Daily Ladder-age #6: Ultra Rollin'

Aw yiss, another game! Sad how my laddering these days has just been 1 a day... not nearly enough for my addiction. However, trying to make each game count. The game is a PvZ on Derelict Watchtower, and I Opened with a gateway expand, since that's the beezneez now adays. First scouting probe Johnson also managed to leave a tactical mark on this earth yet again with his favorite proxy pylon.


im levin u pylo cuz u ugly

My expo ended up a bit later than I would have wanted (28), so I decided to go in with a 3gate pressure. At the point of the attack I had 2 zealots and a sentry ready to go, and chronoboost on that warpgate (and usage of that ugly pylon) got me up 5 zealots and a sentry in his face by 7:40.


YAY I made friends! ... Guys? uh, Guys? ... ok that's cool too.

The pressure goes surprisingly well, other than losing the sentry (which could have really helped with closing off the ramp like a douche) but I manage to significantly increase that units lost tab.


Uhn Dara Ma'nakai

The early game closes out with me in a pretty big lead, even getting my 3rd base saturated up almost faster than the zerg.


patch notes; new structure "Hatchus" available to protoss and zerg.

Although at first glance the mid game appeared to me to be a perfectly fine time with me just sitting back and keeping an advantage, but this is definitely where I made this game's fatal mistake. Observe the following.



Nothing look wrong? well, Nothing is exactly what's wrong with this. At any point before I hit 150 supply I could have walked in and won the game with zealots. My zergy enemy decided to get every single damn upgrade he could muster, having barely any money left for defense. And I just sat there politely letting him build back up and tech. I swear, I used to play better than this...

So in due time after both of us are maxed the zerg rolls in with his 4/2 ultralisks. And of course, being the idiot I am, I have a bunch of zealots to defend. Whee!


The above image may not be suitable for readers who are physically hurt by bad gameplay.

And the ultralisks go a rolling in to the base. I try to stay in and make voidrays, just because I have a huge bank and may possibly have a chance, but I'm quickly crushed by the enemy who isn't nearly as polite when it comes to rebuilding.


Nope.