starcraft 2

[Sinitron]

i'm dustin fucking browder look at me LOOOOK AAAT MEEEEEE

[rtil]

look at that smug fucking look on his face

[BluPhoenix]

oh boy pro-am tourney

this seems like it'd be fun

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what you care about

[rtil]

it's cool to see major companies doing sc2 tournaments

too bad husky is casting in that one

[cipher]

It's not like you'd watch it anyways  

[BluPhoenix]

signed up for it

first 2 matches start on the 18th woooo yea

[Crabarms]

Rammed like 10 banelings into 1 stalker and it still survived but it was unintentional was trying to get behind them with slings trapping an army of stalker/zealots but just A moved the banelings because I was focusing with the slings. Still won the match because it was just 4 gate stuff and I eventually got lair tech and made hydras.

[rtil]

put your banes on a hotkey so that you can quickly select & move them away from non-priority targets

[Crabarms]

http://www.sc-replay.com/download.php?id=58925 very close zvz





It turned to a normal game but then the muta's came. Screwed up the drones on my main and I was just starting to get hydras and infestors. He expanded while I tried to catch up, but his muta's never killed my overlords so I was seeing where his drones where going. I tried to counter attack .  He then tries to send out a ton of banelings at my base but my infestors destroyed them, unfortunately 2 had fallen. One of his expansions I killed with lings but he burrowed a few drones and I had 1 ling sitting there near the minerals and caught him making another hatchery and was able to destroy it. Then I was able to attack him again destroying his non upgraded roach army and passing by his idle mutas thus achieving victory.

[rtil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPskOimdW4c

[rtil]

http://www.sc-replay.com/download.php?id=58925 very close zvz

couple notes about this replay

• you could have ended this game within 7 minutes. this could have been achieved by scouting properly. not just knowing where your opponent is, but watching pool timings, gas timings, and unit count with overlord watching the ramp, as well as ling scouts. if you had done this, with your early hatch, you could have pumped mass speedlings and easily overwhelmed his small roach force, winning you the game. a strong opener for a potential quick win snipe like this is:
  • 9 OL
  • 15 hatch
  • 15 pool
  • 15 extractor -> gas to 100, then put all drones back on minerals
  • 17 OL
  • 17 queen x2 (one at main, one at nat)
  • 17 metabolic boost
  • mass speedlings and don't get supply blocked
• the good thing about this build is that if you don't think trying to all-in attack is a good idea, you are still in a strong position to start a macro game with your early natural
• scouting more often with changelings or overseer flybys. you never saw his spire and it cost you a lot of drones
• you need to drone up again after losing so many drones. you went from having 40+ drones to 20+ drones, and stayed at 20+ for too long, while he was back to 40+ in no time and grabbing a 3rd. you are lucky he reacted to your attack poorly ... in fact he didn't react to it at all.
• good move with the infestors and fungaling banelings
• grab a 3rd base after a successful engagement or when your economy demands it. you always want to be one base ahead of your opponent to seal a victory

i'd also consider doing double upgrades and getting hive just in case the situation calls for it. you also may want to put up a few spores after a muta harass. spores are a better option than hydras for a few reasons in that they are always there to protect you and that you are not being forced into a tech tree you didn't plan on using. hydras are also very weak to fungal growth and banelings.

[Crabarms]

Okay. Will have to try it on zergs. Tried doing something like that before but got discouraged after not being able to survive some early pressure. After looking at that build order I have been messing it up by getting 14 pool, drone to 16 make extractor then make overlord but I can see it being a lot better by having faster metabolic boost.

[rtil]

if you're nervous about early pressure and it is a small map, pool first instead

[BluPhoenix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiRkrHJo2po

[cipher]

anyone catch that game with idra v MMA lately?

[rtil]

anyone catch that game with idra v MMA lately?

[BluPhoenix]

it happens all the time and you know it

[cipher]

anyone catch that game with idra v MMA lately?

I watched it with a few different casters, it's pretty entertaining so see them try to figure out wtf happened






.....not that anything did

[Sinitron]

i didn't watch it because idra is gay

i have yet to see a pro that i can associate with

[rtil]

anyone catch that game with idra v MMA lately?

I watched it with a few different casters, it's pretty entertaining so see them try to figure out wtf happened






.....not that anything did

the best vid is the MLG reaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLsvub7kvAU