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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20340 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-18 10:37:57
April 18 2023 10:37 GMT
#21
On April 18 2023 19:21 Schelim wrote:
to me it's always been Terran - Zerg - Protoss and it irritates me that Liquipedia does it alphabetically



Alphabetically is the gramatically correct way in English (:
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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15366 Posts
April 18 2023 10:38 GMT
#22
Lore-wise it would be Protoss Zerg Terran by order of creation / appearance.
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Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
April 18 2023 10:47 GMT
#23
Protoss (get it out the way quick, and have the others to clear your mouth)
Terran (stuck in the middle of two warring aliens)
Zerg (leave the best for last)

Very unbiased analysis.

Also think it just sounds better saying it out loud this way.

dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
April 18 2023 11:24 GMT
#24
Terran Protoss Zerg
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Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1302 Posts
April 18 2023 11:44 GMT
#25
Protoss - Zerg - The other one
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renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1840 Posts
April 18 2023 16:56 GMT
#26
On April 18 2023 19:38 zatic wrote:
Lore-wise it would be Protoss Zerg Terran by order of creation / appearance.


you just HAD to bring lore into it didn't you
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Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
April 18 2023 18:57 GMT
#27
I think TerranZergProtoss is the most correct but TerranProtossZerg rolls off the tongue better
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Poland9317 Posts
April 18 2023 19:07 GMT
#28
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.
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Galacsia
Profile Joined February 2020
Chile163 Posts
April 19 2023 02:51 GMT
#29
Obviously TZP. However I can accept PTZ as a 2nd order from the bw campaign.
The other options make no sense.
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Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
April 19 2023 05:04 GMT
#30
On April 19 2023 04:07 Sent. wrote:
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.


I (Zerg) played a ZvT. I (Terran) played a TvZ. I thought this was how the order of the letters in the MUs normally went? O.o
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46161 Posts
April 19 2023 10:09 GMT
#31
The original campaign order was T -> Z -> P, so I've always put it in this order.

On April 19 2023 14:04 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
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On April 19 2023 04:07 Sent. wrote:
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.


I (Zerg) played a ZvT. I (Terran) played a TvZ. I thought this was how the order of the letters in the MUs normally went? O.o


Agreed.
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Vision_
Profile Joined September 2018
875 Posts
April 19 2023 13:04 GMT
#32
What s the purpose of this thread ?
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
April 19 2023 13:27 GMT
#33
On April 19 2023 22:04 Vision_ wrote:
What s the purpose of this thread ?


To determine the correct order of naming the three races of Starcraft.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
April 19 2023 14:54 GMT
#34
On April 19 2023 19:09 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
The original campaign order was T -> Z -> P, so I've always put it in this order.

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On April 19 2023 14:04 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
On April 19 2023 04:07 Sent. wrote:
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.


I (Zerg) played a ZvT. I (Terran) played a TvZ. I thought this was how the order of the letters in the MUs normally went? O.o


Agreed.

But what about the box art!?!
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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
April 19 2023 14:57 GMT
#35
zerg clearly comes last.

T P Z sounds very right, but P T Z doesn't sound wrong either.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46161 Posts
April 19 2023 15:15 GMT
#36
On April 19 2023 23:54 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2023 19:09 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
The original campaign order was T -> Z -> P, so I've always put it in this order.

On April 19 2023 14:04 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
On April 19 2023 04:07 Sent. wrote:
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.


I (Zerg) played a ZvT. I (Terran) played a TvZ. I thought this was how the order of the letters in the MUs normally went? O.o


Agreed.

But what about the box art!?!


The box art is phenomenal in any order.
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KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1772 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-19 16:38:48
April 19 2023 16:36 GMT
#37
Obviously in the order the original 1998 campaign is supposed to be played which was Terran -> Zerg -> Protoss
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Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
April 19 2023 17:16 GMT
#38
This is the most invested I've been in the answers to a TL thread in a while not gonna lie.
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9317 Posts
April 19 2023 17:38 GMT
#39
On April 19 2023 14:04 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2023 04:07 Sent. wrote:
Terran Protoss Zerg or Protoss Terran Zerg. Zerg has to be last. The match ups in my head are always TvZ, PvZ and... I think it's TvP but PvT sounds just as good. ZvP or ZvT sounds wrong.


I (Zerg) played a ZvT. I (Terran) played a TvZ. I thought this was how the order of the letters in the MUs normally went? O.o


I meant an abstract match where it doesn't matter who the Zerg or Terran is. If I'm watching Serral vs Maru, it's a TvZ in my head even though I mostly play Zerg recently. Of course that doesn't mean I'd say something like "Serral's TvZ is good". It can be "his ZvT", but if someone asked me to name the match up between Serral and Maru, I'd say it's a TvZ.
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catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3836 Posts
April 19 2023 17:48 GMT
#40
What's the worst-sounding order? Protoss - Zerg - Terran kind of makes me wince.
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
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