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Hewrrooo!
How are you guys doing? Great, I can't hear you. Duh.
My name is Toby and I have a fantastic life. A wonderful girlfriend, studying is going great and bla bla bla.
Now. I love starcraft 2. I love watching it, I love playing it, but... I do not enjoy it as much as I'd like to.
I feel clumsy while playing, which makes it less fun than when I was playing World of Warcraft arena for several years.
I love the game nonetheless, I am just not ready for the competitive part yet. I have 250+ wins as Zerg, so I guess that is my main race. I am thinking of switching to Terran, haven't decided yet.
So, I want to make this game more enjoyable.
My plan?
- I want more friends to play with! (Leave a message or a post if you want to!)
- I want to play more smoothly (means: I need to improve at this game in every way. ^^)
- Make the most epic music-playlist ever!
I will keep this blog updated as much as I want, doesn't say much to you guys, I know and I am sorry about that but.. Deal with it. =)
Peace out, everyone! Lots of love! <3
  
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Time for some games. Will play 10 games now as zerg and come back to you with one or two senteces about each game.
<3
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I am at gold level if you care about that.
Game 1:
ZvP - Antiga Shipyard, 3 bases at 5 minute mark, made as little zerglings as possible to deflect the first zealot/stalker push. After that I just kept pushing with zerglings as he didn't get any tech at all. Mass zergling with 3-3 made me win. 
Game 2:
ZvP - Shattered Temple, 15 hatch denied by cannon behind mineral line.. How do I deal with this?
Game 3:
ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 hatch versus 9pool. Didn't scout it. Need to scout!
Game 4:
ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 gas 14 pool, tried to double expand at 5:00 minutes and mass spine before he came with his roach push, but didn't get enough creep spread before it came so didn't have enough spines up so had to cancel both expansions and make zerglings, deflected the push and double expanded after that. Teched to mutas and rolled over him.
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On March 12 2012 23:03 SSCNerikas wrote:
Game 2:
ZvP - Shattered Temple, 15 hatch denied by cannon behind mineral line.. How do I deal with this?
Game 3:
ZvZ - 14 hatch versus 9pool. Didn't scout it. Need to scout!
Game 2, I always patrol a drone around my natural if I 15 hatch vs Toss. You should be able to hold with drones alone.
Game 3, you can hold a 9 pool when you hatch first, see this thread http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295586 there are principles that apply.
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Pulled 8 drones. He walled himself in behind the mineral line, couldn't even kill 1 out of 2 pylons before cannons were up.
Thank you, will read in to it!
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On March 12 2012 23:03 SSCNerikas wrote:
Game 2:
ZvP - Shattered Temple, 15 hatch denied by cannon behind mineral line.. How do I deal with this?
You deal with it by not hatching first vs Protoss  It's just not worth it, too easy for a toss to deny it, even if you stop the rush, you will have lost tons of mining time from pulling drones. Go for a 14 pool and try to take hatch at 16 if you can. Otherwise, take it right after queen and lings and you'll be fine.
I wouldn't recommend hatching first vZ either. It's certainly possible to do, but it's not a scout issue, it's all about reaction and micro and puts a lot of strain on you. Even if you scout a 9pool, there's not enough time to do anything about it, so it's better not to waste econ on a drone scout. According to snute, hatch first is pretty much a build order loss vs a 10 pool, and if he has that opinion at top GM in EU, I'd say it's safe to assume that holding early pools with hatch first is more pain than it's worth.
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Hi you ^^
I am currently refurnishing my bedroom but will continue with the games in an hour!
PS. I burned my tounge drinking hot hot tea. Bad bad tea...
You deal with it by not hatching first vs Protoss It's just not worth it, too easy for a toss to deny it, even if you stop the rush, you will have lost tons of mining time from pulling drones. Go for a 14 pool and try to take hatch at 16 if you can. Otherwise, take it right after queen and lings and you'll be fine.
I wouldn't recommend hatching first vZ either. It's certainly possible to do, but it's not a scout issue, it's all about reaction and micro and puts a lot of strain on you. Even if you scout a 9pool, there's not enough time to do anything about it, so it's better not to waste econ on a drone scout. According to snute, hatch first is pretty much a build order loss vs a 10 pool, and if he has that opinion at top GM in EU, I'd say it's safe to assume that holding early pools with hatch first is more pain than it's worth.
