Changing my TvT to include a Factory as the second production structure and pushing in Tanks with that free siege mode is really super strong.
Before the Replay:
My opening wasn't the smoothest it could be. I kept myself from being supply blocked but I wasn't getting things built quite on time. It wasn't so off that I was too worried though.
I didn't get my aggression on quickly enough, however, so when I did finally push out with what I had, he held it off pretty well. I did good damage, but also lost quite a few units. He was already on 2-base and I managed to expand behind.
As I expanded to my third he dropped me and pretty much destroyed my mining SCVs. I hadn't noticed (good job...) that my Main had mined out. I sent those to the 3rd, defended the drop and turned to push. I met his army 1/2 way and destroyed them. It wasn't close, but he did pretty good damage. I figured he had more incoming minerals than I did (though I was catching up with my MULES and SCV production..) so I decided to push and stop his mining. He had a 3rd and 4th, I hit both and contained his army at his 2nd and he GG'd out.
After the Replay:
Despite my opening not feeling very smooth, it was ahead of schedule compared to his. So that worked out =)
After that though he looks a lot better than me. He's keeping his money down, he's producing from his structures, he's expanding, getting upgrades. My money's high, I'm not using all my buildings, I'm just barely getting my 2nd up as his 3rd goes up, his income is shooting past me. At the 14 minute mark, it seems amazing that I'll win this game.
Oh maybe this is it. He queued up 1 SCV to build a bunch of Supply Depots. But he was producing units faster than that SCV could complete the Supply Depots. So eventually he just kept hitting the supply cap ceiling and just waiting it out, giving me time to catch up.
He still hits 200/200 well before me, as he's doing his drop. At 20 minutes when our armies move out to meet I'm at 154 supply to his 200 supply. I have 1 Raven, 58 Marines, 4 Marauders, 4 Tanks, 4 Hellbats, 1 Viking, 2 Thors and 4 Medivacs. He has 7 Medivacs, 1 Thor, 30 Hellbats, 1 Tank, 18 Marauders and 18 Marines. So wow...those 2 supply cost Hellbats were really hurting him. 30 Hellbats to my 58 Marines is almost even.
His upgrades were "better". +3 attack where I had +2 attack, +1 defense. Maybe not better...maybe that counts as even? This Thors were 2/2 though, my Tanks and Thors were 1/0 (attack/defense).
At the end of the fight I have 110 supply to his 104. Jesus. Hellbats are not a 200/200 composition for TvT I guess? At least not against my composition. He has 2 Hellbats left, 4 Marines, 5 Medivacs and 1 almost dead Thor. I've still got 20 Marines, both Thors, all 4 Tanks, etc, etc.... GG!
+ 26 Points, Silver League, Division Rank 43
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Another day..
Boy am I a glutton for punishment =)
And finally! A win I earned! A match against a fellow Bronze player! Someone with some manners who GL'd and GG'd. And a promotion to Silver!
Before the Replay:
ZvT. I felt like it was safer to build towards an opposing Bio army than Mech. Only because that's mostly what I've been seeing recently. Also Banelings hurt Mech pretty well, too.
I scouted a lot and saw him building and starting to move out. MMM, but moving across the map slowly. He stopped to kill my creep tumors which was nice. Gave me plenty of time. He clearly didn't want to get stuck on creep and surrounded. Which gave me time to get my units into position to surround him.
The first time I took out his army I made the mistake of trying to counter immediately Of course the bunker and his units there quickly killed that idea, but at least I didn't go all in.
I threw up a 4th base and just kept building. I had more money than I could spend. Threw down a few extra hatcheries and focused on Lings and Banelings with upgrades while teching to Mutas and then Hive. Once I hit Hive and saw he was sticking with MMM + Tank, I went for Ultras and pushed to win.
I love the Muta / Ling combo. Hit one place and hit the other. He can't split his units as well. He gets flustered. Worst case scenario the first time, one gets good damage in. Then in the future if one can't get good damage in, it's because he's split his army up too much and I can expand more, shut out his expansions, starve him out.
Felt good!
After the Replay:
He has his second base down before 6 minutes. Wow. I should have made 2 Zerglings early to scout that. Now I know.
Also he put his 3rd up when I put my 4th up. Again, didn't realize. I was bad about putting Overlords around the map to watch those.
After my first split attack that took his 3rd base he was shaken. He had a bunch of SCVs just sitting in his main not doing anything. Maybe he thought to push and win? He pushed pretty hard, took my 4th, but I was able to stop it.
A lot of my play still needs a lot of work. I should have been spending my money better earlier. Spending my larva more pro actively. Keeping my upgrades going a little sharper, getting my expansions earlier. But not terrible either, a win I can feel good about.
+ 46 Points, Silver League, Division Rank 51
And finally! A win I earned! A match against a fellow Bronze player! Someone with some manners who GL'd and GG'd. And a promotion to Silver!
Before the Replay:
ZvT. I felt like it was safer to build towards an opposing Bio army than Mech. Only because that's mostly what I've been seeing recently. Also Banelings hurt Mech pretty well, too.
I scouted a lot and saw him building and starting to move out. MMM, but moving across the map slowly. He stopped to kill my creep tumors which was nice. Gave me plenty of time. He clearly didn't want to get stuck on creep and surrounded. Which gave me time to get my units into position to surround him.
The first time I took out his army I made the mistake of trying to counter immediately Of course the bunker and his units there quickly killed that idea, but at least I didn't go all in.
I threw up a 4th base and just kept building. I had more money than I could spend. Threw down a few extra hatcheries and focused on Lings and Banelings with upgrades while teching to Mutas and then Hive. Once I hit Hive and saw he was sticking with MMM + Tank, I went for Ultras and pushed to win.
I love the Muta / Ling combo. Hit one place and hit the other. He can't split his units as well. He gets flustered. Worst case scenario the first time, one gets good damage in. Then in the future if one can't get good damage in, it's because he's split his army up too much and I can expand more, shut out his expansions, starve him out.
Felt good!
