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Now I know why blizz made HTs so slow

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Surrealz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States449 Posts
August 06 2010 19:33 GMT
#1
My PvT revolves around Robo to HT play, so I have been around the block when it comes to HTs against terran, lol.

I always like to bitch about HTs being slow, constantly yelling at my computer "1A FASTER YOU RETARDS". I mean, they ARE gateway units, why don't they move as fast as zealots?

Anyways, I found out exactly why blizzard did this. I was playing a terran on metalopolis and I 1A'd like a scrub to his nat, and the HTs were obviously the fat kids at the back of the 1a limbo line as usual. This guy decides to EMP every last one of my units and I'm like FUUUUUU, until the HTs finally decide to arrive and are at full energy and storm his army to death, gg.

Pretty useless blog, just wondering if any of you have been blessed by the slow HT move speed xD

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1a2a3a
Amnesia
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3818 Posts
August 06 2010 19:33 GMT
#2
ur funny
Pengu1n
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States552 Posts
August 06 2010 19:34 GMT
#3
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them
RaNgeD
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States733 Posts
August 06 2010 19:35 GMT
#4
take them in a shuttle
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:7
WhoNeedsMacro
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada43 Posts
August 06 2010 19:42 GMT
#5
Lol, HTs sort of just... die o_o
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9775 Posts
August 06 2010 19:47 GMT
#6
i spent the whole first two paragraphs thinking you were talking about broodwar goddamit.

either use a warp prism or proxy a pylon, and then basically it's just paying attention to your units. feedback their ghosts and none of your units will get emp'd.
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illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
August 06 2010 19:47 GMT
#7
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them


Shouldn't you hotkey them whenever possible?
:]
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
August 06 2010 19:51 GMT
#8
No they go slow so when the idiot protoss goes 1a2a3a they lag at the back and I snipe 6 temps with mutas.
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
Hurricane
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3939 Posts
August 06 2010 19:53 GMT
#9
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped
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Xyik
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada728 Posts
August 06 2010 19:59 GMT
#10
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


will give it a try.
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
August 06 2010 20:02 GMT
#11
On August 07 2010 04:59 Xyik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


will give it a try.

I hope you're not being serious...

Autocasting is simply ridiculous... masses of storms are just too easy to create now.
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MadJack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Peru357 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-06 20:16:13
August 06 2010 20:10 GMT
#12
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


I dont really think you are the first doing that. Many BW and War3 gamers already are used to use at least 3 hotkeys for troops, a lot of them will look like this 1=melee 2=range 3=special units/spellcasters. So, really theres nothing new about "Hurricaning"

EDIT: I just saw your post count, now im positive your just joking around... right?
이제동 화이팅! / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26jjD3ro-Xk /
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
August 06 2010 20:11 GMT
#13
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


So you basically assign HTs to hotkey 2. Sounds.. Hurricating
Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
August 06 2010 20:11 GMT
#14
On August 07 2010 05:02 Loser777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:59 Xyik wrote:
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


will give it a try.

I hope you're not being serious...

Autocasting is simply ridiculous... masses of storms are just too easy to create now.


I really hate storms right now. It's really all my fault because my computer sucks so badly...so when Toss gets 5 High Templar and autocast, my computer starts slowing down and I can't micro anymore.

I liked it when autocasting didn't exist. xD
/人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Make a contract with me and join TLADT | Onodera isn't actually a girl, she's just a doormat you walk over to get to the girl. - Numy 2015
prototype.
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada4215 Posts
August 06 2010 20:25 GMT
#15
On August 07 2010 05:10 MadJack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 07 2010 04:53 Hurricane wrote:
On August 07 2010 04:34 Pengu1n wrote:
im used to it from sc1. The only problem with HTs i have is they blend in with the ball and look like zealots and its hard to find them

I recently developed a nifty micro trick. I call it Hurricaning because I made it and it involves storms (clever I know). Anyway what you need to do is while you have all of your army selected (this is after hotkeying it to 1 obv), you hold ctrl and left click on the portrait of the HTs. This lets you select all of the HTs in your army and only them. After that you keep holding ctrl and hit the "2" key, it's right next to the "1" you're using for your army. Then after you hit 1a and left click to the guys base and are watching the fight you can press "2" and then "t" (the "t" key is right next to the "r" key, but if you're like me and don't know where the "r" key is just know that it is right three up one from the "a' key). Now you just click on the guys army and one of your HTs will cast storm. It's surprisingly effective, especially once you master it and can press t and left click really fast because you can have more of your HTs casting storm quicker.

999 diamond P btw. Hope it helped


I dont really think you are the first doing that. Many BW and War3 gamers already are used to use at least 3 hotkeys for troops, a lot of them will look like this 1=melee 2=range 3=special units/spellcasters. So, really theres nothing new about "Hurricaning"

EDIT: I just saw your post count, now im positive your just joking around... right?

What, you mean you didn't know?? Hurricaning is like the next big thing in SC2.
( ・´ー・`)
dolpiff
Profile Joined June 2010
France300 Posts
August 06 2010 20:28 GMT
#16
is there no way to 'magic box' or whatver it's called, i'm most likely using a wrong term here, so that your templar move in formation along the main army?

and lol @ all the people not getting the autocast troll :D
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
August 06 2010 20:30 GMT
#17
Omg the newbs in this thread are so cute. Hurricane look what you did here.
Hi
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
August 06 2010 20:32 GMT
#18
On August 07 2010 05:28 dolpiff wrote:
is there no way to 'magic box' or whatver it's called, i'm most likely using a wrong term here, so that your templar move in formation along the main army?

and lol @ all the people not getting the autocast troll :D


I think I read it...but I just forgot about it afterwards...and then I saw the word autocasting and then I reacted by moaning to myself.
/人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ Make a contract with me and join TLADT | Onodera isn't actually a girl, she's just a doormat you walk over to get to the girl. - Numy 2015
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
August 06 2010 20:36 GMT
#19
I love you Vince we need to 2v2 again <3
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Adeny
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Norway1233 Posts
August 06 2010 20:41 GMT
#20
Pretty sure it was me.
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