Read The Thumbnail Like A Cheerleader!- StarCraft 2 - Getting Good - Platinum League 1v1 TvP

[@proape6052]

The power of Marauders. Even with the Colossus, you probably could've just stimmed the whole army and rushed your opponent. In case you see a Colossus without a lot of Stalkers or other units, you can stim the Marauders and run them down. Colossus are extremely fragile for their price and there's the fact that if you're in a situation where you're at their front door, every Colossi matters. Protoss can reinforce quickly by warping in units but they have to make Colossi and Disruptors at Robos like Terran makes any unit. This leaves them vulnerable because Gateway units don't trade well into bio so if you still have a pretty big army they're in huge trouble. Same applies to Templar because it takes time to build up storm energy. As for the Reaper, good job being annoying with it. Early damage isn't the biggest deal in lower leagues but it can be bad mentally for your opponent. If you want to be extra cheeky, target the workers on the gas. It's very annoying having to put workers back onto gas and people can forget it which can easily throw off a build. In higher leagues your chances of doing any damage is extremely low. Adepts usually come out quick enough to counter the Reaper. You should use it to check the tech. Protoss players usually have 1 tech building starting by the time your reaper arrives. It's usually a Twilight which means blink stalkers but it could be a Robo or Stargate. A Stargate is pretty obvious but a Robo is not. Robos usually mean Warp Prism BS or a super safe build. If you see Robo first, I recommend just 1 Viking to chase off Prisms. Usually a Protoss makes Twilight for Blink then a Robo for Observer.

[@Voidspacealpha]

Okay solid points, cheers I’ll keep an eye out for these

[@AShadow007]

Nice game. You did a great job of pulling their army into your tank line and letting the siege tanks do the work. Solid macro, some harass, and a well executed fight got you a clean win. Question I have is why you built 2 more Starports when the first one didn't even have an add-on? I would think more barracks or a 2nd factory would be more ideal.

[@Voidspacealpha]

So the reason for this, right or wrong, is when I’m up against toss, I want more of air. So I tend to think in my head, the first one can keep producing, then I can get a tech and a reactor. Tech for Raven, can see stealth. Reactor for vikings and medivacs. Then when they’re producing, I can get the add on on the first one I guess

[@drulad43]

Perfect Game! Tip: "Aggressive Style vs Defensive Style" Aggressive Style is the Non-Stop Multi-Pronge Attack that Targets "ECONOMY Only " but Never a Full-Committed Push (Multi-BioDrops, LingBane, GateMen) While rushing More Economy Yourself from Behind (which is the main purpose) to get that Explosive Income and Production. HOWEVER it is very vulnerable due to having Less Army to Defend, so best know where Enemy's army at or put Spotters Around to detect Incomings (its more easier for Zerg-Creep and Protoss-Battery) and Be Ready to Transition to DEFENSIVE-STYLE. Its Best against Economically-Greedy and Turtle, but for turtle just DON'T SEND the drops in and focus on economy. On the other hand, Defensive Style is more laid-back and it is best ONLY if Opponent is the one whos very Aggressive (especially if his being in your face the whole time). The Idea is to be more Cost-Efficient which means DON'T LOSE WORKERS and Trade Well. HOWEVER you may get behind in Economy because his probably going too much Greed from behind. So keep that Economy "On Point" (Income and Production) and create a Timing-Push (go AGGRESSIVE), when You think he has Less Army than Yours after all that Harass Push Hard like a Bulldozer and Win. If Timing Pushes doesn't work, go TURTLE and Rush Tech and Upgrades and Prepare for Lategame, normally best vs Aggressive Zergs. But Still "Keep that ECONOMY on POINT" because its the biggest weakness. Thus Balancing from being AGGRESSIVE and DEFENSIVE is very Critical. Too much Aggressive means your Vulnerable and To much Defensive means your Behind 😊

[@proape6052]

By nature, Terran is the aggressive race. You can play with less bases (1-2 less bases mid-late game) because you can use Mules to boost your economy. Your spam bio units are very mineral focused and you have a lot of mobility with medivacs. This is a bit controversial but most people think Terran is by a narrow margin the weakest late game race.

