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Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3691 Posts
September 14 2011 20:51 GMT
#121
And why would I waste my time doing that shit every game? I swear to god who comes up with all this stupid cheese shit. Being able to execute this shit will never make you good as a player, I'd rather go back to the lowest slums of bronze league than use this shit. Shouldn't we atleast try to help the game itself grow and not fucking cheese our way into higher leagues only to notice that we are totally outclassed when it fails or our opponennt has a brain.
Lephex
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany153 Posts
September 14 2011 21:00 GMT
#122
This doesent even work well in High Gold..... Iam doin this kind of stuff pretty often versus Zerg and they just go mass raoches from there or banelings and Speedling and iam dead
There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
Truedot
Profile Joined August 2011
444 Posts
September 14 2011 21:00 GMT
#123
On September 14 2011 20:50 iNkopwnz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 20:44 Sententia wrote:
On September 14 2011 19:40 iNkopwnz wrote:the point is to get ladder points -_- once u get to high masters or w/e, u get matched with stronger ppl and then u can stop doing these bs strats

Why not become better and get there legitimately? If you use these types of cheese you're not helping yourself because you end up at a higher league than you should, and you hit a ceiling when you start playing real games or when your opponents are good enough to stop it.


k ill ask u a question, why cheeses exist? and to ur question my answer is simple, if u train with pros ull become good faster than when ur training with ur lvl ppl


the training is true,. However mastering the fundamentals all separately is also a true method of getting better faster.
I used to spend my time not caring about people's language in chat. Until I got hit by blizz. Now I spend my time instigating people to verbal abusive levels, so I can ban them in turn. The circle of life.
Truedot
Profile Joined August 2011
444 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 21:08:56
September 14 2011 21:08 GMT
#124
Don't you guys see the issue with the game where you have to abuse a mechanic in an unintended way to beat an unintended consequence of how buildings/blocking works, in order to have a "normal" game?
Im referring to drone drilling vs pylons.
I used to spend my time not caring about people's language in chat. Until I got hit by blizz. Now I spend my time instigating people to verbal abusive levels, so I can ban them in turn. The circle of life.
OhMyGawd
Profile Joined February 2011
United States264 Posts
September 14 2011 21:14 GMT
#125
Watch Nerchio vs That Korean Guy in the TL turny a few days ago 14p no gas can beat it if you react in time.
zomg
meadbert
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States681 Posts
September 14 2011 21:24 GMT
#126
On September 15 2011 03:39 DiaBoLuS wrote:
ehm... 1 queen destorys the pylon with your placement, speedlings runby, gg oO

if you reinforce your wall more and more, they can simply nydus out of it - you will be tons behind.
i dont like that crap, just idra will lose to it because of his ragequit abilties.



The Nydus is very expensive. If you include Lair, which you might not want otherwise, then you are investing 800 resources into Nydus. The whole point of the Nydus is to ignore the pylon wall, so if his pylons hang around to count as supply then he is down whatever he spent in cannons while you are down 800 going for your Nydus.
JackDragon
Profile Joined February 2011
525 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 21:29:22
September 14 2011 21:24 GMT
#127
Can you please post some replays? It is very easy to read but better to actually see it and see the followup.
The Final Boss
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1839 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 21:46:19
September 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#128
On September 14 2011 18:18 Koshi wrote:
Yeah, that "amazing" dronedrill is bullshit. I have practiced it with a friend and even if you do it almost perfectly you lose a ton of time and they can simply put a gateway and cancel it. Once the cannon is up you can't do anything anymore.

Best thing to do for zerg is to 9 scout himself, if protoss wallins you with 3 pylons just go rofl and expand on another main. Pretty easy win from there .

Best thing would be for Blizzard to realize that their map pool is absolute garbage and should really change it. I don't want to play close positions Shattered Temple ever again. It's just not fun (not going to even get into balance, I play Terran so it's not really a balance issue haha).

But my real question to the OP is, how is this new? "Standard" PvZ used to be 2 pylons at the bottom of their ramp, and this doesn't appear to be anything new other than adding an extra pylon. What is the point of your entire topic again? You're talking about a pointless build that does absolutely nothing.
It's not new (any thing that involves blocking the bottom of a Zergs ramp is far from new, let's be honest), you'll never be able to utilize it in a tournament setting or even a Bo just as a cheese that you do, and it doesn't improve your mechanics.
Frankly, I fail to see any meaning to your entire post. I read the entire thing, but the only thing that is remotely "new" is that you mention building Gateways behind your pylons to negate the effects of drone-drilling (which, if you're only using the Gateway to block, you should know that a Cybernetics Core makes a better wall (costs the same, has lower build time, and 100 more health in shields and hitpoints).

