• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 20:22
CEST 02:22
KST 09:22
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory!9[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5
Community News
Evil Geniuses - shutting down13ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier5Weekly Cups (October 12-18): 5.0.17 era begins1[$1250] International ShieldBattery League55Weekly Cups (October 5-11): Farewell to 5.0.167
StarCraft 2
General
REPORT: StarCraft 2: Remastered In Development Evil Geniuses - shutting down How do you feel about the mass reverts in the 5.0.17 PTR? No more SC2 streamers on team liquid? Daily SC2 Player Grid - feedback wanted
Tourneys
ScienceCraft (October 24-25) - Live Event RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22 ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WORTEX Challenger Series — Open SC2 LAN in Budapes
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps [A] Nemrods 1/4 players [M] (2) Sweltering Sands [M] (2) Frigid Storage
External Content
Mutation # 548 Shining Bright The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 547 Temple Of Terror Mutation # 546 Catch the Train
Brood War
General
Starcraft player cRuZa Passed away. Young Players Tournament Announced by SOOP SCHNAIL now supports Remastered BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[ASL22] Grand Finals [Megathread] Daily Proleagues KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4 [$1250] International ShieldBattery League
Strategy
50,000-Word Terran Builds Memo 2026-10-22 Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Armies of Exigo - YesYes? Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Artificial Intelligence Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion!
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
How Much Genes Contribute to…
TrAiDoS
ShieldBattery on Mac
Kraekkling
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 11560 users

Every Nexus gives 9 supply?

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
1 2 3 Next All
Moataz
Profile Joined January 2018
Egypt267 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 14:19:00
March 01 2018 02:56 GMT
#1
I was confused while analyzing some replays using ChaosLauncher + StatInfo plugin enabled (You can watch how to here).

At some point when pressing Ctrl+E it says player1 has 7 Pylons, this meant to me 7*8+(9, the beginning supply count)= 65, but no it was 83. I searched for a long time to find an explanation for that, but nothing, I thought its some kind of out-of-sync issue that happens with the replays, but its not even an UMS map !

So for slow analysis I opened the replay in http://www.openbw.com/replay-viewer and by going backward/forward in the replay.......

I was astonished by this fact, Protoss has 3 Nexus=27 + 7*8(56)=83 !
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?

To all the argumentative Gosu(es) that think this fact is common sense, the guy h e r e tutoring players about Protoss race, never mentioned this simple fact, although its printed on the damn Nexus diagram, is he newbie ?

I actually don't won't to argue more in this topic, if someone think this is 1,2,3, please tell me some facts that automatically and dramatically affect the game play but we don't know it.

I'm still sure that despite the votes, at least half of Broodwar players, doesn't know about it, or how to exploit it.

Unfortunately despite I'm giving all the possible options in the Poll, most of the voters think they born playing SC, and instead of picking the real reason for their knowledge, they arrogantly pick the funny one, which makes the poll result unfair.
Poll: Did you know that before ?

Yes of course I know it, you're just a chobo ! (94)
 
83%

Yes, from http://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Nexus (0)
 
0%

Yes, by reading some article (1)
 
1%

Yes, from video (0)
 
0%

Yes, by playing/testing (9)
 
8%

No, strange (9)
 
8%

113 total votes

Your vote: Did you know that before ?

(Vote): Yes of course I know it, you're just a chobo !
(Vote): Yes, from http://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Nexus
(Vote): Yes, by reading some article
(Vote): Yes, from video
(Vote): Yes, by playing/testing
(Vote): No, strange





"All who believe in Allah and the last day, either say good or be silent." Muhammad
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10890 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-01 02:59:41
March 01 2018 02:58 GMT
#2
What.

On March 01 2018 11:56 Moataz wrote:
I was astonished by this fact, Protoss has 3 Nexus=27 + 7*8(56)=83 !
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?


Protoss Imbalance explained?
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Lusitano
Profile Joined June 2017
6 Posts
March 01 2018 03:14 GMT
#3
today you learned that all town hall structures give supply
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
690 Posts
March 01 2018 03:23 GMT
#4
You start w/ 9 supply and no pylons
Jung Yoon Jong fighting, even after retirement! Feel better soon.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-01 03:53:13
March 01 2018 03:50 GMT
#5
On March 01 2018 11:56 Moataz wrote:
I was confused while analyzing some replays using ChaosLauncher + StatInfo plugin enabled (You can watch how to here).

