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skadumdums
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States20 Posts
August 23 2013 02:04 GMT
#1
I haven't seen this on the forums yet and it's something I noticed while playing random. As a random you can determine your race from the loading screen by looking at the tip.

If the tip applies to Protoss then you will spawn as Protoss (Zerg tip = Zerg, etc.).
Please keep in mind that there are still general tips that apply to every race, so you can't decide from those, however a majority of the time they will be specific.

Just something to help random players get in the right mind state for the match up a little bit ahead of opening.

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hearters
Profile Joined May 2013
Singapore224 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 02:08:55
August 23 2013 02:08 GMT
#2
omg this is amazing

i was actually considering switching to random recently. this might give me the push.
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iyasq8
Profile Joined December 2012
113 Posts
August 23 2013 02:11 GMT
#3
blizzard plz remove random players @randomplayerskillingesport
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Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States1330 Posts
August 23 2013 02:13 GMT
#4
Nice catch, never thought about this back when I played random :D
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andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
August 23 2013 02:13 GMT
#5
What kind of advantage would this give? 5 more seconds? 10? I don't get why it's better to know before the game starts to when it actually starts.
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rpddropshot
Profile Joined March 2011
United States82 Posts
August 23 2013 02:17 GMT
#6
That's a solid 5 more seconds to plan out my cheese for the game
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Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
August 23 2013 02:19 GMT
#7
I realized this a few weeks ago too. Pretty awesome.
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skadumdums
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States20 Posts
August 23 2013 02:21 GMT
#8
On August 23 2013 11:13 iPAndi wrote:
What kind of advantage would this give? 5 more seconds? 10? I don't get why it's better to know before the game starts to when it actually starts.

Not sure why you're angry about it, if it doesn't apply to you then don't worry about it. Like I said before it helps to be in the mind state before the game starts.
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Valiver
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Caldeum1977 Posts
August 23 2013 02:23 GMT
#9
Nice find, this would let me (all randoms) be ready faster to make that first worker. E for probes, S for scvs, S then D for drones. Easy half second faster first worker when you actually know which button to hit before the game starts.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
August 23 2013 02:36 GMT
#10
sometimes it gives you something like "eventually your main base will run out of resources" or "expanding early is risky but is often worth it" :/
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Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 02:46:25
August 23 2013 02:45 GMT
#11
misread OP nvmnvm
Refer to my post.
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
August 23 2013 02:59 GMT
#12
On August 23 2013 11:23 Valiver wrote:
Nice find, this would let me (all randoms) be ready faster to make that first worker. E for probes, S for scvs, S then D for drones. Easy half second faster first worker when you actually know which button to hit before the game starts.

I standardize my hotkeys for all races. For example, S for all 3 race workers. H for all 3 race expansions. As you can tell, I started out playing zerg and have gotten used to it.
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 23 2013 03:01 GMT
#13
I believe this has already been brought to TL's attention before. I know about it since I play random and I remember reading about it on TL.
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
August 23 2013 03:05 GMT
#14
On August 23 2013 11:36 The_Templar wrote:
sometimes it gives you something like "eventually your main base will run out of resources" or "expanding early is risky but is often worth it" :/

ya, he covered that in the OP.

Interesting tip, never noticed lol. Good catch!
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dsjoerg
Profile Joined January 2012
United States384 Posts
August 23 2013 03:10 GMT
#15
Niiice thank you!
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jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 03:28:43
August 23 2013 03:28 GMT
#16
there are tips during load? lol never noticed (granted, i alt tab on load)

On August 23 2013 11:11 iyasq8 wrote:
blizzard plz remove random players @randomplayerskillingesport


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convention
Profile Joined October 2011
United States622 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 03:31:00
August 23 2013 03:30 GMT
#17
Wow, that is really cool. How did no one notice this before? This is a legitimate thing I think to help random players, I always have the hardest time with that first worker. While minimal, I can lose half a second or so because I spam 'e' when I played protoss the previous game. Now there is a chance I think about it going in. Thanks again!
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
August 23 2013 03:35 GMT
#18
Well, I play random and never knew...
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
August 23 2013 03:55 GMT
#19
I thought everybody knew this 0o I only play random in FFAs and noticed it after 2-3 games lol
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FakeDouble
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia676 Posts
August 23 2013 04:10 GMT
#20
what lol. I have randomed for a long time and haven't noticed. Most times, I'm too busy looking at the opponent's race and trying to decide what my 3 builds (one for each race) would be vs that race. It gets worse if I'm playing team games instead of 1v1s :p
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