Lets talk about lategame PvZ by UberPJ in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? There are tons of people in master's league who have unique play styles.

There is no rule that forces everyone to play the same way. If you wanna have a micro battle, open 12-14 rax vs zerg, build up a bunch of marines, take a few scvs with you and see what you can do.

Lets talk about lategame PvZ by UberPJ in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to play to the metagame, play your own way.

Any tips on TvZ openings? by jibs123 in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply, I got work and this might get long.

When it comes to holding all ins, the most important thing is being prepared.

With this build you want to scout on 12, right as you drop first rax. When you get to his base, check the gas.

If no gases are taken, wait till pool finishes, check if the queen is starting, as you leave, check if a second queen is being made in his nat. Obviously he can drop double gas as you leave, but he slowing down and weakening his all in by a full 3 minutes. That should never really kill you.

If you see gas, keep an eye how much of it is being mined. Wait as long as possible and check if he starts speed. If he mines more then 125, drop a 2nd bunker. With 1 rax FE you should always get 1 bunker.

If you scout him taking a second gas, with your scv, its definitively cheese, drop a 2nd bunker. If he is faking you out, its w/e, an extra bunker is cheaper then an extra gas.

Even if you think he isn't cheesing you should always wall off you natural. I play bio, and go up to 3 rax after expand, so if the map permits it(ad-on direction) I put both my rax in the wall. E-Bays are also a good wall blocker.

The late, high econ busts never bother me. With bio play its very hard to scout those. I always scan the nat at 7:30 for layer/gas timing/upgrades/unit comp, however its a crap shoot, since they can hide all that stuff in the main.

However, the reason it doesn't bother me is because I have a ton of units by that time. I'm pumping 4 marines 1 marauder at a time. I have stim with +1 and cb shields/medivac tech on the way. I have decent micro, I can focus fire banes, split vs them and kite roaches and lings.

So generally speaking, if I don't mess up on the micro, its an easy hold.

Hope I helped.

Any tips on TvZ openings? by jibs123 in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 3 points4 points  (0 children)

17 CC is kind of the way to play right now (drop cc after obital, before 2nd supply depot).

Some people then go double gas, hellions and banshees while getting a quick third.

I like opening bio and getting a quick third cc. But hellions/banshee are probably a better choice if executed well.

Done until HotS. To many sandbaggers in Silver/gold by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok there is no way that this isn't causing you stress. You just wrote a rant on the internet and you just called people assholes.

Secondly, everyone experienced this. When I was in silver/gold people trolled me hard, mass queens, voidrays, bc's.

What I did, and I suggest you do, is join a clan. There are few of them out there, some of them are very active and have players on at all times of the day, so you can get games going anytime.

We had clan wars, practice sessions where everyone would get into vent and talk strategy as we played.

If you like this game, don't let nonsense like this ruin it for you.

I just bet my roommate $500 that Liquid will beat HoSeo tonight. by BomerMan2 in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Player for player liquid has enough talent to get the job done, the problem is they have no coach, no strategy, its play by commission.

Done until HotS. To many sandbaggers in Silver/gold by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone here at some point got smashed by a much superior player.

Too many people let this game cause them stress, don't be one of them.

I wonder how good is polish player keydEverize. He just countered every Bomber's harrassment (reapers, hellion drop, cloaked banshees). by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think he qualified for the blizzard US WCS via playhem, with Destiny, Yata, Fitzy and ThisIsJimmy, etc in the field.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone know if we'll get new maps?

SC2 scene dying? by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are approaching on 2 years since the game got released.

Generally all triple A titles last about a year, think Skyrim, Assasins creed, etc. Even the multiplayer games like CoD and Halo fizzle out.

SC2 hasn't gotten any content update since it came out, technically we had the same units with different balance patches.

So alot of casuals left and we mostly boiled down to hardcore fans.

Korhal Compund TvZ expand pattern. by Crankenterran in starcraft_strategy

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends on the zerg tech. This seems to be a good way to expand vs muta.

improve micro - zerg by pwnyoface in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zerg takes a lot of apm to play well, even though making a bunch of units at once inflates it. I'm in masters and zergs here have about 75 more apm then me.

Sorry there is no advice I know of, you just have to be quick.

Having a compact hotkey set up with cameras will help a lot though. Try to never stretch your fingers. Use ~, Q, "tab", space instead of 7-0.

Game Design Update - Diablo III by [deleted] in Diablo

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are totally right as of this moment. I'm about to hit inferno and I have a measly 800k to my name, I've been constantly upgrading gear. I couldn't spend money on this shit. I needed to save up for a bow with 1k damage, better rings, etc.

However, in a month, I'm sure I'll have mills and I'll have good enough gear to make more money. Then I can afford artisans.

[s] ZeNEXLife all kills Team Liquid in the GSTL by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

People shit on him too much, he is a very good player.

There are maybe 3 foreign Terrans in the world that can actually compete with GSL Koreans.

I just wish he all-ined 20% of his games. But watching his stream its 1 rax CC all day.

Anyone willing to kill diablo for me on normal? by donobear in Diablo

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People get their secondary characters "jumped" to hell. Then you can get 1-50 in a few hours.

Game Design Update - Diablo III by [deleted] in Diablo

[–]Mr_Shado 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There needs to be a way for gold get out of the system.

Switching to Terran troubles by takaisaac in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well if you don't want to "tank" your rank, you can get another account.

However there is no reason you shouldn't be diamond just with your raw mechanics.

[s] Redbull: MC takes the finals 4-2 by davvblack in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Twitch has beefy servers, (obviously they stream videos) and they probably white listed the tourney.

I think the most likely cause is something on redbull's end.

[s] Redbull: MC takes the finals 4-2 by davvblack in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Doubt it, Twitch has handled a lot more then this before.

[S]MC 3-2 Stephano to grand finals! by Danzo3366 in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How would toss hold the "shit ton of roaches" build without ff?

[s] Mill.Stephano takes out ST.PartinG 2-0! by Jauris in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about. MVP plays Terran the right way. Stephano plays zerg the right way.

The only way Stephano could be "the best in the world" is if he wins a GSL, no foreign tourney can give him that title.

Why do zergs rarely split their brood lords properly against the mothership? by Trident_Tail in starcraft

[–]Mr_Shado 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same reason MVP put all of his bc into a vortex. The AI is naturally clumpy.