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JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
March 27 2011 20:30 GMT
#81
awesome find!
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Dalavita
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1113 Posts
March 27 2011 20:34 GMT
#82
That's how I was doing it to begin with O_O

How did everyone else do it?
Orange Goblin
Profile Joined May 2010
218 Posts
March 27 2011 20:59 GMT
#83
On March 25 2011 13:00 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2011 12:47 Ezekyle wrote:
Let's hope Blizzard realises that these cool tricks actually help the game and lets it stay in this time.


How does it help the game to hide the number of units you have? It doesn't even make sense for planes to stack up on top of each other. Hopefully this will be patched soon.


These kind of posts make me so goddamn mad.

Have you any idea what Starcraft is? Why it's the most interesting multiplayer game ever?
LetoAtreides82
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1188 Posts
March 27 2011 22:08 GMT
#84
On March 28 2011 05:59 Orange Goblin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2011 13:00 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On March 25 2011 12:47 Ezekyle wrote:
Let's hope Blizzard realises that these cool tricks actually help the game and lets it stay in this time.


How does it help the game to hide the number of units you have? It doesn't even make sense for planes to stack up on top of each other. Hopefully this will be patched soon.


These kind of posts make me so goddamn mad.

Have you any idea what Starcraft is? Why it's the most interesting multiplayer game ever?


Yea I know what Starcraft is, I just want to know how many vikings my opponent has so that I can get just enough vikings to break the wall.
The spice must flow
Combine
Profile Joined July 2010
United States812 Posts
March 27 2011 22:13 GMT
#85
Hopefully they actually leave it in the game, it adds some dynamic to it. Nice sockfolder, always coming up with tricks :p. So many tricks that people keep finding after release, pretty cool.
(ಥ_ಥ)
Tracedragon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States948 Posts
March 27 2011 22:15 GMT
#86
;-; patching fail on Blizzard's part.
Do the impossible, see the invisible. Row, row, fight the power!
Char711
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-27 22:20:40
March 27 2011 22:20 GMT
#87
On March 28 2011 07:08 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2011 05:59 Orange Goblin wrote:
On March 25 2011 13:00 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On March 25 2011 12:47 Ezekyle wrote:
Let's hope Blizzard realises that these cool tricks actually help the game and lets it stay in this time.


How does it help the game to hide the number of units you have? It doesn't even make sense for planes to stack up on top of each other. Hopefully this will be patched soon.


These kind of posts make me so goddamn mad.

Have you any idea what Starcraft is? Why it's the most interesting multiplayer game ever?


Yea I know what Starcraft is, I just want to know how many vikings my opponent has so that I can get just enough vikings to break the wall.

You asked how it helped and then basically gave one of the reasons. It is something that takes just that tiny bit more of skill and knowledge but makes a unit dramatically better. You can't just whine and say, "But it makes the game harder for me, Johnny Bronze!" I just use "Johnny Bronze" as a placeholder, of course; it doesn't matter if you're in masters even (though I don't understand how someone that high up would actually think this).

StarCraft is supposed to be a hard game. That's why there are professional players.
"If you can chill, chill." -Liquid`Tyler "Special tactics." -White-Ra
Nazarid
Profile Joined February 2010
United States445 Posts
March 27 2011 22:35 GMT
#88
as much as i love the flower... it does kind of cheapen the game, as you can no longer count how many vikings they have which... well makes it so you can never judge the correct amt of vikings to make so you over make them and lose because you made to many vikings this is indeed a game of deception and economy but something like this is a Imbalance even to the pros who i am sure find it frustrating to be unable to count the vikings. i am an avid user of the viking flower and win many many TvT games because my opponents over make vikings then lose the ground war... every time its because of the flower nothing else... just them not being able to make an accurate count, muta stacking some would argue is just as deceiving ... its not really as you can judge about how many mutas they have by how fast they kill something.
Randomize the world, and Life shall be given.
JustPlay
Profile Joined September 2010
United States211 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-27 23:01:47
March 27 2011 23:00 GMT
#89
If you p + shift h across the map with an OL or slow unit in the group they will stack even if it is far outside of their normal magic box provided there's nothing to attack in the way. Pretty useful for mutas, it's pretty much BW style magic box but executed a bit differently.

