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Amazing! :D
Am planning to watch them all!
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Make 1 or 2 vods as finnish and I can add subtitles later on (not super long vods though t_T)
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Hi Ahzz,
I watched some of them some time ago... it is a great job !!
The first time I heard it I thought "geeeez, that is a monotonous voice"... loving English (and Second Language Acquisition) myself, however, not being an English native speaker myself, I just didnt think that Eng was not your first language.
Anyway, I have been learning from your VODs!
Wish you good luck!!
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Ahzz is an amazing player and a very good teacher.
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Calgary25980 Posts
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on?
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Nice vods 
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Good thread Ahzz, much better to organize them like this.
On April 30 2009 23:29 Chill wrote:
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on?
He has never been to A-. Been close at 8800 and beaten A-'s before, but never actually got the rank. A- is the new B-.
lol jk ahzz
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thank so much, I will watch and give comment later
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What the shit over 9000 vods!!! Awesome Ahzz, nordic bw players<3
edit: just realized most of them are old fpvods, nevertheless nice
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Awesome dude; I'll check it out.
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Glad you are back to doing these again The more vods like this the better IMO.
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I have a question. I play a macro style against 1 gate with fast lurker and mass drones/expos. It works really well on maps where the third base is not too far away, that I can send slow ovies with hydra protection for an early third. But on python, where the long distances to another gas expo makes it difficult to secure a fast third, I have some trouble. I try to get overlord speed fast and then take 2 expos at once, but it still feels too slow compared to my normal expansion timing. Any suggestions?
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On May 01 2009 01:50 w3jjjj wrote:
I have a question. I play a macro style against 1 gate with fast lurker and mass drones/expos. It works really well on maps where the third base is not too far away, that I can send slow ovies with hydra protection for an early third. But on python, where the long distances to another gas expo makes it difficult to secure a fast third, I have some trouble. I try to get overlord speed fast and then take 2 expos at once, but it still feels too slow compared to my normal expansion timing. Any suggestions?
Yeah, that's kinda tricky. Basically ESPECIALLY on maps with longer distances you need to send ovies already beforehand around the map to key spots/expoes, and use 1-2 hydras to defend them in case he patrols every expo with corsair. Later on once you get speed you dont need such precautions, but getting your third is pretty much about sending your ovies there BEFOREHAND.
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On May 01 2009 04:22 Ahzz wrote:
Yeah, that's kinda tricky. Basically ESPECIALLY on maps with longer distances you need to send ovies already beforehand around the map to key spots/expoes, and use 1-2 hydras to defend them in case he patrols every expo with corsair. Later on once you get speed you dont need such precautions, but getting your third is pretty much about sending your ovies there BEFOREHAND.
On python it's popular for P to pressure with 3 zeal 1 goon and 1 corsair with the purpose of distracting Z units with zealots and shoot down an overlord, which hurts very much early on. I have no problem defending that at my base, but for this reason I can't send out an ovie early until my ground army is strong enough. Problem is that on python it takes so long for slow ovies to fly to an expo, especially since you have to fly around the nat cliff instead of through it since hydras can't reach the corsair. Unless I send ovies out as soon as my first 2 hydras come out, which is impossible due to P's ground pressure, my third expo is bound to be delayed if I wait for enough units. Is the map impossible for my fast expoing style? And if so, what's a good alternative?
EDIT: I saw that in your VOD you took the third base really late, and instead you made many hydras early to pressure. Is that a better way to play on maps with farther/trickier third base positions in general?
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Dude you rock seriously!!
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the 3 zeal 1 goon pressure is easy to block if you make quick enough hydras. It depends of your style though.
In that game it was fine to have late expo because I was able to delay his expo so much and because I was able to get quite good economy before I needed to expo. Also, I've realized that your 2nd expo doesnt need to be up so quick against 1 base toss even if they're getting their expo up. It's just important that its not too late after he starts his expo. It's different than fighting FE, there are so many more factors to take to account etc.
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Dear Ahzz,
Just out of curiosity, what would you consider your worst matchup?
What would you consider your best matchup?
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thats quite map dependant. If the map is hard, another MU might be stronger than another. However, if the map is nice, ZvT against infantry is probably my best. Recently I've improved a huge amount in pvz, but I'm still slightly inexperienced so if I screw building placement or map is not good I might play really nooby. I woulda called ZvP my worst, but it also improved a lot lately.
TBH, its very hard for me to say what is my best and worst atm because they all have improved considerably during a short period of time. (I've been taking lessons)
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<3 you Ahzz, these vods are amazing
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Hey there Ahzz ! I have watched your awesome VODs and I subscribed it on YT.
I'm just wondering, in your ZvP MU on Sin Chupung-Ryeong. I saw you skipped spire and proceed to go hive tech. Can you give insights on whether when to build spire or not to build spire.Thanks.
Anyways, nice VODs Ahzz :D
-Cheers
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On May 01 2009 06:41 drinking wrote:
Hey there Ahzz ! I have watched your awesome VODs and I subscribed it on YT.
I'm just wondering, in your ZvP MU on Sin Chupung-Ryeong. I saw you skipped spire and proceed to go hive tech. Can you give insights on whether when to build spire or not to build spire.Thanks.
Anyways, nice VODs Ahzz :D
-Cheers
omg I meant to cover this in fpvod but I forgot. Basically I WOULD have made quicker spire but I felt like I needed every last piece of mineral to units at that time, so I made an gamble; hoping he doesnt make drops (map doesnt favor it anyway), and start it a bit later. I did start spire in fact (at natural) but that was after I already had ultras I think.
