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Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States806 Posts
September 30 2007 09:25 GMT
#1
Hey guys,

Moletrap and I have gotten several messages asking for clarification of terms in our broodwar commentaries and a couple people requesting a general tutorial of the game.

We are planning on putting a series of vids together called "A guide to watching Broodwar"

Here is a list of the some of terms we have so far:

4-pool
Build Order
Rush
Cheese
Cliff Drop
Drop
DTs
Contain
Mins/Res
Expansion/Secondary/natural
expand
tech up
tech
hidden tech
heavy metal
Proxy
Push
Scout
Stim
Zealot/tank/etc bomb

If you guys have any more terms or small video clips of units we could use in this constuction it would be of great service.

Thanks!
][-][eretic
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada395 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 09:45:52
September 30 2007 09:39 GMT
#2
- Flank
- Choke Point
off the top of my head.
- People also use the term "Maynarding" to describe the transfer of workers from one base to another to maximize gathering efficiency. Named after the first player to do it of course, Maynard.
- All in/All out attack. Whatever you call it.
Hi :)
ii.blitzkrieg
Profile Joined November 2006
Canada1122 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 09:48:12
September 30 2007 09:42 GMT
#3
micro
macro
timing attack/push
fast expand
biomech/other types of bo's/unit combos/strategies (if you're planning on going this indepth)
.. i'll try to think of others
iloveoov / Flash / Fantasy / Midas / Boxer -BW forever
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
September 30 2007 09:46 GMT
#4
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15365 Posts
September 30 2007 09:51 GMT
#5
First of all, I really like the idea. This would be very valuable for beginners, casual players or people who just came back to BW because of the SC2 hype.

I would concentrate on game mechanics rather than actual units, buildings, or upgrades though. For example, explain terms like Contain, Proxy, Natural, Push rather than Stim or DT. You can always look those up in the compendium.

From the top of my head:
Flank
Push break
Map control
Metal / Bio

Good luck doing this! Would be great to have some reference VODs that explain BW slang.
ModeratorI know Teamliquid is known as a massive building
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11597 Posts
September 30 2007 11:54 GMT
#6
Cheese
BBS
FD Terran
Gundam Rush

Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
uriel-
Profile Joined August 2007
Singapore1867 Posts
September 30 2007 12:01 GMT
#7
http://gamereplays.org/starcraft2/task.php?nameid=starcraft_universe_dictionary

Decent compilation of stuff
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
September 30 2007 12:12 GMT
#8
On September 30 2007 18:39 ][-][eretic wrote:
- All in/All out attack. Whatever you call it.


All-in=Hanbang
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
September 30 2007 12:16 GMT
#9
Fast Expo
Tech-ing
One base play
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States44012 Posts
September 30 2007 12:23 GMT
#10
On September 30 2007 18:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)

I always called that a staggered drop.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
~Legit~
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States408 Posts
September 30 2007 12:58 GMT
#11
On September 30 2007 21:23 Kwark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 30 2007 18:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)

I always called that a staggered drop.


i've always called that ferrying, weird we all have different names ~_~
LegitMatthew
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11597 Posts
September 30 2007 13:11 GMT
#12
I never had a name for it.
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
September 30 2007 13:31 GMT
#13
i always thought 2cm drop was slow lord drop;;
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32278 Posts
September 30 2007 14:44 GMT
#14
I know it by the name of ferying too
Moderator<:3-/-<
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
September 30 2007 15:48 GMT
#15
On September 30 2007 22:31 Plexa wrote:
i always thought 2cm drop was slow lord drop;;

i thought slow lord drop was doom drop
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Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
September 30 2007 18:55 GMT
#16
Blizzard forums had a really good one and they deleted it : ( be nice if someone found it in their cache!

might help ~
http://www.entropyzero.org/starcraftdict.html
http://www.entropyzero.org/Twotimer.html
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 19:01:16
September 30 2007 18:59 GMT
#17
FE = Fast Expo
z0rz = carriers
stack
-UHHH = Korean announcerisms. SIEGE TANKUUUHHHH
Peace~
Seraphim
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States4467 Posts
September 30 2007 19:11 GMT
#18
Massing = Massing and macroing of fighting units
Powering = Expanding, making peons (improving eco), i.e. 14nex is a power build
Hermes | Bisu[Shield] Fighting~!
Aphelion
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States2720 Posts
September 30 2007 19:16 GMT
#19
Han-Bang = all in, do-or-die attack.
But Garimto was always more than just a Protoss...
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 19:35:09
September 30 2007 19:28 GMT
#20
that first links say babo=baboon which is not true.

babo = idiot in Korean

block generally means blocking for terran?

Who else knows what deep6 is? I never heard of that term.

The term in Korean that means newb starting with H is hujub.
Stuck.
Diggity
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States806 Posts
September 30 2007 19:34 GMT
#21
man cant believe I forgot this one:

gg
Scorpion
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1974 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 19:47:53
September 30 2007 19:47 GMT
#22
Gosu = God of Starcraft Universe.
Mango @ U.S.East!
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
September 30 2007 19:49 GMT
#23
bm
gm
turtle
exp
strat
b.o / build
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
alphablend
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
647 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 20:18:37
September 30 2007 19:54 GMT
#24
On October 01 2007 04:28 Wala.Revolution wrote:
that first links say babo=baboon which is not true.

babo = idiot in Korean

block generally means blocking for terran?

