I was really quite upset after those games lol. I was on a 6 game losing streak when I had to play those... So yeah I think I raged out of the game heh.
And really really thank you so much for the feedback. They will definitely help me improve my game, especially in dealing with said situations.
Regarding me not blocking my ramp, the main reason I'm doing so is actually to defend against early pool. I thought of doing so after watching WhiteRa's stream a couple of weeks back. I've tried it out and it definitely is much easier (for me) to defend against an early pool. I have confidence to micro against lings without speed. I've also got a couple of replays of these games that I wouldn't mind sharing .
Another reason is that I find it's harder to defend an early pool if I block off the ramp is because the pylon will be too far away and sometimes the lings will get in before the zealot finishes warping in. And whenever that happens I find it really hard to defend the pylon/gates.
Also, I got into a game where the zerg will bring a couple of drones with his lings, do the mineral glitch to bypass my zealot, and proceeded to kill it really quickly. That one was tough lol
If the zerg is not doing an early pool, I'll subsequently construct my 2nd and 3 gates to block off the ramp - solely because whenever the zerg scouts an empty ramp they will go ahead and make a few more lings and well by that time I'd have a sentry out etc.
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