NationStates Jolt Archive

It's such a great game it's televised in South Korea...

Certainly there must be MANY people here who have played this amazingly entertaining game, so tell us...what is your favorite race to play as?

Also, you could obviously branch this off into any number of conversations, from describing the best way to infest a command center, to telling us all about the time you got royally bitchslapped by a Protoss carrier fleet. :p

The Terran. Check my nation's motto:

"We will win through, no matter the cost.":)

I always liked the Terrans. The firebats were cool & the ghosts talked like Clint.

Broodwars terrans - the medics make the difference. Second choice would be the Zerg. Protoss are too vulnerable against science vessels :(

Zerg in the original. Never really played the expansion.

Well, I always used to play as the protoss, because i used to think the Zealots looks awesome; and they still do, but that was years ago...nowdays I play as Terrans, because I LOVE seige tanks....It's that satisfying sound of the cannons, that low "Thump!", and an even bigger satisfaction of whatching those Zerg pop open like ripe fruit! :mp5:

Humies for teh win!

I voted protoss for sheer coolness value.

"CARRIER HAS ARRIVED!"

Well, I always used to play as the protoss, because i used to think the Zealots looks awesome; and they still do, but that was years ago...nowdays I play as Terrans, because I LOVE seige tanks....It's that satisfying sound of the cannons, that low "Thump!", and an even bigger satisfaction of whatching those Zerg pop open like ripe fruit! :mp5:

Seige tanks, coupled with bunker & missile turret defences, kick arse.

I had a girlfriend some years back (8 years maybe?), and her dad built a computer network in the basement. There were 4 of us that would play (she had a 4 year old brother that actually did okay at SC), and we would be at it for hours, sometimes until 2 or 3 in the morning. :P Her little brother loved zealots, and her dad would do a funny zealot immitation. I still play that damn game. It is so versatile and addicitive it's hard not to.

I think my favorite was protoss in regular SC. In the expansion, I think terran are my favorite. The medics DO indeed make a difference in attack power.

Zerg win hands down, mass the mutalisks and you lose. LOSE. Aside from just being the totally awesome evil bug-alien thingies, they were probably so underrated that most people never tried playing them. The majority of players went protoss to mass carriers... (Not really a good strategy unless you can get them fast). You can mass mutalisks so fast, and they hit more than one unit. GG.

Protoss.

A combination of Scouts, Carriers, Observers, and Corsairs in the expansion is unbeatable. Period.

Without the expansion, its a little tougher without Corsairs, but it's still a viable attack force.

Zerg RUSH!!!!11!!1111elevenses


Sorry, I've never even played starcraft, but since that phrase is a rather popular internet meme I just got nervous that noone had said it yet and it kinda popped out.

Humans, then Zerg, then Protoss. I like all the human toys, especially just their basic infantryman - even if he does die... a lot.

Protoss, easily. Just because of the cutscene in the origonal where they ambush that human base- awesome!

Zerg.. 400 little lings... looks like a flood on the map.

I voted protoss for sheer coolness value.

"CARRIER HAS ARRIVED!"

Those things were unstoppable :eek:

I loved to use them in large groups....that and Reavers; those mechanical marvels...The scarabs they launched were devistating...

Zerg. You can rush with absolutely everything they have, and they're just cooler than those lame Protoss. Humans next, but only because of the insults that the basic infantryman hurls at you if you click on him too much.

Zerg. You can rush with absolutely everything they have, and they're just cooler than those lame Protoss. Humans next, but only because of the insults that the basic infantryman hurls at you if you click on him too much.

"You wanna piece o' me, boy?" etc...

I prefer the warcraft insults though :D

for instance, Footman, Warcraft 2, 3 seperate quotes:

*click*

"Join the army they said..."

*click some more*

"...see the world they said..."

*player very muchy likie to clicky*

"...I'd rather be sailing."

Ahem.

"Nuclear launch detected!"

"Battlecruiser operational."

"You want a piece of me, boy?"

"Need a light?"

"Goliath online."

