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Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
September 13 2010 00:11 GMT
#341
i think it will probably be fixed by blizzard. Because if you did this for mules it will be broken. I.e. even late game if you did it with all your mules and got an extra trip out of them because of it, it would be a significant advantage to terran that other races wouldnt have.
"losers always whine about their best, Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"
jamesr12
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1549 Posts
September 13 2010 00:12 GMT
#342
On September 13 2010 09:10 VarmVaffel wrote:
So since FaZe got his "fazing" trick named after him, should we call this "sockfolding" as well? :p


it is about as boring to do as sockfolding.... patch it patch it patch it
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Zarahtra
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland4053 Posts
September 13 2010 00:13 GMT
#343
I hope this gets updated. Great find, but having mind numbing boring chores to do doesn't quite get me off. I actually liked that it's the biggest thing that got cut between BW and SC2. Also making cheeses more successful = , esp. as this might not only make them more successful but hit earlier
LarJarsE
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1378 Posts
September 13 2010 00:13 GMT
#344
Awesome find, awesome instructional video. I absolutely HATE this idea, but I guess I'll get used to it.
since 98'
QueueQueue
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada1000 Posts
September 13 2010 00:14 GMT
#345
I tested with 2 scvs, 1 not and 1 doing the trick. The 1 doing the trick started behind the other SCV, but quickly overcame it.
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
September 13 2010 00:15 GMT
#346
So instead of spamming needless apm you do this. What's the problem?
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Ryalnos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1946 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-13 00:25:35
September 13 2010 00:15 GMT
#347
On September 13 2010 09:11 Darpa wrote:
i think it will probably be fixed by blizzard. Because if you did this for mules it will be broken. I.e. even late game if you did it with all your mules and got an extra trip out of them because of it, it would be a significant advantage to terran that other races wouldnt have.


This gives you as much of an advantage in muling as sending it to a close patch rather than a far patch.

Given that you have to spend 20 actions (shiftclick, hit c) for essentially half a marine's worth of minerals, I doubt pros will devote time to this in the lategame over microing their units.
vyyye
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden3917 Posts
September 13 2010 00:16 GMT
#348
On September 13 2010 09:15 nihlon wrote:
So instead of spamming needless apm you do this. What's the problem?

It feels pretty retarded. Not sure how to elaborate that, but it's essentially "right click and spam C fast to get extra minerals". But meh, doesn't make too much of a difference.
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-13 00:17:54
September 13 2010 00:17 GMT
#349
On September 13 2010 09:15 nihlon wrote:
So instead of spamming needless apm you do this. What's the problem?



that not every1 is spamming at the start of the game? that it will make rushs arrive earlier and thus be more dangerous? as if the game wasnt full enough of 1 base all ins.
"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
Trebis
Profile Joined March 2010
United States182 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-13 00:18:50
September 13 2010 00:18 GMT
#350
I just tested, and in its current form, this technique definitely does not work with gas.

Despite how awesome I feel like this technique is (I mean c'mon, who is it going to hurt? No one. Who is it going to help? Only the BEST of the BEST of the BEST players, who need something useful to do at the beginning of the game anyway!) I have to concede that this is clearly a bug. Workers should be doing these actions as efficiently as possible anyway, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if Blizzard fixed this
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iSTime
Profile Joined November 2006
1579 Posts
September 13 2010 00:18 GMT
#351
I really hope things like this aren't what differentiates the good from the great. This sort of trick is completely mindless.
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Sylvr
Profile Joined May 2010
United States524 Posts
September 13 2010 00:18 GMT
#352
If it has to have the OP's name attached to it (which I don't think he really cares about), I think "Folding" sounds better even if it doesn't fit the actual mechanic as well as Fazing did (we can't all be so lucky).
GogoKodo
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Canada1785 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-13 00:23:38
September 13 2010 00:19 GMT
#353
On September 13 2010 09:12 jamesr12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 13 2010 09:10 VarmVaffel wrote:
So since FaZe got his "fazing" trick named after him, should we call this "sockfolding" as well? :p


it is about as boring to do as sockfolding.... patch it patch it patch it

I propose just "folding" so it doesn't sound quite so weird.
Really interesting find sockfolder.
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Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
September 13 2010 00:20 GMT
#354
this is a scary thread to wake up to.... im not sure if i like it... as TT1 said, i was alrdy depressed about early pools next patch, oh god.
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Khrane
Profile Joined April 2010
United States127 Posts
September 13 2010 00:21 GMT
#355
So let me get this straight... SC2 is "too easy", yet we find something like this and everyone complains that it should be removed? Nice.
endoKarb
Profile Joined February 2008
Italy3 Posts
September 13 2010 00:21 GMT
#356
On September 13 2010 09:19 Vathus wrote:
I think the easiest way to do this with all of your workers would be to just select all your SCVs and spam C. Might not be as efficient but it would be a lot easier than queuing up commands for each individual SCV.


You can actually just keep C pressed. No need to spam, and you can do that even later in the game.
curv3
Profile Joined February 2010
Brazil24 Posts
September 13 2010 00:23 GMT
#357
On September 13 2010 09:19 Vathus wrote:
I think the easiest way to do this with all of your workers would be to just select all your SCVs and spam C. Might not be as efficient but it would be a lot easier than queuing up commands for each individual SCV.

Except it does not work, as just spamming C command will make them stay at the command center and you gonna lose mining time anyway.

I missed not having these little tricks in SC2, so I obviously like it and I'm going to execute it, even tho it's pretty insignificant since it only affects the early game by 1 or 2 seconds (3 if you are VERY good at it, what is still meaningless).
There are no limit for imagination and stupidity
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-13 00:25:26
September 13 2010 00:24 GMT
#358
no, i've tested it and just holding down C (and nothing else) does absolutely nothing. 100% sure here

(im assuming this is because the way it works is that by the time Return Cargo becomes 'available,' it's already too late/slow. you need to send it the command before it has minerals in its hands)
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Plutonium
Profile Joined November 2007
United States2217 Posts
September 13 2010 00:25 GMT
#359
I can guarantee you that Blizz knew about this ten minutes after the thread went up, and it will most likely be patched.

Their devs probably read TL more than their actual forums.
Chaoz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States507 Posts
September 13 2010 00:25 GMT
#360
On September 13 2010 09:19 Vathus wrote:
I think the easiest way to do this with all of your workers would be to just select all your SCVs and spam C. Might not be as efficient but it would be a lot easier than queuing up commands for each individual SCV.


It won't work that way.
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