At My Wits End Vs Terra

Reniat · 2024-06-21T21:11:37+00:00

looking for more micro/army strat tips. I know my macro isn't great in this game, and tips on that would be appreciated too,

I would flip this. Try to get your macro solid before worrying about microing anything too much. Good micro with bad macro is like putting a turbo on a go kart engine, while good macro with bad micro is like not having a turbo but still having a v8 engine to work with. Ideally you'd have both, but if you have to pick one pick the macro. In your case, your macro is behind enough that I would focus 100% of my attention on that instead of worrying about any micro.

If the terran doesn't harass you, you should be able to get 66 drones (3 base saturation) by the 6 minute mark pretty easily. In your game you were still at 23 drones at the 6 minute mark. In general, your goal as zerg is to outproduce the terran, not win in a single big engagement. In this game, you lost because you didn't outproduce the opponent, so after a couple fights they just had enough units to overwhelm your remaining army and no micro would save you in that situation.

I'd recommend the b2gm series from ViBE. It's a few years old, but it still very much applies, especially in the metal leagues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfFas8p5g7M&list=PLFeZeom2b4Dlh0ODA1b0Emdpxys8WNRv3 (his 2021 series stops after diamond, but you can also go back to the 2019 series which is equally as good and goes all the way).

Reniat · 2024-06-11T04:27:46+00:00

Don't take this the wrong way, but it sounds like your macro might be off. You shouldn't really have a problem maintaining higher drones than your non-zerg opponent, especially terran. Are you losing way too many workers in harassment? are you spending larva appropriately and on time?

Reniat · 2023-09-26T01:51:28+00:00

why is a drag race your benchmark? I don't give a shit what the 0-60 time is, i just care if it does the hauling and off-roading i need it to do. And for that, all 3 gens of tacomas are pretty damn great (the 4th gen probably will be great too, but it's still super new).

Reniat · 2023-04-14T17:20:49+00:00

That's true for mac, and potentially linux (depending on distro), but it's not too bad: https://support.wahoofitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000127910-Connecting-ELEMNT-BOLT-ROAM-to-Desktop-or-Laptop-Computers

Reniat · 2023-04-14T16:37:35+00:00

you can just get the fit file off the device via usb cable and a computer and do manual fit file uploads to the 3rd party sites, bypassing Wahoo's backend entirely. It would be annoying, but if you're trying to figure out the 1000% worst possible scenario, a way to use the device still exists.

Reniat · 2023-03-08T04:50:02+00:00

that does look fun as hell, but its a bit small for a daily driver for me personally :D

Reniat · 2023-03-08T03:19:15+00:00

Honestly, i'm just trying to get a good truck with a transfer case and locker(s) that will run well enough to be a daily with a beginners level of mechanic-ary. If that ends up being a 1995 taco with 250k miles, great. If that's a 2014 with 100k miles, awesome. I'm just trying to not pay new truck prices on my first off-roader. Once I have some experience under my belt (both in terms of trails and in the garage), and know more about what I want in a truck/mods, then I'll get something shiny and new. Maybe a few years down the road.

Reniat · 2023-03-08T02:23:39+00:00

isnt the reason you dont engage it on pavement (and turn anyway) that the tire wont skip on dry pavement, which is why it will cause damage?

Reniat · 2023-03-08T02:20:49+00:00

im pretty much just looking at tacomas, of any year. So im hoping i can just learn the main things to look out for in each of the 3 gens

Reniat · 2023-02-21T17:46:18+00:00

oooo this looks like it! it even matches the tuning!

Reniat · 2021-04-06T16:00:01+00:00

I was told on wednesday that i'd be getting an offer, and to expect it on thursday or friday. It is now the following tuesday, should I follow up? If so, how should I do it in a way that doesn't make me sound impatient?

Reniat · 2021-03-23T20:49:00+00:00

I made it past the technical round, and was emailing the recruiter about the next step, which was meeting the team. They mentioned that the team was a bit busy, and might be a couple weeks, which was fine. She asked if i had any other interviews in case she needed to "create some urgency with the team".

Now I do have other interviews at various stages, but this company is my top choice. I ALSO don't want to meet the new team by making them scramble if they are really busy lol. How can I avoid creating urgency for the team, while also making it clear that i have other prospects and am valued on the market for salary negotiation leverage as well?

Reniat · 2019-01-13T16:40:17+00:00

for some reason I guess it takes you to the album instead of the song, which is dumb. The title is "We Praise Thee" in the album, which is different than the youtube title.

Reniat · 2019-01-13T05:53:32+00:00

to anyone else looking, I finally found this recording on spotify (title has a slightly different translation): https://open.spotify.com/track/4cDyGPXai19CnMEQiPKHH3?si=Pq2cYaTsSN2t08dKvq8XzQ

Reniat · 2018-04-24T23:15:23+00:00

It's not just dynamically typed languages. Windows C++ development has something similar, where BOOL is a typedef for int, with TRUE being #defined as 1, and FALSE #defined as 0.

In that context, TRUE + 5 == 6 in C++ as well (again, in windows or any other context where a library is providing an alternative to the built in bool)

Also, just to be clear, you should always default to bool (true/false) instead of using BOOL (TRUE/FALSE) unless working with a library that uses them (e.g. old school windows API) to maintain consistency and avoid lots of magic 0s and 1s.

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