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[I] I can't believe 4 gas works!

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redneck_mike
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States124 Posts
August 15 2009 17:17 GMT
#1
My clanmate and I were just screwing around one day, and we decided to do a ZvP game. Keep in mind, this is D level.

We wanted to see if he could do a gas-heavy build by taking one of his four drones and getting an extractor on the spot. It worked.

With 4 gas, although you have a 25% drop in minerals, you could get gas on demand and perhaps get a quicker lair; and quicker mutas. Hydra/Muta doesn't deprive you of gas... much.

So I don't know if this only works on D level, and I couldn't get a replay cause my launcher is being retarded and won't work, I'll get one as soon as I can get the thing up and running with ChaosPlugin.

Questions/Comments/Angry Noob Insults?
im the only person i know of to overuse scouts
VooDank
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Canada252 Posts
August 15 2009 17:19 GMT
#2
troll?
444
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
August 15 2009 17:20 GMT
#3
..what? you can't even use your gas until your pool is done. using one of your first drones on an extractor + your first 50 minerals (essentially another drone's worth of minerals) will delay you pool like crazy. And then if you actually put any drones on gas, it will delay you even more.

Conclusion: you are a troll.
yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
August 15 2009 17:21 GMT
#4
This merits a strategy forum ban imo...
My. Copy. Is. Here.
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
August 15 2009 17:23 GMT
#5
Newsflash: Taking your gas at 4 supply increases your gas.
mG.sixghost @ iCCup || One ling, two ling, three ling, four... Camp four gas, then ultra-whore . -Saracen
redneck_mike
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States124 Posts
August 15 2009 17:26 GMT
#6
unless you get one of those p players who build an assimilator on your geyser
im the only person i know of to overuse scouts
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
August 15 2009 17:26 GMT
#7
Your in depth knowledge of StarCraft is unrivaled around these parts.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
August 15 2009 17:27 GMT
#8
I think you'll find in the long run your tech will be faster if you don't do this =/
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redneck_mike
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States124 Posts
August 15 2009 17:29 GMT
#9
not if you get him straight away
im the only person i know of to overuse scouts
houseurmusic
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States544 Posts
August 15 2009 17:30 GMT
#10
yo with that quick gas upgrade burrow and do a 3 drone burrow rush
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
August 15 2009 17:30 GMT
#11
On August 16 2009 02:26 redneck_mike wrote:
unless you get one of those p players who build an assimilator on your geyser

If a Protoss steals your gas fast in a 1v1 game you laugh at him, say "thank you", and proceed to take your third hatchery while tearing down the assimilator with your lings.
redneck_mike
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States124 Posts
August 15 2009 17:37 GMT
#12
you're gonna have superlate hydras/lair tech though...
im the only person i know of to overuse scouts
QuakerOats
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1024 Posts
August 15 2009 17:46 GMT
#13
no guys this works do the 3 drone burrow rush like houseurmusic said

you attack his probes with ur 3 drones. then when he gets the message "ur base is under attack" he will go back to look but u burrow and he will be really confused. if u keep doing this u can kill all his probes b4 he realizes it

please don't ban me
XythOs
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
Germany520 Posts
August 15 2009 18:08 GMT
#14
I think a 4 probe rush bo would counter this, or would you be able to handle it with superior micro?
QuakerOats
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1024 Posts
August 15 2009 18:14 GMT
#15
well if u get burrow then he can't hit ur drones! so what u do is u attack his probes (with good micro of course) and when ur drone is almost dead u burrow it. then u let it recover health. now u may be thinking "but probes recover health to" but that is NOT TRUE bcuz they only recover 20 shield points and not their hp. so after a while ur drones will have full health and his will have 20 shield but only 1 hp. and that is ez win.
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
August 15 2009 18:14 GMT
#16
this thread is AMAZING
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
August 15 2009 18:15 GMT
#17
On August 16 2009 03:14 fusionsdf wrote:
this thread is AMAZING

Agreed. Rep please.
Oh no
Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
August 15 2009 18:17 GMT
#18
On August 16 2009 02:21 Piy wrote:
This merits a strategy forum ban imo...


So what are you waiting for? Get the ban stick out and whack him.
"We have unfinished business, I and he."
Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2138 Posts
August 15 2009 18:17 GMT
#19
I can't believe that "4 gas works" either.
Dear BW Gods, it IS now autumn, so...
Godimus
Profile Joined July 2009
United States126 Posts
August 15 2009 18:20 GMT
#20
this is joke thread right? cuz if it is u did ur job, i am LoL hard reading the replys
im from the streets bitch
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