wedsaz:
2-3. If the opponent is almost guaranteed to tool rush, that makes it even easier. You know what to expect, so you can be ready.
This happens in 90% of my games, everyone uses forwards, can't give anything away. Most peole use forwards either to bronze rush tool rush or just to hit the enemy later.
4. If they're tooling early enough to rush, the fast villie increase before tooling followed by a significant drop is just as good a sign. It tells you they were making FBs out of 1-2 docks, then stopped making villies. Besides if 2-3 are true, you don't need any more clues.
if you tool at 10 min you can tool rush, the villie increse will be slowere than an all out boom but your villie high will be about 35, this look like a crappy boom.
once again, I'd like to see you guess weather I'm tooling or not.
5. "I hit tool at 10 you hit tool at 12" - If you assume your opponents are idiots, someday one of them is going to whack you.
Once again you have been away from the zone WAY TOO LONG. people tool around 11:30- 13 min.
People used to tool in 8-9 and not even to tool rush, if someone does this and puts up a wall then where's your scout rush
look at that "used", that is past tense, meaning that they DON"T DO IT NOW. occasionly for an all out tool rush on you. But rarly...Plz get on the zone and play before you offer me anymore advice.
Popov:
I see where your coming from, you can dock block on about 50%? of the maps. I shoud start aiming to have my forwards over by what? 4:00? average dock time around 4:50?
you have a good point here, but I can simply send my forwards over sooner. Also sometime you can't find the shallows by 5 min, usually I find it around my 2nd dock time.
Curious do you use villagers to Scout your side in tool? not a bad Idea, I usually build a stable at home+ 1 scout to look for enemy forwards or look right after I hit tool with 1 clubber.
Being slow? I don't think I'm that slow. its only like my 4-5 months and I can compete pretty good with most people. Not the experts though =)
also, could you help me out a little bit on my start? I've been using a bit more clubber>axer rushes and they seem to work well too...I usually use em if my times are slow, or if I fid the enemy early in stone.
[This message has been edited by Shiny (edited 07-07-2001 @ 07:58 PM).]