"*the sound of booming cannon and firing lasers*"

The Terrans, by far.

Though, just for the fuck of it, I did idly master Zerg rushing...:D

I voted protoss for sheer coolness value.

"CARRIER HAS ARRIVED!"

Just cause it made me LOL for real, I must retort...


"POWER OVERWHELMING!"


Protoss really are my least favorite though...too damn expensive.

Terrans are my favorites. Just keep building bunkers steadily deeper into enemy territory, supporting with siege-tanks, cloaked wraiths, sensor scans and the occasional Ghost for lock-down or the almighty nuke.

Relatively cheap, and damn effective. :D

I might have to reinstal it after seeing this thread.








but I have 1 question.














Its televised?

Iam a big Protoss fan, however Iam best with the Zerg.

Terrans, because nothing sucks more for your opponents in a LAN game more than thinking you're dead from that last assault, when in actuality you just picked up your motorhomes and moved to a safer trailer park. Also, Yamato Guns in a squad of 12 Battlecruisers = superiority.

UED Terrans....I loved that game, it's been a long time. I wonder if there will ever be Starcraft 2. I wonder what'll happen to Kerrigan.

I don't have a favorite Starcraft race, mainly because after a grand total of five minutes of playtime, the game bored the living shit out of me.

It could be the color palette. It could also be the unit designs. Or, it could be that the Terrans sound like the fucking racist shitbags who I have to live around in this town of mine.

I learned how to handle the Terran first and always liked them best...it's especially pleasing when you've finally worked up to 2 fleets of 12 battlecruisers with a dozen or so science vessels. Who doesn't like battllecruisers?

The race which I beat the game with. I.E., none :(

I hereby deem this thread racist.

Carbon-based bipeds, mouthless psychic old aliens, squealing and squelching abominations of nature: we're all one people! Can't we all just get along?

But aside from that, Terran FTW.

"Have any questions about propane?"
"Or Propane accessories?"

"Ahhhhhh, that's the stuff!"

Its televised?

It is in South Korea. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jen46qkZVNI&search=boxer%27s%20perfect%20SCV%20rush) is a great example of how Starcraft is a spectator affair in South Korea, and the video is also is pretty damn cool in its own right - I love how excited the commentators get.

Hydralisk blitz for the win!

It is in South Korea. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jen46qkZVNI&search=boxer%27s%20perfect%20SCV%20rush) is a great example of how Starcraft is a spectator affair in South Korea, and the video is also is pretty damn cool in its own right - I love how excited the commentators get.

Thanks for the link

Zerlings and hydras althe way

Protoss in the expansion are best. You can use dark archons to take over enemy workers to build anything that the terrans and zerg have.

Zerg are teh 0wnzors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, thy're so under-rated and all of their units are so in-expensive, By the time a protoss player has enough carriers to really do anything, I can have so many Scourge anti-air units it'll make your eyes bleed, and after I've expended all of those against your expensive carriers, I still have the resources to mass Guardians which outrange defense turrets.

And thats without even zerg rushing which is a practically unbeatable strategy (If chumpy and one I would never stoop to unless an opponent had personally angered me)

Although, something does have to be said for the Terrans. Funny phrases(You might know that they say pretty funny things most of the time, but did you know, if you click on them a few times in a row, they start getting angry at you?) and the ability tojust move the base in an emergency are definately good points for the terrs. But the zerg still get my vote

I voted zerg... They ovverunn everything.

but really Protoss... as they can take units from thier foes!

(take a drone or an SCV... 3 races on one side :D)

I voted zerg... They ovverunn everything.

but really Protoss... as they can take units from thier foes!

(take a drone or an SCV... 3 races on one side :D)
and more importantly another 200 units

on that note it depends if im playing multiplayer, and then it depends who im playing against weather or not I play terran or protoss. In single player definatly protoss. However, I do love zerg running into seige tanks and getting messed up.

I voted zerg... They ovverunn everything.

but really Protoss... as they can take units from thier foes!

