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JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-20 14:06:45
September 20 2009 14:00 GMT
#1
Hello people. This is the third episode of my adventures in ICCup. I have hit D+ already and am working to get at least a C- this season. I've played quite a few games already at D+ and still hovering at 2200+ points.

This game was a PvP with me against a D+ player who was just one more win away to being C-. Let's just see how today's episode will unfold


+ Show Spoiler +
I am the teal protoss while he is the light blue.

The game begins with me opening with a 2 gate.
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Due to his luck, he manages to scout me on first attempt and responds by getting himself a second gate and stopping gas mining.
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Having a clear intention of deceiving him, I make a proxy battery just to assure him that I'm putting everything that I've got into this push, forcing him to delay his tech even further.
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I go ahead and poke his ramp and we soon engage in a battle.
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He having the superior army wins this battle and I helplessly retreat.
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Meanwhile, I got my DT tech up and running while he was still stuck at goon tech.
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The proxy battery serves its purpose in tricking him to my all-in and delays his attack on me.
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At this point however, I'm way behind in army count. He has more healthier lots than I do and has dragoons too...
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as compared to..
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He goes in for an attack but by this time, both my DTs have arrived.
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He was still oblivious to my DTs and went straight for an attack. I send one DT to his base and used the other to help fend off the attack. Due to his superior army size, I am dwindled down to nothing but a zealot, goon and a DT.

With a huge army advantage, he charges for my main nexus.
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He takes it down and I managed to take out that splinter group with probes and my small army. By this time, my nat nexus is already up and he tries to go in to kill it but to no avail
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While all that turmoil was happening, it would seem that I was doomed for defeat. But that wouldn't be so because we had forgotten about the DT that would become a hero today.
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With almost all but 5 probes and his army killed, I lead with a huge advantage as still having a large majority of my probes and a nat nexus up and running with gas.

I muster up a small force and charge for his nat.
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I try to charge up his ramp but retreat due to the presence of a reaver

In a desperate move, he sends in his shuttle with a reaver to try and pick off my probes at my nat.
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I deflect it with 3 goons in my nat but also send in 2 goons to his retreat path in an attempt to pick it off.
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I succeed!
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With his reaver harass a total disaster, I charge in for the kill with the force that I had made. He only has a goon and a reaver at the ramp.
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He tries to fend it off by dragging in his probes but realises that its hopeless and concedes.
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So an end to another great episode of my adventures in ICCup. I plan on updating this series more and hopefully make it to C- this season!


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火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
September 20 2009 14:03 GMT
#2
i hate dts,
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
September 20 2009 14:07 GMT
#3
On September 20 2009 23:03 YPang wrote:
i hate dts,


Yay! Me too unless I'm using them.
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
September 20 2009 14:14 GMT
#4
How come you didn't just cancel your nexus and keep a DT on your ramp?
mG.sixghost @ iCCup || One ling, two ling, three ling, four... Camp four gas, then ultra-whore . -Saracen
Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
September 20 2009 14:25 GMT
#5
you could have summed this blog into 1 sentence without pictures:

"I used DT's and won!"
Firebathero is still the best!
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
September 20 2009 14:26 GMT
#6
these things are pretty cool, but pvp? blerg
JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
September 20 2009 14:38 GMT
#7
On September 20 2009 23:14 sixghost wrote:
How come you didn't just cancel your nexus and keep a DT on your ramp?

I don't know. Guess I was too tensed.
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
Tropics
Profile Joined August 2007
United Kingdom1132 Posts
September 20 2009 15:08 GMT
#8
Do you do builds like this often?

You say you're stuck hovering around 2.2k points, if most of your games are like this, that's why. You need to play strong standard builds and not rely on cheese unless you're practicing for a series or something.
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
September 20 2009 15:18 GMT
#9
DT's are imba. I dont like them :I
I pwn noobs
JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
September 20 2009 15:19 GMT
#10
On September 21 2009 00:08 Tropics wrote:
Do you do builds like this often?

You say you're stuck hovering around 2.2k points, if most of your games are like this, that's why. You need to play strong standard builds and not rely on cheese unless you're practicing for a series or something.


No. I do standard builds most of the time. I just did this out of pure fun. Was really boring.
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
September 20 2009 16:16 GMT
#11
On September 21 2009 00:08 Tropics wrote:
Do you do builds like this often?

You say you're stuck hovering around 2.2k points, if most of your games are like this, that's why. You need to play strong standard builds and not rely on cheese unless you're practicing for a series or something.

Blogging about standard games is no fun at all.
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
September 20 2009 16:41 GMT
#12
interesting game
mind games are always fun. and i like your use of dts, it wasn't cheesy, it was pure mindfuck
When they see MC Probe, all the ladies disrobe.
numLoCK
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1416 Posts
September 20 2009 16:41 GMT
#13
Rawr DTs, I've started PvP'ing again only to find out that there is no escape. As long as I have to play protoss, whether zvp, tvp, or pvp, I WILL fight against DT builds.
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
September 20 2009 17:04 GMT
#14
So you can make DT's; now you have all the skills neccesary to be a top level Protoss player. Good for you.
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Jk, cool game.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
September 20 2009 18:36 GMT
#15
On September 21 2009 01:41 numLoCK wrote:
Rawr DTs, I've started PvP'ing again only to find out that there is no escape. As long as I have to play protoss, whether zvp, tvp, or pvp, I WILL fight against DT builds.


The only solution is to play original sc.
No I'm never serious.
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
September 20 2009 20:40 GMT
#16
The battery definitely slowed you down more than helped you. DTs woulda been much faster without !_! He for sure had time to get obs, just fucked up. I wouldn't do that too often, especially on a ramp map. Much better on a flat map but gj anyways.
Nak Allstar.
dhe95
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1213 Posts
September 20 2009 20:52 GMT
#17
P is imba in PvP.

And I remember playing a game like this at D- rank lol... except I was the one that went 1 gate tech into dts when he went 2 gate. Had dts killing his base while I used probes to block my 1 goon from his zealots.
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