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
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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
Friday, May 31, 2013
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: ?
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
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
First non Placement Match in HotS...
And he was quite polite! Hooray for the Bronze League.
Before the Replay:
So I decided I wanted to go Mech because hey, free Siege Mode right? Plus, Firebats. Or whatever they're called...Hellbats?
So I wasn't very agressive, I pushed once but he'd already gotten a good Roach army up. I pulled back and expanded and saved my units. I did a decent job of spending my money, but the build could have certainly been smoother. Still, a win's a win. My Tanks crushed his Roaches and my Vikings roamed the map picking off his Overlords. He build Hydras for Defense and a huge Muta army, but I built a lot of Marines (so much fore mech) and slaughtered them.
Finally I pushed and he GG'd out with a "wp". He was Platinum.
After the Replay:
I'm not totally sure what all he was doing. He did a double extractor trick, but didn't pop them until after he had an Overlord up....
He triple expanded right off the bat. I'll have to watch for that in the future, scout it out.
I did supply block him a lot. That feels good =)
Until he built 12 Overlords at once. Wow. At least that gave me time to expand without any pressure on me.
I destroyed all of those and then some giving me a chance to expand to my third after he attacked with and lost all his Roaches.
So yeah, mostly the replay feels the same as the game felt before. Interestingly when I got my 3rd up at 18 minutes it felt really slow, but he was still at his original 3 bases because he was constantly trying to defend and rebuild his Overlords.
+ 40 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 68, Remaining Bonus Pool 634
Edit: Looks like the ladder locks tomorrow so I'll be staying Bronze for this season. Perhaps I can get back to Silver next season.
Before the Replay:
So I decided I wanted to go Mech because hey, free Siege Mode right? Plus, Firebats. Or whatever they're called...Hellbats?
So I wasn't very agressive, I pushed once but he'd already gotten a good Roach army up. I pulled back and expanded and saved my units. I did a decent job of spending my money, but the build could have certainly been smoother. Still, a win's a win. My Tanks crushed his Roaches and my Vikings roamed the map picking off his Overlords. He build Hydras for Defense and a huge Muta army, but I built a lot of Marines (so much fore mech) and slaughtered them.
Finally I pushed and he GG'd out with a "wp". He was Platinum.
After the Replay:
I'm not totally sure what all he was doing. He did a double extractor trick, but didn't pop them until after he had an Overlord up....
He triple expanded right off the bat. I'll have to watch for that in the future, scout it out.
I did supply block him a lot. That feels good =)
Until he built 12 Overlords at once. Wow. At least that gave me time to expand without any pressure on me.
I destroyed all of those and then some giving me a chance to expand to my third after he attacked with and lost all his Roaches.
So yeah, mostly the replay feels the same as the game felt before. Interestingly when I got my 3rd up at 18 minutes it felt really slow, but he was still at his original 3 bases because he was constantly trying to defend and rebuild his Overlords.
+ 40 Points, Bronze League Division Rank 68, Remaining Bonus Pool 634
Edit: Looks like the ladder locks tomorrow so I'll be staying Bronze for this season. Perhaps I can get back to Silver next season.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Another Horrific Loss
ZvZ this time. I see a bad pattern forming here.
Before the Replay:
I went 15 hatch, pool. I was expecting an early rush of Zerglings. I didn't get it. So I killed an Overlord with my Queens and rushed with some slow Lings.
They got over agressive and went in for his Queens at his second where they were instantly surrounded by his Speedlings and crushed. He then countered, went Baneling and beat me.
If I hadn't committed my Slowlings, had just scouted and pulled back, I wouldn't have been instantly crushed and my Roaches might have had a chance when his Speedlings + Banelings rolled my base.
He was Diamond.
After the Replay:
He also did a 15 hatch into pool. Mine was actually faster, as was my APM. He just managed his upgrades better, had Banelings and my pre Replay analysis was right on about my mistake. If I'd kept my 'lings and been able to get my Roaches up, I think I could have won.
