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I'm going to go into this with the goal of refreshing my mechanics to avoid losing them completely. I don't expect a positive win/loss but it would certainly be nice.
Points Before Playing: 812
Rank: 10
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Game 1: Win! +22
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Matchup: TvZ
Opponent: Rank 20 (730 Points)
My APM: 219
Replay: http://drop.sc/287367
Very happy with this first game Got close pos on Condemned but felt like my constant multi prong harass and aggression paid off... felt very solid mechanically this game and got up to 4 base + Macro OC on close pos without going all in. Felt like a nice win and good mechanically... my mouse behaved itself.
Since it was a 4 player map I went for my hellion based opening... if I get a 2p map I'll bring out my 2rax expand.
Opponent: Rank 20 (730 Points)
My APM: 219
Replay: http://drop.sc/287367
Very happy with this first game
Got close pos on Condemned but felt like my constant multi prong harass and aggression paid off... felt very solid mechanically this game and got up to 4 base + Macro OC on close pos without going all in. Felt like a nice win and good mechanically... my mouse behaved itself. Since it was a 4 player map I went for my hellion based opening... if I get a 2p map I'll bring out my 2rax expand.
Game 2: Win! +21
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Matchup: TvZ
Opponent: Rank 18 (710 Points)
My APM: 220
Replay: http://drop.sc/287374
Another TvZ... my worst matchup but I got close pos on another 4p map (this time entombed valley.) I opened the same as last game and won in the midgame this time with multiple drops. He went for ground based (perhaps planning somewhat of an all in behind 3 base but thinking better of it when seeing my rax wall) and it was impossible for him to pick off my medivacs.
Opponent: Rank 18 (710 Points)
My APM: 220
Replay: http://drop.sc/287374
Another TvZ... my worst matchup but I got close pos on another 4p map (this time entombed valley.) I opened the same as last game and won in the midgame this time with multiple drops. He went for ground based (perhaps planning somewhat of an all in behind 3 base but thinking better of it when seeing my rax wall) and it was impossible for him to pick off my medivacs.
Game 3: Win! +7
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Matchup: TvZ
Opponent: Rank 12 (500 Points)
My APM: 220 (lol not usually so consistent)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287388
Since it worked so well in the last 2 TvZ, I went for the exact same build... hellion control felt really well so I was very confident when I saw him expanding going into all the mass drops. Did a lot of damage and came out with the win ^_^
Opponent: Rank 12 (500 Points)
My APM: 220 (lol not usually so consistent)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287388
Since it worked so well in the last 2 TvZ, I went for the exact same build... hellion control felt really well so I was very confident when I saw him expanding going into all the mass drops. Did a lot of damage and came out with the win ^_^
Game 4: Loss! -9
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Matchup: TvP
Opponent: Rank 21 (942 Points)
My APM: 196
Replay: http://drop.sc/287393
1 Base collosus PvT.... is that a thing? Never seen it before. Anyway, I freaked out like wtf and he sniped stim with a couple of seconds left. My mouse felt like shit that game so I know I played like shit. Still, silly game.
Opponent: Rank 21 (942 Points)
My APM: 196
Replay: http://drop.sc/287393
1 Base collosus PvT.... is that a thing? Never seen it before. Anyway, I freaked out like wtf and he sniped stim with a couple of seconds left. My mouse felt like shit that game so I know I played like shit. Still, silly game.
Game 5: Win! +12
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Matchup: TvP
Opponent: Rank 1 Diamond (Wtf lol? 800 points)
My APM: 233
Replay: http://drop.sc/287402
Supply blocked myself really bad... scouted what I thought was 1 gate so I went for my lil pressure he was ready for it... but over extended for no reason with his sentries and lost both of them. He then went for a really weird counter pressure that made no sense (doing a full warp in of more sentries for it) and lost most of that too. He then got out a collossus and camped next to his nexus in his natural (on daybreak) and lost it. Called me an all inner and then left. One of those "crazy" wins...
Opponent: Rank 1 Diamond (Wtf lol? 800 points)
My APM: 233
Replay: http://drop.sc/287402
Supply blocked myself really bad... scouted what I thought was 1 gate so I went for my lil pressure he was ready for it... but over extended for no reason with his sentries and lost both of them. He then went for a really weird counter pressure that made no sense (doing a full warp in of more sentries for it) and lost most of that too. He then got out a collossus and camped next to his nexus in his natural (on daybreak) and lost it. Called me an all inner and then left. One of those "crazy" wins...
Game 6: Loss! -6
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Matchup: TvT
Opponent: Rank 21 (1048 Points)
My APM: 194
Replay: http://drop.sc/287419
100% hardcountered my 1 rax FE into 2gas 1-1-1. He got a delayed expansion but then didn't really make any SCVs for it and went straight into a marine all in. I had no way to hold it since his opening threw me off so much and I wasnt producing any banshee or tank. I tried to scout for his expo but it got denied, I should've scanned sooner than I did so I could prepare better for a slightly later hold.
