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DMToss
Profile Joined May 2016
China5 Posts
May 23 2017 14:40 GMT
#1
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Finally! First time beating the last level. My final unit composition:

5 Strikes and 3 Blazes +120 upgrades
5 Pikachus and 5 Crunches +187 upgrades
14 Toxic Shooters + 140 upgrades
6 Lt Commanders + 160 upgrades

What I am pretty proud of is that I managed to not lose a single life throughout the game. Personally I think the later phase of the game is all about balancing the anti-air splash damage and the anti-ground damage. I sticked to Toxic Shooters for quite some time, then transitioned into Pikachus and Lt Commanders(Valkyries), which turned out to be just about what it needed.

Leave a comment if there is anything that you want to discuss about. Cheers and poker on!
Look how my speedlots dance.
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2042 Posts
May 23 2017 15:02 GMT
#2
Is this some kind of a famous ums or particularly difficult?
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
DMToss
Profile Joined May 2016
China5 Posts
May 23 2017 18:32 GMT
#3
On May 24 2017 00:02 kogeT wrote:
Is this some kind of a famous ums or particularly difficult?


Among many others, yes. I wouldn't say it's difficult in particular, since it's a poker game where luck plays an important role. That being said it requires a certain amount of strategy as the game progresses, also team effort. Not a lot of people can reach the end as far as I know.
Look how my speedlots dance.
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
May 23 2017 18:42 GMT
#4
nice job!

I beat this last week as well, my composition was mainly dragoons archons and mutas. protoss ground is surprisingly good.
the courage to be a lazy bum
rafaliusz
Profile Joined December 2009
Poland482 Posts
May 23 2017 20:44 GMT
#5
I'm proud of you son
SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
May 23 2017 20:51 GMT
#6
I still have yet to beat this but I'm really bad.
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4410 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-23 22:01:17
May 23 2017 21:58 GMT
#7
Goes on too long this one.Got to level 40, maybe 80 minutes in before quitting from sheer boredom.That was regular Nova X2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
Vivi57
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States6599 Posts
May 23 2017 22:06 GMT
#8
We just beat this this morning. Ended up with ~18 hydras and maybe half a dozen mutas and sold everything else including the lurkers. Once we came up with the idea of intentionally breaking straights, flushes, and full houses in favor of seeking three/four of a kind or ace pairs for heros, everything just kind of fell out naturally and we beat it the next time we played. When a full house, flush, or just a high card have basically the same value, it makes it easy to aim for only hydras and mutas (including heroes).
Flash hwaiting! Nal_rA forever!
DMToss
Profile Joined May 2016
China5 Posts
May 24 2017 03:35 GMT
#9
On May 24 2017 06:58 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Goes on too long this one.Got to level 40, maybe 80 minutes in before quitting from sheer boredom.That was regular Nova X2.


Recently found out that if you add "#x2" in the title of the room you created you can actually speed up the UMS as you can do when watching a replay. This also works with standard maps. Not sure how the magic works, but it actually helps a lot to shorten the whole process.
Look how my speedlots dance.
Lifebot
Profile Joined May 2017
36 Posts
June 25 2017 01:05 GMT
#10
Sato stole this map. He isn't the original developer
My Starcraft Maps: www.LifebotMaps.com
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
June 25 2017 01:41 GMT
#11
Do you recommend switching to Archons at a certain time? I managed to make the last level with no lives lost playing Hydra/Muta but not sure you can kill lings fast enough.

Mech seems to be laughably bad also.
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Adynster
Profile Joined July 2017
1 Post
July 12 2017 03:24 GMT
#12
On June 25 2017 10:05 Lifebot wrote:
Sato stole this map. He isn't the original developer


could say the same thing about all your cat and mouse maps if your going that low
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4410 Posts
July 12 2017 08:08 GMT
#13
On July 12 2017 12:24 Adynster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2017 10:05 Lifebot wrote:
Sato stole this map. He isn't the original developer


could say the same thing about all your cat and mouse maps if your going that low

hi Sato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
Bonyth
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland597 Posts
July 12 2017 09:26 GMT
#14
Ye, this version of poker is rather fun. Beat it too 2 days ago with 200 upg hydra army, 5 marine + 6 ghost 180 upg, couple of mutas, dragoons and even corsairs at about 60 upg.

But it's kind of funny to think that u wouldn't want to go for full house when u get it, because it's better to get a part for your hero
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13385 Posts
July 12 2017 13:05 GMT
#15
Not sure if this thread is an underrated troll or serious.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
July 12 2017 15:14 GMT
#16
On July 12 2017 18:26 Bonyth wrote:
Ye, this version of poker is rather fun. Beat it too 2 days ago with 200 upg hydra army, 5 marine + 6 ghost 180 upg, couple of mutas, dragoons and even corsairs at about 60 upg.