1 Placement match Won, 2 Placement matches Lost, 2 Remaining
Before the Replay:
I went 15 hatch, pool. I was expecting an early rush of Zerglings. I didn't get it. So I killed an Overlord with my Queens and rushed with some slow Lings.
They got over agressive and went in for his Queens at his second where they were instantly surrounded by his Speedlings and crushed. He then countered, went Baneling and beat me.
If I hadn't committed my Slowlings, had just scouted and pulled back, I wouldn't have been instantly crushed and my Roaches might have had a chance when his Speedlings + Banelings rolled my base.
He was Diamond.
After the Replay:
He also did a 15 hatch into pool. Mine was actually faster, as was my APM. He just managed his upgrades better, had Banelings and my pre Replay analysis was right on about my mistake. If I'd kept my 'lings and been able to get my Roaches up, I think I could have won.
1 Placement match Won, 2 Placement matches Lost, 2 Remaining
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Random = Protoss Again + mini meltdown
Before Replay:
Because, of course, I can't seem to improve at it, I rolled Protoss again.
I really thought I had been improving, with all the games I was playing, but clearly not. Tonight is teaching me that I was waaaaaaay wrong.
PvZ, he just did his own thing and built to Broodlords and kicked my ass. I thought I had a big enough upgraded enough army to deal with the massive Broodlords / Infestors what with all my Carriers, Zealots and Stalkers who got right up under there and tried to deal with it. But I was way wrong.
Wrong wrong wrong.
So what should I have done? Quit when I saw I was Protoss?
The problem with Protoss is I feel like I can't harass. Not that *Protoss* can't harass. That I can't. That I can't make good enough use of the units to harass effectively.
He killed all my probes too...I don't know what happened to them all but suddenly I didn't have any.
I'm getting super ragey here so clearly I'm done for the night.
After the Replay:
Something I know before I start the replay - I wasn't making very good use of my money. Of course. Should I be more aggressive with my Zealots? I can't seem to balance out when I have gas and when I have minerals. I *understand* what I was doing before, but suddenly can't recreate it tonight.
I was sooo high on minerals but couldn't get gas. Suddenly I had nothing but gas and no minerals. I can't seem to build the right units and predict. Maybe I just don't have the right mindset right now. Or maybe I'm just getting so off tilt when I see I've spawned Protoss again that I can't think straight.
It's interesting because, with Protoss, I feel like I can't win. I should qualify that I guess..
With Protoss, I feel like every decision I make is the wrong one. If I choose to be agressive with my early units, I shouldn't have because he built a lot of Lings and by the time I find out, my units are dead and he's in my base. If I play conservative then I should have been more agressive. If I scout and he's conservative, he suddenly builds a bunch of Lings, and if I scout and he's got a lot of units then I spend money building for defense of an attack that never comes.
You know, if I want to harass I should just fucking harass. I did some DT play but I couldn't get them in the main. I never bothered to watch to see why, but he had a bunch of Spine Crawlers and Overseers there. If I'd dropped a few DTs in the back his Greater Spire would have been gone in no time.
My style is tech switching, harassment and large scale production of units. I know that's mostly geared towards Zerg but I've been able to make it work in other match-ups. I just have to get my head out of my ass and be willing to make it work.
Nothing I didn't already know in the replay. I had plenty of great vision on him, I just didn't realize that his army would so cleanly destroy mine the way it did. Once again I find myself wishing my friends still played SC2..it'd be nice to have some friends to play and practice with. But like many other games, my friends all like games I'm not a huge fan of and they generally aren't interested in playing the games I enjoy. Board and card games tend to fall into this category too.
- 10 Points, Silver League Division Rank 15, Remaining Bonus Pool 101
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=273257
Because, of course, I can't seem to improve at it, I rolled Protoss again.
I really thought I had been improving, with all the games I was playing, but clearly not. Tonight is teaching me that I was waaaaaaay wrong.
PvZ, he just did his own thing and built to Broodlords and kicked my ass. I thought I had a big enough upgraded enough army to deal with the massive Broodlords / Infestors what with all my Carriers, Zealots and Stalkers who got right up under there and tried to deal with it. But I was way wrong.
Wrong wrong wrong.
