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DarkArchon01
Profile Joined January 2011
1 Post
January 28 2011 04:00 GMT
#101
If I scout a zerg player about to zergling rush me what do I do?
(by the way I'm a protoss player)
sas911
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada113 Posts
January 28 2011 07:32 GMT
#102
On January 28 2011 13:00 DarkArchon01 wrote:
If I scout a zerg player about to zergling rush me what do I do?
(by the way I'm a protoss player)

Get two gateways, screw gas. Make zealots using chrono boost.
Imalengrat
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia365 Posts
January 28 2011 07:45 GMT
#103
On January 28 2011 13:00 DarkArchon01 wrote:
If I scout a zerg player about to zergling rush me what do I do?
(by the way I'm a protoss player)


If u have the correct walling (1 zealot on hold postition gap) u should be fine to be able to continue with your normal build. Only if it a 6 or 7 pool should u start thinking about a second gateway. After the gap is filled with 1 zealot you will be fine
Mass Motherships Counters Almost everything
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
January 28 2011 11:23 GMT
#104
On January 28 2011 11:00 xjoehammerx wrote:
When fighting muta/ling/bling/roach as Terran do tanks autoprioritize banelings?


No, all combat units have the same attack target priority.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Attack_Target_Priority
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
iplayalot
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2 Posts
January 28 2011 14:16 GMT
#105
is there a way to bind units to letters? i'd like to have all of my queens bound to the letter W, is this possible?
Lysenko
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Iceland2128 Posts
January 28 2011 20:39 GMT
#106
Are there any high-level Zerg players you can recommend who frequently use overlord drop harass aggressively, particularly a more general style than the baneling drops that FruitDealer popularized?

(I'm interested in looking up some replays to study and would like to see a few players' approaches.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism
Dizz
Profile Joined November 2010
United States17 Posts
January 28 2011 21:04 GMT
#107
When talking over in-game voice chat in the pre-game loading screen, can the other team hear you or just your own party/team?
thirdworld
Profile Joined August 2010
United States8 Posts
January 28 2011 21:46 GMT
#108
As a terran player, what should I look for to see if protoss is 4-gating me? After the stalker comes out, my SCV scout has to leave and scan can be very hit or miss.
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
January 28 2011 23:26 GMT
#109
On January 29 2011 06:46 thirdworld wrote:
As a terran player, what should I look for to see if protoss is 4-gating me? After the stalker comes out, my SCV scout has to leave and scan can be very hit or miss.


1. Watch his chrono boosts while you're in his base. If he chrono boosts his nexus, more likely he's looking to expand. If he chrono boosts his gateway more than once, he's trying to get your scout out asap in order to tech or he's going to try to fast expand. If he's saving chrono boosts and then uses them back-to-back on his cybernetics core, you're probably getting 4 gated.

2. Pay attention to his scouting probe and any other probes that leave his base. Someone who's 4 gating is going to try really hard to place proxy pylons on the map. Don't let this happen.

3. Check his buildings with your scv. If he gets both geysers while you're in his base, it probably isn't a 4 gate. Most 4 gate players add 3 gates at the same time after their stalker kills your scv so if you see a second gateway, you're less likely to be 4 gated (probably a safe expo build).

4. If you can work it into your build, jump a reaper into his base a bit after 5 minutes to find gateways. More reliable than scan, cheaper than wasting a mule, and you can wreck his probes if you get lucky.

When in doubt, make 2 bunkers at the top of your ramp and always build your cc in your main and float it down.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
Spiffaz
Profile Joined December 2010
51 Posts
January 29 2011 03:02 GMT
#110
Do most good players use the Grid hotkey setup instead of the default setup? Why or why not?
Thanks.
Vinceisg0d
Profile Joined October 2010
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-29 07:39:30
January 29 2011 07:30 GMT
#111
One thing that has been bothering me about GSL games, and pros in general, is the ridiculous amount of idle workers they have.

It seems like all throughout every game there are idle workers, and this is only what the observer happens to go by.

For example in game 3 of the GSL finals MVP had two or three SCVs just sitting around after building barracks, who knows how long they were there. Then, at his natural he had another idle SCV at the natural, and when they went back to it a minute later he was still there.

What gives with this? How is the 'best terran in the world' having so many idle SCVs? Again, it's not only him, it's been all over the GSL.
Isaac
Profile Joined August 2010
United States810 Posts
January 29 2011 09:38 GMT
#112
How can I tell if a player is on one base? It seems like 5ish Production Facilities is about right for a 2baser terran, but I felt like he had an expansion. i patroled around the map, and it turns out he is still on one base...20mins into the game. Never the less, I won - but I am wondering if there are any alternatives outside of scouting every single expansion area.
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TheRealzz
Profile Joined November 2010
150 Posts
January 29 2011 10:03 GMT
#113
OK suggestion to the thread here; you make this a simple questions and answers thread yet ....

Not all questions are being answered ?
Hence why most people will be like ok im going to create a thread after they decide that their search did not provide enough hits....

