EPT[Q] Build Worker or Split? - Page 2
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Hier
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xnub
Canada610 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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semantics
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The way i look at it is if i split first then build a worker i'm usually slower, i can find the cmd center or nexus pretty fast click it and que up a worker easily under a second, if if split then builder a worker i always find that i come in comfortable building my 2nd worker which isn't so when i build worker first the timing is much tighter, and unless i'm zerg i can only build 1 worker at a time so i figure best to be a little tight then a little over on timing. | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On May 17 2010 13:20 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: F1 split is where it's at imo, select hatch SD, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click. Tiny differences but the F1 split looks gosu when people watch you do it. No, it makes look bad, not good. | ||
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Reuental
United States457 Posts
If you do it REALLY fast you will look gosu. I'm going to go practice this now :D. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On May 17 2010 13:20 iCCup.Raelcun wrote: F1 split is where it's at imo, select hatch SD, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click, F1 Click. Tiny differences but the F1 split looks gosu when people watch you do it. name this raelcun style :D | ||
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Hyperion2010
United States122 Posts
On May 17 2010 14:12 johnnybrav0 wrote: A side question on something I've never tried but it seems like it would definitely work the best: does anyone hit "Backspace" + "E" (for Protoss) for the initial probe? I always click the Nexus but it seems like hitting Backspace would be the fastest way to do it. Backspace doesnt actually select the building (I tried this, it seemed to good to be true, and it was). Thus, you must click. | ||
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Dyno.
United States286 Posts
On May 17 2010 14:27 Chairman Ray wrote: send your workers to mine, and then build worker. When I do it the other way around, 50% of the time there's a quarter second delay right before the building of my second probe. you're not splitting correctly, probably. 90% of the time i can queue up my second probe just before the first finishes. 8% of the time, i get screwed by split AI. and 2% of the time I'm just bad  | ||
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johnnybrav0
United States61 Posts
On May 17 2010 14:57 Hyperion2010 wrote: Backspace doesnt actually select the building (I tried this, it seemed to good to be true, and it was). Thus, you must click. Ahhhh, of course! Duhhhh. | ||
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torfteufel
Germany86 Posts
i first click on the nexus (being protoss) then click "e" on my keyboard while still holding down left mouse button, hence i will not be building anything but think so. i then will proceed with the 4/2 split where i send the 4 workers behind the mineral field so they get to know each other first before starting to work (eventually). after ive sent my other two drones to the wrong patch so there is unnecessary walking. i then realize i did not have a worker build yet and frantically spam e only to see my first workers are still idling. after clicking like 4 times on the same patch to send those god damn idle workers to start which keeps them from splitting but forces them to try again and again to all mine the same patch. then, after seeing all my drones are mining and after spamming lots of "e" to have my next drone build i lean back and enjoy watching the first built drone idle next to the nexus as i forgot to rally. this is all too easy! interestingly, this - although totally freaking me out - will somehow not effect anything in the game except my state of mind. :D | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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MasterZilla
Sweden234 Posts
That's my formula for success. | ||
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Back
Canada505 Posts
On May 17 2010 16:11 MasterZilla wrote: Build worker, send all 6 to same patch, set rally, hotkey, spam 'e' for a while and think up insulting responses to the constant whine about lack of minerals. That's my formula for success. I think that's the best way to go, as well. I find "your MOM requires more minerals" and "I'll require YOUR minerals" are particularly effective against terran. | ||
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sLiniss
United States849 Posts
Click Hatch -> S+D (Build worker) 3/3 Split for the 6 drones Send ovie to nearest start point | ||
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Kim_Hyun_Han
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2359 Posts
Just think of it this way: you can start 1 worker a little earlier and let 6 wait, or you can send 6 workers right away and let 1 be delayed a little... I start this way: I select the 6 workers with a rectangle where my mouse is over the mineral, so when I release the left button I can press the right button right away to send them. While they move I can train a new worker, and it still gives me time to split my workers. | ||
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