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On March 19 2012 05:29 sep121 wrote:
PvZ

if I FFE and zerg goes 14 pool, at what supply do i need to drop my forge to be able to get my cannon and be safe?

On March 19 2012 06:36 Gomox wrote:
TvX

Hey there. I'm searching for some livestreams of good terrans who do also commentate while playing and say what their current mindset is throughout the game.

On March 19 2012 08:21 FlaminGinjaNinja wrote:


Most Terran streamers I've seen play music while they play :/
Not ideal but Col.Catz sometimes plays terran and he's always talking to the stream about what he's doing

On March 19 2012 16:25 vorxaw wrote:


avilo, almost always commentates, whether about decision making, or imbalance. If you take his complaints in good spirit then you can learn lots.

On March 19 2012 04:53 mind0killer wrote:
I have a question about mutalisks in zvz. There was a time not long ago when many streamers, shout-casters and even some professional casters considered mutalisks to be "garbage" in zvz. Now, muta play is considered one of the strongest strategies in zvz.

My question is this: What changed in the meta-game to allow this change in attitude towards the unit in this match up? Is it simply that players like Nestea showed us how to use mutas effectively in the match up? Is there more to it that is too subtle for a noob like me to pick up on?

I've been very hesitant to adopt this strategy, probably because I am stubborn with my roach play. Finally, I have found myself adopting muta based strategies with unrivaled success compared with my roach play. I suppose I am lucky in that I have yet to play a muta vs muta zvz, as I think in that situation it becomes a game of pure numbers (and maybe upgrades).

Any insight would be appreciated

On March 19 2012 08:17 FlaminGinjaNinja wrote:


9 pylone 15 forge is standard PvZ i believe. Some Zergs (myself included) will make 4-6 lings and try to do damage, if you get a cannon asap once the forge is complete it should finish around the time lings come knocking

On March 20 2012 06:33 sep121 wrote:


ok thank you. in that regard, when can I go nexus first? if they go hatch first?

On March 20 2012 20:56 Zushen wrote:
who is this guy named IIIIIII. hes always playing koreans on their stream's. is it a common name?

On March 21 2012 03:33 AmericanUmlaut wrote:

You could change it to shift (though shift already creates groups), but you can't use a key other than CTRL, shift or alt to modify another key unless you rebind the keys. You could also conceivably just have a different set of keys that you use to bind groups. For example, you could bind all of your numpad keys to bind the groups to the numbers, and use the regular number keys to select them. I did that for a while with my location keys because hitting CTRL+Fkey is really awkward for me, though I eventually just switched to shift instead of CTRL because having the functions on different keys screwed with my brain too much.

On March 20 2012 07:01 Forbidden17 wrote:

o.o uhh pretty sure it's 9pylon 14forge, idk why you'd go 15 forge it's not like you're cutting probes even if you pylon scout and chrono x2 (i guess if you wanna chrono x3? but the 3rd chrono shouldn't be ready that quickly...).

you can nexus first vs >= 14 pool (maybe not a good idea on close air metal/shattered), if you're not comfortable with forge expanding or scouting zerg early game you should probably just stick to forge first. both come with practice, you should be able to look at a pool, glance at the game time, and immediately tell what timing the pool is. If you don't, just play a quick game as zerg and figure it out. The point is you need to scout the zerg in time, if you don't it's better to play it safe and just put that forge down first.

a standard forge first looks like this:
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a standard nexus first looks like this:
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edit: typos