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ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
May 31 2011 15:24 GMT
#121
On June 01 2011 00:08 Soulish wrote:
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On June 01 2011 00:06 stk01001 wrote:
This is almost as manly as the time Bisu built two gateways in his opponents base in a televeised game.. and won.. i forget who it was against.. some chobo.. but it was sooo damn manly..


pokju i believe. I tried doing that in sc2 and it's actually pretty easy to pull off in pvp

Yeah pokju that was the last game he played because he quit after that embarrassment in the face of so much bisu manlyness
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
May 31 2011 15:25 GMT
#122
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.
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
May 31 2011 15:27 GMT
#123
Why is this called Boss cannon rush and not Horror cannon rush?

:<.
WriterXiao8~~
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15366 Posts
May 31 2011 15:31 GMT
#124
On June 01 2011 00:17 kusu wrote:
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On June 01 2011 00:08 zatic wrote:
OP: Guide threads need replays. Please read the Strat forum guidelines. This is TL not some BGH forum. We have standards here.

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.
ModeratorI know Teamliquid is known as a massive building
Eviscerate Core
Profile Joined February 2011
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
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden451 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-31 15:49:19
May 31 2011 15:48 GMT
#126
On June 01 2011 00:31 zatic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 01 2011 00:17 kusu wrote:
On June 01 2011 00:08 zatic wrote:
OP: Guide threads need replays. Please read the Strat forum guidelines. This is TL not some BGH forum. We have standards here.

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.


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
For I am the Queen of Blades. And none shall ever dispute my rule, again...
AveSharia
Profile Joined April 2011
United States62 Posts
May 31 2011 15:51 GMT
#127
On June 01 2011 00:25 ComaDose wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


...That's fine, but it doesn't help this cannon rush survive.
Nizzy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States839 Posts
May 31 2011 15:58 GMT
#128
On May 31 2011 23:48 Mattes wrote:
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On May 31 2011 23:43 Nizzy wrote:
As someone that plays way too many team games in his free time I can tell you that this will not work vs a player in team games that I like to call "having a pulse." Someone that understands how to build in situations like these. In some of your screen shots it looks like it takes 3 pylons to wall yourself in at the start, does the Protoss have 300 minerals that fast? Plus once I see the first pylon go down, I would bring some scvs to help block the remaining areas of the "closed in location."

Either way isn't this a strategy and should be in the strategy forum? O_Oa


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
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom310 Posts
May 31 2011 16:01 GMT
#129
I concur.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
MisteR
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
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.
Nal_Ra/Much/Horang2/Flying fighting!~
Binabik
Profile Joined January 2011
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
Profile Joined July 2009
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
I drop suckas like Plinko
Mayor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
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.
"You can be creative but I will crush it under the iron fist of my conservative play." - Liquid`Tyler
Raysalis
Profile Joined July 2010
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
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States2266 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-31 17:46:20
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
Profile Joined February 2011
25 Posts
May 31 2011 17:48 GMT
#136
Next up, BOSS Planetary Fortress rush.
Taiyoken
Profile Joined April 2011
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
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13410 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
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
dANiELcanuck
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada217 Posts
May 31 2011 18:01 GMT
#139
Why would you do this to us, oh the Zerg tears I shall shed.
Nerchio
Profile Joined October 2009
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
Progamer"I am the best" - Nerchio , 2017.
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