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_PulSe_
Profile Joined August 2006
United States541 Posts
October 07 2006 12:45 GMT
#1
Well i hit search and only came up with several posts where people complained about ho long and tedious TvT is,however i want some information on when to switch to bcs/ghosts/wraith and little things like sending scvs in that will help peoples game. Not a lot of people seem to be exited about TvTs.

Plus when i watch pro reps i can hardly ever manage to even come close to what they seem to be able to do. They have godlike drop control and timing i just dont understand how they can do so much. But thats besides the point. Any tips?
Its not that Im lazy. Its that I just dont care.
joohyunee
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Korea (South)1087 Posts
October 07 2006 12:58 GMT
#2
basically, TvT = whoever keeps more tanks & BCs at the end wins... i think it's more about knowing your opponent with constant scans: if he's making gols => tanks if he's making BCs => counter it's really about whoever knows the other better and abuses their weakpoints.
BalloonFight
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States2007 Posts
October 07 2006 13:04 GMT
#3
TvT is really about scouting your opponent, and basing your play to counter his. Scouting means either sending scvs to his base, floating rax, scans, wraith, whatever.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-10-07 13:13:35
October 07 2006 13:10 GMT
#4
once you have a SOLID macro advantage (like an extra secure expo) you have basicly won
its all about who controls the money
money money money money money

P.S. money is evil
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
PersonMan
Profile Joined March 2006
United States113 Posts
October 07 2006 13:17 GMT
#5
Think like this:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=44072
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-10-07 13:19:59
October 07 2006 13:18 GMT
#6
I dont want to hijack this thread. Um i was thinking of making the same thread/topic. I have no idea what to do in tvt. In my pgt my tvz and tvp can go d+ but its my tvt which is like d--. I have no idea what im doing and what i have to do. I dont know why im doing this and what counters what what to do on some maps. Like I played tvt with dronebabo he said people dont 2 port wraith alot on luna. And i heard 2 port counters 1 fac port. Also i lose every tvt to tanks. Everytime in mid game im just macroing and the guy is at my enterance with tanks. How do i break this. Should i keep at scv to see when its coming. When its comes i can break out but if i dont see it long i cant break the contain. And than he starts turreting everywhere. Most terrans my lvl i meet have no idea about tvt. Can someone explain the basics. When to use vult+tank or gol+tank or wraith+tank. When to make bcs or something. And does your build differ from what you scout with your rax? Im just clueless about this mu.
edit. i went like 0-7 tvt in pgt
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
October 07 2006 13:23 GMT
#7
On October 07 2006 22:18 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
I dont want to hijack this thread. Um i was thinking of making the same thread/topic. I have no idea what to do in tvt. In my pgt my tvz and tvp can go d+ but its my tvt which is like d--. I have no idea what im doing and what i have to do. I dont know why im doing this and what counters what what to do on some maps. Like I played tvt with dronebabo he said people dont 2 port wraith alot on luna. And i heard 2 port counters 1 fac port. Also i lose every tvt to tanks. Everytime in mid game im just macroing and the guy is at my enterance with tanks. How do i break this. Should i keep at scv to see when its coming. When its comes i can break out but if i dont see it long i cant break the contain. And than he starts turreting everywhere. Most terrans my lvl i meet have no idea about tvt. Can someone explain the basics. When to use vult+tank or gol+tank or wraith+tank. When to make bcs or something. And does your build differ from what you scout with your rax? Im just clueless about this mu.
edit. i went like 0-7 tvt in pgt


Wow I'm in EXACTLY the same boat. D+ TvZ, D+ TvP, D- TvT. I've been trying to improve my TvT so much it's getting really annoying.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
October 07 2006 13:40 GMT
#8
Somebody wrote a good TvT Strategy Dossier on WGTour.net iirc.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
lawl mart
Profile Joined April 2006
United States1289 Posts
October 07 2006 14:18 GMT
#9
im pretty sure my mass zealot + hallucinate dossier is the best
14cc... whats next? women voting?
besiger
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Croatia2452 Posts
October 07 2006 21:22 GMT
#10
i find everything for my T vs Anythingthatmoves needs here

http://artofbw.atspace.com/
A weak will coupled with delusions of grandeur
SchOOl_VicTIm
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Greece2394 Posts
October 07 2006 22:21 GMT
#11
On October 07 2006 22:40 jkillashark wrote:
Somebody wrote a good TvT Strategy Dossier on WGTour.net iirc.


