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This time with something else :oPlayhem
This time there won't be long analysis of my Playhem, because I've won only one game. No, I'm not going to cry how bad I feel since I don't really feel bad about it. In tournaments there are always winners and losers, this time I was on the second team. It feels like "aww, I took 3rd last time I played in playhem", but now I have motivation to improve even more, since I can't say "look at me, I'm awesome"
Round of 64 - TvP on GSL Antiga Shipyard vs smileraskk
This game was really irritating, because it was really slow paced, everything led to tie, so we had to contact admins what to do in our situation.
No show, indeed.
Round of 32 - TvP on TalDarim Altar LE vs Komics
What's about all those Protosses in Playhem BronzeSilver? Even on ladder I see mainly Protosses. A-move race?
What can I say about my TvP, 1rax gasless, as always. I saw him with both gasses, but it didn't really made any difference, I was just a bit more cautious. I saw his stalkers get control of XelNaga Watchtower so I pulled my SCVs to bunkers instantly, but surprise, surprise!
3gate blink! :O First time I ever faced it, but what could be special about it (at least on silver level)? I just had to move my army to another spot, 5 steps from bunker line.
When I had medivacs I was sure I am safe, but I scanned his main to see what's up. Templar Archives, what I was thinking, lol. It was so obvious after getting Twilight Council, but it's just me
Storm landed on my army in natural, but I didn't care to be honest. I was more afraid of what else he has in his arsenal, since he had whole map for this entire time. He was able to expand everywhere.
In the middle of the map half of my army died of storms, but I had number advantage. Ghosts joined the army and I was able to a-move to his rocks at 3rd base.
Next step was to run into his nat, but I was one step ahead of myself! :D Ghosts in the front and BOOM EMP landed on 64 and 63 energy HTs and rest of his army (yup, one EMP for his whole army...).
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I don't like to be rude for my opponents, but saying "bg" is not good. Especially if it wasn't like I've lost my all SCVs and he was so ahead. He was just worse player and I was the better one. I can accept it on the ladder, because ladder is full of strange people who play to win and not to improve, but in tournament I would really think people are better, according to macro/micro and social skills.
Round of 16 - TvP on NASL TPW Artifice vs Asterism
I've checked this map before playing today, I didn't liked it. I don't know what's about this map, but I just don't like it. Probably the same thing as with Darkness Falls - it's sad looking map, that's all.
Anyways, Asterism starts with asking which playhem is it for me, I said it's my 3rd (since it was) and he responded that he won some of playhems. I said "cool", because I don't care about this kind of mind games. Gasless expand for the win.
Or not, he killed me with 3gate. Probably I should just scout more for proxy and build 2nd bunker at natural. I felt destroyed, because I was literally destroyed.
Yep, that's the end of Valentine Playhem Daily for Bronze and Silver
Aggression
Let's go to something I really want to improve in my play: I wanna be aggressive.
No, I don't wanna be BM aggressive, it's not my style
I want to drop all over the map CONSTANTLY. If I drop in main and I lose this drop, let's drop in 3rd and natural at the same time. If I lose one of this drops, just attack my opponents front so he has to react and panic. Next step? Pull back and drop again.
But it's not only about drops, I would really like to have map control, because I always fear about moving out just to stand in the middle of the map. I would rather have my army in my base in case of drops, nydus and all that stuff.
For example in my game on TalDarim my map was for 95% of the game like that
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I was able to see my base and some Stalkers near my natural. NOTHING MORE. I wasn't even dropping because I may need these one medivac. I don't have balls to move out of the base and say "GO AWAY DUDE, ITS MY HALF OF THE MAP" and I don't like losing dropships which with my APMs are dying nearly every time I do drop.
In TvZ I don't have this problem that much since I always try to siege near creep and slowly move forward. I could still drop more, but at least I'm on the map. I can't say much about TvT because my all TvTs ends with one side winning EZPZ. No close games, always someone rapes someone.
I try to fight for Watchtowers, but it's not what I really care about at the moment. Sending 1-3 marines to tower isn't hard to do. Forcing myself into dropping more is harder. Moving out and sprinting from my opponents natural to his 3rd back and forth? Splitting my army to attack 2 bases + drop main at the same time? That's what I would like to do.
Any ideas on how I could improve this aspect of my play? I can provide some replays, but You, dear reader, can download replay packs from my previous Playhems
Also short sum-up of my S5: 2 days before S6 I got my Medivac avatar and started to face Gold players! I feel I've improved, but I just haven't played enough. I have only about 26 wins in S5. Not that I was losing every game, I just played this small amount of games.
Hoping for promotion in S6!
Thank You for reading
