• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 09:37
CEST 15:37
KST 22:37
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Neeb returns to progaming; rejoins ONSYDE12Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b8IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly4Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard"9ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live!42
StarCraft 2
General
Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard" Neeb returns to progaming; rejoins ONSYDE Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Terran or Protoss
Tourneys
RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly INu's Battles#18 - Cure, herO, Rogue & ByuN
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 536 Railroad Switch The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 535 Assembly of Vengeance Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion ASL22 General Discussion screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings
Tourneys
2v2v2v2 Tournament [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Star Con San Diego 2026 Escore Tournament - Season 3
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Simple Questions, Simple Answers PvT advise for noobs
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live! Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank TL Mafia Community Thread NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread How to buy a book - shipping from Korea to Europe
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread 2026-27 Football Thread placeholder TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Games, Hormones, and "Dark" …
TrAiDoS
Hello guys!
LIN1s
ASL S22 English Commentary…
namkraft
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 11062 users

[BGifs] First mech TvZ

Blogs > BigFan
Post a Reply
Normal
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-03 02:51:01
January 13 2016 01:28 GMT
#1
The time has finally come to reminisce on my first mech TvZ game in BW. This game was played on Fighting Spirit quite a while back. I would say that this was one of the most important games that I've played to date in BW because of the various lessons learned. I realized just how strong mech can be in the hands of a good player, just how much positional play it requires and expanded my repertoire of builds in TvZ, a matchup that I've historically stuck to mostly biomech.

The game started off with my opponent being BM as usual:

[image loading]
wow... Fucking BM Malaysians!


I decided to switch things up from my usual bio gameplay and opened up with a 2 factory on close positions (top corners) to teach him a lesson! After managing to survive an early ling bust with little damage taken, I caught my opponent offguard with a vulture runby into his expansion and that is where it all began:

Part 1


+ Show Spoiler [Part 2] +


+ Show Spoiler [Part 3] +


+ Show Spoiler [Part 4] +

The End...


***
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
January 13 2016 06:14 GMT
#2
D-matrix so good lol
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10354 Posts
January 13 2016 08:29 GMT
#3
Damn, I feel bad for the Zerg. Dude went Defiler and Queens. He had like 5 bases. Doesn't matter tho, Mech > All.

Nice format by the way.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Cryoc
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany913 Posts
January 13 2016 11:06 GMT
#4
You should feel bad for the Terran who needed 40min to win a game, where Zerg only had 6 drones left after the vulture runby.
http://www.twitch.tv/cryoc
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10354 Posts
January 13 2016 21:16 GMT
#5
On January 13 2016 20:06 Cryoc wrote:
You should feel bad for the Terran who needed 40min to win a game, where Zerg only had 6 drones left after the vulture runby.

He was down to maybe 10 SCV after the first Muta harass too so...
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11307 Posts
January 14 2016 04:53 GMT
#6
Clearly, we must know the truth on who is more BM.
WriterMovie, 진영화 : "StarCraft will never die".
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-14 15:15:24
January 14 2016 15:10 GMT
#7
On January 13 2016 17:29 Jealous wrote:
Damn, I feel bad for the Zerg. Dude went Defiler and Queens. He had like 5 bases. Doesn't matter tho, Mech > All.

Nice format by the way.


This was from way back when I would get many bases but only have a few drones at each base : (

It's OK , now that I have learnt my lesson it's been a long time since I've lost to his mech

Big fan is doing a br of an old game because he loses all the recent ones

Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
January 15 2016 00:38 GMT
#8
On January 13 2016 20:06 Cryoc wrote:
You should feel bad for the Terran who needed 40min to win a game, where Zerg only had 6 drones left after the vulture runby.

I'm not sure if this is a serious comment or if the gifs likely didn't portray the situation well enough leading to it but I'll explain why your suggestion doesn't hold much in this game:
1) yes, I reduced his drone count but by comparison, my SCV count was also pretty low and I was still on one base. Keep in mind that I went for a 2 fac so I hurt my economy early on.
2) I lost my whole army (those vultures lol) and was reduced to trying to defend my main with mostly turrets so seeing as I had no army, I had to sit back and defend against his mutalisks. I tried moving out several times (couldn't include in gifs due to upload problems) but he had enough mutalisks to delay this.
3) He was able to put enough pressure and buy time with his mutalisks to allow himself back into the game (droning) while I tried to establish an expansion and a second gas to continue meching.

On January 15 2016 00:10 JieXian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2016 17:29 Jealous wrote:
Damn, I feel bad for the Zerg. Dude went Defiler and Queens. He had like 5 bases. Doesn't matter tho, Mech > All.

Nice format by the way.


This was from way back when I would get many bases but only have a few drones at each base : (

It's OK , now that I have learnt my lesson it's been a long time since I've lost to his mech

Big fan is doing a br of an old game because he loses all the recent ones

Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha

LOL here come the excuses

Yes, this was an old game but it was the first time I meched (as the title stated) so it was worth the BR.

You've lost to my mech plenty of times since, just not as frequently. Last one I remember was on Andromeda and you've lost on Sniper Ridge in a long drawn out game. I've sure there are many others include HBR games but these two are the ones that come to mind just off the top of my head!
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
January 15 2016 05:27 GMT
#9
You know what this calls for?

Bo5 grudge match Mecha BigFan vs JieXian!!!
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10354 Posts
January 16 2016 01:12 GMT
#10
On January 15 2016 14:27 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
You know what this calls for?

Bo5 grudge match Mecha BigFan vs JieXian!!!

I'll make the hype thread if both parties are interested in squashing beef.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-16 03:07:48
January 16 2016 03:06 GMT
#11
^ Maybe in the near future

On January 13 2016 17:29 Jealous wrote:
Damn, I feel bad for the Zerg. Dude went Defiler and Queens. He had like 5 bases. Doesn't matter tho, Mech > All.

