its the highest "grouping" and once ur in platinum, expect every match to be an epic one

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Added on April 26, 2010, 9:45 ami got 1-1 after platinum, didnt continue as i had to play WoW XD

and yeah, getting back up into a higher league is definitely harder than dropping afaik

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Apr 26 2010, 09:45 AM

its good in the sense that, noobs dont get to face these monsters and get disgusted at the game in an instant

umm, yeah, thats kinda why blizz are making the leagues

THE GRIM REAPER HAS ARRIVED

and yeah, with uber micro, despite repaers being inferior units against anything other than workers/buildings, they are actually quite formidabble against large units (lol tanks) or tier 1's minus stalkers/roach/marauders (that said, if you outnumber em, why the hell not )

i got a 1vs2 video thats quite interesting (well, opponent's quite noob, but the main point is to showcase how insane reapers can be, which made me fallen in love with em rofl) and the opponent both rage/emo quit XD

they have as much hp as a worker, with the cost/build time/investment considered, you know where this is heading lol.

really though, some opponents are actually aware of me goin reaper yet still fall for it lol... yeah sure, get a damn photon/spine (or a few of em) on your workers, ill just bring moar and roll em rofl

i still avoid bunkers though

starship troopers, nuff f***ing said

oh and vtec paintball

thats what ive been sayin, people still build defenses at their worker and yet my reaper still rape em. prolly noobs, i havent been playing platinum at all since lag lately and ive gotten really busy since sunday... so far 1-1 and the 2 games are toss/zerg

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Added on April 27, 2010, 10:01 amyeah, and reapers are pretty much only useful early games too as late game too many things 1-2 shot a (or a pile of em lol) reaper too easily

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Apr 27 2010, 10:01 AM

terran, from barracks with attached tech lab, 50 min 50 gas

look up its stats then lol

the other word for it, during war3 days, would be teching.

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Added on April 27, 2010, 4:37 pmthe basic idea on going reaper is that, one should EXPECT to fail, and have contingency plannings to transition either to a classic MMM or a mechanized army

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Added on April 27, 2010, 4:38 pmsame tactic is ok if you're doing it well. cuz in the end you're playing a mind game in which, opponent expects you to go reaper, and plays a little defensively, and you may use that against him to your own advantage

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Apr 27 2010, 04:38 PM

reapers arent much of a tech considering its tier 1. you fail or succeed with it also, moving onwards to MMM isnt hard as you already have the barracks and all you need is a fac > starport for medivac

considering how fragile reapers can be, one musnt invest everything in them and expect to win games solely with them. hence my post earlier. once you have a good transition, so long you took out AT LEAST an equalvalent numbers of workers along with ur reapers, you're pretty much a head of the game already

eh worker count same la, since i dont stop building them until racks done -> orbital

after orbital continue build a few but i mainly sustain my min from MULE, typically ill have 1 mule, then the next 50 is when i comsat -> atk
most of the time though ill atk before comsat cuz cant wait, be it and impending rush or my allies (or myself) being scouted/harassed too

bottom line is that reaper investment wont be a problem so long you can trade them off for workers (assumingly you dont fully success/fail and have them wiped) and transition to MMM.

IF your opponent is getting BO that hardcounters MMM (which you are kinda at fault for not taking him out instead) then you will lose out on your reaper investment. think of colossus or heavy siege tanks/mutalisks etc etc
do note, hard counter to MMM are tier 2 ish, so you have ample of time for your reapers to prevent it

umm, not really that slow also, my reaper army strength is about equalvalent to someone zergling/zealot/marine rush. (of cuz in pure size count its lesser, however the strength should be about the same since i can kite zealot/zerling, and reapers generally own marines)

around 10 rax, and 11 gas as you said, later pop count i didnt really count and more towards using my instincts already lol. but the idea is orbital the moment i can, tech lab moment once rax done, and while im doing tech lab, 2nd rax is on the way, while im getting first reaper out i have 3rd rax being built, about 2nd reaper i get nitro boost researched, upon 4ish reaper boost is done, 2nd rax getting tech lab, and about 5-6 reaper comsat is about done too and i make my way to the enemy with rally on reaper

WHAT THE f*** I CANT VIEW REPLAY CUZ BNET IS DOWN JESUS CHRIST

yeah /nerdrage moar

admittedly my reaper will be slightly slower than someone whos determined to do a fast reaper rush (such as 7-8 rax then gas for example, do note tech lab takes time and 9-10 rax will slow ur first reaper considerably) however, i dont put all my hopes on reapers and id rather get em out slightly slower and have a solid econ for transition. also again, its just the first reaper being slower, having a solid econ means i can afford 3 rax pumping out reapers and once they up, i can catch up to say, someone whos doing a pure reaper rush.

for toss im usually 8-9 pylon, for the early gas right after gate, and i chrono the hell out of my probes while saving just 1 for the gate on the first stalker.

zerg i typically go 11-12 pool with early gass for speedlings, zerglings without speed upgrade is kinda, no fun at all rofl. then id typically quick lair for early hydras. with zerglings still in play for harassment/flanking

if he got defenses he would be lacking in army, which my transition will handle it, and if hes just building his regular army, my reaper army is actually matchable against his, although i wont engage his army directly. and lets face it, typically most people have their army rallied at their ramp, NOT at the workers

if they do rally at the workers for some reason, id just skip him and go to his ally, and/or atk his buildings at the ramp (sadly doesnt apply to zerg, however, my reapers will be able to rape his zerglings ) like chewing off a pylon and slow his army down, or terran cap his supply by taking out the SD

i use 2x chrono back to back on the 11th probe once 1st pylon is done heh
that helps immersely on my econ and i can sustain a 2gateway stalker build, and once warp gate is done id have a 3rd gateway on the way for a 3 stalker warp build.

for zerg, my strat tends to be a lil static, lings > hydras/mutas pretty much lol

zergling on creep can barely match up against nitro boosted reapers so long the guy with the reaper didnt back out/kite too late. speedlings with creep on the other hand is a different story, however, *most* people dont speedling right off the bat (i do though lol)

and having army to mineral line is typically detrimental because 1) (assuming ur opponent is a terran) there wont be reaper rush all the damn time 2) you waste off your ramp high ground + choke point advantage should you get rushed instead like a standard zergling/zealot/marine rush

ooh

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Added on April 28, 2010, 1:47 pm^



This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Apr 28 2010, 01:47 PM

i should be ok tonight, unless my friend wanna come over to try out sc2 XD

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Added on April 28, 2010, 4:00 pmman after 5 years of WoW... finally a local data center. rofl

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Apr 28 2010, 04:00 PM

lolwut...