What I find rather hilarious about your post is that you try to sound like you're helping out everybody who has trouble with PvZ, when really all you're doing is teaching them a way to succeed on ladder until they hit a certain point. You could teach a Terran how to do the 3 Rax Supply Drop All-in or teach a Zerg how to 6 pool vs Z and P or Baneling Bust vs T. If they manage to execute the build with maximum efficiency, then yes, they will do very well on ladder; but at a certain point, your "cure" to their problem, is going to stop working. They're going to start playing players who have better mechanics, better game sense, and who have earned their spot in a league by beating cheesy strategies like that. If a person knows a single build that works well against an unsuspecting opponent, eventually, they will lose with it. They will find themselves playing a person who knows how to beat it, and they will. And when that happens, they're going to be at the exact same level of PvZ that they were at before, where they can't beat Zergs.

I don't want to sound like I'm flaming, but rather I'd just really like to hear what you have to say about it. Is there something I'm missing? I don't think that there is anything new about your strategy and I want to know what you have to say to defend it and your post's merits.

On September 15 2011 06:08 Truedot wrote:
Don't you guys see the issue with the game where you have to abuse a mechanic in an unintended way to beat an unintended consequence of how buildings/blocking works, in order to have a "normal" game?
Im referring to drone drilling vs pylons.

Isn't that the beauty of StarCraft though? People innovating and finding new ways to be more efficient. The Drone Drill is no more an "Unintended Mechanic" then say putting your first 8 SCVs on the close mineral patches, or having your worker escape a surround by mineral walking? What on Earth is wrong with any of those things. When players come up with new ways to solve problems, that's a great thing to do. How can you honestly be against drone drilling when the person who came up with it instead of doing what many players do (I know I do it haha) and complain about imbalance. No, instead he went and found a way to beat the cheese. That's miraculous in my eyes, and it's what makes StarCraft the best video game there is.
Truedot
Profile Joined August 2011
444 Posts
September 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#129
On September 15 2011 06:24 meadbert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:39 DiaBoLuS wrote:
ehm... 1 queen destorys the pylon with your placement, speedlings runby, gg oO

if you reinforce your wall more and more, they can simply nydus out of it - you will be tons behind.
i dont like that crap, just idra will lose to it because of his ragequit abilties.



The Nydus is very expensive. If you include Lair, which you might not want otherwise, then you are investing 800 resources into Nydus. The whole point of the Nydus is to ignore the pylon wall, so if his pylons hang around to count as supply then he is down whatever he spent in cannons while you are down 800 going for your Nydus.


the answer is pretty simple. with your roach all in with nydus, you attack the pylons and then place nydus, have the pylons killed off, and then jump right into nydus and attack his base. because then he's heavily supply blocked and cant make defense units.
I used to spend my time not caring about people's language in chat. Until I got hit by blizz. Now I spend my time instigating people to verbal abusive levels, so I can ban them in turn. The circle of life.
People_0f_Color
Profile Joined August 2010
177 Posts
September 14 2011 21:43 GMT
#130
this is me theory crafting, but what about nydusing to their natural, pushing with roaches and two queens, and using overlod creep spread to build spine crawlers outside of their simcitywall. Spines kill the buildings, roaches take out any exposed cannons, and you'll probably be ahead in no time. Meanwhile, if you really want, you can expand to their expo.
Dephy
Profile Joined January 2011
Lithuania163 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 21:48:28
September 14 2011 21:46 GMT
#131
On September 15 2011 06:00 Lephex wrote:
This doesent even work well in High Gold..... Iam doin this kind of stuff pretty often versus Zerg and they just go mass raoches from there or banelings and Speedling and iam dead


its prolly cuz you pretty bad(no disrespect given), cheezes like that work's all the way to Top Gm......
But its not like they will help your game at all, but it will help you get to high rating, so you can play the good ppl.
Glon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States569 Posts
September 14 2011 21:50 GMT
#132
... this is a shit build. a zerg canceling speed and getting out 6 fast banelings will A. kil your pylons before you put down the gateways and B. leave you with 0 tech and not even able to make nexus
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Antithesis
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1236 Posts
September 14 2011 21:56 GMT
#133
On September 15 2011 06:50 Glon wrote:
... this is a shit build. a zerg canceling speed and getting out 6 fast banelings will A. kil your pylons before you put down the gateways and B. leave you with 0 tech and not even able to make nexus

Do you have a replay of this?
Mutation complete.
Zrana
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom698 Posts
September 14 2011 21:57 GMT
#134
On September 14 2011 18:28 dicex wrote:
Brilliant strategy, thanks for working out the strategic details. Really shows why you are a high masters protoss.



