So we have 3 people posting that this trick doesn't actually work - can anyone do it, or is this just BS?

Also, if it is true that this trick does not work, then those 5 people that voted "yeah, I knew about this" are going to look reeeeeally dumb.

ThE_OsToJiY

Canada1167 Posts

April 08 2009 02:08 GMT

#22

This is so useless... Waste an entire hotkey to see how much gas they have mined? I'd say almost every game you play you know when they have expanded, and gas timing is varied a lot, it will probably screw you up becasue you just think OMFG FAST TECH immediatly which is not necessarily true. It costs you money to cancel the building, and requires you to move your worker to that spot, thus wasting valuable harrass/scouting time.

TT1

Canada10007 Posts

April 08 2009 02:38 GMT

#23

if it does work (which it seems like it doesnt) how would it be useless? your wasting 1 key early game when your not even going to be using all of your 10 keys for like 1-2 minutes

On April 08 2009 11:08 ThE_OsToJiY wrote:
It costs you money to cancel the building, and requires you to move your worker to that spot, thus wasting valuable harrass/scouting time.

and i dont understand this part because i though that all you had to do was build the gas and key it and then when it died you just had to press the key and youd get the gas count only once.. right?

mijellin

China740 Posts

April 08 2009 02:42 GMT

#24

just tried it on single player (thinking maybe he mixed up single player and multiplayer, like the critter clicking nuke thing), but that doesn't work either

aeroH

United States1034 Posts

April 08 2009 03:01 GMT

#25

that's badass

New Zealand6138 Posts

April 08 2009 03:05 GMT

#26

this seems more like an exploit than anything else.

YPang

United States4024 Posts

April 08 2009 03:07 GMT

#27

I might try it......o_o, tho how often is it to know when ur opponent took ur gas? Im not sure if its worth the hotkey, and the amount of attention..

goldenkrnboi

United States3104 Posts

April 08 2009 03:08 GMT

#28

well, i'm assuming that the guy demonstrated the trick to the class in order to surprise the students, as the article says. so the article probably left out something that needs to be done.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

April 08 2009 03:12 GMT

#29

To the OP, if they destroy the geyser building, how do you know they expanded?

AlwaysGG

Taiwan952 Posts

April 08 2009 03:18 GMT

#30

interesting tactic o,o

Jonoman92

United States9103 Posts

April 08 2009 03:31 GMT

#31

That could be somewhat useful in knowing whether or not the T is going for a 2 rax all-in scv/rine rush in response to my gas steal or if they are going to play it normal.

I'll have to test this. I kinda doubt it works.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

April 08 2009 03:58 GMT

#32

thats a cool trick, i don't think it is worth using up a precious hotkey though.

xhuwin

United States476 Posts

April 08 2009 04:01 GMT

#33

In early game, you definitely have hotkeys open.

This would be pretty useful for PvT to guess how many facts one's opponent is going based on how fast he's mining gas / when he resumes gas after first fact.

Neat trick! Hope someone can get this to work.

koreasilver

9109 Posts

April 08 2009 04:07 GMT

#34

lol, who in the fucking world is going to have all 10 hotkey spots in use during the first seven minutes of the game?

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

April 08 2009 04:10 GMT

#35

On April 08 2009 13:07 koreasilver wrote:
lol, who in the fucking world is going to have all 10 hotkey spots in use during the first seven minutes of the game?

I was wondering the same damn thing honestly.

Precious hotkeys? IN the first 5 minutes of the game I usually have maybe 6 hotkeys used, that leaves 4 to use this trick.

I also find it funny how blatantly people are underestimating how VALUABLE it is to know exactly how much gas has been mined. You could cut their potential build orders in HALF just by knowing gas timing.

koreasilver

9109 Posts

April 08 2009 04:11 GMT

#36

People say dumb shit all the time. Oh no! My PRECIOUS hotkey. I can't use that hotkey for something important like-oh wait, I'm not using that hotkey anyway.

Regardless, it seems like this "trick" is bullshit anyway.

Spyfire242

United States715 Posts

April 08 2009 04:13 GMT

#37

Would be better if you could just keep your initial scout alive.