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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
December 14 2004 08:51 GMT
#21
On a more important note, if twisted had all the posts from his banned account, he'd be the closest one to dethrone FA
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aSp]EvaNet[
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada8 Posts
December 14 2004 08:59 GMT
#22
um... ok could someone move this from the general section to the strategy section. This one is really out of place.

Ty!

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Pob
Profile Joined February 2004
880 Posts
December 14 2004 09:28 GMT
#23
bumping 2 year old threads?...... gonna get locked
Kaotu
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States986 Posts
December 14 2004 09:39 GMT
#24
why the heck is this thread up? 2 years holy crap:O

and this thread seems really pointless

although its really hilarious to do similar to this in ZvT if they DO early rax you and still out of habit try to bunker your expo... heheheh many lings for your 2 marines 3 scvs to handle :D
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
December 14 2004 09:43 GMT
#25
Wtf Twisted banned?
NonYold
Profile Joined April 2004
United States2814 Posts
December 14 2004 10:56 GMT
#26
im pretty sure he bumped it because he did a search on the topic and found another thread discussing the exact same thing... so in addition to his post (which was lengthy and meaningful) you also have the commentary from 2 years ago, for what it's worth
MrIncognito
Profile Joined February 2004
United States217 Posts
December 14 2004 11:01 GMT
#27
I've seen this used to good effect in 2v2s, as the zerg end up with the ability to produce a large number of lings early, but still leaves him with the ability to quickly beef up his econ.

It's a nice compromise between a 9pool and 12 hat build. I'm not sure it's all that much better than just 12 pool/12 hat, but it's worth playing around with.
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seeyoulater
Profile Joined June 2004
970 Posts
December 14 2004 11:11 GMT
#28
i played a zerg in wgtour that used this build. I Dont see why a zerg would make lings after it.. as the author suggested. It protects against bunker rush rather nicely and allows you to pump more drones. But I don't think its all that great
Hautamaki
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Canada1311 Posts
December 14 2004 13:01 GMT
#29
on another note, perhaps if your BO is bad enough, it might affect the opponent in a live game. The russian wrestling team used to use that strategy all the time until it became mandatory to shower in the olympics.
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MaTRiX[SiN]
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden1282 Posts
December 14 2004 20:43 GMT
#30
9/9 extractor trick (10/9)
10/9 Expo , extractor trick (10/9)
10/9 Spawning pool (9/9)
9/9 Overlord, extractor trick (10/9)

wouldnt it be better to just 9/9,xpo,drone,pool,drone,overlord,extractor trick? ..
aka StormtoSS
SCFraser
Profile Joined May 2003
Canada1534 Posts
December 15 2004 00:26 GMT
#31
I really like this build zvp, u get ur expo and pool up fast and ur never below 9 drones. Its solid vs most rushes, and if u scout 1 gate tech then its easy to power.
I dont think its risky.. as far as fast expo builds go its pretty conservative.
might be good vs bunker rush too

wouldnt it be better to just 9/9,xpo,drone,pool,drone,overlord,extractor trick? ..

this is pretty much the same but a little safer even. slightly weaker econ, but faster expo and
?faster pool?

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33681 Posts
December 15 2004 02:23 GMT
#32
that's like the build sauron wrote in his strat guide on I forgot what site a long time ago
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RedDress
Profile Joined November 2004
Poland229 Posts
December 15 2004 07:21 GMT
#33
yep gas trick sux ;/

1st hatch 2nd spawn .. later gas in expo
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ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Norway10161 Posts
December 15 2004 08:20 GMT
#34
On December 15 2004 11:23 Waxangel wrote:
that's like the build sauron wrote in his strat guide on I forgot what site a long time ago


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x2fst
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
1272 Posts
December 15 2004 19:46 GMT
#35
On December 14 2004 22:01 Hautamaki wrote:
on another note, perhaps if your BO is bad enough, it might affect the opponent in a live game. The russian wrestling team used to use that strategy all the time until it became mandatory to shower in the olympics.

am i missing something? russian wrestling team?
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gricha
Profile Joined May 2003
Lesotho67 Posts
December 15 2004 23:27 GMT
#36
On December 16 2004 04:46 x2fst wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2004 22:01 Hautamaki wrote:
on another note, perhaps if your BO is bad enough, it might affect the opponent in a live game. The russian wrestling team used to use that strategy all the time until it became mandatory to shower in the olympics.

am i missing something? russian wrestling team?


You are indeed missing something.

Hope this helps.

Cordially
my-baby
Profile Joined November 2004
United Kingdom176 Posts
December 16 2004 02:26 GMT
#37
twisted, that is the other build however it is more suceptable to rush attempts. tomson, the drone is to get you a significant economical advantage. It lets you pump 1 more drone before you use all your larvae for lings. Also, your economy is much weaker with this build.. too fast gas is equal to 'gg' vs any good protoss. 9 hatch is less common zvt since terrans can defend it fairly easily. it becomes a disadvantage for the zerg (slight).
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tomson
Profile Joined November 2002
Poland641 Posts
December 21 2004 04:19 GMT
#38
On December 16 2004 11:26 my-baby wrote:
tomson, the drone is to get you a significant economical advantage. It lets you pump 1 more drone before you use all your larvae for lings.


It's cool that you're arguing with a point I made 2 years ago, but my view hasn't changed. I do realise what is the reason behind the extractor trick, but I already stated the obvious flaws... some time ago.
paniK.
Profile Joined October 2004
Canada233 Posts
December 21 2004 04:40 GMT
#39
Ive recently discovered that not many builds are good for zerg, just the slight change of strategies, really, every crazy build for zerg at beggining will probably get pwn by t or p pwnage, zerg is just so weak. I prefer to go for the general build, and then just change strat slightly, like add a drop or two in there somewhere, or get like 4 guards and maybe a queen, or something
Maybe quick queens or guards or sommething, but zerg just wont have enoguh $$ to support it, and will end up draining and losing, either way, its good to try some crazy shit once in a while
Never believe anything you read on the internet, except this, or including this , I suppose
paniK.
Profile Joined October 2004
Canada233 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-12-21 04:46:34
December 21 2004 04:43 GMT
#40
zerg is so weak, its always risky to do some crazy shit
Never believe anything you read on the internet, except this, or including this , I suppose
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