Simple Questions, Simple Answers - Page 128

1) Try sending each new drone to a different mineral patch in the beginning, you have the apm and time for it ^^

2) You should be splitting your lings into 2 groups to better trap scouting probes, just running circles isn't going to accomplish anything (because you're pretty much banking on your opponent's lack of micro as opposed to your own ability to micro). The probe would have never seen your spire-first opening, for example. Protoss has to play reactionary most of the time after forge FE, and allowing him to have perfect intel is exactly what they need to react properly to your build!

3) As soon as your drone saw that there was no expansion at top right and made a hatch, you should have redirected your second overlord to the top left main. I understand that having the second overlord at your 3rd base is helpful (so you don't have to make a new one in the case of DTs) but what I see a lot of Zergs do is send one to the main, and in this case the overlord going to your nat is better suited for that. This is because it's the only way you can find out what Protoss is up to unless you got a drone scout in early. You might have seen that he went 2 gate citadel before starting stargate, for example.

4) On the subject of scouting, instead of chasing the probe with 6 lings, you should probably send 1 to his base to see if he's doing some sort of 2 gate all-in or something similar. If he was, you would be in a lot of trouble. You were effectively playing blind, which is never good. It also helps to know how many cannons P made in response to your fast pool, to know if you have a chance of busting with an all-in, or to know that he delayed his tech because he over-invested in cannons, etc. If you did this, you would see that he has the worst wall I've seen in a while, and therefore you could have easily ling or hydra busted if you started gearing your build towards that. It's cheesy, but if your opponent makes mistakes in a strategy game, take advantage!

5) At ~3:30, you have ~200 minerals, unused larva, and 15/18 supply. I'm not at all sure if this is wrong but it seems like it shouldn't happen >_>

6) Although your investment in sunks was a good response to the zealot count, your hydra den is VERY late, and no mutalisks? This makes no sense to me. Instead of using an evo at one of the bases, a hydra den would have been a better choice imo. Although, I don't know what build you are doing quite yet, but I feel like it'd be painully obvious to P what you are doing since you have no den and no muta...

6.1) Look at your sunken placement at your 3rd... You have exposed sunks, which is not efficient, because they will die, need to be replaced, etc. There is no loss in putting them behind your sim city. Because it forces a 1a Protoss to try and micro towards them, as opposed to taking out the forward sunks and thereby decreasing your overall sunk count. I think you should put all your defensive structures BEHIND your wall, and then use drones to wall. At your nat, you have 2 exposed when they could be hidden. I see that your first sunk there was placed poorly, probably due to larva/eggs. Remember the overlord+larva stop trick to handle that!

7) I just noticed this, you made a second gas but haven't mined it for a while. This is economically inefficient in 2 ways - wasted drone that is not mining, and no gas income when you need it.

8) 8 minutes in, your macro slipped VERY hard. Supply block and 1100 minerals incoming!

9) Instead of losing your lings, you needed to position them at every expansion Protoss has. You basically gave him a free expand because of lack of intel and lack of macro!!!!

10) 9:20, 2000 minerals?!?! Make some macro hatches, take the safe 4th, make units, do ANYTHING but bank! You have 200+ apm, should be easy or you ;D Ok you just made the 4th and a macro hatch next to it, but a bit late imo.

11) 9:30, you lost a bunch of lings for no reason ><; Those are the ones you needed spread over different bases and denying those bases! Keeping Toss on the defensive is key when you don't get a fast 4th base.

12) 10:25, idle evo, no gas mining at 3rd (gas is KEY), still 1600 mineral.

13) You are floating minerals for a LONG time.

14) 13:49, I'll be straight forward, this toss is bad. He has 1-1 and no +2 coming. This is easy grounds for a zerg rape. You just let him double expo which is... A deathwish. He has his 4th up same time as you. Zerg should be 1-2 bases ahead of Toss at all times!

15) 15:00 You just lost a large amount of lings for nothing... You should be sending overlords and scourge with all your armies!!

16) 15:19, I see you were trying to kill the 4th, but you just sent 12 units at a time, with intervals, to their doom. This is the same as throwing a game. You need to gather your troops outside the base and move them en masse at the same time. Zerg is the SWARM, don't forget that! You do not play a race that can send 12 units at a time and win.

17) 16:00, you busted down his cannons at the 4th, but lost an army and you sent 7+ overlords there, to die. This is an inefficient use of units! Same for the 4th. I see your strategy - alternating attacks on each expo. This is a good strategy. However, I don't feel like you adequately invested in either one of the attacks, so therefore you never actually did any serious damage. Apply the same principle, but use MORE units each time. That will be made easier with better macro.

18) Now Protoss has 70 supply advantage, sitting on equal bases, looking to take another, a sick ball, and you've wasted your army. Stopping replay at 19:00, this game has already been lost.