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Ryusei-R1
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States2106 Posts
August 12 2010 21:14 GMT
#1
I'd like to thank TLO for showing me such an amazing strategy.

It's an amazing strategy, really. Against protoss or zerg, they usually don't opt to get detection that early, so I can just nuke them instead of EMPing.

But against terran, I love it so much. They don't bother to get ravens/engi bay because they scout a reactor on my Starport (which is actually for a medivac). But little do they know, there's a nuke silo off in the corner of the map.

I love how the EMP fires off, leaving them energy-less, and then follow up with a nuke. It's even better when I do it in two simultaneous spots, so neither Orbital Command can scan. And to rub it in, if they lift off their CC, they float it away, I just move my cloaked ghost under their spot and sit it there until it's about 10 energy, then I evac it.

Liquid`TLO, you are truly my inspiration. I hope I can be as good as you one day.

And so I told myself, I'll do this in placement matches. So I did it in 3v3 randoms. 3 out of 4 games it worked. That last game I was hit by proxy gates, 6 pool, and proxy rax, but no matter. That 5th placement I accidentally played protoss and won, then ended up placing #100 in Platinum 3v3 Randoms.

Liquid`TLO 4 Life

Jaedong plz
Deleted User 47542
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1484 Posts
August 12 2010 21:17 GMT
#2
Why does TLO get credit for everything -_- Yeah it's a cute strategy, and of course it will work against noobs almost all the time, they don't even know how to get detection.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17035 Posts
August 12 2010 21:18 GMT
#3
Another fun strategy to pull off in 4v4s is to have a Zerg player mass Infestors and mass burrowcast Infested Terrans in base. Superiorwolf's done it a lot in 4v4s I played with him XD
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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
August 12 2010 21:25 GMT
#4
>:D yo we need to play more haha after this weekend i can play a lot more, ill be busy today/tomorrow tho
Check out my stream at www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=315053 and follow me on Twitter @EGSuppy! :)
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17035 Posts
August 12 2010 21:28 GMT
#5
On August 13 2010 06:25 Superiorwolf wrote:
>:D yo we need to play more haha after this weekend i can play a lot more, ill be busy today/tomorrow tho


Definitely ...get insanity and paper so we can finish our 4v4 placements :D

SATURDAY IT IS!
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Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-12 21:34:18
August 12 2010 21:33 GMT
#6
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
August 12 2010 21:47 GMT
#7
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.

What, you call Boxer "Fighter"?

I'm out of words...
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
FraCuS
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1072 Posts
August 12 2010 21:47 GMT
#8
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.



Those were the days....
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17035 Posts
August 12 2010 21:48 GMT
#9
On August 13 2010 06:47 spinesheath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.

What, you call Boxer "Fighter"?

I'm out of words...


He was being facetious.
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
August 12 2010 21:55 GMT
#10
On August 13 2010 06:47 spinesheath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.

What, you call Boxer "Fighter"?

I'm out of words...

I thought his joke was cute.
"That's what happens when you're using a mouse made out of glass!" -Tasteless (Referring to ZergBong)
mlee
Profile Joined March 2009
United States116 Posts
August 12 2010 22:02 GMT
#11
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon
hmmm
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
August 12 2010 22:26 GMT
#12
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon


Have they really?
instantcold
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States38 Posts
August 12 2010 22:29 GMT
#13
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon


Well in my case, I only started getting into starcraft during the beta and I did not play bw, so maybe thats why so many people are jizzin in their pants
Hey, You dont pwn me, I pwn me
lyAsakura
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1414 Posts
August 12 2010 22:37 GMT
#14
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon


now that's a lie
emping comsats is not effective
WeMade FOX would be a deadly SC2 team.
Rkie
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1278 Posts
August 12 2010 23:32 GMT
#15
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon


ive actually never seen this, because it seems kind of pointless to sac a science vessel to take energy away, unless its a desperate wraith attack.
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9777 Posts
August 13 2010 00:24 GMT
#16
i've never seen anyone emp a comsat. by the time you even get to stage where you could have vessels you really should have 3base or more or you've probably lost...

TIME TO MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT AND MASS TvT TO PULL THIS OFF :D
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noname_
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
465 Posts
August 13 2010 00:31 GMT
#17
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon

Tell me a single progame, where this had happened.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
August 13 2010 00:39 GMT
#18
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.

I thought that replay was proven to be fake... >.>
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
August 13 2010 00:49 GMT
#19
On August 13 2010 07:37 whitelynx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon


now that's a lie
emping comsats is not effective


I can't tell if you are joking...

On August 13 2010 09:31 noname_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 07:02 mlee wrote:
i dont understand why so many people were/are jizzing in their pants about this.
people have been emping comsats in BW for years now..

yeah it was cool to see it still work in sc2.. but cmon

Tell me a single progame, where this had happened.


I'm fairly certain boxer did it to someone. In any case, it's just common knowledge. It even made it into the famous comics of Nada vs Mr.X.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
August 13 2010 00:50 GMT
#20
On August 13 2010 09:24 seRapH wrote:
i've never seen anyone emp a comsat. by the time you even get to stage where you could have vessels you really should have 3base or more or you've probably lost...

TIME TO MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT AND MASS TvT TO PULL THIS OFF :D


pfft, noob, make more vessels :D
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
August 13 2010 00:54 GMT
#21
On August 13 2010 09:39 Comeh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 06:33 Megalisk wrote:
Yeah I heard there was this guy named SlayerS`Fighter or something in Bw, he EMP'd a Nexus and killed it with a nuke it was insane!

That was many years ago.

I thought that replay was proven to be fake... >.>


It wasn't proven to be a fake, it was just shown to be Boxer vs some amateur scrub on bnet, NOT vs a progamer. So essentially anyone could pull it off.
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-13 01:35:55
August 13 2010 01:35 GMT
#22
Maybe the concept has been around for a long time, but there's nothing wrong with TLO getting credits for bringing it out here on SC2. The brilliance of it is actually the mixture of "nothing new" and "yet no one expected it".
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
FlashIsHigh
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States474 Posts
August 13 2010 02:18 GMT
#23
Lol thats funny, but for some reason I doubt we will see much of this strat between top players
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
August 13 2010 02:22 GMT
#24
On August 13 2010 10:35 nayumi wrote:
Maybe the concept has been around for a long time, but there's nothing wrong with TLO getting credits for bringing it out here on SC2. The brilliance of it is actually the mixture of "nothing new" and "yet no one expected it".

I agree with this statement completely. It gets kinda boring when SC players bash SC2 players and vice versa. Let's just be friends ^^
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
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