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Everleigh
Profile Joined September 2024
United States2 Posts
September 16 2024 08:36 GMT
#21
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larajesmine153
Profile Joined September 2024
1 Post
September 16 2024 10:15 GMT
#22
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12864 Posts
September 16 2024 10:56 GMT
#23
i love how you can do terran bio/bio mech in most match up and sometimes mix in a full mech for fun.
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16087 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-16 13:10:04
September 16 2024 13:09 GMT
#24
Terran has the coolest unit in the game - the Ghost.

Other than that it has a particular emphasis on positioning, setting up good positions and of course insane micro/multitasking capabilities
and imo by far the best mirror matchup
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
gingerfluffmuffnr2
Profile Joined February 2024
107 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-16 13:27:35
September 16 2024 13:25 GMT
#25
Winning ZvT feels so much easier than TvZ in EU dia. If i wouldnt play allin cheese 30% of the games my TvZ would even look worse.

Terran is the strongest race, but damn losing hurt when you fall behind AoE toss or 5 base Z who banes you to death.

Yeah, love the ghost. Pretty rare to reach that gamestate imo (where you can mass them)
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17791 Posts
September 16 2024 15:46 GMT
#26
On September 16 2024 22:09 Charoisaur wrote:
Terran has the coolest unit in the game - the Ghost.

Arcturus Mengsk, Tychus Findlay, Jim Raynor are so cool.

Hell, Warhammer Space Marine 2 did an opening cinematic similar to the "how well do you know yourself" WoL trailer.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3544 Posts
September 16 2024 17:39 GMT
#27
It used to be that terrans would enjoy tvt the most, in my perception, the chess lile aspect. But the playerbase has changed with the game, now terrans are mostly ADD demanding action, action, action. This type of play is so uncool to me, it might be because I've played more wc3 than BW. I almost don't consider stutter stepping as micro, or at least it's not the cool type of micro.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-19 10:35:52
September 19 2024 10:34 GMT
#28
On September 17 2024 02:39 ejozl wrote:
It used to be that terrans would enjoy tvt the most, in my perception, the chess lile aspect. But the playerbase has changed with the game, now terrans are mostly ADD demanding action, action, action. This type of play is so uncool to me, it might be because I've played more wc3 than BW. I almost don't consider stutter stepping as micro, or at least it's not the cool type of micro.

It's become like that for Protoss as well.

MaxPax's FPV is amazing to watch on the few occasions that he's streamed.

But I do wish that Blizzard hadn't chosen to emphasise the "real time" aspect of RTS quite so heavily when designing Heart of the Swarm and (especially) Legacy of the Void.
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1958 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-19 11:39:22
September 19 2024 11:03 GMT
#29
On September 17 2024 00:46 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 16 2024 22:09 Charoisaur wrote:
Terran has the coolest unit in the game - the Ghost.

Arcturus Mengsk, Tychus Findlay, Jim Raynor are so cool.

Hell, Warhammer Space Marine 2 did an opening cinematic similar to the "how well do you know yourself" WoL trailer.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


Thievery is a great way to cover up a half baked story
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Vision_
Profile Joined September 2018
877 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-19 11:35:49
September 19 2024 11:27 GMT
#30
On September 11 2024 01:49 Balnazza wrote:
I would definetly think that Terran is the most popular race for beginners, as Human is the most popular race for WC3-beginners and so on.
There are of course factors with the campaign and presentation. When someone buys SC2 today, there is a good chance they wouldn't even get through the entire campaign (which is crazy to me, considering how excellent it is...), so they might stop at the WoL campaign, thus having only played Terran.

But there is antoher reason: Terran is the most "standard" race. Of course not in the context of SC2, all three races are really unique, so there is no "standard". But compared to other RTS, Terran is definetly the most standard and "basic". You build your eco, you build your units in buildings and your units come out of those buildings. Sure, there are aspects like the lifting of buildings, but that isn't something you *need* to do at the start.
If you have played AoE before, you feel right home with Terran. But Zerg and Protoss? Your workers disappearing for each building, your production being your main base and depending on larva? Or Warp-Ins you have to factor in, while your buildings also need to be warped around Pylons?

