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! [G] How to move larvae

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Flopgun
Profile Joined August 2005
Germany274 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-06 21:19:15
February 02 2008 22:06 GMT
#1
Hey

I noticed that in games of Jaedong his larvas seems to be very often in very good positions in the beginning of his games. Sometimes you can see that his larvas makes very unusually movements directly to the minerels. You can see this for example in his game on blue storm against luxury from today.


(Z)Jaedong < Blue Storm > (Z)Luxury

* Jaedong : violet(7) / Luxury : green(1) Part 1 Part 2(from the small vod thread which is great btw)

Youtube



I experienced and found the trick of him. When you group the larvas with another unit like a drone or an overlord you can give them orders. Nothing special because they dont react on this orders but when you spam s (for stop) they make funny movements and move directly to the left side of the hatchery. It seems that you can only move the larves to this side, i could not find a way for the other directions.

Of course this is only good when the minerals are on the left side too



€: You dont need to spam, one click is enough

Edit by Chill: To summarize, if you select a Larvae with another unit (Overlord or Drone) and give them the "stop" command, the Larva will move to the left of the Hatchery.
Jaedong fighting
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 02 2008 22:11 GMT
#2
wow..just tested this and it works..it's a pretty cool trick, thanks kinda funny to watch those guys move
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
February 02 2008 22:13 GMT
#3
what does this benefit though?
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
February 02 2008 22:14 GMT
#4
Your drones are closer to the minerals so they can start mining faster.
.kaz
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
1963 Posts
February 02 2008 22:15 GMT
#5
No point for the part 1 link as it won't open without downloading all the parts of the .rar
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joohyunee
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Korea (South)1087 Posts
February 02 2008 22:15 GMT
#6
1 second faster mining. cuz it amounts to 15123428398190248320 extra minerals being added onto your early game. cool trick to show your friends though.
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
February 02 2008 22:16 GMT
#7
On February 03 2008 07:13 Raithed wrote:
what does this benefit though?


Faster mining.
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A3iL3r0n
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States2196 Posts
February 02 2008 22:18 GMT
#8
Mainly it helps to increase APM, seems like.
My psychiatrist says I have deep-seated Ragneuroses :(
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20170 Posts
February 02 2008 22:20 GMT
#9
when those fucking larva get in the way of your buildings. (creep, hatches, w/e)
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5876 Posts
February 02 2008 22:21 GMT
#10
Your Drones spawn closer to the minerals, duh. ^_________^
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-02 22:25:48
February 02 2008 22:22 GMT
#11
wow I'm going to try right now

[edited]

Omg! thats so crazy ;O it works
w/e
trollbone
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
France1905 Posts
February 02 2008 22:24 GMT
#12
in a ZvZ it can helps, every little things can help or maybe it provide a sentiment of security (like "i'm will not be behind if i make this move" like the VCS split up at the start)
Quesadilla
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1814 Posts
February 02 2008 22:27 GMT
#13
Wow, this rules.
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kroko
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Finland2136 Posts
February 02 2008 22:29 GMT
#14
lols, makes me wonder, who comes up with this stuff:D? Its 2008 and ppl still making new tricks.
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B1nary
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada1267 Posts
February 02 2008 22:31 GMT
#15
On February 03 2008 07:24 trollbone wrote:
in a ZvZ it can helps, every little things can help or maybe it provide a sentiment of security (like "i'm will not be behind if i make this move" like the VCS split up at the start)


What's the VCS split up? I searched TL and on google but couldn't find anything.
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
February 02 2008 22:43 GMT
#16
very cool split
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
February 02 2008 22:50 GMT
#17
On February 03 2008 07:20 decafchicken wrote:
when those fucking larva get in the way of your buildings. (creep, hatches, w/e)

oh ya thanks..very good use for this...its sooooo annoying when larvae block your buildings
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greatmeh
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Canada1964 Posts
February 02 2008 22:56 GMT
#18
Jaedong.... you so sexy :p
PoP-sicle
Profile Joined May 2007
Canada418 Posts
February 02 2008 23:24 GMT
#19
On February 03 2008 07:31 B1nary wrote:
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On February 03 2008 07:24 trollbone wrote:
in a ZvZ it can helps, every little things can help or maybe it provide a sentiment of security (like "i'm will not be behind if i make this move" like the VCS split up at the start)


What's the VCS split up? I searched TL and on google but couldn't find anything.


VCS is french version of SCV O_O;;
p4fn2w
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
401 Posts
February 02 2008 23:29 GMT
#20
And SCV is backwards-writing for VCS O_O;;
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