On November 28 2018 07:42 maybenexttime wrote: What would you say is a proper response to 2 base ultras? Try to kill the Zerg before they arrive? Wall off, play from 2 bases and get tanks? Try to secure a third? Irradiate? Mines?
You have to think about it logically. The biggest weakness of a strategy like that is that they're getting ultralisks before they even have 3 gas. Maybe they are sacrificing other techs, maybe they only have one or two, maybe they don't get any upgrades.
If you play against someone who goes 2 base ultralisk most games, you will learn how to play against it. If you just saw it one time against a stranger you'll never play again, it's going to be hard to really get a sense for it.
In StarCraft you develop a system of checks you do every game to determine what your opponent is doing. The earlier you can deduce what they're doing, the stronger your response will be. There are a variety of effective responses to any strategy. There's nothing wrong with your ideas. If they don't go muta or lurker, you probably can just go kill them before ultra are ready, or at least make them waste a lot of resources on sunken colonies. Walls are good for Terran in all matchups. Mines are probably good too. Irradiate is the only one I think may be a bit slow, because now you're racing tech with the person racing tech, though it's probably playable. If a third has a tiny choke it's probably not hard to defend.
I guess the simplest advice is just to ask someone to use it a lot vs you. If they can beat you even if you know it's coming, then you know your response is terrible or you're being outclassed macro/micro/tactics wise. If you can win when you know it's coming, but you still don't see it coming when they use it 25% of their games and lose, then you know it's a problem with your reconnaissance. If they're the same skill level as you, they will probably get better and find innovative ways to do 2 base ultra that keep your games interesting, and you'll get a better sense of the limitations of the strategy.
My instinct would be to make sure I'm keeping the Zerg honest with decent pressure, make sure I'm not putting units in vulnerable positions at dangerous points in the game, and probably just play conservatively, keeping an eye out for expos and getting a large, well rounded army. I wouldn't be looking for any special unit to counter the ultralisks, but tanks and vessels are always good.
My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
On November 29 2018 06:07 RWLabs wrote: My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
On November 29 2018 06:07 RWLabs wrote: My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
I'll be honest guys, he sent me the same stuff about Mastery and such and I can tell you that upon Googling it, it seems he isn't the one who came up the terms "ultimate supreme grand master" and such. Those are actual terms other people use. Not going to vouch for the sanity or legitimacy of those other people or their usage, but still, it's not something he took out of an anime or made up to troll people with.
Now, I already explained to him that what he's saying has little to no bearing on StarCraft whatsoever, and that I find it hard to believe the things he is saying about mastery in general given his "mastery of StarCraft" thread and how deluded from reality it was.
So, yea, I think he's just a bit weird, not a troll or anything. Some people are just different. Some are... very different.
On November 29 2018 06:07 RWLabs wrote: My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
humility
<3 <3 <3
That or you could just quit being a weirdo
why not just leave him be and let him do him, either he will catch up to today's BW or today's BW will catch up to him.
On November 29 2018 06:07 RWLabs wrote: My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
On November 29 2018 06:07 RWLabs wrote: My martial arts master is a scrub that only knows how to kick and punch, but can't do them correctly. If only he were googly mcgoogly grandmaster of the wiiiirld he could maybe have a chance of defending himself.
WSM, I think it'd save you a lot of embarrassment if you don't make up terms to downplay a moment of pride.
EPT
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