(take a drone or an SCV... 3 races on one side :D)

TBH I used to do that on Yuri's Revenge as well...just get soviet and ally CPU players on your side, then use Yuri prime to take over their con-yards...mmm....

And, I still think the Terrans kick ass...cos they have BATTLECRUISERS...the almighty (if slow) dominators of the battlefield...

bah, battlecruisers only take two or three scourge's to kill, the Protoss carriers takes three to four and alsocomes with built in decoysthat make them harder to take out.

Though, when you have two hundred Scourges in the air, the numbers sort of even out.

You just can't get air dominance agaisnt the Zerg.

Hydralisk blitz for the win!

Can you say, Maelstrom?

I love the Protoss. I can beat any Zerg player with the Protoss, though experienced Terran players can cause me some troubles with Stimmed Marines, Seige Tanks and EMP.

Zergs are sexy beasts. ;)

Everyone always looks at me crazy when I start to mass scouts... but scouts, plus a few carriers(6-12 only), an arbiter, and a few observers... nearly impossible to kill(I've never seen a zerg player mass, or even have a decent number of scourges. They never want to spend the gas to pre-empt air assets, and never have enough time to get enough to attack with once I make my large assault).

Terrans. HOMO SAPIENS UBER ALLES!

Zerg is 2nd, mainly because you can build huge disposable armies very rapidly. It's easy to make things tough for terrans and protoss-build 30 or so hatcheries, lots of drones, and raise hydralisks..tons of them. Throw them at the enemy rapidly...

:D

Zerg: Crackling + darkswarm. Huuuummmmm....

But you really should have added a random option in your poll.

"Spawn more Overlords!"

Zergling rush for teh win.

My favorite StarCraft race in general is the Protoss, largely due to backstory and semi-elder race status.

My favorite StarCraft race to play has varied, though - Zerg are good at taking expansions and swarming the opponent, Terrans generally have longer-ranged units, and I have a better grasp of which Protoss units and buildings to warp in during the late game.

When I was last playing StarCraft, I was using the Protoss - specifically, a Zealot/Dragoon/Dark Templar/Carrier/Arbiter/Observer combo (with High Templar, Dark Archons, Corsairs, and Scouts as needed), which worked well against the nubby AI Terrans - the Zealots and Dark Templar rip through Siege Tanks, Dragoons and Zealots hold off Terran infantry, and the Dark Templar and Carriers wipe out the Terran bases (the AI rarely manages to get Battlecruisers, and when it does use Battlecruisers I reply with Mind Control). My usage of High Templar, (regular) Archons, and Reavers increases significantly against Zerg opponents, as these three units just seem to work better against Zerg (as Zerg don't have Siege Tanks).

Of course, I've been largely preoccupied with driving lessons and DotA:Allstars lately, so I haven't tested my 'Toss in a while.

I voted for Zerg. Grrrr... I may have to re-install the game and start playing again. I am thrilled that people still play... doesn't make me feel THAT old.

Gotta love terran. The most fun in the whole world is taking a good 100 or so Marines and 50 firebats and swarming a Zerg base, or one ghost with ten nuke silos :sniper: . The blood flows... Or even better, using dropships to unload 20 goliaths and 5 tanks in the middle of another terran base, the bunkers just crack right open. An man, Valkyries en masse will kill any flying thing in seconds, those carriers are dead meat against 20 or so Vals. Tho I agree with the guy who reckond Protoss win for coolness factor. Lok tolonoth etc

I voted protoss for sheer coolness value.

"CARRIER HAS ARRIVED!"
Exactly my feelings

I've always liked Terran, mainly for siege tanks. Not only at they amazing for defense with some bunkers and Missle Turrents but they kick ass in blowing up buildings. Siege Tanks + Goliaths + Vultures (not many people I played with realized how effective they are) = pwnage if you play it right. My favorites were siege from outside of a town and slowly destroying it by doing a Tank Push or getting drop ships and dropping right at their mineral spot. I always set my defense up in a triangle at the place where they get into your base. Set up three bunkers with a siege tank for each along with Turrents and a few expendable Marine/Firebats/Medics and rarely someone gets into your base. I started playing that game in 1998 (first computer game I bought) and I still play it today. Although I've fallen outta my prime :(


