Starcraft: Favorite Race

[MarkF]

Vote for your favorite race, and why!

I say Terrans. 1) I am biased towards the humans. 2) Their weapons have GOT to be the strongest by far. Also, a swarm of infantry is virtualy unstoppable. A few squads of Marines is not something you want to run into. Granted, the Protoss's Zealots are stronger, in both attack and health, but they are defensless against anything in the air. Hydralisks are just too slow.

[Jeff Waegelin]

Protoss, all the way. Some may say I'm stupid, but a good Protoss player can dominate. It's all about surviving the early game. If you can hold off long enough to get better units and upgrades, Protoss can steamroll anyone (even those nasty Zerg rushers).

[MarkF]

You must not play with a varied group of people. I've played against all kinds of battle styles, and again, I've found the Terrans to be the strongest, by virtue of the fact that they are more versatile. No one race can completely dominate the other. They're almost evenly matched. The thing is that there are more ways to win with the Terrans than there are with the others.

Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin
Protoss, all the way. Some may say I'm stupid, but a good Protoss player can dominate. It's all about surviving the early game. If you can hold off long enough to get better units and upgrades, Protoss can steamroll anyone (even those nasty Zerg rushers).

That's what I mean. Yes, the early game is the most critical, but if you think about it, this strategy only will work against a novice player. Anyone with experience will think and do the same thing, building up their forces for an incredible bloodbath later on. I've seen evenly matched players last for literally hours on end, and their front lines would only go back and forth a few pixels.

[EddieMcD]

Gotta go Terran on this, especially since I am a player who likes to hunker down and "turtle". It's simple: find some high ground, build some bunkers and 1 AA turret at each of your entrances, fill the bunkers with marines, research the longer range and firepower for the marines, and they are unstoppable in a bunker. Add a couple of siege tanks and have them deploy when you research the siege tech. Maybe a science vessel or two on patrol in case the opponent plans on sending ghosts to laser-paint for their nukes. One battlecruiser will finish off for defense as a rapid response to anything that may slip through.

After I'm well "hunkered in my bunker", I like to take some dropships filled with siege tanks and 1 DS filled with goliaths for AA, 1 battlecruiser, and a science vessel for detecting cloaked vehicles. Deploy the siege tanks, and let the artillery hell begin! It'll finish off even the best protected bases.

[andred2]

i think like almost everybody, the protoss are the best race, they are very strong..

[Marc P.]

I must say zerg... since there's not much that can defend against a drop of 24 full overlords- 12 full with fully upgraded (speed attack and movement) zerglings, the other 12 full of upgraded hydralisks. Even psi storm will only take out a smattering, and there's not much that can do wide enough damage to take out that much force. Zerg may be weak compared to other races, but they have much more strength in numbers- and just like AMD- have a darn good price to performance ratio

[johnscans]

terran, the med//mar//fb rush early on kills eco. follow that up w/ some nice seige or a mix drop, and they r unstoppable. combined with the bcs, wraith raping ability, and the ghosts lockdown t he terrans are unstoppable i nthe hands of an 1337 pl4y4 such as myself.

johnscans

[MarkF]

Originally posted by johnscans
terran, the med//mar//fb rush early on kills eco. follow that up w/ some nice seige or a mix drop, and they r unstoppable. combined with the bcs, wraith raping ability, and the ghosts lockdown t he terrans are unstoppable i nthe hands of an 1337 pl4y4 such as myself.

johnscans

What the heck??? Can you say that again, in english this time? And I never knew the Wraiths could rape people....

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by MarkF
What the heck??? Can you say that again, in english this time? And I never knew the Wraiths could rape people....

Isn't that a bit....inhumain (sp?) to say the least? And yes, please repeat what you said.

[Matt Attallah]

LOL! I understood him just fine. (that's a sign that i have played starcraft for TOO long!)

Anyways, i like Zerg for my race. If you can find the perfect mineral collection/hatchery mixture, you are golden. If any of you play on-line, my name is Red_Wings_Vk_Sm. Maybe we should have one big FIRST game...hmmmm....

P.S. For johnscans, and anyone else, If you are truly 1337, you don't go around speaking about it. You just prove your self one person at a time. If you brag, you are no better than the newbies...

[Ryan Dognaux]

I have to go with Protoss. From the beginning I didn't stick with Terran, I loved the way the Protoss look and do things. Especially in Brood War, the Protoss are unstoppable with an experienced player behind them. 12 Carriers and 15 corsairs cannot be stopped, especially when upgraded!!!! The Corsair's disruption web ability can stop any defensive capability, then you just send in the carriers and watch

A FIRST game would be awesome, someone set the date and time and I'll be there. My Life For Aiur.

[srjjs]

Originally posted by AnimeRaul234
My Life For Aiur.

Hamtaro Adun

[Matt Attallah]

Well, when I get some time, I will mark out the time/chat room to meet up-and presto.

Imagine about 70 Devourers comming to stop that protoss attack... Heh. There is no one tatic that is right. It all depends on how the game is played...

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally posted by srjjs
Hamtaro Adun

I long for Combat

Kushi Kushi

Originally posted by Matt Attallah
Well, when I get some time, I will mark out the time/chat room to meet up-and presto.

Imagine about 70 Devourers comming to stop that protoss attack... Heh. There is no one tatic that is right. It all depends on how the game is played...

Ha! While you're fiddling around with your 70 Devoureres, my army of Dragoons, Dark Templar, and speed enhanced Zealots would be tearing apart your base!!

All your base are belong to us.

[Matt Attallah]

Than i would have a lurker/ultralisks mix than.

Rember, all that you are allowed is 200 "Spirits" (for lack of a better word). So if you went ground, i would also go ground...

By the way, that does sound like a challenge...

Well, i'm am thinking and it seems like as if Sunday night, about 7-8-ish is looking good for me and others (i think) If you can make it, drop me a PM, or just post in this message. If there are not enought people, I will change it...