Hey guys, I just posted this game I played on blistering sands. I have been on a serious losing streak and I don't feel like I have been playing all that bad, losing a lot of close games. Would love some outside input if you have a few minutes.

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 04:40 GMT

Spam. Just post that you want people to check out your YouTube videos. That's fine as far as I'm concerned in a blogs section. Don't disguise it as a help-me thread.

Post a replay if you want honest criticism/feedback.

blamous

United States377 Posts

November 29 2010 04:43 GMT

Definitely not trying to disguise anything. I started this blog for interaction. If I wanted people to just look at replays, I definitely would have posted replays! I was told this was the place for things like this.

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 04:48 GMT

OK well let me try another approach. The only way anyone is seriously going to be able to help you is to look at a replay file. Casting a game is not enough information to be able to give you constructive feedback. This is because the person asking for help on why they lose (you) is the same person doing the casting. By definition you do not know where to look/focus.

If you really want help, post the replay file.

If you just want to plug your youtube channel, that's fine as well.

blamous

United States377 Posts

November 29 2010 04:56 GMT

Heh, that actually makes a lot of sense.

Here is the replay too!

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/110336-1v1-terran-protoss-blistering-sands

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 05:16 GMT

The two most obvious things wrong with this (and they're huge):

1. You didn't scout. If you'd known about that cloaked banshee you'd have been able to do something about it. You need to scout your opponent and try to hold towers.

2. Your macro isn't terrible, but you're still not making enough probes. Make sure you're constantly producing them.

If you fix those two things, your win rate will skyrocket guaranteed.

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 05:22 GMT

Also make sure you're spending your chronoboost.

Mickey

United States2606 Posts

November 29 2010 05:22 GMT

Honestly, looking at the replay. You really need to refine your mechanics and learn how to properly play into a build order.

You also had way too many minerals throughout the game. I'd advise you to check Liquipedia, read a article about a build order, and practice it over and over.

Edit: Also, practice micromanagement. Constantly create workers while being on top of creating the most suitable unit composition.

blamous

United States377 Posts

November 29 2010 05:22 GMT

But I did know about the banshees. I had observers out almost instantly. Didn't seem to help that I couldn't micro out of a paper bag against their harass though...

The macro i agree with - it has been a constant struggle and i try to focus on it every game. i have been trying to find a way to practice macro, but I don't know of one. That a supply blocking myself are my two biggest issues for my skill level... though I think I am getting better at staying ahead of my food.

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 05:27 GMT

#10

Oh? I fastforwarded pretty fast through that replay and I didn't see any map vision from you. I'll take another look later to be sure, but I'm almost positive I didn't see any vision.

Yeah you stayed ahead of your food and looked like you were spending your money decently well. I'm not a high level player (I'm gold) and one thing I used to make sure I was making enough workers was to play against the computer over and over and then check the replay to see where my worker count was at the 10 minute mark. I play Terran and I should have a MINIMUM of 30 SCV's at the 10 minute mark, and realistically more like 35+. Since you have chronoboost you should be slightly ahead of that. I just kept playing against the computer (or a real opponent) and checking my replay to gauge whether or not I had enough workers at the 10 minute mark. That's what really helped me.

babolatt

Canada312 Posts

November 29 2010 05:35 GMT

#11

I just watched through your video and you didn't have your observer out until the banshee was already in your base. What I meant by scouting the banshee was that if you had a probe in his base way way earlier, you could have seen him teching to starport and made assumptions about seeing a banshee later in the game, giving you minutes to react instead of seconds.

Relying on an observer for all your scouting is going to be a huge problem as you start playing against non-bronze players. You really need to get a probe into your opponents main much earlier to see what he's up to.

Count9

China10928 Posts

November 29 2010 05:39 GMT

#12

Macro and don't attack up a tiny ramp. There's not much else to say. If you remembered to transfer probes and build units while you were doing that attack against the two thors you would have rolled him.

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