EPTI'm very disappointed.
I haven't played that many notable matches on the ladder so far (I have played a fair amount of
these in tournament but not that many on the ladder)
I've played players such as vibe, naniwa. But to play versus IdrA was like a cherry on the cake.
The game starts, I am streaming.I'm feeling a bit nervous because I want to show my audience that I can compete with such a beast.We spawn on Xel'Naga caverns. I type “gl hf” even though I barely ever type it anymore these days... no reply.
I wasn't expecting one though, since it is IdrA I was facing .
I scout with my probe, he goes for pool and gas, a pretty standard opening. I open with a very standard build: 9 pylon 14 gate 15 gas 16 pylon 17 gas 18core or something like that. I've been having a bit of trouble against zerg when I go 3gate FE. Since we're playing on xel'naga caverns, I did not want to go stargate, I felt like DTs would come too early for him to have a third since he has to clear the rocks...
I decide to go with 4gate pressure into expand.
This is when the sad part of this game happened =/
My probe sitting at his natural in case the 14hatch survived was patiently waiting on the left side of the map, patrolling and being confused on what to do.
No lings were trying to find him. Bob the probe (Yes I call my probe Bob) was not hunted.
He was not on the bounty list. In fact he was not even on IdrA's "to do"-list. After watching the
replay, I noticed IdrA sitting with his lings at the watchtower for 30 sec (2 at each), sending one to my ramp and using the 3 other lings to kill the rocks blocking his third.
I asked myself... “is IdrA drunk?”
“Did IdrA just got out of bed and is playing sloppy?”
“Did someone pay IdrA to ladder on his account?”
Well, no matter the reason, if he's not going to be careful and not going to poke in with an ovie, I
will all-in him and win.
I was very anxious when I saw a bunch of roaches at the natural when I poked with my army,
however the entrance at the natural on xel'naga is easily covered with 2-3 forcefields which made his army easily beatable.
I can assure you that Greg "IdrA" Fields was not pleased with the game at that particular moment.
I do regret all-inning IdrA. I wish I could show my viewers that PvZ is a winnable match-up even
when played to the mid/late- game.
Maybe one day I will defeat IdrA in a macro game, but until then I will keep queueing ladder
matches in search of brighter days.
Thank you for reading my story.
PS: my blog was inspired by this http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=234198
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