Starcraft II beginner

10th Match: (actually quite a lot of matches but most recently) Me vs. Zeroskillz

2011-11-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

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!

9th match: Me vs. Bannanas

2011-11-01T19:07:00.000-07:00

	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!

8th match: Me vs. Dirtylove

2011-10-31T20:40:00.001-07:00

	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!

7th Match: Me vs. ogMUDBONE

2011-10-27T15:15:00.001-07:00

	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.

6th Match: Me vs. Julloreyes

2011-10-26T13:17:00.001-07:00

	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.

Couldn't Play a Match Today

2011-10-25T20:13:00.001-07:00

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!

5th Match: Me vs. Bloggins (first real match!!)

2011-10-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

	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!

4th Match: Me vs. Medium Computer

2011-10-22T10:24:00.000-07:00

	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 2^nd 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!

3rd match: Me vs. Medium Computer

2011-10-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

	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.

2nd Match: Me vs. Medium Computer

2011-10-20T17:43:00.000-07:00

	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!

1st Match: WWJD (Me) vs. Easy Computer

2011-10-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

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:

	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

2011-10-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

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!