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 Originally Posted by ImSavy
Give him advice on how to get better, so the games get closer. If he doesn't want to get any better just stop playing games.
I've almost lost some friends like that 
People who are bad don't want to be reminded that they are bad. And sometimes there doesn't seem to be a good way to tell someone how to improve. If they are not competitively minded you are just one giant buzzkill to them.
Originally Posted by Lukie
Actually, yes.
Well I haven't played brood war in years but I doubt much has changed since then. Historically PvZ was played 1 base vs 2 bases which for many years favored zerg in that matchup (2 bases vs 3 bases is roughly equal.) Eventually protoss players figured out various building/obstacle/structure combinations that were zergling proof, and thus allowed a quick expand while still being able to defend against a speedling run by. This always included an early forge (ideally nexus first to counter hatch first builds, and forge first to counter 9 pool), however, some maps had various mineral/obstacle structures that made cannon rushing a legit strategy. For example block off an area behind certain specific zerg natural expansions with a pylon and put a cannon back there and it was pretty much untouchable early in the game. Of course this accounted for a very small percent of actual games.
edit: talking about the original of course. I still know that game better than SC2 even though I played the latter for a while as well
That's interesting, I've never played BW, but yah in SC2 you might open forge first instead of nexus which puts you slightly behind against anything but hatch first, but if you're somehow decent at cannon rushing you should at the very least be able to force a cancel. Nowadays there's a 4hatch before pool opening that's gaining popularity so I sometimes throw in a pylon/cannon block that has gone out of style a year ago because it's bad but most zergs have forgotten why it's bad, so it's good again.
And to complete the derail: here's the best cannon rush I've seen all year:
http://www.twitch.tv/statdrive/b/420416030?t=4h01m30s
If timestamp doesn't work, skip to 4:01:30
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