This has given me an epiphany. I finally understand how my girlfriend feels when I keep her waiting. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BAD IT WAS

Er... another dumb question about the mech audio. You mention the three big things a terran can do after fast gas: 1 factory harass, 2 factory harass, 2 port wraith. What about fast academy? I'm capable of thinking for myself on this one, but I was curious why you omitted it--is it because a serious mnm push on 1 base would arrive later than the other possibilities, giving time to react after making your ragtag hydra squad?

Zozma

United States1626 Posts

May 26 2009 19:09 GMT

#455

On May 27 2009 04:03 threepool wrote:
This has given me an epiphany. I finally understand how my girlfriend feels when I keep her waiting. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BAD IT WAS

Er... another dumb question about the mech audio. You mention the three big things a terran can do after fast gas: 1 factory harass, 2 factory harass, 2 port wraith. What about fast academy? I'm capable of thinking for myself on this one, but I was curious why you omitted it--is it because a serious mnm push on 1 base would arrive later than the other possibilities, giving time to react after making your ragtag hydra squad?

He mentioned that IIRC. He said that an academy rush would come with small numbers of mnm, so hydralisks would still work okay.

samachking

Bahrain4949 Posts

May 26 2009 19:10 GMT

#456

That build was only popularized after fantasy vs luxury in Batoo OSL which was mid march, the original podcast was made Jan 07 where only the variations day mentioned were poopular. The build you are talking about is newer than the podcast itself so day didnt mention it.

+ the guy above is right, Hydra deals with MNM nicely when MNM in small numbers since you can focus fire and shift click the rines one by one.

threepool

United States150 Posts

May 26 2009 19:41 GMT

#457

On May 27 2009 04:10 samachking wrote:
That build was only popularized after fantasy vs luxury in Batoo OSL which was mid march, the original podcast was made Jan 07 where only the variations day mentioned were poopular. The build you are talking about is newer than the podcast itself so day didnt mention it.

+ the guy above is right, Hydra deals with MNM nicely when MNM in small numbers since you can focus fire and shift click the rines one by one.

Thanks for the clear answer, but I'm pretty sure the idea of building an early academy is older than January.

(he posted it on Jan 7th this year, sounds kind of like you're saying Jan '07)

threepool

United States150 Posts

May 26 2009 19:43 GMT

#458

Oh, I should mention that this has never come up in my games--my scout is almost always alive to see the academy.

Zerg_Sasuke

176 Posts

May 26 2009 20:34 GMT

#459

Is 5 hatch mass hydra rly the best thing to play if ya want to get good at ZvP ?

Aqo[il]

Israel183 Posts

May 26 2009 20:51 GMT

#460

Did you even listen to the commentary? Each strategy is a counter to something that the opponent is doing, use hydras when it suits the situation, don't just blindly do 1 strat each game.