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yeahsc2
Serbia38 Posts
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On October 15 2011 03:23 ApocAlypsE007 wrote: After day9 daily #360 I decided to work hardcore on my mechanics, so I have 2 questions: 1. There is a phase in the mental checklist where I look at my minimap, and then look at my money. Is there a way to reduce eye fatigue (It is very hard for me to keep like that more then 10 minutes) or it's just a matter of extensive practice? 2. As I try to tap quickly between my production structures at hotkeys 4,5,6 (or more) I get all the production bars confused and I just can't figure out what production bar belongs to what hotkey. If I try to slow down, I cant keep up with the tasks in the mental checklist. What is the preferred order of tapping between those keys? One option might be to go like minimap -> prod bars -> money rather than minimap -> money -> prod bars, so you have less eye travel. Another strategy is to use "ally colors" so that your stuff is green and your enemy's stuff is all red, making the minimap check easier since you're just looking for red stuff. What race you are, and kind of production hotkeys you use affects this. As a terran player, I check CC, then Barracks/Factory, then Starport in quick succession. | ||
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ApocAlypsE007
Israel1007 Posts
On October 15 2011 03:27 Blazinghand wrote: What race you are, and kind of production hotkeys you use affects this. As a terran player, I check CC, then Barracks/Factory, then Starport in quick succession. I'm a Protoss player and I replicated the drill of the constant scv-marine-marauder production with 4. gateway building zealot 5. nexus 6. gateway building stalkers. I didn't asked about the race because I think it is less race dependent. Usually I play with w-warpgates 4-Robo 5-Nexus 6-Stargate | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On October 15 2011 03:34 ApocAlypsE007 wrote: I'm a Protoss player and I replicated the drill of the constant scv-marine-marauder production with 4. gateway building zealot 5. nexus 6. gateway building stalkers. I didn't asked about the race because I think it is less race dependent. Usually I play with w-warpgates 4-Robo 5-Nexus 6-Stargate If it's pre-warpgate-tech, then the production mechanics are the same for protoss and terran :D I think it might be good to have Nexus at one "end" of your hotkeys (as either 4 or 6) since the units that come out of the nexus make 2-3x as fast as units that come out of robo or stargate. As a general rule, I always check CC first before anything else to make sure I have constant scv production, since those build the most quickly it's the easiest to accidentally forget to build them. | ||
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
where can I find a youtube/google video or a VOD of iloveoov vs. dark elf on monty hall - the infamous comeback game i know this is in the SC2 section, but the VOD is no longer hosted on TL so I was hoping someone had it or could link me to a video | ||
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PowerRed
United States1 Post
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Baseic
Netherlands310 Posts
On October 15 2011 03:23 ApocAlypsE007 wrote: After day9 daily #360 I decided to work hardcore on my mechanics, so I have 2 questions: 1. There is a phase in the mental checklist where I look at my minimap, and then look at my money. Is there a way to reduce eye fatigue (It is very hard for me to keep like that more then 10 minutes) or it's just a matter of extensive practice? 2. As I try to tap quickly between my production structures at hotkeys 4,5,6 (or more) I get all the production bars confused and I just can't figure out what production bar belongs to what hotkey. If I try to slow down, I cant keep up with the tasks in the mental checklist. What is the preferred order of tapping between those keys? I can give 1 very small tip: Don't try to play faster than you are able to, see all that stuff as goals, then slowly work your way towards that speed. | ||
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Baseic
Netherlands310 Posts
On October 15 2011 05:35 PowerRed wrote: As a zerg trying to balance economy/army production, is it better to build a mix of units and workers, or a round of workers and a round of units after each larva inject? Or is it just situationally dependent? I would never suggest splitting production. As zerg you have moments where you are safe, you should drone VERY hard then. Once you are no longer safe you should only make units until you are safe again. In lower leagues it may seem easier to just split production to always be safe, but you will not be able to keep up in higher leagues. | ||
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MysteryHours
United States168 Posts
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Baseic
Netherlands310 Posts
On October 15 2011 06:06 MysteryHours wrote: I've often heard that Zerg needs to be one base ahead of Terran just to stay on even footing. Does this mean as Terran you can feel comfortable being 1 base behind Zerg or should you still strive for even bases? First: This depends on your style. For marine tank you should always be looking to punish a greedy third, and you should be harassing any base after the 3rd. You should be mostly on the look out for over droning, you have to punish that very quickly before the zerg gets at 70 drones. If the third is at a normal timing you should not worry about this. But of course it's always best to get an as quick as possible third. As mech player you should constantly be looking to get your own third. You really only have one harassment option: hellions, you can't really deny bases with that, you should mainly be looking for drone kills and enough distraction to get a third. As bio player (Who still does that?) You must keep denying any base. | ||
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RyanRushia
United States2748 Posts
On October 15 2011 03:25 yeahsc2 wrote: Hot to bind f-keys to location? in game go to >Menu >Hotkeys >Global >Camera once there, scroll down to Create Location 1-8, and change the hotkeys as you desire. Note, F1 is idle-worker hotkey, so i'd recommend starting with F2's unless you want to change the other as well. Once you have changed hte "create location 1-8" scroll further down to "Jump to Location 1-8" and can change that as well to choose the activation button! | ||
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Scare_Crow
217 Posts
On October 15 2011 06:06 MysteryHours wrote: I've often heard that Zerg needs to be one base ahead of Terran just to stay on even footing. Does this mean as Terran you can feel comfortable being 1 base behind Zerg or should you still strive for even bases? Strive to be on even bases. Zerg one base ahead in the early game is acceptable, but not ideal. Being on equal *saturated* bases is an indicator as to when you're at an advantage. Deny as many bases for as long as possible. | ||
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ChiknAdobo
United States208 Posts
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Thaniri
1264 Posts
As Terran, how do you quickly, safely, yet efficiently work in upgrades to you build? I'm finding in my games that I get either too quick of an engineering bay, or too late of one, or if I get one in what I feel like a "timely" fashion, I suffer a lot in army composition and simply numbers. Is it something to be actually worked into the build? (Remember when it was standard to get a 5 minute engi bay to deal with DT's?) Is it something you should calculate into your multi-base income? edit: Wow, I posted this without completing my thought. Basically what I want to know, what is the best way to get upgrades in a timely fashion. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
I just played against some terran on ladder and he did 1-rax, killed my drone with his first marine. I saw there was no gas so I thought it was going to be 1 rax expand or 1 proxy rax, made about 6 zerglings and scouted the most likely positions to a proxy rax, then I poked and saw him making depots and a bunker in front of his natural, tricking me into thinking 1-rax expand(he only showed me 4 marines). At about 6 minutes the guy walks into my nat with about 13 marines and a shitton of SCVS and I just have to gg. | ||
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crydee
92 Posts
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LostHat
Australia7 Posts
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FrayzZeUsher
United States225 Posts
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ddrddrddrddr
1344 Posts
On October 16 2011 10:40 LostHat wrote: How do the pros drop out all of the units while the dropship/overlords are still moving?? drop on TOP of your overlord, that is click your overlord instead of the ground as the destination for drop while your overlord's moving. | ||
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tropical
Germany61 Posts
On October 16 2011 10:40 LostHat wrote: How do the pros drop out all of the units while the dropship/overlords are still moving?? Move your Dropship and than press D and click on the Dropship while it's moving. You have to have the Dropship selected, because D is the Dropship's hotkey for unloading. The Dropship will unload till you cancel the command or it's empty. You can micro the dropship and it won't stop unloading till it has no more units inside. | ||
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