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Jaedong cancels his 5th drone, which implies his 4-pool was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I thought at this level of game play, these players already have their builds prepared, timed, and practiced ahead of time.Why build a drone then cancel it?
[Q, spoiler] MSL jaedong vs hwasin game 3
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magusmind
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Jaedong cancels his 5th drone, which implies his 4-pool was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I thought at this level of game play, these players already have their builds prepared, timed, and practiced ahead of time.Why build a drone then cancel it? | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On June 29 2008 06:55 magusmind wrote: In game 3, Jaedong cancels his 5th drone, which implies his 4-pool was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I thought at this level of game play, these players already have their builds prepared, timed, and practiced ahead of time.Why build a drone then cancel it? Why not? | ||
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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trollbone
France1905 Posts
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Atrioc
United States1865 Posts
*EDIT* it was chojja also these guys have their split and hitting S,D down to muscle memory at this point and its probable he might have just done his robotic split opening then deleted his 1st drone to do the 4 pool that he practiced. assuming that he really did it spur-of-the-moment which i think is unlikely, it was still a smart reaction to the way hwasin had played in the first games with his super greedy delayed barracks. things like that keep him honest and also break his confidence | ||
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
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allowicious
United States972 Posts
On June 29 2008 07:01 Atrioc wrote: no i heard in an interview from someone who did the same thing in a different 4 pool game (i think it was luxury?) that it is just a excitment thing for the fans. deleting your 1st drone egg doest impact or hurt the 4 pool at all but its like a signal to the crowd that "im gonna 4 pool" also these guys have their split and hitting S,D down to muscle memory at this point and its probable he might have just done his robotic split opening then deleted his 1st drone to do the 4 pool that he practiced. assuming that he really did it spur-of-the-moment which i think is unlikely, it was still a smart reaction to the way hwasin had played in the first games with his super greedy delayed barracks. things like that keep him honest and also break his confidence I think that's the most probable cause. It just becomes a habit of making that first worker whenever your nexus/cc/hatchery comes up on screen. | ||
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
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Ryshi
Canada361 Posts
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Day[9]
United States7366 Posts
i absolutely 100% always build my first drone and then cancel if i'm 4pooling. i can't NOT do it. my hands are too used to it :[ | ||
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Vasoline73
United States7851 Posts
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ScarFace
United States1175 Posts
1) Jaedong always intended to 4pool, but it was his brain misfiring a few signals and he accidentally added a fifth drone. 2) Jaedong was not focusing properly and decided to risk a 4 pool, to see if he could throw Hwasin off and crush him in the future. Kind of a mental battle. | ||
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
What a sad story  | ||
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LxRogue
United States1415 Posts
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Polemarch
Canada1564 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
On June 29 2008 09:03 Raithed wrote: jd is a baller. | ||
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illeszt
United States350 Posts
On June 29 2008 11:28 Polemarch wrote: Somebody suggested in the other thread that he did it to improve the timing of when the larva for his 4th pair of zerglings would arrive. Somebody want to test it out? Yea I read about this in the match thread, someone said they tested it out and it worked, but I'm still highly doubtful of it. | ||
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tracer
Korea (South)693 Posts
On June 29 2008 11:32 illeszt wrote: Yea I read about this in the match thread, someone said they tested it out and it worked, but I'm still highly doubtful of it. Impossible. The third larva would pop out FAR before the spawning pool is ever finished, making it exactly the same as if you had never canceled the egg. Whether you cancel or not, you would still have 3 idle larva when the spawning pool is done. The fourth larva would come at the same time. | ||
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Presony-Boy
Israel812 Posts
so i think that it was just like a reflex or something  | ||
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