Rushing

[henry]

Can anyone give me a good explaination of rushing and why shoul we rush?

[lowzeewee]

To prevent being rushed. ::)

[henry]

What is rush?

[Timenn]

A rush is an assault with many units. To outnumber you with units, and that way destroying you.

For example when I build alot of Dust Scouts and Laser Tank and send them to your base to destroy you before you have enough units to defend yourself.

Another example is an attack with alot of Mino's attacking.

Rushing is a good tactic to defeat the enemy. It is expensive, but that doesn't matter if you win

[Apollyon]

A rush isn't always with a lot of units, the primary idea is that you do it early.

[Timenn]

You can do it late in the game too.

And the primary thought is too have more units then your opponent

[Apollyon]

Rushing is only early game otherwise it's just an attack. A rush isn't always with lots of units, for instance one of my Ordos rush consists of 2 kobras and 3 laser tanks... what makes it a rush is that it's early game.

[Timenn]

When you are stronger with that force then your opponent's total army, then it is rushing.

Try checking the dictionary and you will find that rushing has nothing to do with at what time you do it

[henry]

It sounds rushing is quite non-tatical

[Apollyon]

When you are stronger with that force then your opponent's total army, then it is rushing.

Try checking the dictionary and you will find that rushing has nothing to do with at what time you do it

LOL Timmen! The dictionary says nothing about anything military whatsoever so maybe you should check the dictionary before testing me on a language which is my native tongue! Rushing can *only* take place early game. If you attack late game it isn't rushing no matter what number of units you have because you didn't RUSH to get there!

[henry]

So rush=early attack?

[JB]

More exactly: rush = hurried attack

So it means either early in the game, when there are not yet any large forces built

or quickly after an exhausting battle, when both sides have lost a substantial amount of forces, and the rusher tries to place a small second strike to cripple the enemey even further.

[lowzeewee]

Rush--->Sending your units to attack yr enemy ASAP early in the game! ;D

[Timenn]

Rushing can have a military meaning. It's in the dictionary. Just use a good one. It can mean an attack which is invoked quickly. It doesn't say anything about that it needs to be done soon, but when you start it, it should be done quick. Oxford Dictionary: 'Impel or carry along violently & rapidly'

Everyone may have his/her own impression on the word 'rush'. But when explaining to someone else, it is best to use the official meaning, and fit in to it's context (right now it is was)

[Apollyon]

So where in that description, Timenn, does it say a rush involves more units than the opponent?

"A rush is an assault with many units. To outnumber you with units, and that way destroying you."

Doesn't look like it does it?

Also the only time where a fast assault or "rush" is useful or even takes place *is* early game.

[lowzeewee]

A rush=A sudden rush of an army early in the game to attack an unprepared opponent

[Timenn]

Ok, you agree about that Apollyon. But the translation Lowzeewee gave might be in that:

uprepared = not enough units ?

[lowzeewee]

Ok, you agree about that Apollyon. But the translation Lowzeewee gave might be in that:

uprepared = not enough units ?

Yes.Due to time used in building a base.

[ken124578]

A RUSH has 3 meanings.

Overwhelm your enemy with units.

A 'sensation' (WOW! that was a RUSH!)

An early attack.

[Apollyon]

Overwhelm your enemy with units.

Overwhelming is not relevent to the meaning at all. It says that no where in any dictionary (even Timenn's) and simply has no logic. Rushing by default as an English gerund is the act of hurrying. Overwhelming your enemy has nothing to do with hurrying.

[henry]

Been looking around books.

In the middle ages, the knights held a long, sharp armor piercing weapon(what's it called?). When two forces engage, the knights hold them at horizontal and (on their horses) charge forward. The weapon would go through anything because of the force of the horse and immense pressure of the sharp tip. At that time there was no command as charge and the signal for the knights to run forwards is rush.

rush nowadays means charging right into enemy to cause maximum damage despite of the lost of men(or women?). So rush doesn't mean overwhelming enemy army because a small force of chemical trooper can cause a lot of damage without overwheming the enemy.

Also rush is not necessary to be early because a whole load of sabotaurs running into your base exploding can cause a lot of damage too(if not all killed)

Also we can't say rush=hurried attack because a rush can be well planned.

This is just for reference...I'm not 100% sure about all that yet. Maybe rush has a different meaning with source not regarding to the hitory of the knights...?!

[slaphapy]

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[Scy]

IMO, rushing is to win the game quickly as possible by crushing enemy's growing, such as destroying harvsters,buldings.

[lowzeewee]

IMO, rushing is to win the game quickly as possible by crushing enemy's growing, such as destroying harvsters,buldings.

Correct. But destroying his entire base and units or I should say,voila!Total destruction!!! 8)

[Apollyon]

i've met that rush... not pretty :-

You mean you have trouble against it? In that case just get feydakins and you've won...