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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 11:50 GMT
#1
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lol zerg

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i'll just let my army clean up while crank the terran macro machine

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wat

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R U SRS?

note to self 74 1-1 shield upgraded marines + 10 sieged tanks die to 13 ultras.

P.S. i lost.

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LuDwig-
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Italy1143 Posts
March 12 2010 11:55 GMT
#2
How many ultra reamins in live at the end?.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=120015&currentpage=98<--Search the HotBid's Post
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 11:57 GMT
#3
i have the unit counters up in the corners he has 8/13 at the end while my army is dead
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24757 Posts
March 12 2010 12:00 GMT
#4
Did you stimp? With that many medivacs you can probably afford to stimp and it increases your damage output a lot. Also by the time he has ultras you can probably be to at least 2-1 or 2-2. Maybe with that and slightly better unit positioning you'd fair better although we didn't see the game and see how far ahead/behind he is economically leading up to this.
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TArujo
Profile Joined September 2009
Portugal1687 Posts
March 12 2010 12:04 GMT
#5
thors completely make ultras worthless
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 12:07:23
March 12 2010 12:06 GMT
#6
This isn't SC1. Stop trying to play it like it is.

1. Tanks do less damage in SC2
2. Ultras have more HP
3. You don't have medics to make it harder for ultras to get to your marines
4. You have stimmable infantry with + bonus to armor damage, yet you are using none.
5. You have thors, yet are using none.

result = gg.

1/5
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 12:09 GMT
#7
don't be a dick. i never claimed any imbalance if i thought it was imbalanced i would've posted it in the sc2 section and wrote a rage post about it.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Rothbardian
Profile Joined January 2010
United States497 Posts
March 12 2010 12:10 GMT
#8
Fighting 13 Ultras on open ground....not going to be a pretty picture any way you slice, and 1/1 @ 23 minutes into the game? You should have 3-2 or 3-3 by then!
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 12:12 GMT
#9
yeah was a bit late on the upgrades but i think he had only 1-1 as well + the ultra armor and i was ahead on bases (very recently) so i thought it was ok to slack a little. guess not!
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
oob
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden630 Posts
March 12 2010 12:18 GMT
#10
Doesn't Ultras have splash attack in SC2? Perhaps not having all rines in such a big clump would be better? :o
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 12:20 GMT
#11
On March 12 2010 21:18 wolfy4033 wrote:
Doesn't Ultras have splash attack in SC2? Perhaps not having all rines in such a big clump would be better? :o

yep, i decided to go back to my base during this encounter and when i came back a majority of my army was dead. probably didnt help that my tanks were firing at frontline ultras and probably one hit ko'ing a bunch of my marines either. :D
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
oob
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden630 Posts
March 12 2010 12:23 GMT
#12
Ah, that sucks lol.
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
March 12 2010 12:49 GMT
#13
I think this gets every terran who's use to the ultras from SC1.
No I'm never serious.
Kim_Hyun_Han
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
706 Posts
March 12 2010 12:54 GMT
#14
babe

why are ultras so big?
unionbank
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia666 Posts
March 12 2010 13:31 GMT
#15
its like watching command and conquer
김정우.... 이겼다!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iSiN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1075 Posts
March 12 2010 14:10 GMT
#16
I think I've only gotten to make 13 ultras total since beta started lolololol
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 14:20:36
March 12 2010 14:20 GMT
#17
On March 12 2010 21:00 micronesia wrote:
Did you stimp? With that many medivacs you can probably afford to stimp and it increases your damage output a lot. Also by the time he has ultras you can probably be to at least 2-1 or 2-2. Maybe with that and slightly better unit positioning you'd fair better although we didn't see the game and see how far ahead/behind he is economically leading up to this.

This.

Ultras raped unstimmed marines that are behind on upgrades in SC1 also. It's just that you also had tanks/irradiate to clean up the mess. Tanks are different (not necessarily worse overall, but certainly worse against ultras), and Raven Hunter Seekers don't do nearly as much damage as Irradiate.
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inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 14:37:04
March 12 2010 14:34 GMT
#18
Maybe you should open the help menu and look at the

On March 12 2010 20:57 mahnini wrote:
unit counters


13 ultras + 7 mutas = 102 food

74 marines + 10 tanks = 94 food

and ultras completely counter marines...

"R U SRS?"
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
March 12 2010 14:43 GMT
#19
Mh just looking at the first pic I thought this post was gonna be about "look at this amazing amount of ultras annihilate everything"
and I was right, just didnt know that the OP didnt expect that to happen ^^

Sadist your post is still somewhat annoying though tbh, the first sentence at least
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
March 12 2010 15:48 GMT
#20
rofl mahnini

5/5 for getting utterly raped
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Volshok
Profile Joined August 2008
United States349 Posts
March 12 2010 16:43 GMT
#21
Ultra Splash will shatter pure Marine, sucks you had to learn the hard way. But theres a whole slew of issues with your SS (Get ready for some awesome backseat SC2'ing);

1) You have no Marauders, which is the bio counter to Ultras, even more so then tanks. Even just a small group with stim will shred an Ultra in no time.