So what should I have done? Quit when I saw I was Protoss?
The problem with Protoss is I feel like I can't harass. Not that *Protoss* can't harass. That I can't. That I can't make good enough use of the units to harass effectively.
He killed all my probes too...I don't know what happened to them all but suddenly I didn't have any.
I'm getting super ragey here so clearly I'm done for the night.
After the Replay:
Something I know before I start the replay - I wasn't making very good use of my money. Of course. Should I be more aggressive with my Zealots? I can't seem to balance out when I have gas and when I have minerals. I *understand* what I was doing before, but suddenly can't recreate it tonight.
I was sooo high on minerals but couldn't get gas. Suddenly I had nothing but gas and no minerals. I can't seem to build the right units and predict. Maybe I just don't have the right mindset right now. Or maybe I'm just getting so off tilt when I see I've spawned Protoss again that I can't think straight.
It's interesting because, with Protoss, I feel like I can't win. I should qualify that I guess..
With Protoss, I feel like every decision I make is the wrong one. If I choose to be agressive with my early units, I shouldn't have because he built a lot of Lings and by the time I find out, my units are dead and he's in my base. If I play conservative then I should have been more agressive. If I scout and he's conservative, he suddenly builds a bunch of Lings, and if I scout and he's got a lot of units then I spend money building for defense of an attack that never comes.
You know, if I want to harass I should just fucking harass. I did some DT play but I couldn't get them in the main. I never bothered to watch to see why, but he had a bunch of Spine Crawlers and Overseers there. If I'd dropped a few DTs in the back his Greater Spire would have been gone in no time.
My style is tech switching, harassment and large scale production of units. I know that's mostly geared towards Zerg but I've been able to make it work in other match-ups. I just have to get my head out of my ass and be willing to make it work.
Nothing I didn't already know in the replay. I had plenty of great vision on him, I just didn't realize that his army would so cleanly destroy mine the way it did. Once again I find myself wishing my friends still played SC2..it'd be nice to have some friends to play and practice with. But like many other games, my friends all like games I'm not a huge fan of and they generally aren't interested in playing the games I enjoy. Board and card games tend to fall into this category too.
- 10 Points, Silver League Division Rank 15, Remaining Bonus Pool 101
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=273257
Monday, October 22, 2012
Well, at least I wasn't Protoss...
Before Replay:
I don't really know how to play TvP. I hate Mech, I mean I really hate it. I like my Siege Tanks but I can't stand to go mass Siege Tanks and I don't like to go with a Cloaked Banshee rush and I cannot do enough damage with early Hellions to justify it.
So I don't know what to do with TvP because if I move out quickly, I'll just get run over. If I wait and let him do what he wants, I'll get run over. If I try to harass, he's faster than I am and more able to split his units.
So instead I lose.
After the Replay:
Nothing really surprising here. I never stood a chance, he had me beat from minute one.
Maybe I should try turtling up and going Thor?
Absolutely nothing of value in the replay other than reiteration of the fact that I had no idea what I was doing and no chance from start to finish.
- 7 Points, Silver League Division Rank 14, Remaining Bonus Pool 111
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=273214
I don't really know how to play TvP. I hate Mech, I mean I really hate it. I like my Siege Tanks but I can't stand to go mass Siege Tanks and I don't like to go with a Cloaked Banshee rush and I cannot do enough damage with early Hellions to justify it.
So I don't know what to do with TvP because if I move out quickly, I'll just get run over. If I wait and let him do what he wants, I'll get run over. If I try to harass, he's faster than I am and more able to split his units.
So instead I lose.
After the Replay:
Nothing really surprising here. I never stood a chance, he had me beat from minute one.
Maybe I should try turtling up and going Thor?
Absolutely nothing of value in the replay other than reiteration of the fact that I had no idea what I was doing and no chance from start to finish.
- 7 Points, Silver League Division Rank 14, Remaining Bonus Pool 111
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=273214
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Redemption!
Another ZvZ. At the beginning he didn't respond to my gg for a few and then said "sorry, was AFK....gg". I figured he was probably telling the truth, but could have been using that time to start a 6 pool or something, so why risk it?
