[Benji]

Sorry, are you saying Korean Code S are bunch of bad protoss? Look at MLG top 3, obviously Protoss is the weakest race atm.

I fail to understand how having top 3 of a tournament be the 3 different races is a sign of inbalance. If anything, it shows the game isnt that bad (infact quite good balance wise). If MC placed first, and Losira 3rd, would you say that Zerg was weak? No you wouldn't, you only look at the data from the point of view that makes your race look weak (and thus is an excuse as to why you aren't ranked higher than you are).

@Tom, The data does show that Protoss is a little behind, but I want to remind you about earlier this year, around Jan/Feb when Zerg had a 40% win (the lowest representation of all the races in sc2 to date) and Zerg players were crying, saying we were UP. Protoss and Terran responded with 'learn to adapt' and we clawed back to 48%ish before the Infestor went live. There have been plenty of GSL's as well when Zerg were signifncatly underrepresented (1 Zerg in the Ro8 of March, Lowest representation of race all through GSL May), its the nature of tournaments.

Give it time, players will figure it out. One thing you can try is getting a trial or second account and play some Zerg or Terran (whatever you have trouble with) and find out what annoys you from the other side of the coin, to give you some perspective. It will improve your play.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Benji

@Tom, The data does show that Protoss is a little behind, but I want to remind you about earlier this year, around Jan/Feb when Zerg had a 40% win (the lowest representation of all the races in sc2 to date) and Zerg players were crying, saying we were UP. Protoss and Terran responded with 'learn to adapt' and we clawed back to 48%ish before the Infestor went live. There have been plenty of GSL's as well when Zerg were signifncatly underrepresented (1 Zerg in the Ro8 of March, Lowest representation of race all through GSL May), its the nature of tournaments.

One data set shows Protoss "a little" behind. The rest of data shows them a lot behind.

The "underrepresentation" issue for Zerg is slightly different. With Protoss, it has generally been the most played race, whereas Zerg has generally had a low % of players. You would therefore expect, all else being equal, that you would see a higher proportion of Protoss than Zerg in tournaments. Think about it this way, if only 20% of players used Zerg (which is close to the actual propotion, although it is increasing) then you would expect only 1 in 5 GSL players to be Zerg. It wouldn't indicate balance, only that there is a lower player pool to begin with. Contrast this to 35% of players using Protoss but only 1 in 16 making it through in the GSL. This does indicate that there may be a disadvantage in playing Protoss.

Originally Posted by Benji

One thing you can try is getting a trial or second account and play some Zerg or Terran (whatever you have trouble with) and find out what annoys you from the other side of the coin, to give you some perspective. It will improve your play.

I have not mentioned my own play or any trouble I'm having. Thanks for the tip though ;p I barely have time to log on more than 1 or 2 days a week as it is, let alone starting multiple accounts!