And about being royally bitchslapped by Protoss carriers...my friend loved protoss and some of our longer 1v1 ended in me getinng annihilated by carriers. Trick is to target the carrier tho and not the intercepters ;)

Zerg Rush!1!!11shift+1 Kekekkeke ^________^

Okay sorry, I just had to type that. In all seriousness I have yet to play StarCraft :eek:
But from other RTS games (Empire at War), I'd say the Rebels are pretty chill, even if they don't have the Death Star (or in the expansion pack, Super Star Destroyers)

this all depends.My favorite race is the terran and may I say.At the the end of the 1st starcraft at the end cinematic when arcturus made that speech,tears came flowing.
Sons of Korhal or Bust!

My best using race is the zerg however.For terran players,I usually mass the hydras but for protoss it takes a good mix of scourge to take out there air force and then mass mutalisk and guardians.

Do you guys think there going to make a starcraft 2?
I mean they leave it open ended with raynor promising to kill Kearigan and most of the charecters(Artanis,Raynor,and Zeruteul) live.There is also a secret level that I don't know if any of you played but it involves Durant mixing Protoss and zerg DNA.At the end of the end of the level Durant says that this is the new super race and that nothing will be able to stop it.

It is in South Korea. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jen46qkZVNI&search=boxer%27s%20perfect%20SCV%20rush) is a great example of how Starcraft is a spectator affair in South Korea, and the video is also is pretty damn cool in its own right - I love how excited the commentators get.

You can't base a game off of how it does in South Korea. South Korea is fucking insane over video games. Actually, most highly modernized asian cultures are. I mean, literally - they go nuts. Companies had to alternate their work schedule for the release of the new Dragon Quest game, because so many people were taking work off that day.

In USA online cafes are casual and risky business to get into because you can't guarantee a lot of business - in South Korea it's a booming, nay, required and needed resource of their culture.

Honestly. It's crazy.

Do you guys think there going to make a starcraft 2?
I mean they leave it open ended with raynor promising to kill Kearigan and most of the charecters(Artanis,Raynor,and Zeruteul) live.There is also a secret level that I don't know if any of you played but it involves Durant mixing Protoss and zerg DNA.At the end of the end of the level Durant says that this is the new super race and that nothing will be able to stop it.


I remember being all excited at the end of the level thinking that I'd seeo be seeing StarCraft 2 but nothign really happened...

I tend to enjoy the Protoss the most, because you have to be tactical with them. Massing a single unit is hideously expensive and just ensures that you will fail. My favorite strategy with them is to be a bastard and Arbiter in a legion of dark templar troops in the back of an enemy base. You should see how quick 49 dmg a hit per unit can cut through anything the enemy has that foolishly leaves detectors out of its base. Then, if any units try to fly in, you have that same Arbiter freeze them, and send in 2 squads of Scouts. If I don't kill you, I kill everything but your front defenses and that is fine by me.

That said, I don't really have a favorite race so much as strategy. For Terran, I love massing lots of mech Goliaths upgraded, and throwing them at anyone and anything. If you have an open area, the enemy is owned. If it is crowded why hell...a few nukes can clear up things :D.

For Zerg, its about the hydralisk drop in the back of the enemy base, or else the muta/Guardian combo. Not many things can stand 8 force groups of hydras right in the midst of the drones/probes/SCVs. If air comes, scourge knocks it down.

I did some reasearch on stacraft 2 and here is an intresting link.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3980165796053569246

Do you guys think there going to make a starcraft 2?
I mean they leave it open ended with raynor promising to kill Kearigan and most of the charecters(Artanis,Raynor,and Zeruteul) live.There is also a secret level that I don't know if any of you played but it involves Durant mixing Protoss and zerg DNA.At the end of the end of the level Durant says that this is the new super race and that nothing will be able to stop it.

They better. I can't wait, if they are.