Normally I'd make spire quicker yes, but over here I felt like even 8 zerglings will make a difference, so I took a gamble
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thanks for the reply, Ahzz. Yeah I spotted your spire after you tech to hive. So you meant that it depends on the map if it favors drops. Therefore, if the map favors drops, you make a spire quicker, otherwise later. Correct me if I am wrong here, Ahzz. thanks
-Cheers
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well, yes, however you also make it earlier in general. In my game I felt like I couldnt spend a single penny even on spire. If you have that kind of situation and map doesnt favor drops, you might gamble and not make a spire. if you have the money to spare, you make spire before hive tho most of the time.
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Finally some Zerg action!
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Why there are no zvz vods ?
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He probably plays PvZ instead?
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Thank you so much!! I have been watching them on youtube and they are helping me a lot with pvz.
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thanks to Ahzz, this is seriously awesome because it doesn't seem like you have 400 APM yet your play is extremely "fluid" and things just seems to fall into place. The commentary is helpful too. This is of great help to "average gamers" like myself.
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Basically I make FPVODS of my games, and commentate on them afterwards with monotone emotionless voice. yay.
:D
<3 Ahzz!!!
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anychance you can put these on filefront or some other non-youtube avenue? that would be great
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thank you ahzz - your fpvods are amazing!
you are a great teacher, which begs the question who are you getting taught by that is making you improve so much in such a short time?
PS. us protoss players would love some more PvZ and PvT vods =P
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On May 01 2009 08:55 Zerg_Sasuke wrote:
Why there are no zvz vods ?
Ahzz just doesn't ZvZ. Never has as long as I've known him.
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On May 01 2009 14:38 omninmo wrote:
anychance you can put these on filefront or some other non-youtube avenue? that would be great
I will do that eventually. Probably not in the near future, but I have plans on getting these uploaded in high quality and as whole instead of parts.
On May 01 2009 16:15 vx70GTOJudgexv wrote:Ahzz just doesn't ZvZ. Never has as long as I've known him.
Yep, I just like PvZ much more, and im better with it too (not that my zvz is bad, if I happen to record an fpvod of a zvz thats decent, I'll post it for sure)
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Ahzz is my idol *sparkly eyes*
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Thanks, I learn a lot from your fpvods, and your english is quite good!
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On April 30 2009 23:29 Chill wrote:
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on?
I wonder this aswell... Great thread thx alot
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On April 30 2009 23:39 Salv wrote:Good thread Ahzz, much better to organize them like this. Show nested quote +On April 30 2009 23:29 Chill wrote:
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on? He has never been to A-. Been close at 8800 and beaten A-'s before, but never actually got the rank.
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You should do some ZvZ ones regardless Ahzz.
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On May 02 2009 02:29 Salv wrote:
You should do some ZvZ ones regardless Ahzz.
yeah, and maybe some zvt with hydralurker eh?
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On May 02 2009 02:33 Ahzz wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2009 02:29 Salv wrote:
You should do some ZvZ ones regardless Ahzz. yeah, and maybe some zvt with hydralurker eh?
Now you're speaking my language lol.
Blackman, k?
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On May 02 2009 02:00 Yaqoob wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2009 23:39 Salv wrote:Good thread Ahzz, much better to organize them like this. On April 30 2009 23:29 Chill wrote:
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on? He has never been to A-. Been close at 8800 and beaten A-'s before, but never actually got the rank.
I don't care about ranks so much, I just wanted to check out his account
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United States11390 Posts
On May 02 2009 02:33 Ahzz wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2009 02:29 Salv wrote:
You should do some ZvZ ones regardless Ahzz. yeah, and maybe some zvt with hydralurker eh?
Oh god yessssssss.
That would be so sick.
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Hey, just weighing in--these are awesome.
Really liked the old VODs but these are much better, you sound much more clear and confident.
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Dont you ever play the new hydra style?
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Great FPVODs thanks very much I watched most of the old ones already good to see way more added.
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On May 02 2009 02:00 Yaqoob wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2009 23:39 Salv wrote:Good thread Ahzz, much better to organize them like this. On April 30 2009 23:29 Chill wrote:
Nice. I'll be watching these now that they're nicely organized like this. Which ID did you get A- on? He has never been to A-. Been close at 8800 and beaten A-'s before, but never actually got the rank.
edit: whops
i saw the coloseum one it was nice gj ahzz
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Ahzz is the best. Just to let you know.
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What I like about those FPVod, is that it seems like anyone could do it. It's not "look at my insane multitasking skills with 300 APM", but more "hey, I win mostly because of my game knowledge, here's what you can improve".
There's plenty of very insightful tips that has already helped me in my own gameplay. Simple things like making better use of defilers ("dont wait until they're dead to build more") or to make a wiser use of my zerg armies in general (being greedy=/=being agressive), thanks!
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Thank you for the vids, Ahzz. They are imo excellent.
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Thanks for these FPVODS! I just started playing again after 3 years for the anticipation of SC2. I was a Protoss player for the past 10 years(C- on WGT before I quit). While Protoss has always been my best, I've always liked Zerg more. Well since I recently started playing again, I figured I might as well go ahead and learn Zerg while being horrible! I've learned a bunch of basic, modern Zerg matchups and build orders. While my APM and mechanics are no where near as decent as they used to be, I at least have a starting point(9-2 my first day on Iccup).
Much thanks to Ahzz and Chill for all of the FPVODS!
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ahzz <3
Ahzz been helping me a bit and i must say I've probably gained +1 rank in 2 weeks after i started asking for help from ahzz.
