#shalinar

Music: None, but Shalinar and his Asian are watching Firefly somewhere in the background Starcraft2: 11W 6L

So the story of today is something like this. I woke up at 9:30 this morning, got dressed went to work until 2:00. Then went to class till 6:00. After that I came home helped Shalinar with his car and then after towing him down to the Ford place I came home and started up Starcraft 2 for the day. Anyway here's the break down of today.

Initially I just wasn't on my game I guess. I got curb stomped by like four other players before I finally started to win. I'm not really sure what I was weakest against, but whatever, anyway after my fourth game I finally got my head into the game and started to pull off some good wins. The flavor of the night has been Zealot Archon against Zerg, and Mothership Mass Recall Drop (MMRD) against Protoss. Interestingly enough I've played two Terrans tonight. One went Mass Battlecruiser which I lost to, the other went Marine Marauder or something and I royally kicked the shit out of him. In his defense though the lack of GG probably meant he was lacking in skill so I really shouldn't judge.

So anyway here's SaintEaon's builds for tonight and how they've broken down now that I've turned a massive losing streak into a winning streak.

Zealot Archon:

So my first knowledge that Zealot Archon, or more accurately Chargelot Archon was coLCruncher vs vileSpanshwa. The idea behind Zealot Archon is that through pressure and revealing certain units (like the occasional Void Ray) you can control your opponent's builds in order to get them to build a lot of Hydras and maybe Mutas. In general your typical Zerg will still try for Roach Hydra though, and what makes that beautiful is that Hydra's are squishy and the way the units play makes them the perfect targets for your Archons. Unupgraded Archons do 40 damage to biological with splash so using those on everything Zerg has just usually wins. However Archons attack SUPER slow so you need the Zealots to prevent the Roaches from using their acid spit or directly engaging your Archons. The Archons will soften up your enemy so well that you wont actually lose that many Chargelots making the engagement usually go in your favor.

Usually this build requires a second expansion in order to get the gas required for the Archons. Without revealing my build because I may play some of you non-existent people one day, You'll want to start on 4Gate, while getting up Twilight Council, then get Your Templar Archives. ALWAYS Templar Archives never Dark Shrine because Dark Templar are waaaaaaaaay too expensive. The High Templar make a good team with Archon's because one is all minerals and one's gas.

Mothership Mass Recall All-In

Game starts out real standard like, you get your 4Gates up and Warp Tech. Focus on Mostly Zealots in the early game with a few stalkers based on your scouting info. Hide your Stargate and your Mothership to avoid your enemy getting any air defenses and start building that Mothership. Once the mothership starts up start warping in Zealots when you don't have gas and Stalkers when you have both. Keep your army in one spot. Once the Mothership is up move your mothership over your army in case you get attacked to by time. Your army will be smaller, but if you managed to hide the Mothership chances are you'll have an advantage because you're completely invisible.

If you don't get attacked move to your enemy's base preferably through the sides or from the rear of the base if possible. Once your Mothership is in switch to your army with the Mothership selected and hit "Recall" and your ENTIRE deathball is now instantly inside your enemy's main, completely 100% invisible and able to do massive amounts of damage quickly and easily. If you're feeling particularly badass bring a probe and set up a pylon or two in order to warp in reinforcements. Or if you're kind of a douche (and lets face it some of us are) you can always invisible cannon rush your opponent. That's right Invisible Cannon Rush.

Anyway that's all for tonight, the time now is 12:10 because I stopped typing and watched some TV with Shalinar and his Asian and I'mma wrap this up. Probably post a more heart felt post later if I feel like it. Also I'll be loading up some more replays soon on my youtube account. Likewise feel free to follow me on Facebook the links will be at the bottom of the post. Until next time that's GG. Night all.

