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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
Anyway, its probably not too viable except for rare circumstances, but I thought I would post anyway. PS: With about 7 SCV's you can block 4 zealots (maybe more) in an open area (and definitely a lot more on a ramp), and even if they eventually target the SCV's, it may have been worth the free shots/time they bought when the player doesnt immediately realize he has to manually target the worker concave. | ||
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bobbob
United States368 Posts
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Clane07226
United States72 Posts
but im guessing most decent players will just target them... | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On October 26 2010 16:36 Wolf wrote: Oh, so they don't figure it out ? I know they will if the workers aren't on hold, but this is certainly interesting. Could easily stop a lot of harassments with this I think, if executed properly. Yea, if they are on hold no paths are ever opened at all as the SCV's dont budge even when your own units get near them. I was hoping maybe somebody could like, magic box formation move the SCV's and use them in a battle but I doubt that would work  Also, perhaps the old "float a barracks over your hold position SCV's to block the ramp" trick can come back, which prevents people from targetting your SCV's | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
btw nice find, i didn't know that workers could block anymore! | ||
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necmon
194 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On October 26 2010 16:46 necmon wrote: You can zoom/rotate in the game now (one of the advantages being a 3D game...). The barracks trick won't work. It creates additional effort, but it's not making it impossible to target the units. Ah, thats a good point. Damn you 3d! Gotta admit though, would be funny to see people rotating cameras in a tournament. | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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MayorITC
Korea (South)798 Posts
On October 26 2010 16:46 necmon wrote: You can zoom/rotate in the game now (one of the advantages being a 3D game...). The barracks trick won't work. It creates additional effort, but it's not making it impossible to target the units. Or just put your unit on hold position when its near the SCV and it will attack the un-targetable scv. | ||
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dimfish
United States663 Posts
What you do is 1) wedge a couple marines (anything ranged) up against a wall to reduce the amount of surface area they have and then 2) put the ranged units on hold position, so they won't move when workers come over. Then 3) select workers and click a marine, they will walk over and get all snuggy. Last 4) put workers on hold position. Video illustrating it With just a few actions and a few units you can make a melee AI-proof barrier. Now someone just has to figure out how to make this useful. | ||
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TheBB
Switzerland5133 Posts
On October 26 2010 16:47 TheRabidDeer wrote: Ah, thats a good point. Damn you 3d! Gotta admit though, would be funny to see people rotating cameras in a tournament. Now I'm curious.... will the replay first-person view save camera state like this? I'm guessing it does, but I haven't actually seen it. | ||
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
On October 26 2010 17:45 TheBB wrote: Now I'm curious.... will the replay first-person view save camera state like this? I'm guessing it does, but I haven't actually seen it. Yes, it does. I found this out after playing some guy who zoomed in halfway through the game and then never zoomed back out. I was wondering why he didn't see half my army run around his into the mineral line. | ||
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kaztal
Sweden68 Posts
On October 26 2010 17:39 dimfish wrote: I think this is cool. I experimented a little in the unit tester and found a quick and easy trick that might turn into something useful. What you do is 1) wedge a couple marines (anything ranged) up against a wall to reduce the amount of surface area they have and then 2) put the ranged units on hold position, so they won't move when workers come over. Then 3) select workers and click a marine, they will walk over and get all snuggy. Last 4) put workers on hold position. Video illustrating it With just a few actions and a few units you can make a melee AI-proof barrier. Now someone just has to figure out how to make this useful. wow, that looks pretty serious! maybe this'll be a good way to ward of 6pools in the future. | ||
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
I think it's bullshit tbh, as it's one race this does not affect. Hopefully Blizzard will fix the pathing in some way that does't allow melee units to suffer alone at least. | ||
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
i think it makes for some interesting/innovative play  fun too watch too lolkeep it! haha | ||
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Detectable
Norway58 Posts
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4Servy
Netherlands1542 Posts
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HuHEN
United Kingdom514 Posts
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On October 26 2010 19:27 Detectable wrote: If the ramp is blocked like that, cant you just run some units up there and hold position yourself? That would pretty much smell the end of the block Yea, it would. But there are times when getting a few extra seconds or a couple extra shots in can make a difference. Its just another trick in the bag that you can use | ||
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