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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!
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- 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.
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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
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
2inch drop, or alternatively 3cm drop (ie when you ladder units up or down elevation change with dropship through multiple trips)
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Zurich15327 Posts
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.
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Korea (South)11579 Posts
Cheese
BBS
FD Terran
Gundam Rush
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On September 30 2007 18:39 ][-][eretic wrote:
- All in/All out attack. Whatever you call it.
All-in=Hanbang
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Fast Expo
Tech-ing
One base play
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United States42656 Posts
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.
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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 ~_~
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Korea (South)11579 Posts
I never had a name for it.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
i always thought 2cm drop was slow lord drop;;
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is awesome32274 Posts
I know it by the name of ferying too
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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
United States4146 Posts
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FE = Fast Expo
z0rz = carriers
stack
-UHHH = Korean announcerisms. SIEGE TANKUUUHHHH
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Massing = Massing and macroing of fighting units
Powering = Expanding, making peons (improving eco), i.e. 14nex is a power build
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Han-Bang = all in, do-or-die attack.
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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.
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man cant believe I forgot this one:
gg
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Gosu = God of Starcraft Universe.
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bm
gm
turtle
exp
strat
b.o / build
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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
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stop/hold lurker
eraser
maynard (I've seen this, I don't know what it means though)
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boxer-esque
oov-esque
drone whore, sunken whore, etc...
edit:
bikes
towers
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lol @ bikes 
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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
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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
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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.
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Don't forget "typing/tapping out."
Alternatively, just use the term "surrender."
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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
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On October 01 2007 10:58 Brutalisk wrote:That's so true.
Why tank you! :D
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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.
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han bang is not always all-in
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Zurich15327 Posts
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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cloning (vessels...)
wall in
stack (mutas)
2 rax, 14cc etc..
min only
sunk line
to cliff someone
main
goon dancing
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to turtle, turtling
lurking
camping
Harrass
rax
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rax
gate
mainyarding
sair
vults
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to freeze something : to cast Statis Field(with an Arbiter) on it (pretty obvious I guess)
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