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AGNB



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Trick to mine minerals faster

I figured id enlighten you all. I take no credit, pulled this from TL and then Psy (a great zerg commentator channel on youtube) posted a tutorial. It boosts your mineral income between 5-10%.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Y7ZPfUOz4

you shift right click-c while highlighting a drone with minerals on its way back to the hatch.

Post Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:59 pm 
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GreenHorn



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Saw this alrdy. Good trick though.

Post Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:53 pm 
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Frostbitten



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oh yeah i've been doing this for a while and then someone posted it on team liquid and gave away the secret. It only helps if you can do it intensely but since i'm not very good at it i can only get a few workers going at a time. it at least spikes your apm up high early game haha Very Happy

Another time to do it is when you're gearing up for a transfer. group however many workers and right click a mineral patch from base 1 then queue them up to move away from the minerals. don't transfer them yet. once they all have minerals and are idle for a second you can right click the main building at base 2 and do the shift click. it lets you get a lot more in and the command works for all the drones in the group
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Post Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:37 pm 
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turtleman@can



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I tried this.. it gives you something to do early which is good, but I don't think it will ever have any impact on any of my games.

Post Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:10 am 
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Sypher



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once you have 2 workers per patch, it isn't worth doing anymore. Realistically, it gives you about 30-40 more minerals in the early game. Hardly worth the effort, especially when working on fundamentals will improve your play faster.
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Post Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:52 am 
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AGNB



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yup, i dont think its really worth the effort early either, unless you want to or have naturally insane fingers. sometimes it makes me drone a second late which is obviously not worth the small boost in minerals

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Patch 1.1.1

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where queuing Return Cargo on a worker would cause it to ignore the built-in delay after it finished gathering
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