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Crushinator
Profile Joined August 2011
Netherlands2138 Posts
November 09 2011 21:45 GMT
#341
Though I admire your achievement, I also hope you die in a fire.

Nice guide, I like the micro tricks.
Moosegills
Profile Joined March 2011
United States558 Posts
November 09 2011 21:57 GMT
#342
hmph... I didn't know ActionJesuz was still in the scene.
#1 HuK fan, zerg player playing for http://www.complexitygaming.com - @coL_Moosegills
rockstartower
Profile Joined July 2011
United States18 Posts
November 09 2011 21:59 GMT
#343
On November 09 2011 16:15 kysBad_Habit wrote:
very bm chat and very bm playstyle. we can all agree that it is bm to do this, especially on ladder. no matter how much people like to hide it, we all know it. op if you read this, i'm very disappointed and especially disgusted in your decision to flaunt this here for attention/pride. why are you teaching people to 6pool...[2] i was also surprised when you called people bm for being upset when you did this to them. is it worth inflicting emotional pain on people for wins like this? maybe focus more on having fun and less on taking advantage of people in desperate attempt for wins.


I love how you questions his pride and honor over a computer game. And since when is a certain play style/strategy BM? The whole point of the game is to win, he perfected a strategy to give him easy consistent wins. You need to separate the strategy from the chat. His chat was BM, not his strategy.
"Life is to be enjoyed, not endured"
HoodedAvatar
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada115 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-09 22:25:46
November 09 2011 22:24 GMT
#344
why the hell would u share this with the community , i dont want 6 pool all ins to be common place on ladder or in tournaments ., the day i see one of your builds at a pro event, will be a sad day.

but i give credit where its due, and ur guide was good :D
Phanekim
Profile Joined April 2003
United States777 Posts
November 09 2011 22:49 GMT
#345
congrats to OP. i'm curious if i can do this too now.
i like cheese
Zeweig
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden189 Posts
November 09 2011 22:50 GMT
#346
I for one love this!
Cheese, is actually just abuse due to the fact that the opponent went so greedy in the beginning!
We need cheese, for otherwise people will simply always open 15 hatch/cc-nexus first, and win by simple economy.advantage...
So boring!

Cheese is just punishing a careless or too bold player.

Good job on the guide! Keep it up!
Commentator for Esports Heaven, covering mainly European and Chinese events. I do observing and writing on the side.
partysnatcher
Profile Joined August 2010
156 Posts
November 09 2011 22:57 GMT
#347
I'm also a huge fan of early Zerg aggression, cheese play is really underestimated! Sometimes it goes to (some pretty epic) long games if the defense is good enough.
UmiNotsuki
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States633 Posts
November 09 2011 23:01 GMT
#348
Queued up my first ladder game in a week or so today, hoping for a fun game.

ZvZ.

Fucking 6 pool.

Well, so much for me playing SC2.
UmiNotsuki.111 (NA), UNTReborn.932 (EU), UmiNotsuki (iCCup) -- You see that text I wrote above this? I'll betcha $5 that you disagree :D
Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-09 23:12:30
November 09 2011 23:12 GMT
#349
Actually got someone on ladder trying to mimic your guide. Ended up living with 3 probes, my Nexus, cannon/pylon, and a constructing Gateway. The drone rush factor definetly increases the build crazily, I had to mineral slide through the lings/drones to get a good surround and still lost a ton. Ended up winning the game though, since Chrono > Queen when you both have like 3 workers. lol. 4 gate ftw.

Mid masters level, btw.
MrSandman
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia188 Posts
November 09 2011 23:49 GMT
#350
On November 09 2011 03:25 khaosis wrote:
Jesus, was this written by a 4th grader? Grammar and punctuation can lead you so far in life, add those into your post. At least the content is somewhat entertaining, if not infuriating to some.


Yeah, you're right. Everyone in the whole world should know english fluently...

