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Allred
Profile Joined November 2010
United States352 Posts
March 14 2011 00:08 GMT
#841
so this question is more for terrans (i play toss) but with optimal scv production how long does it take to fully saturate your main base. obviously for zerg this is completely different and can't really apply and protoss should be a little faster than terran with a few chronoboosts used on the nexus
An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. ~William Castle
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
March 14 2011 02:10 GMT
#842
Terran bases will never be fully saturated----the MULES will always be able to break that.

But if you don't include the MULES, a typical base will get full saturation on minerals with 3 miners per patch.

Assuming a 8-mineral patch base:
Saturation: 24SCV + 6 for gas
That means:
30 SCV
2 supply depo
2 refinery

According to the build order calculator:
10 Supply Depot
18 supply depot
26 Supply Depot
26 Refinery
26 Refinery
29 SCV

Will finish on 6:48
Rock, Paper, Scissors
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 02:13:29
March 14 2011 02:12 GMT
#843
On March 13 2011 00:42 NPF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2011 00:31 Marcus Arcadia wrote:
Simple(Newb) Question:

I have a group of marines and some medivacs in one ctrl group(let's say I used ctrl group 1). I load all marines into medivacs til they are full but have a couple left on the ground. I then select just the medivacs and press ctrl+1 to overwrite my ctrl group and turn it into just the medivacs. I notice when I start moving the medivacs, the marines on the ground keep following them even though they are not bound to the same ctrl group.

How do I do the above properly/easily without having the marines follow the medivacs?

Thanks!


It's because your marines are still trying to get into the medivac. Since you probably boxed all your marines to try to load. Just select your marines and move them a hex away and they will stop trying to follow it. There is probably better ways, but that's how I do it.


Um...hit 'S' to stop and cancel the follow order after loading and before grouping is much more faster...
Rock, Paper, Scissors
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
March 14 2011 02:14 GMT
#844
On March 14 2011 00:20 LeCastor wrote:
What finger do pros use to press ctrl for setting a control group ?


Their pinky(little finger) of course
Rock, Paper, Scissors
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
March 14 2011 02:14 GMT
#845
On March 14 2011 03:47 Axeinst wrote:
Why exactly zerg needs more expansion than other races?

If zerg units are cheaper, why they need more money? I know they are no cost effective but if they are really cheeper than terran/protoss units, then they should not need more money and thus not more bases.

They need larva, i know that, but why they just dont build them inside existing base?


They don't need 1 more base. See lalush's analysis on macro for more information.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 02:15:50
March 14 2011 02:15 GMT
#846
On March 14 2011 06:39 Luzon wrote:
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Roach/hydra. Roaches to soak up damage while hydras kill everything.


I had lings/hydra. He just graviton beamed all the hydras I had.

Is the best response to just have more units?


If you're having less hydras than phoenix, chances are that you're getting out macroed.

Zerg's strength definitely lies in numbers.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Techno
Profile Joined June 2010
1900 Posts
March 14 2011 02:16 GMT
#847
How do players drop units out of multiple dropship's without stopping?
Hell, its awesome to LOSE to nukes!
Tomz
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 03:14:14
March 14 2011 03:13 GMT
#848
I just started playing about 2 weeks ago, and I was curious why players continuously highlight their base/mines? I noticed this in about every stream I watched on jtv.
palanq
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States761 Posts
March 14 2011 03:15 GMT
#849
On March 14 2011 11:16 Techno wrote:
How do players drop units out of multiple dropship's without stopping?


I believe you select all the dropships, and d-click-d-click-d-click-d-click... really fast, clicking on each dropship.
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
palanq
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States761 Posts
March 14 2011 03:16 GMT
#850
On March 14 2011 12:13 Tomz wrote:
I just started playing about 2 weeks ago, and I was curious why players continuously highlight their base/mines? I noticed this in about every stream I watched on jtv.


to chornoboost the nexus, throw down mules on the minerals, or inject larvae.

in BW it was so you could send your workers to mine (no automine) so there might be some old habits showing themselves.
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Allred
Profile Joined November 2010
United States352 Posts
March 14 2011 03:33 GMT
#851
On March 14 2011 12:15 palanq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 11:16 Techno wrote:
How do players drop units out of multiple dropship's without stopping?


I believe you select all the dropships, and d-click-d-click-d-click-d-click... really fast, clicking on each dropship.

i think actually if you tell a drop ship to move somewhere and then in the portrait you click the unit you want to drop it will drop and keep moving at the same time
An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault. ~William Castle
theorybiscuit
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada117 Posts
March 14 2011 03:33 GMT
#852
On March 13 2011 08:06 thesideshow wrote:
What do i build against a blink stalker rush ZvP? pure speedlings is too larva inefficient, roaches don't do too well against stalkers.


