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After some positive feedback from the community (plus if day9 says DO IT, you have to) I have decided to continue with the Inside the Minds of Masters Series.
To give a little background my name is MrLlama and I have been playing starcraft since BW came out. I am currently a 750pt Masters zerg player in SC2. I have also been casting for a few months so I can definitely say I have learned a lot about the game from casting tournaments and pro players.
People always say they love when professionals commentate while they stream but that can be difficult sometimes and a lot of professional players simply do not do this because it either messes them up or there is a language barrier or any number of reasons.
I also know a lot of people try and use professional replays to understand the game better. Unfortunately, they are unsure of what exactly to be looking for and a lot of times will simply see an infestation pit go down for a zerg and assume the timing of it was just a part of the BO (When in actuality it could be because blink stalkers were scouted or any number of reasons).
This is where I try to fill that need. With my series I am hoping to bring knowledge of the game to players and help them understand the WHY when watching a replay. While all audiences can watch and learn from this, I think it will be especially helpful to people Gold-Masters.
I am going to be analyzing all 3 races. Along with my casting knowledge I used to be a terran player and I'm taking protoss lessons right now so I can provide the best commentary for everyone, not just zergs.
I will be updating this first post with links to the videos whenever I add them. Of course you can also subscribe to my youtube as I will be uploading the videos there for now. Eventually I may start turning it into a streamed event once or twice a week but for now it is simply going to be youtube videos.
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 1: Stephano ZvP (3 hatch vs FFE)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/140890
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 2: MC PvT (1 Gate FE vs 2 rax)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/69779
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 3: Taeja TvZ (reactor hellion FE vs 2 base muta)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/148202
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 4: Nerchio ZvT (muta/ling vs banshee marine/tank)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/146554
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 5: RevSaroVati PvZ (Fast 6Gate vs 3 hatch)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/118781
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 6: SlayersMMA TvP (1 rax expand vs 1 gate expand)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/129312
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 7: FXoz PvP (2gate expand vs blink all in)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/162099
Inside the Minds of Masters Episode 8: Stephano ZvZ (14/14 vs 10pool)
Just Replay: http://drop.sc/167037
Feedback is always appreciated.
-MrLlama
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These are very well done. Keep them coming! 
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Nice initiative sir, gonna watch Ep 2.
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I will check these out. 20 minute pure strategy talk is going to be a joy.
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Lovely to see peopel contributing by giving strategical advice. Gonna check this vid now out and give feedback.
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Just watched episode 2 and it was fantastic. keep up the good work
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Always support new content production!
Sadly, I can't watch them now, but I'll give feedback later tonight.
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i never watch those tutorials but gave episode 2 a shot, pretty good analysis overall but sacraficing the probe to see 5 marines did not tell him its a 2rax did it ? i mean those 5 marines were only pumped from that first baracks.
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On March 31 2012 01:18 ToD wrote:
i never watch those tutorials but gave episode 2 a shot, pretty good analysis overall but sacraficing the probe to see 5 marines did not tell him its a 2rax did it ? i mean those 5 marines were only pumped from that first baracks.
Unfortunately I did not explain myself the best here and I kind of formed an absolute when there was still a slight possibility of change.
first off, he scouted 7 marines, not 5. I made that mistake in my commentary despite actually seeing the 7 marines shoot it.
The first marine popped out at 3:10
If he continually made marines from the barracks he would have 7 marines 150 seconds later, or at 5:40.
MC scouts 7 marines at 5:25
This right here is a clear indicator that MC went reactor first on his barracks
Now here is where I went wrong. There is still a (much smaller) chance that MvP is going for a reactor expand. What MC should have done is brought his stalkers with that push so he could continually just poke up the ramp and attack marines until a marauder was shown from MVP. Then he could be certain of the attack.
However, the reason MC did not do this is because all he really needed to know was that his opponent opened with a reactor on that barracks and was continually pumping marines. The response to both a 1 rax reactor expand and a 2 rax should both be the same. Get down the extra gateways and take that robo at about 34/35. Then cut probes a little bit after if you see the push coming, which he did with his stalker at the xel naga tower.
I should have been more clear about this in my video and I'm sorry for using an absolute saying it was a 2rax. I need to start watching replays before I cast them so I can do this analysis beforehand instead of just on the spot lol
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I think it's wonderful that you're helping out players with your obviously vast sea of RTS knowledge. Anyone who has played RTS as long as you have will definitely have some nuggets of wisdom! thanks!
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You have to make a terran video now Your analysis is so good! :D
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On March 31 2012 02:08 StimFesT wrote:You have to make a terran video now Your analysis is so good! :D
Thanks you!
Yeah episode 3 is going to be a terran replay. I'm going to make sure to get a decent number of all 3 at the start and then from there do user requests and such. So if you see MKP hold off some timing push that you always lose to, i'll have you send me his replay and I'll analyze why he was able to hold it.
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I hope you do some terran vs zerg analysis
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On March 31 2012 06:04 Mongolbonjwa wrote:
I hope you do some terran vs zerg analysis
In fact, tvz is actually next on the list. I'm currently out of state but I get back in tonight so I should have episode 3 uploaded sometime around midnight, maybe a little before. Any specific build in tvz?
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Alright everyone, episode 3 in the series is up. It is a TvZ following Taeja through his reactor hellion expand. It is a little bit of a longer video and currently at the start there is about 19 seconds where I do not talk so I can let the graphics glitch finish and I can edit it out.
I set youtube to edit the video out so it starts right when I start talking so it should be changing sometime in the next hour or two depending on how slow youtube is for editing videos.
feedback always appreciated
-Llama
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Episode 4 has been added. Nerchio ZvT
This video is aimed at those zergs who wonder why they lose to marine/tank pushes and want to learn the art of counterattacking.
Question: Do you guys prefer these decently long games or would you like me to also include smaller things like defending 2 rax and cannon rushes and such? They aren't quite as analytical but they could still be beneficial in my mind.
-Llama
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any chance you can post the replays (or at least sources for dling them), i wanna take a closer look at the morrow game
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On April 02 2012 06:18 Endymion wrote:
any chance you can post the replays (or at least sources for dling them), i wanna take a closer look at the morrow game
I have added the replays to my first post. I'll continue to do this for the rest of the the series.
Thanks!
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Hi sir, are you gonna make a tvp video? I'm kinda curious! thanks for these videos!
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On April 03 2012 04:27 Sergio1992 wrote:
Hi sir, are you gonna make a tvp video? I'm kinda curious! thanks for these videos!
Yes I will. The first 9 episodes will be of each match up and then from there I will repeat matchups but analyze different builds.
Is there any specific tvp build/pro video that you would like me to analyze?
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