But it's kind of funny to think that u wouldn't want to go for full house when u get it, because it's better to get a part for your hero

I beat it with full hydras @ 200 and 6 valks, since they added the 10k mineral thing in valks were at 200 also, and then spent my defilers on the royal cruisers+dragoons and upgraded protoss ground.

Its hilarious how good valkyries are in this, the last 3 waves didnt even make the first turn before they died
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
ppp87
Profile Joined May 2016
Laos251 Posts
July 12 2017 17:02 GMT
#17
Yes valkyries are good until someone else decide to go valkyries too (maybe it's fixed with the new 1.18 tho)
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
July 12 2017 18:21 GMT
#18
On July 13 2017 02:02 ppp87 wrote:
Yes valkyries are good until someone else decide to go valkyries too (maybe it's fixed with the new 1.18 tho)

Most people will die before last wave, i wont usually get them if im not the only one alive, odds of them firing before everyone elses stuff is dead is kinda low
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
July 12 2017 19:35 GMT
#19
Wasn't there just some thread about this guy. And now the title specifically says "Sato's" Poker D.

I smell some trollin...
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
yB.TeH
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany419 Posts
July 12 2017 19:49 GMT
#20
Man, now i really want to play some Poker Defense made by Sato!
mca64Launcher_
Profile Joined June 2015
Poland629 Posts
July 12 2017 20:21 GMT
#21
Sato is pleased
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
July 12 2017 20:55 GMT
#22
Tell me about Sato.
TranslatorBaa!
fish_radio
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
182 Posts
July 12 2017 21:57 GMT
#23
Sato stole this. It is not his creation.
Please do not credit him.

Look how many TL comments with under 10 posts.

He removed credit to original author and create fake hype.
Sebyul Server W.I.P.
fish_radio
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
182 Posts
July 12 2017 21:59 GMT
#24
I don't know how to edit my post;;

Sato did this on Battle.net forums too. He will BM you if you use normal Poker D map, say it is stolen from his.
Please do not credit him this way.
Sebyul Server W.I.P.
404AlphaSquad
Profile Joined October 2011
839 Posts
July 12 2017 22:23 GMT
#25
Sato is famous by now, for the thief he is.
aka Kalevi
fish_radio
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
182 Posts
July 16 2017 21:44 GMT
#26
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/starcraft/topic/20757667777#post-1
Sebyul Server W.I.P.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
July 16 2017 21:54 GMT
#27
Jesus is this still going on? Don't you guys have anything better to do with your time?
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
yB.TeH
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany419 Posts
July 16 2017 22:00 GMT
#28
No time for Sato?
NO!
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
July 16 2017 23:07 GMT
#29
This is an older thread Arb lol
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
July 16 2017 23:56 GMT
#30
On July 17 2017 08:07 ROOTFayth wrote:
This is an older thread Arb lol

They closed the other thread though, but other people are coming in saying the same thing :<.

I just wanna enjoy the best version of Poker D Created by Sato
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
therealsato
Profile Joined July 2017
2 Posts
March 04 2018 11:12 GMT
#31
Sorry to necro this, but considering that some undeserved slander was being thrown at me here, I think I should throw in a comment to defend myself.

I never once claimed that I invented poker defense,or that the map is completely my own creation from the ground-up. However, I did put many hours into redoing just about everything (terrain, triggering, balance, adding new features/levels, etc.) to the point where I feel that calling it "my map" isn't terribly wrong.

I do leave credits to the original authors, if you look in the briefing or the bottom of mission objectives it usually says "thanks to liveingrace" since I believe they are the original creators of the "new poker defense" which its based on.

Expecting me to include a complete changelog of every poker map ever made is just a bit silly. People constantly ask me "are you the sato that made poker d?" (either in our SC UMS Discord, or when they see me in-game) and every single time, I say "I made the Nova X2 version, not poker d itself", when it would be much easier to just say "yes" and move on.

Lifebot is a petty person who is determined to spread misinformation about me just because I don't like his maps (and I'm not even rude about it.)
heyitsMiro
Profile Blog Joined November 2016
83 Posts
March 04 2018 11:30 GMT
#32
k
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10705 Posts
March 04 2018 17:03 GMT
#33
Who ever knew that Poker Defense was such a serious USE MAP SETTING CUSTOM GAME....I never realized people could get so passionate about a custom map, that isn't real StarCraft... it's just a FOR FUN type of game, chill... No one cares who made it lol
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Jorge8
Profile Joined August 2018
1 Post
Last Edited: 2018-08-31 21:35:33
August 31 2018 21:05 GMT
#34
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