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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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omg this is amazing
i was actually considering switching to random recently. this might give me the push.
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blizzard plz remove random players @randomplayerskillingesport
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Nice catch, never thought about this back when I played random :D
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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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That's a solid 5 more seconds to plan out my cheese for the game
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I realized this a few weeks ago too. Pretty awesome.
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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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Caldeum1976 Posts
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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your Country52796 Posts
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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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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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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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TLADT24920 Posts
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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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
learn to play, young blood.
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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!
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Well, I play random and never knew...
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I thought everybody knew this 0o I only play random in FFAs and noticed it after 2-3 games lol
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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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