http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/StRyKeR en-us Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:27:43 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=157477 StRyKeR Here are my experiences at WCG 2010 so far. No pictures for now because the photos were taken with my friend's camera. I arrived yesterday (Thursday) night well past any of the games. I was arriving from Chicago, so boy was it warm! Palm trees and just lots of sky everywhere. It isn't the first time being in LA but it's been a while. The WCG is being held at the Convention Center next to ... Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:23:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=157477 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=113278 StRyKeR Let me share a perspective as a former die-hard War2 fan. Many of you have probably never played the game. Heck, many of you are probably wondering "uhh is that like War3?" War2 was an amazing game for its time. Back in 1995, it was the most popular RTS game. This was before Battle.net, so people had to use Kali to play other people. I never used Kali myself (could never get par... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:17:36 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=113278 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=111136 StRyKeR ZvT on Destination http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4422/replays/3328%20PanStRyKeRZ%20dltmxmfhaT.rep Terran builds a ebay in my nat but it doesn't do shit. He goes FE m&m and I go 3 hatch muta. Typical timing. He tries to rush past my sunkens and at 6:15 I pull a Pimpest Play. I proceed to ruin shit with mutas and I'm thinking, Once I win this game it'll be worthy of a brag post. I build... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:22:53 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=111136 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=109643 StRyKeR 00:00 Hum hum, typical zvp on desti 02:50 Ho hum, he's going fast expo, noob shit doing bisu build 04:30 Expo into Stargate, typical -_- 06:15 LOL WADD SCOUTS??!? o-OoO__Oo_O-o wow this guy's fucking noob, better relax 06:30 hmm what could he be doing... I guess scouts kill overlords faster 07:00 Doesn't matter -- I'll whore drones, he's ezpz 07:45 OH TWO STARGATES must be corsair reaver,... Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:57:06 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=109643 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=109198 StRyKeR Mostly ZvT's, some ZvP's, only a few ZvZ's on [Pan]StRyKeR. Lots of newbs at my ranks so far (up to C). Games should get more interesting as I climb. Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4422/replays/010310.zip I use 3 hatch mutas to counter fantasy builds. The rep # is 3186. I like opening greedier than typical 12hatch openings against mech. I also use it when the opponent doesn't do 8-rax. Gree... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:45:06 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=109198 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=105243 StRyKeR I haven't streamed in a while because of my internet connection. It should be okay now so I might stream a little bit more. It's definitely harder to find time to play now that I have a full-time job! Anyway, here are some of my recent ZvT replays. Games are C+/B- level. There are 20 in the pack, mostly wins. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4422/TL%20blog/11072009.rar Recommendations #1 I ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:06:12 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=105243 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=100200 StRyKeR Just played one of the most epic games ever. Clocked in just under an hour. Yea, if I defended 5 o'clock it would have been easy for me. Yea, he forgot to land his twin dropships. Yea, I was careless about letting his vessel count grow, etc. etc. If either of us played well it could have been over much sooner, but it wouldn't have been as epic. Game goes down to the wire, distance mining,... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:10:07 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=100200 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97087 StRyKeR Ever wonder Who is Who in ICCup Season x? Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to present this to Starcraft enthusiasts all over the world. I present it with the wish that the original Starcraft lives far beyond the inception of Starcraft 2 and that we will have many more chances in the future to utilize this tool. I've mentioned in my previous blog posts that I've been working on an aut... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:55:16 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97087 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96459 StRyKeR I'm making an automated replay player identifier. With this, it'd be much easier to tell whether you played against a progamer or a well-known foreigner on ICCup. With this, romad doesn't have to be working all the time. For the time being, I am not going to pursue the Support Vector Machines approach to classifying replays, because we already have an instance that can learn a replay signatu... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:52:41 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96459 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=93079 StRyKeR So it was around midnight and I had jumped from 7700 to 8200 points. The 32nd place guy had around 8400. I wasn't aware of this at the moment. I dropped down to 7900 with two hours left in the tournament. I lost again and went down to 7800. I realized I needed at least five wins in 2 hours. Could I have done it had I really tried? Maybe. I wasn't finding any games and I reasoned that I could... Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=93079 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=92673 StRyKeR Owned That is, I'm owned. When I wrote the first log, I was at 46-9, ranked B- with 6307 points. As I am writing this log, I am at 81-45, ranked B with 7296 points. How I Got Here As with before, I played only ZvTs, my best matchup. But certain things happened. MOTW kept changing, so I had to play Blue Storm for a week and then Colosseum. Supposedly, Blue Storm favors Zerg, but I ... Tue, 05 May 2009 17:57:00 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=92673 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91778 StRyKeR OMG It's not been a week and I've played over 50 games. I have never mass-gamed this much. O_O How I got there My rec now is 46-9, ranked B- with 6307 points. I got a loss early on against a Zerg player on Destination. I picked Terran (offrace) because I thought I could 8-rax and then 1fact for a quick win. Turns out I was against a B+ Zerg just starting at D level. TT He went 9-pool... Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:54:33 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91778 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91686 StRyKeR Short ZvT on Destination, vs Transcendence http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/iccup%20complaints/0842%20VALStRyKeRZ%20TranscendT.rep Post-game messages: "gj you hacker" "I'm going to report you" "no one scouts there" "my main is Protoss" "I'd own you ez" "you don't know the game son" Funny thing is, had he concentrate... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:22:47 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91686 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91440 StRyKeR Recently, I've been looking at Starcraft through a different lens. What I mean is that if you take out the micro component of Starcraft, it becomes a turn-based game. Zerg player opens with a 12-hatch. Terran player opens with 9-supply 10-rax. Terran responds to Zerg player with fast cc. Zerg player builds 3rd hatch, also starts Extractor. It's like both players respond to each other t... Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:30:10 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=91440 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=90097 StRyKeR I almost always upgrade Zergling speed after Lair vs. Terran. It forces the Terran to think twice before being aggressive, keeps him in his base sometimes, and I often don't have to build any sunken colonies. The strategy of getting ling speed is suggested by the two following Starcraft theorems. 1) The best defense is a good offense. 2) Army power decreases with distance. I build sun... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:39:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=90097 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89811 StRyKeR 1. Abuse dark swarm. 2. Abuse dark swarm. 3. Abuse dark swarm. 4. Parry underhanded insult by pretending you didn't hear it. 5. Make a comment about forgetting adrenal glands. 6. Enjoy while Terran lifts all buildings and afk's. Replay Link Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:40:23 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89811 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89728 StRyKeR just won a ZvT versus a well-known foreigner, straight-up I must add, no cheese :) :) :) you don't need to tell me I got lucky or that I got raped when we re'd, because I acknowledge those two facts wholeheartedly still happy, I pulled off some of the sexiest dark swarms ever was ambivalent about posting rep, but nothing can stop my brag spirit right now. to prevent flame, I will a... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:31:22 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89728 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89563 StRyKeR I played what I thought was one of the hardest ZvTs I've ever played. Satisfied in winning the game, I checked back to see the replay. To further my satisfaction, I saw that the Terran had >300 apm, so I thought to myself, 'a legit win, nice'. But then I saw the replay. The Terran forgot to get second gas, had zero multitasking skills (he forgot to upgrade his marines till I had 0/2), and... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:11:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=89563 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87921 StRyKeR SPOILER ALERT!!! I remembered watching with amazement the cheese strat that SkyHigh used against Jaedong on Destination. Jaedong had no clue that SkyHigh lifted a barracks into the huge area behind his minerals and started building marines. I thought Jaedong's reaction was a bit strange. My guess is that he was startled. There was only three rines so I think his dron... Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:30:56 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87921 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82845 StRyKeR Brief introduction to what's below I'm working on an algorithm that would take a replay and determine who played in it. I always thought it would be possible because humans can pretty easily spot patterns in hotkey signatures and conclude who played. For more reference, refer to my first blog entry. Basically, the machine needs training data (previous replays) and after it trains on that da... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:31:04 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82845