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pyaar
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States423 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 17:28:11
September 01 2010 17:18 GMT
#1
By no means am I a good player; I'm a casual low-level diamond (~700 in a league that was created a few days after release). You must, however, excuse me for laughing my head off when I came across this.

The matchup was PvP. Tired of fighting actual games, I decided to go for a DT rush. I put a pylon on my ramp to start a choke. I saw, however, a very early enemy scout and immediately my spidey senses tingled, "Cheese, cheese!"

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I sent my scout at the regular time after my gateway had been placed. Lo and behold, he only had a pylon in his main!

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Panic-stricken, I slammed down another gateway as fast as my little probe feet could permit me and braced for the worst.

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A 2-gate proxy, as I had feared, but again I sensed that the gateways were a bit late for a 2-gate proxy since my 12 gate had already finished. This was when I first began to scratch my head.

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Still scared, however, I pulled my probe back and mined those minerals as hard as I could. I sent my first (chrono boosted) zealot out and saw... a third gateway?

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My confusion was only compounded when I saw a forge going down. A queer mix of fear and befuddlement overtook me.

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Because I had microed with ten thumbs I was pushed back and had to use a probe drill to keep my front door. I stared at the pylon being warped in worriedly.

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I charged up my void ray on a pylon and worried that stalkers would be coming out soon; cannons I could deal with, but stalkers just might have done me in.

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I destroyed the cannons and zealots with ease, but still no stalkers came.

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I destroyed the proxy. It was curiously quiet; I wondered to myself if perhaps he might have stalkers waiting at his base.

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I flew three void rays over to his base and behold, a mass of cannons did I find.

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My opponent concedes, "voids win," and leaves after I destroy his nexus.

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Gentlemen, consider yourself warned of the 3-gate 1-forge cannon zealot rush proxy. You'll be able to say that you saw it here first once this build gets its way into the GSL.

***
Kong John
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark1020 Posts
September 01 2010 17:33 GMT
#2
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves. Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?
This is real life, where nerds must battle!
Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
September 01 2010 17:37 GMT
#3
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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
September 01 2010 17:42 GMT
#4
On September 02 2010 02:33 Kong John wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves. Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?


Haha i love it when people don't read threads
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
speedphlux
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Bulgaria962 Posts
September 01 2010 17:51 GMT
#5
Best ! Cheese ! EVAR !!!

No point in hiding 2-gate proxy rushes doh, especially when you can 3-gate proxy rush him and then cannon his choke !

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Best laugh I had since SC2 became official ! I never knew diamond players were SO creative :D
... Humanity Is Not What I Suffer From ...
TwilightStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States649 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 18:05:20
September 01 2010 18:02 GMT
#6
Whoa... your account name is Vis too?
I was looking at the picture and I was like... wait.. I've never played this game O_O
That's the first time i've ever seen anyone with my name ...
(5)Twilight Star.scx --------- AdmiralHoth: There was one week when I didn't shave for a month.
NrG.ZaM
Profile Joined March 2008
United States267 Posts
September 01 2010 18:02 GMT
#7
On September 02 2010 02:37 Barrin wrote:
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Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves.

he wasn't whining
Show nested quote +
Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?

thats why he wasnt actually whining


On September 02 2010 02:42 SubtleArt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:33 Kong John wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves. Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?


Haha i love it when people don't read threads


Saying "voids win" when you lose to void rays isn't whining about void rays?
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12248 Posts
September 01 2010 18:27 GMT
#8
Why did he even bother to get an assimilator? If he didn't have a Core and he was planning on sticking with Zeals and Cannons, what's the point? Silly Protoss players.
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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 18:47:23
September 01 2010 18:46 GMT
#9
On September 02 2010 03:02 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:37 Barrin wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves.

he wasn't whining
Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?

thats why he wasnt actually whining


Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:42 SubtleArt wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:33 Kong John wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves. Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?


Haha i love it when people don't read threads


Saying "voids win" when you lose to void rays isn't whining about void rays?


Oh, the player in the game was whining, not the OP X_X...right. Well, that was really stupid of me then, I apologize lol
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
September 01 2010 18:59 GMT
#10
Amazing strategy. I expect Huk and Nony to be using this at the next big tourney.
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
aeoliant
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada361 Posts
September 01 2010 19:14 GMT
#11
at least he didnt use the super-op double forge strategy
JinDesu
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3990 Posts
September 01 2010 19:20 GMT
#12
If only he used the pylon line rush into your base, he'd have been ok!
Yargh
Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
September 01 2010 19:34 GMT
#13
hahah thats seemed like a fun game to play >.>
some players in diamond are not that great...
[ReD]NaDa and fnaticMSI.SEn fighting~! ::POlar @ UC Irvine::
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
September 11 2010 03:02 GMT
#14
On September 02 2010 03:02 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:37 Barrin wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves.

he wasn't whining
Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?

thats why he wasnt actually whining


Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:42 SubtleArt wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:33 Kong John wrote:
Haha i love it when people whine about units that they can build themselves. Seems like a pretty expensive cheese tho, how could he make 3 gateways and a forge and still have enough cash to use them all?


Haha i love it when people don't read threads


Saying "voids win" when you lose to void rays isn't whining about void rays?

A close reading of this thread and scientific analysis of the pixels of the OP's pictures suggest that saying such was actually a statement of fact, due to how his base was completely owned by void rays.
SC2Syndicate
Profile Joined September 2010
United States134 Posts
September 11 2010 04:32 GMT
#15
... 1/5
Ask a reaper nicely to leave your base, you will be surprised how respectful they are
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