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Scout vs. Observer; Battle of the Protoss Scouters - Page 3

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Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
July 10 2009 06:25 GMT
#41
On July 10 2009 15:22 omfghi2u2 wrote:
You should include build time.

Everyone's nitpicking at the tiniest detail. Sure, the observer builds faster. But go back to the cost analysis: the scout's advantage may seem small, but that's only if you compare 1 scout to 1 observer; if you want more than one scouting unit, the scout's advantage multiplies.
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Cube
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada777 Posts
July 10 2009 06:27 GMT
#42
more ammunition for the stove
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
July 10 2009 06:44 GMT
#43
hahaha, this post was hilarious. 5/5.
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27172 Posts
July 10 2009 06:54 GMT
#44
Awesome thread haha. Even better are the people taking it seriously.
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HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
July 10 2009 06:59 GMT
#45
zomg observer vs sair!
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Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
July 10 2009 07:02 GMT
#46
On July 10 2009 14:34 gameguard wrote:
i think its true that they cant broodling reavers.
But they have no problem turning a tank into 2 bugs. What gives?

Tanks have a guy inside for broodlings to eat!

Hm, I knew I was doing something right in my mass-scout Bnet days.
D10
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Brazil3409 Posts
July 10 2009 07:15 GMT
#47
Conclusion: Protoss are smart enough to make em both, but arent smart enough to combine them into one unstopable scouting machine.
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MuffinDude
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3837 Posts
July 10 2009 07:29 GMT
#48
Obs are needed for cloaked wraiths + mines so I'll rather go with the observer than scout even if I'm going carriers. Oh, and does anyone know what kills mass devourers faster: mass scouts or mass corsairs?
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Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 07:38:04
July 10 2009 07:37 GMT
#49
I can't believe people are responding seriously to this thread.


Great post, Qexen. If you had made this a guide, and entered it into the guide contest a few weeks back, you would have won the beta key EZ.
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imDerek
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States1944 Posts
July 10 2009 07:38 GMT
#50
It's not called scout for nothing
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skronch
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2717 Posts
July 10 2009 07:38 GMT
#51
You should add:

"TELEPORT SUCCESSFUL"
vs.
*beep boop beep*


scout by a landslide imo
0z
Profile Joined August 2006
Luxembourg877 Posts
July 10 2009 07:44 GMT
#52
lol
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
July 10 2009 07:53 GMT
#53
Ok first a few unmanly giggles escaped me while reading this.

I mean it's obviously a joke by the way he said minerals are so easy to get and scout wins the cost battle.

On July 10 2009 14:31 AzureEye wrote:

I think most of these questions are not important in real game and pretty useless. Why would a scout gain an advantage because it can take down a nexus? Would a person seriously use a scout or even a group of scouts to take down a nexus? No because it would take forever. The only useful question here asked is 'Can this unit fly by a turret without dying??'



Then I read yours and had a good laugh.
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FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
July 10 2009 07:58 GMT
#54
On July 10 2009 14:23 LonelyMargarita wrote:
You should forward this to (P)Rock immediately. He doesn't need to waste 200/200 on a robo and 50/100 on an observatory to scout when he's going 2 base carriers anyway. Mines don't hurt carriers so he doesn't need detection.


Cloaked wraiths do though...
Mystlord *
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
July 10 2009 08:01 GMT
#55
Lol this was a good read. I love the replies too D:
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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
July 10 2009 08:03 GMT
#56
Observer any day
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gchan
Profile Joined October 2007
United States654 Posts
July 10 2009 08:13 GMT
#57
You forgot the quotes round. Observer can only repeat what other units/games/historical figures have already said while the scout has a badass rippling voice /and/ he speaks the native protoss language.
ReCharge
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Philippines505 Posts
July 10 2009 08:32 GMT
#58
On July 10 2009 17:03 SilverSkyLark wrote:
Observer any day


yeah right, I look at your post, and then I look at your Icon, and I can see that it's a SCOUT!!

Woohoo! Yeah Scouts RULE!
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zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 08:35:39
July 10 2009 08:34 GMT
#59
Scouts should have increased air to ground damage. This is one of the many changes Starcraft 1 needs. The balance is really perfect right now, but they could improve gameplay by buffing a little unused units, such as ghost, scout and devourer.
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 08:38:30
July 10 2009 08:36 GMT
#60
There is a reason you don't see progamers get uselessly expensive units like Carriers and stuff!

hahahahaaa

LOL at the idiots taking this seriously...hi AzureEye
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