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On May 03 2009 01:07 lepape wrote:
What I like about those FPVod, is that it seems like anyone could do it. It's not "look at my insane multitasking skills with 300 APM", but more "hey, I win mostly because of my game knowledge, here's what you can improve".
There's plenty of very insightful tips that has already helped me in my own gameplay. Simple things like making better use of defilers ("dont wait until they're dead to build more") or to make a wiser use of my zerg armies in general (being greedy=/=being agressive), thanks!
Yeah I like this too.. after i heard i got like 100 more apm than ahzz .. i was like wtf.. I don't even spam and ahzz got better macro than me. But the truth is he has more time for macro since he doesn't do as much mistakes with his build, he scouts with overlords and lings better than me and is better prepared to reinforce a push or reinforce defense and this is why he doesn't need as much apm. He doesn't screw up so he doesn't need apm to make up for his mistakes. Just my thoughts
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Thanks a lot ahzz!
I always learn a lot watching your FPVODs.
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You are the man ahzz, those will help everyone
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
keep up with the good work ^^
AHzz Can you do a General Tips in PvZ and PvT and PvP
lie Stylish have??
i would be very good for us
thanks!!!
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Will there EVER be any ZvZ fpvods ??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
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The problem with making ZvZ's are these:
I mainly play zvt zvp pvz
I'd have to 'offrace' on iccup if I wanted to get it
It's hard to get a good recording
I dont want to post games where I beat someone who's far worse than me
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Ahzz u are the best! You should do this more often 
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Could we get a standard ZvP 5 Hatch Hydra-Muta on Destination? Thanks!
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Love your vods Ahzz, and I know it might get me shot, but I've been watching them since you first got on SC2GG.
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Awesome!
I have watched your previous FPVODS and they´ve helped me alot. thanks!
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As someone posted in ur channel, can you make a vod vs mech. I want to see how you handle the new type of terran play
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yeah I plan on covering mech and common neo sauron soon enough... I had two recordings but some parts of them messed up a bit
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awesome. Thanks
edit- you said you got some training and you're getting better in all matchups especially zvp? Who is teaching you? How are they teaching you? Just mass gaming certain matchups on certain maps? Or are you practicing mechanics and micro on build vs build?
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Great videos Ahzz!
My game has improved so much, just by watching your games. I really like your patient and intelligent playing style.
Keep pumping out these videos please!
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Can't get enough of Monotone Zerg.
Keep up the great work!
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how are you supposed to counter speedlot rushes? I get mixed information on this, because one guide says not to get mutas since they won't pop in time..yet i just watched a pro match in which jaedong slaughters a +1 speedlot attack with muta + ling on desti. Was the protoss just late in his timing?
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if you do normal neo sauron, which is 3 hat lair (be sure not to start your 1st gas too late! its a common noobie mistake. Start it right after ur 3rd hat or so), and you make spire asap, you will have no problems with getting mutas just before they attack. However, you probably shouldnt do this too often unless you know they're going to do that. Usually a clear sign is that they start early +1 (nobody does that anymore) and secondly, their 2nd gas is usually very late because they dont really need it. often even only fast +1 means he will do it, maybe a bit later though.
Also, get 2 sunks to your exps to be 100% safe and secure. If you have good muta micro, its pretty much gg from there cuz archons will die to mutas.
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Oh right, it's been a while since I did an fpvod. The reason for this is that I'm working full time atm and I have trouble finding good times to commentate on my games. However, I have several fpvods recorded, I just need to add my monotone voice to them.
Many people have also been asking for a vod where I play vs 2 gate protoss... I do have such a vod, but the problem is that the colors screwed up in it. (I forgot to turn camtasia recording off. all units show clearly etc, its just that the colors look really weird). My question is, should I still do it, even though the colors are way off?
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Not in my opinion. Inverted/weird colours make it too hard and confusing to follow (or at least that's been the case for me with live streams & etc.).
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On May 13 2009 06:48 Ahzz wrote:
yeah I plan on covering mech and common neo sauron soon enough... I had two recordings but some parts of them messed up a bit
I know this is an old post I'm quoting, but you definitely need to get some videos out on countering mech. It seems like every D Iccup terran now days thinks it is the best thing since the invention of medics, and I keep losing to it, even after scouting it in advance.
Thanks for the FPVODs though, they're really informative
EDIT: Spelling
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yeah altered colours give me a headache >_> and they really make the game hard to follow. I think your time would be better spent completing commentaries for your other videos.
Also now that I have the chance, I'd like you thank you for really helping me and hundreds of other zergs with the logic of Starcraft, you truly developed my game by leaps and bounds.
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I will definately cover zvt vs mech when I next release vods... also possibly 1-2 pvz, and some zvp. (I dont have any especially good zvp's)
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On June 16 2009 01:30 Ahzz wrote:
Many people have also been asking for a vod where I play vs 2 gate protoss... I do have such a vod, but the problem is that the colors screwed up in it. (I forgot to turn camtasia recording off. all units show clearly etc, its just that the colors look really weird). My question is, should I still do it, even though the colors are way off?
If you think there's some really good information in there, you could just record a replay of the game. Not as good as FPVOD, but at least it's something.
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dear ahzz, i kind of got owned so i thought i'd ask advice. So this terran goes 2 fact port on me..i scout no expo and know he is prepping for a runby or drop or temple jump (it's on medusa). or mass wraiths...i'm scared so i do get a den in these situations, adn then start a spire as quick as possible along with 3 hydras, then keep droning.
The first runby kind of fails, i kill 3 vults, but the next one he manages to sneak past me and start mining between my main and my nat.
The problem is that my only overlord was at the temple watching for a vult jump.