Great feedback! Will try to go 14pool and 16 hatch next ZvP I play. Playing it safe is the better alternative I guess!
Yeah, I don't usually scout early in ZvZ. Doesn't feel like it is needed.
In both these games it feels like I just have to play more safe. Playing more safe in the early game will get me to mid and late game. Lesson learned!
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On March 12 2012 23:03 SSCNerikas wrote:I am at gold level if you care about that. Game 1: ZvP - Antiga Shipyard, 3 bases at 5 minute mark, made as little zerglings as possible to deflect the first zealot/stalker push. After that I just kept pushing with zerglings as he didn't get any tech at all. Mass zergling with 3-3 made me win. Game 2: ZvP - Shattered Temple, 15 hatch denied by cannon behind mineral line.. How do I deal with this? Game 3: ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 hatch versus 9pool. Didn't scout it. Need to scout! Game 4: ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 gas 14 pool, tried to double expand at 5:00 minutes and mass spine before he came with his roach push, but didn't get enough creep spread before it came so didn't have enough spines up so had to cancel both expansions and make zerglings, deflected the push and double expanded after that. Teched to mutas and rolled over him.
Game 5:
ZvP - Cloud Kingdom, 14 pool, 16 hatch. It felt like I played great, reacted well when mass phoenixes came, macroed and expanded while fighting. Lost this game though, but learned a lot!
Game 6:
ZvT - Antiga Shipyard, 15 hatch, pulled a few drones to deal with early marine pressure. Kept him on 2 base. Should scout more lategame. Don't be afraid to tech to broodlords quicker. Terran left when he saw 35 mutas.
Thoughts-So-Far-Update:
Keeping track of all my games like this has made the game a lot more fun already!
But the question is.. is it okey if I keep updating after every game?
TL, what do you think?
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On March 13 2012 01:10 SSCNerikas wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2012 23:03 SSCNerikas wrote:I am at gold level if you care about that. Game 1: ZvP - Antiga Shipyard, 3 bases at 5 minute mark, made as little zerglings as possible to deflect the first zealot/stalker push. After that I just kept pushing with zerglings as he didn't get any tech at all. Mass zergling with 3-3 made me win. Game 2: ZvP - Shattered Temple, 15 hatch denied by cannon behind mineral line.. How do I deal with this? Game 3: ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 hatch versus 9pool. Didn't scout it. Need to scout! Game 4: ZvZ - Antiga Shipyard, 14 gas 14 pool, tried to double expand at 5:00 minutes and mass spine before he came with his roach push, but didn't get enough creep spread before it came so didn't have enough spines up so had to cancel both expansions and make zerglings, deflected the push and double expanded after that. Teched to mutas and rolled over him. Game 5: ZvP - Cloud Kingdom, 14 pool, 16 hatch. It felt like I played great, reacted well when mass phoenixes came, macroed and expanded while fighting. Lost this game though, but learned a lot! Thoughts-So-Far-Update:Keeping track of all my games like this has made the game a lot more fun already! But the question is.. is it okey if I keep updating after every game? TL, what do you think?
meh it's your blog if people are reading and replying it's fine as long as you aren't just post-farming in a corner by yourself.
i'm kerpal.506 if you want to add me, play z at the top of plat (previously diamond)
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[B]On March 13 2012 01:43 kerpal wrote: meh it's your blog if people are reading and replying it's fine as long as you aren't just post-farming in a corner by yourself. i'm kerpal.506 if you want to add me, play z at the top of plat (previously diamond)
Added you! =)
Thanks for the feedback!
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What I learned from Starcraft street
Today, unless my girlfriend comes over, I will be focusing on watching the minimap frequently. I really suck at it cause I keep focusing on "what is the next step".
If I win while doing it, that's fantastic, I rock. If I lose, that is still fantastic since I have done what I told myself to do today. Watching the minimap!
Now, for some lunch. Then I'll start my 3 hour ladder-session with updates every now and then.
Piz aut <3
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Was fun at the start! Then it started to bore me, even though I still wanted to play. Played a 2 hour ladder-session, not 3 hours. 
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