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ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-09 18:05:16
December 09 2017 18:03 GMT
#17601
On December 01 2017 09:55 umirin wrote:
Hello guys, how can i counter mass cyclone late game as a zerg? i m having problems to beat mech on late game

Mass cyclone isn't very good so mass hydra ling should be enough, and with the low damage high fire rate of cyclones ultras with armor upgrades shouldn't really die.

On December 02 2017 00:45 ALDIKE wrote:
How to counter nydus worm attack while playing terran? (attack was on 5th minute, he had many roaches and 2 queens)

Well scouting it is a plus :p
Things that should alarm you : no third base, a lair, 4 gases.
Make depots to provide vision on the edges of your main base, or have a marine patrol there.

Without scouting it's gonna be tough depending on your opening build so you needed all your scvs and army at the nydus once it popped out. I'm not a fan of focusing the nydus first cause they usually transfuse it but if he had only 2 queens you could probably have killed it.
If you know its roach nydus, tanks and liberators are great defensive tools.
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
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Sundr
Profile Joined November 2017
34 Posts
December 25 2017 00:24 GMT
#17602
1. Why some players dodging matches?
2. Is it theoretically possible to be getting gradually worse and fast than improving from playing?
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8231 Posts
December 25 2017 00:52 GMT
#17603
On December 25 2017 09:24 Sundr wrote:
1. Why some players dodging matches?
2. Is it theoretically possible to be getting gradually worse and fast than improving from playing?


Of course it's possible to get worse. Every time you do something wrong that you don't catch yourself doing it's going to gradually get stored into your reflexes and routine. And once it's in there it takes a whole lot longer to unlearn than just having learned the correct thing to begin with. That's why it's important to review your games after having played them. Also stay focused and sharp. If you start treating games like a chore, you're tired, or simply just bored, it becomes a breeding ground for bad habits.

There could be a variety of reasons people dodge matches, but I suspect many do it because they want to focus on only one spesific matchup at a time and/or they don't want to increase in rank while practicing.
adMachine
Profile Joined February 2013
Australia54 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-27 02:29:03
January 27 2018 02:27 GMT
#17604
Need help... been playing for a year or two i main terran, problem being i need a 3rd control group, i use
1 army ,
2 air /spellcaster,
3 ccs,
4 barracks ,
5 Factory,
6 Starport,
7 for ebays/ armoury and ghost acadamy
i need a 3rd army control group for big engagements, but i just cannot workout what to use(please note i cant just mover my CC hotkey down one to 4 etc) any help is appreciated
Life is a weight, so lift it.
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-27 09:56:15
January 27 2018 09:55 GMT
#17605
On January 27 2018 11:27 adMachine wrote:
Need help... been playing for a year or two i main terran, problem being i need a 3rd control group, i use
1 army ,
2 air /spellcaster,
3 ccs,
4 barracks ,
5 Factory,
6 Starport,
7 for ebays/ armoury and ghost acadamy
i need a 3rd army control group for big engagements, but i just cannot workout what to use(please note i cant just mover my CC hotkey down one to 4 etc) any help is appreciated


You can bind ' (key left of 1) as control group 10 if you don't use that already

If you put your army production on a single control group you can just tab through them to build units, that saves 2 hotkeys but i know some people don't like it

I personally use :
' additional air / spellcaster
1 army
2 air / spellcaster
3 barracks / factories / starports
4 CCs / ebays / armory
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
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lizapendray
Profile Joined January 2018
1 Post
January 31 2018 08:44 GMT
#17606
How to Upgrade My Old Windows in to Windows 10 ?
What is the Cost of Windows 10?
What is the Configuration Required for Windows 10 in Computer?
AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
January 31 2018 17:25 GMT
#17607
This isn't much related to StarCraft 2 strategy as the post location would suggest.

Even though this is quite easily answered by google, you may try asking there is you are really looking for people to answer you directly: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/233916-simple-questions-simple-answers
Mozdk
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark6989 Posts
March 03 2018 19:53 GMT
#17608
How do most pro zergs inject these days?

I haven't played zerg much but I feel like trying again.

I used to hotkey my queens, and then pressing the hotkey, inject - space, inject - space and so on. But if you lose a queen it fucks it up. And sometimes a queen will randomly wander to another hatch (maybe if the queen at that hatch doesn't have 25 energy)

What methods do top players use atm?
"It's really hard to Protoss" - White-Ra |||| "Apedts are dfucking amazing" - Lorning
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
March 04 2018 08:48 GMT
#17609
I'ts either that or cycling all hatcheries with the switch-to-next hotkey and selecting the queen with the mouse to inject.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Mozdk
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark6989 Posts
March 05 2018 15:03 GMT
#17610
On March 04 2018 17:48 Ej_ wrote:
I'ts either that or cycling all hatcheries with the switch-to-next hotkey and selecting the queen with the mouse to inject.


Hey Ej. I didn't catch your reply as you didn't quote.

