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[LP] The Tale of Mysterion

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[LP] The Tale of Mysterion

Text byPholon
Graphics bydisciple
November 15th, 2010 20:35 GMT
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Liquipedia Weekly #11


The Tale of Mysterion
or Why You Need to Log In


Once upon a time in a land far far away an article was made. Its name was Worker Rush. There wasn't much to it. Giving the advice on how to best perform this strategy, it read:

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Even though Worker Rushes are a serious concern to many a Bronze lad, the article angered the LiquiGods. Their vengeful wrath descended on the luckless page, manifesting itself as a bulldozer icon, foretelling this modern Gomorrah of its imminent destruction.

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A discussion page was created, outlining the article's only hope for salvation.

The Liquipedia is a wiki for /competitive/ gaming. As such we'd like to offer strategies that are actually good and help you improve. A worker rush doesn't belong there as it's pretty terrible. Also "just go a hope" isn't really advise at all. I do know that it occurs so if you want to rewrite the page as a how-to-deal-with or how-to-counter than feel free to. I'll give you a couple of days else I'm deleting this. --Pholon 10:04, 28 September 2010 (UTC)


Mere days remained, a cruelly short time after which certain doom would come to Worker Rush. Yet, this is not a tale of despair - it is one of redemption.

On the 11th day, the people of Liquipedia looked to the east and saw some guy who hadn't logged in on the horizon, who spoke the epic words that rang through the valleys beneath: I'll take a go at saving this. it's a terrible idea but notable I guess thanks to Dark Voice.

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This is probably him


You see, among Liquipedia's goals are both to record and to educate. The minor historic event of people grinding through a 1000 wins by using the Worker Rush for that one ultimate portrait inspired our anonymous hero to take a second look at the article. As the build is inherently a bad one, Liquipedia would never recommend or teach it to people. However, since it does occur on the ladder still, our fondly nicked Mysterion took the time to explain why it is a terrible build and how to deal with it.


The problem with a worker rush is that if your opponent has built even one more worker, your attack force will surely be outnumbered.
-Mysterion


This is it kids. You put yourself at a terrible disadvantage by doing this, plus you lose mining time as you make your way to his base. Your hopes are basically to throw your opponent off or that's he's really bad - and that's never a good mindset when you're trying to improve.
Still though, people seem to struggle with this. Fear no more bronze brethren! Mysterion provides...

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These two key points, the Why and the How, are pivotal to a good, relevant article. We are proud of Mysterion, our anonymous contributor who stepped up and made the necessary changes: the bulldozer was removed and the article is there for all to see and improve. Check it out!

(Wiki)Worker Rush


As to the hero of today's story: We don't know who he is! So remember guys, when making please login so everyone knows who to be thankful of (you can use your TeamLiquid ID and Password!).

As to improving - the article may not seem like much yet - the basics are there but there's so much room for extra bits of info. Remember the a wiki is open source - everyone can add to it. Be it a bit historic relevance or a piece of conducted e-science (shoutout to ultilol!): you too can add something that others can learn from!


In other news: We reached a thousand pages. That's 1000. Three zeros. Fuck yeah.
And we hereby would like to congratulate Blueblister and Salle on their promotions to editor! Good work guys, keep it up


Cya on the wiki,


- Liquipedia staff



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Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
NoobieOne
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1183 Posts
November 15 2010 20:42 GMT
#2
but worker rush is soo much fun with terran auto repair (rush initial 6 and build 1 to mine)
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
November 15 2010 20:42 GMT
#3
Worker rush man.
I miss the 4 probe attack

1000 articles whoo!
Now go for 10x that.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
November 15 2010 20:42 GMT
#4
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LOL, now that's effort
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
November 15 2010 20:43 GMT
#5
This is so high-level.
the courage to be a lazy bum
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
November 15 2010 20:48 GMT
#6
Very glad for this and the counter to a worker rush. Love the article pretty funny ^^
When I think of something else, something will go here
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
November 15 2010 20:50 GMT
#7
I remember when I made one correction on Liquipedia, I think it was like the number two -> three and I told everyone in #liquipedia of what I had done, I felt so proud ^^

good job on the 1000
Moderatorgold coin
QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-15 20:51:51
November 15 2010 20:50 GMT
#8
Don't know what's more entertaining/amazing, Mysterion or this Article about him.

If only I knew how Wikipedia actually worked instead of having to fight with it for 30 mins before I can make one decent edit. I blame laziness and lack of time.
"Suum Cuique" - Cicero
Enervate
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1769 Posts
November 15 2010 20:53 GMT
#9
Awesome, I finally know what to do against worker rushes!
TymerA
Profile Joined July 2010
Netherlands759 Posts
November 15 2010 20:53 GMT
#10
I have had some serious issues with this man. I always get a panic attack when i am rushed.
nice.
TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
November 15 2010 20:54 GMT
#11
I approve! Comprehensive knowledge INC! It includes pages like these!

Also epic mind games.
~~! youtube.com/xmungam1 !~~
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
November 15 2010 21:01 GMT
#12
Yay 1000!!

Great work guys, keep it up :D
TRUEESPORTS || your days as a respected member of team liquid are over
Kokkan
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden83 Posts
November 15 2010 21:02 GMT
#13
We be awesome!

Now ppl, go contribute!
laste
Profile Joined November 2008
Bulgaria242 Posts
November 15 2010 21:02 GMT
#14
I've actually won with this twice in ladder during the beta, it took probably 40 games I think but I had a point to prove and I did.
Everybody will be in bronze soon, because Tasteless will have all our ladder points.
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
November 15 2010 21:11 GMT
#15
I think this information is far too important to just blindly give away.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
Gryffes
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United Kingdom763 Posts
November 15 2010 21:23 GMT
#16
Fuck Mysterion, Mintberry Crunch is our real saviour and salvation!
www.youtube.com/gryffes - Random Gaming Videos.
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
November 15 2010 21:31 GMT
#17
Thats awesome.

Funny thing is, some people really do have trouble with this. This page does have good advice for them.
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Vanimar
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
220 Posts
November 15 2010 21:35 GMT
#18
I actually won a game in Diamond doing that. Catching people off guard is always a good thing, especially if they NEVER expect it
I figured out the EG Curse. It was set in motion by Voodoo Shamans working for Millenium. Whenever EG aquires a player, Voodoo energies start slowly draining skill from the EG guy into an Millenium newcomer. Think about it!
SpiDaH
Profile Joined March 2010
France198 Posts
November 15 2010 21:38 GMT
#19
On November 16 2010 06:23 Luckbox wrote:
Fuck Mysterion, Mintberry Crunch is our real saviour and salvation!


The coon is disappointed with this.

Fun read TL, thanks, I had no idea there actually was a worker rush page
Lil.Sassy
Profile Joined November 2010
United States54 Posts
November 15 2010 21:52 GMT
#20
On November 16 2010 06:35 Vanimar wrote:
I actually won a game in Diamond doing that. Catching people off guard is always a good thing, especially if they NEVER expect it


I find it hard to believe you can still catch people that arent low diamond with this
Ughghghg
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