Terrans Are the Real Humans in SC.

Obviously I can't speak for him, but it seems to me that Debono_L just means that the Terrans are the ones that the player is supposed to relate to. Not that they are anatomically more human or anything, just that they are more like the people playing the game. The people that we are supposed to symapthize with. He did say that they are "more human" because he thought their culture was more like ours.

That said, I personally think the UED are as much the "good guys" as anyone else in the games. Maybe that's the not way that Blizzard wants it, but that's the way I see it. Think about it, what the UED is doing is bringing all humans together under one government for protection and ensuring their race's continued survival by taking control of the Overmind to subdue the Zerg. Personally I hated the fact that I had to fight against the UED, and the fact that everyone seemed to be against them.

I don't really buy that Raynor would want to destroy the UED. I may not remember but I don't recall any instance where Raynor's motives are explained. Why should he think that the UED are worse than Mengsk? It was bewildering that Raynor would rescue Mengsk and work with Zerg (Kerrigan) against the UED. UED dominance in the sector, including enslavement of the overmind, is certainly the best situation for humanity. And there was never a time where they were using the sort of "extreme" tactics that turned Raynor against Mengsk in the first place.

As for the Protoss, the only reason I could see why they would want to work against the UED is if they believed that the UED would use the Zerg to destroy them. And while that may be the case, there was no real evidence to support that anywhere. The UED were doing the same thing the Protoss were, that is, fighting against the Zerg in order to protect their species. What the UED planned to do with the Zerg once they controlled them is not absolutely known, but I can't see why the Protoss believed that they were not better off with the Zerg under human control.

It might be that I'm human, so naturally I would want humanity to win any galactic war, but I relate more to the UED, fascist though it might be, because they are the best possible solution for protecting and strengthening humanity.

 

I love the UED, but here are their goals.

1. Conquer all of the "rogue" Terran colonies, and capture Arcturus Mengsk, the Emperor of the newly formed Terran Dominion.
2. Take control of the entire Zerg Swarm by capturing the new Overmind with psychics and powerful drugs.
3. Use the captured Zerg Swarm to pacify all Protoss activity within the sector.

 

Which is a baseless assumption as he doesn't know what UED culture is like. Not only that, but he's calling everyone who likes the UED nazis:

A rather bold claim wouldn't you say?

 

and as we all know the bible speaks truth...

 

@Aedus1160

Confederates - Nuked Korhal, abandoned people on fringe worlds
Mengsk - mass genocide against whole planets. sacrificed Kerrigan to the Zerg, a total ****
Zerg - souless monsters bred to kill and consume life
UED - wanted to conquer the sector, tried to control the zerg to use as a weapon
Protoss - Not all bad but wouldn't hesitate to glass a colony either

Mengsk may have had good intentions at first but its obvious that he's just as bad as the confederacy was. And that goes for the UED as well. Really the only good guys are Raynor and his rebels/mercs and some of the protoss like Zeratul.

 

As far as I know, both sides are "Nazis".

Look at Ghosts for example, Terran Confederates capture anyone with psionic powers and FORCE them to becoming agents. They even go as far as blackmailing and threatening the victims in order to make them agents.

We already know that Terran as a whole (both parties), have abandoned their own troops more than once. Mengsk abandoned Kerrigan, seeing her as a "liability", despite her loyalty. Then you have the UED, who are basically just people who believe they can overpower any race. Also, remember the Broodwars cinematics where the UEDs first arrive? Admiral DuGalle insisted Stukov to watch the Zergs slaughter the Terrans.

Basically, both sides of the Terrans are flawed in their own way.

That being said, this makes the Protoss society close to flawless. Before Tassadar, and during the hunt for Tassadar, the Protoss were stuck to their tradition. They killed each other just to capture Tassadar, it was only when Tassadar felt sicken by the fact that the Protoss are willing to kill each other due to their tradition that he finally surrendered.

So when it comes to moral Judgement, isn't Tassadar possibly the most "human" of all? Sure before Tassadar, the Protoss already had admirable traditions, they don't abandon wounded soldiers, they follow strict rules etc. However, once the Protoss were at risk of being destroyed as an entire race, they were still stuck to their traditions. It took the rebellion of one Protoss to not only save Protoss from extintion, but bring the societies back together.

I know I completely moved away from the topic, but the topic of "humans" and who we players relate to the most really interests me.