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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
August 14 2012 19:15 GMT
#61
On August 15 2012 04:13 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:10 c0ldfusion wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:48 Hoon wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.

Ya, it's much more worthy to spam 343434343343434 in the first 2 minutes of the game than to do this mineral boost micro.


Doing nothing is still better though.

To me, the most annoying thing about these tricks is that now we all have to practice doing it early game.

No we don't. Chances of your average Bronze league player doing it are approximately nil, and even up to most Masters players I'm guessing it will be largely ignored.


I cant do this and multitask AND keep the probes paired on close patches. Im not doing this.
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Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
August 14 2012 19:15 GMT
#62
On August 15 2012 04:10 c0ldfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 03:48 Hoon wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.

Ya, it's much more worthy to spam 343434343343434 in the first 2 minutes of the game than to do this mineral boost micro.


Doing nothing is still better though.

To me, the most annoying thing about these tricks is that now we all have to practice doing it early game.

The first mistake you make in the game will totally nulify the cute mineral micro, such as a supply block, unless you play at a korean skill level, so no, you don't have to practice it to beat those plat players.
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Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3689 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:18:51
August 14 2012 19:16 GMT
#63
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.


Seriously? Splitting barely doing anything and automine have dumbed the early game down enough in terms of how hard it is, this could bring some skill back into a part of the game that shouldn't look much different between diamond and gm atm.

Why the fuck are people complaing about this being to hard or w/e, be happy that you can even makro properly with less than 200 apm in this game. I never understood why people like games to be easier, I want my starcraft to be as hard as possible.
Batch
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden692 Posts
August 14 2012 19:16 GMT
#64
On August 15 2012 04:10 c0ldfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 03:48 Hoon wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.

Ya, it's much more worthy to spam 343434343343434 in the first 2 minutes of the game than to do this mineral boost micro.


Doing nothing is still better though.

To me, the most annoying thing about these tricks is that now we all have to practice doing it early game.

This wont ever be a thing everyone needs to be able to do. The advantage is too small for the amount of work for it to be worth practicing anyone below grand master. Most people trying this will probably end up getting fewer minerals due to them messing up.
FuzzyJAM
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland9300 Posts
August 14 2012 19:16 GMT
#65
On August 15 2012 04:15 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:13 FuzzyJAM wrote:
On August 15 2012 04:10 c0ldfusion wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:48 Hoon wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.

Ya, it's much more worthy to spam 343434343343434 in the first 2 minutes of the game than to do this mineral boost micro.


Doing nothing is still better though.

To me, the most annoying thing about these tricks is that now we all have to practice doing it early game.

No we don't. Chances of your average Bronze league player doing it are approximately nil, and even up to most Masters players I'm guessing it will be largely ignored.


I cant do this and multitask AND keep the probes paired on close patches. Im not doing this.

Exactly. Just like 99% of players, or thereabouts.

This only gives an advantage to hyper competitive players and is a way to differentiate yourself mechanically. How is that a bad thing exactly?
Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
August 14 2012 19:21 GMT
#66
On August 15 2012 04:15 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:13 FuzzyJAM wrote:
On August 15 2012 04:10 c0ldfusion wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:48 Hoon wrote:
On August 15 2012 03:42 Gamegene wrote:
to be honest I really hope this doesn't stay for good.

there are other aspects of the game that deserve more micro and attention.

Ya, it's much more worthy to spam 343434343343434 in the first 2 minutes of the game than to do this mineral boost micro.


Doing nothing is still better though.

To me, the most annoying thing about these tricks is that now we all have to practice doing it early game.

No we don't. Chances of your average Bronze league player doing it are approximately nil, and even up to most Masters players I'm guessing it will be largely ignored.


I cant do this and multitask AND keep the probes paired on close patches. Im not doing this.


Did anyone get a chance to test out these two techniques together?

