I've a related question - what happens when early game harass messes up your timings?
e.g. Let's say I normally get 4 gas at 6 minutes (or 50 drones) (it doesn't matter which, this is just a hypothetical situation) in a ZvP.
Then a Zealot Stalker harass comes and catches me off guard, and I am forced to pull drones and lose about 5 drones.
Now, do I still stick to the 50 drones principle (will be later than usual)or the timing principle (will have less drones than usual)?
A more recent game I played was a ZvT, where the T got 8 hellions and ran them into my mineral line, killing more than 10+ drones as I reacted badly. After I cleared it up, I struggled to drone back up as much as I could, as I usually get units after recognizing a certain drone saturation.
What happened next was a follow-up push with MM tanks which took out my 3rd as I didn't have much units from droning, and from there I could never catch back up as he kept denying my 3rd (at different locations too) with packs of MMM.
Now, is this situation a matter of 'you f-cked up too bad in early game, you lost it there', or could I have recovered in a better way?
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