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Warriors,
You must still remember my defeat in a previous game when I was rushed by the evil Druggy - bahh, he put his sunken right outside of my base and shoot it OUT OF RANGE!! Somehow he managed to kill the tank from afar and we all wonder, what secret technology has he learnt to make this happen??
Now my fellow warriors, after spending hours and hours into my research I have finally found out about this most advanced and secretive move of Druggy, and have it unveiled before your eyes, so you can all judge how evil he has been!!
SC Education 2 - How does your unit achieve infinite range?Introduction
All SC units, when attacking must "prepare" for the attack action. For marines they have to "hold up the guns", for hydras they have to "open" their mouth, etc.
So SC units' attack are carried out in the following sequence:
1. Select a target in range
2. Prepare for attack
3. Carry out the attack action
But, if such sequence is interrupted in between the 2nd and 3rd phases, the following will occur:
1 Select a target in range
2. Prepare for attack
3. Found a target with higher priority
4. Carry out the attack action
Note that when the new target is selected, phase 1 is no more carried out and the unit can theoretically attack ANYTHING it targets (with higher priority) without the range constraint. Thus, such unit would've got INFINITE range of attack - EVIL!
So that explains why the poor tank was taken out even if it is not in the sunken's range of attack:
1. The Sunken was going to attack the factory (or something else I can't remember) - phase 1. It has prepared for the attack action - phase 2.
2. The tank, sieged outside of the sunken's range, hit the sunken (the tank's range is longer than the sunken).
3. The sunken found the tank to be a higher priority target - phase 3, hit the tank immediately.
The following replay shows you the whole sequence (see sunken take out out-of-range cannon at 12 o'clock position).
And you will ask:
Question:
Hei what happen when we use tanks to siege a zerg base full of sunkens - just like what we did always? Wouldln't the sunkens take out the tanks?
Answer:
Nope. The sunken must be attacking something first (in range), so that it can finish its 1st and 2nd phase of attack, then must be hit by the tank at this particular time (right after it finishes preparing, and before the attack action actually happens), so it can successfully SWITCH its target, and manage to hit the tank out-of-range.
Now you see, my fellow warriors, who is the master of true evilness~~!!!
How do you clear mines with 2 goons and no obs?
This video will show you:
Last friday night, on a planet known as Wuthering Heights, Terran and Zerg were building their new homes in peace and harmony when the insidious race known as Protoss decided that the universe was not big enough for three races to share. I shall now let the lone survivor and conqueror tell the story....
... few steps out into the open an EVIL photon discharge quickly tells pip is screwed ... while YC kept typing help help ... and the best part is A DAMN cannon was behind the wall !! EVIL EVIL !!
so this is what evil actually looks like...
then pip wuz wondering should pip burden YC more by msg "pip also need help" ...
pip: That wuz evil DT ... YC was shouting help help ... so pip happily pluck his marines and started hiking to YC's base ..
druggy: You real dramatic la Pip. Well, two can play that game – what about the time where your 1 dozen tank siege on top of the ledge there? You know how much damage you caused????
One siege tank in siege mode gives 75 damage.....1 dozen gives you approximately 900 hits – even more powerful then a freaking nuke. Many brave Zealots and templars died bringing down the mobile nuclear troops… L May Adun grant them ever lasting peace now that they are with the Khala’ .
storm and 300 lots pawn tanks. I don't see many dead lots and templars....
pip: Ahhh ... but the difference is that so called 900 hit wuz at an expansion and by mid/late game, armies tend to be bigger
but the cannon rush wuz right up at the HQ, evil attack at HQ early on is always very scary ..
If this replay has taught me anything, its that Conqueror Druggy likes to exaggerate the difficulty in which he smites his prey.