What is do you mean switch to next hotkey? Is that a camera key method?
"It's really hard to Protoss" - White-Ra |||| "Apedts are dfucking amazing" - Lorning
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8231 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-05 18:54:55
March 05 2018 18:54 GMT
#17611
On March 06 2018 00:03 Mozdk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2018 17:48 Ej_ wrote:
I'ts either that or cycling all hatcheries with the switch-to-next hotkey and selecting the queen with the mouse to inject.


Hey Ej. I didn't catch your reply as you didn't quote.

What is do you mean switch to next hotkey? Is that a camera key method?


There's a key which lets you cycle through hatcheries (I think it's defaulted to backspace? Might want to move that somewhere closer to actual useful position). Since it will always use the closest available queen to inject, you can spam "cycle->queens hotkey->inject" at a very fast pace.
DrunkenJedi
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany175 Posts
March 06 2018 20:57 GMT
#17612
Hey,
recently i joined a clan. Is there any way to turn off that spinning clan decal next to my main building?
"Don't worry, I use Special Tactics this time, no problem."
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
March 06 2018 23:02 GMT
#17613
On March 07 2018 05:57 DrunkenJedi wrote:
Hey,
recently i joined a clan. Is there any way to turn off that spinning clan decal next to my main building?


go to the clan profile > infos > untick "show in multiplayer"
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
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Kaspec
Profile Joined October 2015
5 Posts
March 18 2018 12:54 GMT
#17614
Hi,

I have a very specific question and I'm not sure if this fact is even known to the community.

When SCV is building a building is it's behavior (moving over building) in any way deterministic or it is just random? More specifically - am I able to place the SCV somehow in the middle of the building (to not be attacked by melee units) or it is not possible?

I like Starcraft 2 especially because of it's unrandomness and this thing seems like the only problem. (Except random attack delay of course)

Thank you for your answers!
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8231 Posts
March 18 2018 13:40 GMT
#17615
On March 18 2018 21:54 Kaspec wrote:
Hi,

I have a very specific question and I'm not sure if this fact is even known to the community.

When SCV is building a building is it's behavior (moving over building) in any way deterministic or it is just random? More specifically - am I able to place the SCV somehow in the middle of the building (to not be attacked by melee units) or it is not possible?

I like Starcraft 2 especially because of it's unrandomness and this thing seems like the only problem. (Except random attack delay of course)

Thank you for your answers!


It is random, but you're able to stop working on it, move him to another side, and continue the work
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-18 13:58:57
March 18 2018 13:48 GMT
#17616
On March 18 2018 22:40 Excludos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2018 21:54 Kaspec wrote:
Hi,

I have a very specific question and I'm not sure if this fact is even known to the community.

When SCV is building a building is it's behavior (moving over building) in any way deterministic or it is just random? More specifically - am I able to place the SCV somehow in the middle of the building (to not be attacked by melee units) or it is not possible?

I like Starcraft 2 especially because of it's unrandomness and this thing seems like the only problem. (Except random attack delay of course)

Thank you for your answers!


It is random, but you're able to stop working on it, move him to another side, and continue the work

yep and this micro is not really hard to do. you see it from diamond+ level terrans who do ebay blocks all the time. i don't see any reason you should be able to 100% protect the SCV from melee - in fact this would drastically change how ZvT openers work because there would be nothing to disincentivize terran greed. pool first 2-4 ling pressure being in the meta is good for the game. it has very simple counters if it frustrates you as a terran - either SCV scout or just keep the reaper at home until the ling timing passes

to explain how it works a bit further - as you suspend the build order the SCV will start to "float" away from the build site, but you can tell him to start building again by right clicking the build site in the middle of that "float," which kind of rerolls the randomizer and sends the SCV in odd directions. it's the safest way to do it because you don't have to fully expose the SCV, you're relying on misdirection and jukes to avoid attacks. make sure you suspend the build rather than cancelling it, which will explode the building. i think the default key to suspend building is T, not sure though
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3z3ki3l
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany51 Posts
March 18 2018 15:35 GMT
#17617
Not quite related to strategy, but maybe i can get a quick answer here ...

Is there a way to play ranked on bnet (so to get/lose points) with creating a game?
So you can play with someone you know - or play rematch?
Daimai
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Sweden762 Posts
March 18 2018 17:42 GMT
#17618
On March 19 2018 00:35 3z3ki3l wrote:
Not quite related to strategy, but maybe i can get a quick answer here ...

Is there a way to play ranked on bnet (so to get/lose points) with creating a game?
So you can play with someone you know - or play rematch?


No, the only possible ways to gain/lose MMR is by queuing ranked or playing automated tournaments afaik.
To pray is to accept defeat.
3z3ki3l
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany51 Posts
March 18 2018 17:48 GMT
#17619
Hmm wow ... thats dumb ... :D

but thanks
Obamarauder
Profile Joined June 2015
697 Posts
March 18 2018 18:31 GMT
#17620
ive noticed that some pro terrans load up units into a few medivacs in a clump of 10+ and quickly boost them away. Is there some sort of trick to this? How can they so accurately click the loaded medivacs so quickly?
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