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Hello my friends, today I teach how to defeat you enemy. Terran is very difficult, but warp prism and zeelot make winning much easy.
At the bottom of the page is a TL;DR and a flow chart of the build
All images stolen from the White-ra's face is everywhere thread
The Build in General: White-ra opens with 2 base warp prism harass, transitioning into a high gateway templar based midgame, using the flexibility of his early robo for scouting, harassing, and teching to colossus as needed.
Tip: Always begin the game remembering a story of your morning, such as this one: "Me and friends go to sana, but not sana, russian sana. Very hot temperatuure inside so I go to my friends spend 3 or 4 hours maybe talk and have good time. After home sleep again, because Sana spent energy, after a little rest starting make my stream."
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White-ra and Friends Getting Ready for the Spa - Credit: Suffeli
White-ra's opening generally begins with a standard 9 pylon, 13 gate, and 14 gas, with chrono boost being allocated to probes. A “special tactic” if you will that White-ra employes often in is opening is to send his zealot cross map while lingering with his stalker to ensure the death of a scouting SCV that would see his fast expand. After the scouting worker is killed, White-ra sends the stalker up with the zealot to pressure his enemy's ramp. So at this point you should have an unscouted expansion, 1 gate, and 1 gas.
Tip: Many people don't know it and check close position and waste time, skip close position and scout faster your enemy
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Kanye Still Scouts Close Positions, White-ra Disapproves - Credit: Suffeli
Now while your nexus is building throw down two more gateway, keeping constant probe production.
Tip: If enemy try make mass marine poosh, need stalkers micro and try hold
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White-ra Holds Early Game Marines - Credit: Suffeli
When your robo is getting close to finishing grab your second gas and add on a fourth gate. While your warp prism is building get a nice number of stalkers (around 6-8) and begin pressuring the front of Terran's base to entice his army to chase you, if you're afraid that he will actually attack you feel free to chrono out immortals. While your stalkers are drawing the army down the ramp, warp in four zealots and load them into your prism right outside his base. Drop them in the mineral line, warping in four zealots at a time while continuing to pressure the front with stalkers.
Tip: He try and kill my stalkers and me zealots kill workers my enemy
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White-ra Hits His Enemy From the Front and Back at the Same Time - Credit: Manical
Here's where the build varies most depending on how successful the harass is, and if it kills a lot of units vs. a lot of SCV's. First, White-ra will always get a forge, twilight council, 3 or 4 more gateways, and a third base, it is only the ordering that changes.
Tip: Use first stalker and zeelot to find number of mariners your enemy
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White-ra is Looking for Enemy Mariners
If White-ra kills a lot of SCV's, but much of his enemies army is still in tact, than he braces for the counter, adding on a twilight council, and going up to 7 or 8 gateways, focusing on zealots over stalkers. If White-ra splits apart the army and kills a lot of units, but his opponent's economy is still in tact, he will get his twilight council, grab a third, and then go up to 7 or 8 gateways, teching to charge and high templar. If the harass is held off successfully, then White-ra goes for charge, his gateway add ons and then gets a third before grabbing high templar tech, using cannons to help defend drops.
Tip: Gold gives extra mineral, so cannon stop Terran drop and more and more gateways
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The Plan is Genius - Credit: isparavanje
So from here you are set up in an amazing 3 base position, you continue producing warp prisms, using archons to hold immediate pushes while teching to storm and harassing. Once storm is complete, you even have templar drops to devastate Terran pushes and mineral lines. You're also set up incredibly well for the late game, able to transition into colossus at whim or simply adding more gateways and continuing prism harass.
TL;DR: White-Ra opens 1 gate expand into 4 gates and a robo. He pokes at the front with stalkers while warping in zealots in the main. Depending on how the harass goes he transitions into charge/templar on three base, continuing warp prism usage.
Flow Chart:
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dude that flow chart is very useful.
sorry if i just mentioned that i didn't read your whole post.
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Epic post, the flow chart is somewhat easy, but i will def. read the whole thing
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I think it should be required that all future build orders be posted in this format.
