Do you think players tha play certain races share common traits?

[warrior6]

eh...?
i don't want to accuse your logic but this statement puts the random playing player at a 66% chance to get another race than zerg...
i don't think it would be a viable way to gain wins if most random players only wanted to play zerg to begin with...

i understand that. i was only using an example. my point is that randomers are usually people who want to take comfort in the fact that their opponents dont know what they are.

if the randomers choose it just to have variety blah blah blah, then it would be way better if say you choose random, then at the loading screen it shows what race you generated and both players are aware of what race they are whether they chose that race or they picked random and got it.

im also not a big fan of not knowing which starting position your opponent is at. it kind of adds in the whole rolling dice thing as you literally have to guess where he is with your starting worker and if you are trying an early attack or rush, finding them early is crucial. this is also true if your opponent is trying something unorthodox and you just so happen to find him quickly or find him at the latest possible time with your starting scout worker. in those kinds of situations, it can literally decide the game

[GnaReffotsirk]

Like do personalities dictate the races you play? and if thus, will one be able to have a vague assumption of a person's personality through that factor?
Consider Random as a seperate 4th race.

Bored and felt like starting a topic lol

If so, am I not free? I am who I am, regardless what race and color I play.

[Hammy]

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Cheese


That's the deifnition. There is a definition, and that's it. it's agreed upon. You are mistaken.

That's interesting. I'm willing to conform to liquipedia when it comes SC slang, since it's probably the place where the most people would go to look for a definition, but in that case the top commentators should probably conform to that.
A definition problem arises when you see korean commentators talking about cheese (subbed though, so the validity is questionable) when someone is just doing something unusual.

Nevertheless, sure that's the definition, but it's important not to confuse cheese and all-in attack, and consider that a cheese doesn't have to end the game, it can be used to gain an advantage (economical for example).

[Blasterion]

If so, am I not free? I am who I am, regardless what race and color I play.

of course but who you are can easily dictate your played race based on your moo and personality as well as play style

[GnaReffotsirk]

Hmm. Maybe that's why I have no favorite race then?

But how does each of these choices reflect one's personality? What if one chooses to play one race because there's a character in the lore of that race that one finds interesting? What if one chooses this race because...

Is there really such a difference between each race? You build something, train something, harvest, attack, retreat, block ramp, wait, tech-up, mass, etc. Same thing with different images, and different assortments of whens and hows. But all the same.

This is why I don't believe such a thing could hint of a person's personality.

edit:

Question: If a person loves to play terran because of the siege tank's siege mode-tank mode thingy, what does that say about him?

[Blasterion]

Hmm. Maybe that's why I have no favorite race then?

But how does each of these choices reflect one's personality? What if one chooses to play one race because there's a character in the lore of that race that one finds interesting? What if one chooses this race because...

Is there really such a difference between each race? You build something, train something, harvest, attack, retreat, block ramp, wait, tech-up, mass, etc. Same thing with different images, and different assortments of whens and hows. But all the same.

This is why I don't believe such a thing could hint of a person's personality.

edit:

Question: If a person loves to play terran because of the siege tank's siege mode-tank mode thingy, what does that say about him?

to answer the questions in order
Liking Lore Characters means that there is some thing about that character you like thus reflecting some type of personal preference and somehow vaguely reflects the personality

Of course there is such difference between the races they one have different back grounds. Different mechanics in construction, and weaponary preferences like Terran has no melee units for example

If a person plays terran because of siege tank the quote SaharaDrac reflects that they like to be in invincible situation like wise it reflects a certain degree of personality


I believe It's not that a matter of whether you're free or not to choose your race but more like you choose what you play based on who you are

[GnaReffotsirk]

to answer the questions in order
Liking Lore Characters means that there is some thing about that character you like thus reflecting some type of personal preference and somehow vaguely reflects the personality

Of course there is such difference between the races they one have different back grounds. Different mechanics in construction, and weaponary preferences like Terran has no melee units for example

If a person plays terran because of siege tank the quote SaharaDrac reflects that they like to be in invincible situation like wise it reflects a certain degree of personality


I believe It's not that a matter of whether you're free or not to choose your race but more like you choose what you play based on who you are

I see. I'd like to know what's out there then regarding each race. If there was a quiz in FB sort of thing than then tells me what race I'd likely be playing would be interesting.

But I shall reserve my conviction, than none of these can define a person, nor tell anyone even a vague idea of who or what that person is and is not.

Though, it would be an interesting facet that may generate some sort of hype or whatnot, which then might sell the game to more people.

[Sarov]

of course but who you are can easily dictate your played race based on your moo and personality as well as play style

It is not who you are but how you like to play that can dictate what race you play.

[Warsaw]

It is not who you are but how you like to play that can dictate what race you play.

Some people just play the coolest looking race, or they just play aliens, or they just play humans. Some people don't look into it as deep as everyone here does. Sometimes what race you play dictates how you play. There is to many random variables to say that people who play certain races share common traits. I can't make up my mind on who I like the best so does that mean I share common traits with all of you? What if someone plays Protoss and Zerg or Terran and Zerg or Random but then switched to Zerg? It's either random, or personal preference, or maybe you play terran cause you feel they are OP or maybe Zerg because they are the least played or some other reason. There is just no way I can see people sharing traits because they like to play the same race on some computer game.

[Sarov]

There are countless things that can dictate what you play. What your preference is in aesthetics, you're favorite race, sometimes it can be the type of person you are, other times it can be your play style and so on and so forth. But not everyone shares the same traits in the sense that anyone who plays x race has x, y and z traits. There are too many factors to just narrow it done to one thing.