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So I was thinking. Hopefully all of you guys will tell me I'm very wrong.

In SC and BW, the campaign had missions that involved all 3 races. People who played the campaign to get into the game most likely had a taste of all the races.

In SC2, the entire campaign is from the Terran perspective. Sure, you'll face Protoss and Zerg, but every mission from the first to the last will be played as Terran.

Now, I'm not talking about long time players who have their favorite races, but do you think that not having the other two races featured in the campaign will result in lots of new players choosing Terran online in B.net because they are more comfortable with the race? There are a ton of people who will be picking up SC2 who never played SC1, simply due to the massive growth of Blizzard over the past 12 years.

I hope I'm wrong, but it's certainly something to think about. I'd hate it to be a situation where half the games I play are against Terran players, with the other half divided between Zerg and Protoss.

EDIT: And yes, I know the other two races are available to play in single player. That still doesn't alter the fact that the campaign is exclusively Terran, and that is what many people will be playing at first.

The game is being released in three parts for a reason. The first part will be terran based, then the second is protoss I think and the third is Zerg. The game will be split into three CD's simply because the size is over 9000.

That is why. Also: I have noticed more protoss players than anything on battle.net.

im actually pretty sure that you will be able to use some protoss units, like Zeratul.

but i like the whole concept, plus by playing one race it sparks a grater curiosity for the other races for new comers.

plus SC2 is more focused towards returning SC players since its the continuation of the storey and gameplay.

newcomers will want to buy SC BW so they can fully understand the gameplay and lore.

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The game is being released in three parts for a reason. The first part will be terran based, then the second is protoss I think and the third is Zerg. The game will be split into three CD's simply because the size is over 9000.

That is why. Also: I have noticed more protoss players than anything on battle.net.

I understand why the game is being released in 3 parts. That isn't what I'm worried about.

The 2nd part won't release until probably a year after WoL. This means that for a year, the only campaign new players will have access to is Terran. Meaning that players who will use the campaign to get a feel for the game will ONLY get a feel for the Terran in that year.

And I agree, Protoss are more used in SC1. But you can't deny that SC2 will have a ton of new players. And all of these new players will be introduced almost exclusively to Terran play via the campaign.

I hope you're right though. I really do. But I am expecting right now to see a ton of Terran online the first couple months.

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im actually pretty sure that you will be able to use some protoss units, like Zeratul.

but i like the whole concept, plus by playing one race it sparks a grater curiosity for the other races for new comers.

plus SC2 is more focused towards returning SC players since its the continuation of the storey and gameplay.

newcomers will want to buy SC BW so they can fully understand the gameplay and lore.

I hope you're right about getting to play some units from the other races. That waves my concern. And I also am a fan of the three parts focusing on different races. But then, I'm someone who has played the previous games.

I have to respectfully disagree with your last two lines however. SC2 will certainly attempt to attract old players, but Blizzard is absolutely looking to attract new players to the SC world as well. I quit WoW only recently, and any time there was a major SC update, it was posted on the WoW website as well as the Blizzard Updater when you booted up the game. I doubt all 11 million WoW MMORPG players have played Starcraft, yet Blizzard is advertising to them. They are absolutely looking for new people to come.

As to your last point, I am in love with the Warcraft series. I've read the books and feel I know my lore. But when I picked up WC3, I didn't go out and first buy WC2 to figure out what was going on. There were pages and pages of lore in the instruction manual. I imagine SC2 will be the same. People will be able to pick up and have enough idea of the story to know what's going on. But they won't be able to play the story and get a feel for building a Protoss army, for example.

Hes saying that more people will pick terran as their race to play on Bnet2.0 because they will have played them in the terran campaign. I think this is a possibility. There was a poll on the blizzard forums about what race you will choose and it showed:

Terran 57 votes
29.69%
Protoss 49 votes
25.52%
Zerg 51 votes
26.56%
Random 35 votes
18.23%

But thats barely any votes and only people on blizzard forums who will have obviously played SC1. I do think more people will start as terran, yes.

I am guessing a fair amount of the missions in WoL will have you playing as Protoss or Zerg. There are suppose to be what, 20-30 missions total? I would assume several will be played as Protss or Zerg to get players familar with these races as well.

