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purecarnagge
Profile Joined August 2010
719 Posts
September 14 2010 15:14 GMT
#861
You guys mine your extra 30 minerals, then QQ when you get cannon rushed, zerg hatched in your base or bunker rushed.

Eitherway I'm waiting for the first, Everything was going fine doing my almost 4-7% mineral trick until I got noob rushed.
Capteone
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
September 14 2010 15:32 GMT
#862
interesting trick
Devious-Gaming - www.Devious-Gaming.co.cc
zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
September 14 2010 16:03 GMT
#863
i also don't want to do this for the next 10 years.. please patch.
zimz
SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13069 Posts
September 14 2010 16:31 GMT
#864
So while i was watching GSL today i noticed no delay in the mining of the players. Does this means everyone is usiing this now or I cant just see the delay?

P.S Im not a SC2 player havent played a single game till now.
Stork and KHAN fan till 2012 ...
Conzeq
Profile Joined April 2010
64 Posts
September 14 2010 16:41 GMT
#865
This is awesome. I'm a mid diamond player and I just used it. It is very good for me until like 13 supply. Then I can't really focus on my strat while doing that ... so I guess we're going to see a lot of pro's do this now!

nice find!
wtf
Kikuichimonji
Profile Joined June 2010
United States102 Posts
September 14 2010 18:48 GMT
#866
Does the worker need to currently have minerals when you cue up the 'C' command?

I looked through 20 pages of the thread looking for an answer and I didn't see it.
SpaceYeti
Profile Joined June 2010
United States723 Posts
September 14 2010 18:49 GMT
#867
On September 15 2010 03:48 Kikuichimonji wrote:
Does the worker need to currently have minerals when you cue up the 'C' command?

I looked through 20 pages of the thread looking for an answer and I didn't see it.
I also need this answer. Anyone know?
Behavior is a function of its consequences.
sAfuRos
Profile Joined March 2009
United States743 Posts
September 14 2010 18:52 GMT
#868
Uh is it me or can you not quene this multiple times? If you select a worker and watch its quene line, it disappears after one time mining.
sAfuRos // twitch.tv/sAfuRos // contact for coaching
Endorsed
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands1221 Posts
September 14 2010 18:55 GMT
#869
On September 15 2010 03:52 sAfuRos wrote:
Uh is it me or can you not quene this multiple times? If you select a worker and watch its quene line, it disappears after one time mining.


You are doing it wrong.
zokj
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada136 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-14 18:58:30
September 14 2010 18:55 GMT
#870
On September 15 2010 03:49 SpaceYeti wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2010 03:48 Kikuichimonji wrote:
Does the worker need to currently have minerals when you cue up the 'C' command?

I looked through 20 pages of the thread looking for an answer and I didn't see it.
I also need this answer. Anyone know?


In my experience yes. But wouldn't say I've got the trick working perfectly. It definitely puts a strain on other basic macro mechanics if you focus too much Q'ing, the mineral return.

As Zerg, I droned until 10 then made an overlord. Usually when the overlord pops I have ~150, with the trick its more like ~180. But that could be my own mistakes generating the extra income. (I realize this isn't the optimal opening, but its an easy measure of the mineral boosting technique.

The key as far as I know is ending with a right click on the mineral patch otherwise the drone goes idle at the hatch(etc).

Edit: Like to add that while focused executing this trick my apm is around 150, but if i was better I'd boost/Q more
sAfuRos
Profile Joined March 2009
United States743 Posts
September 14 2010 18:59 GMT
#871
On September 15 2010 03:55 Endorsed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2010 03:52 sAfuRos wrote:
Uh is it me or can you not quene this multiple times? If you select a worker and watch its quene line, it disappears after one time mining.


You are doing it wrong.


Select worker, shift C right click c right click c right click over and over, the quene terminates after one trip
sAfuRos // twitch.tv/sAfuRos // contact for coaching
Alsn
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden995 Posts
September 14 2010 19:00 GMT
#872
On September 15 2010 03:59 sAfuRos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2010 03:55 Endorsed wrote:
On September 15 2010 03:52 sAfuRos wrote:
Uh is it me or can you not quene this multiple times? If you select a worker and watch its quene line, it disappears after one time mining.


You are doing it wrong.


Select worker, shift C right click c right click c right click over and over, the quene terminates after one trip
Are you sure you aren't using grid keys? Cause if so, the hotkey is 'D'.
Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!
sAfuRos
Profile Joined March 2009
United States743 Posts
September 14 2010 19:01 GMT
#873
I'm doing normal hotkeys
Eh, whatever. In the demo video in the first post it terminates after one trip too, althugh i don't know if thats only because he clicked it once...
sAfuRos // twitch.tv/sAfuRos // contact for coaching
Looky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1608 Posts
September 14 2010 19:02 GMT
#874
i bet you if the game was lan it probably wouldnt have that mining delay.
sAfuRos
Profile Joined March 2009
United States743 Posts
September 14 2010 19:02 GMT
#875
On September 15 2010 04:02 Looky wrote:
i bet you if the game was lan it probably wouldnt have that mining delay.


Lol...
sAfuRos // twitch.tv/sAfuRos // contact for coaching
whoopadeedoo
Profile Joined June 2010
United States427 Posts
September 14 2010 19:09 GMT
#876
I really haven't gotten much use out of it. I apm around 150 and I can send at least six probes to do this queue command, but I really don't see a big improvement in my economy. And as soon as >8 probes (realistically around 11 probes) are out, the queue stops working when the workers shift minerals.
Jaeger
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1150 Posts
September 14 2010 19:09 GMT
#877
On September 15 2010 03:59 sAfuRos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2010 03:55 Endorsed wrote:
On September 15 2010 03:52 sAfuRos wrote:
Uh is it me or can you not quene this multiple times? If you select a worker and watch its quene line, it disappears after one time mining.


You are doing it wrong.


Select worker, shift C right click c right click c right click over and over, the quene terminates after one trip


Select worker, shift right click minerals, wait for worker to have minerals in hand so return cargo hotkey becomes available, hold shift right click minerals, c, right click minerals, c, right click minerals, repeat until your worker drops his minerals off at which point you can no longer queue return cargo commands.
https://www.dotabuff.com/players/8137911
Hikari
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
1914 Posts
September 14 2010 19:17 GMT
#878
Question:
Can you do this trick by selecting all your workers, wait for 1 to return cargo and press shift-c?
(This is similar to the scv hold position trick in bw)
whoopadeedoo
Profile Joined June 2010
United States427 Posts
September 14 2010 19:19 GMT
#879
On September 15 2010 04:17 Hikari wrote:
Question:
Can you do this trick by selecting all your workers, wait for 1 to return cargo and press shift-c?
(This is similar to the scv hold position trick in bw)


Won't work because when you right click one mineral patch, every SCV will go to that mineral patch and break the queue.
Freewalker
Profile Joined September 2010
1 Post
September 14 2010 20:56 GMT
#880
I don't think it was mentioned on the broadcast, but the Korean players were doing this last night on gomtv.net, I was seeing it in the first game. Watch the first game - probes are instantly turning around instead of holding the mineral and pausing for ~.25 seconds before returning.

Pretty rad.
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