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BackHo[BLACK]
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
80 Posts
October 12 2009 07:14 GMT
#1
Has anyone ever laid a spider mine and then recalled the unit being chased by the spider mine to another part of the map. What happens - does the spider mine run over to them like how the interceptors do that for carriers?

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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
October 12 2009 07:18 GMT
#2
it's a good sign when you write in before close in a thread you just created
UNFUCK YOURSELF
BaltA
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Norway849 Posts
October 12 2009 07:18 GMT
#3
Dont think so... Because mines aren't a part of a unit... When they get laied, they will be there until you die/or they get used/killed.... so doubt it..

Carrier inteseptors are a part of a carrier....
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
October 12 2009 07:30 GMT
#4
I would assume the spider mine would just go back into the ground.
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
October 12 2009 07:30 GMT
#5
CHING CHONG

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WING WONG
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littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
October 12 2009 07:33 GMT
#6
On October 12 2009 16:30 Valentine wrote:
CHING CHONG

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WING WONG

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bing bong*
Entusman #12
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
October 12 2009 07:36 GMT
#7
ding dong is clearly the answer.
Nak Allstar.
The_Australian
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Australia458 Posts
October 12 2009 07:38 GMT
#8
it just re-burrows.
"Nothing should be unstoppable when you see it coming...." - Boxer
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
October 12 2009 07:40 GMT
#9
No.

Think about it this way, if a zealot dies, the mine doesn't follow the zealot's soul back to Aiur and implant itself into the dragoon, does it? Stop asking such silly questions.
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
October 12 2009 07:54 GMT
#10
spider mine would burrow itself again, just like when a mine activates when a unit is near but then the unit dies before the mine can get to it it just re burrows and waits to acquire a new target.
Konni
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Germany3044 Posts
October 12 2009 08:16 GMT
#11
ok all you people just saying no .. did you even try it?
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
October 12 2009 08:21 GMT
#12
has anyone tested this? i really hope something crazy happens
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
October 12 2009 08:22 GMT
#13
I tried it, and now my monitor is on fire.
caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
October 12 2009 08:22 GMT
#14
why don't you try it yourself? I would but I'm about to go to sleep right now. I may try it tomorrow if I remember. Mines only reburrow when the unit dies as far as i know, but they MIGHT reburrow if the unit gets recalled. This also raises the equally philosophical question: What does a mine do when the target unit gets stasised before the mine can explode?
Hellions are my homeboys
Carefree
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1571 Posts
October 12 2009 08:25 GMT
#15
Wouldn't it be similar to picking up the unit with a shuttle? The only difference being that the unit is actually somewhere else on the map rather than stored inside the shuttle, but in either case the unit disappears from the general vicinity.
DebOnAire - 「 Bisu[Shield] 」
ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
October 12 2009 08:31 GMT
#16
"Certain forms of popular music nowadays, namely rap and hip hop styles, are just irritating gangsters bragging about their illegal exploits and short-sighted lifestyles." - Shiverfish ~2009
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
October 12 2009 08:35 GMT
#17
Haha awesome :D Which match was it? Fantasy vs ?
ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
October 12 2009 08:38 GMT
#18
On October 12 2009 17:35 Necosarius wrote:
Haha awesome :D Which match was it? Fantasy vs ?

Movie I believe, from the recent Avalon MSL Ro32 group F winners match. The whole match is worth a watch actually.
"Certain forms of popular music nowadays, namely rap and hip hop styles, are just irritating gangsters bragging about their illegal exploits and short-sighted lifestyles." - Shiverfish ~2009
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-12 09:06:23
October 12 2009 09:01 GMT
#19
i tried it. just then then (T)Flash appeared next to me, and as he touched my shoulder we were both whisked away to the Terran Hideout where everyone (i.e. ooV, Nada, Boxer, Bogus and co.) was there to congratulate and welcome me into the Fellowship. More details as they come. . .
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-12 09:08:36
October 12 2009 09:08 GMT
#20
On October 12 2009 17:22 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I tried it, and now my monitor is on fire.


something crazy indeed

i demand crazier

we must up the testing
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-12 09:58:14
October 12 2009 09:53 GMT
#21
I'd offer to test with somebody, but my computer is going through one of its "I can't open blizzard games" phases, and I don't feel like restarting.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 12 2009 10:26 GMT
#22
it stops

because the unit gets cloaked, hence spider mine 'loses' target
POGGERS
Railxp
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Hong Kong1313 Posts
October 12 2009 10:39 GMT
#23
since when do spidermines 'loose' targets in cloak? Mines vs DT?
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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
October 12 2009 10:57 GMT
#24
whenever a spider mine unmorphs, it must have a legal target or else it'll fizzle, in this case, unmorph (reburrow)
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
BackHo[BLACK]
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
80 Posts
October 12 2009 11:07 GMT
#25
On October 12 2009 17:16 Konni wrote:
ok all you people just saying no .. did you even try it?


ROFLMAO.

Yeah, I was pretty much just too lazy to try it myself.
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
October 12 2009 11:16 GMT
#26
On October 12 2009 17:16 Konni wrote:
ok all you people just saying no .. did you even try it?


Why would we?
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
October 12 2009 11:38 GMT
#27
On October 12 2009 19:26 konadora wrote:
it stops

because the unit gets cloaked, hence spider mine 'loses' target


Then what if the arbiter dies the second it casts recall? That way the units will not get cloaked.
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Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
October 12 2009 11:47 GMT
#28
I think it just goes back in the ground, or destroys.
JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
October 12 2009 11:48 GMT
#29
What happens if an unit that is being chased by a spider mine and is recalled by an arbiter that gets killed and the recall places said unit exactly under a landing CC?


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29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
October 12 2009 11:53 GMT
#30
OP: hey guys, i have this crazy idea that i haven't tried because im lazy. what do you guys think? would it work?

ppl: nope. doesnt sound like it would

OP: ok all you people just saying no .. did you even try it?

ppl: nope. why would something that you could've done yourself in the time it took to post this "blog"?

OP: (insert response here)

4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
Konni
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Germany3044 Posts
October 12 2009 12:16 GMT
#31
On October 12 2009 19:26 konadora wrote:
it stops

because the unit gets cloaked, hence spider mine 'loses' target

lol, since when do spider mines NOT go off on cloaked units?
Konni
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Germany3044 Posts
October 12 2009 12:17 GMT
#32
And I'm gonna test it as soon as I'm home and have access to starcraft!
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-12 13:13:39
October 12 2009 13:06 GMT
#33
I tried it on October 13th. Then just as soon as I was about to do it I was warped through time back to relive October 12th from the beginning. Only now I'm posting this on TL. Gonna try this again tomorrow.
beep boop
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
October 12 2009 13:07 GMT
#34
Damn, same thing happened again.
beep boop
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
October 12 2009 13:50 GMT
#35
i spider mine can't get laid! at least i hope so :O
http://twitter.com/jhNz
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
October 12 2009 16:12 GMT
#36
I would guess it goes back in the ground because the recalled unit's are no longer on the map for a split second
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
October 12 2009 16:15 GMT
#37
Alright, my computer has decided to let me run games today, so if anybody is interested in testing this respond here or on irc. (I can't think of a way to test it alone.)
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
October 12 2009 16:50 GMT
#38
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