Greedy con first and bringing weak com into strong com engagement.

Cheeser, no skill, bla, bla...

Because some people win through being weird, such as steel_blue, and others win through superior mechanics. Godde has the superiorest mechanics, so if that is your style you lose. Wierd stuff can work sometimes if you get lucky, no matter the skill difference, but good players counter it and your elo stays put at sub-top levels.

Not that I beat Godde very often but thats definitely what I've observed most of the time. People tend to play in an intimidated playstyle because he is rank 1. Its like mental defeat lol.

Well micromanaged raiders are pretty much always the best option for early game offense and defense. Meanwhile my strength mostly lies in mid to late game mechanics. Although I can trick my way into mid game against most opponents, Godde's heavy use of raider micro + naked expansion means he can usually already secure his economic victory in the first few minutes. I can try to get a win by cheesing, but even that is hard when your opponent knows his raider play.

On the other hand I feel like I can win FFA games against Godde fairly reliably - supporting the early game/APM theory.

When it comes to meta I think Godde can pull off some stunts due to his great micro. I don't feel like his strategies are especially helpful for other players. GoogleFrog used to surprise me with interesting strategies much more often (and his were also much more solid, not relying on micro so much).

No, that's against my policy. I need Philosoraider 2.0.

Godde's strong raider micro allows him to start very greedy, because he can do more than other players can do with less this greed pays off in like 3 minutes, so if you get stuck trying to defend against a 150 metal raid building a mass of defensive raiders, or defensive structures, you've lost on the economy.

Approaching godde's base with not enough force in this moment of weakness also results in loss, because the time out takes for you to move your defensive raiders forward Goode has time+metal to build unit counters or llts. I think the only way to break through is to ignore economy yourself and burst through with an army with all your starting eco. The other way to win is to fight godde with a mirror strategy, which is hard.

This early game army rush is counter able if you hold some metal or something. But then that's not playing optimally, so if godde holds back, the mirror play starts out with an advantage, investing into economy. In my head I feel like this plays out like pre scouting RPS.

Edit: Geeeeesh, you take things so personally. Maybe we can take the drama down just a notch?

I complain when I lose and reserve my right to whine. :P
I don't think anyone is really complaining about Steel_Blue rather just analyzing cheese against my playstyle.

Fealthas... Language pls...
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