Cool if it works, though a lot of people are saying it doesn't.

I'll bet they left out a step or something.

Also a huge lol at the idiots saying "not worth wasting a precious hotkey for"

First off this is early game, and secondly from my experience (I check hotkeys on every single game after I play, so I have a lot of experience seeing general players' hotkey usage) most players don't use all 10 hotkeys in most games they play, especially not in the first couple minutes.

iLoveKT

Philippines3615 Posts

April 08 2009 06:06 GMT

#43

just tried it, didn't work. what a huge let-down.

StRyKeR

United States1739 Posts

April 08 2009 06:36 GMT

#44

it doesn't work

someone should put up a YouTube video of it working as proof

StRyKeR

United States1739 Posts

April 08 2009 06:45 GMT

#45

is there a step like "turn hacks on" missing from instructions

Kentor

United States5784 Posts

April 08 2009 06:47 GMT

#46

Wtf you guys? Can you guys be a little more skeptical instead of saying "WOW WTF SO COOL!@#@!"

I tried this and it doesn't work. He got my hopes up and what a big let down. Don't even argue about the practicality please. Argue whether it works or not first.

SiegeTanksandBlueGoo

China685 Posts

April 08 2009 06:54 GMT

#47

The wya this is worded, I feel like it's like this.

1) Build a gas
2) When they destroy the gas, they almost immediately build a refinery/extractor on there for gas. If so, what you do is hotkey the opponent's building?

Not entirely sure. This is badly worded.

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

April 08 2009 06:54 GMT

#48

Wow, amazing that you can measure how much gas he has mined off his nat. This will really stfu all those zergs who think scan is map hack.

-_-

Wtf do they teach in those classes? lol.

Kau

Canada3502 Posts

April 08 2009 07:18 GMT

#49

Tried it twice and it didn't work. Once with vision and once without vision of the geyser in question. Both times with the enemy refinery completed.

However, if you build an assimilator on your gas, hotkey it, kill it, then rebuild it, the hotkey stays.

zatic

Zurich15366 Posts

April 08 2009 08:41 GMT

#50

I have never heard of this trick. It would be amazing if this would actually work but apparently it doesn't. Maybe it's been patched? Or maybe Sirlin just got it wrong or misunderstood something?

LRM)TechnicS

Bulgaria1565 Posts

April 08 2009 08:51 GMT

#51

I didn't know it but voted accidently on 'yea'. Sorry, the mouse at the library is pretty crazy

MasterReY

Germany2708 Posts

April 08 2009 08:53 GMT

#52

wow......

kemoryan

Spain1506 Posts

April 08 2009 09:04 GMT

#53

Hmm is it really that useful? As a protoss player, once you steal gas to terran most of their builds become nonstandard since they switch to some marines or biomech rush. So I don't see the point of knowing the gas they have mined if they are not doing the usual FD, seige expand or 2 fac push.

So yeah, if it works it's a neat trick but not entirely useful...

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

April 08 2009 09:20 GMT

#54

On April 08 2009 17:41 zatic wrote:
I have never heard of this trick. It would be amazing if this would actually work but apparently it doesn't. Maybe it's been patched? Or maybe Sirlin just got it wrong or misunderstood something?

Yea, I'm thinking there was either a step that Sirlin ignorantly overlooked or he completely misunderstood what he was saying. I dunno, maybe he meant if the geyser is killed/cancelled at the last second or something.