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What your describing is called the drone drill, where you have all the workers attack at once, but this is a trick only used for dealing with the 3 pylon block

by edias 14y ago

What your describing is called the drone drill, where you have all the workers attack at once, but this is a trick only used for dealing with the 3 pylon block (something banned in tournamnet play) as zerg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CA9AahV1E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CA9AahV1E How the pathing trick is actually used to deal with zerglings is to have them walk ontop of the zerglings with the mineral trick and then attack, causing the workers to spread out around the unit trapping them while have the maximum amount of surface area to attack, as seen in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08jueOiGFk#t=140s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08jueOiGFk#t=140s

omni 14y ago
I wasn't aware that competitive StarCraft had ever banned anything that was intended by the game engine, and Google isn't turning up anything. Could you provide a source?
- TheMakeA 14y ago
  In tournament play, it isn't "banned" in a sense that you are fouled or disqualified for doing it. It's a map design and racial balance issue, which tournaments usually solve systematically by placing a neutral supply depot to prevent placing a 3rd blocking pylon. Check out [1] or [2] or search for "neutral supply depot" to find some more information. [1] http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/51630/why-are-there-neutral-supply-depots-in-some-starcraft-2-maps http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/51630/why-are-ther... [2] http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Buildings#Neutral_buildings http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Buildings#Neutral_buil...
- edias 14y ago
  TheMaka already answered this specific case and there is indeed nothing technically "banned" in competitive SC2. BW however did have a few bugs that were banned by tournament ogranizers [1]. [1] http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Competitive_Rules http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Competitive_Rules
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by edias 14y ago

omni 14y ago

I wasn't aware that competitive StarCraft had ever banned anything that was intended by the game engine, and Google isn't turning up anything. Could you provide a source?

TheMakeA 14y ago
In tournament play, it isn't "banned" in a sense that you are fouled or disqualified for doing it. It's a map design and racial balance issue, which tournaments usually solve systematically by placing a neutral supply depot to prevent placing a 3rd blocking pylon. Check out [1] or [2] or search for "neutral supply depot" to find some more information. [1] http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/51630/why-are-there-neutral-supply-depots-in-some-starcraft-2-maps http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/51630/why-are-ther... [2] http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Buildings#Neutral_buildings http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Buildings#Neutral_buil...
edias 14y ago
TheMaka already answered this specific case and there is indeed nothing technically "banned" in competitive SC2. BW however did have a few bugs that were banned by tournament ogranizers [1]. [1] http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Competitive_Rules http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Competitive_Rules
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