Indeed, this is the kind of protoss build that shows it really is the race that takes the most skill!
crbox
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1180 Posts
September 14 2011 22:02 GMT
#135
so that's your solution for PvZ? Pylon block every game?
Then people wonder why there's (almost) no good toss at the pro level...
MormonWithoutACause
Profile Joined March 2011
United States94 Posts
September 14 2011 22:21 GMT
#136
Just so yall know, this autoloses to any silly 1 base nydus roach play... Toss can't stop overlord spotting unless they wanna drop a cannon everywhere, and Nydus is really suprising and powerful.
Matiz_pl
Profile Joined August 2008
Poland163 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 22:24:00
September 14 2011 22:23 GMT
#137
er TBH i die to this very often and im high master. I 14 pool every game vs toss just because im so scared of this and i still often die because lings come too late. I rage a lot vs this stuff

Any tips? I'm doing 1 drone patrol at 2:15 min mark cuz i figured its the timing when it should come usually. It hurts my eco a bit, any other ideas how to prevent it? I pretty much feel once the ramp is walled its over, i've played vs much worse protoss players but they managed to do it and i was behind for the whole game if i try to macro

"Competitive gaming consists of one and only one rule. You use what wins. " - FuumaMonou
TolEranceNA
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada434 Posts
September 14 2011 22:24 GMT
#138
On September 15 2011 06:57 Zrana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 18:28 dicex wrote:
Brilliant strategy, thanks for working out the strategic details. Really shows why you are a high masters protoss.



Indeed, this is the kind of protoss build that shows it really is the race that takes the most skill!


Your logic is flawless my friend.
Arotsis:"Nestea, what do you think about Zerg?" Nestea:"...Sad."
Irishladdie
Profile Joined September 2011
United States8 Posts
September 14 2011 22:43 GMT
#139
For everybody that loves doing this build, what EXACTLY is the point of doing it if you don't learn anything about the game, neither your macro nor micro skills are increased, and you're catapulted into leagues with players better than you while having little to no fun?
CA
McGuire72
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada140 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 22:51:56
September 14 2011 22:50 GMT
#140
On September 15 2011 02:30 iNkopwnz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 01:51 McGuire72 wrote:
On September 15 2011 00:59 iNkopwnz wrote:
On September 15 2011 00:33 McGuire72 wrote:
On September 14 2011 20:43 iNkopwnz wrote:

On September 14 2011 20:07 Saechiis wrote:
Tester started doing this in beta so it's not something new. It's a dumb cheese that relies on your opponent not being ready to block your probe or not being fast enough with pulling drones and drilling the building pylons.

Don't understand how you can flaunt your 80% winrate when even a silver player could execute this.


i dont care who was using it or who invented it, i came up with this by myself, and im not lying about the win rate, its ~80% if not higher. FACT is, most of the high masters/gm's zergs dont know how to react to this, tell me 1 reason why this shouldnt be abused?


The only thing you "came up with" was a false sense of accomplishment for yourself lol. People have been doing this forever. You are not special.




what? i told ya, i didnt look this up anywhere lmfao, i know there was like a 2pylon block very long time ago or smth like that. And i never see anything like this anywhere nowadays (replays streams ladder etc) so i posted it here and now im getting bashed by the likes of u. LOL


Yes, I understand you don't watch or play enough SC2 to understand that this is an old, old tactic that has been in use forever. That said, you still didn't "come up with it" even if you think you did. Ignorance is not actually bliss.

Go watch Idra vs MC from a couple MLGs ago. MC pylon blocks Idra on Tal'Darim and Idra insta-ggs (this was the "epic" set where MC came back from down 2-0 to beat Idra in a BO7). Or just watch literally any pro Zerg stream and you'll see them patrolling a drone or chasing the probe with drones to prevent this. The only reason you don't see it on many pro streams is because only dumb Zergs let this happen (aka not the pros).


what i was trying to say is that i came up with this 'on the run', as in i just improvised - it worked - i tried it again - and it worked like a charm. i didnt go and search for some 'pvz cheezes' on the forums rofl

u understand that i dont watch or play enough sc2 ? u dont even know who i am and yet u judge me, wtf is wrong with u?


Ok, well congratulations on discovering the cannon rush/pylon block strategy. Sorry I don't know who you are; apparently, you aren't anyone important. Keep a look out for my new and exciting 7 roach rush cheese that I invented-- the thread will be coming soon.

Zergs: Pool first, patrol drone on ramp, play standard. Don't complain about this or question "why" one might do it. People will do it because, if not prepared for properly, it can be devastating. So, prepare for it and EXPECT it vs. and forge-first protoss. To quote Deezer... EZ.
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