PiG from Australia, Trails, Overlords, and Creep

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

May 13 2013 03:50 GMT

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

United States247 Posts

May 13 2013 04:18 GMT

Yea people have done this for a long time. I've heard it referenced as a "creep highway" by casters

monk

United States8477 Posts

May 13 2013 05:02 GMT

Revival and Symbol have have both done this before, Revival in Proleague and Symbol in GSL, both on Neo Planet S I believe.

United States163 Posts

May 13 2013 05:40 GMT

This reminds me of the trail of tears. Is it supposed to? Because that's not all that funny.

ROOTCatZ

Peru1226 Posts

May 13 2013 07:31 GMT

Stairway to Heaven is what I called this strat, back in woL beta

Waxangel

United States33624 Posts

May 13 2013 08:28 GMT

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

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

May 13 2013 08:31 GMT

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

Serbia1451 Posts

May 13 2013 09:34 GMT

Idra done this to Huk first I think. He did it so hydras can come faster to Huk's natural.

butter

United States785 Posts

May 13 2013 15:08 GMT

Some people have never been as far south as Tasmania.

spinesheath

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.