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Magpie842
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom28 Posts
March 27 2013 17:00 GMT
#15161
Valentinstarcraft2: thanks for the prompt response. I guess it's really no different from muleing a field of mineral patches, except that the mineral patches are moving and can be redirected. Just key-click-key-click etc.

Time to master it =).
mvdunecats
Profile Joined December 2011
United States102 Posts
March 27 2013 17:02 GMT
#15162
Assuming it's a game of TvT in HotS, and that it's a map that's big enough that I'm not going to be able to scout that my opponent opened 8-8-8 until it's probably too late to adjust specifically to it, what's the safest opening I can go? Do I just need to go 8-8-8 myself?
xgtx
Profile Joined February 2009
227 Posts
March 27 2013 17:34 GMT
#15163
I got owned twice by diamonds who were playing DT rush against me ( terran ) . They already were in front of my expo in 7th minute. How the hell do people counter that? It means I have to build ebay early already at 6th at max and then instant build a turret in front of my lane, but no pro ever does that. Yes I scan enemy base for seeing if he has a dark shrine, but you wont always see it.
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8232 Posts
March 27 2013 17:42 GMT
#15164
On March 28 2013 02:34 xgtx wrote:
I got owned twice by diamonds who were playing DT rush against me ( terran ) . They already were in front of my expo in 7th minute. How the hell do people counter that? It means I have to build ebay early already at 6th at max and then instant build a turret in front of my lane, but no pro ever does that. Yes I scan enemy base for seeing if he has a dark shrine, but you wont always see it.


Its not just scouting what he has, but also scouting what he doesn't have. If you spot him on a single base, without expo, without a proper army, and without any kind of tech, you need to put two and two togheter and get ready for something. Start saving up a couple of scans, and plop down an engineering bay. Yes, in a macro game that wouldn't be ideal, but remember that you've already scouted that he's behind on everything, so investing into being safe is the correct choice.
anmolsinghmzn2009
Profile Joined June 2011
India1783 Posts
March 27 2013 18:25 GMT
#15165
Is there a way to increase the size of the minimap on the hud?
Dunk first. Ask questions while dunking.
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8232 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-27 18:33:40
March 27 2013 18:33 GMT
#15166
On March 28 2013 03:25 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote:
Is there a way to increase the size of the minimap on the hud?

Yes. Legally? No. Altering the hud will get you banned rather quickly I'm afraid.

If you're really desperate, I guess you could use a recording program to record your minimap, and put it on a window thats "always on", and just place it over where the old minimap is. I don't know the technicalities on how to do that thought. not to mention you wont be able to click on it.
TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-27 19:14:17
March 27 2013 19:09 GMT
#15167
On March 28 2013 02:34 xgtx wrote:
I got owned twice by diamonds who were playing DT rush against me ( terran ) . They already were in front of my expo in 7th minute. How the hell do people counter that? It means I have to build ebay early already at 6th at max and then instant build a turret in front of my lane, but no pro ever does that. Yes I scan enemy base for seeing if he has a dark shrine, but you wont always see it.

You have to 6:30 scan them. Don't forget to note the pylon positioning with your first scv scout so you can hit a good scan. If you don't see a robo, stargates or enough gates to think you're being all innned, it could be dts. Try pushing with your marines once you get 4-6. Don't go too far. Just enough to see if you're being pinned with a staker. You can usually sneak a marine out to look for proxy pylons.
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
HerbMac
Profile Joined April 2012
Wales19 Posts
March 27 2013 20:32 GMT
#15168
What's the absolute fastest time I can max as Terran?
zombywafflez
Profile Joined October 2012
United States7 Posts
March 27 2013 22:25 GMT
#15169
In HOTS TvT what is the best way to deal with reapers when I have gone gas first?
"We DA Best"
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
March 28 2013 05:40 GMT
#15170
On March 28 2013 07:25 zombywafflez wrote:
In HOTS TvT what is the best way to deal with reapers when I have gone gas first?


Honestly reapers don't do that much anymore, if you get 2 marines out you can deal with a reaper as long as the map isn't too reaper friendly.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Asarha
Profile Joined January 2012
France71 Posts
March 28 2013 13:06 GMT
#15171
In a TvT, How deal with a 2rax reaper pressure ? (assuming it's a 12rax, 12gaz, 14rax)
I always loose to them when I didn't do the same build, and always win when I did them.
http://isday9dead.com/
Meatloaf
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Spain664 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-28 17:01:03
March 28 2013 17:00 GMT
#15172
I'm a platinum player (recently promoted from gold to plat for the first time since WOL launch YAY!!!) and I'm actually in the bottom half of my division.

Yesterday I lost like 8 games in a row , won 1 and then lost 4 more , even after this today I got matched against 2 Diamond players (of 3 matches played)

I have like 70 games total in HotS , shouldnt my MMR had stabilized or look for players around my division and standings by now? I want to get reasonable opponents so badly lol.
Apocalyptic.
Profile Joined March 2013
Germany1 Post
March 28 2013 17:38 GMT
#15173
On March 29 2013 02:00 Meatloaf wrote:
I'm a platinum player (recently promoted from gold to plat for the first time since WOL launch YAY!!!) and I'm actually in the bottom half of my division.

