[G] Elegant prevention of Gas Steal in TvP - Page 4

Some people seem to think this is going to cost you 1-2 seconds somewhere. It does not. It costs you virtually nothing.
There are two ways to do it. Both ways you use the scv closest to the gas to do it. Depending on how many minerals you have compared with what point this particular scv is at [in the given mining/returning cargo cycle] one will be infintesimally better than the other.

Option 1
He mines, returns the mineral, then you select him, move to gas, create gas, hit 'esc' and back to mining.
Option 2
He mines, then you select him, move to gas, create gas, hit 'esc' then 'c'.


You can't even say you have lost 8 minerals because this miniscule detour takes nowhere near as long as it takes an scv to mine... around 1/4 to 1/2 of the time. Also because you do not even have 1 scv per mineral the trip time must also be added to how long it takes an scv to mine.(another scv cannot be mining this mineral, or rather does not need to be)

So basically at the cost of having 8 of your precious minerals delayed by a meagre fraction of how long it takes an scv to travel from cc to the mineral, start mining, turn around then return to cc and drop off cargo (around 5-7 secs) you gaurantee no gas steal.

Even if the 8 minerals went up in a puff of fucking smoke you're talking about losing a fraction of a second on any of your timings, and it doesn't, so we are talking about a fraction of a fraction. Jack shit.

This post makes me want to smash my head off a wall.
Hey there's an emoticon for this !

You even say oh wow sorry don't know how I missed the Esc part and then [i]continue to claim it will delay by two to three seconds
This won't even delay it half a second.
Then you say it's fine but the gas comes "way later" than just .... let me stop you there. The gas does not come way later than anything. You are talking out of your anus.
You then propose that the real solution is to build rax at normal time and cancel the 12th (I'm assuming you are referring to standard play and thus this is the timing you are speaking of)
scv which is fine if you see it coming which you don't always which is the whole point of this build it eliminates the need for cat-like reflexes and the chance that he might hide until the perfect moment then cruise in faster than you could react to anyway.

But not on a three player map? Care to explain why? Even on a four player map it's not 100% impossible to be gas rushed so why bother specifying 2 player maps as if certain conditions exist in them which make this strategy viable that are not present in larger maps? This is not the case.


Seriously? You ask a question, he answers it perfectly for you but you still make this comment? In case you genuinely didn't understand, it makes no difference at all, that is the whole point of this thread; you can prevent gas steal at no cost... so it will work just as well as standard play vs 7 proxy gate on desti.


I think you mean yes the fact IS a little bit delayed, not the rax.
May I answer your question with a question? Oops too late... hehe
No but really... is there any point in sacrificing minerals for no reason just because you can't be bothered doing it ? That is essentially your question, and the answer is unsurprisingly no.