Friday, November 4, 2011
10th Match: (actually quite a lot of matches but most recently) Me vs. Zeroskillz
I have been playing a lot and not really posting too much. I have decided to ditch the table because I feel like describing the matches is much better, and I don't have most of the stats from my matches. Well since I last left off, I was put in the Bronze League. Well since then I have played quite a bit! I have won a total of 4 matches (only 2 of them are legit, the other 2 people just quit) out of probably 10. I am rank 40 now and I have been learning a lot. 2 matches ago I played a guy, who "cheesed me" (from what I have taken, that means when they rush you with a cheap tactic) so I realized I needed to build up a defense quicker and be ready. This most recent match I was, the guy was even more of a noob than I was. He tried to rush me with marines, but I had already had multiple marines out. He built a bunker right outside of my wall to the entrance, but I destroyed it from up top without any damage. I took that out and all of his units were spread out so I sent my 11 marine army to destroy his base, and he gg'ed. It was a good match for me because I learned to be quicker with my units!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
9th match: Me vs. Bannanas
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 6825 | 12175 | 1925 | 21125 | 916 | 725 | 27 |
Bannanas | 10233 | 13575 | 2650 | 32658 | 1350 | 1095 | 48 |
From the looks of that data, it would seem like I lost, but I actually won! My first real win! It was good, I was a lot quicker this match and I had my star port up fairly quickly. He was a zerg and I tried doing a quick rush after seeing he didn’t have too many defenses, but he quickly built a small army of zerglings to hold me off. He then proceeded to counter attack (and by this time I had 2 banshees up) and he turned his zerglings into banelings. He did some damage but I destroyed his banelings with my banshees and he gg’ed because he only had that small army, and had no defenses, so it was a great first win!
Monday, October 31, 2011
8th match: Me vs. Dirtylove
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 5500 | 8000 | 2000 | 17700 | 1227 | 609 | 33 |
DirtyLove | 8875 | 15150 | 2600 | 27225 | 648 | 760 | 24 |
Sorry everyone, I have had a long weekend and I wasn’t home, but I’m back and I had a bad game to show for it! This was TvT and I played awful. I was very slow, never even expanded to a second base. I was slow moving and I was out teched, he had his starport way before I did. He actually came in and build over my refineries early game with an SCV which threw me off, so it was just a weird game for me. I have one more placement match, I will most likely be put into bronze league, but we will see!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
7th Match: Me vs. ogMUDBONE
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 3,625 | 3,950 | 1,350 | 7,925 | 542 | 625 | 25 |
ogMUDBONE | 4,775 | 7,000 | 3,050 | 14,825 | 127 | 638 | 16 |
I was just about to play a match, and I was reading something about how important it is to scout. I figured, you know, I don’t really need to scout, it can’t be THAT important since I’m a noob and I probably won’t know a good defense anyway! Well then I played this match and I will now be scouting EVERY MATCH! I lost before the 10 minute mark even came up! I then realized, after watching the replay, that he build 5 barracks!! I was overwhelmed by marines, and didn’t even freaking comprehend that he built that many barrack. Next match I WILL be scouting and I will be trying to put up a few static defenses.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6th Match: Me vs. Julloreyes
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 25,325 | 57,700 | 6,750 | 59,625 | 2,265 | 1,425 | 61 |
Julloreyes | 31,550 | 29,600 | 4,700 | 99,450 | 1,681 | 1221 | 40 |
This was a dumb game in my opinion. My opponent did nothing but build up defense and just wait. It was really boring, I finally just built a massive army and tried to break his defense but it was insane. It was all banshees and huge auto turrets. I don’t know how to beat an opponent like this? The match was a good experience I just need to figure out how to break his defense.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Couldn't Play a Match Today
Didn't have time to play a game today, but I will play two tomorrow to make up for it! I have learned a lot in the past couple days, so I will need to actually apply what I learned in the game!
Monday, October 24, 2011
5th Match: Me vs. Bloggins (first real match!!)
