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Special Tactic.
Think with me here. You and your buddy are on knife fight, 5k no starting units, no prebuilt. Now, you make a barracks first then a refinery. You scout the map and here is what you see: In the North Enemy Base, you see barracks first and 20 gas, refinery just recently placed.
North Base.
In the East Enemy Base, you see factory first and 10 buzzsaws - refinery just now placed. I East Base. Now, hold a second! Something isnt right!
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Now, get out your calculator- here are the prices for units and buildings: Windtrap: 225 Hark Factory: 1000 Hark Refinery: 1500 Buzzsaw: 350 Ordos Barracks: 225 Ordos Gas: 50 Now, if we calculate what the North enemy spent, things seem to add up ok. He has 1 Trap (225), 1 Barracks (225) 20 gas (50 X 20 = 1000), and 1 refinery (1500). His total cost = 2950- roughly 3k toss in a couple scouts. So with 5K to start, the Northt Guy is looking pretty normal. Now, lets add up the East guy: 1 Windtrap (225), 1 Factory (1000), 10 Buzzsaws (10 X 350 = 3500), 1 refinery (1500). His total cost = 6225. "WHAT THE?" Something just doesn't add up here! How in the world did that team get 10 BUZZSAWS and 20 GAS before even making a refinery? Of course, with 10 buzzsaws bearing down on your base, while 20 gas follow, your con yard is wiped out by the time you could barely get a factory made. What you have just witnessed is Emprworm's Magic Saw. There were just too many saws on the map for such low money! How could someone be making buzz saws appear from nothing?... or so it seems. There are many whiney players in this game (I can think of one from TCF clan, for example) who would see something like this and immediately call it cheating. But its not! I will now reveal to you the secret BO: Notice that player one has 6225 worth of stuff. Player 2 has 2950 worth of stuff. How much does that add up to? Only 9175. So, with a combined total of 10k between the two players, everything really does add up! Making sense yet? If not, read on. You are Harkonnen. Your partner is Ordos. YOUR BO: Trap, Factory, Refinery. Ordos BO: Trap, Barracks, Refinery Ordos queues up 2-3 scouts and 20 gas. The instant you place your factory, you give it to Ordos. He makes 3-5 saws (I recommend 3, but he can do 5- no more!). The moment Ordos makes his last saw, he then gives you back the fac, and gives you the buzzsaws he just made in your base. You now proceed to make 5 more saws. Presto! Emprworm's Magic Saw. 10 saws, 20 gas, 5k no starting units. I think your enemies are going to die now. (a variation on this is to have Ordos make 3-5 saws, then you make 2 saws, 1 assault tank)
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