EPTThings focused on: Macro in the first 10:00, 50 SCVs, tweaking simple build order
Completion of Focus: Much better, almost always had more then 40 and one game I had 47 which is almost optimal, so there is improvement.
End of Day Placement: Bronze (Top 8!)
Today started out pretty frustrating. My keyboard got soda spilt on it so I spent all day drying it out, the mouse (it was a lot of soda) didn't fair as well and now scroll wheel randomly scrolls so I had to use not only my backup keyboard but also my backup mouse... which is like wearing someone else's old shoes, it's just not right. So I did some practicing with my new setup and it wasn't going so good but that didn't phase me because I assumed that would happen. By the time I came back later my keyboard was dry and I was more used to my other mouse so I started playing some games.
And got trounced... oh my god did I get my ass kicked. It was strange, I went in with better forces and more of everything, but they were turtled up and my guys just got killed. After 3 games of this trying little things (mostly checking macro) I decided that the early engineering bay might not be helping me as much as would an extra barracks with another tech lab would, after all an early rush with stim and combat shield with more units has to be at least as good as one with stim and attack +1 with less units.
So I didn't get the engineering bay until after my 10:00 attack and won the next 4 games in a row!
With the Engineering Bay I had like 4 or 5 barracks by 12:00, and without it I seem to end up with 10 barracks... I know that doesn't make sense because the Engineering Bay isn't that expensive, but it's the way it worked out. With this new technique I was even able to constantly pump out marines and was able to overcome what has been my biggest problem lately, banelings. I just kept comin' at him (from two directions and a little strung out) and eventually I busted through his banelings and took down his roaches and basically sent wave after wave of my own men until finally he was dead. Not pretty but it works and it's how I'm improving my macro as it's only 4 and 5 to push for command centers and barracks as opposed to 4567 for CC, barracks, engineer and starport to keep track of.As a result of 4 in a row I broke to 20 for the first time, in fact I broke top 8 by hitting exactly 8th when I ended the day, I'm sure I'll drop as that's how it works, but I think this is working.
