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Is TvZ supposed to be THIS HARD!?!?!?!!!?!? - Page 2

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shavingcream66
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1219 Posts
August 29 2009 04:01 GMT
#21
yes. honestly TvZ was my sole reason for quitting terran
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
August 29 2009 04:06 GMT
#22
I know what you mean, from the Zerg side I love ZvT; I ride that mu so hard. A replay would be very helpful for an indepth critic but if I had to take a shot in the dark I'd say you don't use your vessels to their full potential. Thats, in my mind, what separates good and bad TvZ players is the bad ones just don't irradiate and go out on irradiating raids. They have all the vessels they just don't use them... also incorporating dropships into mid and late game is so so strong it makes me cry
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Sigh
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2433 Posts
August 29 2009 04:11 GMT
#23
5 Lurkers can kill a 150 supply army in 5 seconds. =(
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
August 29 2009 04:17 GMT
#24
(didn't read other than OP)

TvZ is hard, but keep in mind ZvT is also really hard - I'd say ZvT is harder. In TvZ you have so many options to abuse and screw with zerg and at low levels, you'll win every game just by using a quirky BO well.
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
August 29 2009 04:17 GMT
#25
(didn't read other than OP)

TvZ is hard, but keep in mind ZvT is also really hard - I'd say ZvT is harder. In TvZ you have so many options to abuse and screw with zerg and at low levels, you'll win every game just by using a quirky BO well.

If you think I'm a zerg player complaining, you're wrong - I'm a C/C+ terran and my best matchup is TvZ - I get trashed by C+ tosses :/
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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
August 29 2009 04:18 GMT
#26
TvZ hard at D/D+ level? Hell just play a ramped map, make 2-3 rines and go 2 port wraith and that'll win almost everytime. You don't even need good micro, just need to have a bit of sense regarding what you should shoot. It often times won't win you the game outright but while you are harassing get an acad, add a rax or 2, and pump some m&m to kill the weakened Z (all off of one base.)

I'm sure your play could improve but it also seem that you have a mindset problem though. You are overestimating your opponent, a problem I myself often do as well. It's not a bad thing necessarily but it seems like everytime you start a TvZ your opponent has an auto-advantage because you think you will lose.

Btw: Don't feel that you must do FE into defend vs mutas every game. Switch it up with the old style of 1 base play. It's a lot of fun being the aggressor instead of the defender every game and is perfectly viable at the level you are playing.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-29 04:23:45
August 29 2009 04:21 GMT
#27
im the opposite

i feel tvz is a lot easier than tvp
people ranks above me i can give a good game if they're zerg but i lose badly to protoss ranks below me.
ils
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SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
August 29 2009 04:23 GMT
#28
On August 29 2009 12:46 Perguvious wrote:
8rax solves causes lots of problems :D


Fixed
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
August 29 2009 04:33 GMT
#29
On August 29 2009 13:23 SanguineToss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2009 12:46 Perguvious wrote:
8rax solves causes lots of problems :D


Fixed

Didn't fix it very well, did ya?
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KP_CollectoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States744 Posts
August 29 2009 04:34 GMT
#30
Even WITH 200 apm you can be fucked. I remember a game where the Zerg bmed me at the end saying "if low apm don't play bio" and I was playing at like 230 apm FML
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
August 29 2009 04:54 GMT
#31
On August 29 2009 12:39 synapse wrote:
ZvT is like 50 times harder than TvZ. <300 APM means all of your attacks fail miserably -,-


On D level, you 9pool terran 100% and you win.
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
August 29 2009 05:01 GMT
#32
Tvz is why i play terran honestly...

just as you, i've found it very hard to play TvZ at D/D+ level. I know what you mean. I just massed games and then things started to go together. I had a zerg practice partner that always tell me that my timing is too slow, and everything is too slow. That was like an "aha" moment that made me realize that i needed to make everything faster, and pay constant attention to my idle scvs and rax. Thats what made me click...

