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overlord shelves at naturals make me rage

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buckKeefe
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States63 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-02 05:29:48
July 02 2012 05:29 GMT
#1
i'm not going to bitch about balance because i think that's stupid in general, plus TvZ is still a strong matchup for me (60% wins over the past week in NA and EU masters).

nevertheless, trying to play TvZ on a map with an overlord shelf outside my natural pisses me off like nothing else (except DT drops but that's for another post). they seem completely unnecessary since the speed buff and they give zerg very useful scouting info with virtually no risk until 10+ minutes into the game.

i hate these things so fucking much that i have put together these highly professional infographics demonstrating why i think the natural overlord shelf should be relegated to the starcraft mapmaking compost heap with such inspired ideas as the cliff at the natural on lost temple and the low ground between main and 3rd on old TDA.

since the popular blogopshere is mostly just assembling vapid numbered lists these days, i present the most egregious offenders in countdown form. note that i am using a carefully calibrated 'f' to 'fuuuuuuuuuu' scale to rate each map, where more u's indicate more rage on a log scale.

5.
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4.
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3.
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2.
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1.
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in conclusion, SDJFKLASJGFHALSDFS stop fucking making maps with these please.

****
P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
July 02 2012 05:39 GMT
#2
agreed its so retarded
P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
July 02 2012 05:51 GMT
#3
also this thread was hilarious
O.Golden_ne
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia204 Posts
July 02 2012 05:56 GMT
#4
haha =] as a zerg i should make one about scans or obs.
Like a baneling in a mineral line
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
July 02 2012 06:02 GMT
#5
3/5 for your rage. 5/5 for your unwillingness to make a single viking. :D

Thanks for making our lives easier.
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Kashll
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1117 Posts
July 02 2012 06:20 GMT
#6
As a fellow terran player I'd also like to post my well-reasoned thoughts on this matter.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
July 02 2012 06:25 GMT
#7
On July 02 2012 15:02 Probe1 wrote:
3/5 for your rage. 5/5 for your unwillingness to make a single viking. :D

Thanks for making our lives easier.


Vikings are for dumbasses, Gimp is for winners :DDDD
In all seriousness vikings = stupid and take time away from making precious medivacs all 90000 of them over my deliciously marine heavy army MWUHAHAHAHA
User was warned for too many mimes.
Xyik
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada728 Posts
July 02 2012 06:29 GMT
#8
At least terrans can lift buildings for spotters, toss has to wait for observers or stargate.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16118 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-02 07:01:16
July 02 2012 07:00 GMT
#9
lol.

This was one of those good, funny, harmless sorts of rage posts. I enjoyed it.

You could make these for the other races too, easily for things like Scans, or Observers.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
July 02 2012 07:04 GMT
#10
Haha, loved the penthouse comment in no.2.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
July 02 2012 07:20 GMT
#11
On July 02 2012 14:56 O.Golden_ne wrote:
haha =] as a zerg i should make one about scans or obs.



lol yes. I found this post amusing also.
When I think of something else, something will go here
stilee
Profile Joined March 2012
25 Posts
July 02 2012 07:21 GMT
#12
Sauron overlord lol. :D
DRTnOOber
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
New Zealand476 Posts
July 02 2012 07:23 GMT
#13
They should just make Overlords cloaked like observers instead.
But I'm off creep... and so I slow down, what are hellions doing here? I don't belong here...
surfinbird1
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany999 Posts
July 02 2012 08:03 GMT
#14
Excellent blog. 5/5 for rage and hate. Die Overlord scum!
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
haxorz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States138 Posts
July 02 2012 08:05 GMT
#15
thanks for the tips
And theres the GG.
Deleted User 61629
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1664 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-02 08:21:44
July 02 2012 08:21 GMT
#16
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Qwyn
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2779 Posts
July 02 2012 09:30 GMT
#17
LOL - "As if this map isn't long enough already, any cheesy rushes have to hike the fucking Oregon Trail."

I see some players lift off a barracks to kill the overlord - before you swap addons, maybe?
"Think of the hysteria following the realization that they consciously consume babies and raise the dead people from their graves" - N0
VenomBRA
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands168 Posts
July 02 2012 10:06 GMT
#18
I thought the blog was ok, until I looked at the pics. LOL, great job!

mad mspaint skillz

Maps should have these spots better identified, like a heliport or overlord parking space
"We got a lot of nothing to say"
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
July 02 2012 11:00 GMT
#19
As a Zerg player, I fucking LOVE Overlord shelves.

Had me laughing at the nature preserve thing
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
BobMcJohnson
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
France2916 Posts
July 02 2012 11:21 GMT
#20
So much rage in those pics ahaha :D 5/5

Also yeah, fuck overlords.

Romanes eunt domus
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