Starcraft has always felt like the ultimate challenge to me, and I still love the challenge of the only true RTS esport (okay Broodwar fans we're on the same team) but over time I learned that there is so much more than hardcore 1v1 progamer combat (GSL/WCS etc). It is also one of the only games that has a custom game, co-op and team game community all of which could be standalone games on their own. Personally I play mostly 1v1 ladder, but even if you aren't grinding it out everyday and just want to aim for the monthly direct strike championship there is still so much fun to be had! Thanks Maynarde, the most hype caster and Starcraft fan out there for putting this together, and I hope you give this free game your download space :)
You are the the ultimate ambassador for new players and really just anyone to trying to learn or step up their game theory. You improved my game so much because you have a very no nonsense approach to teaching. thanks for all you do for us Winter.
off topic but could you do a bunch of archon matches with Lowko? I'd love to see the 2 best SC2 youtubers (sorry beasty and pig) go together in a series of archon matches (perhaps you could even do it against Beasty playing on his own) just askin'...
Hey this video was very well edited and easy to follow. In no time I was able start the game and understand what it was about. Now I am a WCS player. Thank you!
Been watching starcraft for maybe 3-4 years, played it for a while too but ranked is just too intimidating for me. Slowly but surely, that reduced my wanting to play.
THANK YOU!! I've been watching the esport for a year now and decided to start playing this week. I've never played a real time strategy game before. I did the Tutorial and then the 1-on-1 training. I was completely overwhelmed in the training with so much going on. This was a really great introduction, wish I'd seen this first.
Honestly mate I loved this. For someone that wants to get in depth into SC2 now in 2023 I found this video as the most useful one hands down. Unfortunately I see you stopped. I checked your Twitch channel as well there is not much going there either in terms of SC2 content.
i have been player for 7 months now and i absolutly love this game, its so much fun and so challanging. currently bouncing between mid d2 and mid d1. i hope more people join the fun and help grow this amazing community. en taro adun brothers!
I don't play Starcraft 2 anymore (less macro-oriented than I like), but Starcraft and Starcraft 2 have been a huge part of my life. I'm so thankful for having both of those games in my life. They made me better, and it was so satisfying to challenge myself to get better and see my goals reached.
You know what? Yours is probably the first video that I like first and watch next! Your names speaks for itself. My great favorite caster. Very warm, very friendly, explosive energy, great personality, and a master of casting hype! Great job man! Live eternally :-D
Thanks, growing up my brother loved playing the original Starcraft. I never played it much, but I love watching the tournaments on twitch. Very informative video. It's crazy the level the pros play it, it doesn't look that hard, but it sure can be difficult to micro manage everything. It really is a game of strategy and skill
Please please please make more of these. I love that there is an aussie. It kills me that i cant see more aussie starcraft stuff as NA and Euro is happening when i work or sleep. Haha Also you have a really good demeanour for these kinds of videos, enthusiastic and encouraging. And i herd you on pylon podcast.... Dont overproduce the videos man. Just get them out here for folk to watch. Give them an edit by all means but we dont need a cinematic experience.... We are watching it on our 480p phone screens
Unfortunately SC2 is kind of an addiction to me, not that I'd stop doing my life obligations to play it but every free time I had ended up being sucked by the game. Many times I wished I was enjoying other games or watching tv shows but I got so obsessed into getting good that every minute lost not playing the game was the reason I lost the next match. My mood would also be affected by it before playing the game (ladder anxiety) and after playing it. I also can't play just for fun because I don't see the point. Sometimes I think about going back to it but I remember how stressful it was, sadly.
I've been watching SC2 tournaments on and off for a couple years now and It's always seemed like way too much to learn. I played the campaign but it never felt anything like the 1v1 I'd watch. I realize it's a silly comparison to compare story AI to the world's best but they were my only reference points at the time. Thank you for making this video. I think I'll give SC2 a whirl again.
I don't know if this notifies you, but, if you happen to see it down the line, thank you! I got reasonably comfortable playing against very hard AI after moving through the training stages and AI Ladder (having a lot of trouble vs Elite). I just played my first 1v1 match against a human and boy was my heart racing in the final battles. Thank you so much for helping make this crazy hard game more accessible! It's been tremendous fun thus far.
great stuff it was really easy to understand for someone who never played the game before. I'm definitly excited to try this game out thanks to your video!
