Protoss a Dead Race?

BREAKING NEWS!!! oGsMC and Slayers_Alicia are out of Code A. Today march the dead of the Protoss race in Starcraft 2 online game. Professional Protoss gamers continue to fall out of GSL left and right. This time around even the Protoss President himself oGsMC and even the best PvT player Slayers_Alicia (claimed by Artosis) are out of Code A. Protoss misery continue one after another. Will there be any end to this Armageddon?

With two of the best Protoss players around the world falling down to Code B, Aiur seems to be in a deadly plague. The GSL is currently being dominated by Terrans and to a lesser extend Zerg gamers. Protoss seems to occupy only a tiny minority of the valueble spots.

It hurts to see Protoss players continue to underperform in the current metagame. As we all know, Terran is probably the best race in the metagame currently. Terran gamers have the tools to exp
loit both the macro and micro aspect of the game. From haress to macroing through MULEs, Terran players continue to dominate the game.

Is it that the current Protoss players are stuck in the past? From the design point of view in the game itself, Protoss race seems to be too linear. What this means is that Protoss is a race that are too predictable. Protoss players seems to be favouring the Colossus/ Archon builds for quite some time now. There is no denying that the Protoss deathball is indeed fearsome and deadly, however, Protoss gameplays are too predictable.

Let's take an example in the PvZ matchup, Protoss gamers tend to open with a 3 Gate into expansion (if Zerg Gas Pool) or 1 Gate expansion (gasless Hatchery) builds. These are too predictable. Currently in the metagame, Stargate is a very common follow up, with Void Rays and Phoenixes. Zerg can safely assume the Protoss build with well timed scouting.

Is it that Protoss players are being stuck in the past such as one or two bases all in and sticking to the Protoss Deathball builds? I do not agree with this. Protoss players continue to innovate with the metagame creating new macro builds with the usage of heavy Gateway armies. Warp Prism is seeing more plays lately in the hands of NsHoSeoSage, Puzzle and LiquidHero. Warp Prism is one of the unexplored unit in the Starcraft 2 game with huge potentials in the future.

Let's hope that Blizzard continue to do their job in releasing the upcoming 1.4.0 patch as soon as possible. The upcoming patch is slightly favouring Protoss gamers.

Will we see more Protoss gamers falling out of GSL? There seems to be no hopes left in this game. Why don't Blizzard just create Starcraft 2 with just the Terran and Zerg races?

Let's hope that the deadly plague will end. Our hopes rely in the hands of pro gamers such as Puzzle, LiquidHero, Sage and Huk.

For Aiur!!