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Hello TL, I thought it was time to check the race distribution of TL, I know it has been done before, and I believe there were predominantly zerg players on TL at that time.
but since then many changes have been made, many players claim to have switched race (I'm referencing switching away from terran since last patch, mainly)
there are people here and there whom claim TL is mostly zerg players, but I believe they reference very old data, and as such I would like to update said data with some more fresh stuff.
I did search for "race distribution" and unless I missed something there should not have been any recent poll made, so I feel this deserves a thread.
so, please vote in the following poll:
Poll: What race is currently your main race?Zerg (731) 31% Protoss (720) 30% Terran (718) 30% Random (206) 9% 2375 total votes Your vote: What race is currently your main race? (Vote): Terran
(Vote): Zerg
(Vote): Protoss
(Vote): Random
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someone requested a poll for activity, so I decided to add another 2 polls, both of which were requested by different people.
notice: if you was placed last season but have yet to play your placement match this season, please vote for the league you were in last season. if you were not placed last season, please vote "placement matches"
Poll: What league are you placed in? (1v1)Master (371) 31% Diamond (322) 27% Platinum (239) 20% Gold (131) 11% Silver (52) 4% placement matches (34) 3% Bronze (30) 2% Grandmaster (27) 2% 1206 total votes Your vote: What league are you placed in? (1v1) (Vote): Grandmaster
(Vote): Master
(Vote): Diamond
(Vote): Platinum
(Vote): Gold
(Vote): Silver
(Vote): Bronze
(Vote): placement matches
Poll: How often do you play SC2 melee matches?10-20 games per week (253) 24% less than 5 games per week (240) 23% 5-10 games per week (205) 20% 20-50 games per week (189) 18% never (66) 6% 50-100 games per week (59) 6% 100-200 games per week (18) 2% more than 200 games per week (8) 1% 1038 total votes Your vote: How often do you play SC2 melee matches? (Vote): more than 200 games per week
(Vote): 100-200 games per week
(Vote): 50-100 games per week
(Vote): 20-50 games per week
(Vote): 10-20 games per week
(Vote): 5-10 games per week
(Vote): less than 5 games per week
(Vote): never
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Good idea, should be interesting to see what we'll end up with.
Played protoss since I started and even when protoss had a hard time in pretty much all the matchups (before emp nerf, when mutas started to become popular again) I never thought about switching races, I don' really see the point as you can win any game with any race on any map if you just outplay your opponnent.
I think this will come down to the same distribution as last time though, with mainly zerg/protoss and not that many terrans.
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What are you going to do with the information knowing TL's race distribution (which will be bias and probably not entirely conclusive given a lot of members aren't signed up/won't vote/might not read the topic)
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Was Terran since I got the game (around gsl season 2) but switched to Random a month or 2 ago, since I'm just playing for fun, and I love playing all 3 races.
Tho I've thought about just race-picking since (as opposed to the stereo-type) I get cheesed 2-3x more often as random as I ever did as terran, not that I mind because most are protoss going either FFE if i spawn zerg, or doing a cannon rush if I spawn T/P, but I thought it was kinda funny. =P
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On March 12 2012 17:49 Torte de Lini wrote:
What are you going to do with the information knowing TL's race distribution (which will be bias and probably not entirely conclusive given a lot of members aren't signed up/won't vote/might not read the topic)
Be interesting to know overall, even though the information could probly be found on a blizz site, the guys who dont vote/dont read/dont care, should be the same demographic percent-wise as the poll.
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On March 12 2012 17:49 Torte de Lini wrote:
What are you going to do with the information knowing TL's race distribution (which will be bias and probably not entirely conclusive given a lot of members aren't signed up/won't vote/might not read the topic)
I plan to do absolutely nothing with it.
the poll doesn't actually check the race distribution of all TL, it checks the race distribution of fairly active members in the SC2 forum.
but it can be referenced by anyone as proof of bias.
for example, lets say someone makes a thread such as this one:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=319999
then most likely, the poll will end up biased, but then the question is: how biased? and in what races favor?
crossreferencing this poll might give a clearer answer to those questions.
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I will laugh so hard if protoss is the least represented race.
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I was Terran in BW and a bit of beta, but I was so intrigued by warp tech that I switched to Protoss. Probably not the best idea, but I love my alien buddies  ).
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Played toss in BW and SC2 beta, switched to Zerg around the time just before the reaper was nerfed. My main reason for switching was that I loved the creep mechanic and I desperately wanted more focus on macro.
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Many zergs because IdrA, FruitDealer winning GSL and NesTea winning too.
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On March 12 2012 18:01 ceaRshaf wrote:
I will laugh so hard if protoss is the least represented race.
well, so far we don't have enough votes to say anything conclusive, but it looks like you will be laughing.
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First intuiton after playing the campaign and watching pro replays was Terran. I also played human in Wc3. Tried a bit but it did not feel right, not sure why exactly but mmm just felt so stale. Zerg were vastly different from what I experienced from former RTS games and I also did not like the models that much. Then there was the new, shiny and sparkly kid who could warp in anywhere on the map. It was pylon love at the first warp in. Also the fact so many great players chose it for themselve that I used to follow in the Wc3 Scene.(ToD,Sase,HasuObs,Kiwikaki,Naniwa...etc.)
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TL always was a zerg venue, so it makes no sense comparing the TL distribution with anything else.
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Good initiative
I thought there would be more brotoss though.
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I absolutely love playing zerg in 2v2s and customs, but my main for 1v1 has been Protoss since the beta. I might race switch in HoTS though... who knows!
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It's funny that there are so few protoss players on TL but the strategy forum has the most [G]uides written for protoss.
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On March 12 2012 18:36 Geiko wrote:
It's funny that there are so few protoss players on TL but the strategy forum has the most [G]uides written for protoss.
kinda strange :D
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On March 12 2012 18:36 Geiko wrote:
It's funny that there are so few protoss players on TL but the strategy forum has the most [G]uides written for protoss.
Do you think perhaps that is because Toss is the race that is most build order reliant? That is certainly my perspective. Zerg must certainly be more flexible/ As for Terran it seems like there might be too much variety in BO for them to merit simple guides. I'm not sure....
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Random, and no I do not cheese.
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Zerg since release and Zerg in Brood War. I don't think I'll ever change ^^
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On March 12 2012 18:43 Polygamy wrote:
Random, and no I do not cheese.
quite funny i cheese every player that is random on the ladder because i am at a disadvantage vs zerg if i don't go FFE and i am at a disadvantage if i build a 13gate vs someone building a 10gate - so 10gate, 4gate it is. Most of them are also not equally good with all races and therefore it feels often like a waste of time versus randoms.
And yep it is sadly true, most randoms cheese and therefore people like me like to countercheese vs randoms and therefore randoms that didn't cheese in the first place start to counter-counter-cheese.
[x]voted Brotoss
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