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Or you just die to a 1/1/1
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On October 30 2011 12:30 -Zao- wrote:
Or you just die to a 1/1/1
That's actually funny, because this build puts you into a nice position to defend it 
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this flow chart is not properly formatted. it's just lines and text. i expect better. please use this format in the future : http://www.edrawsoft.com/images/shapes/BasicFlow_Shapes.png
other than that, nice try
also, using photoshopped whitera pics is a pretty cheap way to make it seem like your post is good (even if it is)
edit: for context, since this has been spotlighted now, i know crib and was trolling him no worries 
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On October 30 2011 12:34 darthcaesar wrote:this flow chart is not properly formatted. it's just lines and text. i expect better. please use this format in the future : http://www.edrawsoft.com/images/shapes/BasicFlow_Shapes.png other than that, nice try also, using photoshopped whitera pics is a pretty cheap way to make it seem like your post is good (even if it is)
Precisely.
How can we expect to follow your flowchart without fancy, professional looking figures? I find myself lost and confused when trying to follow your picture.
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Katowice25012 Posts
White-Ra AND Kanye? My hearts been sent aflutter.
SPOTLIGHT.
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It's actually a very good way of teaching the build, you put it in three different ways so that the student interprets it three times and gets a more accurate hold of the essence of the build. Very well done.
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there needs to be a flow chart for every strategy guide from now on 
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Awesome. Time to put this to use.
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The post besides the flow chart both confuses and excites me. Well done.
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On October 30 2011 12:33 confusedcrib wrote:That's actually funny, because this build puts you into a nice position to defend it
first we make expansion, then we defence it. the root of white-ra's PvT
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im not gonna lie, I didn't read anything, I just looked at the pictures
+ Show Spoiler +and that was enough
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Nice guide, explains things well while also being funny enough to finish.
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On October 30 2011 12:30 -Zao- wrote:
Or you just die to a 1/1/1
I see what you did there
Very nice post though, those pictures where hilarious! XD
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Good read, it is good to see whitera's own words in there too
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In the strategy section, this would be better than most of the threads. Hats off to you confusedcrib.
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That flow chart is pretty handy.
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Very good! I love reading his own words in his voice. :D
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Nice post! I'll try his style out :D
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Well written but where is part where we have party in the terran base
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lol, definitely read that in his voice/accent
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This is amazing...I just wish my friend who LOVES whitera was sitting here next to me....alas.
At least I could enjoy it xD.
Brilliant guide sir.
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Nice write-up. I see I'm not the only one watching White-Ra's stream saying to myself "holy *%°) how come no one else uses the warp prism like WhiteRa?". Love his stream.
What about Warp Prism speed though? When should P get that? Idk if anyone realizes how fast Warp Prisms with speed are. :p
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These valuable lesson from the master of the Special Tactics are making me have bigger skill at the eSports. I must be thanking of the maker of this thread.
<3 White-Ra, even if I can't imitate his adorable accent.
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this thread very guud, but u forget to say the word "poosh". specual thanks.
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SCREW THE GAME, IT'S WHITE RA ! <3
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this is really clear and simple to follow. i'm glad you transcribed white ra's words with his accent and verbage intact. please please please more of these!!!
i'm a zerg player but i'm still happy to read this.
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Very standard special tactics ^^ If you want to experience this build first hand, there's a showmatch between TLO and WhiteRa tonight in about 10 hours from now (10cest)
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First build order post ive read that i actually enjoyed reading! Had a smile on my face the entire time  . Also, this white-ra strategy seems very strong! I didn't know protoss had strong options versus terran, i thought they had to rely on micro.
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Will definitely be trying this
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Sweet. Hopefully we'll see White-ra crush some face at the stars invite.
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On October 30 2011 15:51 Brett wrote:
lol, definitely read that in his voice/accent
same heh. Awesome write-up for this build
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I'm disappointed that you didn't transcribe all of WhiteRa's words exactly. I'll have to savour the words you did transcribe accurately until WhiteRa does another interview at an event.
Actually, I really enjoyed it, but the TLDR should've been, "First we make expansion, then we defence it."
Also, why is this in blogs?
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Excellent post
I think I watched the game that you got most of the tips from, yesterday. Cool :D
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Whitera jokes getting so old..
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On October 30 2011 21:35 Markwerf wrote:
Whitera jokes getting so old..
Hrim not happy that we make tributejoke about kill mariners and enemy base, but is no problem... ... if my enemy in dis thread watch stream, hrim grow more skill so more gg.
Unhappy this perrson is, but problem no is, go go special taktik watch, happy make my enemy
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On October 30 2011 21:35 Markwerf wrote:
Whitera jokes getting so old..
speshul tictacs xD reddit reddit yay meme speshul!
Whats not to like?
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As the second and third gateway are finishing up and warp gate research is finishing up, it is at this point that I send out 3 marauders and 4 marines or so to check to see if they did a FE.
