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DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
October 02 2014 14:56 GMT
#22361
PvT is getting so hard.

The maps and the very limited number of viable openings gives T the advantage at this point in time I think.
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
October 02 2014 15:12 GMT
#22362
On October 02 2014 23:54 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2014 23:42 Big J wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:22 FFW_Rude wrote:
Well... thanks to Zheryn i'm not a brick in ZvZ anymore so... that's fine.


I'm just leaving them right at the start, so I'm fine too.
(sometimes I play some just to prevent getting matched with low diamonds)


Sick of the speedling allin opening ?


Of the speedling allin opening, of the other speedling allin opening, of the third speedling allin opening, of the speedling allin opening with banelings of the speedling allin opening with more banelings of the 8pool allin, of the 10pool allin, of the 10pool speedling allin, of the 10pool baneling allin of the 10pool speedling+baneling allin...
Such a waste of time.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 15:17:15
October 02 2014 15:14 GMT
#22363
On October 03 2014 00:12 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2014 23:54 FFW_Rude wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:42 Big J wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:22 FFW_Rude wrote:
Well... thanks to Zheryn i'm not a brick in ZvZ anymore so... that's fine.


I'm just leaving them right at the start, so I'm fine too.
(sometimes I play some just to prevent getting matched with low diamonds)


Sick of the speedling allin opening ?


Of the speedling allin opening, of the other speedling allin opening, of the third speedling allin opening, of the speedling allin opening with banelings of the speedling allin opening with more banelings of the 8pool allin, of the 10pool allin, of the 10pool speedling allin, of the 10pool baneling allin of the 10pool speedling+baneling allin...
Such a waste of time.


That's what you veto nimbus and catalena (OMG TERRAN OP on this map) and do the gasless 4queen build. You'll die a few times to the lings allin but when you get used to the build...

You'll still get killed by 8pool but if you're diamond you'll know when to adapt. Got 6pooled 5time in a row last week. Still at 65%

I got from 45% to 65% WR

If i can kill diamond Z as a plat on 2player spots when they opening speedling pressure/allin whatever 14pool/hatch first and whatnot with this... i'm sure you can too.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
October 02 2014 15:39 GMT
#22364
On October 03 2014 00:14 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 00:12 Big J wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:54 FFW_Rude wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:42 Big J wrote:
On October 02 2014 23:22 FFW_Rude wrote:
Well... thanks to Zheryn i'm not a brick in ZvZ anymore so... that's fine.


I'm just leaving them right at the start, so I'm fine too.
(sometimes I play some just to prevent getting matched with low diamonds)


Sick of the speedling allin opening ?


Of the speedling allin opening, of the other speedling allin opening, of the third speedling allin opening, of the speedling allin opening with banelings of the speedling allin opening with more banelings of the 8pool allin, of the 10pool allin, of the 10pool speedling allin, of the 10pool baneling allin of the 10pool speedling+baneling allin...
Such a waste of time.


That's what you veto nimbus and catalena (OMG TERRAN OP on this map) and do the gasless 4queen build. You'll die a few times to the lings allin but when you get used to the build...

You'll still get killed by 8pool but if you're diamond you'll know when to adapt. Got 6pooled 5time in a row last week. Still at 65%

I got from 45% to 65% WR

If i can kill diamond Z as a plat on 2player spots when they opening speedling pressure/allin whatever 14pool/hatch first and whatnot with this... i'm sure you can too.


I think my winrate when I actually play ZvZ is pretty good. I hold most allins, unless I missread them. I just don't want to play against them, when I could instead play a macro game in ZvT. Or a game of DotA. Or pick my nose. Lots of interesting things to do in life, defending cheeses so that you can get stuck in roach wars is not one of them.
BueBz_
Profile Joined January 2013
United States15 Posts
October 02 2014 15:46 GMT
#22365
Such an accurate description of how I feel as well. These days I'm basically willing to play 3 zvzs after which I just start leaving them to get to a more interesting matchup. It seems like some days tho that more interesting matchup just never comes.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
October 02 2014 15:47 GMT
#22366
I would rather play 100 zvz's one after another than one single zvp where i have to go swarmhosts
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
October 02 2014 17:29 GMT
#22367
On October 03 2014 00:47 The_Red_Viper wrote:
I would rather play 100 zvz's one after another than one single zvp where i have to go swarmhosts


I don't think i ever saw something that wasn't proxy two gate or canon rush from a protoss this season.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11355 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-03 02:50:23
October 03 2014 02:50 GMT
#22368
I'm in the cesspool of platinum zergs and let me tell you how little I enjoy this game after 5 straight ZvZs only to finally get a ZvT and get 2raxed. Which of course means I have to wade through 4 or 5 more ZvZ before I get the chance to lose to T or P. After so many ZvZs in a row I forget how the other matchups even work. Guess the only option is to learn a new race and hope the mirror is more fun.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
October 03 2014 08:09 GMT
#22369
On October 03 2014 11:50 Fecalfeast wrote:
I'm in the cesspool of platinum zergs and let me tell you how little I enjoy this game after 5 straight ZvZs only to finally get a ZvT and get 2raxed. Which of course means I have to wade through 4 or 5 more ZvZ before I get the chance to lose to T or P. After so many ZvZs in a row I forget how the other matchups even work. Guess the only option is to learn a new race and hope the mirror is more fun.