2) You have 15 Medivacs? That's an insanely high number to me. Get some Ravens, Marauders, or at least something else with that gas. Even if you were planning on dropping, I don't think you'd need that many to try and kill his tech. Even if you only had 3 ravens at half energy, you could have thrown down 6 turrets for a quick wall.

3) Your tanks are in the open, why? Either cliff them in the middle of the map so they can shell, or keep them behind the walls.

4) 1-1 Upgrades won't get you very fair vs Ultras, I learned that the hard way as well.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=123657
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
March 12 2010 17:21 GMT
#22
rofl ultras in sc2 are like godzillas
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
March 12 2010 17:33 GMT
#23
On March 12 2010 21:06 Sadistx wrote:
This isn't SC1. Stop trying to play it like it is.

1. Tanks do less damage in SC2
2. Ultras have more HP
3. You don't have medics to make it harder for ultras to get to your marines
4. You have stimmable infantry with + bonus to armor damage, yet you are using none.
5. You have thors, yet are using none.

result = gg.

1/5


tanks do more damage with shift+focus fire then in sc1
And all is illuminated.
oob
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden630 Posts
March 12 2010 17:35 GMT
#24
On March 13 2010 02:33 freelander wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2010 21:06 Sadistx wrote:
This isn't SC1. Stop trying to play it like it is.

1. Tanks do less damage in SC2
2. Ultras have more HP
3. You don't have medics to make it harder for ultras to get to your marines
4. You have stimmable infantry with + bonus to armor damage, yet you are using none.
5. You have thors, yet are using none.

result = gg.

1/5


tanks do more damage with shift+focus fire then in sc1


How come? :O
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EmeraldSparks
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-12 17:45:08
March 12 2010 17:44 GMT
#25
13 Medivacs - 1300/1300
74 Marines - 3700
10 Siege Tanks - 1500/1250
Total Cost - 6500/2550

13 Ultralisks - 3900/2600
Total Cost - 3900/2600

74 Marines - 3700
10 Siege Tanks - 1500/1250
Total Cost of Casualties - 5200/1250

5 Ultralisks - 1500/1000
Total Cost of Casualties - 1500/1000

A 4000 mineral swing inside ten seconds. Pretty sexy.

[EDIT] I guess it's the equivalent of A-moving mass mnm into a siege tank line in SC1.
But why?
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
March 12 2010 18:01 GMT
#26
On March 13 2010 02:35 wolfy4033 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2010 02:33 freelander wrote:
On March 12 2010 21:06 Sadistx wrote:
This isn't SC1. Stop trying to play it like it is.

1. Tanks do less damage in SC2
2. Ultras have more HP
3. You don't have medics to make it harder for ultras to get to your marines
4. You have stimmable infantry with + bonus to armor damage, yet you are using none.
5. You have thors, yet are using none.

result = gg.

1/5


tanks do more damage with shift+focus fire then in sc1


How come? :O


if you do that they don't "overdamage" any unit, but they intelligently share the damage. If the first attacked unit would die from 3 hits, the fourth tank will already shoot the next attacked unit.
And all is illuminated.
Bond(i2)
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada926 Posts
March 12 2010 18:07 GMT
#27
thors?
roses are red violets are blue, Im schitzophrenic and so am i
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
March 12 2010 19:21 GMT
#28
On March 12 2010 21:06 Sadistx wrote:
This isn't SC1. Stop trying to play it like it is.

1. Tanks do less damage in SC2
2. Ultras have more HP
3. You don't have medics to make it harder for ultras to get to your marines
4. You have stimmable infantry with + bonus to armor damage, yet you are using none.
5. You have thors, yet are using none.

result = gg.

1/5

Aside from the negative tone of this post he's 100% right. This is what I thought when I saw this OP. Ultras are so fucking bad in sc2 since marauders are around. Like it's literally a joke
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
March 12 2010 20:42 GMT
#29
On March 13 2010 02:44 EmeraldSparks wrote:
13 Medivacs - 1300/1300
74 Marines - 3700
10 Siege Tanks - 1500/1250
Total Cost - 6500/2550

13 Ultralisks - 3900/2600
Total Cost - 3900/2600

74 Marines - 3700
10 Siege Tanks - 1500/1250
Total Cost of Casualties - 5200/1250

5 Ultralisks - 1500/1000
Total Cost of Casualties - 1500/1000

A 4000 mineral swing inside ten seconds. Pretty sexy.

[EDIT] I guess it's the equivalent of A-moving mass mnm into a siege tank line in SC1.

yep except even if i did that in sc1 (a move 74 units directly into their hard counter) i could expect to at least come out even. i was taken by surprise but apparently everyone else knows ultras mow down armies 7x their size while only losing 5 units.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
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