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What is cloning?

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StaSiS
Profile Joined February 2004
United States147 Posts
February 20 2004 11:24 GMT
#1
OK im sorry if this seems like a really noobie question but wtf is cloning?
Zzang
Profile Joined May 2003
1303 Posts
February 20 2004 11:47 GMT
#2
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=7177

You see that thing on the right called "search" ? try it sometimes before asking questions.
http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/en/heroes/272999807
YoMeR
Profile Joined January 2003
United States263 Posts
February 20 2004 15:59 GMT
#3
Oh, I thought you meant the real thing.
Losers are acceptable, Failures are not. And your sir, are a Failure.
Commander{+}
Profile Joined December 2002
United States2878 Posts
February 20 2004 16:54 GMT
#4
Cloning is hitting SHIFT to de-select units while attacking so not all the units attack one. Example: Cloning scourges VS mutas is done by clicking all the scourges on 1 muta, shift clicking 2, and attacking the next muta, shift clicking 2 more, etc.
4 cheers for Ryan307
StaSiS
Profile Joined February 2004
United States147 Posts
February 20 2004 22:55 GMT
#5
Thx Commander, I use that to spread out my workers but never knew it was called cloning...
GoSexyPerli
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1072 Posts
February 24 2004 05:47 GMT
#6
--- Nuked ---
My whole existence is flawed.
STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
February 25 2004 13:37 GMT
#7
being able to shift deselect quickly is a very useful skill, even though its not the easiest way to perfectly put one of four workers on each mineral
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-02-25 23:35:58
February 25 2004 23:35 GMT
#8
Yellow does it the coolest way. He hotkeys 12 scourge on 2, 10 on 3, 8 on 4, 6 on 5, 4 on 6, 2 on 7. If you can find it, watch the replay of Yellow vs Love[30D.O.M] on JRM (especially with OP3)
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
b0ncher
Profile Joined October 2003
52 Posts
February 26 2004 04:14 GMT
#9
On February 26 2004 08:35 ObsoleteLogic wrote:
Yellow does it the coolest way. He hotkeys 12 scourge on 2, 10 on 3, 8 on 4, 6 on 5, 4 on 6, 2 on 7. If you can find it, watch the replay of Yellow vs Love[30D.O.M] on JRM (especially with OP3)

Serioulsy? LoL ive been doing that for a couple of months when i go scourgeling zvz Everyone I talk to about that says it is waste of hotkey lol It only takes like 3 seconds to set up tho and like 1 second .. so easy cloning
If Garimto gets that excited, EVERYONE needs to get excited. --mensrea
Commander{+}
Profile Joined December 2002
United States2878 Posts
February 26 2004 05:03 GMT
#10
haha wtf 'waste of a hotkey'? anyone who says that is a NEWBIE. hotkeys are only to support the success of YOUR game, thats why topics like 'how should I hotkey better?' are stupid, because hotkeys are about how comfortable they are to the person using them. Its impossible to 'waste' a hotkey because you can always rehotkey if needed.
4 cheers for Ryan307
STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-02-26 05:42:18
February 26 2004 05:39 GMT
#11
its not really a waste unless you can clone like xellos

on a similar note, when boxer did the "famous lockdown" he did it giving each ghost its own hotkey

on another note, scourges in zvz should be used 1 per muta, not 2. 1 scourge makes a muta soo close to dead and then anything that hits air cleans up (if you meant that you did the thing like yellow in zvz but with 1 scourge per hotkey then ok, but it is unclear, perhaps you meant 2 which is what i'm responding to)
b0ncher
Profile Joined October 2003
52 Posts
February 26 2004 06:33 GMT
#12
I agree commander i think they mean it takes to long to reset or soemthing cuz u go over you hat hotkeys but it doesnt relaly ..
stimey i agree, but i do a build w/ a faster spire than them and scourge ovies then overun w/ lings while they are making more .. it may not be the best but its something i like to do :p
If Garimto gets that excited, EVERYONE needs to get excited. --mensrea
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
February 26 2004 22:15 GMT
#13
Yellow used 2 per muta, but he was going pure scourge-ling
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
Schwarzenegger 08
Profile Joined January 2004
343 Posts
February 27 2004 02:25 GMT
#14
On February 26 2004 08:35 ObsoleteLogic wrote:
Yellow does it the coolest way. He hotkeys 12 scourge on 2, 10 on 3, 8 on 4, 6 on 5, 4 on 6, 2 on 7. If you can find it, watch the replay of Yellow vs Love[30D.O.M] on JRM (especially with OP3)


most ppl do it that way
nullmind
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
1303 Posts
February 27 2004 02:48 GMT
#15
http://s87336291.onlinehome.us/bw/3Soonee.rep

This shows great examples of cloning in mid game but might works
against newbs only =(. remember it doesn't always have to be 12 units in a group to clone.. even though it looks better ~_~
MPXMX
Profile Joined December 2002
Canada4309 Posts
February 29 2004 07:40 GMT
#16
Usually it is useful for killing many science vessels with scourge simultaneously, storming, or locking down, as opposed to splitting workers. It's not important at all how you split your workers as long as you do it effeciently.
x[ReaPeR]x
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3447 Posts
February 29 2004 09:27 GMT
#17
Chojja clones so fast...
ILoveOOv ownZ everyone!!! ~ Lamer List: Mynock, naventus
radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
February 29 2004 12:43 GMT
#18
Did anyone ever find the truth behind that scourge control replay? It was named heesun-show or something
impatience is a virtue
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