So it occurred to me today at some point, or maybe it was yesterday, same sleep cycle really that I am the most egotistical, sarcastic, arrogant, aggressive, reckless mother fucker in the world. Most people would view that as a bad thing, but in reality, its not. That's because actually something else just occurred to me and that is there really are not true weaknesses. Perhaps my character flaws are just another aspect of my character I've yet to notice. A case study that isn't really a study or a case, just something I inadvertently did over the course of several years follows below:

For years I've written for the fictional character Eaon. He literally started out your typical mary-sue prodigy bad ass who because of the titles that proceeded him was not actually bad ass at all. From there he steadily got more believable, but was still always a good guy. Then something happened based around a site called Constant Black, Eaon went through a change that was completely unexpected, and entirely the best thing that had ever happened to him. Eaon corrupted, he showed weakness and he fell. Instead of fighting his arch enemy Reivaan, he became him. There was no justification for most of his actions outside of his delusional blood thirsty rampages, there was only anger and a lust for vengence that would tear asunder an entire metropolis.

What made that particular version of Eaon so bad ass wasn't that he was good nor evil, it was the justification, instead of saying that Eaon should live up to X Y and Z standards, I allowed him to value X Y and Z standards, but not be willing to value them over his darker impulses. Sometimes we all feel fire in our blood, but sometimes we need to explode instead of just simmer. The moral is there's absolutely nothing wrong when going super nova sometimes. Just as well there's nothing wrong with breaking down, not being strong enough, or being overly aggressive. That's what makes us human, we shouldn't fear these things as weakness or flaws but rather an expression of who at our most primal state is who we really are.

Maybe that's what the problem of the world is, we're too focused on appearing Humane. Yes I have primal instincts, I get mad and I want to fucking crush, destroy, maim, burn, and slaughter anything that gets in my way. Put me in a good mood though and I'll dive straight into hell to save you from it. If  you piss me off stay the fuck out of my way, and if you haven't walk along side me. Its not bad my favorite Deadly Sin is Wrath (okay it kinda is), but that's just who I am. Seriously though think about it name one time being Humane has ever done anything useful?

We gave food, money, and medical supplies to the middle east for whatever reason. Result, we (to no half-intelligent person's great surprise) have multiple entire civilizations who completely hate is for saving their kind. For the sake of being good guys and humane we don't do anything about it. Sorry Iran, but you think we're Satan? You think you're big and bad? Fuck you, you get no more medi-gel (Yes we have it) or water and I'm nuking you. PS while you're picking up your third irradiated arm from the blistering glass parkinglot that once was your palace we sent you a lovely letter that reads "S my D."

Seriously you want to know when we got off the right tracks? When Materialism took over and when we decided that we were above our own humanity. At the end of the day Humans are simply that, human. Love em' or hate em', there's nothing we can do about it and personally I'm sick of trying. Yes I am SaintEaon and I have a thing for doing things that are dangerous, stupid, risky, adventerous, crazy, and more than likely bound to end in heartbreak or failure. I love every fucking minute of it.

Anyway onto the news that matters most, Starcraft 2.

MLG Orlando: vileSpanishiwa advanced to Round Two despite having neither entered the tourniment nor actually played anyone. Yeah that's right this 17 year old bad ass from Cali while doing College work didn't enter a Tourniment on the other side of a country and was so bad ass his opponent somehow forfeited before the game begun thus advancing Spanishiwa to Round two.

1v1s: Didn't play any today

1v1 Practice: Played against Shalinar, I lost twice. Now statistically I am way above Shalinar in play, but for whatever reason I can't beat him when it counts. I'm not sure why this is. I know Shalinar knows my play style is micro intensive and he also knows my build. Mutas apparently beat me, and then when I wall in and get too lazy to expand I try Mass Air (yeah suicide I know). Anyway so that's how today went.

In the realm of Physical Sports:

Alabama Crimson Tide: 52-7 against Ole Miss. Not only that but Richardson had a touch down run that I still can't get over. I will enjoy Alabama's continued Undefeated streak. I think in two weeks we have to play LSU after their Bi-Week. Hope they need it, we're out for blood this year.