Just saying that your main idea for this thread is fast coming undone is how i feel; anyone else ?
One-base play is aggression ?
vahgar.r24
Profile Joined October 2010
India465 Posts
January 29 2011 17:24 GMT
#114
1. What is the optimal number of racks that can be supported by a 2 base for terran whereby there is always units being produced in every rax assuming I have saturated both my bases.

2. When I get scvs along with my army as I move out, what is the command to be given to scvs? If I group them in my main army group, they attack enemy and die. If I right click on a tank, they will heal only that tank, leaving other tech.

Somethings are just worth fighting for
Natt
Profile Joined August 2010
France253 Posts
January 29 2011 20:51 GMT
#115
On January 29 2011 19:03 TheRealzz wrote:
OK suggestion to the thread here; you make this a simple questions and answers thread yet ....

Not all questions are being answered ?
Hence why most people will be like ok im going to create a thread after they decide that their search did not provide enough hits....

Just saying that your main idea for this thread is fast coming undone is how i feel; anyone else ?


People cant look back at the whole thread to find one single unanswered question..
Just ask again.
Natt
Profile Joined August 2010
France253 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-29 20:55:34
January 29 2011 20:54 GMT
#116
On January 29 2011 16:30 Vinceisg0d wrote:
One thing that has been bothering me about GSL games, and pros in general, is the ridiculous amount of idle workers they have.

It seems like all throughout every game there are idle workers, and this is only what the observer happens to go by.

For example in game 3 of the GSL finals MVP had two or three SCVs just sitting around after building barracks, who knows how long they were there. Then, at his natural he had another idle SCV at the natural, and when they went back to it a minute later he was still there.

What gives with this? How is the 'best terran in the world' having so many idle SCVs? Again, it's not only him, it's been all over the GSL.


If you go through progamers replays, you'll be horrified by the numbers of mistakes they make. But they compensate by huge skills in other area, like game sense for exemple. This game is still new, even pros have huge room to improve.

Edit : Grammar.
mikeszhang
Profile Joined December 2010
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-30 00:33:05
January 30 2011 00:16 GMT
#117
On January 28 2011 11:03 BossPlaya wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2011 08:20 Kaitlin wrote:
On January 28 2011 05:30 BossPlaya wrote:
Why is it that when I win a 4v4 game I get 30 points and when I win a 1v1 game I only get 2 points? I'm bronze for both, about same ranking, same bonus pool. I was slightly favored for the last 1v1 and the other team was slightly favored for the 4v4 but a 28pt differential is kind of ridiculous.


When you beat people who are favored over you in 1v1, you will get comparable points to what you are getting in your 4v4s now.


It makes me not want to play 1v1 when I get minimal points for my effort.


Why did you buy the game ? To play and have fun or to earn the most ladder points per unit of time spent ?


I've beaten favored opponents and never earned 30pts for a single 1v1 match. I think 21 may have been my record high.

And I bought the game because I had been waiting over a decade for its release. I ladder to earn the most points possible and +1pt for ~every 10mins played is kind of a turnoff as far as my 1v1 endeavors are concerned.


I believe it is because you have lost games while at 0 points. I have a friend similar to you who has played about 140 games but has stayed at 0 points for almost all of them, so when he is supposed to lose 15-4 points he loses none. This makes sense to compensate for the points that you should have lost. Eventually the number of points you win should go back up to at least 4, up to like 32 (depending on your bonus pool and whether or not you were favored)
For the point difference, I believe it depends on whether they were favored or slightly favored, and how long the game lasted. I am led to believe this because several days (or weeks, sense of time is bad) ago, I read about a scandal that a player was doing which was to leave the game instantly so that the winner gains a lot of points and he loses very few. I am not sure whether the game length effects your point gain/loss though.
Edit: Added the second paragraph
Fist
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands235 Posts
January 30 2011 09:47 GMT
#118
Lets say i have 20 stalkers, and i focus fire a corrupter, which for example only needs 10 stalker shots. Will the other 10 stalker shots be wasted? In other words, is focus firing with your whole army a bad thing?
Have you ever realized just how insignificant your existence on this planet really is?
Natt
Profile Joined August 2010
France253 Posts
January 30 2011 10:18 GMT
#119
On January 30 2011 18:47 Fist wrote:
Lets say i have 20 stalkers, and i focus fire a corrupter, which for example only needs 10 stalker shots. Will the other 10 stalker shots be wasted? In other words, is focus firing with your whole army a bad thing?


Yes its called overkill. Same goes for Vikings vs Mutas, corru vs collo, in fact everything that has a low fire rate.
ForlornGhost
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom2 Posts
January 30 2011 11:26 GMT
#120
Hello, i am new to terran and wish to play SC2 more intensely. On what food should i begin a fast expand (building my 2nd command centre). Also should i make 1 SVC per cycle of T1/2 units?

I have always been very confused about the term always make SVC's

And lastly if i tech up early what is a good steady 2nd refinery food count to begin building?

Sorry if these are silly questions
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