This is also why LyN plays Terran.
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Didn't Byun switch from Protoss to Terran?
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On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though.
That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking.
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On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking.
as long as the other player has advanced notice of what race he/she is playing against, race picking should be fine.
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On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking.
That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
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On November 01 2011 08:20 Ruscour wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:16 Linwelin wrote:On November 01 2011 08:01 Bobster wrote:On November 01 2011 06:31 zhurai wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. artosis (Z -> p) gumiho (Random -> T) Lz (T -> Z) Guineapig (P -> Random -> P) Day9 (R, not really competitive anymore/yet) Nerchio (R -> Z) Morrow (T -> Z -> (no ZvZ: plays T)) TLO (T -> R -> T ?) David Kim (R) forgot if there wre any others Isn't Minigun playing Zerg now? Minigun's main race is still Protoss. He plays Zerg quite a bit too, but he plays Protoss in tournaments(excluding showmatches) He plays Protoss in showmatches too, the most recent one he played they requested that he play T/Z so it wasn't PvP
Well yeah by saying "showmatches" i was refering to the one vs Incontrol
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On November 01 2011 08:04 GGQ wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 07:35 Origine wrote:On November 01 2011 06:33 Hot_Bid wrote:
Plenty of players have switched race from BW to SC2, DRG is a good example, went from T to Z. There's still hope for Bisu to switch to Terran, nice! NO! Bisu must be protoss! I don't even know what I'd do if Bisu isn't protoss. Starcraft wouldn't make sense to me anymore.
I'd be cool with that if P got Flash and Jdong.
On November 01 2011 08:28 insanet wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
Do not - under any circumstances - fuck with Jinro. He's a boss.
People are good at different matchups, for instance DRG is a god at ZvT but not so much at ZvP afaik. Balanced game doesn't mean balanced players.
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On November 01 2011 08:28 insanet wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
morrow doesnt pick t in tvz because of balance. he picks it because he is better at tvz than zvz. not a balance issue; its a morrow-preference issue.
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As Korean accounts require players to sign up with their social security numbers and matching names, it is not easy to fake it. One way someone could possibly fake it is by asking for people with the same names as current BW pros to give this person their email addresses so he could add them. This seems unlikely though.
Your claim is bogus.
You can make a TW account with any name you want, and it's the same as a KR account. My name on the Korean server is "Coffee House", and I could've made it anything I want.
Not that it's plausible that all or even most of these accounts are faked. Just saying it's easy to put whatever name you want on an account on that server
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On November 01 2011 08:28 insanet wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
If he can pull it off why not?
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On November 01 2011 08:28 insanet wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
You know, other than the reason that you are better at a match up? Lol, i guess you really didnt think that thru.
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On November 01 2011 08:28 insanet wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to choose another race for each matchup.
What on earth are you talking about? One's criteria for picking another race usually does not rest upon balance perceptions. I hope your brain can understand this, but people have:
- different likes
- different strengths
- different strong matchups/knowledge specialization areas
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On November 01 2011 08:31 arbitrageur wrote:Show nested quote +As Korean accounts require players to sign up with their social security numbers and matching names, it is not easy to fake it. One way someone could possibly fake it is by asking for people with the same names as current BW pros to give this person their email addresses so he could add them. This seems unlikely though. Your claim is bogus. You can make a TW account with any name you want, and it's the same as a KR account. My name on the Korean server is "Coffee House", and I could've made it anything I want. Not that it's plausible that all or even most of these accounts are faked. Just saying it's easy to put whatever name you want on an account on that server
Hahahaha it's a fun thought though that all the Korean nicknames actually are their names.
I'm just imagining the parents of MKP going "Let's name him... Marine King Prime.WE"
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On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking.
Thing is, if everyone can racepick, there would be a lot of logistical issues with racepicking. What if another player (say Lastshadow, who actually plays ZvP, ZvT and TvZ) is playing against Morrow? Would it be a TvT then? Or will one player play Terran against Zerg? Who gets to pick their main race?
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On November 01 2011 08:37 pdd wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. Thing is, if everyone can racepick, there would be a lot of logistical issues with racepicking. What if another player (say Lastshadow, who actually plays ZvP, ZvT and TvZ) is playing against Morrow? Would it be a TvT then? That means both players have to actually also practice for TvTs?
.. you obviously could implement a rule to stop one player having to practice 2 matchups... you're needlessly focusing in on specifics when Jinro's claim was that race picking should be allowed in general.
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On November 01 2011 08:37 pdd wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. Thing is, if everyone can racepick, there would be a lot of logistical issues with racepicking. What if another player (say Lastshadow, who actually plays ZvP, ZvT and TvZ) is playing against Morrow? Would it be a TvT then? That means both players have to actually also practice for TvTs?
No they would just agree on who should play terran and then play a TvZ.
But i guess we are way of topic now-
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On November 01 2011 08:37 pdd wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 08:24 Liquid`Jinro wrote:On November 01 2011 07:59 pdd wrote:On November 01 2011 07:58 brunostt wrote:On November 01 2011 07:54 ZAiNs wrote:On November 01 2011 07:51 Soulish wrote:On November 01 2011 05:48 klo8 wrote:On November 01 2011 05:14 Emporio wrote:On November 01 2011 05:10 Talin wrote:On November 01 2011 05:02 LostDevil wrote:
Next announcement:
All players on that list that aren't terran in broodwar have now announced they will be switching to terran in SC2 If they were so easily swayed, there would be no Protoss left in Brood War now. Even in SC2, no progamer has actually switched race have they? Artosis I suppose, but I don't feel like he really counts. Otherwise the only thing that comes to mind is Gumiho and GuineaPig switching from Random. Byun (then Bleach) used to play Protoss and is now Terran. Marineking was protoss in bw They're talking about people who have played a race in SC2 then switched during their SC2 pro career. Morrow, Byun and Artosis are the only ones I know of. Morrow is kind of hybrid, if i'm well remembered he doesn't play ZvZ. He played ZvZ for awhile, but was notoriously bad at it. He eventually switched back to TvZ because he hated the matchup. All the tournaments his participated in since has allowed him to pick Terran against a Zerg but racepicking shouldn't be allowed in tournaments though. That is bullshit, in a balanced game there is no reason to ban race picking. Thing is, if everyone can racepick, there would be a lot of logistical issues with racepicking. What if another player (say Lastshadow, who actually plays ZvP, ZvT and TvZ) is playing against Morrow? Would it be a TvT then? Or will one player play Terran against Zerg? Who gets to pick their main race?
Why not just randomize it? It's fair for both players if they both enjoy ZvT/TvZ.
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Thanks for the updated list, very interesting. God I hope Bisu streams one day.
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