Great Replays/Discussion

Xios

Thought there should be a stickied thread for replays.

Rules:
-Post a link to the replay
-Give as much information about the replay as possible, ie races/time lenght/player names and any other bits you feel relate to the replay (like an awesome strategy)
-Don't spam the thread as people will look back to this for ideas and new strats, saving them the hassle of reading through it all.
-Replies must be topical, insightful and not half arsed.

Perhaps this thread should be modded heavily to keep the spam/chatter down.

Nody

Anything Day 9 on Blip TV honestly.

seraphimvc

sc2rep.com is a good site for replay,maybe we can make a replay sites list on OP. i also used gosugamer alot for getting replays. is the replay about our own game or we can discuss some pro player's replay here?

i saw this last night and i had a good laugh Idra(renown USA kid in korean as a pro zerg player)maybe a d*ck but he is indeed a macro machine!
Replay link:http://www.sc2rep.com/replays/show/id/224
My Comment: is basically idra came to US server to pub stomp a terran guy. terran player is good(i am assuming they both in diamond league) but from this replay you can actually see there is a huge gap between pros and good player. the game took about 48minutes(a lengty game,which is why i dl this replay ) - they have some good fight, i can see idra is toying him from the start but he is playing on fire, the terran guy comes very close to gg him at some stage. i'd call this replay: 'The invasion of zerg', insane macro skills of idra!!i love how he 'invaded' planet earth(he owns the map) and this human race is tryng to fight back lol

Funky

Epic game of TLO vs Hasuobs

Almost 45 minutes long with some nice BC vs. Carrier action and back and forth fighting throughout. Some really nice play on both sides, especially like TLO's early harass attack, was really well executed but it's equally impressive that Hasuobs manages to stay in the game after.

Jonny7

so many brilliant games I've seen recently..

I'm in work now so I can't link anything, will try later but..

Have a look on youtube for a player called Masq - hes a terran cheese player, beaten Idra, etc.. basically, what he does, and I have to admit he does it very well, is he goes for a sudden strong push, tanks and marines or just mass marines.. with devastating effect..

The game that is very interesting, is one in which is hes his vicious mass marine push, I think about 7 or 8 barracks.. but the player he is up against is on OGS.. a.k.a. Tester.. whom he doesn't seem to know..

What ensues is a truly great game, of course I can't find the bloody link now blocked in work, will check later..


Also check out SCLEGACY on youtube, nice games on that channel

DirkVoodoo

I would never have thought I would enjoy watching replays that weren't my own, I think a lot of it boils down to commentary that is engaging. None of those irritating american commentators though, too painful.

For that reason, I like the shoutcraft casts hosted by totalbicsuit. Good bit of humour, interesting and insightful analysis and some good matches to watch.

Channel on youtube.

Example of a good match:

Zapp Brannigan

Nody wrote: »

Anything Day 9 on Blip TV honestly.

Yeah, he's really good at what he does. Really breaks things down and helps a n00b like me understand what's going on!

And with that off I go to watch his daily...

I also like Husky and HDGamer.

Stingerbar

http://www.youtube.com/user/BlizShouter#p/u/7/GjTaXBP-NDE

amazing

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I just had a match there a short while ago, and after the match was over got talking to my opponent and we decided to watch the replay of our game together, talking about our game plans and tactics and generally complimenting and criticising. It was almost more fun than the game itself.

Sephiroth_dude

Is it possible to post up matches against the A.I?If so how?

DirkVoodoo

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is it possible to post up matches against the A.I?If so how?

You just save a replay. If you want to do your own commentary and maybe rise to internet stardom, use FRAPS or similar utility to capture the video and dub your commentary onto it.

SC replays aren't video files anyway, I'm not sure what they record, probably just a list of commands and positions and chat.

Funky

Played a game there earlier tonight where my opponent pretty much caught me with my pants down with a fast 1 base roach rush. Turned into one of the most hectic games I've played. Link to download it is here if anyone fancies watching it!

Gummy Panda

Funky wrote: »

Played a game there earlier tonight where my opponent pretty much caught me with my pants down with a fast 1 base roach rush. Turned into one of the most hectic games I've played. Link to download it is here if anyone fancies watching it!

