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Hey all, I'm new here. I'm (obviously) a big StarCraft Fan. I got StarCraft I when it came out, and then Brood War later. I really got into it only recently as my group used to be what I'd call the "turtle" group where we'd just turtle in our bases and mass carriers/battlecrusiers/??? (for Zerg) and just kill each other. Then we discovered Kespa and iCCup. We learned about real strats from Liquipedia, and about counters. For once in about 10 years, I became a scary StarCraft player to face, I was no longer the push-over player I was.
I've been Zerg ever since I heard the name of the race, so you can imagine that during those turtling days that I didn't win often. Favorite unit for StarCraft and even StarCraft II is the Hydralisk for its mere looks.
Anyway, I came to this forum with some questions about it:
1) What are the forums based on--program wise? Or are they made from scratch?
2) How do the icons next to your update? By post countage?
3) ... How did you guys figure/find out all those cool strats/builds like Lurker Contain, Ultraling, etc? (I miss Lurkers so much)
Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. Thanks for letting me join.
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MONKEYS!
edit: wait you found out about Kespa and Iccup, like in that order?
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Quick edit out the 2) question in your post and then edit it again ASAP
1) Forums were custom made, I believe. That's why they are so awesome
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What I want to know is why so many people want to know how one receives different icons.
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I didn't let you join.
But I think I will. Because I like your title.
*lets you join*
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Do not speak of such things...The monkeys will come back...
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I actually found the Bisu Build (which is for the record any fast expand on any map, by any race. If you fast expand its the Bisu Build) in a quaint little diner breakfast place in south Alabama. I asked the waitress, she had to be in her early twenties, who's Bisu Build it was and she told me that it had been left there ages ago and nobody had claimed it. I took off the glass cover which was keeping it fresh and reached down to pick it up when all of a sudden Kim Taek Yong descended from the sky, busting through the roof with wings of fire. He removed the blade that he was clenching in his teeth and said to me "hey, can I have that".
And the rest is history.
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1) I dunno 2) Post count, although im not sure exactly what the numbers are. 3) I'm pretty sure people just practiced against friends with different strategies untill they discovered one that worked really well
Welcome to teamliquid, don't be an idiot and you'll do fine.
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On October 28 2010 10:20 yoplate wrote: 1) I dunno 2) I dunno 3) I dunno
Welcome to teamliquid, don't be an idiot and you'll do fine.
fixed
User was temp banned for this post.
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3) ... How did you guys figure/find out all those cool strats/builds like Lurker Contain, Ultraling, etc? (I miss Lurkers so much) Well lurkers are great for fighting in choke points because of their splash, as are siege tanks, so it just makes sense to abuse their features and place them in choke points. This is why you see contains, due to the choke point commonly found at a natural expansion, as well as lurkers at the top of a ramp to protect another base in ZvT.
As for something like Ultraling... well ultralisks are gas heavy, so you are left with a mineral surplus. Nothing else to spend all that money on besides zerglings and more hatcheries really. Making more drones will just give you even MORE minerals, assuming you have 3 on all gasses. That and ultralisks and zerglings share the same melee attack upgrade, so they benefit in that regard as well. They are both most effective under dark swarm, unlike utralisk + hydralik(ultras hit under swarm, hydras don't = not very effecient).
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2) a combination of post count and join date 3) people practice, figure things out, win with it, have it imitated by other people who also end up winning with it, and the cycle continues with the counter of it, and that's how the game evolves
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On October 28 2010 10:20 mOnion wrote: I actually found the Bisu Build (which is for the record any fast expand on any map, by any race. If you fast expand its the Bisu Build) in a quaint little diner breakfast place in south Alabama. I asked the waitress, she had to be in her early twenties, who's Bisu Build it was and she told me that it had been left there ages ago and nobody had claimed it. I took off the glass cover which was keeping it fresh and reached down to pick it up when all of a sudden Kim Taek Yong descended from the sky, busting through the roof with wings of fire. He removed the blade that he was clenching in his teeth and said to me "hey, can I have that".
And the rest is history.
Yeah... So you wanna avoid people like this, and don;t argue with them because you will get temp-banned. Also, what he said about the Bisu build just being a fast expand is incorrect.
EDIT: And that is why you do not pay attention to mOnion.
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On October 28 2010 10:31 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2010 10:20 mOnion wrote: I actually found the Bisu Build (which is for the record any fast expand on any map, by any race. If you fast expand its the Bisu Build) in a quaint little diner breakfast place in south Alabama. I asked the waitress, she had to be in her early twenties, who's Bisu Build it was and she told me that it had been left there ages ago and nobody had claimed it. I took off the glass cover which was keeping it fresh and reached down to pick it up when all of a sudden Kim Taek Yong descended from the sky, busting through the roof with wings of fire. He removed the blade that he was clenching in his teeth and said to me "hey, can I have that".
And the rest is history. Yeah... So you wanna avoid people like this, and don;t argue with them because you will get temp-banned. Also, what he said about the Bisu build just being a fast expand is incorrect.
yeah, sometimes it's a late expand
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Aegis Runestone? Its not viable
I hope you are.
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Dont ever EVER EVER ask about user icons again.
other than that welcome.
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oh god, the monkey minions
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On October 28 2010 10:33 travis wrote:Show nested quote +On October 28 2010 10:31 GreEny K wrote:On October 28 2010 10:20 mOnion wrote: I actually found the Bisu Build (which is for the record any fast expand on any map, by any race. If you fast expand its the Bisu Build) in a quaint little diner breakfast place in south Alabama. I asked the waitress, she had to be in her early twenties, who's Bisu Build it was and she told me that it had been left there ages ago and nobody had claimed it. I took off the glass cover which was keeping it fresh and reached down to pick it up when all of a sudden Kim Taek Yong descended from the sky, busting through the roof with wings of fire. He removed the blade that he was clenching in his teeth and said to me "hey, can I have that".
And the rest is history. Yeah... So you wanna avoid people like this, and don;t argue with them because you will get temp-banned. Also, what he said about the Bisu build just being a fast expand is incorrect. yeah, sometimes it's a late expand I'm pretty sure I've seen the Bisu build as a 1-base strat as well.
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you should check out some TL history
search combat x vs chill with day 9 casting.. and for shits and gigs find out who tdot is...
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Katowice25012 Posts
Welcome! I moved your thread to blogs because that is where things like this go.
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Welcome to Teamliquid, we all have thousands of posts but never know who each other are.
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