After the Replay:
He has his second base down before 6 minutes. Wow. I should have made 2 Zerglings early to scout that. Now I know.
Also he put his 3rd up when I put my 4th up. Again, didn't realize. I was bad about putting Overlords around the map to watch those.
After my first split attack that took his 3rd base he was shaken. He had a bunch of SCVs just sitting in his main not doing anything. Maybe he thought to push and win? He pushed pretty hard, took my 4th, but I was able to stop it.
A lot of my play still needs a lot of work. I should have been spending my money better earlier. Spending my larva more pro actively. Keeping my upgrades going a little sharper, getting my expansions earlier. But not terrible either, a win I can feel good about.
+ 46 Points, Silver League, Division Rank 51
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Never give up, Never surrender
If I keep playing and keep looking at my play analytically, I'm bound to improve. Right?
Not yet anyway.
Before the Replay:
I think it's telling that I've lost how many games over the past 7 days and my rank hasn't changed.
ZvZ. Followed my planned strategy, 1-base Roach. I did it, didn't get rushed, felt I could expand and tech. So I did. Went Muta. Got Muats. Got rolled by a crap ton of Roaches. Turns out 25+ Roaches are greater than a handful of Roaches, Zerglings, Queens and Mutas. Good to know.
Also, no ranking but a bunch of 1v1s in his match history recently. Is this from the unranked play? He was Platinum in 1v1 last season.
No GL HF or anything either. Happening more and more.
After the Replay:
My money's high. I have plenty of larva and available supply. What am I doing?
No idea. Just sitting there making mistakes. Not producing when I should be. I don't know why. I could be. I should be. If I can't make the unti I want, make drones! Jesus I'm terrible.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 32
Not yet anyway.
Before the Replay:
I think it's telling that I've lost how many games over the past 7 days and my rank hasn't changed.
ZvZ. Followed my planned strategy, 1-base Roach. I did it, didn't get rushed, felt I could expand and tech. So I did. Went Muta. Got Muats. Got rolled by a crap ton of Roaches. Turns out 25+ Roaches are greater than a handful of Roaches, Zerglings, Queens and Mutas. Good to know.
Also, no ranking but a bunch of 1v1s in his match history recently. Is this from the unranked play? He was Platinum in 1v1 last season.
No GL HF or anything either. Happening more and more.
After the Replay:
My money's high. I have plenty of larva and available supply. What am I doing?
No idea. Just sitting there making mistakes. Not producing when I should be. I don't know why. I could be. I should be. If I can't make the unti I want, make drones! Jesus I'm terrible.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 32
I can't win a single f'ing game...=/
I don't know what to do. I can't figure out how to win a single game.
In my defense, I almost never play other bronze leaguers. In their defense, when I do they still kick my ass. How bad am I? When did I get this bad? When did it happen that I actually can't win any games at all? At the bottom of the Bronze League I can't get close to a 50% win ratio.
Like quite a few of the other players I've faced, he shows in his profile and badge as being Platinum, but not in the score screen. Bug?
Also like quite a few other players I've hit on the ladder, I didn't get a GL or HF or anything out of him. More and more I'm seeing that. I guess the friendly players have moved on to other games? The ladder just isn't as much fun for me in HoTS and I don't know if that's because I don't have as much time to play or I just don't know how to play or if something else is really going on in the Community.
Before the Replay:
PvT. I scouted his heavy Marine / Marauder 1 base push early and was ready for it. I defended pretty well and put up some counter pressure.
I kept to my "expand to 3 bases by X time" but I failed to continue to Macro well. He did a *huge* drop on my Mineral line and I held it off, but was hurt and didn't rebuild quickly. I started to tech but I was feeling anxious that he had a huge lead on me. I threw DT's into his expansions and base and slowed him a bit, but not enough He had all his mining centralized pretty tightly despite the attempts to expand.
He threw another huge MMM force at me and I thought I was defending it well but suddenly I had *no* army. He just ripped them to shreds despite my better upgrades. I hate Robo tech. I just hate it. I have to find another way to win.
After the Replay:
I was supply blocked a lot. I'm so bad at building Pylons. Why?
I was right that he had a huge advantage after I destroyed his first MMM group that landed on my mineral line. His supply was 20 higher and though I had twice the working worker count, MULEs gave him a higher actual income.
However I had a huge advantage after my DT attacks. I had 71 harvesters to his 17. I had a huge amount of cash and I just wasn't spending it. I should have had more Gateways down and should have been Chrono Boosting them. Jesus that's where I lost the game right there, the biggest single blunder where I could have won easily.
That being said, it's worth noting that we actually had a similar food count. 159 to 168. Just that his was almost all Army and mine was 1/2 Income.
Damn, I should have been able to win that. Even when I GG'd he had nothing behind it. If I'd started properly macroing then...
I had almost 4k in Minerals in the bank. Didn't even notice. I am so so so awful at this game.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 32
In my defense, I almost never play other bronze leaguers. In their defense, when I do they still kick my ass. How bad am I? When did I get this bad? When did it happen that I actually can't win any games at all? At the bottom of the Bronze League I can't get close to a 50% win ratio.
Like quite a few of the other players I've faced, he shows in his profile and badge as being Platinum, but not in the score screen. Bug?
Also like quite a few other players I've hit on the ladder, I didn't get a GL or HF or anything out of him. More and more I'm seeing that. I guess the friendly players have moved on to other games? The ladder just isn't as much fun for me in HoTS and I don't know if that's because I don't have as much time to play or I just don't know how to play or if something else is really going on in the Community.
Before the Replay:
PvT. I scouted his heavy Marine / Marauder 1 base push early and was ready for it. I defended pretty well and put up some counter pressure.
I kept to my "expand to 3 bases by X time" but I failed to continue to Macro well. He did a *huge* drop on my Mineral line and I held it off, but was hurt and didn't rebuild quickly. I started to tech but I was feeling anxious that he had a huge lead on me. I threw DT's into his expansions and base and slowed him a bit, but not enough He had all his mining centralized pretty tightly despite the attempts to expand.
