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Flopgun
Profile Joined August 2005
Germany274 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-29 14:14:00
June 29 2008 14:11 GMT
#21
Maybe its the position of the new larva? In the beginning all larvae are under the hatch, but a new spawned larva will be at the right, nearer to the choke and to the enemy.


€: Yeah i watched the vod again and exactly this happens. Omg jaedong is sooo gosu =)
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XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
June 29 2008 14:22 GMT
#22
probly reflex
Jathin
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3505 Posts
June 29 2008 14:38 GMT
#23
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Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States8066 Posts
June 29 2008 15:11 GMT
#24
On June 29 2008 23:38 Jathin wrote:
To my understanding, there is no difference in timing between 4pool and 5pool. Chojja did it in a game as a form of showmanship, to tell his fans he is 4pooling. Jaedong did the same.


This has been gone over alot before on teamliquid. 4pool is about 5-6 seconds faster but leaves you with no economy while 5pool is slower but you *might* be able to catch up if you fail the rush
theonemephisto
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States409 Posts
June 29 2008 15:27 GMT
#25
On June 29 2008 17:36 tracer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2008 11:32 illeszt wrote:
On June 29 2008 11:28 Polemarch wrote:
Somebody suggested in the other thread that he did it to improve the timing of when the larva for his 4th pair of zerglings would arrive. Somebody want to test it out?



Yea I read about this in the match thread, someone said they tested it out and it worked, but I'm still highly doubtful of it.


Impossible. The third larva would pop out FAR before the spawning pool is ever finished, making it exactly the same as if you had never canceled the egg. Whether you cancel or not, you would still have 3 idle larva when the spawning pool is done. The fourth larva would come at the same time.

How exactly does larva timing work? Is it based on a constant timer or does the timer reset when you have 3 full larva and then use one? Do we actually know how larva timing works well enough that we can say for certain what happens?
NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7232 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-29 17:59:45
June 29 2008 16:09 GMT
#26
Larva timing had no bearing on the decision because after you build the pool and rebuild the 4th drone there's 2 larva at your hatch and another 3 larva worth of time left. I believe Jaedong decided beforehand, either after game 2 or before the match even began, to 4 pool and just did what players do at start and which he's done a million times: make a worker and split at the start. Canceling the drone had no effect on his build.

There's also way more than a larva's spawn time between canceling the larva and gathering 150 minerals with 4 drones.


EDIT: I made this test rep to show non-zerg players
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Stimpacked
Profile Joined June 2008
Philippines368 Posts
June 29 2008 16:30 GMT
#27
who cares jaedong won...
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jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
June 29 2008 17:45 GMT
#28
If you're 4 pooling then it makes absolutely no difference if you make the first drone then cancel it. He probably suddenly decided to 4 pool after the game started or made the drone just to make everyone think he was going for a standard build and then cancelling it for the surprise effect.
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Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-29 18:52:45
June 29 2008 18:49 GMT
#29
On June 29 2008 23:11 Flopgun wrote:
Maybe its the position of the new larva? In the beginning all larvae are under the hatch, but a new spawned larva will be at the right, nearer to the choke and to the enemy.


€: Yeah i watched the vod again and exactly this happens. Omg jaedong is sooo gosu =)


Oh good call!

edit:
The true sign that Jaedong practised 4-pool too much would be if he normally builds a drone then splits; but if that time he splits and then builds a drone to cancel. Doing the split first would save maybe 0.2 seconds or something, haha.
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Fantabulous[Fab]
Profile Joined June 2008
United States21 Posts
June 29 2008 18:58 GMT
#30
I still feel 4 pools are kinda cheap
Varian
Profile Joined June 2008
Korea (South)17 Posts
June 29 2008 19:15 GMT
#31
all of this over one drone amazing ;']
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
June 29 2008 23:13 GMT
#32
4 pool kekeke
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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
June 29 2008 23:19 GMT
#33
On June 29 2008 07:08 Superiorwolf wrote:
Lmao, imo if Hwasin just pulled most of his SCVS to block his ramp he coulda easily survived -_- even if he did lose many SCVs, a 4 pool gives you like 0 economy.


He's pro at 4-5 pooling.

I saw him do it vs yosh.
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zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
June 30 2008 00:32 GMT
#34
80% reposts of the same points, yet rearticulated
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
June 30 2008 01:02 GMT
#35
When I saw this game, I thought it was an mess up on youtube. 6 mins, I was like O_O wdf? <3 JD
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
June 30 2008 01:13 GMT
#36
On June 30 2008 09:32 zobz wrote:
80% reposts of the same points, yet rearticulated

the same points rearticulated in 80% of posts
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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
June 30 2008 02:02 GMT
#37
On June 30 2008 10:13 Wizard wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2008 09:32 zobz wrote:
80% reposts of the same points, yet rearticulated

the same points rearticulated in 80% of posts

I am going to alert the Department of Redundancy Department! I think the next time a progamer 4 pools he shouldn't cancel the egg, because I've seen two other pro games where this has happened. Also, I have never been 4 pooled O_O
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Goosey
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States695 Posts
June 30 2008 05:44 GMT
#38
On June 30 2008 04:15 Varian wrote:
all of this over one drone amazing ;']


LOL my thoughts exactly. I love how elaborate everyone's theories are as well. Showmanship or Muscle Memory seems like the most likely to me; I am going with Muscle Memory.
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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-30 14:04:44
June 30 2008 14:03 GMT
#39
On June 30 2008 03:49 Polemarch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2008 23:11 Flopgun wrote:
Maybe its the position of the new larva? In the beginning all larvae are under the hatch, but a new spawned larva will be at the right, nearer to the choke and to the enemy.


€: Yeah i watched the vod again and exactly this happens. Omg jaedong is sooo gosu =)


Oh good call!

edit:
The true sign that Jaedong practised 4-pool too much would be if he normally builds a drone then splits; but if that time he splits and then builds a drone to cancel. Doing the split first would save maybe 0.2 seconds or something, haha.


It's impossible to tell if he splits or makes the drone first from the VOD, by the time they show his base he's already got four drones heading towards minerals and the one egg going. If we saw him split his drones before morphing the egg, that might be some support for the "he wanted to move the larva to the right" theory.

Also, what governs larvae spawning location? Are you sure the one that replaces the initial below-hatch one he used to make the 5th drone always comes out to the right of the hatch?

In any case, it seems really unlikely to me that JD did this as a spur-of-the moment thing. It was on Athena, and as he was feeling pretty comfortable tied at 1-1 I think he thought he would rather cheese than play on a map he may not have prepared for? That or he didn't think Athena would favor Zerg or his playstyle? I don't know...does anyone have any idea of what Athena's ZvT balance is like?
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