EPTOn May 14 2012 05:55 NrGmonk wrote:
PvP: Squirtle, Oz, Huk are all considered fairly good at this matchup, Squirtle especially.
PvP: Squirtle, Oz, Huk are all considered fairly good at this matchup, Squirtle especially.
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tuestresfat
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TheExodus
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Altercate
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
On May 14 2012 23:08 Altercate wrote: Hi! I play Terran and I have a question about Zerg. Do Z players generally (almost always?) get lair/hive in their main? If I scan the Z main and see no lair going down, how confident should I feel in my assessment that there is no lair? And what about tech buildings like spire and baneling nest, do Z players prefer to build those in main to keep them safe? It really depends on the map, the individual Zerg and how you've played up to that point. Some Zerg players will always get their Lair in their natural as their army will generally be around there and if gives their natural more health (if they lose that base they've probably lost anyway). Generally most Zerg plays though will get their Lair in their main. As to Baneling Nest and Spire there's almost no way to be sure other than scouting everywhere as their is no universal location. A lot of Zergs will tuck their Spire away somewhere, which is quite often in the natural, or behind their main or something, but there is never going to be one place you can scan and be sure. If you're the kind of player who will have a viking out for killing Overlords though, it can be a great way to scout to be sure, or a flying building pre-muta will tend to last long enough to find something if it's there. You could also just be aggressive with Hellions or drop play or a Banshee (maybe even a Raven for preventing creep after initial harass?) or something depending on your play which will also allow you to see what's going on whilst getting something else done. I guess my point is you're not always or even usually going to be able to scan and know what you need to know, but there are other options. | ||
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lamehater
Sweden100 Posts
On May 14 2012 23:08 Altercate wrote: Hi! I play Terran and I have a question about Zerg. Do Z players generally (almost always?) get lair/hive in their main? If I scan the Z main and see no lair going down, how confident should I feel in my assessment that there is no lair? And what about tech buildings like spire and baneling nest, do Z players prefer to build those in main to keep them safe? I'd say that most Zerg players put their lair/hive in their main. I almost always get my lair and hive in my main, but I sometimes go for the natural as well. Generally, you can be fairly certain that there is no lair, but you should never assume anything. When it comes to the spire, I almost never put it in my main. The spire, 95% of the times, goes in my natural. The other 5% of the time I try to hide it somewhere in my main. | ||
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TheExodus
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tuestresfat
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On May 15 2012 02:06 TheExodus wrote: Is it possible to do MCs FE with scouting earlier than gateway and still do it cleanly? I would like to be able to scout on 11 but i don't seem able to without a tiny delay of something... Edit: changed "rax" to gateway you're scouting on 11 instead of 13, so obviously you'll be a little short on minerals. It sounds extremely negligable though, I'm not sure what kind of an answer you're looking for. Considering how long MC's 1gate FE cuts probes for I really doubt it matters. No idea why anyone still uses MC's 1gate FE, it's so overly safe (maybe close spawn metal, but that's it). If stim was 30s faster, reaper build time wasn't nerf, rax didn't require depot, and rax was 5s faster then yea it's a really good build but now it's just unnecessary. | ||
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TheExodus
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On May 15 2012 03:20 tuestresfat wrote: you're scouting on 11 instead of 13, so obviously you'll be a little short on minerals. It sounds extremely negligable though, I'm not sure what kind of an answer you're looking for. Considering how long MC's 1gate FE cuts probes for I really doubt it matters. No idea why anyone still uses MC's 1gate FE, it's so overly safe (maybe close spawn metal, but that's it). If stim was 30s faster, reaper build time wasn't nerf, rax didn't require depot, and rax was 5s faster then yea it's a really good build but now it's just unnecessary. Because I get cheesed ALL THE TIME and I'm in bronze. Edit: Oh, and the answer I was looking for was like "Yes it's possible if you're very careful with your probe stacking" or "No sorry, not possible". | ||
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pedromundo
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K3Nyy
United States1961 Posts