I just bought Wings of Liberty boxed at Salvation Army for $1.50 along with The Sims 2. The box looks epic but I know very little about StarCraft except there was an N64 game. That’s it.
Thanks for this amazing guide! I just started playing and its giving me the push I needed to play! Honestly, I would love to see videos breaking down build orders, why certain point of time you will need to build x or y!
I wanna begin playing, but I just don't know much about build order and different units. Are there any good up-to-date complete beginner guides on everything about each race? I know how to micro units and bodyblocking at a 3kmmr(archon/legend) level in dota, but there's just so many more units and stuff in an rts.
I beat the elite AI a few times as terran(dropped barracks outside their spawn and they couldnt come out) and my friends who also don't play, but I've not played online at all.
btw for those that don't play dota 3kmmr is neither good nor bad, so my micro in starcraft is still trash but I know about control groups and pressing buttons(atleast in dota)
1 for each race by WinterGaming ruclips.net/video/xCYrOVrPuXE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/6-smvhKhMxs/видео.html ruclips.net/video/KYfCd8liSKs/видео.html This entire playlist: ruclips.net/video/iMBgp-OA9Jc/видео.html more updated, about picking races: ruclips.net/video/u2ILu6MTyYY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/CDHMGtYQxxQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/NC7f6BU_Iy0/видео.html getting started in versus: ruclips.net/video/0cO_ly9C6gk/видео.html beginner mechanics: ruclips.net/video/hX6D3CWAHC8/видео.html anything else you can look it up with x5PiG or Winterstarcraft PiG has a fuck ton of dailies and WinterStarcraft has very enjoyable top tier youtube content for example Angry Coach which is exactly what it sounds like (though you will understand none of it its extremely fun) my Discord is LukeBomber#4379 twitter is twitter.com/LukeTheBomber if you have any other questions I would love to help you as videoes cannot respond to questions. P.S 2 mentioned creators do stream where you can @ questions to them and PiG (@x5_PiG) takes questions on twitter (dont dm, tweet at him)
One nice thing about statecraft is you can really explore the build orders and the units yourself if you want to because playing 1v1 you don't have anyone else on your team to let down and you can go into unit tester as well. There are actually a lot of complications in MOBAS you don't have in statecraft because the units are much simpler than the heroes so you can develop a "feel" for how the fight should go a lot faster imo....and I would always suggest REPLAYS to help you figure things out more...you can see your income, workers, etc as well as see how you could have stopped what your opponent was doing or slow things down on a fight to see how something happened. Pretty sure when you have a unit selected you can see like all their stats and maybe mouse over some things for info? Just seeing the damage from each attack against specific units in the unit tester or how different AOE's or abililities work can help you get a "feel"for the units. Formation can play a huge role too, flanks and surrounds or just semi-surrounds are very powerful and choke points and high ground are easier to defend because of vision and formation (one by one through a choke point and units may get massacred)....but all this stuff you can develop more of a feel for quite quickly because the units you'll learn in no time (much quicker than remembering all the different hero abilities in a moba probably). Keeping an eye on the details of what your opponent is producing (units, workers, structures) and where they are on the map always keeps you a step ahead and in the driver's seat in statecraft but I think you get that aspect of it... ...just like a moba starcraft is a nuanced and detailed game where everything can be important...but in statecraft you really can enjoy the process of getting better in a much different way because you can very much design your own strategy, focus, tactics, and style from the get-go and that can even help you in the long run in being creative and different even if you have to start following the crowd here and there. I highly suggest finding a friend to play with as having someone to 1v1 who you can feel even more competitive with and someone who you can cheer and discuss the game with made this my favorite game of all time to learn and get better at.
heeeeey there Maynarde just wanted to let you know that , im a beginner in SC2 , i knew all the pro-basic's you mentioned bt i found your content so helpful , i would love if you contributed some more contend for beginners ., love ya
Vid Just what I was looking for. Thank you.. From a very long time ago, competitive c n c player (20+ years ago...f*** I'm getting old!!l) didn't want to jump into SC (pretty much for the exact same reasons as this vid started) but I need something to distract me in life, a break.... this game looks to be a better plan than just drinking booze! Time to replace booze for starcraft I think. Not even joking (I no talking to my self at this point) but I need this game in my life. I was addicted to Tiberiun sun back in the day and loved love....this got to be better than alcohol! If anyone sees this is 6 months plus. Please ask if it worked. And if nothing change, please kick my ass Somethings got to change...only I can do this!!