MrBitter (Flabulous) is known for his 12 weeks with the pros series. In one of his last games in the "how to stop 4 gate" episode, his opponent went 4 gate with blink, and he holds it off on Xel'Naga, which is by far one of the worst maps for blink abusing a zerg.

http://mrbitter.blip.tv/file/4711503/

The game I mentioned starts at 1:47:00. I'd recommend watching the entire episode, and I'd strongly recommend all of his other episodes as well. He puts a lot of content up on blip at

http://mrbitter.blip.tv

and lots of his own coaching of lower level players goes up on youtube, at

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBitterTV

I love this guy, just in case you couldn't tell.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. ~Jef Mallett
palanq
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States761 Posts
March 14 2011 03:46 GMT
#853
On March 14 2011 12:33 Allred wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 12:15 palanq wrote:
On March 14 2011 11:16 Techno wrote:
How do players drop units out of multiple dropship's without stopping?


I believe you select all the dropships, and d-click-d-click-d-click-d-click... really fast, clicking on each dropship.

i think actually if you tell a drop ship to move somewhere and then in the portrait you click the unit you want to drop it will drop and keep moving at the same time


if you drop and then click ON the dropship it will unload all its contents if you move around also
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
closey
Profile Joined October 2010
Hong Kong272 Posts
March 14 2011 06:40 GMT
#854
On March 14 2011 12:46 palanq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 12:33 Allred wrote:
On March 14 2011 12:15 palanq wrote:
On March 14 2011 11:16 Techno wrote:
How do players drop units out of multiple dropship's without stopping?


I believe you select all the dropships, and d-click-d-click-d-click-d-click... really fast, clicking on each dropship.

i think actually if you tell a drop ship to move somewhere and then in the portrait you click the unit you want to drop it will drop and keep moving at the same time


if you drop and then click ON the dropship it will unload all its contents if you move around also


OK all of you have said the correct method, I'm going to say it in a more non-pro way:

With all your dropships still selected and moving, click on the 'drop' button, or hit the hotkey for it ('D'). Do not click anywhere else until next:

Next, click on one of the dropships, as though as telling them to drop units on top of the dropships. The dropship that's clicked on will begin to unlaod all its units while moving.

Repeat the 'D', click on dropship, 'D', click on dropship until all your dropship have been given a click.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
LeCastor
Profile Joined July 2010
France234 Posts
March 14 2011 07:03 GMT
#855
On March 14 2011 11:14 closey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 00:20 LeCastor wrote:
What finger do pros use to press ctrl for setting a control group ?


Their pinky(little finger) of course



Thank you, but it's not that obvious !
I saw zacard use his thumb, while nada and boxer use the phalanx of their pinky.
valheru
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia966 Posts
March 14 2011 07:09 GMT
#856
On March 14 2011 16:03 LeCastor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 11:14 closey wrote:
On March 14 2011 00:20 LeCastor wrote:
What finger do pros use to press ctrl for setting a control group ?


Their pinky(little finger) of course



Thank you, but it's not that obvious !
I saw zacard use his thumb, while nada and boxer use the phalanx of their pinky.

I think you mean ''falange'' (I think that's how you spell it). A Phalanx is an ancient army formation of spearmen.
I reject your reality and substitute my own
Axeinst
Profile Joined March 2011
Belize281 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 09:08:54
March 14 2011 09:08 GMT
#857
On March 14 2011 11:14 closey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 03:47 Axeinst wrote:
Why exactly zerg needs more expansion than other races?

If zerg units are cheaper, why they need more money? I know they are no cost effective but if they are really cheeper than terran/protoss units, then they should not need more money and thus not more bases.

They need larva, i know that, but why they just dont build them inside existing base?


They don't need 1 more base. See lalush's analysis on macro for more information.

No. It doesnt say that zerg dont need more bases than other races. And besides that, it revolves only around mineral income. Zerg just needs gas so much.


After 3 third base, zerg expands purely because of gas.
JMC4
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States261 Posts
March 14 2011 20:11 GMT
#858
I've seen many higher level terrans do this with their dropships. What they do is fly over an area that they are going to drop on and they begin droping one troop after another as the medivac is still flying. How do they do that?
Diamond Protoss ~
Mythito
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada230 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 20:14:09
March 14 2011 20:12 GMT
#859
On March 14 2011 16:09 valheru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 16:03 LeCastor wrote:
On March 14 2011 11:14 closey wrote:
On March 14 2011 00:20 LeCastor wrote:
What finger do pros use to press ctrl for setting a control group ?


Their pinky(little finger) of course



Thank you, but it's not that obvious !
I saw zacard use his thumb, while nada and boxer use the phalanx of their pinky.

I think you mean ''falange'' (I think that's how you spell it). A Phalanx is an ancient army formation of spearmen.


phalanx is actually correct. you're thinking phalanges which is just more than one phalanx. but you're right that it is *also* a formation of soldiers with interlocking shields...

back to the point, this post made my frickin' day. i had NEVER thought to use that part of my pinky and i've always hated using the pad of my pinky so i used to use my thumb. definitely gonna try out that pinky knuckle now



...
On March 15 2011 05:11 JMC4 wrote:
I've seen many higher level terrans do this with their dropships. What they do is fly over an area that they are going to drop on and they begin droping one troop after another as the medivac is still flying. How do they do that?


not only has that been answered six times this thread, but one of those six was four posts above yours
Did everything just taste purple for a second?
JMC4
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States261 Posts
March 14 2011 20:16 GMT
#860
Well sorry I did not read through the thing for it figuring that I would not find the answer
Diamond Protoss ~
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