In 2 out of the 3 non-mirror matches, you would be in for a tougher time just because of the race you play.ДЄnd I suppose it is also possible for some race to be favoured in 3/3 of the other non-mirrors and for another race to be 0/3. Supposing a fairly balanced distribution of player races in a tournament, that means that in playing UD during a tournament, one would expect to be disadvantaged (or play an unfavourable matchup) in 66% of the games played. but let's suppose that in the current balance: UD had weak match-ups against Human and Night Elf, but was strong against Orc there would be the UD vs UD mirror match of course, which will always be 'balanced' in virtue of being the mirror

For the illustrative example, let's say that you were an Undead player in WC3: Suppose that 'perfect racial balance' was not the current state of the game and that there were some strong and weak match-ups. #12 I recall a rather interesting argument about how having an even number of races (4 in the case of Warcraft 3) creates a special and particular difficulty about balancing in relation to competitive tournament formats. Some build orders might even carry over a lot depending on how the new race would work. I feel like build orders affect the already commited players a lot more than the newbies, and for them it wouldn't be nearly as big of a deal. Knowing more build orders and on what maps with 4 races is certainly another hurdle for newcomers which certainly isnt needed. Yeah obvious thats one of the key problems for newbies but i'm just talking in relation to the OPs idea. If they place the barrack down on 12 or 13, I dont think it matters at all for them Its more the intensity of multitasking, microing and macroing They're already having trouble balancing 3 races, 4 would probably just create more balance whine which is the last thing SC needs.Дont think learning builds on specific maps is what makes the newcomers considering SC2 hard. Knowing enough build orders for 3 matchups with 5+ maps is already a struggle, adding another race just makes it worse.

It'd be even harder for newer players to get into SC. What's TL's opinion on this matter? Could this be a realistic way of increasing the diversity and interest in the game, or is it just going to cause more problems? Would you all be willing to learn another race?

Perhaps they'd be too similar to the protoss, but there's a lot of way in which you can differentiate the two. It'd also be difficult to get pros interested in playing the new race, as race switching among pros is very rare, so it may be under represented at the top level, but that's not a huge deal really.ДЄn obvious choice for such a new race would be the Xel'naga, an already existing race withing the Starcraft Universe, and with defined characteristics and assests. Of course, there'd be the problems of increased balance issues and difficulty in map making, but those are probably problems that could be worked around and dealt with. Warcraft 3 had 4 races, so why couldn't SC2? Old players would come back just to try it out, and new players would have more options to play around and experiment with when they're just getting into it. This would be amazing to see in my opinion, and would do wonders in increasing interest in the SC2.

It seems to me it would actually do a lot of good for the game, as it would increase diversity in the races we see in game, as well as the number of strategies that could be used through out. #1 Now, I'm aware that this is a complete pipedream and will never happen, but I'm curious as to what would be the effects of adding a new race to the game, and want to start a discussion about this idea.

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