If you have a general understanding how RTS works, Terran is definetly the easiest race to get into at the start.


Whoaa it really asks to be a genius...

Terran have more decision making and various style at pro level and it s the reason of their success. Zerg is the beginner race because it a sci fi game.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27322 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-19 11:52:33
September 19 2024 11:51 GMT
#31
On September 19 2024 20:27 Vision_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 11 2024 01:49 Balnazza wrote:
I would definetly think that Terran is the most popular race for beginners, as Human is the most popular race for WC3-beginners and so on.
There are of course factors with the campaign and presentation. When someone buys SC2 today, there is a good chance they wouldn't even get through the entire campaign (which is crazy to me, considering how excellent it is...), so they might stop at the WoL campaign, thus having only played Terran.

But there is antoher reason: Terran is the most "standard" race. Of course not in the context of SC2, all three races are really unique, so there is no "standard". But compared to other RTS, Terran is definetly the most standard and "basic". You build your eco, you build your units in buildings and your units come out of those buildings. Sure, there are aspects like the lifting of buildings, but that isn't something you *need* to do at the start.
If you have played AoE before, you feel right home with Terran. But Zerg and Protoss? Your workers disappearing for each building, your production being your main base and depending on larva? Or Warp-Ins you have to factor in, while your buildings also need to be warped around Pylons?

If you have a general understanding how RTS works, Terran is definetly the easiest race to get into at the start.


Whoaa it really asks to be a genius...

Terran have more decision making and various style at pro level and it s the reason of their success. Zerg is the beginner race because it a sci fi game.

Zerg isn’t remotely the beginner race given the droning/army production conundrum requires you to vaguely know what’s going on and reacting to what your opponent is doing

Have you considered actually playing the game instead of just pontificating on it?

They have the worst pre-decided allins and offensive by a distance too, it’s much easier to just learn a few timings as Terran or Protoss and do grand, just follow a build to the letter.

If you know how the game works, Zerg isn’t more tricky than other options, but for a complete beginner it absolute is and it’s ridiculous to argue otherwise
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Vision_
Profile Joined September 2018
877 Posts
September 19 2024 12:34 GMT
#32
Zerg is the favorite race for new players because of their design and the lore/sci fiction. You should consider SC2 as an elitist game where terrans players are often the creative ones, which are a minority in a bunch of people. Zerg is the cool race, and people love what is cool.
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-19 13:23:07
September 19 2024 13:22 GMT
#33
On September 19 2024 21:34 Vision_ wrote:
Zerg is the favorite race for new players because of their design and the lore/sci fiction. You should consider SC2 as an elitist game where terrans players are often the creative ones, which are a minority in a bunch of people. Zerg is the cool race, and people love what is cool.

https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/630707-why-do-players-prefer-terran-in-starcraft#20

I already posted the statistics on this.

Terran is the most popular at lower skill levels, which is where most new players are going to reside. Zerg is the least popular at lower skill levels.
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Ciaus237
Profile Joined July 2015
South Africa288 Posts
September 19 2024 13:54 GMT
#34
On September 19 2024 21:34 Vision_ wrote:
Zerg is the favorite race for new players because of their design and the lore/sci fiction. You should consider SC2 as an elitist game where terrans players are often the creative ones, which are a minority in a bunch of people. Zerg is the cool race, and people love what is cool.


Dawg if you spent as much time learning the game as you do posting about it, you'd make much better posts about it.
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fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4115 Posts
September 19 2024 14:34 GMT
#35
um ... because humans?
Drone is a way of living
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
September 19 2024 18:38 GMT
#36
On September 19 2024 20:03 Mizenhauer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2024 00:46 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
On September 16 2024 22:09 Charoisaur wrote:
Terran has the coolest unit in the game - the Ghost.

Arcturus Mengsk, Tychus Findlay, Jim Raynor are so cool.

Hell, Warhammer Space Marine 2 did an opening cinematic similar to the "how well do you know yourself" WoL trailer.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.


Thievery is a great way to cover up a half baked story

You mean how blizzard stole from warhammer for both warcraft and starcraft? Thievery lmao.
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