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Brood war is a beautiful gane. It can be an emotional thing for me. Sometimes, after winning an epic 45 minute struggle, I'll stay in the game a while after my opponent leaves to marvel at my achievement.
But I did not achieve victory unassisted. None of us ever has.
In particular, I feel as if I owe an enormous debt to those original four workers that spawned at the start of the game. They were with me from the very beginning of my fight and, as often as not, some of them are still mining on my behalf all the way til the end.
I've often lamented the fact that I'm unable to identify those four diligent souls. I tend to have many workers by the end of the war (as do we all) and, despite my repeated pleas, those four laborers have never stepped forward to reveal themselves.
I wonder if anyone else feels the same way. And, if so, whether anyone has developed any ceremonies to honor those four brave souls who persevered.
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On November 30 2019 12:17 mmhmm wrote:
I've often lamented the fact that I'm unable to identify those four diligent souls.
if you save them to a control group at the start of the game and then never overwrite it, then when the game ends you can use that control group to identify them
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On November 30 2019 12:26 Crunchums wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2019 12:17 mmhmm wrote:
I've often lamented the fact that I'm unable to identify those four diligent souls.
if you save them to a control group at the start of the game and then never overwrite it, then when the game ends you can use that control group to identify them
that would be cool 
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On November 30 2019 12:17 mmhmm wrote:
Brood war is a beautiful gane. It can be an emotional thing for me. Sometimes, after winning an epic 45 minute struggle, I'll stay in the game a while after my opponent leaves to marvel at my achievement.
But I did not achieve victory unassisted. None of us ever has.
In particular, I feel as if I owe an enormous debt to those original four workers that spawned at the start of the game. They were with me from the very beginning of my fight and, as often as not, some of them are still mining on my behalf all the way til the end.
I've often lamented the fact that I'm unable to identify those four diligent souls. I tend to have many workers by the end of the war (as do we all) and, despite my repeated pleas, those four laborers have never stepped forward to reveal themselves.
I wonder if anyone else feels the same way. And, if so, whether anyone has developed any ceremonies to honor those four brave souls who persevered.
Wow...I didn't ask for these feelings...
I guess on this Thanksgiving Day I'm truly thankful for those 4 original workers. And just think about the very first time they were ever spawned in the very first game of Broodwar...and they're still doing their job. It just brings a tear to my eye.
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So how often do the four original workers survive a game?
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On November 30 2019 13:37 Disregard wrote:
So how often do the four original workers survive a game?
Especially if you're zerg?
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If enough of us feel the same way, perhaps an upcoming patch could modify the game so that once all opponents leave:
Control group 1 automatically selects any remaining of the original four workers.
The Patrol command becomes Praise instead.
Attack becomes Applause.
Hold Position becomes Hug.
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Nowadays, you can actually just start the replay, select your starting workers and fast forward to the end of the match to see, how many survived and what they were doing.
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On November 30 2019 12:17 mmhmm wrote:
I wonder if anyone else feels the same way.
I don't. I simply click the "end game" button and go on. Because I know, I have to bring more victories to Aiur. The enemy never sleeps.
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It's just like the 12 original Dwarven in Dwarf Fortress, I always build special rooms for them and if one of them dies I craft a special tumb stone
Both Dwarven and SCV are miners if you think about it lol
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Ah damn. Over 20 years later and we still get silly new things like this. Love it
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If it makes you feel better the original 4 drones usually die to storm drops. so thanks protoss players for always ruining the dreams.
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If you were a drone would you rather retire and become a building (maybe something nice and fancy like a spire or defiler den, maybe something more quaint like a sunken colony, or something big and busy like a hatchery) or live out the rest of your days mining gas from a depleted extractor?
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If you were a drone would you rather retire and become a building (maybe something nice and fancy like a spire or defiler den, maybe something more quaint like a sunken colony, or something big and busy like a hatchery) or live out the rest of your dies mining gas from a depleted extractor?
Tough decision. I definitely wouldn't want to get stretched out into a nydus canal. That's gotta hurt.
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I know for me, one of my original 4, ends up being my scouter because I hotkey that little guy at 1 from the start. He eventually dies in most games, but he is forever honored for the intel he provides. Long live his 3 brothers.
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This is the cutest thread that's ever been posted on tl.
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