So how should i distribute my overlords? I've always scouted with my first overlord and my 2nd overlord..should i not send them to the bases? Should i return the 2nd overlord home once i know he scouted wrong? i was always worried stray rines would kill it..i lost a game to that once, so i usually stayed on cliffs. Regardless it's a long trip home without overlord speed.
it was so painful...and it's worse watching because you know the terran has no antiair, and that if 6 mutas had gotten out you could have ended it.
also, i had 3 hydras +2 lings that killed the first 3 vults with my sunken, i popped 3 more hydras because i was worried when he tried to run by
should i have cancelled those and wasted larva? as it was i didn't have much money for mutas..but i guess the biggest issue is having enough overlords...should i station my 3rd overlord in between my two mining bases to prevent this? advice please
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On June 22 2009 10:55 knightpraetor wrote:
dear ahzz, i kind of got owned so i thought i'd ask advice. So this terran goes 2 fact port on me..i scout no expo and know he is prepping for a runby or drop or temple jump (it's on medusa).
The first runby kind of fails, i kill 3 vults, but the next one he manages to sneak past me and start mining between my main and my nat.
The problem is that my only overlord was at the temple watching for a vult jump.
So how should i distribute my overlords? I've always scouted with my first overlord and my 2nd overlord..should i not send them to the bases? Should i return the 2nd overlord home once i know he scouted wrong? i was always worried stray rines would kill it..i lost a game to that once, so i usually stayed on cliffs. Regardless it's a long trip home without overlord speed.
it was so painful...and it's worse watching because you know the terran has no antiair, and that if 6 mutas had gotten out you could have ended it.
also, i had 3 hydras +2 lings that killed the first 3 vults with my sunken, i popped 3 more hydras because i was worried when he tried to run by
should i have cancelled those and wasted larva? as it was i didn't have much money for mutas..but i guess the biggest issue is having enough overlords...should i station my 3rd overlord in between my two mining bases to prevent this? advice please
If you already stopped one runby, you have 1 overlord by his base, 1 overlord at the temples, where's the 3rd one? (I assume since you stopped his runby you are past 17 pop)
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3rd one was still at the 3rd position on medusa, i didnt' start moving it back; should i turn it back immediately? the thing is, one game when i turned it back the terran sent out his early rines to hunt for my overlord or something and killed it. Is there a safe path back? or should i always have 4-6 lings out and about on the map? usually i only get 2 lings for the scout, and 2 more later if they went mech, maybe 6 total if it's bio with early pressure like
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<3 Ahzz well deserved fans
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On June 22 2009 10:55 knightpraetor wrote:
dear ahzz, i kind of got owned so i thought i'd ask advice. So this terran goes 2 fact port on me..i scout no expo and know he is prepping for a runby or drop or temple jump (it's on medusa). or mass wraiths...i'm scared so i do get a den in these situations, adn then start a spire as quick as possible along with 3 hydras, then keep droning.
The first runby kind of fails, i kill 3 vults, but the next one he manages to sneak past me and start mining between my main and my nat.
The problem is that my only overlord was at the temple watching for a vult jump.
So how should i distribute my overlords? I've always scouted with my first overlord and my 2nd overlord..should i not send them to the bases? Should i return the 2nd overlord home once i know he scouted wrong? i was always worried stray rines would kill it..i lost a game to that once, so i usually stayed on cliffs. Regardless it's a long trip home without overlord speed.
it was so painful...and it's worse watching because you know the terran has no antiair, and that if 6 mutas had gotten out you could have ended it.
also, i had 3 hydras +2 lings that killed the first 3 vults with my sunken, i popped 3 more hydras because i was worried when he tried to run by
should i have cancelled those and wasted larva? as it was i didn't have much money for mutas..but i guess the biggest issue is having enough overlords...should i station my 3rd overlord in between my two mining bases to prevent this? advice please
if you know he's gonna be runbying you might as well place two sunken colonies. If you also placed your hydra den to block, the space that he can runby through usually shouldnt even exist.
against terran you usually dont have to bring your 2nd ovie to your enemy unless you plan on dropping him. if you have hard time blocking, you might even consider 4 hydras.
with proper droning, you should have your 4th ovie as well, since you need supply for mutas.
BTW, I uploaded some vods...
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I've grown to love your monotone emotionless voice. Please continue those are great
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On June 22 2009 17:11 rytas wrote:I've grown to love your monotone emotionless voice. Please continue those are great
;_; painful truths
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On June 22 2009 17:11 rytas wrote:I've grown to love your monotone emotionless voice. Please continue those are great
Me too .
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I have to agree with the above poster, now that it grew on me your voice is awesome Ahzz : )
But please post more Z vods ;_:
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lol 9000 vods? hilariously fun, and good effort rofl
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so yeah, pop my 4th overlord on time, and pull back my 2nd overlord as fast as possible. I guess i've been lazy since it never mattered when playing against bio. do you think it's worth having an overlord watch the temple? or should i just use a ling ( can the ling see far enough)?
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On June 23 2009 00:01 knightpraetor wrote:
so yeah, pop my 4th overlord on time, and pull back my 2nd overlord as fast as possible. I guess i've been lazy since it never mattered when playing against bio. do you think it's worth having an overlord watch the temple? or should i just use a ling ( can the ling see far enough)?
sure its okay. Not only can you watch the temple, you have better knowledge of his potential drops, and you can use that overlord for quick minefield detection later on if you use 1-2 hydras to clear up mines.