Hearthstones commentary is very noob friendly and the scene is quite competative though it has a reputation for being a bit RNG focused (luck). However that is mostly a big meme, the game is still very skill based and as another bonus the games are slow enough for anyone to follow as the players think everything through. Apart from that some decks are very simple to understand like "swarm decks" where you take control of the board and kill the enemy through various means before they can stabalize so even if you cant understand everything you can understand something. As for SC2 look up x5PiG and WinterStarcraft for beginner guides glhf I have experience in Helping new players if you have any questions my Discord is LukeBomber#4379
Can someone describe what StarCraft 2 is? I watched the video twice but it still didn't address basic issues, like 1. Is it all about just creating Gas, Minerals and that other stuff? 2. Is it about who can create the most in the least amount of time? I saw stuff swarming around, were they looking for stuff to mine? 3. Is it about using your supplies to create some structures faster than the next person? I watched a few videos but all I saw was unidentifiable swarming things running to/fro. Anybody take this noob question?
Hey, its about making attacking units and killing your opponent with them. Technically the game is over once you destroy all the buildings of your opponent, but in reality, players just simply tap out when they know they have no chance to win anymore. You have to have workers to gain money for troops, your workers have to be protected by them so you can train more. Your attacking units are constantly fighting and trading of with your opponent so if you have a better economy or / and are more cost-efficient, you will win the battles and the game.
You forgot to mention that Blizzard's favoritism has ensured that their pet faction, the Zerg, has consistently dominated tournaments at the professional level ever since the 2017 nerfs made Terran a late-game laughingstock, and every time Zerg gets a minor nerf - Hydralisks losing .05 firing speed, or Nydus networks becoming killable in their growth phase, for the most recent examples - they get major buffs to ensure that their dominance strengthens towards supremacy. (Making fungal growth forbid all cleanse/escape techniques and making nydus networks both cheaper and tremendously quicker to unload.) Meanwhile the Zerg lategame Infestor/Broodlord/Viper/Corruptor army remains _the_ late-game Zerg composition because it's now more OP than ever.
Yes, Queens and Spore Crawlers are absolutely lousy anti-air, everyone knows that! Try again when Zerg _isn't_ consistently dominating tournaments at the professional level.
Starcraft has always felt like the ultimate challenge to me, and I still love the challenge of the only true RTS esport (okay Broodwar fans we're on the same team) but over time I learned that there is so much more than hardcore 1v1 progamer combat (GSL/WCS etc). It is also one of the only games that has a custom game, co-op and team game community all of which could be standalone games on their own. Personally I play mostly 1v1 ladder, but even if you aren't grinding it out everyday and just want to aim for the monthly direct strike championship there is still so much fun to be had!
Thanks Maynarde, the most hype caster and Starcraft fan out there for putting this together, and I hope you give this free game your download space :)
warcraft 3 still exists
;~;
Well said!
You are the the ultimate ambassador for new players and really just anyone to trying to learn or step up their game theory. You improved my game so much because you have a very no nonsense approach to teaching. thanks for all you do for us Winter.
off topic but could you do a bunch of archon matches with Lowko? I'd love to see the 2 best SC2 youtubers (sorry beasty and pig) go together in a series of archon matches (perhaps you could even do it against Beasty playing on his own) just askin'...
Damn you seem like you would do a nice starcraft streamer/youtuber
Hey this video was very well edited and easy to follow. In no time I was able start the game and understand what it was about. Now I am a WCS player. Thank you!
My pleasure MaNa I wish you much success xoxo
I've played Starcraft 1 and 2 for such a long time, yet I am still watching this lol
Oh yeah Maynarde, a video on ladder anxiety etc. will be very beneficial imo.
FrozenFlame Listen to: Tempo - Just hit play
Been watching starcraft for maybe 3-4 years, played it for a while too but ranked is just too intimidating for me. Slowly but surely, that reduced my wanting to play.
THANK YOU!! I've been watching the esport for a year now and decided to start playing this week. I've never played a real time strategy game before. I did the Tutorial and then the 1-on-1 training. I was completely overwhelmed in the training with so much going on. This was a really great introduction, wish I'd seen this first.
Honestly mate I loved this. For someone that wants to get in depth into SC2 now in 2023 I found this video as the most useful one hands down. Unfortunately I see you stopped. I checked your Twitch channel as well there is not much going there either in terms of SC2 content.
Finding this vid today, thanks Maynarde. Your "bow-chica wow-wow hunh-hunh" hasn't changed a bit.