I believe that once you get over this hump in TvZ, and when you hit C-/C/B- or even B, TvZ is a easy ride if you know 1 standard BO and practice the hell out of it vs all scenarios zergs can do. Hell, in TvP toss got reavers/DT/DT Drop, 14NEX, and so many gay shit u gotta practice for. TvZ is Zerg either 2 hatch or 3hatch, muta or lurker. IT cant get any harder than that.
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kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
August 29 2009 05:05 GMT
#33
On August 29 2009 13:11 Sigh wrote:
5 Lurkers can kill a 150 supply army in 5 seconds. =(


5 stimmed firebats can kill a hatchery/expo in 10secs..

Zerg is tough in a sense that they cant really break their armies up in mid/early game, which they are prone to multi-area harrassments..
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caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
August 29 2009 05:07 GMT
#34
TvZ is not that bad... Especially Mutas. Just build several turrets in a small perimeter around your mineral line, that's what they usually aim for. You should spread out your buildings more, leave a path for your units to get back through your base so they don't get stuck. =P I'm pretty bad myself, probably worse than you... but that's why I happen to notice things when they work XD
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Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
August 29 2009 05:12 GMT
#35
Thanks for all of the suggestions on cheese -that was how I got to D+ in the first place... then started only playing Zs on Iccup and forcing myself to use Han Bang 3 Vessel 1 Tank build and I'm back at D. (Why I made this thread)

TvZ is getting me addicted to this game at a time when I really can't afford to be.
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
August 29 2009 06:09 GMT
#36
On August 29 2009 14:12 Loser777 wrote:
Thanks for all of the suggestions on cheese -that was how I got to D+ in the first place... then started only playing Zs on Iccup and forcing myself to use Han Bang 3 Vessel 1 Tank build and I'm back at D. (Why I made this thread)

TvZ is getting me addicted to this game at a time when I really can't afford to be.


Heh. Ive had Wraithphobia from ZvT and now, i wtfpwn 2port wraiths. Just learn from your mistakes. The same person who gave me Wraithphobia gave a friend of mine Mutaphobia so he builds like 204354835634683682436348624368346838456 Turrets and <3s Valks
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
CoOl]1st[
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States243 Posts
August 29 2009 07:15 GMT
#37
tvz is easy man, think of it this way at D levels especially just D up and get army that can roll z. like all u need is 2base, and just wait for good unit mix and ups and its easy game..
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intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
August 29 2009 07:45 GMT
#38
On August 29 2009 13:01 shavingcream66 wrote:
yes. honestly TvZ was my sole reason for quitting terran

really?! it was my sole reason for playing starcraft 1v1s - i just racepicked either side of the matchup and cheesed in tvp. fucking fun, there's simply so many little things you HAVE to pay attention to and it's just a huge rush.

as for advice, i think lower level terrans seem to make the mistake of underestimating harass. they see progamers get away with minimal turrets and don't realize how much better the placement and mm micro needs to be to pull that off - just prioritize staying alive until you get a big mm/tank/vessel ball and roll the z. it's really hard to break a proper midgame t army for beginner zergs.
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LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5758 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-29 08:01:36
August 29 2009 08:00 GMT
#39
On August 29 2009 16:45 intrigue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2009 13:01 shavingcream66 wrote:
yes. honestly TvZ was my sole reason for quitting terran

really?! it was my sole reason for playing starcraft 1v1s - i just racepicked either side of the matchup and cheesed in tvp. fucking fun, there's simply so many little things you HAVE to pay attention to and it's just a huge rush.

as for advice, i think lower level terrans seem to make the mistake of underestimating harass. they see progamers get away with minimal turrets and don't realize how much better the placement and mm micro needs to be to pull that off - just prioritize staying alive until you get a big mm/tank/vessel ball and roll the z. it's really hard to break a proper midgame t army for beginner zergs.


he's not lying. every tvp proxy fact! ^_^

edit- to be fair, every tvp for me is 2fact rush hahha
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
August 29 2009 08:22 GMT
#40
Staying alive... Q_Q

But yes, cheesing toss is a huge rush... nothing is more satisfying than BBSing a toss or rinescv rush when he gas steals you.
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