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ok; yeah a second sunken sounds like a good idea too. It's just hard on my low level multitask when someone can drop a vulture from behind and then try to run by as well. i moved hydras to deal with the drop, which is why i had vults run by my sunken and mine, the new vults went behind my mineral line in my natural where the sunken couldn't hit..I moved my hydras without noticing the mines, lost them. GG
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Yay Ahzz, thank you thank you ^^. Thanks to you my pvz is my best mu. And my others have improved as well
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can someone explain to me how to hydra break? do i research range or movement or both off of two dens?
edit: after practice movement seems better..you get your hydra suicidally close to the cannons and ignore the zealots while sniping them and then run..your reinforcements arrive and you attack again before new cannons can get up, finishing the zealots...or at least that's how it happened to me...then the player who is far better than you proceeds to ask for a re with their main race and schools you with double your apm
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On June 26 2009 12:18 knightpraetor wrote:
then the player who is far better than you proceeds to ask for a re with their main race and schools you with double your apm
LMFAO!
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monotone voices are badass. real men dont have emotions.
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is it worth it to get double hydra den when hydra breaking protoss? I don't remember
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Thanks for the voids man. they really help me out alot for my PvZ. Hope you could do some PvT as well.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
Man I really like your vods. What I like is that you have relatively low apm, but you use the most of it, unlike other players. You also have very good tactics and you generally thing of stuff on a higher level. They are real good keep them up!
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Hey Ahzz.
First of all, i've learned to play Z following your guide and using your hotkeys, so it's safe to say i really play by your style.
I was wondering, do you still use 0-5 for hatches, and macro taking your hand off your mouse? I've read it a lot of places that you should never take your hand of your mouse during play.
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On June 27 2009 22:05 pN]Reaper[ wrote:
Hey Ahzz.
First of all, i've learned to play Z following your guide and using your hotkeys, so it's safe to say i really play by your style.
I was wondering, do you still use 0-5 for hatches, and macro taking your hand off your mouse? I've read it a lot of places that you should never take your hand of your mouse during play.
I've watched Machine pull his mouse hand off briefly before in games, so I don't think it's necessarily bad to do that.
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Hi there, updated again. There's a mutalisk micro tutorial basically on how to micro vs scourges etc, and then a ZvT vs terran mech build.
Clearly terran mech is far more than what I can cover in just one video, so I'll do another one later on.
We'll see when I get another chance at this, I've been quite busy, so I get a chance less than once a week to do these commentaries.
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realized a lot watching your tvz mech vod. I basically go crazy when i lose my nat when i could just pull back to my main sunken up and build units from all hatches and then finish the game. I'm throwing a lot of matches in suicidal defense of my natural
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AHZZ! Thanks for doing a ZvT mech VOD!
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Thanks for the vod, there great! keep up the good work.
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Thanks Ahzz. Your vods are incredibly useful / helpful.
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watched them all, great FPVODs
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Added another ZvT game vs terran mech. ZvP neo sauron fpvod also coming soon.
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On July 12 2009 18:47 Ahzz wrote:
Added another ZvT game vs terran mech. ZvP neo sauron fpvod also coming soon.
YEAH! Waited a loong time for the neo sauron vod!!
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
On July 12 2009 18:47 Ahzz wrote:
Added another ZvT game vs terran mech. ZvP neo sauron fpvod also coming soon.
i like your fpvods but
what about PvP and PVT??? General tips maybe
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On July 12 2009 21:56 LuisMl8 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2009 18:47 Ahzz wrote:
Added another ZvT game vs terran mech. ZvP neo sauron fpvod also coming soon. i like your fpvods but what about PvP and PVT??? General tips maybe
There is one PvT VOD which really covers most of the important points (in my opinion), though I suppose that more PvT VOD's would be better. As far as PvP goes, I dont feel like I'm good enough in it to make an fpvod with commentary. Sure I could say some things, and actually win against decent people, but only because I have more experience and better mechanics, not because I know a lot about the matchup. I don't want this, which is why atm its kind of unlikely for me to do PvP, TvT, TvP.
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eh, 2 new vods. Another zvt vs mech, and a neo sauron zvp.
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so u are as combat-ex? jk
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
On July 12 2009 22:02 Ahzz wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2009 21:56 LuisMl8 wrote:On July 12 2009 18:47 Ahzz wrote:
Added another ZvT game vs terran mech. ZvP neo sauron fpvod also coming soon. i like your fpvods but what about PvP and PVT??? General tips maybe There is one PvT VOD which really covers most of the important points (in my opinion), though I suppose that more PvT VOD's would be better. As far as PvP goes, I dont feel like I'm good enough in it to make an fpvod with commentary. Sure I could say some things, and actually win against decent people, but only because I have more experience and better mechanics, not because I know a lot about the matchup. I don't want this, which is why atm its kind of unlikely for me to do PvP, TvT, TvP.
i know what you mean, but for low level players like me (C-) you will help a lot
doing PvP PvT as well
the PVT you talked is a old game we want new strategies involved in new PvT vods
as well in PvZ
and thanks for you fpvods
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OH man i subscribe ur channel..i hope ur vod will be usefull...if i have a question can i post it here?
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yea I will answer questions over here.
However, I always prefer people referring to my zerg guide / fpvods first.
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I just wanted to thank you again for your Zerg FPVOD's. They are incredibly useful and your comments are always very insightful. Moreover, they are extremely entertaining!
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These are extremely helpful. Thanks again.