He threw another huge MMM force at me and I thought I was defending it well but suddenly I had *no* army. He just ripped them to shreds despite my better upgrades. I hate Robo tech. I just hate it. I have to find another way to win.
After the Replay:
I was supply blocked a lot. I'm so bad at building Pylons. Why?
I was right that he had a huge advantage after I destroyed his first MMM group that landed on my mineral line. His supply was 20 higher and though I had twice the working worker count, MULEs gave him a higher actual income.
However I had a huge advantage after my DT attacks. I had 71 harvesters to his 17. I had a huge amount of cash and I just wasn't spending it. I should have had more Gateways down and should have been Chrono Boosting them. Jesus that's where I lost the game right there, the biggest single blunder where I could have won easily.
That being said, it's worth noting that we actually had a similar food count. 159 to 168. Just that his was almost all Army and mine was 1/2 Income.
Damn, I should have been able to win that. Even when I GG'd he had nothing behind it. If I'd started properly macroing then...
I had almost 4k in Minerals in the bank. Didn't even notice. I am so so so awful at this game.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 32
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Autowin =/
How come every time I'm feeling good about a game, the opponent drops?
Before the Replay:
ZvP. I was a little nervous, but figured I could get away with a 15 pool. I got my Overlord in for a scout and though I lost him, I got good info on what was coming. I got my Zerglings in for a scout, saw the expand. I got my macro hatch up and was teching. I was scouting the area around me for Proxy Pylons and Observers. I was trying to decide to expand or poke when he dropped.
After the Replay:
He was planning a Proxy Pylon but I found the Probe and destroyed it before that 4 minute mark. Didn't even realize! After that he changed directions and went double Stargate before leaving the match.
Sadly, the only 2 wins I've mustered at the bottom of the bottom league were both to people who left or disconnected from the game.
+ 48 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 34
Before the Replay:
ZvP. I was a little nervous, but figured I could get away with a 15 pool. I got my Overlord in for a scout and though I lost him, I got good info on what was coming. I got my Zerglings in for a scout, saw the expand. I got my macro hatch up and was teching. I was scouting the area around me for Proxy Pylons and Observers. I was trying to decide to expand or poke when he dropped.
After the Replay:
He was planning a Proxy Pylon but I found the Probe and destroyed it before that 4 minute mark. Didn't even realize! After that he changed directions and went double Stargate before leaving the match.
Sadly, the only 2 wins I've mustered at the bottom of the bottom league were both to people who left or disconnected from the game.
+ 48 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 34
How does he have so much stuff?
I got my ass kicked. I don't understand how he macro'd so much harder than I did. I was constantly out of money, constantly making drones and he was just outstripping me in units. On the score screen my average unspent minerals is lower than his and my time spent supply capped was 14 seconds compared to his 2:56. I also created 2 less workers than he did. WTF...
Before the Replay:
ZvZ. I remembered my plan this time, one-base Roach. It was a big map so I decided I could do a 16 pool. I scouted as my pool was going down and he appeared to be on 1 base, with a gas up already and he was just putting his pool down, about a minute after mine. I felt this gave me an opportunity to expand.
So I expanded, got my Roach Warren up and he wasn't going anywhere so I felt like I had time to get my Spire up. Lair finished, I threw down a Spire and got my guisers going. As my Mutas were getting ready I threw down a 3rd base and then he flew in with more Mutas than I had. And he had a second base going and he had a crap ton of Zerglings on top of more Mutas. Whereas I was broke and had almost no Zerglings. GG
After the Replay:
On the graphs I show a significant drop off in my active workers around 270, like I lost a bunch? So I'm going to be paying attention to what happens around 4-5 minutes.
At the 4 minute mark I throw down my Roach Warren and drop from 14 to 13 workers. This is a low number, he has 17 already. How? He has 1 less building, I have a hatch over him. We have the same number of Overlords. I've created a round of Zerglings and a Queen. But I have 3 Larva, I could have 2 workers in production with my 115 minerals. By the 5 minute mark I get it going but he's already had a full minute of a strong advantage in mineral production.
At the 10 minute mark he has 57 supply to my 53 supply. He's got his Spire up with 4 Mutas out. I've got my Spire but no Mutas yet, I can't quite afford them. I have 15 larva and nothing to spend them on. I have 4 queens to his 3, 30 drones to his 28, 3 Zerglings to his 26. My income is higher in minerals and lower in gas. How has he outstripped me so much? That 1 minute of mining advantage can't have made that difference?
I don't get it. I've watched it a few times now.
At 11:21 our incomes are almost identical. We each have 33 harvesters. We're each pulling in 860 minerals. Somehow I'm pulling in 480 gas to his 464.
On the Spending Tab I've outspent him on Economy 4250 to his 3950. That's the 300 for my 3rd Hatch. He's outspent me 1800 to 1600 on Tech. That's his 3 Spore Crawlers and his Evo chamber to my Infestation Pit. I've outspent him on Army, 3100 to 2700. I have 3 Zerglings, 1 Roach, 8 Mutas and 4 Queens. He has 26 Zerglings, 8 Mutas and 3 Queens. He's lost 2 Zerglings, I've lost 2 Roaches (my 1 Zergling loss doesn't show).
Queens are 150? 2 Roaches are 150? So if we had the same sized army, I should be ahead by 300. I'm ahead by 400 and he has a larger army. His standing army is 600 for the Zerlings, 800 for the Mutas and 450 for the Queens. That's 1850. My standing army is 100 for the Zerlings, 75 for the Roach, 800 for the Mutas and 600 for the Queens, 1575.
How is he so far ahead? That's a standing army difference of my 3rd hatch in cost. I guess I got too greedy.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 47
Before the Replay:
ZvZ. I remembered my plan this time, one-base Roach. It was a big map so I decided I could do a 16 pool. I scouted as my pool was going down and he appeared to be on 1 base, with a gas up already and he was just putting his pool down, about a minute after mine. I felt this gave me an opportunity to expand.
