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GoDannY
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany442 Posts
September 22 2010 11:41 GMT
#181
On September 22 2010 20:03 inTheMood wrote:
I've just noticed how good +1 lings are.

Seriously, it has totally changed my zvp!


Kinda similiar story, after watching TLO on GSL I realized how epic fast upgrades are, ok its like 5-6 units less but in an actual fight it makes SO much of a difference. I was rather like many other (even obviously korean) players that I tended to go +1 (+2 for collosi eventually), perhaps in a long game +1 armor and then totally forget about upgrades.

It doesn't cost much, it doesnt take any space in the production cue, most of the time I can afford a forge anyway (later also a 2nd) and it suddenly makes my units feel so much stronger (especially Stalkers and Guardian Shields for instance, soo good).
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Drazzzt
Profile Joined September 2002
Germany999 Posts
September 22 2010 11:47 GMT
#182
I realized how good feedback is in TvP against Mass Medivacs over a bioball. I used to psi storm a lot which is ok if there are only a few medivac. However, if there are more it's really nice to feedback some and then storm the rest. If there are 2 many medivacs they simply will heal all units (which run away from storm anyways) and it's like wasting a storm for almost nothing. Draining medivacs will in principle have a similar effect like psi storm only longer lasting.
And feedback is also great against medivac drops, so leaving 1-2 HTs in every base will work wonders.
Be Nice, Be Fair, Be Mannered.
Okiesmokie
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada379 Posts
September 22 2010 11:47 GMT
#183
I thought for the longest time that a Cybernetics Core cost 200 minerals Damn you Broodwar!
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
September 22 2010 11:48 GMT
#184
found out hydras suck

User was temp banned for this post.
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Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
September 22 2010 11:51 GMT
#185
On September 22 2010 00:04 TheFinalWord wrote:
You can hold down a hotkey instead of spamming it.


the point of spamming is to maintain high apm so that you are "on the go" and to warm up your hands. Holding down a key doesnt really help anything.

@ OP, i hate to shit all over your parade but 900 is pretty low diamond, or low-middle
some_noob
Profile Joined August 2010
160 Posts
September 22 2010 11:56 GMT
#186
On September 22 2010 20:51 Pulimuli wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 00:04 TheFinalWord wrote:
You can hold down a hotkey instead of spamming it.


the point of spamming is to maintain high apm so that you are "on the go" and to warm up your hands. Holding down a key doesnt really help anything.

@ OP, i hate to shit all over your parade but 900 is pretty low diamond, or low-middle

It's okay to warm up with useless APM, but in this case, you actually lose something ( time) because of spam

It's better to hold the key 1 sec rather than spam it 15 times,
Zolid
Profile Joined September 2010
United States228 Posts
September 22 2010 11:56 GMT
#187
Timing pushes...seriously once I learned about those I actually started winning games.
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AlgeriaT
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden2197 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-22 12:33:41
September 22 2010 11:57 GMT
#188
Edit: repairing mules already added, sorry.

On September 22 2010 04:32 Demarini wrote:
I learned that when Terran can mass a bioball and 1 a into a well microd army they have a good chance unless the opposing player is on two bases, so I play League of Legends now.

On September 22 2010 20:03 Perkins1752 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 19:39 kickinhead wrote:
One thing that has greatly improved my success on the Ladder was to acknowledge how bad Zerg is and switching to another race...

same here: by switching form Z to T for a week, I realized, you don't need 50 apm or a gameplan to play Diamond Terran.

This shit is getting so old :/
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Lumb
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom78 Posts
September 22 2010 11:58 GMT
#189
On September 22 2010 20:51 Pulimuli wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 00:04 TheFinalWord wrote:
You can hold down a hotkey instead of spamming it.


the point of spamming is to maintain high apm so that you are "on the go" and to warm up your hands. Holding down a key doesnt really help anything.

@ OP, i hate to shit all over your parade but 900 is pretty low diamond, or low-middle


I hate to shit all over your parade but OP isn't in diamond.
Piledriver
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1697 Posts
September 22 2010 12:09 GMT
#190
On September 22 2010 20:51 Pulimuli wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 00:04 TheFinalWord wrote:
You can hold down a hotkey instead of spamming it.


the point of spamming is to maintain high apm so that you are "on the go" and to warm up your hands. Holding down a key doesnt really help anything.