Opponent: Rank 21 (1048 Points)
My APM: 194
Replay: http://drop.sc/287419
100% hardcountered my 1 rax FE into 2gas 1-1-1. He got a delayed expansion but then didn't really make any SCVs for it and went straight into a marine all in. I had no way to hold it since his opening threw me off so much and I wasnt producing any banshee or tank. I tried to scout for his expo but it got denied, I should've scanned sooner than I did so I could prepare better for a slightly later hold.
Game 7: Win! +10
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Matchup: TvP
Opponent: Rank 64 (300 points
My APM: 208
Replay: http://drop.sc/287425
He did a weird thing with his gate outside his nat which I scouted since its a 2p map and went for slightly quicker bunker... held off all his early units fine and went for my usual TvP build but accidently got my reactors before stim... so when he did a 2base gateway unit all in (lolwut), I had no stim. I was able to delay until it finished though and crush through for the win anyway.
Opponent: Rank 64 (300 points
My APM: 208
Replay: http://drop.sc/287425
He did a weird thing with his gate outside his nat which I scouted since its a 2p map and went for slightly quicker bunker... held off all his early units fine and went for my usual TvP build but accidently got my reactors before stim... so when he did a 2base gateway unit all in (lolwut), I had no stim. I was able to delay until it finished though and crush through for the win anyway.
Game 8: Win! +7
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Matchup: TvP
Opponent: Rank 12 (500 points)
My APM: 212
Replay: http://drop.sc/287431
He's diamond (edit: he was at the time.) :/ Felt like a rollover not worth commenting on this game.
Opponent: Rank 12 (500 points)
My APM: 212
Replay: http://drop.sc/287431
He's diamond (edit: he was at the time.) :/ Felt like a rollover not worth commenting on this game.
Game 9: Loss! -14
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Matchup: TvT
Opponent: Rank 18 (840 Points)
My APM: 178 (fuck I played bad)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287437
He opened 1base and I basically shut it down although very badly...
Nobody goes mech from behind so I assumed he would go bio and made a bunch of reactors... fucking horrible build by me and it turned out he was mech so I did random drops to try and use my marines that would be useless in an engage but he already made a load of turrets.
Opponent: Rank 18 (840 Points)
My APM: 178 (fuck I played bad)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287437
He opened 1base and I basically shut it down although very badly...
Nobody goes mech from behind so I assumed he would go bio and made a bunch of reactors... fucking horrible build by me and it turned out he was mech so I did random drops to try and use my marines that would be useless in an engage but he already made a load of turrets.
Game 10: Loss! -12
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Matchup: TvZ (fuck tvz)
Opponent: Rank 21 (861 Points)
My APM: 189 (lol I hate it when I suddenly cant play anymore... I need a more reliable mouse setup but it's impossible with this desk and my room.)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287444
Thought I lifted up my 3rd... guess I misclicked. Infestors are pretty good.
Opponent: Rank 21 (861 Points)
My APM: 189 (lol I hate it when I suddenly cant play anymore... I need a more reliable mouse setup but it's impossible with this desk and my room.)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287444
Thought I lifted up my 3rd... guess I misclicked. Infestors are pretty good.
Game 11: Win! +16
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Matchup: TvP
Opponent: Rank 16 (950 Points)
My APM: 208 (lol went so low near the end)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287447
Ok, this win was pure stupidness and silliness.... it started off kind of making sense but then... so slow and binding scvs to my rax... yeah... but I was able to regain some composure for the start (despite totally fucking it up... damn mouse, I'll make it as good as I can before playing tommorow). Clearly I'm too tired to keep playing.
Opponent: Rank 16 (950 Points)
My APM: 208 (lol went so low near the end)
Replay: http://drop.sc/287447
Ok, this win was pure stupidness and silliness.... it started off kind of making sense but then... so slow and binding scvs to my rax... yeah... but I was able to regain some composure for the start (despite totally fucking it up... damn mouse, I'll make it as good as I can before playing tommorow). Clearly I'm too tired to keep playing.
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Okay, so this was the longest ladder session for 11 games I've ever really had (It's almost 2am now... fuck I hope I'm up early enough to do christmas :/ But it was worth it to get this blog out I suppose, if anyone read it. It went pretty bad but it could've gone worse for sure, as I held my own in the end and definately shows I can get my mmr back up when I have a less stupid day. Mechanics are still working barely but they seem to suffer late at night.
Had some terrible build mistakes in TvT especially that caused me to lose. May need to focus on builds in future TvT and check what I need to change in order to increase my win rate when I'm playing well.
Points After Blog: 866
Rank: 8
Sorry that I sound retarded in all this writing. I start to rage as well when it's late and I'm tired.
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