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Uhh Negative
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1090 Posts
August 05 2011 14:14 GMT
#421
6 pool will of course be a great strategy on ladder where it's always a BO1. Pros can't play like this because they play BO3+. If 6 pool is your only strategy I think by game 2 they will be ready for it :p. Pretty funny how successful you were though. In ZvZ 6 pool is so easy to hold off for me unless I don't see the drone building the spine. It should really only win you the game vs hatch first players which I don't think is very good zvz anyway.
MegaManEXE
Profile Joined September 2010
United States845 Posts
August 05 2011 14:37 GMT
#422
On August 05 2011 23:14 Uhh Negative wrote:
6 pool will of course be a great strategy on ladder where it's always a BO1. Pros can't play like this because they play BO3+. If 6 pool is your only strategy I think by game 2 they will be ready for it :p. Pretty funny how successful you were though. In ZvZ 6 pool is so easy to hold off for me unless I don't see the drone building the spine. It should really only win you the game vs hatch first players which I don't think is very good zvz anyway.


ActionJesuz would like a word with you
bubblegumbo
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Taiwan1296 Posts
August 05 2011 14:50 GMT
#423
need a bigger replay pack so we can learn this build
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Giku
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands368 Posts
August 05 2011 15:27 GMT
#424
Okay:
Say I want to play random and cheese every-single-game.
Zerg: This thread
Terran: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223517 , 3 racks + scv's

But what does one do as protoss?
Let the music be the fuse that'll spark my soul
AraMoOse
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada66 Posts
August 05 2011 15:30 GMT
#425
On August 06 2011 00:27 Giku wrote:
Okay:
Say I want to play random and cheese every-single-game.
Zerg: This thread
Terran: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223517 , 3 racks + scv's

But what does one do as protoss?


Cannon Rush?
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ZeraToss
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1094 Posts
August 05 2011 15:30 GMT
#426
On August 06 2011 00:27 Giku wrote:
Okay:
Say I want to play random and cheese every-single-game.
Zerg: This thread
Terran: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223517 , 3 racks + scv's

But what does one do as protoss?


4 gate
proxy gate
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XiGua
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden3085 Posts
August 05 2011 15:30 GMT
#427
On August 06 2011 00:27 Giku wrote:
Okay:
Say I want to play random and cheese every-single-game.
Zerg: This thread
Terran: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223517 , 3 racks + scv's

But what does one do as protoss?

Since proxy gateways don't work that well on ladder because of the 4-player maps... I'd say 4/5-Gate. It's only my opinion though.
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bunnymuncher
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada112 Posts
August 05 2011 15:40 GMT
#428
Cheese will always be a part of the game. Like most people, i prefer to win a nice macro game, however ever 10ish games i'll probably do some sort of cheese as a result of my impatience.

My problem with cheese is that it is based off blind counters, and that is why it is very unreliable. For example, i was playing as toss and i decided to open with an eco 2 gate, and the zerg tried to 6 pool me. The zerg got stomped based off a blind counter.

When running something standard like 2 base colossus, or marine-tank, the player has control over the game whether his comp is scouted or not. There is no worse feeling than having some weird cheese scouted, or walking into a hard counter.

I'm against cheese, because it is too luck-based, and therefore inconsistent.
leBIGcrab
Profile Joined February 2011
France313 Posts
August 05 2011 15:43 GMT
#429
One night, baked, i decided to 6 pool some games before sleeping. I won like 7 or 8 straight, and mainly faced Protoss. It was amazing so i played all the night.

I got promotion like 3 hours after. Was like "wtf diamond". 2 months after, i was demoted to Platinum, where i'm stuck now, playing standard games, mainly pushing macro to improve as Zerg.

Yeah 6-pool works. Really well.
Lewan72
Profile Joined April 2011
United States381 Posts
August 05 2011 15:44 GMT
#430
I pratice against very hard AI sometimes for like mechanics, and i play protoss. one time i accidentaly left it on random and i got zerg as my race, which was the first time i played zerg. So i just 6pooled and beat very hard AI. LOL
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Djiffit
Profile Joined May 2010
Finland18 Posts
August 05 2011 15:57 GMT
#431
Next patch: Zerg needs now 2 overlords to build a spawning pool.
imareaver3
Profile Joined June 2010
United States906 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-05 16:01:38
August 05 2011 16:01 GMT
#432
On August 06 2011 00:57 Djiffit wrote:
Next patch: Zerg needs now 2 overlords to build a spawning pool.




...this is 4 months old...
venge1155
Profile Joined January 2011
United States174 Posts
August 05 2011 16:10 GMT
#433
On August 06 2011 01:01 imareaver3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2011 00:57 Djiffit wrote:
Next patch: Zerg needs now 2 overlords to build a spawning pool.




...this is 4 months old...

.....it was clearly a joke.
Giku
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands368 Posts
August 05 2011 16:51 GMT
#434
I guess I can safely say Cannon-rushing/proxy 2-gate will suffice then, thanks
Let the music be the fuse that'll spark my soul
Zeweig
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden189 Posts
August 05 2011 18:03 GMT
#435
Cannon rushing isn´t as easy as it seems, at least in high level games, but if you pull it of successfully, you have a huge advantage.

It is also extremely funny! Makes games more interesting ^^
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JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 05 2011 18:10 GMT
#436
On August 06 2011 01:51 Giku wrote:
I guess I can safely say Cannon-rushing/proxy 2-gate will suffice then, thanks

i wouldnt proxy 2 gate a terran just a warning (unless its a 2p map and you can get inside the wall) i would opt for the cannon rush but you have to be kinda trixy to cannon rush a terran - be creative.
tl666666
Profile Joined August 2011
2 Posts
August 05 2011 18:24 GMT
#437
thread is pretty necro imo
kushm4sta
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States8878 Posts
August 05 2011 18:30 GMT
#438
Can someone please answer, what do people think is the most effective 6 or 7 pool BO for each mu? I notice there are a lot of ways to do it involving extractor trick/when you make your OL/ bringing all your drones or just some for spines zvz, etc.
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Fleshcut
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany592 Posts
August 05 2011 18:40 GMT
#439
Reminds me of Actionjesuz or whatever his name is. A top EU master level player who 6 pools a lot. I think it might work but Im too scared to do it myself
roymarthyup
Profile Joined April 2010
1442 Posts
August 05 2011 19:12 GMT
#440
ive concluded 6pool is horrible against terran. however im working on a sick 1base baneling but that hits at like 5:30 before the terran can have much of anything at all and they normally all wall with 1depot only by this time. should beat any terran other than high masters who know how to scout it correctly
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