I went 14 pool, got up some defensive Zerglings and then took my second. He didn't attack until I had my speed upgrade on the way. I countered after defending, upgraded to Speedlings just as I got to his base and he managed to defend. We went back and forth while I tech'd to Roaches, but I was doing more damage and eventually won before I could get my first Roach out.
+ 26 Points, Silver League Division Ranking 18, Remaining Bonus Pool 33
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=272297
P.S. Turns out he was AFK, his first build action was a drone at 24 seconds.
I went 14 pool, got up some defensive Zerglings and then took my second. He didn't attack until I had my speed upgrade on the way. I countered after defending, upgraded to Speedlings just as I got to his base and he managed to defend. We went back and forth while I tech'd to Roaches, but I was doing more damage and eventually won before I could get my first Roach out.
+ 26 Points, Silver League Division Ranking 18, Remaining Bonus Pool 33
http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/replays.php?game=33&show=details&id=272297
P.S. Turns out he was AFK, his first build action was a drone at 24 seconds.
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...
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...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
10 Pooled. Sad face.
I fucked up my wall-off and left just enough space for a Zergling to get by. So as soon as I was able to get a single marine out, he had 6 run into my base. Shortly there after I was overrun.
Nothing more to say. I couldn't tell if it was blocking the ramp or not when I put it down, clearly it wasn't and therefor I lost.
- 6 Points, Silver League Division Rank 20, Remaining Bonus Pool 51
http://sc2rep.com/replays/%28T%29tbear_vs_%28Z%29Bmatsui/20979
Another new site for Replays. We'll see if this one sticks. URLs are harder =)
Nothing more to say. I couldn't tell if it was blocking the ramp or not when I put it down, clearly it wasn't and therefor I lost.
- 6 Points, Silver League Division Rank 20, Remaining Bonus Pool 51
http://sc2rep.com/replays/%28T%29tbear_vs_%28Z%29Bmatsui/20979
Another new site for Replays. We'll see if this one sticks. URLs are harder =)
Thursday, September 20, 2012
It's not enough
This is the problem with just focusing on not getting supply blocked, continuing to build, etc.
Sometimes it's just not enough.
I got rolled by a Zerg. I pushed on him a few times but never fully committed. Hoped I would have some success putting pressure on him and making him waste his larva on Zerglings and Banelings.
Instead it just gave him the 15 minutes he needed to get his Broodlords and Ultralisks up instead.
Whoops.
He *smashed* me.
- 9 Point, Silver League Division Rank 40, Remaining Bonus Pool 36
http://drop.sc/256238
P.S. What's up with all the Shakuras games recently? Does everyone down vote most of the other maps? It's Silver League....not sure it's worth down voting any maps...but maybe that's just me?
Sometimes it's just not enough.
I got rolled by a Zerg. I pushed on him a few times but never fully committed. Hoped I would have some success putting pressure on him and making him waste his larva on Zerglings and Banelings.
Instead it just gave him the 15 minutes he needed to get his Broodlords and Ultralisks up instead.
Whoops.
He *smashed* me.
- 9 Point, Silver League Division Rank 40, Remaining Bonus Pool 36
http://drop.sc/256238
P.S. What's up with all the Shakuras games recently? Does everyone down vote most of the other maps? It's Silver League....not sure it's worth down voting any maps...but maybe that's just me?
Sunday, September 16, 2012
First match of the new season
Let's see how I do. Hoping to get reset in the ladder a little given my lack of recent practice.
...
I got rolled SERIOUSLY hard. Zerg who just went to town on me. I wasn't able to touch him, ever. Couldn't put any pressure on him, couldn't get to his base much less in it. I was outclassed and totally outplayed in every sense of the word.
Very frustrating game on top of that. The whole game it felt like I couldn't do anything. I had no way to win..everytime I tried to deploy anything it got shut down. Anytime I tried to expand or move my troops out they got slaughtered.
Frustrating.
Placed in Silver League, so at least that's something I guess. I need to play more.