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i don't know if someone already asked this; i'm sure they did, but how do you do your hatch hotkeys late game ahzz? you do 4 unit hotkey style like most foreigners, i assume?
right now, if i were on destination playing zvp i would do 4 for first hatch, 5th for nat hatch, 7 for hatch at 3rd, 6 for second hatch in nat and 8 for 2nd hatch at 3rd
then i just use f3 and f4 for my expansion hotkeys and f2 for my main when i overwrite it to get 4 hotkeys. Do you think this is good enough? or should i have some other method? oh i also hotkey my new expansions to 9-0 sometimes
i have the most trouble in games against mech as zerg when i need 5 hotkeys of units, then i run out of hatch hotkeys with all the freaking bases.
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I explain that in the beginning of my zerg guide pretty much.
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nvm i'm a n00b. Found it..forgot to set it to search content. Sorry it's late and I'm not thinking well.
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i have a few questions; when i open hydra against a 2 port wraith push, is the proper response to research hydra speed to deal with harass and then get lurkers for the bio that will probably follow? or am i supposed to destroy the bio push with mutas + hydra? I think I built too many hydra so I had insufficient money for the mutas in time; given another 30sec i probably could have had enough mutas
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MOAR FPVODS PLZ!
Thanks for doing this Ahzz
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damn you are a strong protoss indeed. nice high level game play
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
AHZZ can you do PvP?
thank for you vods
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updated. This time the FPVOD has two PvZ games inside it. Hope you guys dont mind.
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You my friend, are Dracula
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damn you had me trippy out by putting 'neo sauron', I thought a league picked up that old map again.
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I love your FPVODs!
Newb: "Me gosu?"
Ahzz: "No"
Ahzz: "You noob"
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I watched your ZvP Colosseum VOD and after Mutalisks you started using lurkerling.. why didn't you mass up Hydras like usual?
And when do you think Lurkerling is optimal? Is it any good vs mass goon builds?
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you really have two options, either going muta or lurker..lurkerling is what I decided here. another reason is, because I made mutas he's more likely to stay in his base longer so I figured that lurkers might be a good option because lurker contain is extremely powerful in colosseum.
But I just decided to try lurkerling this time. I doubted that he'd have quick observers, and because he made a rather big ground army it means that his gateway count is high, and after I'm not ahead economically like in this game, lurkers are likely to be more efficient because there's almost no chance I'd be able to get a big enough hydra force anyway. It kinda depends on superior economy, which I did not have.
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On August 04 2009 17:34 Ahzz wrote:
updated. This time the FPVOD has two PvZ games inside it. Hope you guys dont mind.
Not at all! That's the matchup that needs the most work and improvement, for me at least, so thank you very much for those.
Excellent work as usual Ahzz!
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What software do you use to record (and edit?) those fpvods (I saw Camtasia being mentioned earlier?)?
Are you happy with your Drone avatar >.< maybe Guardian (of noob TL cerebrates ;D) would be better ?
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eh, updated, but can someone explain to me why some of the links dont work even though Im quite certain the links are put together correctly?
The vod this time is a 26 minute ZvT on python. I have a couple more recordings which I'll do when I have the time.
I've been really busy with university etc lately, which kinda explains the delay with this fpvod. Sorry yo.
Also working on a new zerg guide. My estimate is that it'll be about 40-50 pages with good format and being easy to browse and find information from. That won't finish overnight though.
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
lol man why do you focus to much on ZERG? protoss need really help atm yo
zerg players have a easy time right know help toss ones man
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Thanks Ahzz! You are a wonderful teacher. Keep focusing on Zerg--Toss is alrady easy to play!
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NONO, the Z VODs are SO awesome! I check in to your youtube channel like 2 times a week for new VODs - they are greatly appreciated!
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Calgary25980 Posts
Fixed your links for you
<3
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On September 25 2009 08:33 Chill wrote:Fixed your links for you <3
thanks man, you're pretty chill yo
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On September 25 2009 22:06 Ahzz wrote:thanks man, you're pretty chill yo
Lol nice wordplay, I was considering switching to Z and your fpvods are helping but i do not know if im switching now...
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On September 25 2009 22:06 Ahzz wrote:thanks man, you're pretty chill yo
Ur pretty awesome
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i got question on how you drop your units from the overload while they are moving
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click unload on the overlord itself one by one while they move.
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These are the most helpful fpvods that does exists, thank you so much..
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On October 08 2009 02:33 Tuke wrote:
These are the most helpful fpvods that does exists, thank you so much..
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On October 08 2009 02:54 Monstah-_- wrote:Show nested quote +On October 08 2009 02:33 Tuke wrote:
These are the most helpful fpvods that does in existsence, thank you so much..
Any word on what MU/Strategy you'll be covering next Ahzz? They really are awesome.
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Ahzz's FPVODs with commentary are the best. Him and gretorp are some the most fun I've had watching SC; I just love the theory.
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Ahzz quotes:
"as simply possible"
"and so on"
"now over here..."
"Hi."
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Basically I make FPVODS of my games, and commentate on them afterwards with monotone emotionless voice. yay.
that cracked me up for some reason :D
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On October 14 2009 05:14 Tenda wrote:
Ahzz quotes:
"as simply possible"
"and so on"
"now over here..."
"Hi."
I don't know if this is love or diss but I hear it a lot
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On October 14 2009 06:54 citi.zen wrote:
Its love ++
definitely love.