So I expanded, got my Roach Warren up and he wasn't going anywhere so I felt like I had time to get my Spire up. Lair finished, I threw down a Spire and got my guisers going. As my Mutas were getting ready I threw down a 3rd base and then he flew in with more Mutas than I had. And he had a second base going and he had a crap ton of Zerglings on top of more Mutas. Whereas I was broke and had almost no Zerglings. GG
After the Replay:
On the graphs I show a significant drop off in my active workers around 270, like I lost a bunch? So I'm going to be paying attention to what happens around 4-5 minutes.
At the 4 minute mark I throw down my Roach Warren and drop from 14 to 13 workers. This is a low number, he has 17 already. How? He has 1 less building, I have a hatch over him. We have the same number of Overlords. I've created a round of Zerglings and a Queen. But I have 3 Larva, I could have 2 workers in production with my 115 minerals. By the 5 minute mark I get it going but he's already had a full minute of a strong advantage in mineral production.
At the 10 minute mark he has 57 supply to my 53 supply. He's got his Spire up with 4 Mutas out. I've got my Spire but no Mutas yet, I can't quite afford them. I have 15 larva and nothing to spend them on. I have 4 queens to his 3, 30 drones to his 28, 3 Zerglings to his 26. My income is higher in minerals and lower in gas. How has he outstripped me so much? That 1 minute of mining advantage can't have made that difference?
I don't get it. I've watched it a few times now.
At 11:21 our incomes are almost identical. We each have 33 harvesters. We're each pulling in 860 minerals. Somehow I'm pulling in 480 gas to his 464.
On the Spending Tab I've outspent him on Economy 4250 to his 3950. That's the 300 for my 3rd Hatch. He's outspent me 1800 to 1600 on Tech. That's his 3 Spore Crawlers and his Evo chamber to my Infestation Pit. I've outspent him on Army, 3100 to 2700. I have 3 Zerglings, 1 Roach, 8 Mutas and 4 Queens. He has 26 Zerglings, 8 Mutas and 3 Queens. He's lost 2 Zerglings, I've lost 2 Roaches (my 1 Zergling loss doesn't show).
Queens are 150? 2 Roaches are 150? So if we had the same sized army, I should be ahead by 300. I'm ahead by 400 and he has a larger army. His standing army is 600 for the Zerlings, 800 for the Mutas and 450 for the Queens. That's 1850. My standing army is 100 for the Zerlings, 75 for the Roach, 800 for the Mutas and 600 for the Queens, 1575.
How is he so far ahead? That's a standing army difference of my 3rd hatch in cost. I guess I got too greedy.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 47
Sunday, June 30, 2013
I'm so terrible
Before the Replay:
I'm assuming it was a 4-gate. ZvP. Somehow I scouted and missed the Pylon until it was too late. Eventually I notice it's on my mini-map even though I'm staring at the mini map. Because I'm terrible. =/
So anyway, he basically floods my front with units and I can't stop him. Producing whatever I can as fast as I can and trying to engage smart but making mistakes. Forgot my second round of Queens. Didn't watch to make sure I wasn't supply blocked. Didn't throw down Spines when I saw the Pylon late. Bad decision after bad decision. So bad at this game, when did I get so bad?
After the Replay:
Oh I forgot. I also failed on getting my first Drone out in a timely manner. Too busy "GL"ing my opponent. At least this one threw a response my way.
He built the Pylon at 4 minutes. That's good to know. And he built it behind the gas of my 3rd, which is a little hard to get to on this map. Also good to know.
I could have stopped this. I scouted early, I suspected it, I looked for it. And even when I "spotted" it late I still had time. I just executed poorly.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 48
I'm assuming it was a 4-gate. ZvP. Somehow I scouted and missed the Pylon until it was too late. Eventually I notice it's on my mini-map even though I'm staring at the mini map. Because I'm terrible. =/
So anyway, he basically floods my front with units and I can't stop him. Producing whatever I can as fast as I can and trying to engage smart but making mistakes. Forgot my second round of Queens. Didn't watch to make sure I wasn't supply blocked. Didn't throw down Spines when I saw the Pylon late. Bad decision after bad decision. So bad at this game, when did I get so bad?
After the Replay:
Oh I forgot. I also failed on getting my first Drone out in a timely manner. Too busy "GL"ing my opponent. At least this one threw a response my way.
He built the Pylon at 4 minutes. That's good to know. And he built it behind the gas of my 3rd, which is a little hard to get to on this map. Also good to know.
I could have stopped this. I scouted early, I suspected it, I looked for it. And even when I "spotted" it late I still had time. I just executed poorly.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 48
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
I think I've been clear that PvP is my worse matchup...
...and my least favorite.
I'm so f-ing bad at this game.
Before the Replay:
I'm not sure what he did different. I'll have to look. Felt like a 4-Gate with a Mothership core though. I guess I was thinking this was HotS, surely the 4-Gate is gone? Right? Wrong. Fuck.
After the Replay:
Yeah, 4-gate. Okay...well lesson learned. Prepare for the 4-Gate and get my Mothership Core up earlier with more Sentries.
I don't have time for another game tonight, I have work early in the morning. So last night I went 0-2, tonight I went 1-2 with the only "win" being a default win because he d/c'd. I probably would have won, but I didn't get to earn it or experience it. Bunch of crap.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
I'm so f-ing bad at this game.
Before the Replay:
I'm not sure what he did different. I'll have to look. Felt like a 4-Gate with a Mothership core though. I guess I was thinking this was HotS, surely the 4-Gate is gone? Right? Wrong. Fuck.
After the Replay:
Yeah, 4-gate. Okay...well lesson learned. Prepare for the 4-Gate and get my Mothership Core up earlier with more Sentries.