You were right - definitely haven't seen anything quite like this - good investment of time for creator and viewer both - not a drop wasted \m/
Thanks, I've been looking for such a video to send to my friends who are too afraid to get in. Very useful Maynarde!
Fantastic work Maynarde! -Hoplite
Thanks for this dude. Not sure why i waited until 2021 to start this game but it looks awesome. Here we go
Active player here. I watched the whole thing because it was so good. Love your content, Maynarde!
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i have been player for 7 months now and i absolutly love this game, its so much fun and so challanging. currently bouncing between mid d2 and mid d1. i hope more people join the fun and help grow this amazing community. en taro adun brothers!
I don't play Starcraft 2 anymore (less macro-oriented than I like), but Starcraft and Starcraft 2 have been a huge part of my life.
I'm so thankful for having both of those games in my life. They made me better, and it was so satisfying to challenge myself to get better and see my goals reached.
Dude, I like Maynarde's chill voice so much more than his HYPE one during the commentaries.
Thanks for the video! It is honestly criminally underviewed!
You know what? Yours is probably the first video that I like first and watch next! Your names speaks for itself. My great favorite caster. Very warm, very friendly, explosive energy, great personality, and a master of casting hype! Great job man! Live eternally :-D
Very nice video there! Thank you so much and it's time for me to get back to this awesome game that is StarCraft! Keep doing such contents there! 🙂
omg this video is genious, right on point, its 2022 and I am downloading starcraft for the first time in my life
As someone who hasn't played since the original StarCraft I am so grateful for this video!
This video is so well produced.
Literally just got into Starcraft2 yesterday! It seems...overwhelming but i'm loving it!
Was looking for a good, short yet detailed video for a friend to see what the game is about, this is it! Great vid
Dope video super high quality stuff bro!
What a cool video very glad you made it!
Thanks, growing up my brother loved playing the original Starcraft. I never played it much, but I love watching the tournaments on twitch. Very informative video. It's crazy the level the pros play it, it doesn't look that hard, but it sure can be difficult to micro manage everything. It really is a game of strategy and skill
LOVE IT! We haven't seen anything like this since Day 9 way back in the stone age.
Thank you! Introducing Starcraft II to my son and a friend and this was a great introduction!
best video for new people ive seen my friends who are getting into it loved this
Awesome video! And please do a video on ladder anxiety it is a big issue for many people !
Please please please make more of these. I love that there is an aussie. It kills me that i cant see more aussie starcraft stuff as NA and Euro is happening when i work or sleep. Haha
Also you have a really good demeanour for these kinds of videos, enthusiastic and encouraging.
And i herd you on pylon podcast.... Dont overproduce the videos man. Just get them out here for folk to watch. Give them an edit by all means but we dont need a cinematic experience.... We are watching it on our 480p phone screens
Unfortunately SC2 is kind of an addiction to me, not that I'd stop doing my life obligations to play it but every free time I had ended up being sucked by the game. Many times I wished I was enjoying other games or watching tv shows but I got so obsessed into getting good that every minute lost not playing the game was the reason I lost the next match. My mood would also be affected by it before playing the game (ladder anxiety) and after playing it. I also can't play just for fun because I don't see the point. Sometimes I think about going back to it but I remember how stressful it was, sadly.
This really helped explain to me, thanks for making the time to make it. Now I can finally play properly and start my channel!
Yeah, was just on the fence about getting into it since it feels a little hard since the community is already so established it feels
I've been watching SC2 tournaments on and off for a couple years now and It's always seemed like way too much to learn. I played the campaign but it never felt anything like the 1v1 I'd watch. I realize it's a silly comparison to compare story AI to the world's best but they were my only reference points at the time. Thank you for making this video. I think I'll give SC2 a whirl again.
I don't know if this notifies you, but, if you happen to see it down the line, thank you! I got reasonably comfortable playing against very hard AI after moving through the training stages and AI Ladder (having a lot of trouble vs Elite). I just played my first 1v1 match against a human and boy was my heart racing in the final battles. Thank you so much for helping make this crazy hard game more accessible! It's been tremendous fun thus far.
great stuff it was really easy to understand for someone who never played the game before.
I'm definitly excited to try this game out thanks to your video!
This is really good. Only got into scII a month or two. I am loving this game!
Loved this! Great video! I've been watching a lot of SC2 recently and getting ready to dip my toe in - definitely keep these going!
