EPTI've been promoted to Gold League!
Even better than that was the game that got me there was a fast Mothership in a PvP, lol.
Game Summary for those who are interested:
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Lost Temple: He's at 9 o'clock and I'm at 6 o'clock. I opened with my usual 3-Gate but instead built a Stargate because I felt like getting a Mothership for kicks. After he pulled an Immortal drop, which was a minor inconvenience, I expanded and built a Fleet Beacon. My army of Gateway/Void Ray made him decide to go Blink Stalkers, which were useless once my Mothership popped at around 15 minutes. 2 minutes later I won, and I wouldn't want to get Gold any other way.
Potential Mothership Build:
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I'm thinking of changing my build to fast Mothership in PvP now. It's largest weakness is a severe lack of detection until I get a Forge up, since blowing gas on a Robo when I need Void Rays to support my army is no in my best interest. Either way on 2 bases I should be able to get a Mothership at about 15 minutes. If I wait until I get an Observer AFTER that (to snipe theirs) then it'll be even more solid.
The key with this build is to stay Gateway heavy. I only had about 3 Void Rays at the end when I won. They're pretty much only there to force more Stalkers instead of Colossus.
The key with this build is to stay Gateway heavy. I only had about 3 Void Rays at the end when I won. They're pretty much only there to force more Stalkers instead of Colossus.
How is a 4-Gate Cheating?:
In a game last night I was playing a PvP on Steppes. I started 9 Gate Core as usual and scouted on 12. He didn't wall so my scout got into his base undetected. I did what any good Protoss does to punish someone who doesn't see his scout - I built a pylon in his base.
Seeing as how I had this Pylon I then went ahead with a 4 Gate. I shooed out his scout and walled myself in (he didn't attack anyway) while I macro'd a little as WG finished.
Meanwhile in his base, my opponent built a pylon sort-of near mine. Fearing that he'd seen my pylon, I moved my probe across the middle of his base, where there were no buildings (he had a Sim-city close to his Nexus), and build a back-up pylon on the other side. He still hadn't seen it.
Once WG researched I attacked, and after a minor struggle I had him beat. He then said to me, "I guess Blizzard has allowed cheating again."
Ignoring the fact that there is no cheating in multiplayer, and Blizzard disabled cheating for the Single Player campaign, why is this guy so upset that I beat him with a 4 WG push? I wouldn't have done it if he'd seen my Probe, and it's his fault for not scouting his own base properly. Plus, my macro was pretty decent, so I don't see the problem here. I don't even consider the 4 WG push to be a cheese play anyways, just a dumb all-in that will hurt you if it doesn't work.
For next time:
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I've been thinking of doing a blog about myself for next time. Might be a little lengthy, or not, depending on how much detail I want to get into. Should be fairly interesting though.