Re: the OP. It's amazing to see that a strat seen as a complete coin toss can be elevated to a high level. It's cheese, but at such a refined level it's scary. I think this has to be put in with the worker rushing blog in that it is a demonstration of what people can accomplish when working incredibly hard at something.
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apalemorning
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada509 Posts
November 09 2011 23:54 GMT
#351
not gonna ladder for like two weeks now. thanks a lot op! <3 <3


jkjk cute build tho good effort!
immortal/roach is pretty good against stalkers
Wiwiweb
Profile Joined August 2010
France56 Posts
November 10 2011 00:37 GMT
#352
In your game versus Cloud, he killed all your drones, but gg'd instantly after losing all his units.
He could have lifted off and forced a draw though, hahaha.
CapnAmerica
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States508 Posts
November 10 2011 00:42 GMT
#353
Been getting hit constantly with early pool builds on ladder since this thread popped up and I've been winning the majority of them. Thank goodness only good players win with these builds. ^^
After all this time, I still haven't figured out the correlation between sexual orientation and beating an unprepared opponent. Are homosexuals the next koreans? Many players seem to think it's an unfair advantage. - pandaburn
Nemireck
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1875 Posts
November 10 2011 00:44 GMT
#354
On November 10 2011 09:37 Wiwiweb wrote:
In your game versus Cloud, he killed all your drones, but gg'd instantly after losing all his units.
He could have lifted off and forced a draw though, hahaha.


Did Cloud KNOW he had killed every single drone? He could just as easily have assumed that he had a drone or two back at home.

Great thread, love all the rage. Especially Umi's posts. If you can hold the 6pool as well as you claim, keep laddering and take the free wins. They're 3 minute games anyway, and not even a large minority of Zergs are following this guide and attempting to 6pool to GM. The vast majority of TL readers know that 6pooling may get you to GM, but it won't make you a better player.

The feat itself just proves what anyone worth listening to already knew. Ladder isn't a true measure of skill, it's only a convenient way to practice.
Teamwork is awesome... As long as your team is doing all the work!
feelo
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia19 Posts
November 10 2011 00:44 GMT
#355
I've had fellow protoss players ask me if they've been 6-8 pooled on ladder alot recently -.-

It's a valid strategy which involves a lot of micro. You have to know how to deal with everything in this game so I'm fine with it.
:)
Wiwiweb
Profile Joined August 2010
France56 Posts
November 10 2011 00:52 GMT
#356
On November 10 2011 09:44 Nemireck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2011 09:37 Wiwiweb wrote:
In your game versus Cloud, he killed all your drones, but gg'd instantly after losing all his units.
He could have lifted off and forced a draw though, hahaha.


Did Cloud KNOW he had killed every single drone? He could just as easily have assumed that he had a drone or two back at home.


He could have floated his buildings to check and know for sure if he needed to quit.
Of course that's a 1 in 1000 games situation, so it's easy to say what can be done in hindsight.
UglyBastard
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 01:03:17
November 10 2011 01:02 GMT
#357
Maybe he didn't care enough about a stupid 6pool game to wait another 10 minutes for a draw instead of searching for the next game and probably better practice.
Bad_Habit
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany243 Posts
November 10 2011 05:55 GMT
#358
On November 10 2011 10:02 UglyBastard wrote:
Maybe he didn't care enough about a stupid 6pool game to wait another 10 minutes for a draw instead of searching for the next game and probably better practice.


ez mindgame :d
I only gg vs protoss when I'm winning
ChickaChuckWally
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia85 Posts
November 10 2011 06:10 GMT
#359
wow im impressed, but you drone rushed white-ra, and he is so kind and it makes me sad
:^) Puppy is love, Puppy is life
Belial88
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States5217 Posts
November 10 2011 06:18 GMT
#360
Bad habit answer my question T_T (about how to deal with a morphing spine when going hatch first, and if/how/when you should make your own as the hatch firster vs 6 pool).

I'd also appreciate if you looked at this replay and tell me what i did right and wrong. I went hatch first, he went 6 pool, and I won. He didn't make a spine, but it seems like he did your variation of 6 pool. I also think he was kind of dumb, and I think I didn't handle it perfectly correctly, so it was closer than it should have been.

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