FXO asd vs mTw Dimaga

Great Game 1 FXO asd vs mTw Dimaga in a PvtZ, cast by Crota

Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

Crota & EonShiKeno as team in 2v2 HOTS

I would like to see more of these two guys playing 2v2!

Liquid Taeja vs Grubby

Grubby (P) vs Taeja (T) cast by Crota

Game 2  ||  Game 3

HOTS Root ToD vs mTwDimaga

[Edited to add Game 3 link]

Dimaga vs ToD HOTS cast by Crota

I saw last couple games of this series, was Bo5 IIRC

Though Crota only has 2 games uploaded so far, will add links for others if they get uploaded, was interesting series.

Game 2 (think I have these in correct order Crota has G1 & G2 on this VOD??) | Game 3

Crota on Wizzards in Diablo 3 Patch 1.05

Crota talking about Wizzards in D3 after Patch 1.05

For more of Crota's VOD's http://www.youtube.com/user/BlizShouter/featured

Crota's Thoughts on Patch Notes for Week 2 HotS

Crota's review and comments on Patch Notes for Week 2 HoTS, you can follow him at his Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BlizShouter/featured

Empire Kas vs Shortstuff

Empire Kas (T) vs Shortstuff (Z) Slayers Miya, cast by Crota.

Game  2 (no HD for this VOD) ||  Game 3 (full 1080 for G3)

WhiteRa vs Hyuen

WhiteRa vs Hyuen Bo3 cast by Crota (BlizShouter)

Game 2  ||  Game 3

Starcraft 2 Thoughts: Better Stargate Opening

In this PvZ matchup, Titan vs Hyun, cast by Crota, we see a stronger stargate opening than typical out of Toss.

I think some Toss are starting to figure out that Phoenix are much stronger than Voidrays in the early game.

Though as a rule I dislike Stargate openings vs Zerg, the Stargate opening in this game is about as strong as you can make it.  But I do agree with Crota, that Zerg also made some mistakes defending.

We see some elements that Elfi has used before, which are similar to style of play I have suggested for PvT.

Starcraft 2 Skills: Learning Cheese in PvP

Some very well done Cheese, cast by Crota.

Rainbow vs Zephyr

Rainbow vs Zephyr cast by Crota

Game 2 || Game 3

WhiteRa vs Stephano Showmatch VOD

Stephano vs WhiteRa VOD's cast by Crota. 

I believe this is the SXSW Bo9 Showmatch between Stephano & WhiteRa.

I am not sure if Crota has these in correct order, he had some confusion about it., Game 1 is embedded below, and I have the links for the other games in the order Crota has his casts labeled.

Game 2  ||  Game 3  ||  Game 4  ||  Game 5 (he says Game 4 at beginning but is labeled as G5)  ||  Game 6

Sleep vs Polt

xSix Sleep (Z) vs TSL Polt (T) series cast by Crota, aka BlitzShouter.

Game 2  ||  Game 3  ||  Game 4  ||  Game 5

Starcraft 2 Skills: Yin/Yang or push/pull Strategy

TSL Polt vs Monchi on Bel'Shir Beach, cast by Crota.

This is a beautiful little game.  Toss uses a DT opening that has a lot of flexibility.  I think of this as forcing an opponent down a path that you want them on, or as Yin/Yang.  Yin/Yang because your pushing in one direction, and if enemy pushes back, you just start pulling, either way you take them off balance.

This game has very tight, or close timing, the push by Terran is barely held.  But that is the strongest way to defend in early stages of the game, if you barely hold it, that means your not wasting any resources on defense that didn't need to be spent on defense!!!

This game shows how difficult DT really are for Terran in the early stages of the game, if Terran doesn't have detection it is GG.

But every Scan is worth ~270 minerals, every Turret is worth 100 minerals.  So every Turret forced out of Terran after he realizes DT is one less Marauder or Medivac he can make!  This also means with a tight build the gas he planned to use for Marauder or Medivac is wasted, because it can't be spent.

And if Terran does build those Turrets, then he has to deal with a big ball of lightning!  As this games shows.

Starcraft 2 Thoughts: Simple, Direct Attack vs enemy that doesn't Scout

This game:  TSL Polt vs Monchi, a TvP, cast by Crota, shows how effect a simple direct attack can be vs an unprepared opponent.

My thoughts below the VOD, for more on Scouting see Learning Starcraft 2: Scouting vs Terran




The other day I was talking to a GM Zerg friend of mine about how I felt that even many pro players were lazy about scouting, that they tended to assume way to much about what the other person was doing or not doing.

He agreed with me instantly.

I think this game is a good example of this, Terran does an initial Scout, but doesn't learn anything from it at all really.

Not even the second gas timing, then he doesn't even bother to take control of a Xel Naga Tower.

Now Protoss opened with a very greedy build, which mean Toss took some risk, he would have probably lost to early aggression.

But note at about the 8:55 mark, right before Toss does last warp in prior to attacking, he had enough minerals he could have taken a 3rd and still had a 10 food advantage.

Ask yourself what did Terran know about Toss right before that push? Well he knew Toss had two bases, and where they were, nothing else.

Kinda hard to prepare for something when you don't have any idea what your enemy is doing.

Kinda like a Zombie or Horror movie were somebody walks outside or into a basement, where it is dark, without even looking or turning on a light at first.

Empire Violet vs TypeReal

Violet vs Real cast by Croata

Elfi vs Goody

This game is from a few months ago, but I have been looking for games from Elfi vs Terrans, if anyone knows about more recent Efli games let me know please, either through Twitter @CliffsEsport or in comments section.

Cast by Crota from http://www.youtube.com/user/MachinimaRealm

Goody (T) vs Stephano (Z) Shakuras Plateau VOD cast by Crota

Stephano is a player that has been on my list to study for a few weeks. He was mentioned on the last State of the Game I listened to, so I decided it was time to look at some of his games. This is one of 3 games that Crota cast between the Goody & Stephano, it was my favorite of the three.

You can check out more games cast by Crota at his youtube channel.  For more games by Stephano check out his stream & VOD channel http://www.own3d.tv/live/124020/Stephano