On May 15 2011 16:00 Dubo wrote: I play Zerg. If I scout factories with tech labs, how can I know whether they're going to be making tanks, blue flame hellions, or thors? (assuming I couldn't scout an armory)
well even if they go hellion, almost everyone goes tank eventually so hard to say really
how do i scout for broodlords? is it essential to have located the spire and then scan occasionally? i've started getting lazy and just putting a preemptive turret in each of my mineral lines. every single loss to zerg i'm just happily building up tanks and then WTF BROODLORDS
Seeing as the only way to see that he is getting BL's is if he has a Greater Spire, yes you need to keep a look at it. MInd you he needs a Hive aswell to be able to start that Greater Spire.
In South Korea, at the start of games that have an audience, the audience screams something and I have been wondering what it is that they scream? It seems to be the same phrase in a lot of games (or at least when boxer is playing?).
On May 15 2011 16:00 Dubo wrote: I play Zerg. If I scout factories with tech labs, how can I know whether they're going to be making tanks, blue flame hellions, or thors? (assuming I couldn't scout an armory)
In isolation, there's no way to tell just by seeing a factory with a tech lab. You have to consider other things to make an educated guess. For example, the timing of the tech lab is important; if you see the tech lab factory very early (e.g., right after their first rax), them you can deduce blue flame hellions since it is the only tech that can be produced in threatening numbers in the early game. Likewise seeing a tech lab factory (or two) after 2 raxes is typical of a marine/tank push.
In addition, poking up his ramp with a scouting ling is important as well. Blue flame hellions are really the only unit out of a tech lab factory that he can use to surprise you. Tanks and thors have to be built to a critical mass, so it is likely you'll see them on your poke up the ramp growing in numbers if that's the tech they decide to build. His composition is also important as well. If you spot early marauders in addition to the tech lab, it is likely hellions coming out because he would need all his gas to build tanks or thors at a reasonable rate.
On May 15 2011 16:00 Dubo wrote: I play Zerg. If I scout factories with tech labs, how can I know whether they're going to be making tanks, blue flame hellions, or thors? (assuming I couldn't scout an armory)
well even if they go hellion, almost everyone goes tank eventually so hard to say really
how do i scout for broodlords? is it essential to have located the spire and then scan occasionally? i've started getting lazy and just putting a preemptive turret in each of my mineral lines. every single loss to zerg i'm just happily building up tanks and then WTF BROODLORDS
Seeing as the only way to see that he is getting BL's is if he has a Greater Spire, yes you need to keep a look at it. MInd you he needs a Hive aswell to be able to start that Greater Spire.
In addition, the presence of corruptors on the field should suggest to you that brood lords are coming soon as zerg has little reason to produce corruptors in the match up otherwise.
On May 15 2011 20:54 MestR wrote: In South Korea, at the start of games that have an audience, the audience screams something and I have been wondering what it is that they scream? It seems to be the same phrase in a lot of games (or at least when boxer is playing?).
Usually " *player's name*" fighting!", which is kind of like a cheer the same way we would say "go _____ go!!!"
Question: does any1 have a build for 15pool in ZvP the way Idra plays it? His timing for Zergling speed is really good and I've heard 15pool gives a better economy than the 14 gas 14 pool build I use now. Haven't been able to find one on liquipedia or in the search bar.
On May 15 2011 22:03 roflcopter420 wrote: Is there any way to get an SCV inside a damaged bunker? I have lost dozens of games to this.
Select the bunker, press the Load Button (Hotkey Default L I believe?- not sure I'm a toss player) Then left click on the SCV. He will go inside instead of repairing.
On May 16 2011 00:40 Rain.cz wrote: how do i drop units from multiple medivacs without stopping moving them? How are pros microing units? Pushing a+click fast or pushing stop command?
1) Substitute overlord for medivac.
(p.s., this has been answered multiple times in this thread and the rest of teamliquid. Make sure you search before you ask!)
2) Most pros stutter step micro with stop/halt commands since it doesn't require extra mouse movement. A-move stuttering has it's benefits if you want your army to veer in a certain direction as it re-engages the enemy. In particular, it will cause the back of your ball (the part that needs to move back to get in range of targets) to shift in the direction of the a-move which has its own set of pros and cons.
Everybody knows that if you scout (with your initial) and see an early pool, early gates (2), or something suspicious, you get ready for early fighting.
What is the "magic number" for terran? How can you tell if early pressure is coming?
When going for blink in pvp and hiding an expansion to be favoured in a base trade, what is a good timing to take the expansion and/or making the robo for the observers?
On May 16 2011 02:10 Sir Snoopy wrote: Everybody knows that if you scout (with your initial) and see an early pool, early gates (2), or something suspicious, you get ready for early fighting.
What is the "magic number" for terran? How can you tell if early pressure is coming?
2rax and no gas is most likely a marine scv allin in PvT, but it can be kinda hard to scout. Poking with a probe and seeing a tech lab on the rax means marauder opening, so that's likely to mean pressure. It might also be a 1rax expand however, so don't go batcrap insane on defense. If terran screws up and shows you 3 rax, that definitely means stim timing on 1 base.
On May 16 2011 02:21 Teoita wrote: When going for blink in pvp and hiding an expansion to be favoured in a base trade, what is a good timing to take the expansion and/or making the robo for the observers?
Thanks for the help^^
The discussion on PvP Blink Stalker base trades can be found here:
On May 16 2011 02:21 Teoita wrote: When going for blink in pvp and hiding an expansion to be favoured in a base trade, what is a good timing to take the expansion and/or making the robo for the observers?
Thanks for the help^^
The discussion on PvP Blink Stalker base trades can be found here:
Just wondering if anyone primarily injects on the minimap. I've reasoned technically the fastest way to do injects is to do it on the minimap by grouping all queens into one group (say group 6), selecting the group (6), and pressing 6 + click, 6 + click, 6 + click, etc on your hatches in the minimap. I know its damn hard to do at first because you have to click directly on the hatch in the minimap, but I'm getting pretty fast at it. Sometimes I have to fidget before I get the queen to inject, but alot of the times I go click, click, click cleanly and inject so fast. You dont have to switch screens, however it takes some practice to do it. Was wondering if anyone else does this?
On May 16 2011 06:26 Chinesewonder wrote: Just wondering if anyone primarily injects on the minimap. I've reasoned technically the fastest way to do injects is to do it on the minimap by grouping all queens into one group (say group 6), selecting the group (6), and pressing 6 + click, 6 + click, 6 + click, etc on your hatches in the minimap. I know its damn hard to do at first because you have to click directly on the hatch in the minimap, but I'm getting pretty fast at it. Sometimes I have to fidget before I get the queen to inject, but alot of the times I go click, click, click cleanly and inject so fast. You dont have to switch screens, however it takes some practice to do it. Was wondering if anyone else does this?
sorry not sure how I would compose a Boolean search for this question so my apologies if it has been asked already. I noticed a few pros (Sen Idra) that I watch stream at the beginning of the game are always selecting there drones over and over again. What is the purpose of this? I assume to just keep their APM up but is there any other benefit?
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