StarCraft 2

Oh ok that explains it than

Here's a quick list of a lot of common *shorts*

Hat -- hatchery
OL -- overlord
Ling -- zergling
Crackling -- zergling with anabolic upgrade.
Ultraling -- zerglings and ultralisks
hydra -- hydralisk
muta -- mutalisk
doom drop -- drop a large number of units in the opponents base

gol -- goliath
vult -- vulture
MnMs -- marines and medics
bats -- firebats
CC -- command center
FE -- fast expansion (build a second CC very early)
Cliffing -- dropping tanks on a cliff to attack the enemy from above, mainly their base.
port -- starport
fac -- factory

Zeal -- zealots
goon -- dragoons
stormer -- high templar
HT -- high templar
Sair -- corsair
gate -- gateway
DT -- dark templar
DA -- dark archon
MC -- mind control
car -- carrier
arb -- arbiter
obs -- observe
river -- reaver


nat -- natural, the expansion closest to your starting position, it is generally very easy to defend and allows for FE's.
heavy metal -- when terran makes nothing but units from the factory. Vult, Gol, Tanks.

enjoy

hey thanks man

Pinned

If somebody knows more please post here and we'll update this list

kwid = K-widowmaker.

Ovies - Overlords
Lots - Zealots
mm - marines and medics
zlots - Zealots

This post has been edited by Zyklon: Jul 4 2007, 05:29 AM

MMF = Marines Medics Firebats
BCs = Battlecruisers
Valks = Valkyries
Stim = Stim Picks
speedlot = zealot with leg upgrade

Thanks!

FE means fast expansion not just for terran fyi.

pool=spawning pool...be suprised how many ppl dont kno that

What im mostly wondering about is what different lingo for Bos are

like

overpool
9 pool
6 pool

etc etc, anf for other factions too i cant remember all, i have like.. a basic guesstimate what they are.

6 pool is more all-in, protoss has to take probes off mining to defend
9 pool+speed can be used for early containment or some sort of ling break
overpool is economically the best because the ovie comes out soon enough so you don't have to sacrifice any economy but spawning pool is later then 9 pool, but not by much

It means the supply you are at when you build something. overpool simply means you build your pool right after your first overlord is finished

overpool USUALLY refers to 12 pool + gas. That is usually, but strat is right it can refer to anything (aka 9 overlord 9 pool).

if you go overpool, cannons will always be up before your lings come out

What do the numbers on the left mean? how many probes to have at the point?

Build:
8/9 – Pylon (scout if enemy went random)
10/17 – Gateway (scout if you have not already)
12/17 – Gateway (11/17 if you scouted late)
13/17 – Zealot, Pylon (in that order, hotkey and rally gate to choke)
17/25 – 2 Zealots, Pylon* (in that order, hotkey and rally other gate to choke)

8/9 Pylon

8=number of probes you have
9=maximum supply
Pylon=buildnig you build when you get 8 supply

BBS = barrack barrack supply

and two drones can kill a building cannon

why do zerg have so much problems with cannons ? or any faction vs cannon rush is so easy to counter and scout out. .

all you do is run your scouting w/e it is, and if the gateway isn't halfway or fully done, something is fishy or if there's no gas or their cybernetics core is real late ?

There's 2 ? Chargelots and speedlots.