There are good harassments which deal so much damage that they pull the opponent apart, and there are also bad harassments which simply donate units. The effectiveness of a harassment hinges on how well the player stretches the opponent’s attention, and how little attention the player needs to execute it. I want to discuss about how the consideration of attention can improve harassment execution.
When we discuss about mechanics, macro and micro are the two things that come to mind. In this post, I suggest that attention should be considered as one of the dimensions of mechanics.
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You should have heard of the news of AlphaGo defeating Lee Sedol by now, and Starcraft may be the next game that DeepMind (AlphaGo) want to challenge. This is a great news for Starcraft.
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While the different 1-1-1 variations are the metagame choice in the TvZ match up, INnoVation had brought back the old school quick three Command Centre back in his recent games.
Without a doubt that Reaper opening into 1-1-1 is the most popular build in TvZ right now, and I think it is arguably the best ladder build because it has a solid set up for anything. I will list some of the common variations.
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