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Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
December 20 2011 10:14 GMT
#9941
On December 20 2011 18:07 cleecks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 20 2011 17:40 Joedaddy wrote:
I want to know how many bonus points accumulated in Season 4. Where can I find this information?

I don't know of any fast ways, here's one way though: load up the game and check the profile of a guy in your league with 0 wins, he should have a full bonus pool..


That was a really really good idea, thanks <3 It looks like 365 is the bonus pool total in diamond??? I'm confused because I thought Excalibur_Z posted on bnet that it was up to 616 the other day?
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
cleecks
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands109 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 10:26:48
December 20 2011 10:17 GMT
#9942
That is weird, 365 points does seem to be too low.. It might be right though, I can't try from here. You sure you checked it in-game? Looking it up on battle.net for some reason gives really weird results for bonus pool.

Edit: Excalibur_Z spent a lot of time looking at the ladder as a whole, so I guess you could just follow by what he said, as long as he was on about the same league; I remember reading that master league gets a lot more bonus pool than the lower leagues.
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-20 10:39:15
December 20 2011 10:38 GMT
#9943
On December 20 2011 19:17 cleecks wrote:
That is weird, 365 points does seem to be too low.. It might be right though, I can't try from here. You sure you checked it in-game? Looking it up on battle.net for some reason gives really weird results for bonus pool.

Edit: Excalibur_Z spent a lot of time looking at the ladder as a whole, so I guess you could just follow by what he said, as long as he was on about the same league; I remember reading that master league gets a lot more bonus pool than the lower leagues.


Yeah, I just read a few mins ago that master's gets ~90 bonus points/week and lower leagues only get ~52 iirc. I guess that could be it but it does seem quite low for a season total.

Edit: Yes, I checked it in game off a guy who had 0 wins in my division.
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
cleecks
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands109 Posts
December 20 2011 10:42 GMT
#9944
Just checked, season 4 took around 7 weeks (excluding ladder lock). Which would come down to somewhere around 52*7=364 points, so I guess it's correct after all! :p

Seasons are just so short now, I guess that's why it feels like it's too low.
Copedown
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom7 Posts
December 20 2011 16:47 GMT
#9945
I really have trouble cuontering Banelings early in game as a Terran player. Can you tell me what you unit composition should I go for? Its mostly speedlings with banelings.
coriamon
Profile Joined August 2011
244 Posts
December 20 2011 18:13 GMT
#9946
On December 20 2011 18:41 AmericanUmlaut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 20 2011 11:33 coriamon wrote:
On December 20 2011 09:22 tehemperorer wrote:
Here are two really simple questions:
1) What is the timing to check on ST for close air spawn Overlord?
2) What is the timing to check on Metal for close air spawn Overlord? I assume it's about 15 seconds later or so.
Followup Question: Is there any situation a good zerg would not send his 1st OL that way?

1:30
1:40
Not really.

This is wrong. Please do not post answers in this thread if you do not know that they are correct.

I send a Probe to check for an OL at just after 1:00 on both maps. If they send the Overlord straight at you, you'll see it. 1:05, as others have posted, is fine, but the closer you can shave the timing, the faster you can redirect your scouting Probe, which might save your ass against an early pool.

A good Zerg might not send his first OL straight at you to deny you the early information about his spawning location. I've seen Zergs loop their OLs around a bit so that they aren't as easy to see coming.


I check for it at these times always, and I always see it pulling back... I guess it can be done earlier. I apologize.
HardCorey
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States709 Posts
December 20 2011 18:41 GMT
#9947
On December 21 2011 01:47 Copedown wrote:
I really have trouble cuontering Banelings early in game as a Terran player. Can you tell me what you unit composition should I go for? Its mostly speedlings with banelings.


Before you have tanks out banelings can be hard to deal with. You can mix in marauders to absorb baneling hits if youre trying to do a big early push but otherwise you will need tanks to be directly aggressive. Try dropping with marines or hellion harass if they are staying on pure ling/bling. You can be pretty safe behind a wall as long as all your marines aren't clumped in one spot.
Don't Worry, Be Happy.
IamNatural
Profile Joined November 2011
64 Posts
December 20 2011 19:09 GMT
#9948
As a left handed player, playing Standard for lefties. How do I select all idile workers (not it is not ctrl f1).

Thanks
Stoffelhase
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany162 Posts
December 20 2011 19:35 GMT
#9949
can you locate a nuke with pressing space? i dont think so, but i heard people saying this
dschneid
Profile Joined March 2011
United States101 Posts
December 20 2011 21:09 GMT
#9950
does placement match count towards MMR, thanks
Stoffelhase
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany162 Posts
December 20 2011 21:33 GMT
#9951
On December 21 2011 06:09 dschneid wrote:
does placement match count towards MMR, thanks

pretty sure it does
HardMacro
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada361 Posts
December 21 2011 00:08 GMT
#9952
On December 21 2011 04:09 IamNatural wrote:
As a left handed player, playing Standard for lefties. How do I select all idile workers (not it is not ctrl f1).

Thanks


Holy shit thanks for the tip!

