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Worker Rush Part 4: Rising Up - Page 11

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Hinanawi
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2250 Posts
November 09 2011 20:42 GMT
#201
Tried this for a couple hours yesterday, was pretty entertaining. The bane of my existence are 4player maps without close spawns disabled. The wins are oh so sweet, though. For extra cheesiness, I usually ask them a question right as my workers are marching up their (possible) ramp.

I think my favorite part is when they pull all their workers and run around, intent on forcing a stalemate or making me chase them or something, but I'm playing Terran and I land my CC right in their main and start mining minerals instead.

The rage is always nice too, though.

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Favorite progamers (in order): Flash, Stork, Violet, Sea. ||| Get better soon, Violet!
Double T
Profile Joined May 2011
Poland25 Posts
November 09 2011 20:56 GMT
#202
Hah, I read all the parts; I'm happy some people can afford to resign from BM.

And once you left BM-ing, it's pure entertainment :-) Although I would be bored to death even playing below 10-worker rushes in a row, the pieces you present are usually very funny.

So... gl&hf ;-)
Flossy
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States870 Posts
November 09 2011 21:49 GMT
#203
Hilarious. But, I'm in mid silver and now I'm afraid I will encounter you and lose.
*Begins practicing vs worker rushes*
etternaonline.com
warbear122
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada2 Posts
November 09 2011 23:38 GMT
#204
keep up the funny work! truth be told that i probably wouldnt be able to handle it even in platinum lol
quaffle
Profile Joined December 2010
United States249 Posts
November 10 2011 00:30 GMT
#205
I just tried this (on bronze account)... it is WAY harder than I thought. To think you can, at times, achieve over 50% win rate is absolutely mind blowing. You have serious skillz.
Your success is only measured by the strength of your competitors.
Gheed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States972 Posts
November 10 2011 03:01 GMT
#206
Update:
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Winning game was against a guy who gave absolutely no effort to defend and tried to base trade.

Highlight of the day:
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I don't think I've heard the "my friend works at blizzard" line in awhile.
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
November 10 2011 06:41 GMT
#207
Oh the internet.
strava.com/athletes/zhaodynasty
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 09:46:25
November 10 2011 09:41 GMT
#208
On November 10 2011 04:29 intrigue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2011 21:51 Geo.Rion wrote:
that' s really really disgusting. 1 star. Nicely done but still the essence of it is rotten

people like you make me open up everyone of the OP's blogs and 5star them

well go ahead, if you take away the fact that this blog looks nicely, it's about a guy who spends hours on pissing off people on the bnet with doing one allin every time, then makes a brag post about how successful he is at pissing off people and robbing ladder points. Somehow i dont see how's that praise worthy. I get if someone plays just for fun, i get if someone plays just to get better, but somehow i can't put this in neither of those categories, unless one finds joy in pissing random people off.

ps: I've never met this guy, at least i dont remember, but there are lots of people who always do the same stupid cheese over and over again and are high masters/GM, and believe me, once you play those kind of guys a few times, u dont have any sympathy for blogs like this.
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
ionize
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Ireland399 Posts
November 10 2011 12:18 GMT
#209
Just amazing. I didn't imagine reading about worker rushes could be this entertaining. Nice recount for the match against KnockedOut. 5/5
I just love video games, what's your excuse?
NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
November 10 2011 19:46 GMT
#210
I've skimmed a bit through this thread, and although it seems interesting how you present the Worker Rush tactic, I hate the cheese overall. Countless people have tried it against me, and failed. Therefore it is inferior. I am not even that good a player, so it obviously has to have a very low win rate against at least decently skilled players. A funny thing though is, I once got worker rushed by a player impersonating Dimaga, going by the account name of mTwDIMAGA on the European server. He is Masters, and it was just lol when I defended his push. But it was a custom game, so he was likely not that serious.
SuperNova - 2015 | SKT1 fan for years | Dear, FlaSh, PartinG, Soulkey, Naniwa
NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
November 10 2011 20:05 GMT
#211
After reading your blog Worker Rush Part 1 though, I was very entertained by the way you presented games surrounding that mediocre strategy Well done, it happened to be a great read!
SuperNova - 2015 | SKT1 fan for years | Dear, FlaSh, PartinG, Soulkey, Naniwa
xTivo
Profile Joined June 2011
29 Posts
November 10 2011 23:49 GMT
#212
On November 11 2011 04:46 NeThZOR wrote:
I've skimmed a bit through this thread, and although it seems interesting how you present the Worker Rush tactic, I hate the cheese overall. Countless people have tried it against me, and failed. Therefore it is inferior. I am not even that good a player, so it obviously has to have a very low win rate against at least decently skilled players. A funny thing though is, I once got worker rushed by a player impersonating Dimaga, going by the account name of mTwDIMAGA on the European server. He is Masters, and it was just lol when I defended his push. But it was a custom game, so he was likely not that serious.
Posts like this make me LOL because you know they haven't read the whole thing.
Drygioni
Profile Joined February 2011
Japan379 Posts
November 11 2011 06:54 GMT
#213
I watched that replay and that little dance around the hatchery is one of the best things I've seen in my starcraft life.
salvagebar
Profile Joined January 2011
United States10 Posts
November 11 2011 15:59 GMT
#214
Now that the contempt for Bronze players is gone, these entries are much better.

