Professional Starcraft

[calla]

....must resist urge to reinstall...!!

[Seo]

for the people who still play.

what race do you play and why?

ive always liked terran but have thought of switching to zerg. opinions?

[Zehn - Vhex]

The only thing I don't like about StarCraft is you pretty much always have to play 1:1 matches. You can't play 1:1:1 simply because whoever attacks last, wins since they haven't thrown out resources in a grudge match with another player.

You look at all the SC matches and how the best ones you have players distance mining just to break even to keep going. Now imagine a third player off on his own turteling and hording resources/teching up while the other two go at it.

[Cybsled]

You can't play 1:1:1 simply because whoever attacks last, wins since they haven't thrown out resources in a grudge match with another player.

Not always true. One of my fondest SC memories was a 1:1:1:1 FFA on Lost Temple. I actually got hit hard first by multiple players. Because I was Terran, I was able to get a neat little base into the upper-left "island" expansion. I basically ultra turtled and the other guys forgot about me, considering me a non-factor as they went about fighting each other. I had one Battlecruiser, a handful of marines, and alot of gas...so I made ghosts + sci-vessels, saving my pennies to build nukes + SCVs to try to ninja farm the stand-alone mineral deposits. Eventually the Zerg and Protoss, the two top players, beat the living fuck out of each other. The protoss went down. However, everyone was dirt broke from the fighting and the map was virtually tapped out. I sent my ghosts on ninja-nuke missions (prime mission: kill resource gathering), all the while super turtling in the corner so they couldn't destroy my "main" base. Eventually the other sides had nothing and I won. GG!

edit: I agree you need non-random damage in professional league play like Starcraft. From what has been said, SC2 will continue the tradition.

[Blank]

Originally Posted by Cybsled

Not always true.

For future reference, when you say "not always true" and then post a story, you usually want the story to prove what was said isn't true.

[Psyqo]

Originally Posted by Seo

for the people who still play.

what race do you play and why?

ive always liked terran but have thought of switching to zerg. opinions?

I've always done Random but I'll find myself liking a certain race more from time to time. Right now I'm on Terran, just because in modern competitive play you can survive periodic harass better than Toss or Zerg, at least that's how I feel. I work much better when I'm able to execute a certain build order and then make the opponent play the game at my pace rather than his.

Zerg are fun but you have to expand a LOT, which means you have to defend your expansions as you attack.

Protoss are deemed the "easy, cheater" race because you can just hotkey a large army of Goons/Zealots and do 1a2a3a (group 1, attack move, so on and so forth). Zerg and Terran take more micro when in the midst of a large battle.

Don't get me wrong, I love the flexibility of Toss build orders when you can go for a fast expand with a cannon wall, or do a DT drop, or do a Reaver drop. That variation in build orders (and in races) keeps me hooked on the game.

[Zehn - Vhex]

Originally Posted by Blank

For future reference, when you say "not always true" and then post a story, you usually want the story to prove what was said isn't true.

Hahah no shit. Goddamn Cyb, hitting the sauce early tonight.

Edit: I like terran, mostly because laying down mines all over the goddamn place gives you amazing visibility on the map during the mid-game and you can easily spot an incoming reaver drop or other snakey shit like that. Being able to build command centers and then float them to nodes is also pretty tits, especially if the other guy is really good at harassing. Good science vehicle usage feels like goddamn sploiting against protoss as well.

[Cybsled]

Well technically I was owned first and I fault them for not being able to seal the deal and totally eliminate me before I turtled into my small expansion ;p It was like a 3 hour game and I was on Starcraft welfare for about 2+ hours of it.

But yes, I did end up mopping up at the end ;P

[Seo]

Originally Posted by Zehn - Vhex

Hahah no shit. Goddamn Cyb, hitting the sauce early tonight.

Edit: I like terran, mostly because laying down mines all over the goddamn place gives you amazing visibility on the map during the mid-game and you can easily spot an incoming reaver drop or other snakey shit like that. Being able to build command centers and then float them to nodes is also pretty tits, especially if the other guy is really good at harassing. Good science vehicle usage feels like goddamn sploiting against protoss as well.

some dick had a dark archon and feedbacked my science vessels 1 hitting them.

[Zehn - Vhex]

God, just spent a few hours on battle.net. It's like I warped into the past. The names of games haven't changed in 8 fucking years. "EVOLVES NO DIAL UP" ... "3v3 BGH BGH BGH!!!" "2v2 girls only no noobs!!"

Think I'm going to go back to pestering people on AIM to find their CD's and play against me again.

[Callic]

That's what I've done, I've started an sc revolution amongst my circle of friends.

Although if you're good i suppose you can play on ICCUP

[Seo]

none of my RL Friends will play =(

i dont think i should be friends with them anymore.

[Malakriss]

I would suggest storming into their homes and "bunker rushing" while shouting out your favorite marine quotes.

[Callic]

I just reminded everyone that its only like 15 bucks on blizzard.com to dl sc + bw and relive the glory days of yore.

Of course i'm seriously persuasive. I've led many an immigration (and exodus) from various mmos.

I should start a cult.

[Seo]

well if anyone wants to play give me a yell.

im not that good atm. have barely been playing lately.

GOTTA PICK A RACE.