Of Honor and Deceit
While DOU was busy finishing off YC, a different battle being fought. Unlike the stealthy and backstabbing battle between DOU and YC, the battle between GAME and Pip was much more open and fierce. The battlefield of Byzantium was full of GAME's and Pip’s troops eager for battle. However, GAME was giving Pip a hard time to breathe in the game. The air was full of adrenaline as GAME was doing a hit and run maneovour against Pip’s expansions. Utilising the flexibility of his Zerg troops, GAME was toying with Pip as while the Protoss were fast, they were not as fast as the Zergs. As soon as Pip’s Protoss arrive at the area for a counter attack, GAME’s Zergs were already gone.
While Protoss buildings were well shielded, it would be only a matter of time before the shields wear out from GAME's hard hit attacks. “The shields will hold” thought Pip. At least he hoped for it. Wave after wave of attacks made Pip's realise that the Zerglings were slowly growing in numbers. Fortunately for Pip, the hit and run technique by GAME could not do enough damage to destroy his buildings. This provide him with an opportunity to strengthen his forces. The breaking point in the stale mate was when Pip had amassed the equivalent number of troops. Yes, if it was anything, no player in 419 could ever beat Pip in a game of massing for he was a player who could mass troops under any circumstances. It was to the horror of GAME's troops when they saw frenzied and seas of Protoss bursting out of the damaged buildings. The troops, like DOU, were hungry for blood. No amount of Zergs could compensate for the amount of damage done to their home.
Yet, GAME was not called the MVP of 419 for no particular reasons. Chancing upon the traps that DOU had earlier placed in the early stages of the game, GAME cleverly planned his escape route. The Zergs slowly retreated to the direction of the cleverly laid spider mines. As the Protoss troops approached closer to the spider mines, the mines sensors began to activate attacking the troops. While Protoss are honourable players they are blinded by their own pride at times. With the help of the mines, GAME had managed to escape safely. Pip lacked observers so it would be awhile before he could actually moved out of his base.
Push
The small lapse of time gave GAME time to build up his troops and expand his base. Eventually, GAME had multiple production sites and troops. GAME began to hatch a plan. A small squadran of Hydralisks was dispatched as a scouting party. But the group also served another purpose: bait. As the scouting made it within the line of sight of Pip's troops, the Protoss began to charge. Careful to ensure that the Protoss would not suspect anything, minimal ressistance was put up by the Hydralisk. Thinking that this was another typical hit and run manevour by GAME, Pip's troops charged towards the scouting party unaware that they were being led into a trap. The unsuspecting troops came to a huge wide area where a few dozens Hydralisks lie waiting for them. The two armies clashed.
However, GAME had the upper hand as his troops were easily replenished. The Zergs began applying pressure to the Protoss. For every Zerg that fell, three replaced the fallen. As the overwheling Zerg troops became even more vicious, Pip was forced to do what he hated most : retreat. It was a wrong move for Pip though – the sight of Pip's troops retreating made GAME go into a frenzied state like 419-ers do (except Druggy). Unlike other 419-ers which see blood only, GAME's spiteful state made his entire surroundings turned into red. All that GAME wants now is to see in his screen “Pip was eliminated”. Swiftly, he ordered the remaining Swarms to invade Pip's while at the same time, replenishing his fallen troops. Even without a single message being typed, the words “Die, Pip! Dieeeee!!!!” the sound of a maniacal evil player can be heard. A building fell, followed by another. Pip was slowly being pushed back to his expansion base with hordes of Zerglings and Hydralisks following him. Soon he will be cornered in his own base. “Blood..must have more blood” thought GAME. At this point of time, GAME's Zerg were slowly wearing down Pip's base defences. It was a pity that the Protoss didn't spill any blood for it was all what GAME wanted to see.
Byzantium. Home of the Emperors and where countless battles were fought. What more could be more fitting than a map worthy of the most powerful players in 419? The battle ground was set to determine who was the most elite players of 419 in terms of massing and pulling a surprise attack (backstabbing).
For Team A, we have the following players:-
On the other hand, in Team B, we have the following players:-
Backstabber vs backstabber (frontstabber?).
