I had started using SCBuildOrder yesterday to try and figure out the fastest way for each race to get to 200 workers. I got a chance to get the Terran BO completed. Seems the best possible time for Terran is 11:15.

Zerg and Toss times were stabilized but not completed to ensure a 100% perfect BO. I had to stop the mutations because my comp was overheating (24h of running the CPU at 100% will do that I guess...). Protoss best time seemed to be stabilizing at 10:26 (this was with chronoboost since I can't tell SCBuildOrder to not use the macro abilities) and Zerg best time was stabilized at 10:58 but I gotta say I'm very skeptical about the Zerg time. BO was suggestion using only 4 hatches which is very suspicious. Completion was at 51% only so I'm guessing SCBO didn't get a chance to test the right path (even after well over 1 billion mutations).

Recap:

Terran - 11:15
Protoss - 10:26
Zerg - 10:58 (***)

I'll keep the BOs secret in case you guys want to try and discover it yourselves. You'd be suprised at the results I think.

BordZ

Australia118 Posts

January 15 2011 04:17 GMT

#85

silver zerg here did 2 tests 1 as zerg and one by terran (started as random), zerg test was 200/200 at 12:18, terran was 13:03

MagnusHyperion

United States288 Posts

January 15 2011 04:30 GMT

#86

Master Protoss 12:32 Had 8 mining bases and 8 nexuses
(didn't think we could build more nexus than 1 nexus : 1 base)

Kryosoul

United States6 Posts

January 15 2011 05:21 GMT

#87

I started to do this exercise then ended up trying to harvest and exhaust all resources on the map in the fastest time. Only did it once but it seemed like a good way to test macro and multitasking. Trying to harvest, produce units, kill units and kill buildings was interesting. Pretty fun too. Only rules I could think of were at the end you must have only 1 harvester left (no other units or structures) and less than 50 of each resource(minerals and gas).

Just something nifty. I thought Id stop lurking and contribute.

REM.ca

Canada354 Posts

January 15 2011 14:01 GMT

#88

Well welcome to the forum!

I like your idea and I think I may try that out.

Svenskfella

Spain26 Posts

January 15 2011 14:28 GMT

#89

Silver Protoss 12:29, about 12~ nexus

snazbaz

40 Posts

January 15 2011 14:56 GMT

#90

Diamond Protoss 11:45 no chronoboost

thurst0n

United States611 Posts

January 15 2011 15:20 GMT

#91

This is for the michael jordan comments a few pages back.. this is his response to Lebron James being a pussy and wanting to go play WITH other stars, instead of michael jordan working hard and wanting to play AGAINST the stars and BEAT them.... hard work is all it is..

I'm going to try this when I get home

GrassEater

Sweden417 Posts

January 15 2011 16:01 GMT

#92

Master toss 11:17.

No chrono TT

Zerg killed one probe and i am at 199 supply at 11:15 :S. So it would have been 11:15 without the computer.

GrassEater

Sweden417 Posts

January 15 2011 16:05 GMT

#93

Sorry i used gold minnerals.

BroboCop

United States373 Posts

January 15 2011 16:18 GMT

#94

masters zerg. 11:45. i used queens n shit tho. I accidentally got supply blocked not paying attention and expod a few too many times. had every expo on meta operational, like 7 saturated. 3k excess mins when i left.

GrassEater

Sweden417 Posts

January 15 2011 16:28 GMT

#95

11:35 without gold minnerals

Lobo2me

Norway1213 Posts

January 15 2011 16:28 GMT

#96

Plat zerg, 12:00 first try. 18 hatches.

11:50 second try.

nerde

Norway19 Posts

January 15 2011 16:34 GMT

#97

12:04 plat zerg. Screwed up a bit. Managed to get ~20 drones stuck in a cluster of hatches, got an ovvie killed by very easy computer and had to kill a roach

Tried again. 11:50 plat zerg. Still doing some screwups like not rallying to nearest minerals. I'm sure maynarding can be done better and the timing of amount of hatcheries needed. Stocked almost 2k mins at the end. Plus some marines came so I had to pull 6 drones off to pick em. Also forgot to hotkey one hatchery for about 3-4 minutes :/

etceteraetcetera

United States38 Posts

January 15 2011 16:38 GMT

#98

Isn't the point of this exercise to keep your money low, not get to 200 as fast as possible? I heard about this and did it on twilight fortress with no ai, and the goal is to constantly only build workers queuing no more than two at a time and building town halls as soon as you have the money for them keeping your money as low as possible. By the time you get to 200 you've just barely gotten an expo up at every expo on the massive map, and then it's actually somewhat difficult.

Jippy

Australia2 Posts

January 15 2011 16:53 GMT

#99

11:47 Silver Protoss.

Kyrth

United States101 Posts

January 15 2011 17:06 GMT

#100

Platinum Zerg, 12:13. I think it may teach the wrong things though without using the macro abilities. a new player will not learn how much a hatchery can do