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 6900 | 10100 | 1875 | 12900 | 856 | 839 | 37 |
Bloggins | 8750 | 4125 | 2925 | 21775 | 719 | 807 | 29 |
So this was an awful first match for me. I started off just as I normally would, but I was supply blocked 3 times during the match (have to watch my supply more often!) I built two barracks like usual but accidentally added a reactor to both so I usually have a bunch of marines constantly being built, but I had next to none and mostly all marauders. Well I figured I could hold out with air support until I built my starport, but Bloggins (first real opponent) attacked with like 4 void rays and took me out because I had no defense. It was a good experience now that I have my first match out of the way, I just need to watch my supply and make smart choices!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
4th Match: Me vs. Medium Computer
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 10,675 | 14,400 | 1,975 | 28,050 | 582 | 856 | 36 |
Computer | 6,750 | 7,925 | 2,125 | 17,500 | 825 | 572 | 15 |
This was my best game by far. My collection Rate was the highest it has ever been and my unspent minerals was a really low 582 (low for me!). I started off building 2 barracks and then built an engineering structure, and then a factory, and finally a star port (although the star port didn’t do me much good cause I had pretty much sealed the deal). I knew in this game that I needed to get up a defense quick to defend against the rush. I did that perfectly and I defended the first attack since I started playing medium computers. I then proceeded to attack the computer’s base after his rush to see if his defenses were low, but he took me out pretty quickly. I then amassed a big army, took out his 2nd attack very quickly then went on to defeat the computer’s base. Great match! I'm probably going to try a hard computer tomorrow and see how well I do. By the way, I'm playing as Terran and against Terran and I'm going to get the ins and outs of the race. Then I will switch to Zerg and Protoss!
Friday, October 21, 2011
3rd match: Me vs. Medium Computer
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 12,325 | 22,800 | 3,050 | 37,975 | 930 | 807 | 41 |
Computer | 9,775 | 20,650 | 2,725 | 34,500 | 921 | 578 | 17 |
This was a better game for me. I kept my resources lower than any other game, which is what I’m trying to focus on. I started off bad again though, this time the computer came into my base twice and I had to use my SCV’s on them, but I eventually had a big battle in the middle of the map and I took out his army then proceeded to destroy his base.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
2nd Match: Me vs. Medium Computer
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Minerals | Collection Rate | Workers |
Me | 10,825 | 23,175 | 2,750 | 36,950 | 1,333 | 643 | 31 |
Computer | 10,200 | 18,825 | 2,950 | 33,075 | 911 | 581 | 18 |
This was (I think) a lot better of a game for me. This computer was on medium so it was a little more challenging! I started off with what I thought was good, doing my normal barracks and things like that, but apparently I was slow because the computer brought in marines and marauders within minutes to my base and I only had a couple marines to ward him off, which was enough! Ultimately I had to use my SCV's to defeat the remaining marauders, but I took them out and resumed. I realized I was going slow so I quickly built a factory and star port and the computer gave me a few more harasses, but I kept them away and I finally invaded the computer's base and took it out quite easily!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
1st Match: WWJD (Me) vs. Easy Computer
I am very rusty seeing as I haven't played since I bought the game awhile back, and I wasn't good at the game then so that doesn't help either! So here are my basic stats:
This was a decent game for me I would think. I definitely need to work on keeping my unspent resources a lot lower. I started off the match creating SCV's and Supply Depots like usual. I started off very slow because I completely forgot the controls (yeah probably should have looked those up before the match)! Then I went on to create my Refinery at about 2:40 (too late, early, what?) I then created my barracks and Engineering Bay at around 4:00 minutes. Then started creating an army with 2 barracks sending out marines and marauders. I proceeded to rush the enemy base after a foolish rush by the computer and I nearly picked off most of the SCV's but I ended up losing my army. I then created another army and attacked again, and finally the surrender came up. It was a great match that lasted 22:41. (this was played on slow) I might play some again today and may post another match, but tomorrow I will try my luck at a medium skilled computer and see if I can defeat it! Any tips that you may have please comment!
| Resources | Units | Structure | Overview | Avg. Unspent Resources | Collection Rate | Workers Created |
Me | 9,975 | 22,050 | 2,225 | 35,250 | 1,173 | 564 | 20 |
Computer | 6,725 | 14,350 | 1,700 | 22,775 | 1,063 | 436 | 21 |
This was a decent game for me I would think. I definitely need to work on keeping my unspent resources a lot lower. I started off the match creating SCV's and Supply Depots like usual. I started off very slow because I completely forgot the controls (yeah probably should have looked those up before the match)! Then I went on to create my Refinery at about 2:40 (too late, early, what?) I then created my barracks and Engineering Bay at around 4:00 minutes. Then started creating an army with 2 barracks sending out marines and marauders. I proceeded to rush the enemy base after a foolish rush by the computer and I nearly picked off most of the SCV's but I ended up losing my army. I then created another army and attacked again, and finally the surrender came up. It was a great match that lasted 22:41. (this was played on slow) I might play some again today and may post another match, but tomorrow I will try my luck at a medium skilled computer and see if I can defeat it! Any tips that you may have please comment!
Beginner in Starcraft II
This blog I will be playing Starcraft II daily and I will report about how I do on this website. I might upload a couple of replays of me playing. I am no pro in any sense of the word, and it will take me a long time to even be decent at the game. I will describe each game I play in and if you have any tips for me to improve and different strategies, please fill free to comment or you can email me at cdheldman12@yahoo.com. Enjoy the blog!
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