Z’ur Grush – The Zerg Rush, a battle tactic from Starcraft
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Z%27ur_Grush
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zerg-rush
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_(video_game)
https://youtu.be/jNMocWgp9oE
When your wizard is helping Dorian BrightEyes find a dragonfly mount, Z’ur Grush aids Wizards in their quest to find some GoatWeaver Milkwebs. However, he needs Wizards’ help when Tyrian Gorge is overrun with Broken Stumps.
Zerg Rush is an online slang term used to describe a situation where one is outnumbered by a force of an overwhelming scale. The term originates from the popular real-time strategy game Starcraft, in which the “Zerg” race is notoriously known for its ability to mass produce offensive units within a short time frame, thus allowing the player to overpower the opponent by sheer number.
StarCraft is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. The first installment of the video game series of the same name, it was released in 1998. A Classic Mac OS version was released in 1999, and a Nintendo 64 port co-developed with Mass Media and published by Nintendo was released in 2000.
Set in a fictitious future timeline during the 25th century AD in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector, the game revolves around three intelligent species fighting for dominance: the Terrans are humans exiled from Earth who are now skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg are a race of insectoid aliens in pursuit of genetic perfection and obsessed with assimilating other races; the Protoss are a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities who are attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophy about their way of life from the Zerg.
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