On June 01 2011 00:15 AveSharia wrote:
I don't know how this could work often enough to be worth it- I'm a silver scrub and even I know that any scouting probe behind my mineral line is a free kill.

In all seriousness, who doesn't pull workers to kill a scouting probe behind the mineral line?

Everyone above silver. They can often escape by right clicking on a mineral and you just wasted a bunch of mining time.

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

May 31 2011 15:27 GMT

#123

Why is this called Boss cannon rush and not Horror cannon rush?

:<.

zatic

Zurich15365 Posts

May 31 2011 15:31 GMT

#124

On June 01 2011 00:17 kusu wrote:

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Just ban plz, tired of these forum noobs... "nice guide bro"

Yeah I tried but there seems to be an error with the ban system, it says something about permission unsufficient or something.

Will have to talk to an admin about this I suppose.

Eviscerate Core

United States36 Posts

May 31 2011 15:42 GMT

#125

On June 01 2011 00:31 zatic wrote:
Yeah I tried but there seems to be an error with the ban system, it says something about permission unsufficient or something.

Will have to talk to an admin about this I suppose.

Yeah definitely need to fix that asap! lol

Nice guide Hot_Bid. I watched you boss it up with this rush on jp's stream yesterday. I'll have to try this out.

blackodd

Sweden451 Posts

May 31 2011 15:48 GMT

#126

On June 01 2011 00:31 zatic wrote:

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Yeah I tried but there seems to be an error with the ban system, it says something about permission unsufficient or something.

Will have to talk to an admin about this I suppose.

Haha this is hilarious :D

Did some cannon rushes but failed, obviously I'm not manly enough. It definitely doesn't work on all maps, so stick to the ones hotbid has outlined

AveSharia

United States62 Posts

May 31 2011 15:51 GMT

#127

On June 01 2011 00:25 ComaDose wrote:

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Everyone above silver. They can often escape by right clicking on a mineral and you just wasted a bunch of mining time.

...That's fine, but it doesn't help this cannon rush survive.

Nizzy

United States839 Posts

May 31 2011 15:58 GMT

#128

On May 31 2011 23:48 Mattes wrote:

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You gotta understand how early in the game this rush comes along. There is no gate, there are no additional pylons needed in your base, means you basically will build those wall-in-pylons faster than the cybernetics core in a normal build.

Of course a player who is on top and knows its coming would be able to prevent the 2 additional pylons...but on the other hand..you wait for 300 mins and you place those pylons in a matter of perhaps 2-3 seconds...

Highly unlikely that someone who does not suspect this will be able to pull probes in time after the first pylon get warped in.

And I'm telling you, I've seen it all and would know how to handle this the split second a probe comes into my base. Remember he would also have to have a pylon back at home to build a forge. We are talking 250 minerals just for that as well. Then the 300 minerals for pylons at my base. I just don't see this being effective vs strong players.

Zedex

United Kingdom310 Posts

May 31 2011 16:01 GMT

#129

I concur.

MisteR

Netherlands595 Posts

May 31 2011 16:03 GMT

#130

I've seen Much in BW perform the BOSS Cannon Rush. Can't remember the particulars; he had to improvise a little and I'm not sure it did him any good, but it sure confused the hell out of his opponent.

Binabik

Germany686 Posts

May 31 2011 17:11 GMT

#131

I'm doing this in PvP since the patch was released because I'm waiting for new builds which I can steal

On Tal'darim+Shakuras I got my own FE build now though.

But I'm hoping that the Gigabyte final with its PvPs will revolutionize the Metagame.

I'm using both, BOSS cannon rush and hidden cannon rush :D Mixing it up!

Gann1

United States1575 Posts

May 31 2011 17:16 GMT

#132

On June 01 2011 01:03 MisteR wrote:
I've seen Much in BW perform the BOSS Cannon Rush. Can't remember the particulars; he had to improvise a little and I'm not sure it did him any good, but it sure confused the hell out of his opponent.

I've been BOSS cannon rushed on fastest map before

Mayor

United States472 Posts

May 31 2011 17:17 GMT

#133

Making a gateway next to someone's Nexus? Boy, I wonder where I've seen that before.

Hot_Bid, the most interesting man in the world.

Raysalis

Malaysia1034 Posts

May 31 2011 17:28 GMT

#134

Hot_Bid puts a lot of thought in his cannon rushes

Hot_Bid, I head you have the sickest cheese. Maybe you can write a weekly guide for all of them and call it Bossing it up with Hot_Bid ;p

rsvp

United States2266 Posts

May 31 2011 17:44 GMT

#135

http://www.playxp.com/sc2/tip/view.php?article_id=2645507

And for those saying cannon rushing only works at low levels:
http://sc2ranks.com/us/389855/ONEwbc

EnsisRaizo

25 Posts

May 31 2011 17:48 GMT

#136

Next up, BOSS Planetary Fortress rush.

Taiyoken

Canada130 Posts

May 31 2011 17:59 GMT

#137

I had someone try to do a BOSS PF rush on me by building a CC at my natural.

ZeromuS

Canada13405 Posts

May 31 2011 18:00 GMT

#138

On June 01 2011 02:44 Anihc wrote:
http://www.playxp.com/sc2/tip/view.php?article_id=2645507

And for those saying cannon rushing only works at low levels:
http://sc2ranks.com/us/389855/ONEwbc

awesome playxp pics XD Boss CR take 2

dANiELcanuck

Canada217 Posts

May 31 2011 18:01 GMT

#139

Why would you do this to us, oh the Zerg tears I shall shed.

Nerchio

Poland2633 Posts

May 31 2011 18:03 GMT

#140

I can't believe it. As a zerg i can't do such things... I think it's imbalanced! I can only spine rush my own base which is not a good idea above copper.
Anyway, it seems i can not be a Boss because i don't play protoss