I just bought Wings of Liberty boxed at Salvation Army for $1.50 along with The Sims 2. The box looks epic but I know very little about StarCraft except there was an N64 game. That’s it.
Pretty solid vid 👌
I wish I knew about the game speed thing before playing through wings of liberty. Also, great video, keep it up.
Great video my guy
Thanks for this video. I'm learning english with my favourite game from childhood. Greetings from Poland
Thanks for this amazing guide! I just started playing and its giving me the push I needed to play! Honestly, I would love to see videos breaking down build orders, why certain point of time you will need to build x or y!
Great video. Really useful.
10/10 content dear maynarde
I finally hit GM after watching this. Thanks!!!!
ThankYouVeryMuchForYourHelp
Maynarde you're a treasure!
ty man for this fast into
6:38 Damn didn't know i had my APM(10) is considered "high".
Excellent vid Maynarde, thanks!
What do you think of using damaged health bars instead of always?
I wanna begin playing, but I just don't know much about build order and different units. Are there any good up-to-date complete beginner guides on everything about each race? I know how to micro units and bodyblocking at a 3kmmr(archon/legend) level in dota, but there's just so many more units and stuff in an rts.
I beat the elite AI a few times as terran(dropped barracks outside their spawn and they couldnt come out) and my friends who also don't play, but I've not played online at all.
btw for those that don't play dota 3kmmr is neither good nor bad, so my micro in starcraft is still trash but I know about control groups and pressing buttons(atleast in dota)
1 for each race by WinterGaming
ruclips.net/video/xCYrOVrPuXE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/6-smvhKhMxs/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/KYfCd8liSKs/видео.html
This entire playlist:
ruclips.net/video/iMBgp-OA9Jc/видео.html
more updated, about picking races:
ruclips.net/video/u2ILu6MTyYY/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/CDHMGtYQxxQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/NC7f6BU_Iy0/видео.html
getting started in versus:
ruclips.net/video/0cO_ly9C6gk/видео.html
beginner mechanics:
ruclips.net/video/hX6D3CWAHC8/видео.html
anything else you can look it up with x5PiG or Winterstarcraft PiG has a fuck ton of dailies and WinterStarcraft has very enjoyable top tier youtube content for example Angry Coach which is exactly what it sounds like (though you will understand none of it its extremely fun)
my Discord is LukeBomber#4379 twitter is twitter.com/LukeTheBomber if you have any other questions
I would love to help you as videoes cannot respond to questions.
P.S 2 mentioned creators do stream where you can @ questions to them and PiG (@x5_PiG) takes questions on twitter (dont dm, tweet at him)
One nice thing about statecraft is you can really explore the build orders and the units yourself if you want to because playing 1v1 you don't have anyone else on your team to let down and you can go into unit tester as well. There are actually a lot of complications in MOBAS you don't have in statecraft because the units are much simpler than the heroes so you can develop a "feel" for how the fight should go a lot faster imo....and I would always suggest REPLAYS to help you figure things out more...you can see your income, workers, etc as well as see how you could have stopped what your opponent was doing or slow things down on a fight to see how something happened.
Pretty sure when you have a unit selected you can see like all their stats and maybe mouse over some things for info? Just seeing the damage from each attack against specific units in the unit tester or how different AOE's or abililities work can help you get a "feel"for the units.
Formation can play a huge role too, flanks and surrounds or just semi-surrounds are very powerful and choke points and high ground are easier to defend because of vision and formation (one by one through a choke point and units may get massacred)....but all this stuff you can develop more of a feel for quite quickly because the units you'll learn in no time (much quicker than remembering all the different hero abilities in a moba probably).
Keeping an eye on the details of what your opponent is producing (units, workers, structures) and where they are on the map always keeps you a step ahead and in the driver's seat in statecraft but I think you get that aspect of it...
...just like a moba starcraft is a nuanced and detailed game where everything can be important...but in statecraft you really can enjoy the process of getting better in a much different way because you can very much design your own strategy, focus, tactics, and style from the get-go and that can even help you in the long run in being creative and different even if you have to start following the crowd here and there.
I highly suggest finding a friend to play with as having someone to 1v1 who you can feel even more competitive with and someone who you can cheer and discuss the game with made this my favorite game of all time to learn and get better at.
Evan Stowers thats quite the essay
Thanks for the guide!
