EPTBuilding cloaked banshees again. This time my front line is a bit more fortified by medivacs. I still didn’t scout and didn’t scan until 11:40. Scan shows a bunker and siege tank at the front and a ghost academy at the rear. This game I tried expanding outside of my base by building a command center and then floating it to the island for a new base. I escort with the banshees and no sooner have I landed that I am discovered by a lone banshee. The banshee destroys the SVCs I brought over pretty quick. I retaliate by flying banshees over to his SVCs then take out his CC. It was over just that fast.
What did I learn: I learned a little about multitasking by expanding while doing other things.
TvT vs badfriday on Desert Oasis (Loss)
At around the 3 minute mark I was harassed by a scouting SVC. He attacked the SVC I had building my rax. I tried to get my SVC to stop and fight back, but for some reason I could not stop him. Then I committed two SVCs to attack the lone scout and that scout ran many circles around my base until he ran out of queued orders and my guys caught him. At 8:40 three reapers jump on my SVCs and I’ve got no bunker or marines nearby – I’m not thinking good so far, and it’s gonna cost me. It messes me up more because I start beating myself up over it. At 11:50 more reapers come in – the bunker I placed is not in a good enough spot and again I lose many SVCs. Then I notice I never converted to an OC. So here I am 12 minutes in with no scouting, no OC, no mules. Ugh. It’s not untiol 14:02 that I finish my startport and start researching cloak. Unbeknownst to me, badfriday has put up his second base on one of the islands. At around 15:30 or so, badfriday puts up two sensor towers; first time I’ve seen these used. I figured they would show movement of my cloaked banshees, that’s wrong. 18:27 and badfriday is expanding to his natural. I’m screwed, I just don’t know it yet. Badfriday continues to play defense, allowing me to throw units at him. In the end I pickup my CC and float over to an island – the same one he was on 15 minutes earlier. I meet three battlecruisers, and I had to laugh, even though it was sad how much I sucked this game.
What did I learn: I think I’ve figured out that there is no reason to build supply and rax near the ramp vs T. It’s not been of importance one single time. Cloaked banshees don’t do crap if ur opponent has 3 bases worth of minerals to build missile turrets everywhere. Poor/No scouting is leading me into the turtle life.
That’s it for tonight – I’ve one more match to review/write but I’ll do that tomorrow. I’m sure some of you are already tuning me out – that’s cool; I know I’m a newb and I do stupid shit. I’m feel like writing this stuff down is helping me though – I didn’t realize until tonight that I’ve not scouted one single game and I never know what’s coming at me until it’s too late.
Laters.
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