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done
Profile Joined January 2009
Germany70 Posts
March 04 2009 22:42 GMT
#181
This idea is complete bullshit...wont win you a single game, neither against a newbie, cause he wont even notice the spire beeing hp-reduced(btw your word for it sux too) nor against a decent player, who first has a good shot at seeing the lings attack the spire wth his first scan and second will place turrets in a proper timing anyways...so yeah if you get lucky his turrets finish like 15 seconds later than usual, this means they finish right in time to fend your mutas off, given he is no korean pro-gamer.No terran at D-B ranks will time his turrets perfect, so they most likely finish slightly BEFORE the mutas actually arrive...delayed spire means nothing to their timing, despite maybe delaying them for few seconds to get extra scvs or whatever...your mutas still wont do shit, as the turrets will come early enough to stop them, just as normal, but if you get droped your spire will just disappear from your base and you will left with the thought that you should have invested your apm better than on this rubbish,...
Cheapo
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1 Post
March 04 2009 22:46 GMT
#182
I've been lurking on TL for a while, but I felt compelled to join just so I could post and say how totally awesome this idea is. Way to go redtooth!
Kaolla
Profile Joined January 2003
China2999 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-04 22:51:52
March 04 2009 22:50 GMT
#183
On March 05 2009 07:42 done wrote:
This idea is complete bullshit...wont win you a single game, neither against a newbie, cause he wont even notice the spire beeing hp-reduced(btw your word for it sux too) nor against a decent player, who first has a good shot at seeing the lings attack the spire wth his first scan and second will place turrets in a proper timing anyways...so yeah if you get lucky his turrets finish like 15 seconds later than usual, this means they finish right in time to fend your mutas off, given he is no korean pro-gamer.No terran at D-B ranks will time his turrets perfect, so they most likely finish slightly BEFORE the mutas actually arrive...delayed spire means nothing to their timing, despite maybe delaying them for few seconds to get extra scvs or whatever...your mutas still wont do shit, as the turrets will come early enough to stop them, just as normal, but if you get droped your spire will just disappear from your base and you will left with the thought that you should have invested your apm better than on this rubbish,...


hmm i think you should tone it down a little!
Just a hint if you wanna stick around ~

btw: I think this is really quite original.. Havent ever tried/seen it and I think well the chances of it working would be like 1%... But if it would work it'd go straight to pimpest plays #1 2009... awesome idea sure hope to see it sometime ^_^
its me
DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
March 04 2009 23:02 GMT
#184
I might play some games as zerg just to try this out. Great idea man!
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
March 04 2009 23:11 GMT
#185
On March 05 2009 07:26 Smorrie wrote:
Tried this three times vs different opponents. It didn't turn out effective for me in all 3 games. I got scanned in the act twice, and one game an scv scouted my spire when I just put it up and it never got scanned anymore after that.


This is nice, two random ICCup guys going "wtf is he doing" hehe. Seriously though, how many lings did you use? If 6 lings only need 3 seconds to get 400 hp off, the chances of this happening seem very slight.
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
March 04 2009 23:15 GMT
#186
On March 05 2009 07:42 done wrote:
This idea is complete bullshit...wont win you a single game, neither against a newbie, cause he wont even notice the spire beeing hp-reduced(btw your word for it sux too) nor against a decent player, who first has a good shot at seeing the lings attack the spire wth his first scan and second will place turrets in a proper timing anyways...so yeah if you get lucky his turrets finish like 15 seconds later than usual, this means they finish right in time to fend your mutas off, given he is no korean pro-gamer.No terran at D-B ranks will time his turrets perfect, so they most likely finish slightly BEFORE the mutas actually arrive...delayed spire means nothing to their timing, despite maybe delaying them for few seconds to get extra scvs or whatever...your mutas still wont do shit, as the turrets will come early enough to stop them, just as normal, but if you get droped your spire will just disappear from your base and you will left with the thought that you should have invested your apm better than on this rubbish,...