I don't have time for another game tonight, I have work early in the morning. So last night I went 0-2, tonight I went 1-2 with the only "win" being a default win because he d/c'd. I probably would have won, but I didn't get to earn it or experience it. Bunch of crap.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
Insta-Loss
Random vs Random. I spawned Zerg. A brief thought occurred to me. "We could both Spawn Zerg, I could not go for the 1-base Roach I plan on for vs Zerg and he could 6-pool me and I could get screwed." It was followed by "Nah, let's just 15 hatch 14 pool like usual and see what happens."
Screwed. Though he didn't 6-pool me. He 7-pooled me.
Before the Replay:
Nothing to say. He 7-pooled me and I went 15 hatch. He won.
One interesting thing to note, he was level 90 (all 3 races leveled up all the way) and has a *lot* of 1v1 games under his belt over the past week. I mean, a lot...according to his Match History. But he's unranked in Season 4. How?
After the Replay:
Nothing.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
Screwed. Though he didn't 6-pool me. He 7-pooled me.
Before the Replay:
Nothing to say. He 7-pooled me and I went 15 hatch. He won.
One interesting thing to note, he was level 90 (all 3 races leveled up all the way) and has a *lot* of 1v1 games under his belt over the past week. I mean, a lot...according to his Match History. But he's unranked in Season 4. How?
After the Replay:
Nothing.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
Not to be deterred...
I went 0-2 last night. Hoping to do a little better tonight.
For the first few seconds I forgot to build my first probe =/ Auspicious start.
I ended up winning, but I don't know that I earned the win. He d/c'd as I was rebuilding my army from a relatively "failed" attempt to put pressure on him. I had built up some infrastructure so I planned on having an army back soon and I had good vision, so I figured I could afford to lose most of my army...but still...
Before the Replay:
He hit me with somewhat early 'Lings. I don't have a great feel for it, because I totally screwed up my opening (as mentioned above). Built 2 Pylons before my first Gateway, started a wall-off, then changed my mind, then he rolled in with Zerglings.
I took care of them pretty quickly and the game escalated from there. I held off his attacks and harass pretty well (I thought) and managed to get my 3 bases up by 12 minutes. I transitioned to Templar with Storm and as I was rolling out for a second time to attack his base, he D/C'd.
After the Replay:
One thing I forgot about, he built an extractor in my base. Not he started and cancelled and started, just built one full out. I guess he was worried about early Stargate pressure? I all but forgot about my plan after yesterday to go Stargate against Zerg, so I was just going with my Gateways.
He threw up a Pool at 10 (after the Extractor in my base) and threw in his Zerglings at my base and started a Roach Warren. He only had 2 in gas though so he wasn't getting much there.
He also pretty much stopped Drone production once he started attacking me. That makes me feel good...like I may have actually earned my win. The only time he seems to have built drones was to replace the ones he was about to spend on buildings. I'm pretty sure I would have won this game in the long run.
I was totally wrong about when I got my 3rd base up. I barely had my 2nd base up at the 13 minute mark. Wow, how did I so totally read the clock wrong during the game? No idea. Interestingly though, at the 13 minute mark when my 2nd base is just getting going, he's still on 1 base. I had more probes than he had drones, and a higher income.
+ 48 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
For the first few seconds I forgot to build my first probe =/ Auspicious start.
I ended up winning, but I don't know that I earned the win. He d/c'd as I was rebuilding my army from a relatively "failed" attempt to put pressure on him. I had built up some infrastructure so I planned on having an army back soon and I had good vision, so I figured I could afford to lose most of my army...but still...
Before the Replay:
He hit me with somewhat early 'Lings. I don't have a great feel for it, because I totally screwed up my opening (as mentioned above). Built 2 Pylons before my first Gateway, started a wall-off, then changed my mind, then he rolled in with Zerglings.
I took care of them pretty quickly and the game escalated from there. I held off his attacks and harass pretty well (I thought) and managed to get my 3 bases up by 12 minutes. I transitioned to Templar with Storm and as I was rolling out for a second time to attack his base, he D/C'd.
After the Replay:
One thing I forgot about, he built an extractor in my base. Not he started and cancelled and started, just built one full out. I guess he was worried about early Stargate pressure? I all but forgot about my plan after yesterday to go Stargate against Zerg, so I was just going with my Gateways.
He threw up a Pool at 10 (after the Extractor in my base) and threw in his Zerglings at my base and started a Roach Warren. He only had 2 in gas though so he wasn't getting much there.
He also pretty much stopped Drone production once he started attacking me. That makes me feel good...like I may have actually earned my win. The only time he seems to have built drones was to replace the ones he was about to spend on buildings. I'm pretty sure I would have won this game in the long run.
I was totally wrong about when I got my 3rd base up. I barely had my 2nd base up at the 13 minute mark. Wow, how did I so totally read the clock wrong during the game? No idea. Interestingly though, at the 13 minute mark when my 2nd base is just getting going, he's still on 1 base. I had more probes than he had drones, and a higher income.
+ 48 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 38
Monday, June 24, 2013
Ummm, damn
Apparently Swarm Hosts do MASSIVE amounts of damage. Like, enough to annihilate my whole front row of Zealots in NO time.
I'm terrible at SC2.
Before Replay:
He kept hitting me with little spurts of Zerglings. I thought it was just to see what I had and test my defenses. Apparently it was to prompt me to attack before I was ready and to run my whole-damn-army into his Swarm Hosts.
Not that I had any lack of detection, but I couldn't get anywhere near his Swarm Hosts.
One thing - I made a plan to try to go 3 base as Protoss, in any matchup, by the 15 minute mark. That's my "goal" to keep my play motivated. That went reasonably well. I could have done a better job spending my money, though.
Next time, Protoss versus Zerg, I'm going with a tighter base D and air for my offense. Less Warp Gates, more Stargates.
After Replay:
I keep forgetting that Hallucinate is free on my Sentries now. I can throw hallucinated Phoenixes in to scout. I have to remember to do that.
Nothing else to be learned from this. Except that I'm terrible at this game. Also neither of my opponents has "GL" or "HF"d tonight. Just total silence. I hate that, makes the opponent seem like a douche. We're in the Bronze league, this ain't exactly Serious Business SC2.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 100
I'm terrible at SC2.
