EPTNEWS UPDATES
2/19/2010
Got my laptop thoroughly pleased just need to get starcraft again xD and SC2 BETA IS OUT OMFGWTF BALLLLLINNNNNNN it loooks hella cool now i really want to play sc xDDD
2/15/2010
Laptop should come tomorrow im so excited, if there is anymore delay I will be thoroughly annoyed the frys order still says "In Process" and they called and asked for additional info which i gave and said it will be sent out monday recieved by tuesday but the money hasn't been taken out of my bank nor has the status changed so im a bit worried i will probably call the number if the status hasn't changed by the end of work tomorrow(today).
2/13/2010
ordered my new laptop now its just the waiting game for my payment to be authorized and my laptop to be shipped only depressing part is the company only ships on business days and its the weekend t.t bastards xD
2/08/2010
I really hate not having a computer it makes trying to get better hard cant wait to get a new computer. Either way im adding replays as often as I can hopefully im making progress today I added 3 replays A ZvT and 2 ZvP's 
2/05/2010
I want to kind of update and be forward about my intentions of this although it may really seem like that this is for my benefit but I really hope that this blog can be a great centralized resource for any player who wants to improve just using me as a specimen. I think anyone can watch these replays and look over my own and others analysis' and relate to some mistakes I have made and be aware by peer support of common mistakes seen that hopefully someone else will realize they may do this too and look for their own mistakes.
The Idea!
So this is my first blog (Woo!) and I intend on making full use of it (for my own personal gain of course ;D). What id like to do is use this blog as a place where I can put all my games in one centralized place and put some of my own feedback on the games and then hopefully get some other feedback from others that Ill edit into the blog and credit the original person who gives the feedback (sorry if you say the same thing after someone has already suggested it or if your info is misleading or is not agreed with by the general public you wont be edited into the blog and credited). So this will be like an epic journey that I can monitor and come back to to reference what I need to work on, so please feel free to bookmark me baby and continue to help me through my journey aswell, I truly hope you do :D I preferably would love to update this once a week for some time frame if you are interested in acting as some sort of a mentor or just want to be able to say "SUP, YOU SEE THAT GUY HIS SKILL IS CAUSE OF ME YO! I HELPED THAT BROTHA YEEE!~".
Info about me as a player
For a little background im your average zerg player I am not extremely bad but im nowhere imo Decent (I can hardly break 1200 but I also have the tendancy to play during korean hours only) my macro is pretty terribad and I still have not gotten myself into a good habbit of hotkeying my hatches and such im still trying to work on it though. My ICCup Account is Sad[Panda] and am always looking for people to play some friendly practice matches (if interested PM here or whisper me when im on)
Games and Analysis Section
+ Show Spoiler [ZvP on Python] +![[image loading]](http://repdepot.net/img/thumbs/30472.jpg)
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+ Show Spoiler [Thoughts and thought process] +
+ Show Spoiler [Peers advice] +
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+ Show Spoiler [Thoughts and thought process] +
- So still I dont really know a build order so Im going to actually neglect my terribad opening im going to work on learning 3hatch spire to 5 hatch hydra.
- My expansion was horribly late due to my bad opening and not really abusing his bad simcity early enough I luckily got him to over react to my 6 lings to hurt him enough economically to where I felt it balanced out a bit.
- I took my third to get ahead of him and threw down a spire aswell for scourge since i saw reaver tech (admittedly really late) I also decided to get mutas to abuse what little D he had in his main near my ovie
- Got lucky enough to pick off a reaver
- Got lucky he didn't push out with zeals before i had lurkers so i need to scout the Plus one earlier aswell
- Built my evochambers extremely late im pretty sure im supposed to make the first one after the den completes or during.
- I should have taken my fourth immediately after that first push to knowing i was safe at the time and had a good contain on my enemy or earlier.
- I should also scout and send lings to all the expansions to be positive he doesn't have any hidden bases.
