| #1 mind twist (tht-0000-19.iquest.net)[8147] |
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| good report, and w/ no pics, it loaded fat! yay for no pics! hoorah! |
| #2 MikeyMonty (spider-wk022.proxy.aol.com)[8155] |
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| Very cool report .Praetor. I'm no master of tactics, but since you had all the tech wouldn't dome reavers have done well in that last decisive battle? Since your opponent used marines and goliaths mainly? Just wondering. |
| #3 IPlayThisToMuch (1Cust104.tnt9.har1.da.uu.net)[8160] |
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| yea prae that game was great, Orc needed to use SVs to go to his expansions (i was an observer to this game, lucky me) i think u would have had more trouble if he had decided to do this, for u wouldnt beable to see what he had at the expansion after he killed the observer. also i really wanna know 2 things, why no HT and why only about 4 reavers made in a game that lasted about 1 hour and 10 minutes, he had almost all infantry army, u would have had absolutly no problem with a few PSIs and about 3 reavers would have helped, on one shot i got on the minimap u can see a line thats is amazing of Orcs single file army, all i can say is a well places PSI or 2 could have damaged his army alot, and he lacked medics completely, the only other flaw i saw, u could have killed alot more units in his army with reavers and HT. and why didnt u defend your expansions more? when i 1v1 i always rush into the base to find at least 1 HT with a few dragoons, all u had was 2 cannons at entrance and 2 by nexus but u held on damn big attack with them and the one of few reavers u made, but HT's are another must to an expansion, anyone agree? ok well i GTG so cya praetor, maybe sometime we can play. |
| #4 OrcManiac (ppp160.104.mmtl.videotron.net)[8161] |
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I think praetor decided to make it look a bit closer than it was...in my eyes anyway. That was a ggod game tho and early on, I tough i was ahead(my 2 drop had killed some probe). But praetor made a VERY good use of his few(5-6) carrier + arbiter by always harassing my exps using his greater mobility. For a second i wanted to go wraith but got afraid of corsair :|. Like some guy said i think that if pre had used some reaver or temp it could have been even more of an ownage cuz i was low on gaz so i pumped mucho marine. Oh well gg, I want a rematch tough :/
Orc |
| #5 YourRoleModel (157.np4.np.dialup.nauticom.net)[8162] |
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| Nice. |
| #6 .Praetor (port-sac8.cwo.com)[8165] |
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I didn't to HT because:
1) I can't aim well with psi-storm. (Ok, there's bridges).
2) I viewuse HT as a primarily defensive weapon. In this game I didn't want that.
3)Gas. When I would have thought about HT, my gas was low. I would rather have arbiters and stasis. Remember, for even one HT with psi-storm, that's 350 gas. Don't forget more HT and amulets.
Frankly, I think HT are used too much, and considered a cure all when they are NOT. Don't get me wrong, I've had great games with as many as 10 fully upgraded HT, but I do not think they would have done so well this game. Protoss can do well against hordes of other units without HT, just get your own horde.
Reavers probably would have done well too, in fact, I should have had 2 or so. But I didn't, mainly because I don't think of them. The gas thing is there for them too, though. Orc mentioned that he produced so many marines because of gas reasons. I had the same reasons in keeping five gates of zealots going.
I'd also point out the mircromanagement. In that last battle, I was concentrating on my attack, and just attack-moving zealots for defense.
IPlay, I don't like static defense. I go for adequate defense plus mobile units. It worked well enough. Another thing to remember is that you will lose some stuff. If Orc takes an expansion, fine. My defense only has to be good enough to force him to commit a force large enough that his holdings are weakened.
Thanks MindTwist, YRM. |
| #7 -=Elminster=- (216-132-37-250.ihug.net)[8178] |
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Ehehehehehe gotta try that sometimes against that vs u orc.
Carriers sseems like a good killer against u 8). But then against ull still kick my butt 8( |
| #8 OrcManiac (ppp045.105.mmtl.videotron.net)[8203] |
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| Humm yeah right ill kick ur butt thats why i lose everytime we play this matchup except for those first 2 match we had ahhhhh those were the good days :| |
| #9 Fractal_Wave (proxy4.gvcl1.bc.home.com)[8267] |
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Nice report. I don't use arbiters nearly enough...where was the recall of doom though?
;)
All the best,
Fractal_Wave
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| #10 .Praetor (port-sac32.cwo.com)[8269] |
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The recall of doom decided to engage Orc's army instead. =)
I was thinking about a huge recall, but then, the game ended. Stasis came in handy though. I have no doubt that Orc's army would have won the battle for my second expansion without it. (His army would still have been decimated though) |
| #11 Mr. Merf (dial-up219.twistedpair.net)[8350] |
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| Good Stuff! |
| #12 Cashew-of-Doom (sktnsk01d051601131.sk.sympatico.ca)[8435] |
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Great br prae, just one thing
In the game before, you let me die??!?!
More like I sucked because I took zerg... |
| #13 .Praetor (port-sac137.cwo.com)[8504] |
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| Well Cash, I should have been able to help you a little. I was just stupid, and didn't have a shuttle ready for my many zealots. |
| #14 wakiki[152761] |
| 199.248.178.37 |
Nice last two comments.
No annoying "uh-oh"s in this one, so I'm liking them more and more. I don't see how you wrote these from memory. Crazy. |
| #15 maareek[153232] |
| mblt-ab026.gtcom.net |
| Some games just stick with you. And, of course, you had to be more conscious of needing to remember things in-game since there was no replay. At least, that's what I would think. |
| #16 wakiki[160571] |
| 71-8-73-251.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com |
| Lies. |
| #17 .Praetor[167014] |
| c-67-164-209-28.hsd1.ca.comcast.net |
Yeah, not having a replay made a BIG difference in reporting style. The truly mind-boggling thing is that the early big-picture reporters ALSO didn't have a replay. Imagine putting together the 3-way FFA series YourRoleModel did without the benefit of a replay.
Obsing with the intent to battlereport was its own artform then, you had to anticipate people's movements so you knew where to pay attention - or you'd have no screen shot for that major battle. |
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