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On August 20 2011 22:02 saaaa wrote:
Should i go in TvP for Upgrades or for MediVacs first?

What type of play is more powerful?

for Example:

No Gas FE into 3 Baracks+Ebay first or No Gas FE into 3 Baracks+asap MediVacs?

On August 20 2011 22:33 tuestresfat wrote:

I'm not entirely sure I understand your question... but I'm guessing you mean you don't see them selecting every single unit and pressing ctrl+1 to bind them to hotkey 1.

If that is your question the answer is they shift+1, which ADDS units to your hotkey. Ctrl overrides the previous hotkey and makes a new; Shift adds to the previous hotkey.

On August 20 2011 22:49 HavokTheorem wrote:



Medivacs.

On August 20 2011 22:58 Rk0 wrote:


Yea I know that, my question is do they use an other key instead of CTRL to put units into a hotkey. Such as GRAVE or something. I was thinking about changing it to GRAVE but im not quite sure about that yet. Thats why im asking what to pro's use to override their hotkeys.

On August 20 2011 23:04 Numy wrote:


This is false. Both plays have their own benefits. Medivacs allow for a faster drop type play and boost the mobility of your mmm. Upgrades then medivacs give you a very meaty midgame army that is extremely good in a straight up battle midgame. If you going to go up to medivacs asap you need to use the mobility advantage and not just idle.

On August 20 2011 23:05 Kambing wrote:


There aren't really any documented cases of a pro switching ctrl-# to something else, although we know relatively little about pro keybinds outside of observing them in vods and getting the information first hand.

Pragmatically speaking, it would be reasonable to move ctrl-# to caps lock-# (similar to what users of ctrl-intensive programs such as emacs do). But you actually can't do this through the hotkey ui since caps lock is not recognize as a keypress. With a 3rd party program such as sharpkeys, you'll have to rebind caps lock to ctrl directly or bind caps lock to a unused key (e.g., f13) and then bind that to ctrl-# in game.

On August 20 2011 23:05 Kambing wrote:


There aren't really any documented cases of a pro switching ctrl-# to something else, although we know relatively little about pro keybinds outside of observing them in vods and getting the information first hand.

Pragmatically speaking, it would be reasonable to move ctrl-# to caps lock-# (similar to what users of ctrl-intensive programs such as emacs do). But you actually can't do this through the hotkey ui since caps lock is not recognize as a keypress. With a 3rd party program such as sharpkeys, you'll have to rebind caps lock to ctrl directly or bind caps lock to a unused key (e.g., f13) and then bind that to ctrl-# in game.

On August 20 2011 23:23 tuestresfat wrote:

really? o.o i could swear it was...

On August 20 2011 23:14 saaaa wrote:



In fact if i want to be better in straight up fights upgrades on my army is better than medivacsupport?

On August 19 2011 10:28 Soluhwin wrote:

Well... close positions is close positions. I usually just switch to a 24 drone roach/ling timing but instead of following it up with a third I set myself up for a roach/bane follow up attack (with drops, of course). I posted the initial roach/ling build on the previous page, as for the bane follow up, I don't really have a build for it I just kinda wing it. I hope close positions aren't around for much longer so I never bothered to optimize timings, I usually just kill them with the roach push anyways.

On August 19 2011 15:14 AnxiousHippo wrote:
I like to do a funky spine crawler push of 2 bases, it works surprisingly well. I saw it in a Funday Monday with Root.Catz

On August 20 2011 23:53 Numy wrote:


No. I can only assume your sense of timing/build is a bit off. With 3 rax into +1 you still get medivac support by the midgame. The difference is you just have a meatier army(with +1) than if you went 3 rax into fast medivacs. 3 rax into fast medivacs gives you a very efficient mobile army in the mid game, while 3 rax into +1 gives you a slighter less mobile but beefier army.

On August 21 2011 00:40 saaaa wrote:



ok...thx a lot for your help so far.

I will try to explain it in another way. The timings and builds are from professional gamer and i'am really close with them. I just want to know if i should learn/focus builds, which based on upgrades or medivacs first.

For example:

I do a 1 rax no gas expand and throw down 2 additional rax (total of 3). Now i want to know which build is better. After the 3 Rax / 2 Gas immediately the Ebay and upgrade +1 Attack right when it get finished or just build the ebay for turret (DT Defense) and throw down at the same time of the ebay my factory and after that the starport with reactor at the factory to start 2 medivacs directly when the starport finishes? if i want 2 medivacs asap i have to delay my +1 attack upgrade til my first 2 medivacs pop out

Which combination can deal better in a straight up fight? when the medivacs heal my units or when i just mirco and engage with +1 attack and maybe +1 armor.


thx alot

On August 21 2011 07:30 Tsumo wrote:
Since generating creep with Overlords can deny toss/terran from creating buildings on creep, why don't more people generate creep with their scouting Overlords to stop wall-offs?

On August 21 2011 07:33 Kambing wrote:


Overlords can't poop creep until lair tech. By then, it's too late to try to deny any kind of simcity with creep. The best you can do is slow down potential expansions.