i saw your game vs bubba on day9 i think^^ this trick wrecked him

id like to see what would happen if he didnt attack move them though because even if the marauders that are being dropped target the banelings to slow them, the dropships drop things off quite slow and it seems like he should be able to run enough past and get to the marine ball

still a cool trick tho

stalife

Canada1222 Posts

September 08 2010 00:49 GMT

#182

I wish I got into the habit of saving every replay... I was playing Kore (and I now know that it was phoenixwerra playing on kore's account) and I did multiple "star drops" when he did moving banelings. It slowed down the banelings so that I could easily kite micro with marines...I didn't bother saving replay because I thought he was just a so-so zerg :/

HalfAmazing

Netherlands402 Posts

September 08 2010 00:52 GMT

#183

Narcissism working out well for you?

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Lennon

United Kingdom2275 Posts

September 08 2010 01:00 GMT

#184

On September 06 2010 05:46 NuKedUFirst wrote:

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Pretty much this,,lol.. I don't understand why zerg A-Move banelings, it's silly as they explode without A-Move.. (though they shouldn't.. too strong imo)

"Join Custom game" -> Play vs. Bronze league players -> Do some random "trick" -> Post replays on TL with a write-up -> Become an international sensation.

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OMG this man is a genius!

Haters gonna hate, but I can't see this being very useful.

Banelings don't target Mules automatically.

Darpa

Canada4413 Posts

September 08 2010 01:03 GMT

#185

there is so much hate in this thread, whats wrong with you people, hes just sharing something interesting. Who cares if he named it after himself if it works.

alphafuzard

United States1610 Posts

September 08 2010 01:07 GMT

#186

On September 08 2010 09:52 HalfAmazing wrote:
Narcissism working out well for you?

stalife is a pretty damn good player
if he comes up with a cool little trick, why not name it after himself
much more worthy than alot of these other naming shenanigans

HalfAmazing

Netherlands402 Posts

September 08 2010 01:08 GMT

#187

On September 08 2010 10:07 alphafuzard wrote:

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stalife is a pretty damn good player
if he comes up with a cool little trick, why not name it after himself
much more worthy than alot of these other naming shenanigans

His skill level is irrelevant. You think Maynard coined the phrase Maynard transfer? Come on.

Zelniq

United States7166 Posts

September 08 2010 01:13 GMT

#188

in my quick tests i dont see how you find that "marauders target banelings when dropping marauders"

they attacked whatever's closest. i really dont see how this helps really, i havent experienced it yet but it seems like i'd prefer terran to do this rather than just keep them on ground

stalife

Canada1222 Posts

September 08 2010 01:16 GMT

#189

I apologize if I have offended anyone by trying to name something after myself. Yeah I agree it should be named by the community. I guess I got ahead of myself naming it myself first. I was pretty excited to see something totally effective happen because the trick was accidental. If you watch the replay of me vs bubba (the first game I saw it happen by mistake), I loaded up my marauders on the medivacs and I was on route to drop on his main base. However, I saw bubba's massive army coming at me, and it was just a quick reflex, just moving my medivacs back and dropping the marauders. After that game, I tried doing it vs several zergs players online and in practice games. It seemed to work and I started to notice that the marauders fire at the banelings first. Taking advantage of sc2's smart AI seemed like a pretty amazing move, and I got very excited :D

I did not mean it as a douchebag / cocky move. The trick itself is great and I believe it'll catch on :D

Gigaudas

Sweden1213 Posts

September 08 2010 01:29 GMT

#190

The only douchebags here are people like HalfAmazing, don't you worry stalife

Zelniq: not clumping your banelings is pretty time consuming and often not done properly so stalife can aim at the baneling balls and drop on them. I guess?

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

September 08 2010 01:43 GMT

#191

i dont see a problem with trying to name this after yourself. Im a toss but Ill refer to it as "star dropping" if i see it done.

theytookourjobs

Sweden79 Posts

September 08 2010 01:49 GMT

#192

I love these kind of small tricks. Makes me curious about what else people will discover and come up with in the future.

Nice find!

Skeptic

United States89 Posts

September 08 2010 02:41 GMT

#193

Hat's off to you Stalife. I wouldn't have found this trick had you not posted it here no doubt. You're very far beyond my league, but I hope that through practice I may one day achieve your game sense.

I'm sorry that you're recieving such negative responses from the community here. Perhaps they are jealous of your trick finding prowess?

Cedstick

Canada3336 Posts

September 08 2010 04:30 GMT

#194

Dude, Stalife, you of all people don't need to apologize for seeming cocky. It's a pretty neat trick, anyway. I personally don't think it'll catch on with too many players, though, as you're the only person 1337 enough to be able to do it regularly.

Sqalevon

Netherlands523 Posts

September 08 2010 05:47 GMT

#195

I've seen the Day[9] Daily yesterday, that touched on the Stalife drop, and I must say, it was very scary to see that zerg army be annihilated after that drop.
I'll keep an eye out when I'm playing zerg from now on.

Also, when the medivac is FG'd, you can still unload units from it.

sadyque

Romania251 Posts

September 08 2010 06:02 GMT

#196

Day[9] called the move the Stalife drop. If Day[9] said it then its official! ;D Nice trick btw thx for sharing.

Bosu

United States3247 Posts

September 08 2010 06:02 GMT

#197

On September 08 2010 10:16 stalife wrote:
I apologize if I have offended anyone by trying to name something after myself. Yeah I agree it should be named by the community. I guess I got ahead of myself naming it myself first. I was pretty excited to see something totally effective happen because the trick was accidental. If you watch the replay of me vs bubba (the first game I saw it happen by mistake), I loaded up my marauders on the medivacs and I was on route to drop on his main base. However, I saw bubba's massive army coming at me, and it was just a quick reflex, just moving my medivacs back and dropping the marauders. After that game, I tried doing it vs several zergs players online and in practice games. It seemed to work and I started to notice that the marauders fire at the banelings first. Taking advantage of sc2's smart AI seemed like a pretty amazing move, and I got very excited :D

I did not mean it as a douchebag / cocky move. The trick itself is great and I believe it'll catch on :D

No apologies necessary. Keep calling them Stalife drops. Even if it catches on and community changes name don't neva stop callin it the stalife drop.

theburricane

United States65 Posts

September 08 2010 06:12 GMT

#198

On September 08 2010 10:13 Zelniq wrote:
in my quick tests i dont see how you find that "marauders target banelings when dropping marauders"

they attacked whatever's closest. i really dont see how this helps really, i havent experienced it yet but it seems like i'd prefer terran to do this rather than just keep them on ground

True, the Marauders will attack whatever's closest, but if they Banelings are just A-moved, then they'll detonate on the Marauders one-by-one as they drop. Meaning they're doing little to no splash damage because only a few Marauders are unloaded before they bite it. Damage-wise, Banelings aren't great against Marauders, especially when they get no splash.

The benefit is partly placement, but largely that the Banelings kill the Marauders one-at-a-time instead of en masse.

Cedstick

Canada3336 Posts

September 08 2010 06:57 GMT

#199

The least this has done is reallllllly flip the one-control-group play so often seen on it's head, and for that alone I think it deserves to be called Stalife Drop, or Sta Bomb or something similar. This just really forces Zerg to re-consider single-group armies.

zyvox

United States32 Posts

September 08 2010 07:10 GMT

#200

this is a really useful micro technique to use. people should appreciate that he shared his knowledge instead of keeping it to himself. stalife's only trying to help the community right? if you don't want to call it the stalife drop, no one is forcing you to. thanks for the tip!