On May 15 2012 04:34 pedromundo wrote: Question: Right now, would it be wise/useful to make 2 extra queens for a nice creep spread and early defense as soon as we start floating on those extra minerals with two saturated bases? Yes, many pros make 4 queens for creep spread and denying/help denying aggression before taking gas in ZvT. That opening isn't really optimal in ZvP and ZvZ though. | ||
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DeadlyNightShade
Chile43 Posts
2hatchs2queens is enough or should i add a macro hatch for this purpose? | ||
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Snoodles
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What are proper protoss openers for someone that already knows about making workers and supply? All the guides to FFE just stop after Forge-> Gateway. What's next? Also, as a terran player im tempted to just make zealots and stalkers and be aggressive, but a few custom games have taught me i cant do that. What's the proper role of the sentry? How many do I make, when do i need shield and when do i need forcefield, etc? I look forward to A-moving to victory once i figure out how to survive the early game. | ||
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Opeasy
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On May 15 2012 10:50 Opeasy wrote: I got a question for any korean out there. I am watching GSL off the record, and they are telling me the pro's blood type. Does people in Korea care about blood types, and are some better than others? I can't really see any reason they find this to be an interesting fact... Would make sense, if he was fighting with lions while he played and would need some blood after the game, but he's not. I'm not korean, so someone might have to correct me, but as far as I'm aware it's a bit like someones star sign, they link certain personality traits to blood types but not in a way like "oh you have the bad blood type" or you have a "good blood type" but just vague traits that could basically apply to anyone. There's a list over here: http://www.korea4expats.com/article-blood-types.html | ||
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ZeroTalent
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tuestresfat
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On May 15 2012 03:35 TheExodus wrote: Because I get cheesed ALL THE TIME and I'm in bronze. Edit: Oh, and the answer I was looking for was like "Yes it's possible if you're very careful with your probe stacking" or "No sorry, not possible". Yes it is possible, albeit extremely difficult with bronze level mechanics. If you're having trouble with cheese you'll have an easier time opening 2gate robo. | ||
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On May 15 2012 11:17 ZeroTalent wrote: What is the current range of Ghost EMP, Snipe, and HT Feedback? Liquipedia says that EMP & Snipe are both 10, while snipe is 9. But I swear that I've heard casters say Feedback outranges EMP ... The ranges listed on LP are accurate, feedback is 9, EMP and Snipe both 10. The only thing that has changed in that regard is that EMP's radius was reduced but it still out-ranges feedback. I've only ever heard casters say the opposite, that snipe outranges feedback, you should aim to never get your ghosts hit by feedback if you can help it. | ||
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Complete
United States1864 Posts
They're foregoing scouting completely and doing some variation of pylon,gateway,nexus,pylon,zealot,assimilator,core. Basically a FFE without the forge or cannon. I'd love if his opening was somehow viable as a standard but I'm relatively certain it's not going to work well vs a 6-11 pool in to mass lings. I was wondering if anybody has experimented with it or seen it a ton on streams and could share! | ||
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DeadlyNightShade
Chile43 Posts
On May 15 2012 10:44 Snoodles wrote: I want to switch from Terran to protoss, but the learner builds in the recommended threads dont make sense to me as I never see any pros use them. For example, the PvZ "safe" build says 3 sentry expand, but every pvz ive seen is FFE, I've never seen a 3 sentry play. Also the only recommended safe build for protoss counts on you being 4gated(3 stalkers), so what do you if you're not 4gated? That is mostly outdated info. If i were you i'll watch streams or reps to learn about the current metgame and start from there. | ||
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tuestresfat
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On May 15 2012 12:27 Complete wrote: I've been watching a few protoss streams for a few days and I've noticed quite a few of them experimenting with an interesting PvZ opening They're foregoing scouting completely and doing some variation of pylon,gateway,nexus,pylon,zealot,assimilator,core. Basically a FFE without the forge or cannon. I'd love if his opening was somehow viable as a standard but I'm relatively certain it's not going to work well vs a 6-11 pool in to mass lings. I was wondering if anybody has experimented with it or seen it a ton on streams and could share! could you please link vods or at least say whose stream you were watching? | ||
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