Been outta town for a few days...

Let's see how I do.

Wanted to try something new today.  I'm going to post my thoughts on the game twice, first before I watch the replay and second after.  I'm interested to see how my analysis changes between what I "felt" and what actually happened.

Before the Replay:

Rolled.  A little hyped up about it but trying not to be too upset.  PvT so it's not like it's a huge surprised, and I had all kinds of mechanical failures.  Missed a few starting probes on minerals, miss-queued a few things, forgot upgrades all kinds of fantastic stuff.  Even forgot probes pretty often.  And of course got supply blocked like crazy because I can't remember to build pylons in a timely manner.

Meanwhile built MMM and just rolled me with it.

I actually managed to repel the first wave, but the second wave totally crushed me.  He had so many Medivacs there was just nothing I could do with my crappy gateway units.  But I was so strapped for cash I couldn't afford a tech switch.

After the Replay:

Yeah, his units just demolished mine in that second attack.  I shouldn't have even stuck it out, it was GG already.  I suppose I was hoping he'd just futz up somehow.  I guess maybe I should have tech switched, because maybe that would have given me some small advantage, but I was so strapped for cash after losing so many probes.

I should have sent my expansion base probes running when I saw my initial defense failing.  Maybe that would have given me more cash to recover quickly and put up a good second fight.  So that's a lesson learned.

And I *have* *have* *have* to get better at building Pylons.  I don't know why they're so much harder than Supply Depots and Overlords.  Maybe I'm just not used to the inflated unit cost of Protoss? No idea but I need to get better at it.

- 5 Points, Silver League Division Rank 18, Remaining Bonus Pool 67

http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=272632

Lots of BCs!

I did not think I was going to win this one.

Random v Random, turned out we were both Terran.  I got more Marines out faster but he upgraded faster.  He quickly proved his army was stronger than mine, but my macro was better.

I realized I was quickly approaching a supply max so I just kept filling out my Marine / Medivac / Siege Tank army while also putting up a bunch of Starports and double refinery expansions.  Eventually I took a chance at an attack and lost.  I was expecting that though and immediately began producing nothing but Battlecruisers and Marines.

At that point it didn't take long.  I'd go in, throw away my whole army and take a good chunk of his.  Then I'd immediately do it again.  Then again.  Eventually it wore him out.  He was also using BCs in his army and siege tanks and Thors.  Made him slow and my BCs + Marines eventually ran him out of units.

+ 26 Points, Silver League Division Rank 14, Remaining Bonus Pool 20

http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=272298

Roaches + Infestors beats Roaches every time

I don't know why, but whenever I use Infestors and fungal growth it never seems to impede my opponents armies much.  But when my opponent uses it on me, it always seems to totally hose me.

Perspective?  Or am I doing it wrong?

Either way, ZvZ loss.  He tried to rush me with Zerglings, I defended and macro'd up and tried to push when I wasn't sure if I had an advantage   I sorta did, but then I tried to push too hard again twice and eventually it came back to bite me.

- 6 Points, Silver League Division Rank 19, Remaining Bonus Pool 45

http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=272296

Changed replay sites again.  Hopefully this one will stick around for a while...

Back to the placement matches!

TvP win tonight.

Admittedly, the guy just started playing again (according to his profile).  The last few days and then months ago.

Also I got a bit lucky.  We were cross map positions so once I confirmed he was just building a Colossus / Gateway deathball in his base, I expanded and teched.  I moved out at the same time he did but had control of the Xel'Naga so when I turned around I hit his base from behind, taking out his lagging Colossi first and then rolling the rest of his Gateway units before he quit, no GG.

A bit lucky, but as I say "a win's a win" so I'll take it!  2 placement matches remaining.

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Also, I have bronchitis.  I didn't know before hand if playing SC2 would cause me to cough with my lungs being as shallow as they are right now.  Verdict is in, it does.