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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-03 01:18:02
September 03 2011 01:16 GMT
#21
On September 03 2011 09:15 Louuster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2011 08:54 IntoTheheart wrote:
On September 03 2011 08:41 Kyuukyuu wrote:
On September 03 2011 05:01 Sc2ttyl wrote:
Do you only really use 1 rally point all game? It seems re rallying structures would be very hard.






I love that video. How does he do it so quickly anyway?


F2 - click factory - F3 right click - F2 - click factory #2 - F3 - right click -F2 - click factory #3 etc..



Sorry for being such a noob but how do these keys work? It's been a while since I played BW. T.T

Do I have to select anything..? Like SHIFT+F2 while selecting a fact? Or SHIFT+F3 while having my camera a specific location?
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Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11475 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-03 01:44:35
September 03 2011 01:43 GMT
#22
Shift + f2 assigns that screen space to f2. So whenever you hit f2, the screen will centre on that area. The nice thing about this is you don't need a building to hop to that location.

So in the example above, f2 changes the screen to be overtop of your factories (assuming you assigned f2 to be there) click factory of course selects that factory, f3 switches to whereever you assigned it (presumably the new rally point.) However, hitting f3 doesn't deselect the factory when you switch screens- which double tapping a hotkeyed building would do.) So then you right click which sets the rally point like normal.

Because switching screens with f keys doesn't delselect units, that is why f keys are used to save workers from storm or reaver drops. Scrolling is slow, minimap is imprecise, and double tapping delselects the workers you want to save.
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Crimson)S(hadow
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Philippines622 Posts
September 03 2011 02:56 GMT
#23
On September 03 2011 05:12 wishbones wrote:
Terran (early game) - 1a2a3a(Units) 45678(Barracks/Factory (Match up dependent)) 90(Command C's)

Terran (late game) - 1a2a3a4a5a(Units) 6677(Barracks/Factory (Dependent)) 890(Comsat Scanners)

F2F3F4 - The very best players use these for extra Command Centers, while the lower levels use them for saving the location of Barracks or Factories or Rally points. (F2F3F4 are the only usable F keys)

Never switch your rally, you always want the rally to be your natural choke, this stops any attacks from happening when you are elsewhere, the most important base is your main base, and for its natural choke to be naked is very tempting for any unit that is good enough to make it past.


pretty much this; in early mid-game top players would have all of their raxes (tvz) or facts (tvp/tvt) hotkeyed 4-8.

it's okay to rally at your nat HOWEVER once you're confident in your multitasking you can rally on top of units easily with 4-8 so that your reinforcements go straight to your main army. this saves a lot of macro/micro time and is efficient to do in early-mid game. once in late game though, you only hotkey 1 rax on 6 to ping back to one cluster of raxes. another cluster on 7
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TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
September 03 2011 03:21 GMT
#24
I don't really know how but i think we should add a hotkeys page to liquipedia

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bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-04 16:01:41
September 04 2011 16:00 GMT
#25
): no one read my post


EDIT: whoops didn't really mean to bump this :E

A "Conventional Hotkey Setup" or "Hotkey Tips" page on Liquipedia would be nice, yes.
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rplant
Profile Joined May 2003
United States1178 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-06 14:15:57
September 06 2011 14:15 GMT
#26
On September 03 2011 08:41 Kyuukyuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2011 05:01 Sc2ttyl wrote:
Do you only really use 1 rally point all game? It seems re rallying structures would be very hard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18ancDxBUE#t=36s



:O Amazing. OP asked a question I also have - do mere mortals rally barracks to nat in mid-late game TvZ, when you have 6+? It takes forever.
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
September 06 2011 14:23 GMT
#27
This is what I did:

Early game:
1 - scouting scv
3 - command centre
4-X - production buildings
9, 0 - scan

Mid-late game:
1-X units
8, 9, 0 - scan

F2 production buildings
F3 rally point

TvZ trick:
Group medics in 1 (possibly 2 depending on how many you have) instead of marines
This way, you rarely have to regroup controls 1 and 2
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ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
September 06 2011 14:34 GMT
#28
On September 03 2011 09:39 L3gendary wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2011 08:41 Kyuukyuu wrote:
On September 03 2011 05:01 Sc2ttyl wrote:
Do you only really use 1 rally point all game? It seems re rallying structures would be very hard.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18ancDxBUE#t=36s


haha after reading the OP i knew this video would make an appearance. Thanks for the link I could never find it myself!

I was going to link it too lol. Gorush only good SKT zerg.
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