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[BW] I'm D+ too!

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don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3007 Posts
August 06 2011 04:20 GMT
#1
So after reading ghrur’s D+ blog, I thought it was about time for me to step up my game and reach my goal of D+ as well. D+ was my first goal when I started playing BW on and off starting on December of 2009. I thought I would be able to get there soon, but a map called Heartbreak Ridge proved to be my bane, as it was impossible for a novice terran like me to beat a protoss there. Or rather, protoss in general was impossible for me to beat. But the time has finally come. After playing 250ish ladder games in a course 4 seasons (60ish game per season), I have finally hit D+.
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Here is the game that took me to D+. Pic heavy.
+ Show Spoiler +

So here I was, 1 win away from the 1st achievement to greatness, D+. The map was Destination with me, voodooscience, on top.
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And my opponent, fishark, on bottom.
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I haven’t played TvZ on Destination in a loooong time. Not since 2009 probably. But all I know was this, Mech rules on Destination ^_^. Although I don’t know the BO for mech against Zerg, (because I never use it), I thought it would be an epic way to get into D+ and lead to an epic game worthy of a blog.

But fishark had an agenda of his own.
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Yup, he’s doing 5 pool. -_-
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That sucker….

Meanwhile, I wall off nonetheless, since I am going mech.
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It’s been a while since I’ve played on Destination, so I don’t know if this was the correct wall-in, but I was like whatever, no big deal.

Fishark sends a drone to check out what I’m up to
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And the 6 zerglings pop out.
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His zerglings are on their way, but my Barrack is only half way done….
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Then his drone starts to be annoying and tries to keep me from walling.
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To be honest, when he did this, I had a feeling that he might have gone pool first build, be it 4 or 5, because normally, a scouting drone that comes early don’t really try this hard to block my wall.
I was like “whatever” I’m just going to do my thing, but his zerglings actually pours in!
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Oh shit!

And of course, it turns out, my inventive wall-in was not ling proof at all, allowing his zerglings to freely come into my base.
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I knew it…damn it!

I try to protect my marine with scvs, but ends up losing it.
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Awww

But my imba buff scvs clean them up to a manageable degree.
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To make things even better, while he is focusing on microing his zerglings, my scouting scvs kills 1 of his 4 mining drones.
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SCORES!

But nonetheless, his unending streams of zerglings is still a huge threat to my base.
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This guys not looking to the future, it’s all here and now.

He has a sizable force, but he attacks the barrack for some reason.
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Barrack is buff yo

Thanks to that misjudgement, I clean him up with few losses.
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You see that overlord? He’s dead.

But the group of 2 and 4 zerglings just never stop coming.
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Omg…

Once I could catch my breath a little, I got my acts together and started a factory that I should have started long time ago.
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The key…to end this eternal battle.

But he ain’t giving up either.
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Each time, I manage to clean them up, I lose a lot too QQ.
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But because of his rally point, he gives me another free overlord.
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Thanks man

And as soon as my factory finished and I had 75 mineral, I build a vulture, the ultimate weapon in this battle of life and death.
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Time is running short for my opponent.

Vulture is out now, and his two zerglings at a time rush is no longer a threat.
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I AM MEGATRON!

And finally, to end this gruesome war, my vulture goes to his base with 1 mission, kill all you see.
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By the time his next 2 zerglings arrive, 2nd vulture is there to defend.
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Unupgraded vulture vs. unupgraded zergling? SEE YA! WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA!

And like all failed cheesers, fishark leaves without gg.
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Kewl

Well….considering that it wasn’t an epic 40 minute mech against zerg game that I envisioned, this kinda felt anticlimactic at first. Certainly wasn’t the kind of game that I thought I would be blogging about for D+ celebration. But not my fault, and nonetheless, it feels good to fend off a cheese and finally reach a D+ hallmark. 250 games….should have been here earlier =P.


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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
RLTY
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States965 Posts
August 06 2011 04:23 GMT
#2
GJ bro, took you long enough hahaha
salito
Profile Joined May 2010
1649 Posts
August 06 2011 04:35 GMT
#3
good ol protoss
Nature moves in the shortest way possible.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
August 06 2011 04:37 GMT
#4
lol... getting 5 pooled sucks.

clutch drone kill!
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 06 2011 04:39 GMT
#5
lol, so much for heavy mech play haha, still I enjoyed it. Damn cheesers, and hell yeah for that scouting SCV kill!
(btw on HBR for some reason I always get wrecked by dropped vulture play on that map T_T )

Congratulations on your D+
You don't have to BR the game that got you over the line, you can pick any game that you thought was entertaining, just saying :D
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
TheWarbler
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1659 Posts
August 06 2011 04:40 GMT
#6
Good job! I just started playing BW on iccup!
if you can believe you can concieve
miky_ardiente
Profile Joined May 2010
Mexico387 Posts
August 06 2011 04:42 GMT
#7
congrats men, keep up the good work, and posting ur interesting games
My anaconda dont want none... u know the rest
ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 05:18:22
August 06 2011 05:15 GMT
#8
Hahaha congrats!

Wow, nice battle report. Must've been a really tense game.
darkness overpowering
JerKy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)3013 Posts
August 06 2011 05:37 GMT
#9
Well done sir!
Micro ftw (:
You can type "StarCraft" with just your left hand.
SarR
Profile Joined June 2011
476 Posts
August 06 2011 06:06 GMT
#10
Mad props to you for doing this with Terran. Takes a lot of balls and a fuckton of commitment to develop enough with Terran to hit D+ believe me, I know. Got lots of respect for Terran players for taking on the most difficult of the 3 races. Congrats on D+ homie.
NotJumperer
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States1371 Posts
August 06 2011 06:22 GMT
#11
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42416 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 06:48:48
August 06 2011 06:48 GMT
#12
No better way to reach D+ than defeating lameass 5 pool! Congrats!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
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