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PiG from Australia, Trails, Overlords, and Creep

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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 03:53:24
May 13 2013 03:50 GMT
#1
I was just now talking with two friends about how PiG once did this nasty little trick on me in ZvZ on ladder, wherein he laid down a path of overlords to my nat (as is usual), and as I was teching muta and preparing a defense, he suddenly dropped a line of creep to my nat and all in'd me faster than I expected as a result - and as a result I dropped over dead. Oh and PiG, apparently one of said friends goes to the pc cafe that you play sc2 tourneys at.

Anyways, I named this the Overlord Trail of Happiness. Unfortunately, my other friend thought this was a stupid term since there is nothing happy about creeps. Also, apparently neither were familiar with the phrase. This was a bit crazy to me. So, I put it up to you -

Poll: Do you know what a "Trail of Happiness" is?

Yes (8)
 
36%

Now I do (8)
 
36%

No (6)
 
27%

22 total votes

Your vote: Do you know what a "Trail of Happiness" is?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Now I do



P.S. If you're a guy and you don't know, I am disappoint.

P.P.S. Trail of Happiness means something outside of SC2.

**
Frumpysnoo
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States247 Posts
May 13 2013 04:18 GMT
#2
Yea people have done this for a long time. I've heard it referenced as a "creep highway" by casters
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
May 13 2013 05:02 GMT
#3
Revival and Symbol have have both done this before, Revival in Proleague and Symbol in GSL, both on Neo Planet S I believe.
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Profile Joined February 2010
United States163 Posts
May 13 2013 05:40 GMT
#4
This reminds me of the trail of tears. Is it supposed to? Because that's not all that funny.
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1226 Posts
May 13 2013 07:31 GMT
#5
Stairway to Heaven is what I called this strat, back in woL beta
Progamerwww.root-gaming.com
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33339 Posts
May 13 2013 08:28 GMT
#6
On May 13 2013 16:31 ROOTCatZ wrote:
Stairway to Heaven is what I called this strat, back in woL beta


how about carpet vomit bombing
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
May 13 2013 08:31 GMT
#7
On May 13 2013 14:40 32 wrote:
This reminds me of the trail of tears. Is it supposed to? Because that's not all that funny.

Lol omg T.T
followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1449 Posts
May 13 2013 09:34 GMT
#8
Idra done this to Huk first I think. He did it so hydras can come faster to Huk's natural.
butter
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States785 Posts
May 13 2013 15:08 GMT
#9
Some people have never been as far south as Tasmania.
TL should have a minigame where you have to destroy some rocks before you can make a new post – DentalFloss
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
May 13 2013 15:09 GMT
#10
Back in WoL beta I went Lair > 2nd Hatch > mass hydra/roach powered up by cheap Overlord Speed and a creep highway and went all in on every single protoss I encountered. Occasionally added drop tech after forcing a million cannons.
It was surprisingly effective. And by that I mean that I only remember 2 times where a protoss lived.

It was a sad day when the Overlord Speed upgrade was nerfed.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
PiGStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia987 Posts
May 13 2013 15:30 GMT
#11
haha a blog with me in the title :O, definitely didn't invent the ovie highway but sure have used it .

I had no idea what a trail of happiness is until I googled it, we call that a "snail trail" here in Australia!
Progamerwww.twitch.tv/x5_pig | pigrandom88@gmail.com | @x5_PiG | www.facebook.com/pigSC2
Duckvillelol
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia1240 Posts
May 13 2013 16:08 GMT
#12
Takes us back to the old WoL days:

Former SC2 commentator. youtube.com/duckvillelol
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