It is at this time that I myself begin the construction of my Command Center inside of my base.
As long as it is Xel'Naga caverns or Shattered Temple, or (insert any 28-32 second ramp to ramp map) you will lose your nexus as you are frantically trying to make use of your 3 gateways.
Once your gateways are complete, you will add more units to make an army that can take out my 3 marauders and 4 marines
but you will lose your nexus. GG
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On October 30 2011 22:14 OPL3SA2 wrote:
As the second and third gateway are finishing up and warp gate research is finishing up, it is at this point that I send out 3 marauders and 4 marines or so to check to see if they did a FE.
It is at this time that I myself begin the construction of my Command Center inside of my base.
As long as it is Xel'Naga caverns or Shattered Temple, or (insert any 28-32 second ramp to ramp map) you will lose your nexus as you are frantically trying to make use of your 3 gateways.
Once your gateways are complete, you will add more units to make an army that can take out my 3 marauders and 4 marines
but you will lose your nexus. GG
I forgot to mention that extremely great players (grandmasters) frantically send their probes out to defend. These great players do not lose their nexus. They do however lose about 5 or more probes and a lot of mining time.
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The yoda picture...freaked me out, I gotta leave now T.T
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Did anyone else read the whole thing in a russian accent?
Just me?
Ok, I'll go back into my hole then.
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On October 30 2011 22:25 MrFibble wrote:
Did anyone else read the whole thing in a russian accent?
Just me?
Ok, I'll go back into my hole then.
You're not alone. This blog is great. It's both hilarious and helpful.
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LOL this is hilarious and awesome. Thanks for the guide on how to kill my ENEMY!
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Absolutely loved it!
The flow chart was great too. From what i've seen of the top notch guides in the strategy forum they will usually cover what to do against specific builds but miss out on the caveats of what that flow chart covers. Specifically, what if your attack fails, how do you react if you kill this, or if you kill that instead. Then again it is possible that i missed them as i just about almost missed this.
Highly entertaining, and quite informative.
5 stars!
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That... post... was... amazing. <3
I'll definitely refer my P friends to this build, since a lot of them are struggling against Terran.
I don't know all that much about Protoss gameplay itself, but I know what they're capable of, and this looks borderline abusive.
gg White-Ra
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On October 30 2011 22:15 OPL3SA2 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2011 22:14 OPL3SA2 wrote:
As the second and third gateway are finishing up and warp gate research is finishing up, it is at this point that I send out 3 marauders and 4 marines or so to check to see if they did a FE.
It is at this time that I myself begin the construction of my Command Center inside of my base.
As long as it is Xel'Naga caverns or Shattered Temple, or (insert any 28-32 second ramp to ramp map) you will lose your nexus as you are frantically trying to make use of your 3 gateways.
Once your gateways are complete, you will add more units to make an army that can take out my 3 marauders and 4 marines
but you will lose your nexus. GG I forgot to mention that extremely great players (grandmasters) frantically send their probes out to defend. These great players do not lose their nexus. They do however lose about 5 or more probes and a lot of mining time.
It's just a dead weight loss you can't avoid if they 2 rax. But you have an expand and they don't. Chrono quickly compensates and puts you in an econ lead.
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On October 30 2011 21:35 Markwerf wrote:
Whitera jokes getting so old..
You will notice that I never once say special tactics The man has many more interesting sayings than just that one.
In regards to the two rax, I know that at the professional level you can hold it with a one gate expand into 3 gates. I can't find the replay, but I believe it was during GSL that Huk even held MarineKing's 3 rax all in with a one gate expand. This is also a reason that Qxc doesn't two rax, because many players have a lot practice holding it with a one gate expand.
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lol funny but also informative post. nice!
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What up confusedcrib.... I've been digging your posts ever since you started doing those game analysis's.
But this one.... boy you out did yourself. Hysterical and conveys the essence behind white ra's style. ggwp sir
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Thank you very much. White-Ra is one of the Toss that i absolutely love (and want!) to learn from.
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If someone could post some vods of this that would be awesome
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White-Ra's PvT is so exciting to watch. He really plays the reactive Protoss well, instead of just hoping for Colossus 1a wins.
I'd give my left testicle to see White-Ra win a huge international tournament. Dude deserves it.
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I have a question. Why is Whitera wearing the american trunks in the boxing picture? That makes him Stallone instead of Lundgren.
Real comment: This article is ssooo helpful.
