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Roach Burrow Practice Map

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oogles
Profile Joined August 2010
United States29 Posts
January 21 2011 07:19 GMT
#1
Hello -

I thought I would share a map with you guys that I made to help me practice my roach burrow micro. It basically pits your 20 roaches in a choke against a giant wave of enemy roaches, you try to get as many kills as you can using burrow micro before your roaches die. It counts your kills for you. If they kill your bunker it's over.

[url blocked]

I hope you guys find it useful!
SpaceFighting
Profile Joined January 2010
New Zealand690 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-21 10:16:03
January 21 2011 07:23 GMT
#2
was hoping for a map like this, thanks dude appreciate it. testing now ^^

edit: i tested both and i love the ling/bling one, the roach one i think shud have burrow move?? im not to sure but since ur normally burrowing ur 1st line of roaches, that pretty much means the enemy is getting closer, so when ur 1st line of roaches to end up unborrowing later on in the game that means instead of like 4/5 hitting them there getting around 10+ roaches hitting them, its just my idea tho...maybe it could be an option or something? ^_^ ty for maps!
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oogles
Profile Joined August 2010
United States29 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-21 09:34:57
January 21 2011 09:30 GMT
#3
I just made another one, this one for ling baneling micro. You're trying to defend the bunker, there are 6 blings who are attacking the bunker, you have 20 lings and you have to try to kill them before they hit the bunker. The best I've gotten is defending it with 4 lings remaining. It's pretty fun actually.

[url blocked]

Feedback is appreciated!
xza
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore1600 Posts
January 21 2011 09:37 GMT
#4
Oooooh ZvZ practice! i'm gonna give this a try
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Fadetowhite
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)302 Posts
January 21 2011 09:52 GMT
#5
i love these practice maps made by the community !! i must have run that muta micro map a thousand times on BW to practice my micro, most certainly will give this a try thanks!
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TheOnlyOne
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany155 Posts
January 21 2011 10:14 GMT
#6
Could be a good idea to put this kind of maps in a singel one and let the players choose from the start; like a unit Tester Map; so with variable amounts of units and attacking stuff.


If this can be done for races and units it should be a really big boon for the training for lower levels.

Zpm
Profile Joined September 2010
Ireland18 Posts
January 21 2011 10:15 GMT
#7
Nice one, will give it a try later, my micro is so desperate this can only help me!
KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
January 21 2011 10:18 GMT
#8
Good job. Thanks for the maps Op.
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trueblue_swe
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden25 Posts
January 21 2011 10:22 GMT
#9
Any Stalker Blink micro map coming up?
Mongery
Profile Joined May 2009
892 Posts
January 21 2011 10:25 GMT
#10
Thanks i needed this! woah woah! <3<3
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Lobo2me
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway1213 Posts
January 21 2011 10:47 GMT
#11
On January 21 2011 19:22 trueblue_swe wrote:
Any Stalker Blink micro map coming up?

Using any unit tester can practice blink micro pretty well. I've found that for example with 12 stalkers against 20 roaches (1500/600 vs 1500/500) attack move will have around 7-8 roaches left in a medium choke, but with micro I've managed to have 11 stalkers left. Just adding 4 roaches made it impossible for me to win against it.
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Sockpuppet
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
119 Posts
January 21 2011 12:21 GMT
#12
Yes!! I love maps like this not only are they fun but you also learn a lot of great skills
Krissam
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark189 Posts
January 21 2011 12:27 GMT
#13
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/140087/SC2/Maps/Ling Baneling Practice Map.SC2Map
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/140087/SC2/Maps/Roach Practice.SC2Map

Mirror for both without the annoying wait time.
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woowoo
Profile Joined May 2010
France164 Posts
January 21 2011 13:48 GMT
#14
Do you know the time required to burrow for all units? it seems roaches are faster tan zerglings.
wooooo
apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
January 21 2011 13:52 GMT
#15
On January 21 2011 22:48 woowoo wrote:
Do you know the time required to burrow for all units? it seems roaches are faster tan zerglings.

Agreed. Roach burrow seems extremely fast.
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FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
January 21 2011 13:56 GMT
#16
awesome man! Could you publish these? practicing burrow micro doesnt make much sense if you don't train with the bnet delay. Or is it possible to practice it with delay using your map?
oogles
Profile Joined August 2010
United States29 Posts
January 21 2011 18:39 GMT
#17
On January 21 2011 19:14 TheOnlyOne wrote:
Could be a good idea to put this kind of maps in a singel one and let the players choose from the start; like a unit Tester Map; so with variable amounts of units and attacking stuff.


If this can be done for races and units it should be a really big boon for the training for lower levels.



I thought about this. If you guys like these maps, I'd be happy to consolidate them and add some features! I'll publish it too so it can be played on BNet with the delay.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-21 18:40:55
January 21 2011 18:40 GMT
#18
Yeah, we do!
I'm not sure if I improved with this custom game, but to be honest...

It's hella fun lololol

Maybe add one with Marines and you have to micro your banelings properly to hit them and they scurry and separate and stim, I dunno.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Toxiferous
Profile Joined June 2009
United States388 Posts
January 21 2011 20:29 GMT
#19
what did everyone get their first try on the roach one? 21 here x.x
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 21 2011 20:31 GMT
#20
On January 22 2011 05:29 Toxiferous wrote:
what did everyone get their first try on the roach one? 21 here x.x


12 ;D
My Roaches like it in the face!

I'm just really bad with micro. My macro is poor as well...

Why do I play, I don't know.
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Cade
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-21 20:44:14
January 21 2011 20:41 GMT
#21
Got 23 my first go, then every time since i've got from 18-21, not rly a map I can get myself to play over and over though =D Was fun for a bit, thanks for this!

Edit: I think it would be more fun w/ burrow movement as an option that you can enable/disable
Flexx
Profile Joined August 2010
United States87 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-22 00:14:59
January 21 2011 23:19 GMT
#22
Hm.. the Roach one I am horrible with. Anyone care to post a replay of them doing it well?

But I can go 1 for 1 on the ling/bane one. Ending with 14 lings. =)

After further testing, I have determined that I have absolutely no idea how to properly micro burrow roaches. Is there anyone that can provide me with a solid explanation of the best way to control them?
gulati
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2241 Posts
January 21 2011 23:22 GMT
#23
sounds excellent; downloading. i'll let you know how it goes.

thanks!
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