As valid as your points are, it's generally better to come up with criticisms constructively. The OP was very modest and cautious in introducing this, so it's only gm to reproach his idea similarly.

Don't be an ass.
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ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
March 04 2009 23:23 GMT
#187
On March 05 2009 00:29 chiam_ace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2009 00:16 Chill wrote:
On March 04 2009 23:56 chiam_ace wrote:
Slightly OT but now we can see why IdrA never does anything creative, innovative, or slightly clever plays in his games - and still lose every tourney he's been in.

And now he's trying to destroy creative play altogether just because he can't!

some sad shit


where did this come from? furthermore, what the fuck are you talking about?


From a few pages back.


plz stfu. idra is a good player k? and how freakin creative can a pro terran get? i dont see many people bashing flash about not being creative. come to think of it...when has a terran been "creative" recently? no...proxies are not creative...
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
Zyarktodt
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States67 Posts
March 04 2009 23:36 GMT
#188
On March 05 2009 07:40 Smorrie wrote:
Sorry LonelyMargarita, but that's just horrible It'd be a waste of your precious gas & minerals.

Also, this 'trick' already exists by building a den & spire, confusing your opponent whether you're going mutas or lurks.

There's no reason to ever build 2 spires, except if you want to dual grade your mutas. I doubt that's actually viable in a serious game though.


Against mech, it's pretty standard to get dual spire to keep up in upgrades.
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-15 02:50:56
March 05 2009 00:10 GMT
#189
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
March 05 2009 00:15 GMT
#190
On March 04 2009 13:43 redtooth wrote:
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On March 04 2009 13:20 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
I'm mulling over some possibilities with regards to redtoothing your Spawning Pool in ZvZ to feign a 12pool when you really did a 9pool; it would require your opponent to not count your Drones but I'm sure every once in a while they wont notice that 2-3 are missing and will drone too hard to fight off your initial Zerglings.

If the enemy zerg isn't hanging over your base with an overlord (basically four player maps with a late scout) then you could theoretically redtooth your spire again and throw off his unit composition. For example: you have an earlier spire but he sees your redtooth'd spire and thinks your spire timings are the same. Chaos ensues.


The only potential downside to this is the high probability of them just killling your weakened Spire. In ZvZ it's a lot more likely than due to a ZvT runby or drop.
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Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-05 00:19:15
March 05 2009 00:18 GMT
#191
I can see this working in a 2 hatch buid, especially if you make a lot of zerglings first, its not something common so its hard to find a terran that knows the precise timing of it.

Though 'redtoothing' just sounds gay, sorry.

But i would use it more often zvp than zvt for sure.
BlueLaguna on West, msg for game.
Smorrie
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2927 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-05 01:18:39
March 05 2009 00:23 GMT
#192
@Pholon: Yeah.. I didn't use all 6 because in 2 cases I didn't have them and the one time I did I was too scared to use all 6 of them >.<

@Zyarktodt: You can hardly upgrade from 1 spire already at that point of the game
It has a strong technique, but it lacks oo.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
March 05 2009 00:48 GMT
#193
On March 05 2009 09:23 Smorrie wrote:

@ramen247: IdrA used to have a nickname on west called Creative)

no i didnt
skew used a name similar to that a while ago
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IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
March 05 2009 00:50 GMT
#194
On March 05 2009 05:03 DamageControL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2009 02:17 inlagdsil wrote:
On March 05 2009 02:13 Zelniq wrote:
On March 04 2009 14:38 IdrA wrote:
if you want people to listen to you it might help to stop being a douchebag
and to, you know, have a worthwhile idea


On March 04 2009 14:42 IdrA wrote:
you're a failure at life and nobody will ever know or care about you or your ideas

just kidding!


why is there insulting going on in this thread
doesnt belong here people dont wanna read this

Agreed.

