How to Counter a Gas Steal Prevention

[forgiven12]

Kinda noobish tactics imho because It's just 75 minerals to build the assimilator anyway. I haven't seen any pros having lazy probes next to the gas.

[ThatBuzyOne]

@forgiven12 they're not "lazy", they use -hold position-.

[lin2k4]

Oh, I definitely learned something from this.

[GravityThree3]

How do you counter that , imbaaaa!

[hizzlemafizzle]

I mean you can just build on the gas, but very cool for ppl who actually do this!

[kkev1n]

That's a bug if anything. Why? because you are not supposed to be able to build when you have vision, as you approach, vision is gained and should cancel that.

[kashanig]

Oh, so this is a video describing how to prevent people from preventing your preemptive gas prevention? GOT IT.

[IhateMissouriALot]

does it work for zerg?

[zepyromancer]

next up: how to counter a counter gas steal prevention

[g15gaming]

@zepyromancer gasstealception?

[drchen054]

@zepyromancer Just build your own gas there and cancel it if you want =D

[Kantuva]

Hahaha awesome man, this remind me of the ultra closest nexus in BW when if one of your probes get flared you could build a nexus at just pixels of the minerals ^^

[PopcornColonelx]

Wow, lol. Thanks blizzard

[madeoin]

Dat apm spam!

[Coilz0r]

Clever!

[TelilaX2]

Throwback to Brood War UMS cannon games, turning off 'lights' to stack cannons in the dark. Nostalgiaaaa~

[leesunwoo]

thank you. now blizzard will fix this. fuck you.

[iNkopwnz]

this isnt new at all rofl, this trick came out same time when the gas prevent trick came out..

[NSOnos]

This seems like it's not intentional from blizzard imo. If it grabs enough attention, I think it will be patched out like the tiny mineral increase people found they could get if they manually told probes to return cargo after mining.

[Deschuttes]

genius

[mattabesta]

dose this work with hatches and nexi?

[Deschuttes]

@mattabesta doubt it

[proteininja]

People who click/box excessively are douche bags. What goes through your head? "I need to go from here to there...hmmm...better take a 50-click, shallow parabolic course to hide my intentions."

[Bloppercop22]

@proteininja Oh yeah they are totally douche-bags. They are just warming up their reaction timing and micro. Yeah screw them for warming up.

[KondoPondo]

@proteininja

What? How is clicking a lot douchey? How does it affect you in any way? Usually, this is done early game when they have nothing to do anyway.

[ShredST]

@proteininja What went through your head when you wrote that comment? "I just watched an informative video. Let me nitpick on something totally trivial."

[timsinthegame]

@proteininja It's not like he's on ladder, he is clearly in a custom game with a friend for demonstration

[EgilBarland87]

@proteininja This comment proves you know nothing of the game, and totally suck. When people reach higher lvls of play you need to warm up your fingers to be used to the common clicks, so you can pull them off even faster when it counts. Boxing is one of those common clicks that need ot be used again and again. Please learn the game before you make stupid ignorant comments like that.

[JAFrk]

@proteininja because your incompetent, thats why

[WilliamDecker]

Change the battery in your fire alarm.

[1800akatsuki]

this shits old, i learned this like 6 months ago while laddering.

[EgilBarland87]

@1800akatsuki no you didn't.

[1800akatsuki]

@EgilBarland87 its so obvious i cant believe you idiots couldn't figure it out from playing.

[Peekayismad]

@1800akatsuki the only thing thats obvious is that you are a complete douche

[1800akatsuki]

@Peekayismad you. mad. /b/ro roody poo candyassgot

[pnybob]

so just take your 2nd gas if you see the probe leave, then come back