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MeatlessTaco
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States302 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 04:29:12
October 05 2011 00:23 GMT
#1
I've worked hard this last week. 12+ hrs/day out of town for 9 days straight. I get four days off in a row and I'm going to drink beer, smoke cigarettes, eat steak and play some Starcraft II. I'm going to post some stats and graphs of my progress and will get in a hundred games before I go back to work.

I'm a (low) platinum random player. I keep stats, but only when I'm trying to win. If I just want to fuck around I don't have my spreadsheet open and don't record it. My recorded winrate is 64%. This will be different as all games will be recorded and I'll be able to analyze what I suck at. Obviously this is selective, regardless here are my matchup stats.


xvx Win Loss Pct Gms L3 L10

PvP 19 17 53% 36 2-1 7-3
PvT 15 12 56% 27 1-2 3-7
PvZ 19 17 53% 36 3-0 5-5

TvP 13 9 59% 22 1-2 7-3
TvT 22 11 67% 33 2-1 9-1
TvZ 17 10 63% 27 2-1 7-3

ZvP 25 9 74% 34 2-1 8-2
ZvT 19 6 76% 25 1-2 6-4
ZvZ 24 7 77% 31 2-1 9-1


Generally, I play safe macro games, but try to attack on 1- or 2-base when I sense unsafe play from my opponent. I don't have any real build orders I do, I try to imitate stuff I see on the GSL, but things are not really optimized. I'm decent at Zerg and suck at Protoss.

I'll go into matchup specific strategies as I play games. I will post the occasional replay and welcome commentary.

First five games

1 PvZ - Win (Gold)
DT expand after I get supply blocked early. Opponent overreacts to DTs as I go pure blink stalker with a couple zealots as my opponent goes muta ling.

2 TvP - Win (Gold)
MMM+tanks, I siege up below the opponents nat with two siege tanks, he defends easily, but I take the supply lead

3 TvZ - Loss (Platinum)
Probe harass and a gas steal make me try cloaked banshees as it's the last thing he'll expect. He baneling busts before my starport finishes.

4 PvP - Win (Gold)
I 4-gate and get up ramp. He built a robo.

5 TvZ - Loss (Platinum)
I lost to mass broodlords, I thought I had a chance. I don't like going banshees against Zerg, but after the probe harass and gas steal I feel like I have to be agressive. I kill 7 probes but let him sit until he has way too many broodlords.

Replay
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Game 6: ZvP – Win (Platinum)
My initial excitement with a random versus random contest fades as my opponent asks for a free win. I decline (due to blog, normally I would), after a speedling expand and an expo he attacks. I hold it off pulling my drones to my main and not letting my queens die to zealots due to creep connecting main and natural.

Game 7: PvP – Loss (Gold)
After four gate looked to fail I pulled back and built an expo and teched to collosi. He massed off 1 base and killed me despite me getting in two zealots to kill stop his mining. I don’t know how I lost.

Game 8: PvZ – Loss (Gold)
I try to build a voidray to let me expand. I get baneling busted and lose in a close base race. My opponent tells me not to “derp”. He didn’t like my fast voidray.

Game 9: ZvZ – Loss (Gold)
Fail. I can’t explain it.
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tests
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States160 Posts
October 05 2011 01:44 GMT
#2
Wow, thats a lot of fucking work man. May I ask, if its not too private, what do you do?
Time is money my friend.
AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
October 05 2011 01:52 GMT
#3
Nice! I haven't played against a Random player in ages
Btw, Sc2gears is really helpful with keeping track of things like winrate http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=124689
An apple a day keeps the Protoss away | TLHF
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
October 05 2011 01:58 GMT
#4
Oh nice another random player *high five*

I was just like you, both work-wise and league as well as being a random player. Working up to 68 hours/week and playing no other game but sc2, I can say I did pretty good on the ladder. Now having no job (in between, long vacation) I don't do as well on the ladder... >_>

I think it's because that time I was always feeling crazy, amped up and doing pretty well compared to now, being more lazy, unmotivated and shit. Oh ya and no gf to nag me LOL (wait that actually worked while I ladder?)

Huh. Anyways, good luck and hope you get better and maybe we'll meet sometime. I dont see many random players at all expect in team games like 4s
XK ßubonic
MeatlessTaco
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States302 Posts
October 05 2011 02:41 GMT
#5
On October 05 2011 10:44 tests wrote:
Wow, thats a lot of fucking work man. May I ask, if its not too private, what do you do?


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