At some point when pressing Ctrl+E it says player1 has 7 Pylons, this meant to me 7*8+(9, the beginning supply count)= 65, but no it was 83. I searched for a long time to find an explanation for that, but nothing, I thought its some kind of out-of-sync issue that happens with the replays, but its not even an UMS map !

So for slow analysis I opened the replay in http://www.openbw.com/replay-viewer and by going backward/forward in the replay.......

I was astonished by this fact, Protoss has 3 Nexus=27 + 7*8(56)=83 !
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?

CC gives 10 supply, Nexus gives 9 psi, Hatchery gives 1 control

I assume the difference between the CC and Nex is because pylons build faster than depots, and you can also send your probe right back to mining with P whereas the SCV has to keep building the depot.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
March 01 2018 04:04 GMT
#6
On March 01 2018 11:56 Moataz wrote:
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?


(Wiki)Nexus
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Moataz
Profile Joined January 2018
Egypt267 Posts
March 01 2018 04:23 GMT
#7
On March 01 2018 12:50 jello_biafra wrote:
CC gives 10 supply, Nexus gives 9 psi, Hatchery gives 1 control

I assume the difference between the CC and Nex is because pylons build faster than depots, and you can also send your probe right back to mining with P whereas the SCV has to keep building the depot.


On March 01 2018 13:04 ninazerg wrote:
http://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Nexus

Thanks, this one of the most overlooked facts, I was wondering why the supply count doesn't increase by 8 for each supply.
"All who believe in Allah and the last day, either say good or be silent." Muhammad
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
690 Posts
March 01 2018 05:03 GMT
#8
it's also why builds like 12 nexus and 13cc exist, to use the second town hall as supply
Jung Yoon Jong fighting, even after retirement! Feel better soon.
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-01 08:03:50
March 01 2018 08:02 GMT
#9
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?

This one of the most overlooked facts


Dude if you're not trolling you gotta chill man.

+ Show Spoiler +


I admire how everyone is being so civil in their replies.
Please send me a PM of any song you like that I most probably never heard of! I am looking for people to chat about writing and producing music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD-bsOcxuU |
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2042 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-01 08:28:31
March 01 2018 08:26 GMT
#10
In case you wonder, infested command center neither provides zerg or terran supply.

Also, if you were to mind control a queen.. with queen infest a command center.. you would still need to mind control an overlord (or a drone to build the whole tech) to produce infested terrans.
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
Moataz
Profile Joined January 2018
Egypt267 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-01 09:58:53
March 01 2018 09:08 GMT
#11
On March 01 2018 17:26 kogeT wrote:
In case you wonder, infested command center neither provides zerg or terran supply.

Thank you, thats logical, if I know OP fact, the cc considered destroyed, although I didn't test.

On March 01 2018 17:26 kogeT wrote:
Also, if you were to mind control a queen.. with queen infest a command center.. you would still need to mind control an overlord (or a drone to build the whole tech) to produce infested terrans.

That's also logical, each race has his own supply.

But how the heck, could someone know that Bases gives supply !

On March 01 2018 17:02 JieXian wrote:
Dude if you're not trolling you gotta chill man.
I admire how everyone is being so civil in their replies.

I'm not trolling of course, and curious to know how everyone knew this info instead of pretending its common sense, at least I discovered it by myself.