- I should possibly move my rallys to the middle of the map at this point since i have map control
- Cant tell what happened when he broke out ( missed it) I dont know if i 1a2a3aed into him or he came at me but reavers are mean :O
- I should have utilized my 4th much sooner
- I should have stopped his initial reaver drop even if my scourge were stupid as hell I saw it early enough to flee my drones which i did to late trying to scourge his stuff :[
- My attempt at doing damage to his choke failed miserably andd I still haven't resaturated / put drones on my main gas again yet
- Need to throw down more hatcheries i have an huge excess of minerals too probably should take more expansions as i go to be safe aswell
- 1a2a3a4a5a into a reaver without looking or using swarm / mutas to pick off templars / reaver is a bad idea.
- I coulda tried to drop his main since it was very ungaurded and I had an excess of resources to research it
- Got lucky with my ovie seeing the normal 3rd expansion area and units moving there
- After killing much of his force in his push i decided a counter would end the game and thats my thought process / analysis.
+ Show Spoiler [Peers advice] +
- Observe your opponents sim-city if you have the opening to do a runby do so
- Utilize your lings for aslong as possible dont take unecessary risks losing units needlessly and
harass out of cannons reach - Gateway below forge doesn't block
- Gateway over forge blocks
- Have a gameplan ready and understand the openings you use
+ Show Spoiler [ZvT on HeartBreak Ridge] +![[image loading]](http://repdepot.net/img/thumbs/31046.jpg)
+ Show Spoiler [Thoughts and Thought Process] +
- So first off asoon as I saw the early gas I saw he was doing a mech build
- I didn't see the Rax so i was going to search for a proxy then i saw it floating so i thought I was
ok atm - The rines that waltzed into my base really caught me off guard
- I decided to run my lings in to try to take some advantage of a lack of units yet but was met by 2 vultures I also got caught up doing things in my base which delayed my lings attacking him
- I see his large vulture army and sunken up to try to stop them somewhat
- He just penetrated my base running around I didn't block my opening with drones
- He kills alot of drones and at this point I know ive lost but continued to play the massive losses accrewed was to hard for me to come back from without swarm
- I honestly have no clue how I should react to this normally when i play against a mech build it doesn't feel as cheesey as this did but the fact is he controlled the gameflow and raped me completely I need some feedback on what and how I should react to a playstyle like this
![[image loading]](http://repdepot.net/img/thumbs/31048.jpg)
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General Advice and Techniques and Methods to Improve your game
+ Show Spoiler [General Advice] +
- Make sure you have your hotkeying down for macroing units (ex. Hatches on 0,9,8,7,6, to do the standard 0sh9sh8sh7sh6sh)
+ Show Spoiler [Techniques and Methods] +
- Utilize Single Player to get down basic but extremely important mechanics like build orders, and hotkeying habbits
CREDITS!
- majesty.k)seRapH for informing me on how to add text into the spoiler name ^^;
- 9287 for being extremely kind and offering to be somewhat of a mentor
- ilovezil for being kind enough to add insight and advice towards my game
- Nub4ever for being willing to practice with me :D
- ella_guru for being willing to practice with me :D
- Levistus for being willing to practice with me :D
- SniperVul5 for being willing to practice with me :D
- flamewheel91 for being willing to practice with me :D
- Drive for being willing to practice with me :D
- 9287 for being extremely kind and offering to be somewhat of a mentor
+ Show Spoiler [Practice Partner List] +
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Nub4ever[bsg]ella_guruLevistusUE-Sniper(SniperVul5)![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png)
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flamewheel91[b]Drive_(Drive)Disclaimer: my mother got a virus from facebook -_-" and my computer refuses to boot up even in safemode (no form of) so the only computer I can use is my Fathers so the games may start to come slowly at first but im getting a laptop when i get my tax return(somewhere around the 12th) so sorry if theres little to work with at first :[
Format will be updated regularly until i see fit ^^; and I do intend on keeping this current and updated for aslong as possible
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