Nice comeback. I thought it was gg when he wiped out your mineral line. I was surprised the zerg didn't expand to his natural when he had the advantage and minerals. Instead he expanded to the bottom left corner and did nothing.

Funky

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Nice comeback. I thought it was gg when he wiped out your mineral line. I was surprised the zerg didn't expand to his natural when he had the advantage and minerals. Instead he expanded to the bottom left corner and did nothing.

Yea if he was a bit less aggressive toward the end he probably should have won. Was surprised when he called GG cause when his Lair went down I didn't get the being revealed message and assumed he had another working base somewhere. tbh I thought I'd lost it from the initial roach/ling attacks and had almost left at that stage

BKtje

Replay of which im both proud, amazed and embarrassed.

Not a very high level game, top end of silver division.

1v1 League (Silver)
Terran vs Terran.
1 hr 15 minutes
Replay: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b2f2fe2/n/Epic_Battle_.SC2Replay

Fairly quiet up to the ten minute mark. He then attempts a small banshee attack while i drop in 2 medivacs worth of troops. Both are somewhat succesful.
Fairly quiet again for a bit (where i should have fortified my ground defence but was expecting another aerial assault). He then knocks down my front door and flattens 80% of my main base). Luckily i had an expansion up.
After that I basically just fought to stay in it for a loong while. Tried to stop him expanding while expanding myself while being constantly harrassed by him.

Eventually I manage to win but resources on the map were running low :O
Not very highly skilled game with both of us (after watching replay) making mistakes. Mine being glaringly obvious and his being that he never seemed to push on to finish me off. Perhaps thinking I actually had an army hidden away!

Please feel free to point out my major mistakes if you decide to watch

Gybe

Funky wrote: »

Played a game there earlier tonight where my opponent pretty much caught me with my pants down with a fast 1 base roach rush. Turned into one of the most hectic games I've played. Link to download it is here if anyone fancies watching it!

Nice game funky, was kind of shocked to see the zerg transition into muta while still working off one base. Still any game with phoenix play is win win, love those units!

Funky

Gybe wrote: »

Nice game funky, was kind of shocked to see the zerg transition into muta while still working off one base. Still any game with phoenix play is win win, love those units!

Yea it was a weird transition alright, guess maybe he wanted to keep me contained while he expanded or maybe hoped to just do enough probe rape with the first few that I'd be too far behind.

Gybe

TLO showing zerg how it's done vs the terran bio ball. Honestly it makes me sick how good this guy is

link

Nody

The most unusual opening possible in a TvP game I'd say...

Linky

Xios

Nody wrote: »

The most unusual opening possible in a TvP game I'd say...

Linky

LoL! Now that was an interesting start

seraphimvc

Nody wrote: »

The most unusual opening possible in a TvP game I'd say...

Linky

then you are gonna love this one too! skipp to 4:11 for the match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5NgS7UPsjc

Dcully

Nody wrote: »

The most unusual opening possible in a TvP game I'd say...

Linky

haha that was a bit mad

BKtje

Planetary fortress rush, haha brilliant!

Funky

Gybe wrote: »

TLO showing zerg how it's done vs the terran bio ball. Honestly it makes me sick how good this guy is

link

Pretty cool game, liked the fungal growth followed by dropping infested terrans in the middle of the terran army for the tanks to friendly fire them

Nody wrote: »

The most unusual opening possible in a TvP game I'd say...

Linky

Hahaha the start to that game is so awesome.

TheDoc

I spent the last two days watching a horrendous amount of games, its super fun to watch I must admit.

Been watch alot of CheckPrime(Zerg) The little one (terran) and madfrog( an oldschool wc3 player i was fond off, very good SC2 player aswell)

Funny how madfrog plays zerg, he played Undead in wc3 and was the master of surrounding units and rushing

Gummy Panda

I just did a PvT. I'm still in bronze. Haven't played much lately due to other commitments. Give me some tips as I know i had a lot of minerals at the end.