The focus will definitely be Terran but it's not like SC:BW where you played exclusively as a race till you got to the next chapter.


EDIT: Dunno what poll you are talking about GreenMachine but this one on Bnet shows Protoss being favored by almost 10% while Zerg and Terran are pretty close, with Terran just barely beating Zerg.

I feel like in the beginning of Sc2, yeah there will be lots of terran players. For the people who've been playing sc for a long time, i mean BW, then no, they'll stick with their favorite races or w.e. But since there will be first-time-starcraft players, like what you said, a lot of newbies tend to start off with campaign.

The Terran race will be the only race that they will be familiar with.

I just remembered.. didn't Blizzard say they will have tutorials for playing the multiplayer game? So you can play it as whatever race you chose and learn BO, micro/macro, etc.? I coulda swore they said they would include something like this since the campaign doesn't really teach you how to play multiplayer matches effectively.

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I just remembered.. didn't Blizzard say they will have tutorials for playing the multiplayer game? So you can play it as whatever race you chose and learn BO, micro/macro, etc.? I coulda swore they said they would include something like this since the campaign doesn't really teach you how to play multiplayer matches effectively.

I'm unaware, but you could be right. If that's the case then I gotta say I'm very relieved to hear that. Definitely puts me slightly more at ease.

There seems to be alot more protoss players mainly because of the maps played tend to favor protoss the most, so players will want that advantage, namely BGH and Fastest (Fastest especially supports protoss by having no need for map control, essentially unlimited minerals, and superior unit quality and less likely to be overwhelmed in quantity due to the vast amount of minerals, BGH is similar in the fact you have more starting minerals, tight terrain so stronger units obviously have a bigger advantage aka unable to get surrounded/flanked as easily) and protoss is always seen, which I agree, to be the best starting race as it requires less APM and is more forgiving compared to terran and zerg.

I'd think terran may at first have more numbers in SC2, but I think people will switch off and try difference races eventually distributing the race played, some will like the perspective of mass units and go to zerg, others will like powerful units and go the protoss, etc.

Remember that though SC2 ships out with terran missions first, its not really designed to train terran players but rather a fun single player storyline, it won't be like the actual online experience so its not like they'd actually be familiar with terran playstyle but maybe their units even though all three races share the same core concept of units (melee, ranged, abilities, AtA, GtG, buildings, etc)

I also tend to see alot of ppl looking forward to SC2 are actually buying the original starcraft, I remember seeing a list of most bought games and SC was in there somewhere, I think it was 2008 or 2009 but yea, it's not a bad choice considering SC2 evolves from it so although its a new game, its based off similar concepts, not to mention its like 5-8 bucks, cheaper than a week's gas. (then again whats not nowadays)

First of all, you'll be happy to hear that the first SC2 campaign does contain a protoss mini-campaign, so first-timers will definitely get some protoss experience in there as well.

On the main subject: Keep in mind that the even the terran campaign doesn't properly represent the terran multiplayer. There are a ton of units, buildings, abilities, and upgrades that are ONLY available in single player. Blizzard has recognized that an engaging and epic single player storyline does not prepare a newby for online play.

In order to help new players, Blizzard is creating single player challenges that will teach the multiplayer basics for all races in addition to some standard, non-race-specific mechanics like hotkeys and micro. This is a brilliant idea because it gives Blizzard free reign on a lucrative and refreshing campaign that doesn't have to serve as an introduction to basic multiplayer.

If a newby plays only the campaign and then tries to jump straight into battle.net matches he's still going to be relatively unfamiliar with all three races.

To the original poster. My answer. Yes.

Good point. I think many a new comer will go with Terran as that it was there comfortable with.

Given enough time though, people will start experimenting with different races and will eventually settle into what style they truly like.

Yes Terran players will get a little head start in learning the mechanics of their race. But a good player does not lay down and die at that stage. I will be playing Protoss exclusively on B.net. The fact that Terran players have ahead start does not bother me. THe terran can be countered and I will ensure that I bring my A game to every game I play!

step #1 - pick favorite race

step #2 - log onto b.net

step #3 - lose

step #4 - continue losing

step #5 - switch to race considered the strongest

People will most generally pick the race that they think is the strongest. Winning remains an important concept to gaming, and don't expect people to choice what they want to play, over what they think has an edge.