@ OP, i hate to shit all over your parade but 900 is pretty low diamond, or low-middle



What does this thread have to do with being in Diamond? Seriously, retards like you want to turn everything into an e-peen measuring contest.

On-topic - Learning stutter step micro / attack animation cancelling helped me to win a lot of micro wars, especially allowing me to get into good positions much faster and not wasting dps time by simply a + moving.




Envy fan since NTH.
DethAdder
Profile Joined September 2010
United States164 Posts
September 22 2010 12:13 GMT
#191
This thread has been a great read and an eye opener for sure. Mad props to the OP and everyone who contributed.
"When there's no privacy, seperate will never be seen. Attached at the hip to me"-CKY
Carefoot
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada410 Posts
September 22 2010 12:13 GMT
#192
you can use the extractor trick all game long if you need to squeeze out a fast queen all game long.

Burrow is a great anti-harass tool good
vs Bansheez even with your queen - forces scans.

if you neural parasite an opponents larvae you hav access to ther tech tree (ie. Ultras)

you can neural parasite with a neural parasited Infestor.

Armor upgrade formTerranz ffects auto turrets.

Uf you nuke more then twic under 2 secs you can sonetimes be fast enough so the gane inly gives 1'nuckear launch warning.

The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars http://twitch.tv/NickCarefoot
Ripzone
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany12 Posts
September 22 2010 12:13 GMT
#193
- You can press alt + [Hotkey] to activate auto-skills instead of rightclicking

- With auto-repair scvs you can attack-move and shift-rightklick back to the minerals. They will repair everything and then go back mining

- A Medivac is slower than a Stalker (without blink)
Stropheum
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1124 Posts
September 22 2010 12:19 GMT
#194
On September 22 2010 03:41 Devolved wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 00:01 ChaosWielder wrote:
I learned how to shift queue Stalker blink. Needless to say, I have a new build under my belt.

What does this do? What is the point?

If you select like 20 stalkers and have them blink up a cliff, some of them will overflow and might not make it up the cliff, instead go to the side or something. Whereas if you move command them to below the cliff, and issue the blink command (while still holding shift) they'll each make it to that point one or two at a time and blink up the cliff (also issuing a move command away from the ledge in the queue is a good idea as well)
some_noob
Profile Joined August 2010
160 Posts
September 22 2010 12:20 GMT
#195
On September 22 2010 21:13 Carefoot wrote:

if you neural parasite an opponents larvae you hav access to ther tech tree (ie. Ultras)




I don't think that's true anymore
me_viet
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia1350 Posts
September 22 2010 12:23 GMT
#196
that Extractors only costs 25min lolol.

If you cancel a creep tumour when it's under fire, you can get it back to your previous one.

...and for some really stupid reason, I kept thinking Hydras were 100gas because they're t2 -____-"

Roach also don't get burrow after researching tunneling claw.



AND ULTRALISKS/QUEEN CAN BURROW lolololol.
trew
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden93 Posts
September 22 2010 12:34 GMT
#197
I dunno if anyone mentioned it before but..
If you have 2 OC in a group, they will produce 1 scv each if you press 'S' twice.
Likewise with 2 CC, but if you have 1 OC and 1 CC grouped, then the OC will queue scvs instead of having one building in the CC.
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-23 01:31:58
September 22 2010 12:39 GMT
#198
Edit: thread reopened. Please don't post stuff in here that won't be useful to other players, for example
On September 22 2010 20:48 ------- wrote:
found out hydras suck
✌
Carefoot
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada410 Posts
September 22 2010 12:39 GMT
#199
On September 22 2010 21:20 some_noob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2010 21:13 Carefoot wrote:

if you neural parasite an opponents larvae you hav access to ther tech tree (ie. Ultras)




I don't think that's true anymore


It is don't misinform people.
The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars http://twitch.tv/NickCarefoot
Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
September 23 2010 01:23 GMT
#200
Thanks for reopening, this thread isn't like a "post your shit thread" because people actually read every post and learn stuff before posting their own things.
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