Replay here @ Sc2replay.com

Gybe

Gummy Panda wrote: »

<snip> Tips Please </snip>

Just from the quick run through the rep i saw alot of mineral floating from the start and it looks like u got abit lost after the gate n core were down? Basic advice would be to just learn solid builds for each match up. A good opening makes a world of difference. Download YABOT (Yet Another Build Order Tester) and practice the builds included. The idea is to get the structures/units building right when you have the minerals for it, then rince n repeat till you get your time to complete the build down as low as possible.

Just as an FYI the general rule of thumb for protoss is that you can support 4 gates off one base (or 3 gates and a robo/stargate). This means all 4 will be producing constantly, it doesn't limit you to just these 4 but anything else will require a cut in unit production, which is fine at times.

Gybe

The CraftCup finals were some absolutely amazing games, link. Socke is just a machine.

Check out the dimaga games from the earlier brackets aswell link.

I'm going to have to hunt down a rep of the merz v morrow game, it was insane. Merz was sitting at 345 APM Average at one point.

Gummy Panda

Gybe wrote: »

Just from the quick run through the rep i saw alot of mineral floating from the start and it looks like u got abit lost after the gate n core were down? Basic advice would be to just learn solid builds for each match up. A good opening makes a world of difference. Download YABOT (Yet Another Build Order Tester) and practice the builds included. The idea is to get the structures/units building right when you have the minerals for it, then rince n repeat till you get your time to complete the build down as low as possible.

Just as an FYI the general rule of thumb for protoss is that you can support 4 gates off one base (or 3 gates and a robo/stargate). This means all 4 will be producing constantly, it doesn't limit you to just these 4 but anything else will require a cut in unit production, which is fine at times.

I had that but didn't know there was a build list included. I thought it was just to practice timings and macro. Going to have another look.

I was kinda proud of sneaking a pylon into his base though after i first warped out he was standing near it. Even after killing my initial force he never went after the pylon.

BopNiblets

My 2nd 2v2 placement game on Arid Wastes was pretty funny, the other team TP vs ZP tried to cannon rush us then baneling bust my teammates base, I thought we were done for, but once we got siege tanks and void rays it was just mopping up mostly.

Longish game cos I'm a noob and 1st real teamplay so I'm very slow, but go to 4x speed for most of it!

Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?t2nusgfuvwzktbq

TheDoc

I'm usually a big fan of husky who has been putting quality shoutcasts on youtube, unfortunately has sold out and every video has a massively boring advertisement before the video : /

Gummy Panda

TheDoc wrote: »

I'm usually a big fan of husky who has been putting quality shoutcasts on youtube, unfortunately has sold out and every video has a massively boring advertisement before the video : /

ah yeah.

Him and HD sold out asap. I don't think they're that good as commentators. Half the time what they're saying is wrong.

Day9 ftw!

TheDoc

Gummy Panda wrote: »

ah yeah.

Him and HD sold out asap. I don't think they're that good as commentators. Half the time what they're saying is wrong.

Day9 ftw!

Day9, who know?

Gummy Panda

TheDoc wrote: »

Day9, who know?

you don't know day9? :eek:

Probably one of the best shoutcasters. His shoutcasts are here. He really analyse the games and has huge starcraft 2 knowledge.

I like episode 100 where he talks about him and his brother growing up with starcraft. His brother Nick 'Tasteless' Plott is a shoutcaster for korean channel GOMTV.

TheDoc

Cheers will have a nosey, something new to watch

Kirby

Have to say, I'm not a fan of that guy.

He knows his stuff. Find it hard to listen to him for longer than five minutes though. His voice and mannerisms are quite....."american" for lack of a better word. He could tell you something simple like 2+2=4 and he would say it like he was telling you a secret or it was extremely profound.

Dunno, don't like him. Crota is much better.

BopNiblets

Mwahaha, I ain't out of the platinum league yet!
Me as T against a slightly favoured P on Desert Oasis, I thought he had me a few times but he threw away an army against my planetary fortress being repaired by loads of SCVs at one point!
My hotkey hand was shaking for a while during this match, crazy adrenaline.

http://www.mediafire.com/?18a3o2gsgaadri9

Gummy Panda

TheDoc,

When you were playing WC3 do you remember Angry Korean Man from the scene?