Protip: The reason why an inexperienced player shits his pants when he's worker-rushed (I did when I was first worker-rushed), is because everything in the game, implicit in every part, is the idea that you collect resources to increase your supply and make an army. Fighters fight, suppliers supply, workers work.

Sure, they do token damage, but until you see it happen, the idea of using workers as your main and only unit is completely counterintuitive, like sending pickup trucks to a tank battle.
Hoson zes, phainou / Meden holos su lupou.
MilAgro
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany102 Posts
November 11 2011 17:38 GMT
#215
nice read
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sc2MilAgro
renlynn
Profile Joined May 2011
United States276 Posts
November 11 2011 23:50 GMT
#216
On November 10 2011 04:42 Gheed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2011 04:29 intrigue wrote:
On November 09 2011 21:51 Geo.Rion wrote:
that' s really really disgusting. 1 star. Nicely done but still the essence of it is rotten

people like you make me open up everyone of the OP's blogs and 5star them


After the worker rush blogs got popular, a few people went and downrated the blog that had nothing to do with worker rushing, lol.


good idea
The_Piper42
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States426 Posts
November 12 2011 03:25 GMT
#217
This blog is the most unexpectedly brilliant thing I've ever seen; It masquerades in the guise of a video game ladder adventure diary but unveils very interesting truths about human nature.
Boxer, White-Ra, Grubby, Flash fighting!
Gheed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States972 Posts
November 12 2011 05:02 GMT
#218
On November 12 2011 08:50 renlynn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2011 04:42 Gheed wrote:
On November 10 2011 04:29 intrigue wrote:
On November 09 2011 21:51 Geo.Rion wrote:
that' s really really disgusting. 1 star. Nicely done but still the essence of it is rotten

people like you make me open up everyone of the OP's blogs and 5star them


After the worker rush blogs got popular, a few people went and downrated the blog that had nothing to do with worker rushing, lol.


good idea


I detect mad.
HeaDStrong
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Scotland785 Posts
November 12 2011 16:03 GMT
#219
On November 12 2011 00:59 salvagebar wrote:
Now that the contempt for Bronze players is gone, these entries are much better.

Protip: The reason why an inexperienced player shits his pants when he's worker-rushed (I did when I was first worker-rushed), is because everything in the game, implicit in every part, is the idea that you collect resources to increase your supply and make an army. Fighters fight, suppliers supply, workers work.

Sure, they do token damage, but until you see it happen, the idea of using workers as your main and only unit is completely counterintuitive, like sending pickup trucks to a tank battle.


How can you shit pants when you see workers? It's not like you are "OMG He has workers out already? I don't even have detection or anti-air omg omg...". Once you see your opponent attack with workers I don't think you need to be a strategic genius to come up with "What if I could use my WORKERS to defend against his WORKERS, it sounds crazy but him having to send the workers all over the map might even give me a slight home field advantage.."
salvagebar
Profile Joined January 2011
United States10 Posts
November 12 2011 17:40 GMT
#220
On November 13 2011 01:03 HeaDStrong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2011 00:59 salvagebar wrote:
Now that the contempt for Bronze players is gone, these entries are much better.

Protip: The reason why an inexperienced player shits his pants when he's worker-rushed (I did when I was first worker-rushed), is because everything in the game, implicit in every part, is the idea that you collect resources to increase your supply and make an army. Fighters fight, suppliers supply, workers work.

Sure, they do token damage, but until you see it happen, the idea of using workers as your main and only unit is completely counterintuitive, like sending pickup trucks to a tank battle.


How can you shit pants when you see workers? It's not like you are "OMG He has workers out already? I don't even have detection or anti-air omg omg...". Once you see your opponent attack with workers I don't think you need to be a strategic genius to come up with "What if I could use my WORKERS to defend against his WORKERS, it sounds crazy but him having to send the workers all over the map might even give me a slight home field advantage.."


It is one of those things that, in retrospect, seems obvious. In the moment when it first happens to an inexperienced player, who is barely used to the rhythm of the game? Hearing "YOUR PROBES ARE BEING ATTACKED!" is confusing. I haven't met anyone who keeps dying to this over and over. Today, I know to box, a-move, keep making SCV's, and I'll come out ahead a couple of workers.
Hoson zes, phainou / Meden holos su lupou.
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