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CherubDown
Profile Joined August 2010
United States171 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-17 08:45:14
December 17 2010 08:36 GMT
#1
All credit goes to Crota (aka BlizShouter) for pointing this out in one of his casts. So go sub him!

Anyway it works great for photon cannon rush cheese, but I imagine there could possibly be other uses for it. The best way to explain it is to post a video, so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnhrbSvYgm4


Edit: In case you're interested in the replay for strategy purposes: Replay
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
December 17 2010 08:39 GMT
#2
i think choyafou did this in the GSL
i remember artosis being shocked because he didn't know it could be done
AlphaWave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States23 Posts
December 17 2010 08:40 GMT
#3
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.
Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
December 17 2010 08:40 GMT
#4
didn't it get patched in 1.2.0?
CherubDown
Profile Joined August 2010
United States171 Posts
December 17 2010 08:41 GMT
#5
On December 17 2010 17:39 awu25 wrote:
i think choyafou did this in the GSL
i remember artosis being shocked because he didn't know it could be done

Really? This is the first time it was brought to my attention, so I thought I'd make a thread.
Durn
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada360 Posts
December 17 2010 08:41 GMT
#6
I've known about using building placement to glitch through walls for a while. It's a decent application for using that cannon rush to eventually push INTO their base and you can get your probe back inside after it's protected.

Not particularly game breaking though, in my opinion.
"Even if I lose 100 games, that's 100 different arrows pointing me in the wrong direction." - Sean Day[9] Plott
SweetLou
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany12 Posts
December 17 2010 08:42 GMT
#7
I thought Blizzard will patch something so the pylon chocke block would not be possible anymore...? So this might not work after the patch?
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Blaize
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States91 Posts
December 17 2010 08:43 GMT
#8
On December 17 2010 17:40 AlphaWave wrote:
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.



This is far from a Hack, and from what I can tell you've watched little to no Brood War, if you had you would know this was from BW aswell.
Hammertime
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia77 Posts
December 17 2010 08:43 GMT
#9

i think choyafou did this in the GSL
i remember artosis being shocked because he didn't know it could be done


Yeah, that's right, he cannon-contained someone and then used the trick to squeeze the probe in. It's been around for a while, iirc.
AlphaWave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States23 Posts
December 17 2010 08:45 GMT
#10
On December 17 2010 17:43 Blaize wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2010 17:40 AlphaWave wrote:
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.



This is far from a Hack, and from what I can tell you've watched little to no Brood War, if you had you would know this was from BW aswell.


Only noobs played Brood War.

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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17011 Posts
December 17 2010 08:45 GMT
#11
Yeah, the same glitch was around back in BW. A lot of the maps had mineral blocks that required players to use this trick to scout.

Pretty nifty glitch that's useful in some situations.
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sksyen
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States359 Posts
December 17 2010 08:45 GMT
#12
enjoy it while u can
InflowYen.681 || /dance
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17011 Posts
December 17 2010 08:48 GMT
#13
On December 17 2010 17:45 sksyen wrote:
enjoy it while u can


I really don't think Blizzard's going to change this mechanic, but who knows.
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Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
December 17 2010 08:50 GMT
#14
Considering that Pylonblocking is soon being patched, it doesn't really matter anymore.

On a side note, that has been around for a while, and yes, ChoyafOu did this in GSL, but Tastless' vision only skirts it, you see the probe going into the main and the leftovers from the cancled Pylon. Anyways, it exists at least since release.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
estee
Profile Joined November 2010
Korea (South)449 Posts
December 17 2010 08:51 GMT
#15
choya did this against AnNyeong in ro64 game 2.

Here's the thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=172251

CherubDown
Profile Joined August 2010
United States171 Posts
December 17 2010 08:55 GMT
#16
I don't believe this is actually "patchable." The motion the probe makes when a building is laid down near it is a fundamental to all sc2 units.
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
December 17 2010 08:56 GMT
#17
On December 17 2010 17:45 AlphaWave wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2010 17:43 Blaize wrote:
On December 17 2010 17:40 AlphaWave wrote:
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.



This is far from a Hack, and from what I can tell you've watched little to no Brood War, if you had you would know this was from BW aswell.


Only noobs played Brood War.

So you are calling almost every player in the GSL a noob? Probably half of TL too which played BW at some point?

BW is harder than sc2.... have some respect for people playing BW since they are also dedicated enough to play such an old game for so long.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4513 Posts
December 17 2010 08:58 GMT
#18
This had been shown long before Choyas game. It isn't really new at all.
hi. big fan.
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
December 17 2010 08:58 GMT
#19
On December 17 2010 17:45 AlphaWave wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2010 17:43 Blaize wrote:
On December 17 2010 17:40 AlphaWave wrote:
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.



This is far from a Hack, and from what I can tell you've watched little to no Brood War, if you had you would know this was from BW aswell.


Only noobs played Brood War.

wow get this guy out of here
the skill required for BW is so much higher
KonohaFlash
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1590 Posts
December 17 2010 08:58 GMT
#20
On December 17 2010 17:45 AlphaWave wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2010 17:43 Blaize wrote:
On December 17 2010 17:40 AlphaWave wrote:
Let's all hope Blizzard patches this hack.



This is far from a Hack, and from what I can tell you've watched little to no Brood War, if you had you would know this was from BW aswell.


Only noobs played Brood War.


13 posts and this is the type of stuff you post? haha.
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