I never really understood that. The Zerg wanted to absorb the Terrans to take advantage of their latent psychic potential. Then Duran says he is merging Zerg and Protoss DNA, since both are Xel'Naga creations. Yet, if you read the guide and such, there are hints that humanity was tweaked by the Xel'Naga as well and hence are at least as powerful as the two other races. Why not a Protoss-Terran hybrid? Why are Terran-Zerg groups so hideously weak compared to say, Kerrigan? Why do the Zerg never absorb a Protoss warrior they might capture or defeat on the battlefield?

In short: Duran is full of shit.

I never really understood that. The Zerg wanted to absorb the Terrans to take advantage of their latent psychic potential. Then Duran says he is merging Zerg and Protoss DNA, since both are Xel'Naga creations. Yet, if you read the guide and such, there are hints that humanity was tweaked by the Xel'Naga as well and hence are at least as powerful as the two other races. Why not a Protoss-Terran hybrid? Why are Terran-Zerg groups so hideously weak compared to say, Kerrigan? Why do the Zerg never absorb a Protoss warrior they might capture or defeat on the battlefield?

In short: Duran is full of shit.

Still,why would they put a level in about that and Zeruteul even says "oh my god" when the tank opens.going to go back to that level and get the sctual word for word.Also,they better come out with a sc2 before a warcraft4.Diablo3 I wouldnt mind but a warcraft 4.Comeon,Blizzards last 3 projects have been Warcraft.Time for a change of pace.

Whoever didnt say zerg, youre all noobs, I will totally beat you down with zerg.

Whoever didnt say zerg, youre all noobs, I will totally beat you down with zerg.

kekekekeke zerg rush?

I haven't heard this one a thousand times.

As for a Warcraft 4/..I doubt it. I am expecting:

Starcraft: The MMORPG.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

We all know that terran are the best. They aren't as expensive as the protoss, and aren't as cheap as the zerg. Rushing wraiths and having some science vessels is unstoppable. The wraiths are cheap, durable, tough, and expendable. They cloak so you can hit the enemy hard before they realize what's happening, when they do come to their senses, you can either (using science vessels while covored by the wraiths):
A. Hit them with EMP if they are protoss and take out half their health
B. Use irridate and kill zerg by the bunch (and marines, etc)
C. Irridate works GREAT on zerg and terran workers.

Protoss and zerg just can't do this, with the shielded protoss and the organic zerg, the science vessels can cripple whatever is thrown at you while your wraiths lay the smack down

The wraith and science vessel combo is simply the most versitile. You can take on whoever you want, and always win. And hey, if for some reason all your wraiths get blown to pieces, you can make a whole new fleet in just a few minutes, and if you're being attacked while you're rebuilding, you can fly your starports away, and make more wraiths!! Unstoppable I say! Unstoppable!

kekekekeke zerg rush?

I haven't heard this one a thousand times.

As for a Warcraft 4/..I doubt it. I am expecting:

Starcraft: The MMORPG.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

I doubt it highly.They would have world of waar craft 6 out by the time they beta tested the star craft MMORPG. :(

Did you guys know that one in three Koreans have a copy of starcraft? 1/3 of Korea has a copy of Starcraft, that's insane!

We all know that terran are the best. They aren't as expensive as the protoss, and aren't as cheap as the zerg. Rushing wraiths and having some science vessels is unstoppable.

You will be saying Hello to my lurkers before you get a factory. I <3 Terran and no early detection

You will be saying Hello to my lurkers before you get a factory. I <3 Terran and no early detection

As a Protoss player... you will be saying hello to my Dark Templar before you get a Factory. I also <3 Terran and their lack of early detection.

Or, I could be lucky and evil, and warp an Assimilator on top of your Vespene geyser... and you'll see lots of Zealots, Dragoons, and/or Dark Templar by the time you actually get the Vespene to build that Factory of yours (and you'll also have to waste resources sending SCV's or Marines to clear my Assimilator off your Vespene). I <3 the Protoss ability to warp in buildings rather than constructing them.

I did some reasearch on stacraft 2 and here is an intresting link.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3980165796053569246
That's a Command and Conquer: Generals mod, obviously.