The game started off with DOU scouting around the battle fields of Byzantium with his SCV, hoping to find a suitable prey. By chance, he stumbled upon YC who was prepping his base entrance with supply depot barriers and barracks. What made DOU happy was that YC was too pre-occupied building his base defences that he did not realise that he had built his defences at the lower ground of the terrain. DOU knew he had to be quick to take advantage of the situation as an opportunity such as this does not come too often.
Utilising his training skills he acquired from watching GOMTV, Raz swiftly instructed two marines to head towards YC base entrance and at the same time building a bunker outside. Such swift movements and thought have been made possible after the rigorous training and experiments DOU had undertaken. YC still unknown to what was happening to his surroundings did not realise that a bunker was slowly being constructed until the first shelling from DOU marines were fired.
This certainly had taken YC by surprise, but calmness soon prevailed he knew that two marines couldn’t do much damage unless they were fully supported by artilleries. YC was not known as the specialist for counter-attacks for nothing. He quickly instructed an SCV to repair the “damage” DOU had done. To further counter DOU’s bunker, factories were built to construct siege tanks to assault the newly constructed bunker.
Raz began to curse when the siege tanks began pummelling his bunker. “What a waste” he thought. The might of YC’s tank proved to be too overwhelming that the bunker began to burn.
Seeing that his temporary ally in a fix, GAME sent a swarm of cracklings to assassinate the siege tanks. Such an effort proved to be futile as YC’s defences were too well fortified. Seven lings fell, followed by five more later.
YC was laughing manically as Raz and GAME began to attack his fortifications. It was so easy for him to brush off such feeble attempts. Seeing that his opponent has an iron defence, DOU had no choice but to retreat to his base and began to plan again. It was not to his advantage to confront YC in the area where he is at his strongest. YC had the upper hand in that combat as it was his home ground and he could easily fend off everything that DOU could throw at him. What was needed was more of an indirect approach. Swiftly placing swift fortifications at the upper ground just outside YC’s base, DOU immediately began to fortify a passage that only a fly could only get through. Hopefully, YC will take the bait when his troop passes through to assist Pip.
Alas, luck was not a DOU’s side when a quick scan by YC revealed Raz’s plans. A further scan revealed a newly constructed base. Two drop ships were immediately commissioned to drop DOU’s newly constructed base. By passing DOU’s heavily fortified defences, the dropship began to unload their dangerous cargo: siege tanks and marines. The drop went so smoothly that the SCV’s did not even knew what hit them until it was too late.
Cursing his misfortune over the unexpected drop, DOU began to quickly unsiege his earlier fortifications. His vultures sped to salvage whatever that was left on his base. Unfortunately, YC’s siege tanks were heavily entrenched in the mineral patch. Despite their speed and mobility, the Vultures began to explode before they could even touch the siege tanks. The few surviving vultures that made it through the heavy siege bombardments were easily picked off by the marines. Easily.
As DOU slowly watched the Vultures perish, he immediately pulled back his remaining troops. DOU now needed to figure out a way to stop YC’s troops from doing further harm. The mineral patch provided a natural fortification for the tanks, but to DOU, every defence has its own weaknesses. The sight of YC’s dropship flying away from the battle field gave him an idea. A single dropship was then loaded with his own tanks. As the dropship flew to the mineral patch, YC’s troops began to fire frantically at the dropship. A similar sight was then shown to YC. His own strategy was used against him. While DOU’s dropship had already perished, it had successfully unloaded its cargo – two siege tanks. YC’s marines immediately fell to the assaulting tanks. The best part for DOU was that YC siege tank could not do a single thing against assault tanks at point blank range.
But DOU did not stop there. The spitefulness inside him had hardened him. He wanted more. Seeing a fleet of YC’s dropship approaching for a second assault made DOU see blood. To confront his enemy, DOU needed to bring out his strongest technique: Mass wraiths.
The tide of battles soon turned…..prey had become hunter and hunter becoming prey. After making short work of the dropships, the Wraiths travelled to YC’s base. Buildings began disappearing to unseen apparitions and troops began dying from short bursts of lasers
The victor in this battle had already been decided….
Coming up next: Battle of The Giants - Pip v GAME
