Thursday, May 17, 2012

Things I learned in Bronze TvT

Look, I suck at SC2.  I know it.  I'm in bronze, that's what that means.  But, man, this stuff is just...I don't know.


  1. Best opening build ever?  3 reapers
  2. When that gets crushed, build four banshees.  Cloak is for pussies
  3. Under no circumstances should you attack the mineral line when using those banshees.  That's for pussies.  Go for the command center so that way your opponent can stim up some marines and crash your birds.
  4. Do not attack again after that.  Ever.  Turtle power!
  5. Cluster the hell out of your tanks.  That way, when your opponent is dropping, he can drop marines one at a time on that group so your splash damage kills half your line.  Genius!
  6. The natural is for morons.  Build over in a disused start location.  Defending both at the same time is easy.
  7. That drop sure did a lot of damage.  I know how to stop this:  turrets at every location physically possible along the perimeter of my ninja expand.
  8. Remember that barracks for the reapers?  Because I sure don't.  No need to have any sort of force to move at all, sieged tanks are the best.
  9. Reactors are for pussies. 
  10. My opponent has set up outside my little enclave with a few siege tanks, a couple of dozen marines, and a handful of vikings?  I know how to break this!  Battlecruisers.
  11. That didn't work?  I'll try sending my 15 tanks on the ramp to siege up.  Nothing can go wrong.
  12. He's landing vikings to finish off my buildings?  I know, I'll use lift-off/land micro to save them because my non-existent units can't!
  13. If you've lost three full mineral lines, have one base left at all, it's 40 minutes into the game, and your opponent is knocking on your last base's door, don't GG.  He might get frustrated with the time of the game and quit.
  14. When your opponent has killed your last CC, and your last SCV, and your last unit, say "Faggot."  and quit.  You showed him!


Yes, this was culled from four consecutive TvT games.  Let me tell you, none of this is an exaggeration.