Before Replay:
He kept hitting me with little spurts of Zerglings. I thought it was just to see what I had and test my defenses. Apparently it was to prompt me to attack before I was ready and to run my whole-damn-army into his Swarm Hosts.
Not that I had any lack of detection, but I couldn't get anywhere near his Swarm Hosts.
One thing - I made a plan to try to go 3 base as Protoss, in any matchup, by the 15 minute mark. That's my "goal" to keep my play motivated. That went reasonably well. I could have done a better job spending my money, though.
Next time, Protoss versus Zerg, I'm going with a tighter base D and air for my offense. Less Warp Gates, more Stargates.
After Replay:
I keep forgetting that Hallucinate is free on my Sentries now. I can throw hallucinated Phoenixes in to scout. I have to remember to do that.
Nothing else to be learned from this. Except that I'm terrible at this game. Also neither of my opponents has "GL" or "HF"d tonight. Just total silence. I hate that, makes the opponent seem like a douche. We're in the Bronze league, this ain't exactly Serious Business SC2.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 100
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck =/
Placement match, demoted to Bronze.
Before Replay:
He just 1 based me hard. God. He just massed Marines and SCREWED me. I've never felt so terrible in my life. I tried to get up a good defense and I just could-not-do-it. Every time I held him off, he just had a crap ton more Marines incoming. There was nothing I could do to stabilize and get any good offense or even harass going.
After the Replay:
He opened Supply Depot into Double Barracks. I should have scouted the front with a Zergling...I saw he had a good number of Marines when I had my Overlord in there but I didn't realize he was going so Marine committed. 4 Barracks before the 5 minute mark. Banelings earlier and I would have held that quicker.
He produced nothing while he attacked his Marines the first time. He was supply capped. I actually feel embarrassed that I lost this game. He didn't even make an Orbital or rally his Barracks. Neve expanded.
Okay, by the 13 minute mark he's finally got his Orbital done. When he realized the Marine-all-in wasn't going to work?
Lesson learned, send a Zergling to scout-the-front. Look out for the stupid losses.
- 0 Points, Bronze League, Division Rank 100
Friday, June 7, 2013
PvP vs Plat...
Yeah, so no Silver Leaguers out tonight. Probably time to just call it a night here.
Before the Replay:
Random vs Random which, of course, turned into Protoss vs Protoss. Man I'm terrible at this game =)
He scouted me pretty thoroughly and just out built me. Plain and simple. He built more than me faster than me and hit me right before my upgrades came through. Another minute and I probably would have held my own pretty well. Or maybe if I'd done less upgrades and gotten more Stalkers. Either way, GG.
After the Replay:
Oh. He actually expanded. So he was on 2 bases. Even better.....I really got outplayed. This is an interesting map, I hadn't played it before. Well my first game of the night where the Zerg quit at 2 minutes was on this map, but that hardly counts.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 49, Remaining Bonus Pool 407
Before the Replay:
Random vs Random which, of course, turned into Protoss vs Protoss. Man I'm terrible at this game =)
He scouted me pretty thoroughly and just out built me. Plain and simple. He built more than me faster than me and hit me right before my upgrades came through. Another minute and I probably would have held my own pretty well. Or maybe if I'd done less upgrades and gotten more Stalkers. Either way, GG.
After the Replay:
Oh. He actually expanded. So he was on 2 bases. Even better.....I really got outplayed. This is an interesting map, I hadn't played it before. Well my first game of the night where the Zerg quit at 2 minutes was on this map, but that hardly counts.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 49, Remaining Bonus Pool 407
I would have rather played the ZvZ....
So I rolled up on a ZvZ and I was ready for it. At the 2 minute mark the guy quit.
Next up was a PvT. Protoss is always my weakest race and right now I have no idea how to play them well against Terran. A Platinum Terran, I guess no one from Silver is playing tonight.
Before the Replay:
He just Turtled. But he did it well. He spread out, took 3 bases, kept me from getting 3 bases. Built up a lot quickly. I didn't stand a chance, I played so terribly. Lots of Hellbats, Medivacs, Banshees. Ugg. I should have built more Immortals and ....and what? I don't know. Macro'd better, expanded better, put on pressure? Templar?
After the Replay:
I could have expanded before he pushed out. I just failed to. I could have built a better army, I just failed too. I didn't have to lose this game. He was careful and well prepared, but I wasn't outplayed. I just didn't bring a good game.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 49, Remaining Bonus Pool 415
Next up was a PvT. Protoss is always my weakest race and right now I have no idea how to play them well against Terran. A Platinum Terran, I guess no one from Silver is playing tonight.
Before the Replay:
He just Turtled. But he did it well. He spread out, took 3 bases, kept me from getting 3 bases. Built up a lot quickly. I didn't stand a chance, I played so terribly. Lots of Hellbats, Medivacs, Banshees. Ugg. I should have built more Immortals and ....and what? I don't know. Macro'd better, expanded better, put on pressure? Templar?
After the Replay:
I could have expanded before he pushed out. I just failed to. I could have built a better army, I just failed too. I didn't have to lose this game. He was careful and well prepared, but I wasn't outplayed. I just didn't bring a good game.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 49, Remaining Bonus Pool 415
Friday, May 31, 2013
Wrong button, wrong button!
Oh man! I tried to click "watch replay solo" on the ZvZ game I had just lost and accidentally pressed "play again" and queued for another game. Damn!
Still, I managed to pull it out.
Before the Replay:
Adjusting to build a Factory immediately after my first Barracks in TvT is a great addition. Hooray for free Siege mode! So OP!
He went early expand and I crushed it and camped his front for a while. He eventually pushed me out with Banshees but I was up to 3 or 4 bases by that time and just rolled over his army. GG!
After the replay:
Man I needed to be spending better when I was on the Offensive. I could have been more agressive to, but I don't mind taking an objective and just holding it. I could have even pulled back and it wouldn't have necessarily been a mistake. But my macro slipped seriously while I was pushing on him. Sloppy.