Nice format by the way.

missed this the first time around, thanks!

On January 13 2016 15:14 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
D-matrix so good lol

lol, love d-matrix. If timed right, it's essentially invulnerability for x hits XD

On January 15 2016 14:27 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
You know what this calls for?

Bo5 grudge match Mecha BigFan vs JieXian!!!

It's a nice idea but our schedules conflict quite a bit so it's rough to even get a single game going nowadays >< I also don't seem to do well in BW if I know the game is being casted or will be watched (case in point: my big fail against Sent from a year and a half ago lol).
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11592 Posts
January 16 2016 07:35 GMT
#12
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Moderator5000 of our finest Taliban warriors have been released! Rise up my brothers. Mashalla! al-Donald ibn-Frederick al-Masih allows it.
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
January 16 2016 14:06 GMT
#13
Bf isn't intentionally dodging as I think neither of us has played a game in months.

However.....

He has already admitted defeat :D

I also don't seem to do well in BW if I know the game is being casted or will be watched


Case in point, I have won all our drtl matches :D


Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10354 Posts
January 16 2016 17:56 GMT
#14
Damn JieXian throwing down the gauntlet calling him outtt

You gonna take that BigFan?!
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-16 20:29:24
January 16 2016 20:28 GMT
#15
On January 16 2016 23:06 JieXian wrote:
Bf isn't intentionally dodging as I think neither of us has played a game in months.

However.....

He has already admitted defeat :D

Show nested quote +
I also don't seem to do well in BW if I know the game is being casted or will be watched


Case in point, I have won all our drtl matches :D

https://youtu.be/FfnJ7xO0MEs

rofl please. That was not admitting defeat at all! It meant that even though I don't do as well in broadcasted games, you'll still lose badly to a subpar playing bigfan!

As for drtl, nice try bringing in my worst game there. You've lost to my 2 raxs, SCV-all ins, 2 fac and all kind of shenanigans, even BCs! lol.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3007 Posts
January 17 2016 05:09 GMT
#16
There is something that's always satisfying about winning a TvZ with Mech.
It's kind of hard for beginners, so I myself have rarely pulled it off, but when I did, it felt awesome.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
January 17 2016 07:43 GMT
#17
yep, always feels great especially if you manage to play a very strong positional game and/or outplay your opponent (think macro).
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51117 Posts
January 18 2016 03:57 GMT
#18
[09:24:30] Bigfan: lol please
[09:24:32] Bigfan: I never dodged
[09:24:37] Bigfan: v1 dodged and JieXian dodged
[09:24:39] Bigfan: !!!!!
[09:24:46] Bigfan: also, that was a fake BMer
[09:24:57] Bigfan: I can't possibly come up with such lines in the heat of the moment!


this guy....
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
January 18 2016 07:27 GMT
#19
Why are you trying so hard to prove me right?
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
January 18 2016 17:22 GMT
#20
Damn it BR! >.>

On January 18 2016 16:27 ninazerg wrote:
Why are you trying so hard to prove me right?

who? me or JieXian? lol.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10354 Posts
January 18 2016 23:15 GMT
#21
JieXian you're gonna take all the stuff he said laying down?! I thought you were better than that...
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51117 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-20 06:16:37
January 20 2016 06:16 GMT
#22
[10:21:25] Bigfan: what?
[10:21:25] Bigfan: 1. I never dodged
[10:21:25] Bigfan: 2. I'm not BM
[10:21:25] Bigfan: 3. Kotaku can't be worst than 1&2 if they were true


and he likes kotaku
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
January 20 2016 09:49 GMT
#23
Will cast grudgematches for food.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Normal
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
13:00
King of the Hill #257
WardiTV381
EmpressLilyy27
Liquipedia
CrankTV Team League
11:00
Crank Gathers S4: Playoffs
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko458
ByuN 318
ProTech81
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 49289
Calm 9042
EffOrt 949
Shuttle 468
BeSt 439
Soma 356
Snow 272
Rush 258
Soulkey 205
Leta 151
[ Show more ]
Last 149
hero 106
Hyun 98
ggaemo 84
Sea.KH 71
Killer 64
Mind 58
Sharp 58
JYJ 55
ToSsGirL 50
scan(afreeca) 47
Bale 35
JulyZerg 33
Shine 28
Sexy 24
HiyA 23
IntoTheRainbow 11
zelot 11
Noble 6
Terrorterran 3
Mong 1
Dota 2
Gorgc6689
Dendi740
Counter-Strike
fl0m4021
zeus240
edward169
markeloff113
Other Games
FrodaN1782
singsing1707
B2W.Neo870
hiko595
Mlord292
crisheroes274
DeMusliM202
Liquid`LucifroN163
mouzStarbuck163
Sick147
BananaSlamJamma50
QueenE44
amsayoshi40
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• mYiSmile19
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 2729
• WagamamaTV455
League of Legends
• Jankos1524
• TFBlade721
Upcoming Events
Patches Events
3h 23m
Reynor vs Solar
ByuN vs TBD
OSC
3h 53m
Replay Cast
10h 23m
Escore
20h 23m
CrankTV Team League
21h 23m
OSC
1d 8h
Replay Cast
1d 10h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 14h
RSL Revival
1d 19h
ByuN vs SHIN
Solar vs Lambo
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 21h
[ Show More ]
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
Clem vs Serral
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
PiGosaur Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-29
SCTL 2026 Spring
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale

Ongoing

CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W5
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #2
Acropolis #5
Escore Tournament S3: W6
Escore Tournament S3: W7
Escore Tournament S3: W8
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
Light Tournament 2026
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.