EPTSo many of you have contacted me through skype and b.net. Some have spent hours with me and some have just given me a few pointers.
I appreciate all of you help!
I'd would also like to paticularly thanks Stropheum (spelling?) He is a Master level player and honestly it was him that helped me with my macro issues.
What macro issue is that? It was just understanding that all the build orders on Liquidpedia, or any builds by the pros are all based on a perfect economy. Even scouting an enemy is based on a perfect economy.
So what did he teach me? Make probes and pylons.
Yes, Day[9] T-shirt says this, as well as 75% of the comments on my original post but for some reason it just clicked, when I wasn't thinking about following a build order.
What I was thinking instead of "16 pylon, 16 pylon" was "do I have enough money to make a probe? Can i build this pylon without cutting a probe?" Thats when it clicked!
It was at this very moment that I realized "Hey I can queue up the 13th probe and have exactly 150 minerals for a gateway! THATS WHY LIQUIDPEDIA HAS 9 PYLON 13 GATE!"
So what did my life consist of last week? You guessed it Probes and Pylons! I wasn't supposed to miss one probe cycle. I tried to expand exactly when i had perfect saturation. Lastly my goal was to never be supply blocked. If I failed any of those goals I already lost the game mentally.
There were a few that I won and few that lost. But I mentally lost each one. There were quite a few times where I'd missed pylons in the heat of battle, or no make a round of probes cause I was trying to find that dt that snuck in.
I think its hard for new players to understand this concept, that you can't miss making probes.
I used to say, "I'm saturated, I should stop now." but i think forcing myself to take a third and a fourth "early" is a really good exercise. I find if I do it properly, I'll have my fourth up when my main is mined out. I think this only happens because my opponents don't scout... They're usually surprised that I have so many bases.
I found I was generally able to spend all my money. I would just throw up 3 gates with each expo and eventually i'd have 2 robos constantly making colossus.
But I'm not focusing on what buildings I make, or what units I make. (of course I try to scout and get unit counters) I do whatever I want, as long as it doesn't interfer with making probes and pylons.
You should try this! Try to time every single probe! No matter how many bases you have. Don't queue up 5 probes and go micro, Actually want the nexus' (just tap the hotkey when you think the probes are almost done) and Queue up the next round just in time! its exciting!
I'm going to try to work on some pylon/supply math this week, I'm still getting supply blocked at random times. usually after a warp in...
Take care guys!
GL HB!
