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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
I hotkey everything its the best way. As Bam said you don't even need to go back to ur base, your can just press them from anywhere while not losing your focus. Not only do I hotkey raxes, but I hotkey halls so I can focus on other events without always going back to my base to train units. Also its much faster. Early on I generally don't use hotkeys on my halls as much as late game.
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Sun May 21, 2006 3:49 pm |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by bam
you can be at another base maintaining stuff or repairing an expo getting attacked and hear the ogres get done then just hit 1 o 2 o 3 o 4 o and your still sitting there making sure they dont get in your base. Space bar and hotkeys will improve your game if you get used to using them, although I'm constantly trying to get used to hotkeying certain buildings, i normally end up just using space bar :/
Well hotkeying is better for more complext games like war3. U can have 12 units selected at the same time and during fights its hard to select units directly. So i admit that when i played war3, i used ctrl on my units groups. On war2 clicking is so easy, no 3D or anything. Its possible to be real fast with the mouse.
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Wed May 24, 2006 5:45 pm |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
I never used the spacebar. I'm sure that it'd make you a tiny bit more efficient if you got used to using that along with every other hotkey, but who cares..
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Wed May 24, 2006 7:58 pm |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
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Originally posted by turtleman@can
I never used the spacebar. I'm sure that it'd make you a tiny bit more efficient if you got used to using that along with every other hotkey, but who cares..
Every little bit helps, its no wonder you went 0-4 vs me last time we crossed paths.
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Thu May 25, 2006 11:03 pm |
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SarX
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
Posts: 2159
Location: Alabama |
hotkeying owns.
I can ctrl c ctrl c and alt tab like a dope ninja.
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I don't think anyone has unlimited time, and that seems like a particularly strange conclusion to draw from about 20 minutes worth of posting on a message board. Hassan-i-Suckah
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Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:18 pm |
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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
quote:
Originally posted by KaNuKs
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Originally posted by GaNzTheLegend
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Originally posted by KaNuKs
i dont use spacebar and i dont hotkey halls and raxes (im talking about ctrl-1234567890).
But im damn fast with the mouse. When i dual, i simply click on the base i want to go to on minimap. This way i get there BEFORE the peons pop and therefore BEFORE anyone that uses spacebar to cycle.
not as fast as hotkeys tho.
I seriously dont agree. if u have 5 raxes hotkeyed, u have to click 1 o 2 o 3 o 4 o 5 o, while i just have to click o o o o o, while browsing my raxes with the mouse real fast. You just need to build your raxes near from each others, which i always do.
You must be pretty damn fast with the mouse, since I can press 1o2o3o4o5o in under a second using the keyboard...
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Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:08 pm |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
i am pretty damn fucking fast with the mouse yeah
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Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:26 pm |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
give hotkeying your raxes/halls a try it will improve your game alot.
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Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:39 pm |
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Sabbey!
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
Posts: 1087
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uh, jon's being a hypocrit...
'noone would know u if u didnt post here' rofl
you're delusional son who the fuck are you again?
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Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:21 pm |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
sftu jno yuo aer a bgi nwebei.
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Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:56 pm |
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[24-7]Guan-Yu
Joined: 14 Sep 2000
Posts: 1808
Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands |
Besides the fact that I probably wont change my playing style after all these years, hotkeying your hall is a bit strange. What happens when you order a peon without having to go to your hall? It means that the peon who was just finished is standing there doing nothing...
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:47 am |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
You got it right. You NEED to get to your hall in order to order an action to that peon. It makes hotkeying halls pretty much useless.
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:22 am |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
incorrect
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:31 am |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by GaNzTheLegend
incorrect
Your 0-5 record agaisnt me reaaaaaally proves me wrong.
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:04 pm |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
your 1 minute behind lust(and I was rusty) proves me right
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:41 pm |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Going lust with 3 ogres doesnt wins you games.
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:41 pm |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
I hit you with at least 12.
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:49 pm |
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KaNuKs
Joined: 12 Dec 2001
Posts: 3272
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Who cares, they all died to my unlusted ogres.
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Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:46 pm |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
good 4 you.
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Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:38 pm |
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Tyrus
Joined: 25 Dec 2005
Posts: 755
Location: Québec city, Québec, Canada |
Wow your such a punks ganz, scary stuff
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:58 am |
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GaNzTheLegend
Joined: 01 Jan 2001
Posts: 8287
Location: Toronto, Canada |
if you saw how good I was at war2 you would definately be scared.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:35 am |
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Tyrus
Joined: 25 Dec 2005
Posts: 755
Location: Québec city, Québec, Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by GaNzTheLegend
if you saw how good I was at war2 you would definately be scared.
Yes "was", now its a different story. I think you werent good, its other people that was really bad...
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:55 am |
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Ywfn
Joined: 30 May 2001
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Originally posted by Tyrus
Yes "was", now its a different story. I think you werent good, its other people that was really bad...
Well, people develop certain habits based on how the game was played when they first started playing. Mostly on the speed and common maps for the era. As you lower the speed and increase the map selection, attention to certain details during the game is more important then optimizing overall patterns of play.
So it isn’t really a fair comparison to compare how someone played then, or even how they play now, to how the game is played now. If those people were at the head of the heard when the competition had 100 times the players, it’s likely they’d be at the top, should they take the time to break those bad habits, and readjust to focus on things that are more important under today’s game play.
Also, in response to Guan’s and Kanuk’s post about hotkeying halls. The reason I do it, is so I can still continue to train peons while I’m focusing on grunts. Of course I return quickly to put them on gold, but in early grunt battles, or while busting a dual with cats/towers, watching your grunts to micro them a bit can put you at a huge advantage. I still do a lot of manually clicking on the hall, but it’s nice to get yourself in a pattern of using the Hotkeys while you’re battling early.
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Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:03 pm |
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