EPTObnoxious ZvZ mind-game trick - Page 2
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Dromar
United States2145 Posts
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Hunch
Canada336 Posts
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ThE.SparkZ
United States381 Posts
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thelok
31 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:38 ThE.SparkZ wrote: Just take 3-4 drones to kill it it while its building, it won't take much time and you won't be setting yourself back very much. Your 3-4 drones will not kill the evo chamber in time before it completes since the evo builds so damn fast. | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
I think I'll use it later today to see if anyone rages  | ||
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
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me_viet
Australia1350 Posts
But yea, it's nice if you can pull it off, and the opponent doesn't know how to react, but it sets you back a bit too, (think manner pylon) or pylon blocking hatch. You'll be dow a drone + 75 mierals when you do it, thus delaying your gas + pool. | ||
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Evark
United States44 Posts
I like it when they put it there. Waste of minerals and their scout... not to mention it gives them this false sense of security thinking they've got you fully scouted when they don't. Can't tell if you're expanding and can't see all the potential spots for the roach warren or baneling nest. | ||
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GaussWaffle
United States211 Posts
On October 23 2010 04:40 Evark wrote: I've never had a problem with it. A queen and my first two scoutlings easily dispatch the evolution chamber, and as mentioned as long as you place your drones on the correct side of the obstruction, they'll only have a difference of 10-15 gas a minute. I like it when they put it there. Waste of minerals and their scout... not to mention it gives them this false sense of security thinking they've got you fully scouted when they don't. Can't tell if you're expanding and can't see all the potential spots for the roach warren or baneling nest. The advantages I see with it: 1. Instead of having your drone scout leave early or die (the only two outcomes typically O_o), it instead "lives on" by morphing into a building 2. extending point #1, after the econ chamber is done, it provides a small radius of sight into the enemies base. While this in itself will typically not tell you what the zergs going in terms of roaches or banelings, but it can tell you if the zerg is going double gas quickly as well as fast lair (though admittedly that doesn't happen often). 3. at the end of it all, you get 6-7 broodlings that could potentially kill a queen in a best case scenario, and stop mining in the worst case | ||
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Dromar
United States2145 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:56 thelok wrote: Your 3-4 drones will not kill the evo chamber in time before it completes since the evo builds so damn fast. or he just cancels it and rebuilds/sends his drone home and you wasted mining time. On October 23 2010 05:55 GaussWaffle wrote: 2. extending point #1, after the econ chamber is done, it provides a small radius of sight into the enemies base. While this in itself will typically not tell you what the zergs going in terms of roaches or banelings, but it can tell you if the zerg is going double gas quickly as well as fast lair (though admittedly that doesn't happen often). you do get more info than that though. The evo will be right next to his hatch, so you can see what units he spawns from his larva. | ||
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Zvendetta
United States321 Posts
So i tried build a spinecrawler with my own scouting drone. The thought process was he would be spending all his attention hoping the evo would finish, and I was like "LOLOL you just lost the game" Obviously no one with decency to look at their map would see it, and obviously this is not the response you want to do. Basically, consider pulling 1 drone off to chase a scout, if you open hatch gas then it wont be too long until your lings pop and becomes a mute issue. I guess its one of those things that are stupid and seems unfair when it completes, but just some minimal micro management will do you fine. (I guess if you see a drone b-lining for your mineral line you might just have to move a drone in the gas lane so you can block a possible evo) | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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GaussWaffle
United States211 Posts
On October 23 2010 10:14 FabledIntegral wrote: This isn't even remotely new. I guess trick was the wrong word to use here, I was more or less trying to gauge how people dealt with this situationIN THE PAST, so I can get better by DRAWING FROM THEIR NOT NEW EXPERIENCES but, it's not even remotely new, so lets just leave it at that | ||
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