Yes, but the guy who wrote the post, while obviously intelligent, seems to be most interested in ensuring his name gets used in SC history
also: He's very defensive and kinda pushy.

are you kidding
try reading the context of those quotes. i explained what was wrong with his idea rationally with no insults and he gets all defensive and tries to make dumb jokes and blow it off.
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Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
March 05 2009 00:52 GMT
#195
K this is getting ridiculous. If you like it use it. If you don't like it don't use it. Call it w/e you want (I will just use "fake spire" b/c that sounds better ).
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-05 00:52:58
March 05 2009 00:52 GMT
#196
Silly redtooth, I didn't suggest doing this to a hydralisk den, I simply suggested to add a hydralisk den while doing this. It gives you a backup, and another chance to trick the Terran.
Smorrie
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands2927 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-05 01:14:23
March 05 2009 01:00 GMT
#197
On March 05 2009 09:48 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2009 09:23 Smorrie wrote:

@ramen247: IdrA used to have a nickname on west called Creative)

no i didnt
skew used a name similar to that a while ago


Hm.. I always thought that was you (talking about 5~ years back or so..), but I guess I was wrong. I'll have to ask ret about that one ^_^


I think that creative) guy actually was artofglory.


edit: ok, that was skew indeed
It has a strong technique, but it lacks oo.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
March 05 2009 03:11 GMT
#198
On March 05 2009 09:50 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2009 05:03 DamageControL wrote:
On March 05 2009 02:17 inlagdsil wrote:
On March 05 2009 02:13 Zelniq wrote:
On March 04 2009 14:38 IdrA wrote:
if you want people to listen to you it might help to stop being a douchebag
and to, you know, have a worthwhile idea


On March 04 2009 14:42 IdrA wrote:
you're a failure at life and nobody will ever know or care about you or your ideas

just kidding!


why is there insulting going on in this thread
doesnt belong here people dont wanna read this

Agreed.

Yes, but the guy who wrote the post, while obviously intelligent, seems to be most interested in ensuring his name gets used in SC history
also: He's very defensive and kinda pushy.

are you kidding
try reading the context of those quotes. i explained what was wrong with his idea rationally with no insults and he gets all defensive and tries to make dumb jokes and blow it off.

stop trying to justify your poor behavior, your insults are too harsh and uncalled for. nobody else wants to read that, take it to PM if you must but seriously you need to just start posting better
ModeratorBlame yourself or God
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-05 03:21:25
March 05 2009 03:17 GMT
#199
This would so work on me

I would scan a 1/2 spire instead of a 3/4 spire and think zerg messed up with his timing and think i can build turrets later and then his mutas come when my turrets are building.
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
March 05 2009 03:21 GMT
#200
On March 05 2009 12:11 Zelniq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2009 09:50 IdrA wrote:
On March 05 2009 05:03 DamageControL wrote:
On March 05 2009 02:17 inlagdsil wrote:
On March 05 2009 02:13 Zelniq wrote:
On March 04 2009 14:38 IdrA wrote:
if you want people to listen to you it might help to stop being a douchebag
and to, you know, have a worthwhile idea


On March 04 2009 14:42 IdrA wrote:
you're a failure at life and nobody will ever know or care about you or your ideas

just kidding!


why is there insulting going on in this thread
doesnt belong here people dont wanna read this

Agreed.

Yes, but the guy who wrote the post, while obviously intelligent, seems to be most interested in ensuring his name gets used in SC history
also: He's very defensive and kinda pushy.

are you kidding
try reading the context of those quotes. i explained what was wrong with his idea rationally with no insults and he gets all defensive and tries to make dumb jokes and blow it off.

stop trying to justify your poor behavior, your insults are too harsh and uncalled for. nobody else wants to read that, take it to PM if you must but seriously you need to just start posting better



they really werent that harsh compared to other flames going around on this site...

like that time when 3/4 of tl.net was bitterly making fun of the chinese commentator... why were you there to defend the poor guy.
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
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