Simple Questions Simple Answers - Page 119

On April 27 2011 13:30 Belial88 wrote:
Simple question!

Why do pro gamers always seem to move their infestors by casting fungal growth somewhere impossibly far (and then execute a move or some type of command to cancel it before it gets there)? Like for example if they want to move the infestor a screen away, they will fungal growth the edge of the screen and then execute a move command real quick so it isnt cast.

Does it make them move faster, or ignore being blocked by other units or something?

On April 27 2011 13:31 svefnleysi wrote:
I hear the term metagame thrown around a bit - what's the actual definition of the word?

On April 27 2011 06:19 Autofire2 wrote:
Bumping my Q...please let me know if it doesn't belong here

On April 27 2011 07:19 Baltor wrote:
I'm about to head out and pick up a Razer Deathadder, as my first gaming mouse (I'm only platinum, and not very competitive, but I recently won a hefty Best Buy gift card and it's made me kind of spoiled.) As it's the first mouse I'll own with two extra, programmable buttons, my question is - what would you recommend I map to the buttons when playing SC2?

I play using the default keybinds, and I'm currently thinking that I'll map my 9 and 0 hotkeys to them (which typically contain my E-Bays and Armories,) as they're hard to reach and it might encourage me to upgrade even more actively than I already do. But I'm open to any suggestions from anyone who may have more experience with this type of thing than I do.

Thanks!

On April 27 2011 13:06 Kenpachi wrote:
hm. i never looked at the iEchoic but i knew the gist of it (Hellion/Air) until i just saw and found out it was wrong
So i made my own variation to it and since im too lazy to make my own thread and check all guidelines, ill ask it as a simple question. Im only high platinum but i happen to win every TvT with this build.. (i am not shitting you)

In TvT when i do my hellion build, i go 1-1-1 with tech lab from rax to fact.
Then i make hellions and a viking and get blue flames. with my viking, i go scout them and make a medivac. i should have 4 hellions so i drop them and wreck them. Here i usually win but if it doesnt end, i make my CC in base and make my 2nd Port (which would have a reator. first port has a tech lab now). Then i make my factory shortly after and add a reactor. Keep in mind im pumping hellions non stop off my first fact. because i am aware this build gets crushed by thors, i add another tech lab to my first rax and throw down 2 more. I pump Marauders and research C-Shell. This also kills tanks pretty efficiently but its really against them Thors.

Now that thats down, what am i vulnerable against?

On April 27 2011 16:45 Rexar123 wrote:

hahahhahahahaha
that isnt your build
its blue flame hellion drop
into random strat hoping he doesnt turtle mass tanks and marines and kill u

On April 27 2011 17:43 Kenpachi wrote:

orly? i dont watch Pro SC2 and i just do what i feel like haha (I lose all my TvZs and TvPs ¬¬..)
anyways, Mass tank/marine usually dies also lol
iEchoic's 1/1/2
I guess it starts with something like this lol

On April 27 2011 21:08 Koshi wrote:
I got a simple question:

If you talk with a friend about upgrades, do you put attack always in front? Because in wc3 we always said: "I had 2-1 upgrades". Which means 2 attack 1 in defense.

But for zerg the upgrades are turned around. So when a zerg says that his zerglings have 2-1 upgrades. What is the common conclusion?

On April 27 2011 19:56 Valefort wrote:
Is it possible to transfuse a zerg structure while it's being built ?

On April 27 2011 20:11 mewby wrote:
when I get into a big fight and am spamming FF's on the other teams army it targets them and I cant ff anymore, I can only productively FF is my mouse is nowhere near the enemys units, how do I spam forcefields with my mouse near enemy units without targgeting them

thanks in advance

On April 27 2011 21:08 Koshi wrote:
I got a simple question:

If you talk with a friend about upgrades, do you put attack always in front? Because in wc3 we always said: "I had 2-1 upgrades". Which means 2 attack 1 in defense.

But for zerg the upgrades are turned around. So when a zerg says that his zerglings have 2-1 upgrades. What is the common conclusion?

On April 27 2011 22:38 Kyamo wrote:
The standard protoss walloff vs zerg is the gateway and core next to each other, with a crack between the side of the ramp and the buildings blocked by a zealot. The pylon is behind the buildings.
Recently, I have seen a different walloff in a few pro games. The gateway and core are next to each other, but they are a bit further back from the ramp. The pylon is on the other side of the ramp, touching the wall and leaving a crack between the pylon and the buildings, where the zealot stands. I thought it was better to keep the pylon out of the wall because it has less HP. Why do some pros use this different wall?

On April 27 2011 21:19 Venomsflame wrote:

I have been wondering forever. I always, always put attack first(I had 3-2 cracklings, 3 attack 2 carapace) no matter what race. In BW it was always attack first. However I recently have taught some bronze friends now that they are really learning the game and they always say carapace first, which makes sense because that's how they see it. So to clarify with friends I now actually say "2 attack 1 armor upgrades." I am still under the opinion that attack should always be first, though.

On April 27 2011 22:42 Kambing wrote:


No.



It sounds like you are clicking to cast a second forcefield without re-select the forcefield spell. So that second click ends up targetting whatever your mouse cursor is under. Two ways to fix the problem is

1) Consciously slow down your FFing so that you are reliably spamming alternating Fs and mouse clicks.
2) Hold down shift while clicking which will queue up FFs on individual sentries but also keep the FF spell-casting card up so you really just have to spam clicks to lay down FFs (as long as you are holding down shift). Keep in mind that you are queueing these FFs so if you spam click a bunch of FFs then issue a non-queue move command right afterwards, those FFs will be canceled.



I play zerg and when I say "2-1 upgrades" I mean attack then armor. Not sure why to be honest >_<. I can't definitely speak to what is commonly accepted, but my impression is that the majority of people agree with your assessment.



If I'm visualizing your wall correctly, this also places the zealot back a distance and also not at the edge of the high-ground. If so, this wall-off is used to better hold off rushes (in particular the 3 roach rush) where your zealot can be the point of weakness from a couple of roaches and an overlord spotter that allows the roaches to snipe from the low-ground.

(Although I might be mistaken because this wall-off is usually realized as gate-pylon-core so that the pylon is also not at the edge of the high-ground so the roaches can only shoot either the gate or the core.)

On April 27 2011 23:02 Tzeratlan wrote:

I don't think It's that simple, It depends mainly on your's and your opponent's army setup.

This thread should answer most of your attack / armor upgrades questions or at least gives you the basic knowledge to help you answer them your self: * Critical upgrade analysis *

On April 27 2011 23:07 TimeSpiral wrote:


RE: ForceField - Alternatively to holding shift, you can just hold the "F" button down on your keyboard then spam the left click button on your mouse. Holding shift can accidentally include an a+move or move command and screw you up bad.

On April 26 2011 08:51 Artisian wrote:
What is the sight range of a xel naga tower(and what is the standard unit of measurement for sight range)?