ZvZ got me Diamond last night. Don't be discouraged ! Also.. PvP is like ZvZ (kinda) and TvT is really hard.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12134 Posts
October 03 2014 08:28 GMT
#22370
On October 03 2014 11:50 Fecalfeast wrote:
I'm in the cesspool of platinum zergs and let me tell you how little I enjoy this game after 5 straight ZvZs only to finally get a ZvT and get 2raxed. Which of course means I have to wade through 4 or 5 more ZvZ before I get the chance to lose to T or P. After so many ZvZs in a row I forget how the other matchups even work. Guess the only option is to learn a new race and hope the mirror is more fun.

Oh, poor you. Now think about this. Diamond Protoss EU. The end of the WoL era. The ratio of my MU played is 5:3:2(ZT). Because I hate allining I am not using Soul train. Every, and by every I mean EVERY, PvZ is a Vortix hiting contest. You miss it, you lost. Every game is BLord infestor turtle fest.

Now we are in HotS, cool, new era, new game, new ladder. The ratio is still the same. My most hated MU(PvZ) is still the most played. How cool it is, because on the ladder I meet mostly SH or mass mutalisk players. So yeah, every PvZ I play I either have to all in or accept, that I will go against endless stream of free units, or even worse, flying regenerating madness which can be defended by the only one unit(hack, in WoL I was defending this style with storms, it was so cool to storm my probes from time to time and kill mutas as well, totally worth it into losing horribly :D But it was fun, no "shit, I cannot build enough phoenixes, I lost the game now(!!)). This is going now for how long, 2 years? Yaaaaaay...

Play unranked like me, leave games based on match ups or do insane tactics because you are bored(Has tactics - proxy everything).
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
October 03 2014 08:41 GMT
#22371
Pretty convinced 10 pool is hands down the best build in zvz, and if you're not doing it you should be ashamed.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
October 03 2014 08:45 GMT
#22372
On October 03 2014 17:41 bo1b wrote:
Pretty convinced 10 pool is hands down the best build in zvz, and if you're not doing it you should be ashamed.

Which 10pool?
The 10pool with mass zergling?
The 10pool with drones pulled?
The 10pool with banelings?
The 10pool with speedlings?
The 10pool with speedlings and banelings?
The 10pool with proxy spine?
The 10pool with Spore crawler on Habitation Station?
The 10pool with a hatchery follow up?
The 10pool with a 1base Nydus/Swarm Host follow up?
The 10pool with all of the above?

Well, I'm a shameless metagame abuser that goes pool first.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
October 03 2014 09:17 GMT
#22373
On October 03 2014 17:41 bo1b wrote:
Pretty convinced 10 pool is hands down the best build in zvz, and if you're not doing it you should be ashamed.


10 pool is like proxy gate. You should be ashame to do it :p
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
October 03 2014 09:21 GMT
#22374
On October 03 2014 17:45 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 17:41 bo1b wrote:
Pretty convinced 10 pool is hands down the best build in zvz, and if you're not doing it you should be ashamed.

Which 10pool?
The 10pool with mass zergling?
The 10pool with drones pulled?
The 10pool with banelings?
The 10pool with speedlings?
The 10pool with speedlings and banelings?
The 10pool with proxy spine?
The 10pool with Spore crawler on Habitation Station?
The 10pool with a hatchery follow up?
The 10pool with a 1base Nydus/Swarm Host follow up?
The 10pool with all of the above?

Well, I'm a shameless metagame abuser that goes pool first.

10 pool with 6 zerglings - > see what they have and react.

It's why I think the builds so disgusting, at worse you force a hatch cancel and end up slightly behind or slightly in front.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-03 09:27:30
October 03 2014 09:27 GMT
#22375
On October 03 2014 18:21 bo1b wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 17:45 Big J wrote:
On October 03 2014 17:41 bo1b wrote:
Pretty convinced 10 pool is hands down the best build in zvz, and if you're not doing it you should be ashamed.

Which 10pool?
The 10pool with mass zergling?
The 10pool with drones pulled?
The 10pool with banelings?
The 10pool with speedlings?
The 10pool with speedlings and banelings?
The 10pool with proxy spine?
The 10pool with Spore crawler on Habitation Station?
The 10pool with a hatchery follow up?
The 10pool with a 1base Nydus/Swarm Host follow up?
The 10pool with all of the above?

Well, I'm a shameless metagame abuser that goes pool first.

10 pool with 6 zerglings - > see what they have and react.

It's why I think the builds so disgusting, at worse you force a hatch cancel and end up slightly behind or slightly in front.


15pool
16hatch
15overlord
--> at this point you should know it is a 10pool
15queen
17zergling
18gas
17zergling
-->keep on making zerglings as appropriate (if none are rallied besides the first 6, stop at 8 for example)
With your first 4lings you pull ~6drones and go down and safe the hatch.
Deleted User 137586
Profile Joined January 2011
7859 Posts
October 03 2014 09:50 GMT
#22376
Aren't you supposed to defence it?
Cry 'havoc' and let slip the dogs of war
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
October 03 2014 10:29 GMT
#22377
On October 03 2014 18:50 Ghanburighan wrote:
Aren't you supposed to defence it?

Dunno, making hatch and defence it seems hard sometimes
Deleted User 261926
Profile Joined April 2012
960 Posts
October 03 2014 10:38 GMT
#22378
With a 15 pool you have no excuse for losing a hatchery to a 10 pool.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
October 03 2014 11:10 GMT
#22379
On October 03 2014 19:38 Karpfen wrote:
With a 15 pool you have no excuse for losing a hatchery to a 10 pool.


Yes you can have one. Just use #TemplarMicro.
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
October 03 2014 11:11 GMT
#22380
On October 03 2014 19:38 Karpfen wrote:
With a 15 pool you have no excuse for losing a hatchery to a 10 pool.


I think if you do a very economical one you still have to give up the hatch.
And of course if the boys are coming.
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