- 0 points, Silver League Division Rank 26, Remaining Bonus Pool 40
http://drop.sc/253870
...
I got rolled SERIOUSLY hard. Zerg who just went to town on me. I wasn't able to touch him, ever. Couldn't put any pressure on him, couldn't get to his base much less in it. I was outclassed and totally outplayed in every sense of the word.
Very frustrating game on top of that. The whole game it felt like I couldn't do anything. I had no way to win..everytime I tried to deploy anything it got shut down. Anytime I tried to expand or move my troops out they got slaughtered.
Frustrating.
Placed in Silver League, so at least that's something I guess. I need to play more.
- 0 points, Silver League Division Rank 26, Remaining Bonus Pool 40
http://drop.sc/253870
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
4 placement matches to go, let's see if I can do better.
This one I won. TvZ on Daybreak, first time on this map as well I believe. He was super passive which gave me all day long to get comfortable. I pushed out a few times and had medium success. Lost more troops early than I should have because I got over agressive.
He never did a good job of out mining me though, or really teching too much. Just did roach / hydra / infestor which was effective enough but eventually he fell to my endless supply of Marines.
Anyway a win is a win, helps to get the rust off. 3 placement matches to go!
http://drop.sc/197521
This one I won. TvZ on Daybreak, first time on this map as well I believe. He was super passive which gave me all day long to get comfortable. I pushed out a few times and had medium success. Lost more troops early than I should have because I got over agressive.
He never did a good job of out mining me though, or really teching too much. Just did roach / hydra / infestor which was effective enough but eventually he fell to my endless supply of Marines.
Anyway a win is a win, helps to get the rust off. 3 placement matches to go!
http://drop.sc/197521
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Continuing the same practice
And I got my ass handed to me again.
ZvZ this time on Shattered Temple. He was super aggressive. Lots of Spine Crawlers in my main right off the bat. I was 15 hatch / 15 pool opening and thought I fended it off okay. But apparently I didn't or didn't recover well after because he quickly had his expand up and a crap ton more units.
I got supply blocked quite a few times. Not focusing on the macro I need to be focusing on. It's just very hard to ignore my units being destroyed constantly or the tactics being used forcing me into emergency management.
I remember when I went through this previously that it was both hard and a bit exhausting but eventually got easier. Of course I was fighting less skilled opponents then too...=)
More practice needed I guess...ZvZ is my least favorite after PvP.
- 10 Points, Platinum League Division Rank 46, Remaining Bonus Pool 246
http://drop.sc/144754
ZvZ this time on Shattered Temple. He was super aggressive. Lots of Spine Crawlers in my main right off the bat. I was 15 hatch / 15 pool opening and thought I fended it off okay. But apparently I didn't or didn't recover well after because he quickly had his expand up and a crap ton more units.
I got supply blocked quite a few times. Not focusing on the macro I need to be focusing on. It's just very hard to ignore my units being destroyed constantly or the tactics being used forcing me into emergency management.
I remember when I went through this previously that it was both hard and a bit exhausting but eventually got easier. Of course I was fighting less skilled opponents then too...=)
More practice needed I guess...ZvZ is my least favorite after PvP.
- 10 Points, Platinum League Division Rank 46, Remaining Bonus Pool 246
http://drop.sc/144754
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
...and then totally rolled
Got rolled by a Zerg on Shattered Temple who was just a hell of a lot better than I was.
He made so much more stuff than me and I did terribly at continuing to produce and running a smooth build. Then I kept throwing away units trying to do pressure.
There's really not much else to say. I played awful compared to him. My production was terrible, I got supply blocked quite a few times and I just engaging in terrible situations.
- 11 Points, Platinum League Division Rank 45, Remaining Bonus Pool 215
http://drop.sc/139738
He made so much more stuff than me and I did terribly at continuing to produce and running a smooth build. Then I kept throwing away units trying to do pressure.
There's really not much else to say. I played awful compared to him. My production was terrible, I got supply blocked quite a few times and I just engaging in terrible situations.
- 11 Points, Platinum League Division Rank 45, Remaining Bonus Pool 215
http://drop.sc/139738
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