So, after doing some research I really do not understand the point of the lift-to-gold-base-and-2rax strategy, and here is why.
MKP gold lift vs. Soo
rax 1 starts: 1:45, 10/19
rax 2 starts: 2:12, 11/19
Maru 2raxes Kassia on Habitation (no lifting to gold)
rax 1 starts: 1:33, 11/19
rax 2 starts: 1:56, 11/19
There's also a game of him
2raxing Effort on Frost with exactly the same timings (impressive).
I get that over time, the gold base gets you $$ faster and you eventually make up for the 50 second delay in floating over there at the start of the game. But in the context of a 2 rax all in: who ****ing cares? Are you struggling that hard to crank out 2 marines at a time (oh the economic horror) on blue mineral income that it's worth delaying your raxes (and marine production, and ability to start dropping bunkers) by 12 and 16 seconds?
Last edited by goofyballer; 04-22-2014 at 03:26 AM.