I recently created and released a map to help players (Terran for the first iteration) practice their stutter step micro where stutter step micro is basically the act of canceling an attack animation to allow units to move and attack instead of just standing still. Still confused? Watch the video. All will be revealed in due time.

Video

Download the map
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Original thread on root-gaming.com
http://www.root-gaming.com/forum/mapmaking/278

my twitter
http://twitter.com/qxc0000

iEchoic

United States1776 Posts

September 01 2010 06:18 GMT

Cool stuff. Adding stimmable (or perma-stim) infantry would be a nice addition if you're going to be updating it.

spiderface

United States74 Posts

September 01 2010 06:19 GMT

Cool map.

Need zerg equivalents. Fookin' terrans with all their ranged attacks.

Thanks again QXC.

Sly

Canada95 Posts

September 01 2010 06:20 GMT

this is a pretty sweet practice map. pretty usefull, thanks for posting.

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

September 01 2010 06:21 GMT

As a primary T player who switched to Random, I find I am mostly passable at MM stutterstep micro as well as Stalker micro, but my Roach and Hydra micro are abysmal. Their turn rates are so much worse.

Neuuubeh

138 Posts

September 01 2010 06:21 GMT

On September 01 2010 15:19 spiderface wrote:
Cool map.

Need zerg equivalents. Fookin' terrans with all their ranged attacks.

Thanks again QXC.

Only useful with roaches, Bloodlords and situationally Mutalisks really, hydras way too slow :S

arb

Noobville17915 Posts

September 01 2010 06:21 GMT

I-i-i-i m-m-might give this a t-t-t-try later

tetrash0t

United States42 Posts

September 01 2010 06:23 GMT

How all the units work seems very fleshed out, covered all your bases there. Haha i wish it was on the custom map list so i could practice with the b.net 2(point)lag >.<

KsBerzerk

Japan105 Posts

September 01 2010 06:26 GMT

isn't this the same concept as goon/hydra micro in sc1 but sc1 animation is less. i'd imagine this can apply to wc3 too. and the dota silencer with his orb walk. After that I just always called it the "orb walk" haha
cool video/map

rockmonkey

Canada19 Posts

September 01 2010 06:30 GMT

#10

amazing map, thx qxc! Is there any trick to actually do stutter step?

Anxiety

United States650 Posts

September 01 2010 06:33 GMT

#11

i do this all the time with all races! is move h move h move h right?

Eeeegor

Australia809 Posts

September 01 2010 06:34 GMT

#12

Nice map!

ultimateq

United States114 Posts

September 01 2010 06:38 GMT

#13

Great idea, cool map. I hope to see more for the other races!

Rokk

United States425 Posts

September 01 2010 06:40 GMT

#14

Really awesome stuff. Thanks qxc!

arsenic

United States163 Posts

September 01 2010 06:41 GMT

#15

Isn't this called animation canceling in most games?

Kikuichimonji

United States102 Posts

September 01 2010 06:42 GMT

#16

Does this work w/ stalkers?

dim2thesum

United States65 Posts

September 01 2010 06:46 GMT

#17

thanks qxc, I was wondering about this.

qxc

United States550 Posts

September 01 2010 06:47 GMT

#18

orb walking. animation canceling. it's all referring to the same kind of thing. I call it stutter stepping because I feel like when you 'orb walk' with a marine he's stuttering and stepping.