EPT9pool - The reasons behind it - Page 2
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STIMEY d okgm fish
Canada6140 Posts
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iD.Twisted
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On December 22 2003 17:20 Commander[SB] wrote: Klogon your going to the LAN in Portland right? Your friend Cory (I knew him as TheLast[Day] online) told me about it. Don't you go to beaverton high school? shhhh, I don't wanna have competition now do I?  | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
Also been having problems with a turtling tech terran that didn't get hurt by my 9pool and gets tanks on my cliff with wraiths. Best counter is...? Because mutas come to slow to stop the wraiths from killing many overlords and lurkers without ol drop can't stop the tanks. | ||
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iD.Twisted
Netherlands3102 Posts
Turtling terran that goes tech, if you 9 pool first, get lair + spire really fast, and get gas as soon as you see he's teching (if you do 3 hatch build, your expand hatch is probably fucked if your natural has a cliff, so get lair first, and pump drones. First you'll have a lot of money, and you wonder if you shouldn't build 3rd hatch, but that will severely hurt your eco as you won't have money to build drones). Don't bother making any sunken+ling, unless you fear vulture. Just get 1 sunk then and block entrance with 6 ling or so. It's also nice to sacrifice a lord to see what tech he's building. If he's smart, he'll build his tech somewhere in his main where an overlord can't see it fast, so just try an awkward route with your lord where you expect his tech to be. Also, if he has 1 fact without addon, you know he's doing either fast m&m drop, or dual port wraith. Just get 2 hydra then or so, and keep pumping drones, and get spire asap. If he goes cloak, get lord speed. Spore at minerals isn't bad either. You can then either get muta, but you won't have much eco. My advice is to just get 7 muta (7 muta kill 1 scv in 1 hit), then work on eco. He will probably get 3 rax m&m after he did wraith, so have a good scout outside his base to see when he's coming out. You need either a lot of sunken or lurker when he comes out with a 3 rax army. If he does that wraith/cliff stuff, just use muta to kill it. You should be fast enough if he went wraith first and tank after with your muta. | ||
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
iirc he went 100-1 or so against x17ers, under a smurf name, opening EVERY GAME with a 9 pool. So yeah I think it CAN BE a solid opening (no matter the skill level of your opponent in comparison to you) just so long as you know what you're doing. O_O;; | ||
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z7-TranCe
Canada3183 Posts
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
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z7-TranCe
Canada3183 Posts
btw i ran out of money so i'm gonna have to get a job before i can send you some money -.- | ||
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Klogon
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Deleted User 3420
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ive found it to really be one of the stronger strats ive used | ||
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CaRBoHoLiC
United States46 Posts
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Klogon
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Commander{+}
United States2878 Posts
Rahvin99 at wotmania.com Thanks. | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
EDIT: No reply yet.. you get it? It was rather long... rather not retype it :/ | ||
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iD.Twisted
Netherlands3102 Posts
On December 24 2003 03:00 travis wrote: guys i havent been playing z for long, but from 12 or 3 position, zvp, whats your guys take on sending ol other way then drone scouting, while going 9pool to 1hat lurker. ive found it to really be one of the stronger strats ive used Could work, but it's a do or die strat =] | ||
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nolowerd cnase noame
United States161 Posts
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
I really suck at explaining things, but I think you have to try it some to get a feel for it. | ||
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