ask me about Terran - Page 7

On March 08 2009 16:44 radar14 wrote:
Assuming there is still an SC1 scene in 2 years, in what ways do you think the top terran player at that time will have improved upon Flash's current skillset?

With your own current skillset, in what year of BW history do you think you would have been the best player in the world (assuming everyone else's skills were consistent with that year)?

On March 08 2009 16:48 merach wrote:
In the replay of Flash vs oo3 (TvP) on Python, His build is mostly standard (9 depot, the SCV that built the depot starts the rax, gas at 12.5) but it takes an odd turn when he drops the acad at 19. Then when the acad is done, he builds 1 medic to support the 3 rines blocking the ramp, and uses the time building the comsat to cut SCV's for his fast CC. (He pushes out with his first tank but has a seizure and loses the tank! the 2nd tank comes out in time, but an interesting push)

Every time I've done this build, it's stopped DT's cold, confused some of the P's (i show the medic, because it's not a true bio rush) and love the early scans, but everyone thinks it's just too fast. He does scout way late in that reply, but I always go faster, and with the 2 scans it seem like better recon, at what I feel is only a minor eco disadvantage.

What do you think are the pros/cons to this build?(definitely NOT viable on rampless maps, 10/15 rapes this build raw, but makes DT's less effective, as comsat starts at 3:46 etc)

What would you even call it?

On March 08 2009 17:38 Kinky wrote:
When is a good time to get your 3rd against Zerg and Protoss?

On March 08 2009 17:54 Divinek wrote:
If you could summarize your feelings about dt's in one word without using any word synonymous with "gay" or "unfair" how would you do it?

Also when playing against 13 nexus what is your preferred way to play against it?

On March 08 2009 17:57 AltaiR_ wrote:
could you name the top 3 most aggravating moments you've had/strategies used against you during tvp?

On March 08 2009 17:57 whatusername wrote:
do you build supply depot at 8 or 9? are there any real differences between the two?

On March 08 2009 18:11 Day[9] wrote:
Hey Dan!!!

I have a super weird question!

Whenever I'm in a game that I feel "tense" about (ie important tourny games, playing vs a pro for the first time, vs a build I don't like etc), I make certain zerg-specific mistakes: I mess up my overlord placement for drops, my macro falters, I accidentally misclick macro too (like making 9 drones instead of 9 mutas when spire finishes haha). Over time, I've developed my own methods to either feel less "tense" or to avoid such mistakes when they come about.

That said, considering you've had a wide range of experience, what sorts of problems do you occur when you're feeling particularly tense? Also, how do you deal with them?

Sort of a weird one, but i think its cool!!! :D

On March 08 2009 18:26 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Dan quick question.. why did you leave us tonight? Posting on tl.net instead of playing with us?

On March 08 2009 18:38 roadrunner_sc wrote:
For Artosis:

What are some of the early-mid game timing windows you would recommend for a mech tvz opening?
More specifically, if the z takes 3rd and mass muta, is there a timing window to move out with goliath to kill his expo, before mutas reach critical mass? Or is it always just better to slow push and take a 3rd gas, max out and get 2/1 before moving out? Unlike Katrina, a lot of mech I've seen on modern maps tend to revolve around 2 base timed pushes. But I can't seem to find that ideal time to catch the z off guard, as it seems to change dramatically every game.
I usually manage quite well with vulture harassment but always struggled with finding a good timing window for the 1-1 push. Either I push out too late and he has waaayyy more hydras or he hides mutas away from scans and overwhelm me when I have too many tanks and not enough goliath. Everything seems more variable with mech without the typical pressure game you play with m&m. Is this purely a matter of mass gaming and develop better game sense to decide when to move out, or are there some guidelines to timing pushes in mech as well?

On March 08 2009 18:41 nevake wrote:
My biggest problem in TvZ is probably keeping track of all the marines I produce.

After you've hotkeyed your main units, do you hotkey reinforcements as they come as well (if you have room)? I usually find that I don't have time to do that and just select and a click them to the battle/expansion).

Late game, do you keep a hotkey on 1 unit producing structure (to help you macro)?

Other questions:

How do you prevent like...say a group of lings randomly late game from killing your 3rd+ expansions. Do you keep a group of marines/bunker there? I find that another problem of mine is keeping my expansions alive since terran's mobility is so low.

On March 08 2009 14:54 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
How do you sleep at night?

I mean.. you play a race where you have super weapons at tier two. Spider mines (nevermind the obvious reference to SPIDERMAN) bury themselves under the ground (DT?) to become invisible then they literally get up and run at anything that gets near them and deal more damage than any 1 unit in the entire zerg army save for an infested marine.. oh and they do that damage to multiple units.

Your tanks do as much damage as an ultralisk.. but wait? They then decide to sit the fuck down and deal more than double the damage and oh yeah I almost forgot: they hit everything on the map. I believe they call it the arclite cannon. I know this, because I wake up each night screaming and clawing at the wall to the sound of a tank sieging. That is just when I sleep.. normally I don't sleep because cloaked air units are on my mind smashing overlords and raping my mineral line cause a terran felt like being cheesy..something a zerg player doesn't even have the option of save for "making too much of 1 unit (lings)" and praying the T is a fucking moron.

But hey, it isn't like you have nuclear weapons. Nah, they wouldn't give you that and and a giant air unit capable oflaunching a super weapon and hitting everything else with weapons stronger than anything the Zerg has save for again: the infested marine (which has to kill itself to do that much damage mind you). Nah they wouldn't do that.

Hey dan, how do you sleep at night? How do you sleep knowing that vultures out run everything in the game? How do you sleep knowing that marines, medics and maybe a science vessel or two (really only needed to find the zerg units smart enough to hide in the dirt from a terran army) are needed to kill a sophisticated, mixed and advanced zerg army? How do you sleep?

Better yet.. how angry must you be when you play with this race and lose. How angry? Would you logically assume the imbalance is otherwise? You must. You must do that or else you'd come to the scary realization that this entire game.. the whole game's concept is about stealing wins from terran players. That's all we are trying to do. I mean you have a fucking decade of terran players dominating kespa.

How

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Sleep.