intense555 Profile Blog Joined February 2011 United States 472 Posts Last Edited: 2013-12-25 01:30:21 #1 Update: Well I think I I will not be able to do this in the 31 days because I did not plan for season ladder lock and will not have enough time to get into grandmaster before it. Therefore, I give because of this. I also did not enjoy playing protoss very much (compared to terran). My thoughts from my week 1 update blog still apply though.

Hello, I am intense, a terran player that has been in the grandmaster league on NA server for the past 6 seasons, and a few other times long ago in WoL. Earlier today I made a bet with some ROOT/SEED members that I could achieve top 50 GM on NA server in 1 month. I know sjow tried to do this but he failed quite horribly, but I feel that I am capable of pulling this off. I just want to show that protoss is less mechanically and strategically challenging than the other two races. I will be writing my progress in this blog. I will write my first day progress, but after that will only update weekly.



Day 1 (so far):

I went over DH Winter replays of Patience and Naniwa in order to find openings that I liked, I opted for SG openings in all 3 matchups. Here are my BO notes:

+ Show Spoiler + Protoss builds

PvP

9 pylon

12 gate ( scout )

15 double gas ( then use 3rd chrono, saturate 2 ea then rally 3rds )

17 pylon

18 core

19 zlot

When core finishes start WG and get stargate ( should already have 50 chrono when core finishes )

Next 100 gas msc ( 1 chrono on this )

next 50 stalker ( no chrono )

next 150 oracle ( double chrono )

add gates 2 & 3 right now if facing aggresion or drop nexus ( around when oracle is finishing , add gates 2 & 3 after if you get nexus )

1 phoenix ( unless you scout no sg or suspect dts then 2 oracle--->1 phoenix , 1st oracle will confirm whether or not you should move out with 2nd )

if you 3 gate and opponent is expanding, pressure ( with nexus behind this )

after nexus, add robo and forge, tech up to twilight then archons when +1 is halfway done

take 3rd and 4th gases if playing defensive on nexus when it is finishing

go up to 5 gates then take third, if opponent is greedy then go up to 8 gateways and attack w/ zlot archon reinforcments ( collosus, early 3rd, stupid )

warp prism after 2 immortals to hurass, cannon in each mineral line, make sure to have full base vision

TvP

9 pylon

13 gate

16 double gas (rally 15th probe to build both )

2 on each

19 core

start zlot ( do not let finish if no ebay block )

21 msc

23 nexus

23 pylon

after this go sg-->double forge--->5gate---->twilight--->templar & storm

2 base 8 gate greedy terrans or take third and start robo whilist maintaining constant unit production

tech up to collosus, hit 3 base 3/3 timing

make sure to get cannon in each mineral line

PvZ

9 pylon at main

13 gateway

15 double gas

17 pylon

18 core

18 zealot

21 msc

23 nexus

23 wg

23 pylon at nat ( to get wall off )

25 sentry

27 stargate ( 5 phoenix or oracle into 5 phoenix )

3rd and 4th gases at nat around 6:30

add gates 2 & 3 at nat + pylon to get wall w/ sentry & msc

robo --->Forge and +1 -----> 4 more gates

2 immortals----> warp prism -----> obs

push out when 2nd immortal finshes and rally other stuff, make sure to have chrono'd +1 attack to finishing

you should have alot of sentries that were built early on

win



I will be doing this on my main account

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/3310952/1/intense/



For updates follow me on twitter @SEEDintense or check this blog weekly, next update will be next Sunday night.

Stream for this starts 12/20 (Friday)





Day 1 (so far):I went over DH Winter replays of Patience and Naniwa in order to find openings that I liked, I opted for SG openings in all 3 matchups. Here are my BO notes:I will be doing this on my main accountFor updates follow me on twitter @SEEDintense or check this blog weekly, next update will be next Sunday night.Stream for this starts 12/20 (Friday) http://www.twitch.tv/intensesc Aspiring Starcraft 2 pro for @mYinsanityEU, follow me on twitter @mYintenseSC