Sunday, July 10, 2011

And finally a win..

Random v Random on Xel'Naga which turned into Zerg v Zerg.

I did a 15 Extractor / 14 Pool opening figuring it was safe not knowing his race.  He 10 pooled me but I saw the Zerglings come with plenty of time to get a few Spine Crawlers up.  By the time he pushed in they were up and my Queen was in place and I defended easily.  He tried again a little later but my Speed upgrade was in and my Roaches were up, at which point I decided to expand.

He expanded after me and got quiet so I increased the upgrades and started in towards Spire Tech.  I figured he was either massing Roach / Zergling in which case I would need Mutalisks, or he was teching to Spire Tech...in which case I'd need Mutalisks.

When I started harassing he turned out a lot of Hydras quickly, which I was impressed with.  But it wasn't enough.  He failed a push before the Hydras were out and failed another after.  Both pushes were inspired by the fact that my Mutas were tearing apart the Drones and Overloards in his main base.

+ 26 Points, Gold League Division Rank 34, Remaining Bonus Pool 436

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replay-videos/8734

Second Game back

Second loss.

PvZ, he did a good job with his little Collossus ball.  I was thinking I could get to them with my Roaches and Zerglings anyway but he did a good job of abusing the high ground at my natural to give him time to get his sentries in position.

He also did a good job with a super agressive drop harass into my main which I defended, but it was hard.  In my defense I had a 3 year old standing in my lap constantly moving around so it was...challenging.

- 12 Points, Gold League Division Rank 34, Remaining Bonus Pool 449

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replay-videos/8689

Saturday, July 9, 2011

First game in a while

Been away from the SC2 for a few weeks with family in town and work being super busy.

So I'm not surprised that I got my ass handed to me.  Zerg vs Zerg on Delta Quadrant.  He Roach Rushed me hard.....and that's pretty much all there was too it.

I need to send drones out to scout faster for that sort of thing.  I could have defended it if I'd scouted it.  To be honest, I probably could have defended it if I'd thrown down a spine crawler or two at my main after I saw it coming but...oh well.

- 12 Points, Gold League Division Rank 33, Remaining Bonus Pool 449

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replay-videos/8645