There is so many facts that one can know it by playing (like Maelstrom blinds Overloads), but this?
"All who believe in Allah and the last day, either say good or be silent." Muhammad
Sero
Profile Joined October 2010
United States692 Posts
March 01 2018 09:25 GMT
#12
I'm pretty sure it says it on every CC, nexus, and hatchery, and when you expand you might notice the supply increase.
<3 FlaSh HiyA Stats HoeJJa
rice_devOurer
Profile Joined July 2012
United States773 Posts
March 01 2018 10:00 GMT
#13
Do you guys ever wonder how they decided to place the numbers there?
IN SOVIET RUSSIA ノ┬─┬ノ ︵ ( \o°o)\ Table Flips you
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1534 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-14 09:08:13
March 01 2018 10:02 GMT
#14
On March 01 2018 11:56 Moataz wrote:I was astonished by this fact, Protoss has 3 Nexus=27 + 7*8(56)=83 !
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?
Shush! Not so loud! They can hear you! Trust me, those Psi Blades really hurt!
Moataz
Profile Joined January 2018
Egypt267 Posts
March 01 2018 10:13 GMT
#15
On March 01 2018 19:02 Freakling wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2018 11:56 Moataz wrote:I was astonished by this fact, Protoss has 3 Nexus=27 + 7*8(56)=83 !
Why this info no where to be found, or nobody talk about it ?
Shush! Not so loud! They can head you! Trust me, those Psi Blades really hurt!

I don't understand.
"All who believe in Allah and the last day, either say good or be silent." Muhammad
sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
March 01 2018 10:15 GMT
#16
On March 01 2018 17:26 kogeT wrote:
In case you wonder, infested command center neither provides zerg or terran supply.

Also, if you were to mind control a queen.. with queen infest a command center.. you would still need to mind control an overlord (or a drone to build the whole tech) to produce infested terrans.

But it doesn't really classify as a town hall considering you can't build workers and return resources to it.
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
Moataz
Profile Joined January 2018
Egypt267 Posts
March 01 2018 10:25 GMT
#17
On March 01 2018 18:25 Sero wrote:
I'm pretty sure it says it on every CC, nexus, and hatchery, and when you expand you might notice the supply increase.

Really !, I played that game since 21 years ago till now (not frequently) and didn't notice anything !
"All who believe in Allah and the last day, either say good or be silent." Muhammad
fazek42
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Hungary441 Posts
March 01 2018 11:03 GMT
#18
On March 01 2018 12:23 yubo56 wrote:
You start w/ 9 supply and no pylons


This

This should have tipped the OP off
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2042 Posts
March 01 2018 11:14 GMT
#19
On March 01 2018 19:00 rice_devOurer wrote:
Do you guys ever wonder how they decided to place the numbers there?


It's simple:

- zergs gets only 1 because it starts with an overlord (and allows you to play in case you lose all ovies - so you can make 1 drone) = 9 supply total
- protoss starts with 9 supply to match zerg (you could argue that zerg loses the drone when building, but zerg also produces initial drones faster)
- terran starts with 10 supply as building SCV will not be mining

Afterwards ovie / pylon / depot gives same 8 supply.

So the theory was to give all 3 races a somehow same economical start. Of course there is also mining rate differencies etc. but all in all that is how they figured that out I guess.
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
razorsuKe
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2053 Posts
March 01 2018 13:36 GMT
#20
I don't understand how you could NOT know this, it even says right on the nexus

[image loading]

EntusGalleries.com - CJ Uniform Sale
1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 8h 38m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
NeuroSwarm 191
ViBE152
StarCraft: Brood War
ProTech165
Dota 2
syndereN966
League of Legends
Doublelift3428
JimRising 707
Counter-Strike
fl0m849
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox536
Heroes of the Storm
Trikslyr85
Other Games
summit1g6838
FrodaN1244
C9.Mang0278
KnowMe112
PPMD26
CosmosSc2 13
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1350
StarCraft 2
CranKy Ducklings31
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• EnkiAlexander 46
• davetesta10
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP7
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 16
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Nemesis2043
• Jankos1782
• Scarra1076
Other Games
• Shiphtur605
Upcoming Events
FEL
8h 38m
Patches Events
12h 38m
AI Arena Tournament
16h 38m
FEL
1d 9h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 9h
Replay Cast
1d 22h
WardiTV Weekly
2 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
3 days
ByuN vs Lambo
MaxPax vs Bunny
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
[ Show More ]
Kung Fu Cup
4 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
5 days
SHIN vs GuMiho
Clem vs Classic
WardiTV Invitational
6 days
Epic.LAN
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #5 - GSC
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HCC Season 3

Ongoing

Acropolis #5
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
BSL Season 23
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026

Upcoming

IPSL Winter 2026-27
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.