As for you guys with your lurkers and warping...pah! I am on record as one of the fastest base builders of all time, amongst amatuer players.(I have no interest in competing in huge tournaments and all that crap.) I will own you no matter what you do.

...

But then, that was several years ago. I've stopped playing since. I have no doubt that my skills have diminished incredibly since then.

I can beat any race as zerg without Ling rushes.

You just can't be the combination of Scourge and Guardians. With scourge to keep your air units away (uBeR carrier masses of d00m, meet my cloud of kamikaze scourge.) the guardians can clean up against anything on the ground.

and if you try to rush, you better be pepared for cleaning out dozens of bases, each with enough defenses to keep you occupied for a while.

Fun Fact: Any air unit can be defeated by four Scourges, most only take two, and many take only one. SInce each scourge only cost 1/2 command point, you can build 200 of them and still have 100 command points left over for whatever else you want:D

I'm noticing a lot of Terran fans seem to like Goliaths, but in my opinion they're the worst Terran unit.

They're anti-air is nice when upgraded, but their AI is REALLY stupid...you constantly have to babysit them or they split off and do their own thing (which is usually get killed by a dozen Zerglings), or just get stuck somewhere.

That, and their anti-ground attack is WAY too weak. Add their expense, and they just aren't worth it except perhaps as backup for your missile turrets.

I'm noticing a lot of Terran fans seem to like Goliaths, but in my opinion they're the worst Terran unit.

They're anti-air is nice when upgraded, but their AI is REALLY stupid...you constantly have to babysit them or they split off and do their own thing (which is usually get killed by a dozen Zerglings), or just get stuck somewhere.

That, and their anti-ground attack is WAY too weak. Add their expense, and they just aren't worth it except perhaps as backup for your missile turrets.
That's the whole issue with Starcraft. It's an old game, so the AI will suffer for it. It's part of why I want a Starcraft II: the AI will be so massively improved it'll be amazing.

I'm noticing a lot of Terran fans seem to like Goliaths, but in my opinion they're the worst Terran unit.

They're anti-air is nice when upgraded, but their AI is REALLY stupid...you constantly have to babysit them or they split off and do their own thing (which is usually get killed by a dozen Zerglings), or just get stuck somewhere.

That, and their anti-ground attack is WAY too weak. Add their expense, and they just aren't worth it except perhaps as backup for your missile turrets.

Their attack is weak yes, but can be respectable. The 15 dmg is not bad, and since it isn't halved or quartered like many attacks (hydra included) The reason I like them is that they are versatile. I *do* babysit them, in that I will build 5 or six factories at a time and crank out 8 force groups of them, and send them in to attack. Keep a squad or two back to hold off an air assault, and a few in the building queue on hold in case of a sudden attack.

In the original, the Zerg.

Yay Hydra.

As for Brood war, I'm all Protoss. I tend to work wonders with Dark Templars and Scouts.

I don't see Ursadons in this poll. Where are they? Oh, yes, on Braxis being so

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ursadons for the win!

That's the whole issue with Starcraft. It's an old game, so the AI will suffer for it. It's part of why I want a Starcraft II: the AI will be so massively improved it'll be amazing.

True, but none of the other units in Starcraft require anywhere near as much effort to keep organized and on task...except possibly Corsairs.

Their attack is weak yes, but can be respectable. The 15 dmg is not bad, and since it isn't halved or quartered like many attacks (hydra included) The reason I like them is that they are versatile. I *do* babysit them, in that I will build 5 or six factories at a time and crank out 8 force groups of them, and send them in to attack. Keep a squad or two back to hold off an air assault, and a few in the building queue on hold in case of a sudden attack.

I dunno...Goliaths are awfully pricey to throw at the enemy en-masse like that, especially considering that Zerglings or Zealots eat Goliaths for breakfast.

I don't see Ursadons in this poll. Where are they? Oh, yes, on Braxis being so

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ursadons for the win!

To play as them you still need to be a broodwar protoss :p