MistaMagoo

BopNiblets wrote: »

Mwahaha, I ain't out of the platinum league yet!
Me as T against a slightly favoured P on Desert Oasis, I thought he had me a few times but he threw away an army against my planetary fortress being repaired by loads of SCVs at one point!
My hotkey hand was shaking for a while during this match, crazy adrenaline.

http://www.mediafire.com/?18a3o2gsgaadri9

Its probably cheeky of me to say, but I'm surprised that demo is from plat, I'm silver btw.

I don't understand why you didnt push back immediately after he failed, you could have taken that game in the first 15 minutes. You also build a lot of structures and then dont use them, along with only upgrading once at the end bay?

NeoSlicerZ

Replay of a Diamond 2v2 RT I played just there. We just barely survive the start but when we do they're just so far behind.

BopNiblets

MistaMagoo wrote: »

Its probably cheeky of me to say, but I'm surprised that demo is from plat, I'm silver btw.

I don't understand why you didnt push back immediately after he failed, you could have taken that game in the first 15 minutes. You also build a lot of structures and then dont use them, along with only upgrading once at the end bay?

Ya cheeky pup!
Ah no, I'll never admit to being platinum level player, I did ok in my placement matches (won 4/5, a few were lucky) and ended up in platinum!
But I think I did well for a non-BW player and that was my 10th ever RTS 1v1 game (not including the practice matches which were easy)

Ya, I got a little macro, and not much micro, but I countered and harassed the best I could that match, sniping a few Nexus.
He also didn't use his mass void rays on my main when he could have I noticed.

Jonny7

Kirby wrote: »

Have to say, I'm not a fan of that guy.

He knows his stuff. Find it hard to listen to him for longer than five minutes though. His voice and mannerisms are quite....."american" for lack of a better word. He could tell you something simple like 2+2=4 and he would say it like he was telling you a secret or it was extremely profound.

Dunno, don't like him. Crota is much better.

Think I've been watching about 2 hours a day of casts since Feb.

Give Day9 some time, get past his Americanisms, he is one of the most knowledgeable, genuine and honest casters out there. His brother is amazingly good too. Of course its all down to personal preference, but to their credit, most of the community and other casters look up to them.

I like Crota a lot as well, keeps it simple.

Hunter starcraft is also very good, a lot of Korean games.

If you want to watch pov of a terran player - try Gretorp, cool guy, pretty damn high APM, so can be hard to follow

Personally I don't like BigT - too arrogant, judgemental and I can't stand 'thegunrun'

Columc

This is an epic reply, with commentary from HD Starcraft- Starcraftarena.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9niTmeOU&feature=channel

4 Part reply, TT1(P) Vs MasterAsia(Z)

Haven't laughed so much at a reply like this.

The Mad Hatter

Columc wrote: »

This is an epic reply, with commentary from HD Starcraft- Starcraftarena.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV9niTmeOU&feature=channel

4 Part reply, TT1(P) Vs MasterAsia(Z)

Haven't laughed so much at a reply like this.

Epic. Some very clever and devious play from both players, especially near the end.

RoyalMarine

couldnt believe the extractor at the end. amazing game very funny

Columc

Ya, when I saw him sniping both buildings, and when they both finnaly got destroyed and he survived i was kinda cheering, just to see an extractor.

NeoSlicerZ

This is the greatest recheese I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNER11DSqU

Jonny7

Intel Extreme Masters is on all this week

can't post link in work

Day9 and Apollo casting

its live in the afternoons.. all the great players are there, TLO, Idra, Dimaga, etc

If you want to seem some vods

google esl and vod

Funky

The stream for the IEM is here. Good show but the battle net online experience is causing problems at the moment...

Idra playing Sarens at the moment.

Gummy Panda

The plays are suppose to be uploaded by they won't play from ESL site. Anyone know a site that mirrored them?

Burgo

esl uses octopshape plugin, can dl here

vods from esl http://tv.esl.eu/de/vod/ and vods from glhftv http://glhf.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc