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HelloSon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
May 20 2013 22:34 GMT
#361
How has the switch to Z been? Last time I tuned in, you were getting killed in unranked matches as Z but it was when you were first starting out.
yo
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
May 21 2013 03:30 GMT
#362
On May 21 2013 07:34 HelloSon wrote:
How has the switch to Z been? Last time I tuned in, you were getting killed in unranked matches as Z but it was when you were first starting out.


My zerg is good enough to consistently match and beat masters I guess. I don't play very refined sometimes and I need to manage the pain in my wrists and hands to play well. Its something I struggle with, it can mean the difference between 140 apm and 280 apm. It all just depends how rested my hands are and my stamina.

My zerg is alright its not where I want it to be though. I do enjoy playing zerg more then protoss or terran though. It's new and refreshing. I played terran for a year and a half and protoss for a year and a half. Its the time of zerg now they would say.

I still play protoss but as of late I seem to be just making carriers. I've been winning PvT masters games with carriers and they seem pretty stable in PvZ. I won a masters PvP with carriers but it was hard as hell to win with it.

I play for fun. I do weird builds while playing on the game pad, because its enjoyable for me.

Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

Anyway this turned in some kind of weird rant. but w/e

I'm more active on my twitter now if you guys wanna follow me on there and ask me questions : https://twitter.com/Sc2Cress/

Cress.
DinosaurPoop
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
687 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 16:48:47
May 21 2013 13:23 GMT
#363
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Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

+ Show Spoiler +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

+ Show Spoiler +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

+ Show Spoiler +
idra rage

Durp
EDIT: I still want a marine split challenge video from you.

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When cats speak, mice listen.
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
May 22 2013 10:24 GMT
#364
On May 21 2013 22:23 DinosaurPoop wrote:
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Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

Show nested quote +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

Show nested quote +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

Show nested quote +
idra rage

Durp

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Your kinda mean .
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
May 25 2013 12:25 GMT
#365
On May 21 2013 22:23 DinosaurPoop wrote:
Show nested quote +
+ Show Spoiler +
Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

Show nested quote +
+ Show Spoiler +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

Show nested quote +
+ Show Spoiler +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

Show nested quote +
+ Show Spoiler +
idra rage

Durp
EDIT: I still want a marine split challenge video from you.

User was warned for this post


I just played marine challenge for about 15 minutes and got level 15. I remember getting level 20 or higher in the past but that was with me playing for like an hour or longer getting the perfect splits. I could stream a play through maybe later but don't wanna put a lot of time into it. Don't think its something a lot of people are interested in to watch for hours xD
DinosaurPoop
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
687 Posts
May 25 2013 16:18 GMT
#366
On May 25 2013 21:25 Cress wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2013 22:23 DinosaurPoop wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

+ Show Spoiler +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

+ Show Spoiler +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

+ Show Spoiler +
idra rage

Durp
EDIT: I still want a marine split challenge video from you.

User was warned for this post


I just played marine challenge for about 15 minutes and got level 15. I remember getting level 20 or higher in the past but that was with me playing for like an hour or longer getting the perfect splits. I could stream a play through maybe later but don't wanna put a lot of time into it. Don't think its something a lot of people are interested in to watch for hours xD


Hm, must be really limited by the controller. On a good day i can get to level 21 in 20 minutes.
When cats speak, mice listen.
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
May 25 2013 23:50 GMT
#367
On May 26 2013 01:18 DinosaurPoop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2013 21:25 Cress wrote:
On May 21 2013 22:23 DinosaurPoop wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

+ Show Spoiler +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

+ Show Spoiler +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

+ Show Spoiler +
idra rage

Durp
EDIT: I still want a marine split challenge video from you.

User was warned for this post


I just played marine challenge for about 15 minutes and got level 15. I remember getting level 20 or higher in the past but that was with me playing for like an hour or longer getting the perfect splits. I could stream a play through maybe later but don't wanna put a lot of time into it. Don't think its something a lot of people are interested in to watch for hours xD


Hm, must be really limited by the controller. On a good day i can get to level 21 in 20 minutes.


No, My wrist just needs to heal and I only played for a bit. I over stressed my wrist playing these past couple of months, thats why I attempted it, felt the need to play sc2 for a few minutes. My wrist feels a bit crunchy and grindy. Maybe I should get it checked out or wait a few more days dunno.
OlDan
Profile Joined April 2011
Austria36 Posts
May 25 2013 23:53 GMT
#368
I thought that the advantage of the controller was that it easier on the wrists... Is that no so?
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
May 26 2013 00:46 GMT
#369
On May 26 2013 08:53 OlDan wrote:
I thought that the advantage of the controller was that it easier on the wrists... Is that no so?


Yeah its easier on the wrists. But I already have weak wrists that's how the whole playing on the game pad came about
DinosaurPoop
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
687 Posts
May 27 2013 15:32 GMT
#370
On May 26 2013 08:50 Cress wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2013 01:18 DinosaurPoop wrote:
On May 25 2013 21:25 Cress wrote:
On May 21 2013 22:23 DinosaurPoop wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
Zergs quite fun but sometimes I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken but I still enjoy it.

+ Show Spoiler +
I lose to silly things and my idra rage in me starts to awaken

+ Show Spoiler +
my idra rage in me starts to awaken.

+ Show Spoiler +
idra rage

Durp
EDIT: I still want a marine split challenge video from you.

User was warned for this post


I just played marine challenge for about 15 minutes and got level 15. I remember getting level 20 or higher in the past but that was with me playing for like an hour or longer getting the perfect splits. I could stream a play through maybe later but don't wanna put a lot of time into it. Don't think its something a lot of people are interested in to watch for hours xD


Hm, must be really limited by the controller. On a good day i can get to level 21 in 20 minutes.


No, My wrist just needs to heal and I only played for a bit. I over stressed my wrist playing these past couple of months, thats why I attempted it, felt the need to play sc2 for a few minutes. My wrist feels a bit crunchy and grindy. Maybe I should get it checked out or wait a few more days dunno.

That's sad, but I still believe the controller is limiting because (most of) controller apm = button apm, while splitting requires cursor apm, because if the cursor speed is too slow you can't manage to handle splitting 3 mini-groups of at the same time.
When cats speak, mice listen.
Akito1014
Profile Joined May 2013
United States3 Posts
May 28 2013 02:11 GMT
#371
He is streaming right now come join us
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-03 04:57:16
June 03 2013 04:56 GMT
#372
On May 06 2013 22:16 DinosaurPoop wrote:
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On May 06 2013 19:43 iCheeseUcry wrote:
Whoa, that is some seriously xbox skills.

Not really, if you try it yourself you'll see that zerg mechanics are relatively easy with it with practice.


Why you always hate on cress dinosaurpoop? XD

Btw: I'm taking a little break to let my wrists heal, I injured them pretty badly
Foblos
Profile Joined September 2011
United States426 Posts
June 03 2013 05:13 GMT
#373
On June 03 2013 13:56 Cress wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 06 2013 22:16 DinosaurPoop wrote:
On May 06 2013 19:43 iCheeseUcry wrote:
Whoa, that is some seriously xbox skills.

Not really, if you try it yourself you'll see that zerg mechanics are relatively easy with it with practice.


Why you always hate on cress dinosaurpoop? XD

Btw: I'm taking a little break to let my wrists heal, I injured them pretty badly


It's okay Cress. Trying to continually ban Akito with no results is tiring work. I could use the break too. Looking forward to you coming back though ^_^
But at what cost ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
RaptorPete
Profile Joined June 2013
6 Posts
June 05 2013 19:12 GMT
#374
Serious question. How do you not lose to mass marines or vikings? Do these Master terrans not scout you? It just doesn't add up for me.
LastDance
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
New Zealand510 Posts
June 05 2013 19:18 GMT
#375
Wow this is awesome. Good luck.
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
June 06 2013 15:25 GMT
#376
On June 06 2013 04:12 RaptorPete wrote:
Serious question. How do you not lose to mass marines or vikings? Do these Master terrans not scout you? It just doesn't add up for me.



I assume your talking about the cress carrier build? In PvT? Its difficult to get the vikings and marines out because you harass them once you have 4 carriers you siege the terrans 3rd/Natural or production, causing damage and problems for the terran. Even if the terran knowns your doing the build its still viable. They have to scan between 8-9 minutes in the right spot to see the carriers, before then, all they knew was that I had a star gate and was making oracles.
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
June 06 2013 15:29 GMT
#377
You might be GM already if you stuck to one race instead of race switching 2 times.
Cress
Profile Joined September 2011
United States212 Posts
June 07 2013 00:46 GMT
#378
On June 07 2013 00:29 Salient wrote:
You might be GM already if you stuck to one race instead of race switching 2 times.


This is probably true, I played terran at the beginning of WOL and people told me my race was over powered. So I switched to Protoss and then people told me my race was over powered, When I switched to zerg. My race was still over powered wtf?
Don.681
Profile Joined September 2010
Philippines189 Posts
June 07 2013 03:46 GMT
#379
Wow, I just discovered this and tried your controller layout. I think you struck gold here.

Blizzard could totally do a console version of the game using your layout. All they have to do is change the UI so that there is a graphical representation of button changes and functions whenever you press the left stick.

By the way, that Blizzard email, how did it go?

Reason I'm asking is that I have a lot of real world friends that are primarily PS3 players and don't play the PC very much. It would be great if they started playing SC2 as well.
Let it Raine
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1245 Posts
June 07 2013 04:04 GMT
#380
i recommend copying some pro protoss builds.

the 2 forge collossi into ht build for pvt, and probably some all ins for pvz. or skytoss macro.

easy to do, and very effective.

doing the same stuff but free styled is less efficient and causes you to lose games.
Grandmaster Zerg x14. Diamond 1 LoL. MLG 50, Halo 3. Raine.
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