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Funchucks
Canada2113 Posts
On April 19 2010 11:58 USn wrote: Uh... what? It could easily happen accidentally. Speaking as a programmer, I can say without doubt that there is no way that the programmers didn't know and consciously decide whether a cancelled hatchery would leave a patch of creep. | ||
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P00RKID
United States424 Posts
On April 19 2010 12:36 Funchucks wrote: Speaking as a programmer, I can say without doubt that there is no way that the programmers didn't know and consciously decide whether a cancelled hatchery would leave a patch of creep. I agree. I think even if it IS a bug, isn't this one of those bugs that everybody kept saying we would find and use to push the game further into a meta game? Like all those bugs in BW that gave depth to the game? And since the crawler tumor all in might be stopped easily, it doesn't mean that there won't ever be a use for using hatcheries for proxy creep. You don't even need to have your queen leave the base in some instances. ![[image loading]](http://j.imagehost.org/t/0422/tumors.jpg) | ||
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Orpheus
United States35 Posts
1) a creep tumor at your front door 2) a queen at your front door 3) at least 1 drone at your front door Perhaps you've never met this before so you don't know how to counter it, but now that you've seen it, the answer is obviously to make 2 bunkers, a Marauder each inside (which you had time to make), and 1 or 2 scv's each to repair while you make depots in the back (your front 2 depots will be lost, but that is fine - you will be economically ahead. Instead of queuing up 3 marauders in your barracks, you could've made bunkers, etc. in the for a back wall, load units inside to be safe. Just don't let zerglings run in, which is simple. | ||
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cartoon]x
United States606 Posts
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Nitron
Singapore177 Posts
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Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo
Germany2959 Posts
As already explained, how the hack is a programmer supposed to accidently put some some (rather more than just some in this case) lines of code into a script? Use your brain, it's most likely something that was intended. Whether or not the programmers foresaw this way ( I won't call it abuse) of using that feature is another thing. But that's seriously neither a glitch nor bug. On topic: It's quite annoying to see all these imba threads being put up that don't follow the new forum rules and are in fact pretty dumb. Plat league - 8 replays. That'll save everyone of us a whole bunch of time explaining obvious stuff... | ||
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FuryX
Australia495 Posts
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tenpromicro
United States119 Posts
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kenhennen
29 Posts
will try this for fun, but would expect opponents to just stop it. literally, whatever units they have would work - if they build any army at all. marauders in replay above would deny spore crawlers; a couple marines would scout/kill drones and with reinforcements - queen; not to mention marauders, tanks and banshees | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On April 19 2010 16:56 FuryX wrote: Here is the cheese in action, lol my first try, was getting tired of dam walling in by T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OELpx8wt9ow This was clearly not an optimized attempt. Your minerals were over 1200 at one point before you started your proxy hatch. Instead of going 15 pool, you should try again with 12 pool or even 10 pool and see how early you can do it while still able to afford some Zerglings for defense. | ||
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zomgzergrush
United States923 Posts
On April 19 2010 16:56 FuryX wrote: Here is the cheese in action, lol my first try, was getting tired of dam walling in by T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OELpx8wt9ow I like it how he actually went reapers, of which waltzed right by those building spine crawlers. Those reapers could have cleaned it all up so easily before they even finished. Not to mention the flimsy little tumor can easily be killed with scans and then its GG for all 3 spine crawlers. | ||
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caution.slip
United States775 Posts
It is obvious that the programmers wrote the code in such a fashion that when spawning a hatchery, creep is also spawned. However this could very be an unintended consequence of the way they made starcraft 2. SC2 zerg is unique from SC1 zerg. Zerg buildings in SC2 "burn down" when they are removed from creep. Theres probably just one algorithm that checks this. If there is no creep under a zerg building, start removing life. This would also include hatcheries, so they just made the hatchery come with creep, so it doesn't start "burning" as it builds It's clever use of game mechanics, but I wouldn't go as far to say that the programmers intended for cancelled hatcheries to leave behind creep that can then be abused with creep tumors. I seriously doubt a programmer was thinking "Okay we'll make the hatch spawn with creep so it can be cancelled and then a creep tumor can be put on it, leading to interesting offensive spine crawlers." As for the build itsself, its basically identical to an offensive proxy hatch build, only it comes quicker because you don't have to wait for the hatchery to finish before you start building sunkens Speaking as a programmer, I can say without doubt that there is no way that the programmers didn't know and consciously decide whether a cancelled hatchery would leave a patch of creep. That statement is also bullshit. Just because its in the game means the programmer decided it would be that way? Programmers overlook things all the time, thats why there's beta testing. | ||
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zomgzergrush
United States923 Posts
On April 19 2010 19:03 caution.slip wrote: To everyone stating whether it was intended or not for hatcheries to leave creep when they're created: It is obvious that the programmers wrote the code in such a fashion that when spawning a hatchery, creep is also spawned. However this could very be an unintended consequence of the way they made starcraft 2. SC2 zerg is unique from SC1 zerg. Zerg buildings in SC2 "burn down" when they are removed from creep. Theres probably just one algorithm that checks this. If there is no creep under a zerg building, start removing life. This would also include hatcheries, so they just made the hatchery come with creep, so it doesn't start "burning" as it builds It's clever use of game mechanics, but I wouldn't go as far to say that the programmers intended for cancelled hatcheries to leave behind creep that can then be abused with creep tumors. I seriously doubt a programmer was thinking "Okay we'll make the hatch spawn with creep so it can be cancelled and then a creep tumor can be put on it, leading to interesting offensive spine crawlers." As for the build itsself, its basically identical to an offensive proxy hatch build, only it comes quicker because you don't have to wait for the hatchery to finish before you start building sunkens That statement is also bullshit. Just because its in the game means the programmer decided it would be that way? Programmers overlook things all the time, thats why there's beta testing. nailed it on the nose there, that's exactly what I was about to edit into my post! Also I'd like to point out, the creep behavior is more likely than not built into the engine, i.e. the way it degrades. Bottom line is, theres no reason that T's should ever die to this. I can't think of one physically viable scenario where T is completely screwed and cannot do anything to stop this. | ||
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Fractal
Namibia11 Posts
can't wait to try this one out haahaha | ||
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guitarizt
United States1492 Posts
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Grend
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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