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ahzz (or anyone else) , tonight i for the first time tried drop play instead of muta play as zerg vs terran mech. I'm D+ish, i seem to stay in low D+ in my main non-lag account. I also play from home with lag like today, but i don't think the lag was the issue. I think what happened was that i tried to muta switch with no upgrades and it didn't work. Should I delay drop a little while and get upgrades for hydras and mutas? cause that seemed expensive. I managed to take down the terran 3rd on his first expand attempt. shut down one push and destroy a bunch of his nat with drops. I started my spire sometime after this i think. So probably started +1 carapace around the time +2 hydra attack was almost done...anyways, i'm wondering whether it is worthwhile to even build mutas at that point with ups behind..maybe i should have just continued hydra play, hive was out and defilers would come soon too. Anyways, if anyone looks at the replay i bet i had the gas to start that upgrade much earlier even after all the hydra and drop upgrades..i just didn'dt think of it since i had hydras.
I posted the replay, although it's embarassing just how many times my muta fleet of 2.5 groups or so ran through turrets and goliaths, i kept thinking i had enough to take down his stuff, but maybe he macroed better than i did with my constant stalling;p or maybe it was just the upgrades..i just felt like they melted sooo fast.
<a href="http://www.repdepot.net/replay.php?id=22462"><img src="http://www.repdepot.net/img/thumbs/22462.jpg" /></a>
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ahzz (or anyone else) , tonight i for the first time tried drop play instead of muta play as zerg vs terran mech. I'm D+ish, i seem to stay in low D+ in my main non-lag account. I also play from home with lag like today, but i don't think the lag was the issue. I think what happened was that i tried to muta switch with no upgrades and it didn't work. Should I delay drop a little while and get upgrades for hydras and mutas? cause that seemed expensive. I managed to take down the terran 3rd on his first expand attempt. shut down one push and destroy a bunch of his nat with drops. I started my spire sometime after this i think. So probably started +1 carapace around the time +2 hydra attack was almost done...anyways, i'm wondering whether it is worthwhile to even build mutas at that point with ups behind..maybe i should have just continued hydra play, hive was out and defilers would come soon too. Anyways, if anyone looks at the replay i bet i had the gas to start that upgrade much earlier even after all the hydra and drop upgrades..i just didn'dt think of it since i had hydras.
you kinda want to keep making muta carapace even if you arent making mutas at that moment. You also want to time the drops to his main (or maybe nat for that matter) to a point where he is a bit less prepared for it. For example when he's moving out, or when he's getting ready to move out and all his units are stacked at his natural and cant get over very quickly etc etc.
Don't hurry too much with trying to kill him. Be a coward. Backstab him, attack his expansions when his army is attacking your expansions, drop him, avoid direct contact unless your army is overwhelming or if you've been able to separate his army up a bit. Keep attacking at his weak points.
Obviously this isn't as easy as it may sound, but thats the gist of it. Usually you have no chance of beating a mech army right away, which is why you're forced to playing tricks, denying reinforcements as possible, and attacking when he's not prepared and running away etc. The thing about mech is, that they cannot rebuild their army like playing with bio. getting down their expansions and economy hurts a lot, which is why backstabbing is quite powerful.
Especially vs mech you need to execute the essence of zerg... You keep expanding.
Even if he takes down one of your expansions, it should be far better for you because you should be able to take down HIS expansion easily in exchange. 1 expansion for zerg isn't that much, but 1 expansion for mech terran is huge. If their economy is mostly dead, their army cant grow. This allows you to slowly take his army down little by little when he shows openings (without wasting units), and eventually running over him.
It's complicated, and takes practise.
Another thing to keep in mind is that usually when you think you have kinda enough to kill his army, make your army 1.5 to 2 times bigger before attacking. Naturally you should try to prevent reinforcements however possible.
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two new fpvods are up, a zvt and a zvp
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sweet, gonna watch them now
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good VODs, ZvT was particularly interesting, although maybe you should have talked more about what exactly you should have done differently - drop from a different position? not drop at all? just wait longer for him to push out? Also I wonder how could you have known he had such good defenses there? If you just fly an overlord over there you get information but so does he.
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yeah I realized the lack of explaining what I did wrong on that video, the game turned around too fast and I didn't have enough time to talk about though I should have arranged it somehow, hence why I'll pay more attention to answer any questions concerning the game over here and on youtube.
Yeah, I was a bit too quick to act with the drop really, and probably waited until I can afford a bigger drop anyway. The mistake was that he could return back before I can do any real damage. This was because 1. the drop was too small and 2. yea he could return. I didn't want to turn the game into a 'destroy your opponent faster than he kills you' type of a game though, so I was too hasty with the drop. If I had hid the drop better then it would have been a different deal. Also, seeing those vultures and those turrets, it was pretty obvious that he expected a drop, in which case I might not want to drop at all until I've maybe cleared the area of some turrets and mines etc by running in with 2 groups of mutas and running away or something, giving me a better chance for it. I probably coulda figured his defenses out with mutas too, and mutas dont necessarily give out the fact that I am dropping.
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Edit: nevermind, you clear it up later.
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the terran's idea of pretending to move out and suckering you into the drop was actually pretty sick, what a clever guy
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I've watched a couple of your VODs before, but I didn't realize they were so in-depth and explanatory until now. Basically what this guy said in a post on one of the PvZ VODs:
Ahzz, thank you for your videos, you have a very great, straightforward, easy to follow casting style. You build up your strategy like someone proving a math theorem, every step moves forward logically toward an intended result.
Thank you!
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is it ever worthwhile to save 3 larva, pretending to get lings against a protoss FE and then getting all drones? or will protoss just cancel cannons? Also, i often see pro zergs open 9 overpool and then when the protoss goes forge cannon expo or forge expo cannon, then they opt for just 2 lings while droning. do 2 drones at that point make a bigger impact than the protoss skipping a cannon? because with only 2 lings they don't really need to add anything until they see more lings.