From there it's very easy/fast to just a+click and right click to keep the mutas grouped. I usually do this anyway to keep my mutas in a tight group, but with p and h thrown in it starts (1) long before you actually get to the place (2) requires less apm/time to setup.
redeux
Profile Joined November 2010
United States148 Posts
March 27 2011 23:07 GMT
#90
I want the viking flower back. As a zerg player nothing satisfies me more than a chain fungal on their flower.
former masters zerg na/eu. took extended break, getting back into things.1v1 / 2v2 stream: twitch.tv/redeuxtv
Silmakuoppaanikinko
Profile Joined November 2010
799 Posts
March 27 2011 23:51 GMT
#91
On March 28 2011 07:20 Char711 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2011 07:08 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On March 28 2011 05:59 Orange Goblin wrote:
On March 25 2011 13:00 LetoAtreides82 wrote:
On March 25 2011 12:47 Ezekyle wrote:
Let's hope Blizzard realises that these cool tricks actually help the game and lets it stay in this time.


How does it help the game to hide the number of units you have? It doesn't even make sense for planes to stack up on top of each other. Hopefully this will be patched soon.


These kind of posts make me so goddamn mad.

Have you any idea what Starcraft is? Why it's the most interesting multiplayer game ever?


Yea I know what Starcraft is, I just want to know how many vikings my opponent has so that I can get just enough vikings to break the wall.

You asked how it helped and then basically gave one of the reasons. It is something that takes just that tiny bit more of skill and knowledge but makes a unit dramatically better. You can't just whine and say, "But it makes the game harder for me, Johnny Bronze!" I just use "Johnny Bronze" as a placeholder, of course; it doesn't matter if you're in masters even (though I don't understand how someone that high up would actually think this).

StarCraft is supposed to be a hard game. That's why there are professional players.
No not really, it doesn't make the game better at all when the effect of scouting is nullified.

It's like you can make all your buildings invisible by some random trick or exploit and it completely nullifies any scouting. Performing the flower doesn't take any skill, it's not like that you plan ahead and place your tech in a location that you don't think is likely to be scouted or at the last second stop a scouting SCV from seeing it.

It doesn't help the game at all when you can nullify scouting with a stupid trick that takes no skill to perform whatsoever, it helps the game when you get to make the decision to hide your real viking numbers by putting them not in one place and suddenly surprise the opponent by revealing you have a lot more vikings than he thought and win the game by that.

Come on, would you approve if you could perform a similar trick to make a dark shrine invisible, I mean, take the shakuras bug, I'm sure you agree it's good that it's patched, it takes no skill whatsoever to place a dark shrine, pylon, or spire there, you just have to know, and it nullifies scouting.

Now, if it took skill to pull off I can see where you're going, it's a good thing they kept the magic box because it actually takes skill to perform.
Workers and town centres are the ultimate counter to turtles.
Hokay
Profile Joined May 2007
United States738 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-28 00:11:42
March 28 2011 00:06 GMT
#92
Hiding the number of vikings with the flower trick TvT is lame imo. A viking count can be crucial in that match up so that's probably why Blizzard is taking it away. Stacking for other air units seems fine though..
Noxie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2227 Posts
March 28 2011 00:09 GMT
#93
Lets call this one sockfolding

Greats posts dude!
CodECleaR
Profile Joined November 2010
United States395 Posts
March 28 2011 00:38 GMT
#94
Very cool.
When GSL/TSL players look at this thread and use the new viking flower, you can be ":D"
How do you beat a terran who's hardcore turtling off 3 base? Flip him on his back and walk away."
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
March 28 2011 00:43 GMT
#95
Oh snap. New trick to keep in mind.
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Rhyme
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1069 Posts
April 18 2011 15:23 GMT
#96
SlayerS_MMA used this today: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/vod/64712 @ 17:25
dont ever say that
Hushfield
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Belgium80 Posts
April 25 2011 14:01 GMT
#97
Awesome! The sockfolder strikes again. I hereby grant you the title of "The Newton of SC2", based on Newton's awesomeness ranking as can be seen here: http://www.rankopedia.com/Best-Inventor/Discoverer-ever/Step1/8099/.htm
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
April 25 2011 15:03 GMT
#98
Nice, thanks for this
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
mind0killer
Profile Joined April 2011
United States26 Posts
April 26 2011 19:30 GMT
#99
Thank you for helping to find and share these flaws so that Blizzard can patch them out :
fear is the mind killer
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-26 19:37:58
April 26 2011 19:36 GMT
#100
On April 27 2011 04:30 mind0killer wrote:
Thank you for helping to find and share these flaws so that Blizzard can patch them out :


I sense sarcasm.

I wish they kept this.. all it does it let players control their units better... there is alot of AOE damage vs air in the game, blizzard should man up.


On April 26 2011 Blizzard stupidly wrote:

Fixed a bug where players were still able to stack flying units on top of each other.

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/1213111662

FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
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