[@drulad43]

@@proape6052 I think what makes Terran seems weak in the Lategame is its Glass Cannon Nature,. In an Wider and General Perspective, Zerg has its Larvae & Protoss has its Shields but Terran relies on CriticalDamage (Critical Mass Damage). With "Glass Cannon" + "Critical Damage", i guess thats why Positioning is Critical and if U cant use that Positioning making AGGRESSIVE DROPS the only option 😁

[@Voidspacealpha]

Okay, cool. You’ve given me a new way to think about that, thanks

[@Voidspacealpha]

Oh I’d agree because if I go into the late game I lose 😂

[@Kryder401]

Ollie, Good game, mate! That's the way you get some Protoss victories! He really should not have had any issues with his engagements with you since he knew what you were doing. In the future, try and not to sacrifice your harassing units like you do. For instance, at 7:10 you drop your first marines in and leave them there; by 7:24 they are all dead (medivac too) while doing very little damage. Your second drop was good killing lots of probes since he did not react at all, but you overstayed your welcome a bit and got a marine the tank killed. Instead, I'd suggest the first drop, just hit hard enough to distract, then pick up and run away, then immediately bring in your 2nd drop at the other base, go for some damage. While they are moving in that direction to defend, bring the 1st drop back to the other base and harass again. This right here, if you can get it down, will do some major economic damage, even if they run their probes away and you kill nothing; the lost mining time alone is worth the effort. But you gotta be quick. Anyways, good game and entertaining as always. Take care!

[@Voidspacealpha]

Thanks dude. You are absolutely right, I will try to keep my drops alive and do multi-pronged attacks in the future

[@Kryder401]

@Voidspacealpha hey, one other thing...don't get discouraged by any of our comments. We are Monday morning quarterbacks here (yes, I am quite American). We have the luxury of seeing everything outside of the moment...whilst playing, nothing goes to plan. You are doing great, learning and improving...and won this encounter! Again, congrats!

[@Voidspacealpha]

Oh totally dude. I take it all with a pinch of salt and a huge degree of gratitude. One of the amazing perks of this platform is that sometimes my games get a couple of thousand eyes on them, and that gets me loads of great feedback to grow. I’m incredibly greatful

[@firestarter000001]

That 2 prong was really good. If you had harrased only with one, it would be poor, the first one did little. But the second one did really good, becasue the first one draw the army, 17 probes in dia its game ending dmg. Also note that killing 2 stalkers might seem small, but each stalker is 125 minerals and 50 gas!!!

[@ChaineRubis]

You can rally your cc on the mineral when your scv is building it :)

[@Voidspacealpha]

yeah i mess this up a lot. my bad :p

[@Spectre11B]

Right on! GG!

[@Voidspacealpha]

Thanks spectre. Love seeing you here most days ❤️

[@cChrodinCc]

much deserved win

[@Voidspacealpha]

Thank you dude

[@erisdiscordia5429]

Good game. You're making me want to reinstall.

[@EchtelionofGondor]

Why did you deinstall?

[@erisdiscordia5429]

@@EchtelionofGondor Oh man, it was years ago. I didn't have a particular reason, just you know, new games come out, things move on, you forget about the classics, then suddenly nostalgia reminds you of em.

[@Voidspacealpha]

Get it reinstalled, get on the discord, and keep me up to date with how you get on ❤️

[@Voidspacealpha]

Nostalgia do be like that

[@superflypheelign]

Ollie, Scout. You don't see any gateways in his base, so you chose to kill probes rather than scout.

[@Voidspacealpha]

Very good point

[@Voidspacealpha]

I think mentally I thought if he’s doing something sneaky, I’m going to eat his economy

[@Aldaris777]

Cool

[@Voidspacealpha]

Thanks man. Appreciate you Stopping by, glad you enjoyed it

[@EchtelionofGondor]

Could you please put some music (even the ingame music would be fine) in your videos. I love watching them, but they can be really dry.

[@Voidspacealpha]

This is a great shout. I’ll start doing this. Thanks man