Who else knows what deep6 is? I never heard of that term.

The term in Korean that means newb starting with H is hujub.


Deep6 is going terran against protoss, and getting MM + ghost + a few tanks instead of Metal. It was used by a select few pro gamers in the past. It is extremely hard to do (300 APM +), and pretty easy to counter with protoss tech(40 APM -). It is called deep6 because when in midgame production you have 6 raxes pumping
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
September 30 2007 20:38 GMT
#25
stop/hold lurker
eraser
maynard (I've seen this, I don't know what it means though)
blabberrrrr
knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 21:03:06
September 30 2007 21:02 GMT
#26
boxer-esque
oov-esque
drone whore, sunken whore, etc...

edit:
bikes
towers
alphablend
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
647 Posts
September 30 2007 23:53 GMT
#27
lol @ bikes
Brutalisk
Profile Joined February 2007
794 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-01 02:10:52
October 01 2007 01:58 GMT
#28
On October 01 2007 04:47 Scorpion wrote:
Gosu = God of Starcraft Universe.


That's not true.
Came from the Mandarin (Chinese) term "gao shou", which literally means "high hand". A gao shou is someone with a large amount of skill.



@ Thread:

DA - Dark Archon
SK Terran - M&M & Vessel
h - "help!" in ally games
doom drop - A mass drop which will do much damage. Often a Zerg thing, but probably also used in TvT I guess. And with Protoss too if they use recall?
stop lurker - Burrowed lurkers grouped with an overlord which are then put "on hold": they won't attack the enemy until you put them in "stop" or "attack" mode
cow or imbalisk - ultralisk
ball - usually a sizeable Terran army which is often tough to kill because of their firepower
d - defense
CustomXSpunjah
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1093 Posts
October 01 2007 02:16 GMT
#29
FD, fake double
beware, the rise of the Protoss is upon us!
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
October 01 2007 02:19 GMT
#30
On September 30 2007 18:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)


Nal_rA vs Stork on The Eye, Pringles MSL1
^-^
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
October 01 2007 02:26 GMT
#31
Man that website has a lot of bad stuff, but a lot of good stuff as well

Manner Pylon/Supply Depot/Creep Colony (pretty sure it hasn't been mentioned yet) = using a Pylon to trap a peon mining a mineral placed farther out than its adjacent minerals.
Doom Gateway = Double Manner Pylon with two Gate Zealot pump after the Pylons finish.

To add onto CustomXSpunjah's FD ...

FD is attacking with 3-5 Marines, 1 Vulture, 1 Tank to fool Protoss players into thinking that they went on a dual-Factory rush.
^-^
StateOfGrace
Profile Joined September 2007
United States16 Posts
October 01 2007 02:30 GMT
#32
Don't forget "typing/tapping out."

Alternatively, just use the term "surrender."
vstar
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Korea (South)693 Posts
October 01 2007 02:32 GMT
#33
On October 01 2007 04:54 alphablend wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 01 2007 04:28 Wala.Revolution wrote:
that first links say babo=baboon which is not true.

babo = idiot in Korean

block generally means blocking for terran?

Who else knows what deep6 is? I never heard of that term.

The term in Korean that means newb starting with H is hujub.


Deep6 is going terran against protoss, and getting MM + ghost + a few tanks instead of Metal. It was used by a select few pro gamers in the past. It is extremely hard to do (300 APM +), and pretty easy to counter with protoss tech(40 APM -). It is called deep6 because when in midgame production you have 6 raxes pumping


Interesting...I have never heard of this before =O
Scorpion
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1974 Posts
October 01 2007 05:03 GMT
#34
On October 01 2007 10:58 Brutalisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 01 2007 04:47 Scorpion wrote:
Gosu = God of Starcraft Universe.


That's so true.


Why tank you! :D
Mango @ U.S.East!
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9109 Posts
October 01 2007 06:12 GMT
#35
On September 30 2007 18:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)


Wow I learned something. Never heard that term used before.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
October 01 2007 07:11 GMT
#36
han bang is not always all-in
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15365 Posts
October 01 2007 08:00 GMT
#37
On October 01 2007 15:12 Jonoman92 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 30 2007 18:46 thedeadhaji wrote:
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)


Wow I learned something. Never heard that term used before.


we've heard like 10 terms for this kind of drop by now. To add another, I know it as an "elevator drop" or simply "elevator".
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Locke.
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Israel562 Posts
October 01 2007 08:48 GMT
#38
cloning (vessels...)
wall in
stack (mutas)
2 rax, 14cc etc..
min only
sunk line
to cliff someone
main
goon dancing
axel
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
France385 Posts
October 01 2007 11:25 GMT
#39
to turtle, turtling
lurking
camping
Harrass
rax
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
October 01 2007 12:16 GMT
#40
rax
gate
mainyarding
sair
vults
SonuvBob: Yes, the majority of TL is college-aged, and thus clearly stupid.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
October 01 2007 13:26 GMT
#41
to freeze something : to cast Statis Field(with an Arbiter) on it (pretty obvious I guess)
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