EPTWas there some sort of game designer fear that mass and repeated Spawn Broodling casts would create a vast and unstoppable army of Broodlings, LOL.
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
Was there some sort of game designer fear that mass and repeated Spawn Broodling casts would create a vast and unstoppable army of Broodlings, LOL. | ||
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
On September 01 2015 03:31 [[Starlight]] wrote: Why do Broodlings have a limited lifespan? Was there some sort of game designer fear that mass and repeated Spawn Broodling casts would create a vast and unstoppable army of Broodlings, LOL. well actually yes, spamming broodling with a 200/200 army could make your army huge and reach the unit limit ^^ | ||
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G5
United States2921 Posts
Dunno the real thought behind it though since technically Protoss is the race that can get 600 supply with mind control. Zerg can theorectically get 400 supply with 200 being in drones but the mechanics to do so is humanly impossible. Terrans are just stuck at 200. | ||
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oGoZenob
France1503 Posts
On September 02 2015 15:58 G5 wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but can't you cast a broodling on a broodling? Meaning you could theoretically get unlimited amounts of broodlings if you weren't attacked and could muster up that much energy? That is, if they didn't have a timer on them. Dunno the real thought behind it though since technically Protoss is the race that can get 600 supply with mind control. Zerg can theorectically get 400 supply with 200 being in drones but the mechanics to do so is humanly impossible. Terrans are just stuck at 200. even 800 as protoss, if you go to 400 with the zerg part =) | ||
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
On September 02 2015 22:40 oGoZenob wrote: even 800 as protoss, if you go to 400 with the zerg part =) How are you getting 400 supply as Zerg? Crazy mass extractor-trick, only done with all the cheapest buildings that don't have to be built on a geyser (evo chambers, creep colonies)? If so, it's one of those 'theoretically possible but in reality nowhere near possible' type things. (and does it even let you exceed 200 supply, or did Bliz think of that and block it?) | ||
Kau
Canada3502 Posts
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G5
United States2921 Posts
Kau - very true  | ||
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CoughingHydra
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
On September 03 2015 06:30 G5 wrote: [[Starlight]] - Yes and no Bliz didn't block it, you can exceed it Ah well, that's sort of cool then. While you realistically could never ever get anything like an additional 200 supply out of it, you could maybe make 3 more ultralisks or something after you hit max supply by, say, making a dozen evo chambers quickly and then canceling them after starting the ultras. Maybe it's good Bliz didn't block that. Makes things slightly more even vs the terrifying late game Terran 200/200 3/3 maxed-out army. Of course, can't remember anyone ever doing it. But... can ya broodling a broodling, as someone else asked? That has fun implications, if you can. Kau wrote: Protoss could technically have infinite [supply]. Your opponent could continually mass carriers and you could mass dark archon and just keep mind controlling them. Damb. Of course, you never see it, since Protoss don't build DAs. | ||
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B-royal
Belgium1330 Posts
I've noticed that in certain instances of using patrol micro my mutalisks will disperse, how can i replicate this? Might be an interesting way to deal with irradiate or just a tidbit of knowledge. | ||
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Kau
Canada3502 Posts
On September 04 2015 19:31 [[Starlight]] wrote: A, well, that's sort of cool then. While you realistically could never ever get anything like an additional 200 supply out of it, you could maybe make 3 more ultralisks or something after you hit max supply by, say, making a dozen evo chambers quickly and then canceling them after starting the ultras. Maybe it's good Bliz didn't block that. Makes things slightly more even vs the terrifying late game Terran 200/200 3/3 maxed-out army. Of course, can't remember anyone ever doing it. But... can ya broodling a broodling, as someone else asked? That has fun implications, if you can. Damb. Of course, you never see it, since Protoss don't build DAs. Yes you can broodling a broodling. Protosses that aren't chalrenge don't build DAs. For reference It's a 2 part video, part 2 has more dark archon. | ||
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BruceLee6783
United States196 Posts
On September 03 2015 08:51 CoughingHydra wrote: I haven't found a thread for general brood war questions, so I'll ask here. After I installed BW I first updated vanilla and then BW. So now the button for replays doesn't appear after I go single player -> expansion, only after single player -> original, but then i cannot watch expansion replays, only for original... I know I can create custom map and use that for watching replays but this is faster. Does anyone know how to fix this? That sounds very odd...are you sure that your Brood War is patched to 1.08 or higher? If so, try uninstalling and reinstalling. | ||
c3rberUs
Japan11301 Posts
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Probemicro
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On September 06 2015 11:21 c3rberUs wrote: Do reavers get revealed when they fire high ground on a target at low ground? yes, they are revealed when their respective scarabs explode on their low ground targets and do damage if the scarabs don't do dmg they won't be revealed | ||
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
Has anyone ever seen a pro game where the early-pooling player COULDN'T find the other player's main quickly enough, and thus had his rush slowed down? I've watched a lot of 4/5-pool vods, and it just never seems to happen. Pros don't seem to 4/5-pool as often on 4p maps as they do on 2p and 3p (for obvious reasons), but they still do so on 4p maps sometimes... and on at least some of those, the overlord can't eliminate a start position in time. Either because the other player didn't build anything at his natural early enough (scout the right way and the nat is closer than the main and the OL can check it in time), and/or was smart enough to not worker-scout in such a way that would give himself away to an approaching OL. The few times when a pro actually has to *guess* which start position to send the lings to, he always seems to guess right... as in the game below with Luxury 4-pooling Mind. Is there anything Mind did to give away his position? I can't see anything. And Lux's OL doesn't have sight of Mind's main or nat in time. Sooo... gosu game sense plus seldom 4/5-pooling on maps where this could be a prob? Luck? Or is there a tell I'm missing/forgetting? | ||
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Whatson
United States5357 Posts
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
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DinosaurPoop
687 Posts
On September 01 2015 18:26 oGoZenob wrote: well actually yes, spamming broodling with a 200/200 army could make your army huge and reach the unit limit ^^ reminds me of my days in WC3 just spamming skeletons with necro + graveyard lol | ||
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ZerG~LegenD
Sweden1179 Posts
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6642 Posts
On September 22 2015 06:46 ZerG~LegenD wrote: Where would I go to get a game nowadays? Haven't played since 2009. Has strategy changed a lot since then? iccup or fish if you're feeling adventurous. | ||
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