Simple Questions Simple Answers - Page 106

On April 20 2011 10:25 Kovaz wrote:
Just curious, why do roaches counter zealots but are fairly even vs. stalkers, even though zealots do more dps, have about the same HP, and are cheaper so you can have more of them?

On April 20 2011 02:32 Kaitlin wrote:


The helpful answer: Ramps are unbuildable terrain, and if they could have creep tumors, they could also have pylons. Pretty sure creep tumors are considered buildings.

On April 20 2011 11:03 VashTS wrote:
Not sure if this belongs, but I didn't see this topic Stickied in SC2 General, so..

I'm pretty sure that a LONG time ago, I added a unit to a hotkey group in a different way. Usually, you select your control group, CTRL click a unit to add, and then CTRL+x to reset the hotkey group, right? Well, this one time IIRC, I had actually clicked on the unit to add to the group first, then with some key combination I managed to actually add that unit to the group in the opposite way, as in clicking the unit, then hitting the hotkey group I was going to add it into.

Doing -anything- faster is always good, imo. Was this just my imagination, or is doing that possible? I looked around a bit, couldn't find anything.

On April 20 2011 11:32 Kambing wrote:


You're description isn't quite clear. Are you talking about adding a selection of units to a control group instead of overwriting a control group with the current selection? If so, then you use shift-x to get this behavior ("add the current selection to group x") instead of ctrl-x ("overwrite group x with the current selection").

On April 20 2011 11:38 phfantunes wrote:
I've been away from SC2 for a while, so it's kind of hard to catch up with the metagame, and the fact that I'm average doesn't make it any easier.

That said, can anyone point me the standard Z builds for each matchup, so I can focus on those?

I'm thinking: ZvT - 15 hatch, ling/muta/baneling; ZvP - 14 pool/gas, speedling; ZvZ - 15 hatch, roaches.

On April 20 2011 12:15 CardinalSC wrote:
Where can I find TSL3 or TSL PAX Showmatch series replays? I'm looking for Adelscott's 1 Gate Expand or Tyler's Double Forge, if there are any other games with those available.

On April 20 2011 12:15 VashTS wrote:

Sorry, I'm constantly running a high fever (102ish) since I'm sick, so it impedes my ability to do things properly.

Anyway, you gave me the correct answer that I was looking for: Shift+x adds highlighted units to the x Hotkey group.

Thank you. =)

On April 20 2011 13:54 tarath wrote:
Anyone know of a pro level game where a terran no-gas 1 rax FE holds a 4-gate?

As toss I almost always 4-gate 4-gate if I scout that build as it seems super greedy and I almost never lose, but I'm wondering if that is just because I am a low level player (low masters).

EDIT: My opponents seem to think I'm just a cheeser when I respond with a 4-gate but from my perspective they are being super greedy and I'm not sure who is correct.

On April 20 2011 14:24 Curu wrote:


MVP vs San at GSL World Championship on Taldarim Altar.

MKP also uses it against MC on Crevasse, but it was against 4 Gate Stargate rather than the standard 4 Gate.

On April 20 2011 15:08 abSTRAkt wrote:
How many shots from a 0/0 maurader will kill an scv?
How many shots from a 1/0 maurader will kill an scv?

On April 20 2011 14:45 ToastieNL wrote:
Hello,

I'm trying to incorporate more Roach drops, Zergling drops and Baneling drops in my play, sometimes even Hydras. This causes me to extraordinarely over- drop (which is in my opinion the best way to find out what works and what doesn't).
It's to bad this causes me to forget to macro, and I don't send any new drops when I'm microing my current drop.

Could anybody list me some drop tricks, like, is it possible to queue a drop to drop, kill Pylon, leave? I know how to drop when moving manually, but is it possible to queue a drop while moving?

So, actually, I'm looking for qute things to do with drops. Queue-able is great, manual is fine too.

Kind regards,

On April 20 2011 15:14 Kambing wrote:


Two things to keep in mind when trying to build up complex queued commands like this:

1) You can add any command onto a unit's queue as long as the unit can perform than action the moment you queue up the command even though it may not make direct sense for the unit to later do it.
2) Unit command queues are wiped when they enter and exit a dropship

So in particular, you can't totally automate the process of queueing a group of units to enter a dropship, kill a pylon when they are dropped, then get back into the dropship. But you can queue the second half of it, i.e., after the units are dropped which you can automate, you can instruct them to kill a pylon then queue a move back into the dropship so that they get in immediately after the pylon goes down.

Because of the nature of baneling bombs, you can fully automate baneling drops with the following actions:

1) Load up banelings into an overlord.
2) Shift-move a path for the overlord that ends at one end of a mineral line.
3) Shift-d to queue a drop a move on that overlord once it reaches that end of the mineral line
4) Shift-move a path from one end of the mineral line to the other end
5) Shift-move a path from the other end of the mineral line to some safe spot

On April 20 2011 15:17 StutteR wrote:
How big of an impact would making ramps unforcefieldable have?