You're probably out of luck though, it's not so bad moving your right hand to the left side of the keyboard I would imagine, because I did the same thing in the opposite direction for Broodwar, where my left thumb would hit Rctrl, left middle finger would hit "0" (for nexus) and left index would hit "p" (for probes, you can't change hotkeys in BW). You can do the same with right thumb on Lctrl and middle/index finger on F1, it's not so bad once you get used to it

On December 21 2011 04:35 Stoffelhase wrote:
can you locate a nuke with pressing space? i dont think so, but i heard people saying this


No.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ saving this here because I use it, don't know how to make it, and don't know it's name
Kevan
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden2303 Posts
December 21 2011 00:37 GMT
#9953
What are the strengths and weaknesses with FE/Macro builds that involve pheonixes vs Terran?

I know that players like MC and Hero have used them but can't find any replays...
SC2, rip in pepperinos
Heraklitus
Profile Joined September 2010
United States553 Posts
December 21 2011 01:33 GMT
#9954
Should I cancel my 15 hatch if I detect a proxy two rax ZvT? It seems tough, but perhaps I just need to micro my drones better.
Getstarcrafttwo
Profile Joined August 2011
19 Posts
December 21 2011 02:07 GMT
#9955
anyone have any thoughts on the new maps and its impact on ZvX?
whereismymind
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom717 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-21 02:58:34
December 21 2011 02:56 GMT
#9956
PvZ.. how do you fight MASS MASS mutalisk.. I knew he is going 2 base (into secret third and forth later) mutalisk, so I opted to HT and blink stalkers, took third before he came.. I knew he is massing mutas though(had observer above them in his base).

My question:
How do you position your army against mass mutalisk? 2 hts per mineral line, and blink with stalkers near? I mean mutalisk is really fast, they can move from one base to another in seconds, stalker blink are just to slow.. he can melt your probes in 1s with 30 mutalisks..

What do you do if he comes with mass muta under your mineral line, you can't just storm.. Do you pull your workers away and than storm or how? Have some stalkers in every mineral(it's just waste versus 30 mutas tbh).. Any tips how to fight this?
one day.. i'll lose my mind
MooSlapper
Profile Joined November 2011
United States113 Posts
December 21 2011 04:12 GMT
#9957
ZERG QUESTION

I put all my hatches on one control group.

If I build all drones, they go tot he right place. If I build all units, they go to correct place.

If I build Drones AND units, SOMETIMES the drones will rally to the place my military units are going.

Why is this? Why are my drones not going to the minerals when I am building units simultaniously? I Often check after and see the rally points are at the right place. Am I tweaking out?
MooSlap OP
RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
December 21 2011 04:14 GMT
#9958
On December 21 2011 11:56 whereismymind wrote:
PvZ.. how do you fight MASS MASS mutalisk.. I knew he is going 2 base (into secret third and forth later) mutalisk, so I opted to HT and blink stalkers, took third before he came.. I knew he is massing mutas though(had observer above them in his base).

My question:
How do you position your army against mass mutalisk? 2 hts per mineral line, and blink with stalkers near? I mean mutalisk is really fast, they can move from one base to another in seconds, stalker blink are just to slow.. he can melt your probes in 1s with 30 mutalisks..

What do you do if he comes with mass muta under your mineral line, you can't just storm.. Do you pull your workers away and than storm or how? Have some stalkers in every mineral(it's just waste versus 30 mutas tbh).. Any tips how to fight this?



compLexity Protoss player RSVP made an awesome thread here focusing solely on how to play against Mutas, would definitely recommend checking it out!

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=287788
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. | coL.Ryan | www.twitter.com/coL_RyanR
RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
December 21 2011 04:18 GMT
#9959
On December 21 2011 09:37 Kevan wrote:
What are the strengths and weaknesses with FE/Macro builds that involve pheonixes vs Terran?

I know that players like MC and Hero have used them but can't find any replays...



what I believe to be the strengths are such

1. Economy- Most obvious one, expanding early helps get that economy rolling
2. Scouting- Phoenix's are one of fastest units in game, very good to get in 1-3 early just to peek.
3. Reactionary play- Based off of scouting point, knowing what your opponent has with very fast scout allows you to transition appropriately, instead of blindly going certain tech route

my own perceived weaknesses

1.Risky expansion- Possible to lose early to a simple push
2. Marines- Heavy marine pressure early is very hard to stop if you're Chronoboosting out Phoenix, which is why it's hugely important to scout early to see if you need to get those sentries/gateways out ASAP or if you can slightly delay them for economy
3. lack of detection- in case they get a lucky build order involving cloak. even then, i usually get a forge with 1 cannon in main/nat incase they DO go cloak banshee, your phoenix can rip them to shreds

i'm a big supporter of phoenix FE openings vs T, just HUGE reliance on you scouting your opponent well
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. | coL.Ryan | www.twitter.com/coL_RyanR
McPricE
Profile Joined May 2010
58 Posts
December 21 2011 05:40 GMT
#9960
Ive always had trouble with the 'last alert' hotkey. I feel like every time I hit it when I hear a battle notification it takes me to my base for a finished unit or some shit. This is no bueno. I miss beginnings of surprise engagements. Is this just an issue of me not hitting the hotkey fast enough or something more? fwiw hotkey is pinned to spacebar
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