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This is why a lot of zergs prefer roach ling to ling baneling.
You build the roach warren in advance and make reactive roaches, only if necessary. The lings bought easily enough time for roaches to hatch and he had a 50+ drone economy.
Or if you attack with lings earlier (ala drg vs mkp on that same map from spring arena) you force him to show his hellions and you may even get a ling up the ramp to see the factories, gets you the info long in advance.
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I ran downstairs to start the standard 5am dinner at the start of game one and by the time I was back upstairs the game was over...
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On May 09 2012 18:27 nkr wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 18:26 Severian wrote:On May 09 2012 18:25 nkr wrote:On May 09 2012 18:23 liberate71 wrote: ugh why didnt he get roaches :| it's too late to start a roach warren when you see all those blueflame hellions Another good question is why did he have 700 gas and no Roach Warren. Since Nestea still favors the mutalisk play, and was making only ling, I think the answer is quite obvious.
Next question: Why didn't he make spines then if he was teching that much that quickly
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It's somewhat of a build order loss. You can't afford to get roach warren+4ish roaches when going for a fast third, you will be so much behind on harvester vs quick 3rd OC.
Would've liked to see some sim city at natural though, especially since Nestea got a macro hatch.
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Not a good night for me so far ... only one of the people I have wanted to win has won so far
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On May 09 2012 18:28 Oboeman wrote: This is why a lot of zergs prefer roach ling to ling baneling.
You build the roach warren in advance and make reactive roaches, only if necessary. The lings bought easily enough time for roaches to hatch and he had a 50+ drone economy.
Or if you attack with lings earlier (ala drg vs mkp on that same map from spring arena) you force him to show his hellions and you may even get a ling up the ramp to see the factories, gets you the info long in advance.
It's funny I was saying the same thing since beta well in getting an early roach warren vs reactor hellion ^^.
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On May 09 2012 18:27 FinestHour wrote: Yeah, saving up the gas and doing absolutely nothing is just not something you should be doing at this level... He was relying on the map to keep him safe so he could get 15+ Mutas super fast.
Not poor economy management so much as hyper greed.
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On May 09 2012 18:27 nkr wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 18:26 Severian wrote:On May 09 2012 18:25 nkr wrote:On May 09 2012 18:23 liberate71 wrote: ugh why didnt he get roaches :| it's too late to start a roach warren when you see all those blueflame hellions Another good question is why did he have 700 gas and no Roach Warren. Since Nestea still favors the mutalisk play, and was making only ling, I think the answer is quite obvious. Keen knows this too and just capitalized on it. Way to greedy play there ... 2 more games to proof his strength though ...
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On May 09 2012 18:29 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 18:28 Oboeman wrote: This is why a lot of zergs prefer roach ling to ling baneling.
You build the roach warren in advance and make reactive roaches, only if necessary. The lings bought easily enough time for roaches to hatch and he had a 50+ drone economy.
Or if you attack with lings earlier (ala drg vs mkp on that same map from spring arena) you force him to show his hellions and you may even get a ling up the ramp to see the factories, gets you the info long in advance. It's funny I was saying the same thing since beta  well in getting an early roach warren vs reactor hellion ^^.
I use your ZvT roach opener guide when I offrace heh. Nice and safe
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On May 09 2012 18:26 Juliette wrote:Set1Set 2 Keen <Cloud Kingdom> NesTeaRed T7 vs Blue Z1 Another 1rax FE vs 15H 17P, keen with double gas, nestea with just 1
factory for keen once more. pretty much the same as last game so far.
Keen going starport with techlab on barracks, implying banshees nestea stops gas after ling speed and takes a third
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lol STlegend clicked on the hatch and the third and used the cursor to show what was building
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On May 09 2012 18:29 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 18:28 Oboeman wrote: This is why a lot of zergs prefer roach ling to ling baneling.
You build the roach warren in advance and make reactive roaches, only if necessary. The lings bought easily enough time for roaches to hatch and he had a 50+ drone economy.
Or if you attack with lings earlier (ala drg vs mkp on that same map from spring arena) you force him to show his hellions and you may even get a ling up the ramp to see the factories, gets you the info long in advance. It's funny I was saying the same thing since beta  well in getting an early roach warren vs reactor hellion ^^.
I agree and this is how i've been playing now that I take a fast 3rd base. If no hellions, I may go baneling nest instead.
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Nestea already 1-0 behind? This is looking bad...
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On May 09 2012 18:29 Hassybaby wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2012 18:27 nkr wrote:On May 09 2012 18:26 Severian wrote:On May 09 2012 18:25 nkr wrote:On May 09 2012 18:23 liberate71 wrote: ugh why didnt he get roaches :| it's too late to start a roach warren when you see all those blueflame hellions Another good question is why did he have 700 gas and no Roach Warren. Since Nestea still favors the mutalisk play, and was making only ling, I think the answer is quite obvious. Next question: Why didn't he make spines then if he was teching that much that quickly
Once again quite obvious, his scouting betrayed him. If Nestea believes there's going to be 2fac hellion, he will obviously make all the shit needed to defend it. He's not dumb.
I'm not trying to say he played this perfectly, he obviously didn't. I however feel people really underestimate for example how much 200 minerals hurts your zerg economy if you want it out in time to be able to defend vs hellions. Same with spines, it's a big investment into something that won't do much good vs other openings. It's all down to scouting.
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unsafe builds by nestea getting punished
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Oh man, not liking NesTea's position. . .
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On May 09 2012 18:30 Juliette wrote:Another 1rax FE vs 15H 17P, keen with double gas, nestea with just 1 factory for keen once more. pretty much the same as last game so far. Keen going starport with techlab on barracks, implying banshees nestea stops gas after ling speed and takes a third Keen getting cloak with his banshees, along with continuing hellion production.
Nestea has spine crawlers now, and making some extra queens. Baneling nest incoming as well, and 3rd/4th gas.
No evolution chamber...
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On May 09 2012 18:31 Koshi wrote: Nestea already 1-0 behind? This is looking bad... You mean good?
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I love these new Terran defensive bunker placements, it's cool how things like this change and catch on over time.
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