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BasilPesto
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia624 Posts
December 26 2010 14:13 GMT
#1
This won't be an insightful blog for many viewers, it's more of a journal for me to reflect upon games.

First game: TvT
Got Thor rushed. My initial scout led me to believe that my opponent wasn't very good with his 1 rax. How naive of me :p My defence wasn't helped by the fact that some of my units managed to get stuck in my wall off (Why did I even wall off? Heh.)

Q. Should I scout for cheese immediately, or only scout for cheese after seeing suspicious inactivity in opponent's base?

Game 2: TvP
Opponent tried to cannon rush. I had kept my eye on the mini-map and noticed their probe disappearing in my base. Good on me.

I was pretty slow with my MMM. Didn't really scout well at all. Failed to noticed dark shrine. Wasted an orbital scan just before their DTs attacked.

Q. Still uncertain about how to be a good scout. I recall that I sent a 2nd SCV to check things out, to find a cannon blocked entry. Should I have used a scan at that point? Maybe build a reaper to scout?

Game 3: TvZ
Easy game. Opponent only went early lings and then mass roaches. MMM took care of it comfortably.

Reflection:
I was happy with the way I dealt with losing to the Thor rush cheese. They were positive learning experiences, with the DTs as well. Didn't even know how to counter Thors prior to that game.

Still not really confident or understanding of BOs. I feel much more secure in going 2 rax, than 1/1/1 for example. That is probably due to my lack of mech play too. I've rarely used hellions and siege tanks.

Ending on a good note, my computer just reset itself and all of this entry was still here on opening up the browser :D

"I before E...*sunglasses*... except after C." - Jim Carrey
Harrad
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
1003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-26 14:39:01
December 26 2010 14:32 GMT
#2
On December 26 2010 23:13 BasilPesto wrote:
This won't be an insightful blog for many viewers, it's more of a journal for me to reflect upon games.

First game: TvT
Got Thor rushed. My initial scout led me to believe that my opponent wasn't very good with his 1 rax. How naive of me :p My defence wasn't helped by the fact that some of my units managed to get stuck in my wall off (Why did I even wall off? Heh.)

Q. Should I scout for cheese immediately, or only scout for cheese after seeing suspicious inactivity in opponent's base?

He most likely used this build, a very early gas but no add-on on rax is a good indicator.

Game 2: TvP
Opponent tried to cannon rush. I had kept my eye on the mini-map and noticed their probe disappearing in my base. Good on me.

I was pretty slow with my MMM. Didn't really scout well at all. Failed to noticed dark shrine. Wasted an orbital scan just before their DTs attacked.

Q. Still uncertain about how to be a good scout. I recall that I sent a 2nd SCV to check things out, to find a cannon blocked entry. Should I have used a scan at that point? Maybe build a reaper to scout?

After failing with his cannon rush, your opponent has to make a tech decision to continue the game, DTs require a Dark Shrine, which requires a Twilight Council. This means he will need to take both gas immediately to tech in a reasonable time frame, so take that as an indicator.


Game 3: TvZ
Easy game. Opponent only went early lings and then mass roaches. MMM took care of it comfortably.

Reflection:
I was happy with the way I dealt with losing to the Thor rush cheese. They were positive learning experiences, with the DTs as well. Didn't even know how to counter Thors prior to that game.

Still not really confident or understanding of BOs. I feel much more secure in going 2 rax, than 1/1/1 for example. That is probably due to my lack of mech play too. I've rarely used hellions and siege tanks.

Ending on a good note, my computer just reset itself and all of this entry was still here on opening up the browser :D

Karliath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2214 Posts
December 26 2010 15:37 GMT
#3
On December 26 2010 23:32 Harrad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2010 23:13 BasilPesto wrote:
This won't be an insightful blog for many viewers, it's more of a journal for me to reflect upon games.

First game: TvT
Got Thor rushed. My initial scout led me to believe that my opponent wasn't very good with his 1 rax. How naive of me :p My defence wasn't helped by the fact that some of my units managed to get stuck in my wall off (Why did I even wall off? Heh.)

Q. Should I scout for cheese immediately, or only scout for cheese after seeing suspicious inactivity in opponent's base?

He most likely used this build, a very early gas but no add-on on rax is a good indicator.

Game 2: TvP
Opponent tried to cannon rush. I had kept my eye on the mini-map and noticed their probe disappearing in my base. Good on me.

I was pretty slow with my MMM. Didn't really scout well at all. Failed to noticed dark shrine. Wasted an orbital scan just before their DTs attacked.

Q. Still uncertain about how to be a good scout. I recall that I sent a 2nd SCV to check things out, to find a cannon blocked entry. Should I have used a scan at that point? Maybe build a reaper to scout?

After failing with his cannon rush, your opponent has to make a tech decision to continue the game, DTs require a Dark Shrine, which requires a Twilight Council. This means he will need to take both gas immediately to tech in a reasonable time frame, so take that as an indicator.


Game 3: TvZ
Easy game. Opponent only went early lings and then mass roaches. MMM took care of it comfortably.

Reflection:
I was happy with the way I dealt with losing to the Thor rush cheese. They were positive learning experiences, with the DTs as well. Didn't even know how to counter Thors prior to that game.

Still not really confident or understanding of BOs. I feel much more secure in going 2 rax, than 1/1/1 for example. That is probably due to my lack of mech play too. I've rarely used hellions and siege tanks.

Ending on a good note, my computer just reset itself and all of this entry was still here on opening up the browser :D


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OMS
Profile Joined September 2009
49 Posts
December 26 2010 16:01 GMT
#4
Karliath, Harrad added comments below Basil's questions.
그냥.
BasilPesto
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia624 Posts
December 27 2010 04:21 GMT
#5
Thanks for the info Harrad.
"I before E...*sunglasses*... except after C." - Jim Carrey
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