Sorry for the dumb questions, but i don't know the answers, i always just get 8 lings, 6 to go see if i can get up the ramp or kill probes if he blocks while skipping on cannons while 2 lings chase the probe in my base because at D+ level protoss can't micro probes in nat and keep their scouting probe alive
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On December 03 2009 16:38 knightpraetor wrote:
is it ever worthwhile to save 3 larva, pretending to get lings against a protoss FE and then getting all drones? or will protoss just cancel cannons? Also, i often see pro zergs open 9 overpool and then when the protoss goes forge cannon expo or forge expo cannon, then they opt for just 2 lings while droning. do 2 drones at that point make a bigger impact than the protoss skipping a cannon? because with only 2 lings they don't really need to add anything until they see more lings.
Sorry for the dumb questions, but i don't know the answers, i always just get 8 lings, 6 to go see if i can get up the ramp or kill probes if he blocks while skipping on cannons while 2 lings chase the probe in my base because at D+ level protoss can't micro probes in nat and keep their scouting probe alive
yes it's possible to do this, however you want to have at least 2 lings asap. After a while you want to make a couple more to scout him and see his choke etc so that you're not caught off guard and so that you can make it harder for him to scout again.
so yes, you can do it, but after a couple of drones you'll probably want to make a couple more.
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On December 03 2009 22:27 Ahzz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 03 2009 16:38 knightpraetor wrote:
is it ever worthwhile to save 3 larva, pretending to get lings against a protoss FE and then getting all drones? or will protoss just cancel cannons? Also, i often see pro zergs open 9 overpool and then when the protoss goes forge cannon expo or forge expo cannon, then they opt for just 2 lings while droning. do 2 drones at that point make a bigger impact than the protoss skipping a cannon? because with only 2 lings they don't really need to add anything until they see more lings.
Sorry for the dumb questions, but i don't know the answers, i always just get 8 lings, 6 to go see if i can get up the ramp or kill probes if he blocks while skipping on cannons while 2 lings chase the probe in my base because at D+ level protoss can't micro probes in nat and keep their scouting probe alive yes it's possible to do this, however you want to have at least 2 lings asap. After a while you want to make a couple more to scout him and see his choke etc so that you're not caught off guard and so that you can make it harder for him to scout again. so yes, you can do it, but after a couple of drones you'll probably want to make a couple more.
if you are doing that make sure your opponent is not going 1 gate tech or 2 tech blindly. also 9 overpool, i have no idea how you are planning to get your natural hatchery up ever if you are not making lings
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ahzz ol buddy ol pal, long time no see!
are you still playing? ever considered livestreaming?
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Hey Ahzz man so I found all these vods a couple days ago and you really know what your talking about. In just the few video's I have seen I have already improved my problems that were causing me to lose against players I shouldn't have been losing to in the first place. Thanks a bunch for uploading your video's and taking time to explain everything in great detail.
Hope to see more zvt/zvp vods
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
but what about making new FPVODS?? those u have there are old man
dont get me wrong they are great but we need new stuff!
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On December 06 2009 11:14 Re-Play- wrote:
but what about making new FPVODS?? those u have there are old man
dont get me wrong they are great but we need new stuff!
New stuff ftw!!!
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I remember him saying he was working on a second Zerg guide but that was a while ago
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I would be a happy camper if he was thanks to this guy I fixed alot of my problems against C- players and hit C now. Thanks to this guy's video's I improved a shitload in both zvt and zvp I sure hope he puts more video's on ^^.
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uploaded a new ZvT video vs Flash build on heartbreak ridge.
I had a pretty big break when I didn't play much, and now that I look at the videos I maybe could've commentated on before I realize how badly I played so I'll have to record more games before I can post more. I feel like my PvZ has improved quite a bit as well. I'll try to get more of them out soon..
I'll also probably try and analyze some progames as well.
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hehheh always enjoyed your vods. keep'em coming!
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Is there a torrent or http download of these lying around somewhere? Would like to view offline and pass along to my mates.
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Awesome, now I have something to watch when I get home!
On January 14 2010 21:26 inforsomechop wrote:
Is there a torrent or http download of these lying around somewhere? Would like to view offline and pass along to my mates.
Use youtube downloader. google it;)
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Great stuff! Hope he keep doing VODs! Was wondering for the longest time how to play agains Flash build terran, and this is my answer. <3
edit: Doh, thought it was agains new Flash bio build, my bad. Would love to see how to deal with that actually, coz sometimes I win and sometimes I fail.
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edit: Doh, thought it was agains new Flash bio build, my bad. Would love to see how to deal with that actually, coz sometimes I win and sometimes I fail.
link me to the game and I'll see what I can do. (I dont stage games so it may take a while, but if I know what to look for, all the better)
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On January 14 2010 23:06 Ahzz wrote:Show nested quote +
edit: Doh, thought it was agains new Flash bio build, my bad. Would love to see how to deal with that actually, coz sometimes I win and sometimes I fail.
link me to the game and I'll see what I can do. (I dont stage games so it may take a while, but if I know what to look for, all the better)
Can't find reps where this is actually done well but if you watch Flash v Calm @ HBR VOD there Flash has done this perfectly.
Basicly this is standard macro build where Terran FE and then with his first 12rine+2medics pushes out. Then he can deflect any incoming mutas with this force and build later turetts and then push out toward your 3rd and kill it.
Hope you understood what I ment here if not try watching that VOD I mentioned.
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oh I kinda understand now. Yea I've played against that a few times already, though I dont have VODs of them.
It shouldnt be too hard to play against again.
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Ahzz I have watched about half of what you posted and it is excellent. Thank you for talking throughout.
I like HBR vods the most
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