My guess is that the optimal thing to do is to quickly stack the near patches first and then boost the far ones for as long as possible.
Castles
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada77 Posts
August 14 2012 19:22 GMT
#67
i saw Flash doing this in a game on antiga that Sayle was casting about two or three weeks ago. He had the rally point set to right in front of the minerals and went from there for the first little bit of the game. Everyone was joking that he was bw rallying them, but i think he was just doing this form of mineral boosting.

ITSGOD
MichaelDonovan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1453 Posts
August 14 2012 19:22 GMT
#68
If you normally spam at the beginning of games anyway, then doing this instead shouldn't be too difficult.
CamoPillbox
Profile Joined April 2012
Czech Republic229 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:23:51
August 14 2012 19:23 GMT
#69
nice to know but still can be only in early game use for it and this is only cool and fancy not game changing to know worst is old units die and new lives by far
Czech Terran(Hots) player
Chrozon
Profile Joined May 2011
Norway16 Posts
August 14 2012 19:23 GMT
#70
I would love to see someone 6 pool using this tactic, how much faster can we get the lings out?
Freaking turtles!
Grimmyman123
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada939 Posts
August 14 2012 19:25 GMT
#71
Wish I hadn't watched the replay...

firstly, I try and reproduce what is shown in the replay, does not work for me in a ladder match.

Secondly, after completing the replay, my ladder shows a loss in 1v1, though the game never took place, and I get an Error screen when I try to access the match details.

So, replay, plus a bug in 1.5 (surprise surprise) means lost imaginary match. [[ face palm]]
Win. That's all that matters. Win. Nobody likes to lose.
TheWisp
Profile Joined July 2012
45 Posts
August 14 2012 19:26 GMT
#72
On August 15 2012 04:25 Grimmyman123 wrote:
Wish I hadn't watched the replay...

firstly, I try and reproduce what is shown in the replay, does not work for me in a ladder match.

Secondly, after completing the replay, my ladder shows a loss in 1v1, though the game never took place, and I get an Error screen when I try to access the match details.

So, replay, plus a bug in 1.5 (surprise surprise) means lost imaginary match. [[ face palm]]

Is it possible to watch replay while searching quick game?
Didn't know about this
princealexander
Profile Joined June 2012
38 Posts
August 14 2012 19:26 GMT
#73
On August 15 2012 04:23 Chrozon wrote:
I would love to see someone 6 pool using this tactic, how much faster can we get the lings out?

1 sec faster maybe LOL
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
August 14 2012 19:28 GMT
#74
Advantage over my gold league opponents? must be done!

But im guessing i forget to do every other important aspect of my play while doing it lol
Useless wet fish.
AgniKai
Profile Joined August 2012
70 Posts
August 14 2012 19:31 GMT
#75
Good old sockfolding
"The reactions were never really positive no matter what our team did, and it was just a little discouraging." IM_Seed at TAC3, IM vs TL
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25557 Posts
August 14 2012 19:31 GMT
#76
Wow, time to dump all my early game APM into worker micro lol
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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TsGBruzze
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Sweden1190 Posts
August 14 2012 19:32 GMT
#77
On August 15 2012 04:31 Blazinghand wrote:
Wow, time to dump all my early game APM into worker micro lol
haha yeah
''you got to yolo things up to win''
KangaRuthless
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States304 Posts
August 14 2012 19:32 GMT
#78
This is perfect for early pooling. Thanks!
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pycho
Profile Joined January 2011
Paraguay372 Posts
August 14 2012 19:34 GMT
#79
i watched the replay and you sent both workers at the same time on 0:15 and by 1:15 they both mined 45 minerals except the one you microed was closer to the nexus which means you gained about 1 or 2 minerals by microing a probe for a minute?
Chrozon
Profile Joined May 2011
Norway16 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:37:41
August 14 2012 19:36 GMT
#80
Well, I did some quick math, and if you were able to micro all workers to boost at 24%, and that all workers were mining on back mineral patches (didn't bother to research minerals per minute on front mineral patches), you could get a 6 pool approximately 8 seconds faster.
Freaking turtles!
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