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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
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Alexbeav
Greece56 Posts
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canavarr
United States53 Posts
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Kambing
United States1176 Posts
On April 14 2011 00:50 canavarr wrote: why do high level terran players/pros do drops when the medivac is moving (i.e. dropping by clicking on the medivac) In general, it's quicker to move-drop cargo from a drop ship. The alternative is to issue a drop command at a location which causes the medivac to move to a location and then begin to unload its cargo. If you don't need to stuff your units into a tight space (e.g., the back of a mineral line), then it is quicker to issue a move-drop so that the medivac can unload enroute to its final destination. (There is also the smaller issue that move-dropping allows the medivac to maintain its forward acceleration so if you are doing quick drop/pick up action, you can swing around the medivac to pick up the dropped units and head to another location instead of waiting it to accelerate after coming to a full stop.) | ||
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-Aura-
United States209 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:01 Kambing wrote: In general, it's quicker to move-drop cargo from a drop ship. The alternative is to issue a drop command at a location which causes the medivac to move to a location and then begin to unload its cargo. If you don't need to stuff your units into a tight space (e.g., the back of a mineral line), then it is quicker to issue a move-drop so that the medivac can unload enroute to its final destination. (There is also the smaller issue that move-dropping allows the medivac to maintain its forward acceleration so if you are doing quick drop/pick up action, you can swing around the medivac to pick up the dropped units and head to another location instead of waiting it to accelerate after coming to a full stop.) Alright but how do you do a move-drop command? | ||
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BatCat
Austria630 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:13 -Aura- wrote: Alright but how do you do a move-drop command? D-click the medivac while it's moving and it will start unloading. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46251 Posts
On April 13 2011 17:02 ZedraC wrote: Three questions: 1. Are there any pro gamers playing random in tournies? 2. If there is, what is/are their name(s)? (I would like to follow some of their games/replays to study their builds in the different matchups.) 3. Is there a link or replay of TLO playing with protoss? (I have seen him playing Terran and Zerg but never protoss) TLO seems to be the most famous and most successful random player at the moment, although he tends to just pick Terran sometimes. He seems to be on the ropes as to whether to stick with Terran or keep playing Random. | ||
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Kambing
United States1176 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:13 -Aura- wrote: Alright but how do you do a move-drop command? 1) Select a dropship 2) Send the dropship off to some location 3) When you want to begin unloading the dropship, issue a drop command on the dropship itself. Make sure this command is not queued (i.e,. you pressed 'd' rather than 'shift-d'). The dropship will continue moving on its original path, but it will begin to unload from the point at which you issued the drop command. The same technique applies to all dropship tech (medivacs, warp prisms, and overlords). And it generalizes to queueing up commands as well so that you can queue multiple drops at different locations, in particular, baneling carpet bombing multiple probe lines at once. Psy's youtube video on baneling bombing describes the general technique: | ||
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Synystyr
United States1446 Posts
On April 13 2011 23:52 -_-Quails wrote: Is 16 marines+1 marauder a good trade for 10 banelings (from the terran's perspective)? 16 Marines + 1 Marauder = 900/25 10 Banelings = 500/500 In terms of gas, yes. However, that is a rather large amount of marines and is not quickly reproduced, while 10 zerglings can quickly be replaced. It's dependent on the game...if Zerg is teching and is gas starved, then yes. If not, that's a large chunk of units you lost...Mostly no. | ||
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niilzon
Belgium105 Posts
I'd like to know on what URL it will be possible to watch the NASL EU rebroadcast. I visited the event page on teamleaquid as well as the official website but I can't find the damn URL, and it starts in about 30 minutes. Am I blind ? Can anyone help me ? Thanks alot !  | ||
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Geo.Rion
7377 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:22 niilzon wrote: Hello, I'd like to know on what URL it will be possible to watch the NASL EU rebroadcast. I visited the event page on teamleaquid as well as the official website but I can't find the damn URL, and it starts in about 30 minutes. Am I blind ? Can anyone help me ? Thanks alot ! http://www.justin.tv/naslseasonone#/w/1078143712 that's what im watching, laggy as crap though | ||
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niilzon
Belgium105 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:24 Geo.Rion wrote: http://www.justin.tv/naslseasonone#/w/1078143712 that's what im watching, laggy as crap though If I pay now to get the VODS, will I get a lag-free service, and are the matches uploaded (I think not but again I might be blind. I just don't see them, for example Artosis' game, on the official site  ) ? | ||
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cpomz
United States76 Posts
Long time lurker, first time poster - I have a question regarding ZvP, when I sac an overlord, I have trouble detecting whether it is a 4-gate or 3-gate stargate play. Often I have been caught with my pants down, so what should I do to prepare (steal gas?)? | ||
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niilzon
Belgium105 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:38 niilzon wrote: If I pay now to get the VODS, will I get a lag-free service, and are the matches uploaded (I think not but again I might be blind. I just don't see them, for example Artosis' game, on the official site ) ?Aah, screw it, I could not resist and made the 25$ payment. The quality of the vods is perfect and it is not lagging. If anyone else was wondering, hope it helps. | ||
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ooopepper
United States7 Posts
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Synystyr
United States1446 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:40 cpomz wrote: Hello, Long time lurker, first time poster - I have a question regarding ZvP, when I sac an overlord, I have trouble detecting whether it is a 4-gate or 3-gate stargate play. Often I have been caught with my pants down, so what should I do to prepare (steal gas?)? You want to sac an overlord around the 5 minute mark. During this time, you should be stockpiling larva as well to decide what to do with them after your overlord has made it inside your opponent's base. The 5 minute mark will usually give you the most information about their tech path, whether it's a 4 Gate, Robo or Stargate tech or a DT/Blink rush. It's also a good idea to constantly poke with speedlings to find out the army composition and if he expos. You can learn a lot from seeing where his resources are allocated by his army makeup. | ||
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Kambing
United States1176 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:40 cpomz wrote: Hello, Long time lurker, first time poster - I have a question regarding ZvP, when I sac an overlord, I have trouble detecting whether it is a 4-gate or 3-gate stargate play. Often I have been caught with my pants down, so what should I do to prepare (steal gas?)? The overlord is only one indicator of what the protoss is doing. You need to rely on other indicators such as + When does the protoss take their second gas? (Consequently stealing the 2nd gas deters stargate but incites 4-gate). + Where is the nexus chrono energy going? On the nexus, gateway, cybercore, or is he simply stockpiling it? + What is the protoss's unit composition? In particular, is the second unit that pops out of the gate a sentry? Is he light on gas units? in order to strengthen your decision making. Mr. Bitter's session with incontrol on 4 gates gives a good overview of what to look for. The same kinds of things incontrol points out are indicators of a 4 gate apply (with appropriate modifications) to scouting stargate play and any other tech in general. http://mrbitter.blip.tv/file/4711503/ | ||
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Kambing
United States1176 Posts
On April 14 2011 01:58 ooopepper wrote: is there a way to play on the sea servers if i am in the u.s.? I have learned that if you have an account on the sea you can play both u.s. and asia. Short of buying a SEA copy of the game, no. The region unlock that allows SEA players to log onto the NA realm is only one way. http://starcrafting.com/starcraft-2-news/battle-net-region-lock-semi-lifted-for-sea-region/ | ||
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sick_transit
United States195 Posts
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hfxRos
Canada87 Posts
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