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You should write one more for MC with his quotes "Sentry forcefield forcefield, zealot cage cage Maruader die die"
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all his friends look like him lol . soon i will look like him
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специальные тактики^^
very entertaining to read and good overview of his strategy. love the flowchart
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This should be in strategy section.
I have a hard time in PvT so I've been trying to adopt White-Ra's tactics, and this guide will really help speed up that process.
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Great read ! Omg MC looks like the sickest boss ever @ the boxing picture!
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Amazing read, amazing pics, amazing everything. White-Ra is always a welcome sight for sore eyes, but you managed to take the beauty of the man and the beauty his play and combine them.
This is no Frankenstein, sir. You have won my heart and earned an internets.
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Haha this was mad funny, how can you not love white-ra. I really need to try doing more zealot drops vs T. Thanks for the Post!! <3
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On October 30 2011 15:47 Corsica wrote:Well written but where is part where we have party in the terran base
This.
I refuse to follow this guide until you complete it by telling me when to start partying (also make sure to add it to the flow chart in case I forget!). Why post an unfinished guide??
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As a Terran player, I will insta-quit any game where the opponent says "speshul tektiks" from now on. I am scared of the White-Ra.
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nice post awesome pictures
maybe the strategy part is not AS deep as i wouldve liked but yeah still great post
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This tactic is too special to be used by anyone other than whitera, he is the chosen one and no one could take his place, this is blasphemy
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Nice guide, this is kind-of how I've been trying to play pvt usually i fail pretty hard though, really good to see a flow chart for how the transitions should be too.
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Somehow, by glancing over the blogs, I read "Sayle" in this title. Lolwth.
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Any replays I can look at?
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On October 31 2011 04:02 TheRavensName wrote:
I have a question. Why is Whitera wearing the american trunks in the boxing picture? That makes him Stallone instead of Lundgren.
Real comment: This article is ssooo helpful.
Because it is supposed to be like that, WhiteRa is Stallone, MC is Lundgren...
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1 Gate expand against a marine push ? Anyone been successful in doing that ? Cause marine push from terran comes before your expand gets saturated enough to be worth it. I can barely hold it off with 1 nexus and 3 gate. Reason is not marines, but they bring theyre entire SCV army with them as well which makes it quite difficult to win.
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This actually helped me a lot, and I'm in high masters :>.
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On November 01 2011 19:42 Avean wrote:
1 Gate expand against a marine push ? Anyone been successful in doing that ? Cause marine push from terran comes before your expand gets saturated enough to be worth it. I can barely hold it off with 1 nexus and 3 gate. Reason is not marines, but they bring theyre entire SCV army with them as well which makes it quite difficult to win.
This is very true, even White-ra has very hard time with poosh from my enemy. I can only point to Huk as hope, who held a 1 gate FE against a three rax all in by the king of marines no less. Look for a guide to his style soon (as long as he streams more and plays less frantically, he's very hard to keep track of)
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On November 01 2011 21:32 confusedcrib wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 19:42 Avean wrote:
1 Gate expand against a marine push ? Anyone been successful in doing that ? Cause marine push from terran comes before your expand gets saturated enough to be worth it. I can barely hold it off with 1 nexus and 3 gate. Reason is not marines, but they bring theyre entire SCV army with them as well which makes it quite difficult to win. This is very true, even White-ra has very hard time with poosh from my enemy. I can only point to Huk as hope, who held a 1 gate FE against a three rax all in by the king of marines no less. Look for a guide to his style soon (as long as he streams more and plays less frantically, he's very hard to keep track of)
It's simple. Just have top 3 control.
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nice read, entertaining pictures, definetly gonna give this a try! flowchart very nice to summerize things up, nice job
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Funny. I actually met Whitera at MLG orlando. His quote exactly:
"Brood war, more balanced game."
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Great post. Definitely some things I will take to heart. Also, reading this in White-Ra's voice is hilarious
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White-ra so good. Alsto this post is great.
Great tips.
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White ra and his friends all look like they have the same faces. I think a robotic race has been secretly bred
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although I'm just in silver I read the whole thing, easy to follow and the pictures made it less like a wall of text. I probably cant use the tactics well enough but I might have learned a thing or two
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wow my pic is featured. And good build :D
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Good work on the post, since its funny you just want to finish it :D
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Looking around for some pvt stuff and saw this and went tl;dr, saw the flow chart, now i'm ready to read this flow charts should be in more threads for decision making and such. So good.
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EPT
