EPTI didn't play as much as I was planning on, because I heard about Sheth team killing EG on reddit so had to watch that (the vod is here: http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague/b/309351481) but I caught it on the european restream.
Team Liquid is fast becoming my favourite team. They have such good Zerg players at the moment (they barely have anything else :p) Zenio, TLO, Ret, Sheth, Haypro maybe don't get the tournament exposure and results but they are all quality, and TLO and Sheths streams are always informative and entertaining.
So the games I managed to play after this:
Game 4 http://drop.sc/118096
Map: Korhal Compound
Race: Zerg
Favoured/League: Gold (Even)
Game Length: 22:59
Result: Win
What happened
My hatch first against 14/14 Held off early zergling baneling play and saturated 2 base and got roaches with +1/+1. Teched to Infestors and build quite a few queens to combat Mutalisks.
Attacked his 3rd and destroyed it and played cat and mouse (badly) with my roaches and infestors against his, but better economy and upgrades won out.
What I did well
Handled the early pressure. I think the key is to block ramp with queens. It stops me panicking about run bys and lets me concentrate on other things.
What I did badly
Didn't spot his fourth going up in 9 o'clock position
Cream spread poor this game, he sniped a few tumors and despite my queen numbers never really bothered with it.
Could it have ended badly
Did my best to lose roaches and infestors for free.
after I killed his third I almost lost my roaches due to extremely bad placement but noticed in time and he didn't have enough infestors to punish me (game time 21:00)Stopping the third
It was up quite a while but I felt I couldn't move out due to my lack of mobile anti air so waited for infestors. I am fine with this as I chose not to attack rather than didn't notice or didn't get round to it.
Game 5 http://drop.sc/118095
Map: Entombed Valley
Race: Terran
Favoured/League: Gold (Even)
Game Length: 29:29
Result: Loss
What happened
He took a really quick second and third and went into a blue flame hellion/marine/marauder build I've never seen before. He got good upgrades and was maxed far before me.
What I did well
Creep spread was good
What I did badly
Lots. Macro was terrible throughout, floated so many minerals for so long early.
Didn't expand enough.
Didn't limit his bases. He was on 4 by end of game.
Wasn't sure how to react to a really quick third, maybe baneling bust all in off 2 base?
I've only played this map once before, lost and disabled it so map inexperience also was an issue.
Stopping the third
Never reacted to it. Wanted to get my third up when perhaps should have tried to kill him early.
Game 6 http://drop.sc/118094
Map: Entombed Valley
Race: Zerg
Favoured/League: Platinum (Even)
Game Length: 4:30
Result: Loss
What happened
7 Pool vs Hatch first
What I did well
Not micro drones
What I did badly
Micro drones
Could it have ended better
If I could micro drones
[b]Notes[/p]
Usually after a loss like this I'd feel a lot worse, especially dropping two in a row, but I think writing this takes the pain out of defeats.
Game 7 http://drop.sc/118093
Map: Antiga Shipyard
Race: Protoss
Favoured/League: Gold (Even)
Game Length: 25:01
Result: Win
What happened
FFE tried to cannon my natural but stopped it. I took 2nd and 3rd and droned up. Lost 3rd to zealot pressure, army was away and not big enough.
I got roaches and upgrades and got spire for corruptors. Just held off his big attack which was 7 gate 2 robo with 5 colossus and maxed out on roach/corruptor. I had better upgrades and was maxed so I attacked his army and won out, was reinforcing with hydras and had greater spire on its way.
What I did well
Holding the big attack (even though my 3rd went down again), thats what swung the resources lost in my favour (very barely) and I pretty much gutted his army doing so (176 supply to 92)
What I did badly
Holding my third from the initial zealot attack
Could it have ended badly
He could have done something nasty while I was rebuilding my third.
In the big engagement at my third his forcefields could have been better and he blinked into my roaches after colossus went down.
Stopping the third
Forced cancel on it before it was planted again
Notes:
Sound died right at start of game so couldn't hear larva, supply caps etc.
Game 8 http://drop.sc/118092
Map: Metalopolis
Race: Protoss
Favoured/League: Gold (Even)
Game Length: 15:00
Result: Win
What happened
Blink all in off a FFE, I overwhelmed his Stalkers with 1/0 Roaches with 2/1 on way
What I did well
Scouted the twilight council
Got really good saturation on three bases and could out produce him with my roaches.
What I did badly
Macro slipped early, at 8:20 I start building 19(!) drones at once
Maybe could have delayed proxy pylons
Could it have ended badly
He came quite close to sniping my third but my army was already so much bigger than his, I'm not sure it would have made a huge difference.
Game 9 http://drop.sc/118091
Map: Cloud Kingdom LE
Race: Terran
Favoured/League: Gold (Even)
Game Length: 15:00
Result: Win
What happened
He did some early marine pressure that I overreacted to, before getting a factory and starport then expanding.
He tried to do a drop which I scouted and killed
He attacked my third which I held off and I poked into his natural to find I could easily overpower the forces
What I did well
Being aggressive before being maxed
Getting enough drones for 3 base saturation
What I did badly
Too many workers in main compared to third
Didn't send overlord over base (had seen factory and CC building from ramp)
Could it have ended badly
If I hadn't have seen the first drop he could have done a lot of damage to my main
End of Session:
Session W/L: 5-2
Overall W/L: 7-2
Rank 2 Gold 188 points
