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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
September 16 2010 00:07 GMT
#81
this is how I win my 1v4s vs 4 terrans when my allies are all dead
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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
September 16 2010 00:09 GMT
#82
Would love to see this as the final challenge in a micro map...lol...people not from Tl would have no idea what to do.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45410 Posts
September 16 2010 00:11 GMT
#83
Planetary Fortresses are clearly obsolete now.

In fact, Terrans are so weak thanks to this obvious exploit, that Raven's auto-turrets should instead be actual planetary fortresses. Maybe if you can spam them behind a Zerg mineral line, *a few* will deal some damage. Of course, the Zerg will probably have at least a dozen zerglings by then, which automatically trump PFs, so maybe not...
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On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
September 16 2010 00:14 GMT
#84
This could be some fun BM if anything.

You're rocking the terran and to BM the extremely OP PF that is his last source of money just run a few lings around it to mock him.

Other than that, it is useless unless for some reason the only things left on the entire map are a ling and evo chamber vs a singel PF or something like that.
Thoreezhea1
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States532 Posts
September 16 2010 00:15 GMT
#85
Oh yea, let's see, tanks, blings, colossus, broodlords, thor strike cannons.

MUCH easier, otherwise, cool trick.
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Refused
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom3 Posts
September 16 2010 00:16 GMT
#86
Don't really see this being applicable in real in-game situations. It's a neat trick, but if you were able kite some lings around the planetary fortress for that long without being interrupted then you've probably already won the game.
z00t
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia976 Posts
September 16 2010 00:17 GMT
#87
On September 16 2010 07:36 kiykiy wrote:
+1 for the impossible maps


Hah - oh man, I don't even know how long it would take to kill a Planetary Fortress with a single Zergling using this trick! And because you could die in a single shot from the PF, I'd definitely go INSANE trying to beat such a challenge .
Nakas
Profile Joined May 2010
United States148 Posts
September 16 2010 00:19 GMT
#88
On September 16 2010 09:01 Melancholia wrote:
Nakas, while that's an interesting and viable point, you are clearly failing to understand the true genius of this thread.


I realize that the idea in the OP of using only a single ling is a joke and isn't viable. However, using kiting to limit damage and win battles that would be otherwise winnable is a pretty common technique in high level play. You don't find it interesting that the PF can be kited? Assaulting a PF, this could easily save half a dozen or more units depending on the force used, and isn't much harder than other forms of kiting.
AntiLegend
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany247 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-16 00:19:57
September 16 2010 00:19 GMT
#89
nice trick, here is version 2:

use 2 lings, one above the pf, one below. right before the pf attacks one of them, burrow. the pf now has to do a 180. right before the second ling gets attacked burrow it, unburrow the first one, rinse repeat.

next level would be 4 lings (3, 6, 9, 12 position), etc etc
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
September 16 2010 00:21 GMT
#90
nice useless trick!
Typho0n
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada276 Posts
September 16 2010 00:22 GMT
#91
The readings are through the roof in this thread!
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aidnai
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1159 Posts
September 16 2010 00:24 GMT
#92
On September 16 2010 09:19 AntiLegend wrote:
nice trick, here is version 2:

use 2 lings, one above the pf, one below. right before the pf attacks one of them, burrow. the pf now has to do a 180. right before the second ling gets attacked burrow it, unburrow the first one, rinse repeat.

next level would be 4 lings (3, 6, 9, 12 position), etc etc


Better would be two at 6, two at 12. The PF still has to do a 180.

On September 16 2010 07:42 Ketara wrote:
The number of replies this thread is going to get that are totally serious is going to be incredible.

10/10


You called it. This is hilarious. Will be checking back often.
kickinhead
Profile Joined December 2008
Switzerland2069 Posts
September 16 2010 00:29 GMT
#93
lol, this "trick" doesn't matter at all....
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DreamSailor
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada433 Posts
September 16 2010 00:33 GMT
#94
This trick is awesome, but I think it is beaten by simply having 1 mutalisk.
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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
September 16 2010 00:37 GMT
#95
On September 16 2010 09:29 kickinhead wrote:
lol, this "trick" doesn't matter at all....

You don't say!
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DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
September 16 2010 00:48 GMT
#96
Ok im switching to zerg. I'll never lose again.
Redmark
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2129 Posts
September 16 2010 00:49 GMT
#97
On September 16 2010 09:02 Ovi wrote:
This troll post made me laugh, well done.

It's not really a troll, it's just a joke >_> It's not even a joke, he's just being light-hearted about it.
I'd say something about Romanians but that's been done already this thread.
whomybuddy
Profile Joined August 2010
United States620 Posts
September 16 2010 00:50 GMT
#98
You can put roaches or range units behind the mineral line and kill all workers. Plant-fortress is not in range XD.
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Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
September 16 2010 00:53 GMT
#99
On September 16 2010 08:53 Nakas wrote:
This could actually be viable.

The ling can be used to distract the PF from a ranged ground army. I just tried it and was able to take out a PF with 1 ling and just a few hydras without taking any damage at all, and with the hydra dps it doesn't even take all that long.

This is what you do: go in with the ling and kite the PF to make it turn around, then a-move the hydras in. If you don't attack with the ling, eventually the PF will lose interest and turn to the hydras, but if you attack again with the ling before it turns all the way toward the hydras, it will immediately stop and turn back toward the ling. Juggling the PF like this with 10 hydras will take it down in around 30 seconds without taking any damage whatsoever.

yea but PFs are usually accompanied with scvs....... this makes repair so dam easy and taking down the PF even that much more of a pain in the ass... and the scvs can atk the ling pretty dam easily
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Dox
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia1199 Posts
September 16 2010 00:56 GMT
#100
Goddamn the replies in this thread. Epic funny.
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