I haven’t played the game since sons of liberty. Going to pick it up and play around 😊
That's strange, whenever I look at Dota I'm like WTF IS GOING ON????
Great video! Long live Starcraft!
"But the big international tournaments the ones largely funded by Blizzard" Well that sentence didn't age too well.
Just looking at upgrading my laptop (it’s old) just to play this game. Subscribed mate 🙂
Nice!
careful. he is a hero
Thanks!
That's very helpful
Thank you
So with you added to my SC playlist I will never have to watch anything else
Thank you. Im redownloading this game later.
Would love to see some "versus A.I." suggestions for zerg. I'm up to Very Hard vs A.I. and think it is a great way to improve builds and apm.
This helped me quite a lot ty
On my sub feed this was listed as only six seconds long, was expecting a dank meme
heeeeey there Maynarde just wanted to let you know that , im a beginner in SC2 , i knew all the pro-basic's you mentioned bt i found your content so helpful , i would love if you contributed some more contend for beginners ., love ya
Vid Just what I was looking for. Thank you.. From a very long time ago, competitive c n c player (20+ years ago...f*** I'm getting old!!l) didn't want to jump into SC (pretty much for the exact same reasons as this vid started) but I need something to distract me in life, a break.... this game looks to be a better plan than just drinking booze! Time to replace booze for starcraft I think. Not even joking (I no talking to my self at this point) but I need this game in my life. I was addicted to Tiberiun sun back in the day and loved love....this got to be better than alcohol!
If anyone sees this is 6 months plus. Please ask if it worked. And if nothing change, please kick my ass Somethings got to change...only I can do this!!
did it work ? :)
@xayadsc3706 well kinda. Still drinking the booze tho! Fuck. Forgot about this message, I probably need to re visit this plan!
Very nice video! Just that audio glitches are really annoying
Thanks a lot
Great introduction, thank you.
Do you have any competitive game you can suggest that have a noob friendly commentary?
Hearthstones commentary is very noob friendly and the scene is quite competative though it has a reputation for being a bit RNG focused (luck). However that is mostly a big meme, the game is still very skill based and as another bonus the games are slow enough for anyone to follow as the players think everything through. Apart from that some decks are very simple to understand like "swarm decks" where you take control of the board and kill the enemy through various means before they can stabalize so even if you cant understand everything you can understand something.
As for SC2 look up x5PiG and WinterStarcraft for beginner guides glhf
I have experience in Helping new players if you have any questions my Discord is LukeBomber#4379
Can someone describe what StarCraft 2 is? I watched the video twice but it still didn't address basic issues, like 1. Is it all about just creating Gas, Minerals and that other stuff? 2. Is it about who can create the most in the least amount of time? I saw stuff swarming around, were they looking for stuff to mine? 3. Is it about using your supplies to create some structures faster than the next person? I watched a few videos but all I saw was unidentifiable swarming things running to/fro. Anybody take this noob question?
Hey, its about making attacking units and killing your opponent with them. Technically the game is over once you destroy all the buildings of your opponent, but in reality, players just simply tap out when they know they have no chance to win anymore. You have to have workers to gain money for troops, your workers have to be protected by them so you can train more. Your attacking units are constantly fighting and trading of with your opponent so if you have a better economy or / and are more cost-efficient, you will win the battles and the game.
@@glossary90 Thank you Z K
Would it be wise to map out hotkeys or just try to learn the standard keys? I'm asking for convinience sake.
What would you suggest for a LoL player getting into this game?
You forgot to mention zerg op
nardeNoice
And when you'we tasted SC2. Come check out BroodWar, arguably a more fun, yet more demanding, RTS.
bbc
You forgot to mention that Blizzard's favoritism has ensured that their pet faction, the Zerg, has consistently dominated tournaments at the professional level ever since the 2017 nerfs made Terran a late-game laughingstock, and every time Zerg gets a minor nerf - Hydralisks losing .05 firing speed, or Nydus networks becoming killable in their growth phase, for the most recent examples - they get major buffs to ensure that their dominance strengthens towards supremacy. (Making fungal growth forbid all cleanse/escape techniques and making nydus networks both cheaper and tremendously quicker to unload.) Meanwhile the Zerg lategame Infestor/Broodlord/Viper/Corruptor army remains _the_ late-game Zerg composition because it's now more OP than ever.
Yes, Queens and Spore Crawlers are absolutely lousy anti-air, everyone knows that!
Try again when Zerg _isn't_ consistently dominating tournaments at the professional level.