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KrillinFromwales
Profile Blog Joined March 2022
68 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-07-15 06:10:26
July 15 2023 06:09 GMT
#21
TT1 is a freestyle gamer and probably constantly abuses overconfidence. If there are fewer minerals available then don't go all high templar.

edit: it's not just about being predictable, it's about avoiding the inevitable mind game. If you try to adapt to circumstances then you're doomed to fail.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10043 Posts
July 16 2023 00:31 GMT
#22
:think:
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-07-26 08:17:26
July 26 2023 07:56 GMT
#23
On June 06 2023 04:05 TT1 wrote:
FS has outdated left side mins, here's the stats for the most common min patch formations, right side and left side are pretty standard on almost all the new maps now:

[image loading]
(these are all auto-mine stats, u have to mine the corners of the most forward patches tho, for example #1 on the right side is very slow here unless u manually return cargo it)

the top formation is also pretty standard (sylphid, ascension is also similar), the bot formations are the ones that are different on a lot of maps



I retested some of these numbers on Eclipse with Zerg

in the left minerals, mining #9 up and down is 68.9 (408 minerals in 355 seconds), maybe you were mining diagonally to get the lower value?

I got 400 minerals in 365 seconds which is 65.8 mining diagonally

for #1 I got 69.5 which is basically agreeing with these numbers
auto-boosting with pool placement I got 78.5
Crimson)S(hadow
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Philippines714 Posts
August 03 2023 14:44 GMT
#24
for the bottom right one, i've seen #9 boosted, anyone know how to do it?
link to it happening: 6:37:35 - 6:37:38, 00:18 in the in-game timer
"It's the end of the BW era which i devoted everything to for 10 years. I tried playing sc2, but my BW memories run too deep; I felt like I was playing an entirely different game" -ToSsGirL
htrf
Profile Joined August 2023
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-08-05 06:46:17
August 05 2023 06:46 GMT
#25
--- Nuked ---
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-12-20 07:54:55
December 18 2023 13:18 GMT
#26
left side base mineral #8 can be boosted, but it needs to be mined from the right, not from the middle

then you hit return cargo when it's like 1/3 of the way to boost, but then you need to reset it to mine to the right again

I wasn't able to consistently keep boosting it, anyone have any tips?

EDIT: on single player the point where you boost is when you get almost to the hatchery (it goes diagonally and when it reaches the plane of the hatchery at like 3/4 of the way there you return cargo)

so online it would be like when you're 2/3 of the way to the hatchery

so you first click on the other patch, the #9, then right before it starts mining it you switch back to patch #8 and do the return cargo at the correct timing

result is over 70 minerals per minute even when not done perfectly (71.7 when I wasn't even able to boost, just making the path of the drone better, up from 66.7 which is generally correct)

EDIT2: 66.4 mining that patch normally in my testing
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
December 20 2023 10:04 GMT
#27
On June 06 2023 04:05 TT1 wrote:
FS has outdated left side mins, here's the stats for the most common min patch formations, right side and left side are pretty standard on almost all the new maps now:

[image loading]
(these are all auto-mine stats, u have to mine the corners of the most forward patches tho, for example #1 on the right side is very slow here unless u manually return cargo it)

the top formation is also pretty standard (sylphid, ascension is also similar), the bot formations are the ones that are different on a lot of maps



I also looked at mining rates of Apocalypse

they added a top right 1500 mineral that mines at 76.2 minerals per minute for Zerg

[image loading]

iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
December 21 2023 08:57 GMT
#28
To boost left side minerals you don't even need to return cargo

Just line up the drone from the right side of the mineral and it will boost

[image loading]


I got 70.8 minerals/min just lining up the drone
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
December 23 2023 19:57 GMT
#29
On August 03 2023 23:44 Crimson)S(hadow wrote:
for the bottom right one, i've seen #9 boosted, anyone know how to do it?
link to it happening: 6:37:35 - 6:37:38, 00:18 in the in-game timer

You literally just click to the left a bit to make that path, I'll test it later for how for it is
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
December 26 2023 07:04 GMT
#30
I noticed the pros got faster by 2 seconds again. The #7 on the right side minerals can also be boosted to about 70 minerals/min by making the drone go to the left before dropping the minerals off
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
December 26 2023 07:38 GMT
#31
On August 03 2023 23:44 Crimson)S(hadow wrote:
for the bottom right one, i've seen #9 boosted, anyone know how to do it?
link to it happening: 6:37:35 - 6:37:38, 00:18 in the in-game timer


I made a video just for you

Nirli
Profile Joined February 2023
Bulgaria387 Posts
December 31 2023 13:34 GMT
#32
If I wanted to micromanage even mining, I would just spent an extra hour at work instead, sheesh.
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 02 2024 07:09 GMT
#33
On December 31 2023 22:34 Nirli wrote:
If I wanted to micromanage even mining, I would just spent an extra hour at work instead, sheesh.


I actually agree. How about a map where none of the mining patches have a boost that's worth doing past the first time?

For example, the #7 right side boost and the #9 left side boosts fail to work when other drones block the movement required for the boost. Why not remove the patches you can manually boost and add patches that are hard/not worth to boost instead?

How do we feel about having to move larvae to the left side?
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-01-03 10:00:25
January 03 2024 09:59 GMT
#34
Apocalypse right position minerals

[image loading]


mining from the left of the patch here is significantly faster than from the right, and both form stable paths

it's like 69 vs. 63, so worth doing
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 04 2024 10:52 GMT
#35
right side 7 is 66.83 min/minute with Zerg because it's 171 frames (from the first frame having the mineral to the last frame not yet getting the next mineral) at 23.81 FPS

I did a very hard to do boost to increase it to 71.88 min/minute (159 frames)




but it's not even worth your time because when you mess up it slows your mining down and it might be a frame-perfect boost so it should be reserved for AIs

just do the triangle style one I showed in my video clicking to the left for 161 frames for 70.99 min/minute because if you go a little too far you only lose like a frame
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-01-04 11:30:48
January 04 2024 11:10 GMT
#36
On invader for left side #3 I got 167 frames (68.4) unboosted (with Zerg) mining from the bottom

when you hit return cargo 2/3 of the way back you get 151 frames (75.7)

the 77 value might be copied over from the Protoss value, it's not accurate

let me test mining from the top of the patch, it's a bit faster - 151 frames without having to boost

[image loading]
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 06 2024 08:39 GMT
#37
Bad news, was watching Queen's VOD and found out he's boosting right side #3

I thought it didn't do anything until I was able to improve from 151 frames (75.7 min) to 149 frames (76.7) by hitting return cargo at the correct timing somewhere in the middle

iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 08 2024 09:33 GMT
#38
Right side #5 you need to line up on the bottom right corner of the mineral, giving 150 frames per mining cycle (76.19 minerals per second)

I tried boosting from the top right corner, but I just got 150 frames so it only matches mining from the correct place

iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 08 2024 10:26 GMT
#39
Top side #5 it sometimes auto-boosts to 180 and slows down to 186 (61.44) so the chart is about right

but if you manually line up to the left side of the mineral you can get 166, but you need to readjust it every time and it's not always this efficient, depends on the exact path of the drone
iopq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1093 Posts
January 08 2024 10:43 GMT
#40
Right side #9 can be boosted like the left side #8 on Apocalypse by lining up the drone on the corner of the patch

You can get a manual 149 frames (76.7 minerals/min) by doing the same boost as the left side #8

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