Yesterday I lost like 8 games in a row , won 1 and then lost 4 more , even after this today I got matched against 2 Diamond players (of 3 matches played)

I have like 70 games total in HotS , shouldnt my MMR had stabilized or look for players around my division and standings by now? I want to get reasonable opponents so badly lol.



Dont worry, it´s just a matter of time and your MMR will stabilize and you´ll get the players you need.
SteveNick
Profile Joined November 2008
United States304 Posts
March 28 2013 21:59 GMT
#15174
Okay, I have a question about a weird variance I've seen in PvZ FFE.

Why do some players rally out their 8th probe to go plant the pylon, but other players send their probe later and end up putting down a slightly late pylon. I've seen both methods from high level replays and games, and I would assume that rallying out the 8th is best since your pylon goes down at 100 minerals instead of being delayed. However, I see a lot of high leveled players delaying this pylon until around 120-150 minerals for reasons that I can't understand. Are these high level players just making a mistake, or is there a valid reason that they're getting a late pylon?
It's all fun and games until somebody gets 4gated.
Rankith
Profile Joined August 2010
United States78 Posts
March 29 2013 03:44 GMT
#15175
So Im having trouble getting myself to remember to look at my pop cap, look at my production and look at the minimap (CAP, TAP, MAP I think). I've been actively trying to remember the last ~20 games but I have large patches where I forget, and some games I forget at some point and dont ever remember until its over.

So... anyone got an audi/video that simply says CAP, TAP, MAP every x seconds or something, id like to play a few games with something like that to see if I can get it through my skull.
TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
March 29 2013 04:15 GMT
#15176
On March 29 2013 12:44 Rankith wrote:
So Im having trouble getting myself to remember to look at my pop cap, look at my production and look at the minimap (CAP, TAP, MAP I think). I've been actively trying to remember the last ~20 games but I have large patches where I forget, and some games I forget at some point and dont ever remember until its over.

So... anyone got an audi/video that simply says CAP, TAP, MAP every x seconds or something, id like to play a few games with something like that to see if I can get it through my skull.

haha same problem. Let me know if you find a solution. I think talking while you play is a good idea.
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
K3Nyy
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1961 Posts
March 29 2013 04:42 GMT
#15177
Has anyone noticed an increase in spikes per min and lower fps with hots?

My fps drops to 15~ at 150 food and it's unplayable when I'm maxed. Haven't played much but around 6 months ago, I was completely fine lategame. =l
ApacheIIS
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia3 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-29 06:08:34
March 29 2013 05:31 GMT
#15178
I dealt with a terran today that turtled in his base with siege tanks, turrets, mines, vikings, and a few marines/bunkers. What is the best way to handle this and to end the game as quickly as possible as a terran player? I had a match that went for over an hour today trying to deal with this as I just couldn't get in. I ended up containing him but it just went on too long.

http://drop.sc/315216 (I'm only silver)

Edit: Sorry I should have put this in the terran strategy thread? Bad first post on the site
AdrenalinGT
Profile Joined March 2013
6 Posts
March 29 2013 09:16 GMT
#15179
On March 29 2013 14:31 ApacheIIS wrote:
I dealt with a terran today that turtled in his base with siege tanks, turrets, mines, vikings, and a few marines/bunkers. What is the best way to handle this and to end the game as quickly as possible as a terran player? I had a match that went for over an hour today trying to deal with this as I just couldn't get in. I ended up containing him but it just went on too long.

http://drop.sc/315216 (I'm only silver)

Edit: Sorry I should have put this in the terran strategy thread? Bad first post on the site


DAT FEEL. when you ling bane roach all in a toss and then they sit at their ramp with 6 centries......................
and you get trolled for another 30 minutes.
you did the right thing in that you expanded and took the whole map. but you should have gone for more beefy units. you could have thrown down like 50 rax and 50 tech labs and just thrown marauders at him and you had the right idea with the battle cruisers but you only made a few. you should have traded marines, and popped out a lot more battle cruisers. you were a mostly marine army, vs siege tanks, mines, and banshees. you really could have done whatever you wanted. that was your only mistake, making lots of marines and losing a few drops. Its always better to just take the map and add on a lot more tech buildinds, get upgrades, its boring as hell but if you get too impatient and lose your whole army, he can counter and then youll REALLY feel dumb. youll learn later when your THAT far ahead, you really can just rally beefy units in and roll him over. but i would suggest just keep doing what your doing and dont take chances till you fully understand how to break a turtling player.
AdrenalinGT
Profile Joined March 2013
6 Posts
March 29 2013 09:23 GMT
#15180
On March 29 2013 12:44 Rankith wrote:
So Im having trouble getting myself to remember to look at my pop cap, look at my production and look at the minimap (CAP, TAP, MAP I think). I've been actively trying to remember the last ~20 games but I have large patches where I forget, and some games I forget at some point and dont ever remember until its over.

So... anyone got an audi/video that simply says CAP, TAP, MAP every x seconds or something, id like to play a few games with something like that to see if I can get it through my skull.


any timer will do. just set it to go off every x seconds. you dont actually need something saying cap,tap,map. you just need a noise to go off. everytime it goes off, youll remember what its for. so any alarm or timer type of thing that can be set to ring every x seconds will do.
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