maanantai 25. helmikuuta 2013

Thoughts on reacting

Zomgs, a newbie Tuesday about HOTS! Just finished the 1st part and felt improvised. On the 1st part our god Day[9] showed how reacting wrongly to unraveled weakness can end up badly. Seems that you need to be familiar with your own build and the quality of your opponents weakness. While the latter remained a bit unclear for me, the former stroked me.

Reacting with your build:
1) Your strategy is defined by your buildings
2) You aim to produce the desired buildings as fast as possible
3) The speed you can build your buildings is slowed down by how much you make defending units
         --> if you opponent does not have string force many units you can cut your defending units
         --> if you weaken your opponents economy you need to be able to have better economy

lauantai 9. helmikuuta 2013

Holy smoly, no games in a week ;__;

Work and life in general can have bad effect on gaming time :/. But lets see what I still got.

Played 3 games vs compu. Man felt sticky.
PvP - game 1
PvZ - game 2
PvT - game 3


Last time PvP was like this:
24th game - after 2 days break...
5:02        dt shrine put down                    
6:57        2 dt:s in enemy base timing (target: 6:50-7:00)

6:01        nexus put down
8:57        charge ready        
8:53        5 gates ready
9:45      2 archon, 9 zealots (target 9:00)

9:17     Robo put down (was put down really early, almost right after charge)
10:23     Robo finishes
10:27     Bay put down        
14:30     +1 attack ready     (target 14:00)
13:43     3 colossai ready    (target 13:30)
14:33     3 colossai at the enemy base + 40 zealots, 47 probes (target 14:00)

Make 2nd gass right after core                                                                        OK
Nexus was delayed by pylon, do not make that pylon
Move probe early enough to plant nexus                                                           OK
Make zealots & archons & chrono charge while not all gates                           OK
Chrono charge 3 times                                                                                       but maybe not?
Do not supply block when doing 2nd all in                                                       OK
Probe transfer when the natu is ready                                                                OK    
Do not supply block while making colossai                                                     
Place the gates better.                                                                                         OK
Put the charge before gates if enough gass..                                                      OK
Leave a dt to guard                                                                                             OK
Remember probes to 4th & 5th gass                                                                  OK

But this time...
25th game - after a week break
5:17        dt shrine put down                                                           because the damn gass was late
7:15        2 dt:s in enemy base timing (target: 6:50-7:00)

5:56        nexus put down (28/34)
9:11        charge ready        
8:50        5 gates ready
9:31        2 archon, 8 zealots (target 9:00)

9:57       Robo put down
11:03     Robo finishes
11:03     Bay put down        
14:36     +1 attack ready     (target 14:00)
14:12     3 colossai ready    (target 13:30)
15:05     3 colossai at the enemy base + 40 zealots, 47 probes (target 14:00)

Make 2nd gass right after core                                                                        :((
Nexus was delayed by pylon, do not make that pylon                                  OK
Move probe early enough to plant nexus                                                           OK
Make zealots & archons & chrono charge while not all gates                           OK
Do not supply block when doing 2nd all in                                                       :/
Probe transfer when the natu is ready                                                                 :((     
--> when dt:s ready or when gates slammed down
Do not supply block while making colossai                                                      OK
Place the gates better.                                                                                         OK
Put the charge before gates if enough gass..                                                      OK
Leave a dt to guard                                                                                             OK
Put gass after 1st robo
Remember probes to 4th & 5th gass                                                                  OK


Last time PvZ was like this..
4th game
5:22              core finishes
5:34              robo put down (target 5:30)
9:29              3 immo + wp (target 9:15)                                  
9:22             7 sentries, 3 immortals (target 9:15)
11:07           8 gates
10:13           10 sentries, 1 stalker, 2 zealots, 3 immo, wp                     
11:00           44 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 8 zealots
11:30           44 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 16 zealots     
12:10           44 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 24 zealots     
12:40           44 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 30 zealots

Robo             sentry
1st immo       2 gates + sentry
2nd immo      gate + sentry
3rd immo       gate + 3 sentry
wp                 3 gates + 1 sentry

Build rest of the gates (3?) right after wp
More chrono, 3 chrono bef. rob

But this time...
5th game
5:22              core finishes
5:36              robo put down (target 5:30)
9:50              3 immo + wp (target 9:15)                                 blocked 
9:25             7 sentries, 3 immortals (target 9:15)
10:58           8 gates
10:05           10 sentries, 1 stalker, 1 zealots, 3 immo, wp                     
11:00           46 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 7 zealots
11:30           46 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 9 zealots     
12:00           46 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 13 zealots     
12:30           46 probes, 1 stalker, 10 sentries, 3 immo, wp, 21 zealots

Put gasses right after gate, do not stop probes!
Do not supply block between 60-70

Robo              gate + sentry
1st immo        gate + sentry
2nd immo       sentry
3rd immo       3 gate + 1 sentry
wp                  2 gates + 3 sentry

Use 1st pylon for robo?
Build rest of the gates (3?) right after wp
More chrono, 3 chrono bef. rob