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Definition of Proxy
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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Steelflight-Rx
United States1389 Posts
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iosef
Israel194 Posts
On March 13 2008 10:45 Steelflight-Rx wrote: proxy is short for proximity, meaning distance. A proximity mine (as in Goldeneye) is a mine that detonates when someone is close to it. it's actually not related to the word proximity. weirdly enough. | ||
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Binky1842
United States2599 Posts
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
On March 13 2008 10:45 iosef wrote: it's actually not related to the word proximity. weirdly enough. huh? | ||
micronesia
United States24701 Posts
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conCentrate9
United States438 Posts
On March 13 2008 10:45 Binky1842 wrote: Proxy is short for proximity We are not using the actual definition of the term 'proxy' but in Starcraft lingo it's definitely just short for proximity. | ||
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cava
United States1035 Posts
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crazie-penguin
United States1253 Posts
On March 13 2008 10:45 iosef wrote: it's a proxy when the building is outside of the player's base away from his other buildings and units. it's actually not related to the word proximity. weirdly enough. And did you know when you do proxy rushes your buildings are usually in PROXIMITY to the opponents base? | ||
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Duke
United States1106 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25981 Posts
You build it in (a closer) proximity to his base. You proxy his base. | ||
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iosef
Israel194 Posts
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randombum
United States2378 Posts
On March 13 2008 12:12 Chill wrote: It's proximity: You build it in (a closer) proximity to his base. You proxy his base. Towards iosef who seems to disagree with this way of using proxy. | ||
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Chill
Calgary25981 Posts
On March 13 2008 12:32 iosef wrote: "proxy" is only related to "proximity" if it's short for a proximity mine in certain videogames. it could be the case that the SC term comes from this usage, but I doubt it. More likely, it comes from proxy as in something that acts in a certain capacity in place of something else - in this case, your hidden buildings are acting in place of your "real" base. Well you can make up theories about where it's from, or you can listen to me who is telling you where it's from. | ||
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paper
13196 Posts
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OverTheUnder
United States2929 Posts
On March 13 2008 12:32 iosef wrote: "proxy" is only related to "proximity" if it's short for a proximity mine in certain videogames. it could be the case that the SC term comes from this usage, but I doubt it. More likely, it comes from proxy as in something that acts in a certain capacity in place of something else - in this case, your hidden buildings are acting in place of your "real" base. like chill said, you can have fun with your theories but it is pretty well known what it means and where it is from;/ | ||
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iosef
Israel194 Posts
On March 13 2008 12:54 Chill wrote: Well you can make up theories about where it's from, or you can listen to me who is telling you where it's from. hmm. well all right, my bad. although it never makes any sense if you switch proxy--->proximity (as in, "he just built a proximity barracks") so that's why I assumed it actually came from proxy. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20034 Posts
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CDRdude
United States5625 Posts
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ulszz
Jamaica1787 Posts
On March 13 2008 14:08 decafchicken wrote: The Decaf Gambit is the definition of Proxy lol | ||
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