no it wasn't good
PersonMan
Profile Joined March 2006
United States113 Posts
Last Edited: 2006-10-07 23:36:23
October 07 2006 23:33 GMT
#12
On October 08 2006 06:22 BeSiGeR wrote:
i find everything for my T vs Anythingthatmoves needs here

http://artofbw.atspace.com/


The tvt section is not finished
Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
October 07 2006 23:46 GMT
#13
lololololl tvt section not finished
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
October 07 2006 23:56 GMT
#14
On October 07 2006 22:10 Plexa wrote:
once you have a SOLID macro advantage (like an extra secure expo) you have basicly won
its all about who controls the money
money money money money money

P.S. money is evil


I dont play t, but wouldnt it make sense to say whoever controls the gas? I think that would be more important.
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
_PulSe_
Profile Joined August 2006
United States541 Posts
October 08 2006 00:31 GMT
#15
Yea mapcontrol/have more income, but thats basic with almost every match up. plus i mean i lost to a guy who went mnm and just managed to drop them everywhere and overwhelm me then come throught the front with tanks. It was orthadox but it got the point across. Anything can be used in tvt. Its just so akward to play.
Its not that Im lazy. Its that I just dont care.
Hitokiri
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Spain306 Posts
October 08 2006 00:48 GMT
#16
TvT is fun, unlike most of you claim.

First off: Expansions, the more expansions, there is a possibility to harass better, as well as being harassed. A very good move is to expo to your nat, and then when you have 4 siege tanks move to one of the mains and expo there.

Units: Tanks > Vultures > Goliaths > Vultures > Tanks. The effectiveness of a unit depends on how you use it. Mines are very good for breaking some tank lines, for delaying attacks. Tanks have great range so other units can't attack. Scvs are a very important part of TvT; scvs distract tank fire, so when you are outnumbered you can use your scvs to break out. Wraiths are good for early scv dmg, and diversion of the opponent's build order, they are, however, bad against goliaths and scans, so in middle-late game you should use them to take out scattered units as well as dropships.

Dropships are amazing units, they allow the terrans to have a greater versatility, allowing you to travel faster whilst avoiding the cluter of mass units. They also work well for harassing and dividing the concentration of the enemies units.

Bcs, bcs are good as well as they are bad. Bcs + tanks are one of the best combinations, they allow you to take care of mass goliaths + tanks, but are somewaht vurnerable to mass wraiths. Bcs alone suck, they die easily to wraiths and/or goliaths.

Buildings: A not so known fact is that 3 facts can 95% of the time out macro 4+, since people believe that goliaths are bood for head to head fights, they are not. Keeping constant production of tanks from 3 facts beats having 5 buildings whilst only 4 are producing.

Thats a very basic intro to TvT
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PersonMan
Profile Joined March 2006
United States113 Posts
October 08 2006 02:51 GMT
#17
Usually in a battle, youll want to target tanks first. Gollies seem to prefer shooting at turrets while under tank fire @.@

From the artofbw site:
Possible Openings
You have...........!
-Fast CC
-1 fact expand
-2 fact vult (with/without port)
-2 fact gol (with/without port)
-2 fact tank (with/without port)
-2 fact vult tank (with/without port)
-2 fact gol tank (with/without port)
-2 fact vult gol (with/without port) <--Im gonna try this one ;D
-3 or 4 fact builds
-1 fact single port
-1 fact double port

Tell me if im wrong but from my lil tvt experience I think:

Fast CC and 1 Fact Expo > 1 Fact Port and 1 Fact 2 Port?
2 Fact Gol and 2 Fac Gol/Tank > 1 Fact Port and 1 Fact 2 Port?
1 Fact Port and 1 Fact 2 Port > 2 Fact Vults and 2 Facts Tank/Vult?
2 Fact Vult and 2 Fact Tank/Vult > Fast CC and 1 Fact Expo?
2 Fact Vult and 2 Fact Tank/Vult = 2 Fact Gol and 2 Fac Gol/Tank?

or maybe there all = with a lil scouting and adapting.
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
October 08 2006 03:24 GMT
#18
just go boxer-style and mm rush every time
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
PersonMan
Profile Joined March 2006
United States113 Posts
October 08 2006 06:12 GMT
#19
i finally found a tvt
it was my 2 fac vult gol vs his 2 port proxy wraiths. Wraiths got pwnd ><
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
October 08 2006 06:45 GMT
#20
On October 08 2006 15:12 PersonMan wrote:
i finally found a tvt
it was my 2 fac vult gol vs his 2 port proxy wraiths. Wraiths got pwnd ><


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