Also he did have a second when I took his second. I thought he might slip off and grab one, but I didn't send Marines to scout. Just scanned a few. Also sloppy, I should have sent Marines around the map. I had plenty of Minerals to.
+ 26 Points, Silver League Divison Rank 56, Remaining Bonus Pool: 407
Still, I managed to pull it out.
Before the Replay:
Adjusting to build a Factory immediately after my first Barracks in TvT is a great addition. Hooray for free Siege mode! So OP!
He went early expand and I crushed it and camped his front for a while. He eventually pushed me out with Banshees but I was up to 3 or 4 bases by that time and just rolled over his army. GG!
After the replay:
Man I needed to be spending better when I was on the Offensive. I could have been more agressive to, but I don't mind taking an objective and just holding it. I could have even pulled back and it wouldn't have necessarily been a mistake. But my macro slipped seriously while I was pushing on him. Sloppy.
Also he did have a second when I took his second. I thought he might slip off and grab one, but I didn't send Marines to scout. Just scanned a few. Also sloppy, I should have sent Marines around the map. I had plenty of Minerals to.
+ 26 Points, Silver League Divison Rank 56, Remaining Bonus Pool: 407
Man I hate ZvZ in HotS
Before the Replay:
So he didn't know it was a ZvZ up front. We were cross map. I went 15 hatch, pool. I knew it was a mistake, it's been a mistake every game I've played ZvZ. But I did it again and it was a mistake again.
He scouted out the ZvZ, cut his production of everything and just flooded the map with Zerglings. I lose, GG.
After the Replay:
I thought he 1 base Zerg Rushed me. Wrong! He just made as many Zerglings as he could off 2 base as fast as he could. Lesson learned? We'll see. Next ZvZ I 1-base Roach.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 58, Remaining Bonus Pool: ?
So he didn't know it was a ZvZ up front. We were cross map. I went 15 hatch, pool. I knew it was a mistake, it's been a mistake every game I've played ZvZ. But I did it again and it was a mistake again.
He scouted out the ZvZ, cut his production of everything and just flooded the map with Zerglings. I lose, GG.
After the Replay:
I thought he 1 base Zerg Rushed me. Wrong! He just made as many Zerglings as he could off 2 base as fast as he could. Lesson learned? We'll see. Next ZvZ I 1-base Roach.
+ 0 Points, Silver League Division Rank 58, Remaining Bonus Pool: ?
"You've been promoted!" - Finally back to the Silver League!
Score!
Before the Replay:
I macro'd hard up front, or tried to. I always feel rusty these days. I had plenty of overlords out and got a good scout (Zerglings would have been cheaper...) when he moved out so I had Spines and Roaches out and ready by the time he showed up.
I did a 15 hatch, 14 pool. It set me up well. I took a 3rd, started making Mutas and was moving out with them when he pushed again. I felt I had enough to defend with my Queens, Roaches and Spines so I flew my Mutas in. I held and my mutas destroyed the probes in his base and he quit. Victory!
After the Replay:
Boy did I spend my money terribly. I kept leaping up, I was doing a terrible job keeping it spent.
Interestingly he did have a second base, but then he only built probes from that one. And he never came close to saturating his first base. So he was doing a good job of keeping his money spent, but he was doing a terrible job of building a lot of probes. At 11 minutes I had 50 drones to his 25 probes.
+ 46 Points, Silver League Division Rank 58, Remaining Bonus Pool: 429
Before the Replay:
I macro'd hard up front, or tried to. I always feel rusty these days. I had plenty of overlords out and got a good scout (Zerglings would have been cheaper...) when he moved out so I had Spines and Roaches out and ready by the time he showed up.
I did a 15 hatch, 14 pool. It set me up well. I took a 3rd, started making Mutas and was moving out with them when he pushed again. I felt I had enough to defend with my Queens, Roaches and Spines so I flew my Mutas in. I held and my mutas destroyed the probes in his base and he quit. Victory!
After the Replay:
Boy did I spend my money terribly. I kept leaping up, I was doing a terrible job keeping it spent.
Interestingly he did have a second base, but then he only built probes from that one. And he never came close to saturating his first base. So he was doing a good job of keeping his money spent, but he was doing a terrible job of building a lot of probes. At 11 minutes I had 50 drones to his 25 probes.
+ 46 Points, Silver League Division Rank 58, Remaining Bonus Pool: 429
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time to work towards Silver!
Before the Replay:
I started feeling like I was sucking. He was poking my front pretty good with a Drone and then Zerglings. My plan was to go with 1 Rax then Factory to get my free Siege Mode Siege Tanks up and then transition into Thor / Marine / Tank depending on what he brought.
It didn't quite work that way. He rushed past my tanks to attack my workers. He did mutas in the back and Zergling / Swarm Host in the front. All kinds of things while he expanded a ton.
Fortunately, I held. He destroyed all my Siege Tanks while I was distracted with the Mutas and for a second I thought I was going to lose. Then I realized he was out of stuff and just pushed into his base and killed him. 1:1 Marine / Medivac ratio = Good!
After the Replay:
He did a decent job of getting upgrades, though I think I edged him out. We both could have done better.
He had 4 bases to my 2 when he was building his forces. He had good income and was keeping his money super low. He didn't do a great job of larva injects...but he was keeping his money low so it probably wasn't a problem.
He could have had more gas....had 2/3 in two extractors at his 3rd and 0/3 in both built extractors in his 4th.
I got supply blocked a lot around the mid game. I got so distracted by all the attacking and rebuilding and trying to get everything "going" I wasn't paying attention to that.
Once he started to move his big "DOOM" army into place, he wasn't macroing that well any more. He wasn't getting a lot of upgrades (1 at a time for 2 evo chambers) and his money was getting way out of control. Over 2k minerals. He did take a 5th base while he had me pin'd in, which was a nice move.
He swarmed my Tanks with Zerglings. I was distracted with the Mutalisks trying to defend my SCVs and he just stormed the walls and surrounded them.
