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Pylon Bug to Find Opponent's Location

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LaStScan
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)1289 Posts
September 30 2019 08:08 GMT
#1


Warp Pylon -> when Pylon starts to change figure, Attack with Probe and then cancel.

You canceled the Pylon, but you have the image of Pylon as you selected in the middle still.
Once the opponent start making something, you can click the portrait or ctrl+c to center that unit of your screen.
Trying my best for ASL, ASTL
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8215 Posts
September 30 2019 08:14 GMT
#2
UNBELIVABLE ! how is this possible ????
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6607 Posts
September 30 2019 08:15 GMT
#3
remove protoss race from the game please..
iFU.spx
Profile Joined April 2011
Russian Federation370 Posts
September 30 2019 08:16 GMT
#4
pretty crazy, thanks for sharing
ggsimida
Profile Joined August 2015
1148 Posts
September 30 2019 08:24 GMT
#5
LOL works in 1.16 too

imagine the players that have been quietly abusing this since the beginning XD
Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
September 30 2019 08:39 GMT
#6
Wow this is actually pretty nuts. Thanks for sharing.
Mine gas, build tanks.
MinixTheNerd
Profile Joined July 2019
200 Posts
September 30 2019 08:43 GMT
#7
how did some1 even find this?
bovienchien
Profile Joined March 2014
Vietnam1152 Posts
September 30 2019 08:46 GMT
#8
how effect?
I don't see anything difference from normal.
https://www.facebook.com/StarcraftRemasteredVN/
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5509 Posts
September 30 2019 08:56 GMT
#9
Pretty neat
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28678 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-30 09:01:07
September 30 2019 09:00 GMT
#10
rofl this is hilarious.

bovien, watch it from 1:25 to 1:45 and pay close attention
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QuadroX
Profile Joined August 2017
386 Posts
September 30 2019 09:00 GMT
#11
Very good find. Now we have to watch over Protoss players who cancels pylons in the early game. :D
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8215 Posts
September 30 2019 09:03 GMT
#12
On September 30 2019 17:43 MinixTheNerd wrote:
how did some1 even find this?

My thoughts also !
How can you find this ?
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
Bonyth
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland567 Posts
September 30 2019 09:04 GMT
#13
Love it, will definitely use
ggsimida
Profile Joined August 2015
1148 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-30 09:11:15
September 30 2019 09:08 GMT
#14
On September 30 2019 18:00 Liquid`Drone wrote:
rofl this is hilarious.

bovien, watch it from 1:25 to 1:45 and pay close attention


to be fair scan's instruction at "Attack with Probe" is not 100% clear.

press A and hover over the pylon with your cursor. as the pylon forms press left mouse click twice quickly.
do this correctly the pylon will appear on the stat screen but not actually be selected. press escape right before it finished forming.
Ollin
Profile Joined December 2017
Poland77 Posts
September 30 2019 09:14 GMT
#15
So you can just see where the opponent's main is, right? Why SCV was damaged?
iRk-Ollin
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28678 Posts
September 30 2019 09:16 GMT
#16
My theory is that you see the building or unit the opponent starts building after the cancellation. the scv being damaged is basically just the scv being in production. (I don't know this for sure, but it sorta makes sense and works with the timing.)
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ggsimida
Profile Joined August 2015
1148 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-10-01 02:55:22
September 30 2019 09:25 GMT
#17
trick works through any protoss building, not just pylon. pylon easiest to abuse since cheap, fast and no pylon requirement

1.16 NOT RM screenshots
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same game able to locate zerg enemy with alt-c
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terran can do it too!
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Starecat
Profile Joined August 2014
938 Posts
September 30 2019 09:27 GMT
#18
I think the damaged SCV could either be grapgical bug because of the unintended behavior of the portrait exploit or judging by the camera this how the game treats a building unit internally like a building who starts with it's wireframe "damaged" untill it's done.
:3
bovienchien
Profile Joined March 2014
Vietnam1152 Posts
September 30 2019 09:36 GMT
#19
On September 30 2019 18:00 Liquid`Drone wrote:
rofl this is hilarious.

bovien, watch it from 1:25 to 1:45 and pay close attention

I got it, thank you =]]

I wonder Protoss players will do this in KSL 4?
https://www.facebook.com/StarcraftRemasteredVN/
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28678 Posts
September 30 2019 09:40 GMT
#20
tbh I assume it will be banned from competitions.
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