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Mora
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada5235 Posts
April 12 2005 01:32 GMT
#1
How often do you research this upgrade?

Why?

Why not?

In what situations is it useful?

Is it a good counter to any specific strategy?

Discuss.
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-04-12 01:37:47
April 12 2005 01:34 GMT
#2
I don't upgrade it on purpose too often, but i click it all the fucking time when im trying to make mutas in a hurry.
And the reason I don't upgrade it is because I'm not a very good zerg player.
But I would think it's useful; z players put overlords around the other players base and other mains to catch a glimpse of stuff leaving. so the sight would be an obvious benefit there.
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
FireBlast!
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United Kingdom5251 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-08-04 00:04:12
April 12 2005 01:40 GMT
#3
I guess it couldn't hurt to have larger sight range for your ovies.... if you have decent amount of money...
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IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
April 12 2005 01:40 GMT
#4
On April 12 2005 10:34 CTStalker wrote:
I don't upgrade it on purpose too often, but i click it all the fucking time when im trying to make mutas in a hurry.
And the reason I don't upgrade it is because I'm not a very good zerg player.
But I would think it's useful; z players put overlords arnd the other players base and other mains to catch a glimpse of stuff leaving. so the sight would be an obvious benefit there.
\
muta? im fairly sure the shortcut is A, bit far from M oO

i almost never upgrade it, it isnt like obs site range where you want to make each one more efficient, since you need them anyway.

all i can think of is lurk contain pvz so itd be harder for ob to get out of ovie vision before scourge gets to it or something like that, anytime went you want vision as far as possible but cant place more ovies to see it.
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-04-12 01:42:58
April 12 2005 01:42 GMT
#5
It's not the shortcut hungzerg, they have the same placement in the menu
ie, im clicking the middle block where muta will be before i hit 's' to get the larvae.
pssh newbie
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
April 12 2005 01:52 GMT
#6
On April 12 2005 10:42 CTStalker wrote:
It's not the shortcut hungzerg, they have the same placement in the menu
ie, im clicking the middle block where muta will be before i hit 's' to get the larvae.
pssh newbie

so you click the menu in order to make shit. yes, im the newbie.
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CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-04-12 02:01:08
April 12 2005 01:57 GMT
#7

do you hit 's', then move your hand all the way over to hit m?
i think it's faster to hit 's' then click muta. or if not faster, i guess it's just how im used to doing it.

btw read my post completely before you respond.
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
April 12 2005 02:02 GMT
#8
On April 12 2005 10:57 CTStalker wrote:

do you hit 's', then move your hand all the way over to hit m?
i think it's faster to hit 's' then click muta.
btw read my post before you respond.

not that long of a stretch, hit s w/ ring finger and you can reach m w/o moving your hand w/ index finger. it isnt any faster to click the menu, and you have to move your mouse away from the screen
i read your post...
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AmazingFlash
Profile Joined October 2004
582 Posts
April 12 2005 02:02 GMT
#9
i upgrade overlord sight range usually in either zvt or zvp on islands. Preferably gorky island or charity. It's actually quiet useful. Plus it upgrades fast so who cares . If you can get a couple seconds to save yourself why not.
CTStalker
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada9720 Posts
April 12 2005 02:03 GMT
#10
On April 12 2005 11:02 HungZerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2005 10:57 CTStalker wrote:

do you hit 's', then move your hand all the way over to hit m?
i think it's faster to hit 's' then click muta.
btw read my post before you respond.

not that long of a stretch, hit s w/ ring finger and you can reach m w/o moving your hand w/ index finger. it isnt any faster to click the menu, and you have to move your mouse away from the screen
i read your post...

That's not how this sheriff runs the town, jimmy.
By the way, my name is Funk. I am not of your world
Bizkit
Profile Joined October 2002
Sweden1137 Posts
April 12 2005 02:08 GMT
#11
I rarley use it and when it happens it's usualy lategame and i'm in serious macro mode and want the map covred but it rarley happen lategame cuz u already got so many lords spread out by then and i'm in a big lead making it just a pointless uppgrade for me....
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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
April 12 2005 02:43 GMT
#12
That happens to me sometimes too, Stalker. I don't even use S for larva, so when it happens to me, it's because I've got no larva, and go to hit muta. I never actually let it finish upgrading though, and it's pretty rare that it happens.

and yes hung, you are the newb.
Diablo3 ID: Exalted#1710 -------R.I.P. http://hasuwar.isgsa.org. Much love to Toptalent
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
April 12 2005 02:51 GMT
#13
ok, glad your happy to make yourself go slower for no obvious reason.
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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
April 12 2005 02:59 GMT
#14
Ignorance is bliss
Diablo3 ID: Exalted#1710 -------R.I.P. http://hasuwar.isgsa.org. Much love to Toptalent
ahk-gosu
Profile Joined July 2004
Korea (South)2099 Posts
April 12 2005 03:14 GMT
#15
sometimes in pvz or tvz it helps cause putting ovies around the map is pretty much map hack.
Micro.Macro.Scouting.Harassment.
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
April 12 2005 03:35 GMT
#16
Since when is it "newbie" to click the menu to make units while using hotkeys(+s) to select the buildings/larvae? Maybe doing it your way, HungZerg, could be considered "professional", but that doesn't change the fact that your attempted insult was completely stupid (not to mention uncalled-for).
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
April 12 2005 04:02 GMT
#17
Talk about fucking bandwagon here, CTStalker was the one trying to act retardishly funny with the "pshh newbie" comment, HungZerg just made an observation about the A / M hotkey for overlord sight range. Granted, it's whatever floats your boat, but at the highest levels of play, using the keyboard would be much faster (and is). It's like using hotkeying medics to 1 - pretty much strickly better.

This thread sucks anyway : /
too easy
iNsaNe-
Profile Joined January 2005
Finland5201 Posts
April 12 2005 04:05 GMT
#18
I actually haven't used this in online game... as far as I remember.
It takes a fool to remain sane.
MPXMX
Profile Joined December 2002
Canada4309 Posts
April 12 2005 04:19 GMT
#19
Beautiful answer, exalted
Never Post
Profile Joined July 2004
United Kingdom503 Posts
April 12 2005 04:29 GMT
#20
When making lots of varied units for whatever reason, going 5s6s7s8s9s0s and clicking on the different unit protraits was always faster for me, but took time to get use to.
Note to self: [You have short term memory loss - you did post this]
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