Meanwhile he was only building a few Zerglings to repopulate his army and had almost 5k in the bank. Meanwhile I was spending all my cash into rebuilding as much as I could as fast as I could and expand...which is how I won, he really gave the win to me by not macroing hard enough after he attacked with what he thought would give him the win.
By the end my Macro was slipping. My third was finally running pretty well and I hadn't built up. I think I started to make the same mistake he did. I'll have to be more careful about that.
+ 44 Points, Bronze League Rank 53, Remaining Bonus Pool 271
I started feeling like I was sucking. He was poking my front pretty good with a Drone and then Zerglings. My plan was to go with 1 Rax then Factory to get my free Siege Mode Siege Tanks up and then transition into Thor / Marine / Tank depending on what he brought.
It didn't quite work that way. He rushed past my tanks to attack my workers. He did mutas in the back and Zergling / Swarm Host in the front. All kinds of things while he expanded a ton.
Fortunately, I held. He destroyed all my Siege Tanks while I was distracted with the Mutas and for a second I thought I was going to lose. Then I realized he was out of stuff and just pushed into his base and killed him. 1:1 Marine / Medivac ratio = Good!
After the Replay:
He did a decent job of getting upgrades, though I think I edged him out. We both could have done better.
He had 4 bases to my 2 when he was building his forces. He had good income and was keeping his money super low. He didn't do a great job of larva injects...but he was keeping his money low so it probably wasn't a problem.
He could have had more gas....had 2/3 in two extractors at his 3rd and 0/3 in both built extractors in his 4th.
I got supply blocked a lot around the mid game. I got so distracted by all the attacking and rebuilding and trying to get everything "going" I wasn't paying attention to that.
Once he started to move his big "DOOM" army into place, he wasn't macroing that well any more. He wasn't getting a lot of upgrades (1 at a time for 2 evo chambers) and his money was getting way out of control. Over 2k minerals. He did take a 5th base while he had me pin'd in, which was a nice move.
He swarmed my Tanks with Zerglings. I was distracted with the Mutalisks trying to defend my SCVs and he just stormed the walls and surrounded them.
Meanwhile he was only building a few Zerglings to repopulate his army and had almost 5k in the bank. Meanwhile I was spending all my cash into rebuilding as much as I could as fast as I could and expand...which is how I won, he really gave the win to me by not macroing hard enough after he attacked with what he thought would give him the win.
By the end my Macro was slipping. My third was finally running pretty well and I hadn't built up. I think I started to make the same mistake he did. I'll have to be more careful about that.
+ 44 Points, Bronze League Rank 53, Remaining Bonus Pool 271
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I can't get the 25 minute achievement..
On the last mission. I could bump it down to Normal difficulty...but where'd the fun be in that.
My record? 25:30. Damnation.
Anyway...on to some matchmaking.
I mean on to some TERRIBLE matchmaking. God I'm so terrible at this game =)
Before the Replay:
PvZ. I have no idea how to open with Air as a Protoss now. I've tried it a few times against the Computer and lost miserably. I'm scared to try it against a real player. So instead I did a terrible Gateway opening.
Forgot to build units. Forgot to chrono boost. Forgot to build probes. Forgot forgot forgot. He just expanded like crazy and kept throwing stuff at the front of my base until I ran out of units. Simple. He played not terribly and I played terribly.
After the Replay:
Yeah. Same deal. I never had an advantage and constantly screwed up. I just didn't have my mind around what I was doing. You'd think this was my first game. If there's a league below Bronze, that's the one I deserve to be in.
- 0 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 91, Remaining Bonus Pool 116
My record? 25:30. Damnation.
Anyway...on to some matchmaking.
I mean on to some TERRIBLE matchmaking. God I'm so terrible at this game =)
Before the Replay:
PvZ. I have no idea how to open with Air as a Protoss now. I've tried it a few times against the Computer and lost miserably. I'm scared to try it against a real player. So instead I did a terrible Gateway opening.
Forgot to build units. Forgot to chrono boost. Forgot to build probes. Forgot forgot forgot. He just expanded like crazy and kept throwing stuff at the front of my base until I ran out of units. Simple. He played not terribly and I played terribly.
After the Replay:
Yeah. Same deal. I never had an advantage and constantly screwed up. I just didn't have my mind around what I was doing. You'd think this was my first game. If there's a league below Bronze, that's the one I deserve to be in.
- 0 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 91, Remaining Bonus Pool 116
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Next HotS season...
Time for my placement match.
Ass kicked. Mine that is.
Before the Replay:
I'm terrible at PvP. Always have been, probably always will be. Not exactly the positive attitude I need.
I had a good first early attack, but then I didn't retreat my units, instead I let them die.
I played too passively, didn't spend my money well, didn't use map awareness the way I meant to. Overall I played sloppy and he took advantage to build a huge death army of Collosi.
He was ranked Gold.
After the Replay:
I did have an army advantage when I rolled out and took out his third. I think that was a good move. I should have had more Gateways up and a forward Pylon to reinforce.
Of course when I lost my whole army to his there I had a 20 food supply deficit to him.
I essentially never caught up after that. Couldn't watch for his drops, couldn't spend my money, couldn't think straight.
- 0 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 23, Remaining Bonus Pool 42
Ass kicked. Mine that is.
Before the Replay:
I'm terrible at PvP. Always have been, probably always will be. Not exactly the positive attitude I need.
I had a good first early attack, but then I didn't retreat my units, instead I let them die.
I played too passively, didn't spend my money well, didn't use map awareness the way I meant to. Overall I played sloppy and he took advantage to build a huge death army of Collosi.
He was ranked Gold.
After the Replay:
I did have an army advantage when I rolled out and took out his third. I think that was a good move. I should have had more Gateways up and a forward Pylon to reinforce.
Of course when I lost my whole army to his there I had a 20 food supply deficit to him.
I essentially never caught up after that. Couldn't watch for his drops, couldn't spend my money, couldn't think straight.
- 0 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 23, Remaining Bonus Pool 42
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