Starcraft RPG

need help with strategy for terrans in starcraft?

can anyone show me good strategies, like rushes and other kinds that work well against protoss and zerg in fastest map? my friend always beats me with protoss when im terrans and i was wondering what kind of strategies are good agaisnt protoss. i usually dont even get marines due to their pathetic hp and dmg. i just get 4 and a bunker and build factories for vultures, tanks, and goliaths only. so uh anyone strategies on how to beat protoss(and zerg)?

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1. the terran race is really a slow race, i never really found a good rushing strategy except just rushing him with marines,
2. Build turrets along the perimeter of your base, and put lots of tanks and bunkers at the entrance to your base. That should keep you well fortified until you build a huge army. Also, try nuking your friends resources. It will cause him a lot of trouble and give you more time to build/ expand.
3. Basically bunkers, tanks with the defense upgrade, and missile towers are your best bet. Depending on how many entrances your base has. about 4 or 5 bunkers should be enough for the first rush. But siege tanks are critical. It rips through any ground troops. Make sure to have an scv or two on stand by to repair damages. If you want to block an entrance, service depots are great, slows down the enemy giving you enough time to bring in troops to wipe em out. When attacking protoss your main targets will be the pylons. If they are taken out then the protoss base is essentially crippled. But to start out, unless you want to rush. Bunkers are going to save you. Personally, I love building a good defense, getting a nuke with a cloaked ghost, while the nuke is firing send in you troops: squads of Goliaths, tanks, wraiths and cruisers (fully upgraded cruiser can kill any small units in about 1 to 2 shots) so that the opponent doesn't have time to rebuild. Also keep in mind that any strategy someone has is going to be obsolete when Starcraft 2 comes out.
4. Protoss is the slowest race in the game and takes the longest to build up, they have a big disadvantage where all of their buildings need to be in range of a pylon to function. The key to build up 2-3 barracks asap and mass marines, by the time this is done youll have a lot more marines then they will have defense. Attack their zealots and then their pylon before their stargates. This will prevent them from being able to build more and has much less hp then the stargate. Zerg are the fastest race and the game, getting 2 zerglings for the price of one, and build the quickest from the start, with 3 (6 lings) building at a time from one building. Firebats are your best anti zerg unit in the begining of the game and best defense you can really muster until later in the game. Firebats attack fast, deal splash damage, if you can get a decent amount of defense (marines/firbats) before you get rushed youll be fine. Dont forget to build up a decent amount of SCVs to keep your minerals up.