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On November 30 2008 23:21 Kwark wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2008 19:24 jello_biafra wrote:On November 30 2008 19:23 Twilight_Templar wrote:
i feel very noobish for asking this but what exactly is proxy?? When you make your buildings close to their base, in proximity to it, to enable your units to arrive their much more quickly. The term proxy isn't in any way related to the word proximity. Proxy is a word in its own right, when you use a proxy you do something through something or someone else. ie using external gateways here.
I thought it was generally agreeed that it was short for proximity.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67917
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United States44440 Posts
On December 01 2008 00:09 jello_biafra wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2008 23:21 Kwark wrote:On November 30 2008 19:24 jello_biafra wrote:On November 30 2008 19:23 Twilight_Templar wrote:
i feel very noobish for asking this but what exactly is proxy?? When you make your buildings close to their base, in proximity to it, to enable your units to arrive their much more quickly. The term proxy isn't in any way related to the word proximity. Proxy is a word in its own right, when you use a proxy you do something through something or someone else. ie using external gateways here. I thought it was generally agreeed that it was short for proximity. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=67917
That topic was far from conclusive. Given the word proxy already makes perfect sense in the context of its Starcraft use I see no reason to think it is short for anything.
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Well it makes sense either way so who really knows? Guess we'd have to ask the guy who first used it...
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In Type 1 Magic Tournaments for example people are allowed to use "proxy" cards, and I don't think that's short for proximity. Probably the same situation here.
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Calgary26004 Posts
If you played back then, you know it's proximity. If you didn't play back then, stop making up theories about it.
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it's fucking proximity it's not the same proxy as the "proxy" in trading card games holy shit people
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I always thought proxy wasnt short for anything the actual word fits in to context too perfectly for it to be wrong.
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if you proxy instead of a normal 2 gate against zerg..do your zealots arrive before the lings get out if they 9 pooled?
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It's for sure short for proximity.
If you use the word in the actual meaning of the term, what's considered proxy gates isn't attacking by proxy. Attacking someone by proxy would be, say, when you're bsing a 7v1 comp stomp and you get other comp stompers to kill each other. Thus you're getting comp stompers to kill each other on your behalf (by proxy).
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