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if its non chargelot vs roach, then yeah, i do agree its absolutely horrible. chargelot just makes it a lot more bearable with decent micro (activate ur charge for runby/surrounds lol)
and yes, hydras without creep are also asking for free kills. though, if you've seen my reply anyways i was attacking the zerg's expo full time, and needless to say it was on creep. i still think regardless of creep, roach speed is essential. as i said many times in this thread, had that zerg i fought have speed upgrade, i could've possibly lost. though i will always disagree on the "x must do y, y must do z" ( like "toss must deathball" for example) etc etc for any race regardless. im not a GSL player, nor am i a master league player and i personally dont think i deserve my 1v1 diamond (i dont see why my last season plat would enable me to go into diamond after 1 game that i LOST in season 2 either)
i definitely can play the game the way i like and most importantly, still see success from it. which was the whole point of the replay sharing anyways.
Hell, even nony does his phoenix play that hes famous for, and nony is not your average player. though admittedly phoenix plays are quite hard to execute for most people. point being, that aint no death ball.
yes, the zerg i fought was pretty bad. thats not changing and thats a fact.
however you pointed out:
that was how it went exactly.
4 gate you could start to poke a bit between 6-7min mark, though nowdays i rarely poke alone with stalkers cuz as you said, early gas, speedlings would just chew low stalker count with ease. with 1-2 zealot to soak/kill lings, thats much safer (though as pointed out on TL, lack mobility)
again, what you said isnt incorrect, however you are missing the main point of my posts, which is sc2, being a damn diverse game, have no 100% absolute way to play it. death balls may or may not be the best way to win zergs, however as you know it also, its not the only way. so long you score a victory at the end of the day, anything goes, even a good ole photon cannon cheese. (even in the highest level korean plays where money is involved, you can also see people cheesing. why not on the lower level players?)
i still use sentries to be exact, just very minimal, and from the replay, very late. (after im done on chargelot/weapon upgrade) this is obviously a problem in majority of my PvZ matchups, and even to an extend PvT where guardian shield, MM splitting is essential.
its no surprise no doubt. i still manage to get wins off, stay in plat which im rather happy with. though stupid bnet think its fun to troll me and dump me in diamond so too bad so sad.
team games however, my ally can get them, while i focus on the main physical firepower. it works, and im definitely happy with it lol. and hell, i play most of my ladder in team games, and i think that is no surprise by now either.
no worries for being a diamond if the bnet feel u unworthy of diamond u will demote eventually unless u dun ladder n keep ur diamond league safe then thats different story