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FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
December 21 2009 23:14 GMT
#101
8 rax isnt cheese, it's a soft counter to 12hatch. Try going 8rax versus a 12pooling zerg. lolz.
n3m0
Profile Joined January 2007
Portugal247 Posts
December 21 2009 23:18 GMT
#102
if you make it a proxy 8 rax then it's cheese :p
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
December 21 2009 23:28 GMT
#103
I respectfully disagree. If there is a well-defined follow-up build order then I don't consider it cheese, and proxy 8 rax -> vulture -> wraith -> m/m drop is SOOOOO good in TvZ.
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love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
December 21 2009 23:55 GMT
#104
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:D
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Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
December 22 2009 00:09 GMT
#105
I don't really care about calling it cheese or not. Everyone has their own definition of it. But seriously, there is nothing comparable in zerg build orders that is as gay as 8 rax into a fast vulture. You gotta pull your drones to defend and somehow get that sunken up in time and afford early den and lair because you have no clue of what the terran is doing and he easily dictates the game. Surely that is pretty damn gay for a build that just requires cutting on a couple scvs.
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Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
December 22 2009 00:26 GMT
#106
On December 22 2009 09:09 Cloud wrote:
I don't really care about calling it cheese or not. Everyone has their own definition of it. But seriously, there is nothing comparable in zerg build orders that is as gay as 8 rax into a fast vulture. You gotta pull your drones to defend and somehow get that sunken up in time and afford early den and lair because you have no clue of what the terran is doing and he easily dictates the game. Surely that is pretty damn gay for a build that just requires cutting on a couple scvs.

Can't you scout with drone/overlord?
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NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 02:16:29
December 22 2009 02:14 GMT
#107
On December 22 2009 07:35 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:
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On December 21 2009 14:16 Valentine wrote:
The way I see it, cheese is simply a tactic or build that depends on simple chance. Cheese != all-in. Cheese is simply using "chance" to either put you ahead or put you behind.

So 12 hatch in ZvZ is cheese? You might have something different in mind, but the definition you gave is retarded.

With my definition, yes, I consider it cheesy. I was actually thinking more of this today when I was bored. In the way I see things, any type of strategy or tactic that is used by you with my earlier definiton which is not being forced on you.

So play along, a Terran is pushing your third expansion (Protoss), and you think that if you all-in counter his natural, you might be able to turn the tide. I don't think this is cheesy due to the fact that the Terran was pretty much placed into the situation by the flow of the game.

Now this is coming from someone who loves to cheese, and tells his teammates to cheese him and all-in him more often in practice games. I hate people who cry about being cheesed (I used to be one of them), but now it's just annoying for me to read ;___; Just practice more against them and get better at defending/reading opponents :D

So does anyone else think my definitions are reasonable? o__o;;
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GW.Methos
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States249 Posts
December 22 2009 02:51 GMT
#108
how is 8rax cheese? everyone uses it.
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KingV
Profile Joined April 2009
United States97 Posts
December 22 2009 02:54 GMT
#109
It's just annoying for zergs to handle. Like early goon pressure in PvT, you just pull some workers off mining and hope you dont fuck up.
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Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 02:58:57
December 22 2009 02:58 GMT
#110
On December 20 2009 09:33 sS.NuB wrote:
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On December 19 2009 16:12 Avidkeystamper wrote:
On December 19 2009 16:05 SkepTicAL wrote:
8 rax is a build order, not a cheese. Cheese is something that you can't recover from if it fails. 8 rax you can transition to mech or fe carrying on the game from there.

That's not a very good definition. It's hard to recover from anything if it fails.
I would consider cheese more something that would never work if your opponent knew it was coming.


Ok so if you intend to do a probe drop on a terrans SCV's and you don't lose the shuttle but you lose 2 probes 30 minutes in game its hard to recover from that?

Did you have an actual point or do you just love nitpicking and thinking you've proven someone else's point wrong?
I think it's obvious what I'm saying here. It's called common sense and inference. Use it.
Edit: seeing that you're banned, guess you didnt'.
Jaedong
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 04:02:53
December 22 2009 04:01 GMT
#111
On December 21 2009 11:42 ArvickHero wrote:
I say we stop using the word "cheese" and start using the phrase "strategic play" like the Koreans to describe any non-management type of strategy.

koreans have a word for cheese too.
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avaTar[
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Mexico301 Posts
December 22 2009 04:35 GMT
#112
On December 19 2009 14:38 789 wrote:
I ...Funny thing is they yell at terrans for turtling, and then when they do an aggressive opening its cheese....
How else is terran supposed to punish the other races for 12 pool/12 nexus.


Completely agree on that mate, Z and P has a lot of cheese options and us terrans got only BBS and maybe proxy fac on their main or something. and still they complain.
w3jjjj
Profile Joined April 2007
United States760 Posts
December 22 2009 04:42 GMT
#113
No such thing as cheese, only strategies with different attack timings.

The "normal" 3 tank 1 vessel m&m push is just another attack timing, if you don't do damage you'll fall behind, not much different.
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 22 2009 04:47 GMT
#114
Just opening with 8 Rax is obviously not cheese. It's pretty comparable to opening with 9 Pool IMO.
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13ThirtySeven
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
99 Posts
December 22 2009 06:48 GMT
#115
On December 19 2009 13:06 DJONES wrote:
2-3 marines, and 1-2 scvs are at his base before the spawning pool finishes.


Unless Z opens 9 pool.
checo
Profile Joined November 2008
Mexico1364 Posts
December 22 2009 07:15 GMT
#116
If zergs would stop tryng to 12 hatch all the time they wouldn't even mind 8rax.... greedy bastards
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Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
December 22 2009 07:22 GMT
#117
On December 22 2009 16:15 checo wrote:
If zergs would stop tryng to 12 hatch all the time they wouldn't even mind 8rax.... greedy bastards

If Terrans would stop 12 raxing all the time, they wouldn't even mind 4 pools.
/sarcasm off, 12 Hatch is necessary for zergs to stay on economic par with terrans.
Jaedong
ftb
Profile Joined October 2009
49 Posts
December 22 2009 09:51 GMT
#118
Well, 8rax bunkerrushing terran apparently consider overpool to be cheesy as a response.
Hillarious pissed off terran player:
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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-22 12:13:43
December 22 2009 12:12 GMT
#119
On December 22 2009 13:35 avaTar[ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2009 14:38 789 wrote:
I ...Funny thing is they yell at terrans for turtling, and then when they do an aggressive opening its cheese....
How else is terran supposed to punish the other races for 12 pool/12 nexus.


Completely agree on that mate, Z and P has a lot of cheese options and us terrans got only BBS and maybe proxy fac on their main or something. and still they complain.

ehh terrans have as many "cheeses", it's just that most terrans only knows how to go 1rax cc in TvZ / 1fac cc in TvP->turtle, and then complain if other players wants to be agressive and not to die to boredom.
Weryeery
Profile Joined June 2008
288 Posts
December 22 2009 12:18 GMT
#120
On December 22 2009 13:35 avaTar[ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2009 14:38 789 wrote:
I ...Funny thing is they yell at terrans for turtling, and then when they do an aggressive opening its cheese....
How else is terran supposed to punish the other races for 12 pool/12 nexus.


Completely agree on that mate, Z and P has a lot of cheese options and us terrans got only BBS and maybe proxy fac on their main or something. and still they complain.


Z dont have cheese option, they have allin builds. that means if the aggression fail its over you can leave.

Whats magical with T and P is they have builds that are as deadly than Z allin but even if it miserably fail you can still recover.
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