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byce
Profile Joined July 2010
United States98 Posts
January 06 2011 08:00 GMT
#21
Thanks for sharing this. I love how his new mic picks up the sound of his desk rumbling under the might of his yeti arms (this is love, not disrespect)!
Khaladas
Profile Joined May 2010
United States223 Posts
January 06 2011 15:41 GMT
#22
On January 06 2011 16:03 riboflavin wrote:
I am watching now to see what I can learn. Thanks for sharing!

Also, I hope that you got the 'okay' from InControl before posting this. Please don't take my comments too harshly or create a whole sub debate on what I am about to say(I am not trying to thread crap or anything), but he might view his coaching and the tips he shared with you his IP. Rebroadcasting that without his permission is, at minimum, BM.

He seems a cool enough guy and all, so I'm sure it wouldn't even be a a big deal to him. But that is all the more reason to check with him first if you hadn't already!


Yes I definitely cleared it from him before posting, and he is totally ok with posting these. Even if people watch it there is no substitute for the individual advice he would give you in a one on one coaching session.


time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a bananna
smoorn
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland66 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 15:46:19
January 06 2011 15:44 GMT
#23
link doesnt work? thats what it comes up as lol http://www.livestre.am/yEJR

does it work for u guys?
Khaladas
Profile Joined May 2010
United States223 Posts
January 06 2011 15:54 GMT
#24
On January 06 2011 16:39 aquanda wrote:
Khaladas: Sorry about my accidental leave during that first game, my nephew was being super obnoxious and I accidentally hit Surrender instead of Pause =(

I'm watching now just to see his commentary as I got stomped, should be interesting!


No worries, thanks a ton for participating. I might hit you up for some rematches/discussion if you are up for it.

Nice coaching session, seems ubber useful xD
edit: Did u lose a pvz after that?


Won 2 lost 2 in my next 4 zerg matches. Not bad considering my win rate was like 35% before and it's a somewhat new build order for me.

I need more practice more with what he preached during my session. In one of my losses for example the zerg started with 10 pool and I went ahead and walled off for safety but he just teched up to roaches and hit me at around 6-7 mins with a like 10ish roaches and some lings just as I was trying to expand. I almost held it but I didn't have any stalkers ( as per the sentry/zealot expand ) and my cannon wasn't up yet.

With some better scouting I could have just gone as normal and walled off at the last second if he committed to the zergling push in the beginning. Also could have seen he stayed on one base and was building roaches and prepared some stalkers to mix in with the sentries.

Just like any build you are planning to do you have to react to what they are doing, but it's important to also know what you don't have to react to. All of this takes practice.
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a bananna
Khaladas
Profile Joined May 2010
United States223 Posts
January 06 2011 15:57 GMT
#25

http://www.livestream.com/khaladas/video?clipId=pla_4525edcb-f69a-47d5-8737-5ff6aab532d8


Try this link instead:
http://www.livestream.com/khaladas/video?clipId=pla_4525edcb-f69a-47d5-8737-5ff6aab532d8

My livestream is:
www.livestream.com/khaladas

From there you can navigate to the VODs, it's clearly labeled. I wish I could figure out a way to download the VOD and post it, if anyone does this, please send/post a link.

Also, stop by some time if you see me streaming.
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a bananna
Sarang
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia2363 Posts
January 06 2011 16:31 GMT
#26
I appreciate when people do this. It's awesome for all the players who can benefit from the lesson, plus it's damn good advertising for iNcontroL's coaching.

I've seen a few of these recorded lessons and I have to say, if I ever desired a coach, iNcontroL would be the first guy I'd go to.
"Killer helped me feel better before coming to the arena. He told me to say that." - Bomber
Cryogenic
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada75 Posts
January 06 2011 16:49 GMT
#27
This is great for a Protoss player and a Zerg learning the Protoss point of view. I have to go to school now but for sure I'll check this out. Thank you very much!
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Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
January 06 2011 16:55 GMT
#28
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.
iamke55
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States2806 Posts
January 06 2011 17:01 GMT
#29
On January 07 2011 01:55 Skyro wrote:
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.


This only "counters" mutaling if you manage to scout it before making a robo. If you've committed to something other than a 6 gate +1 timing push by the time you see mutas, then you've missed the timing window and have to get blink.
During practice session, I discovered very good build against zerg. -Bisu[Shield]
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
January 06 2011 17:22 GMT
#30
Very cool, thanks for doing this, and thanks to incontrol for letting you. Gonna check this out now.
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Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
January 06 2011 17:25 GMT
#31
On January 07 2011 02:01 iamke55 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 01:55 Skyro wrote:
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.


This only "counters" mutaling if you manage to scout it before making a robo. If you've committed to something other than a 6 gate +1 timing push by the time you see mutas, then you've missed the timing window and have to get blink.


I wasn't asking for advice how to deal with mutaling I deal with it fine. I was commenting on what InControl said in the VOD because he made it seem like he went blink stalkers with a more defensive playstyle which I do not think is optimal since playing defensive vs mutaling for a prolonged period of time seems like suicide.
Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
January 06 2011 17:26 GMT
#32
Really great stuff here!
Flying, sOs, free, Light, Soulkey & ZerO
coolent
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands23 Posts
January 06 2011 17:58 GMT
#33
awsome for sharing this:D.
incontrol is sicko micko
Khaladas
Profile Joined May 2010
United States223 Posts
January 06 2011 20:21 GMT
#34
On January 07 2011 02:25 Skyro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 02:01 iamke55 wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:55 Skyro wrote:
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.


This only "counters" mutaling if you manage to scout it before making a robo. If you've committed to something other than a 6 gate +1 timing push by the time you see mutas, then you've missed the timing window and have to get blink.


I wasn't asking for advice how to deal with mutaling I deal with it fine. I was commenting on what InControl said in the VOD because he made it seem like he went blink stalkers with a more defensive playstyle which I do not think is optimal since playing defensive vs mutaling for a prolonged period of time seems like suicide.


I remember him saying to go more blink stalker heavy and not worry so much about colossi, but I don't remember him saying 'defensive'. I think he also agreed with me that dropping a couple cannons in your min lines is a good idea so you don't get pinned to your base. It probably just depends on how much zerg commits. I"d guess you would need to start throwing some phoenix into the mix if they really go whole hog for mutas.

Blink stalkers with some defensive cannons should allow you to continue to move around and be aggressive I would think.

time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a bananna
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44214 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-06 21:18:39
January 06 2011 20:24 GMT
#35
As a Protoss player, this is SO helpful to me!

Two words: Shark Mode

Definitely helps me as a low diamond league player

InControl is the man! <3
Thanks for posting, Khaladas!

On a sidenote, the only critique... he kept saying "dearth" when he meant "excess". Dearth means lack, but was using it to point out when there you had too many minerals or gas. I think this proves that his StarCraft play is pretty damn good, and I could only nitpick at his vocabulary lol.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
SouL_sc2
Profile Joined September 2010
United States90 Posts
January 06 2011 20:33 GMT
#36
the clicking...sounded very distracting..how was it?
"More GG more skill"-Aleksey "White-Ra" Krupnyk
Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
January 06 2011 20:35 GMT
#37
On January 07 2011 05:21 Khaladas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 02:25 Skyro wrote:
On January 07 2011 02:01 iamke55 wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:55 Skyro wrote:
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.


This only "counters" mutaling if you manage to scout it before making a robo. If you've committed to something other than a 6 gate +1 timing push by the time you see mutas, then you've missed the timing window and have to get blink.


I wasn't asking for advice how to deal with mutaling I deal with it fine. I was commenting on what InControl said in the VOD because he made it seem like he went blink stalkers with a more defensive playstyle which I do not think is optimal since playing defensive vs mutaling for a prolonged period of time seems like suicide.


I remember him saying to go more blink stalker heavy and not worry so much about colossi, but I don't remember him saying 'defensive'. I think he also agreed with me that dropping a couple cannons in your min lines is a good idea so you don't get pinned to your base. It probably just depends on how much zerg commits. I"d guess you would need to start throwing some phoenix into the mix if they really go whole hog for mutas.

Blink stalkers with some defensive cannons should allow you to continue to move around and be aggressive I would think.



No he didn't say defensive but he implied it since his playstyle is pretty defensive until he gets his deathball and his comment was something along the lines of "if he goes mutas just change your unit composition a bit" when AFAIK most people handle mutaling but simply crushing it with a timing push since it is nearly impossible to stop IMO once they start to hit that critical mass.
Arcanefrost
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium1257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-07 14:54:49
January 06 2011 21:03 GMT
#38
On January 07 2011 05:35 Skyro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 07 2011 05:21 Khaladas wrote:
On January 07 2011 02:25 Skyro wrote:
On January 07 2011 02:01 iamke55 wrote:
On January 07 2011 01:55 Skyro wrote:
Thx for sharing. InControl seemed like a natural coaching. Would've been great to see how he handled mutaling. I know he mentioned to stop colossi production and get more stalkers with blink but that is pretty vague and AFAIK the common "counter" to mutaling is to actually hit him with a 6-gate army ~9 mins and not go blink stalkers.


This only "counters" mutaling if you manage to scout it before making a robo. If you've committed to something other than a 6 gate +1 timing push by the time you see mutas, then you've missed the timing window and have to get blink.


I wasn't asking for advice how to deal with mutaling I deal with it fine. I was commenting on what InControl said in the VOD because he made it seem like he went blink stalkers with a more defensive playstyle which I do not think is optimal since playing defensive vs mutaling for a prolonged period of time seems like suicide.


I remember him saying to go more blink stalker heavy and not worry so much about colossi, but I don't remember him saying 'defensive'. I think he also agreed with me that dropping a couple cannons in your min lines is a good idea so you don't get pinned to your base. It probably just depends on how much zerg commits. I"d guess you would need to start throwing some phoenix into the mix if they really go whole hog for mutas.

Blink stalkers with some defensive cannons should allow you to continue to move around and be aggressive I would think.



No he didn't say defensive but he implied it since his playstyle is pretty defensive until he gets his deathball and his comment was something along the lines of "if he goes mutas just change your unit composition a bit" when AFAIK most people handle mutaling but simply crushing it with a timing push since it is nearly impossible to stop IMO once they start to hit that critical mass.


If youre interested, a coaching session with incontrol about muta has actually been posted on tl by mrbitter(it's from a Zerg point of view). It's quite old but his style is still kinda the same. It's the first session, but they're all really interesting imo.
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/MrBitter

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BackTrack
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada76 Posts
January 06 2011 22:19 GMT
#39
That was an awesome VOD, PvZ is probably one of my stronger matches, next to terran, with PvP being my worst by a long shot heh

But what INC was saying made so much more sence to me, i'm goign to start building more sentries off the bat and utalising his shark mode theory, I learned quite a bit from that lesson, i might just hire him myself heh
Shoe555
Profile Joined December 2010
China199 Posts
January 06 2011 22:54 GMT
#40
This is great stuff, I watched another iNcontroL PvZ session a while back (forgot the student's name), and that helped my game tons. The videos of him against Ret and StrifeCro on Artosis' YouTube channel were really helpful as well.
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