I do not think it means, what you think it means.
At the beginning of every random team game I play, I can almost guarantee one of my teammates will say, “rush?”, “RUSH!”, or other versions of the same with various typos. “rush/” “rish/”, “tidj?” (if they are one key to the right on their keyboard) etc.
I am probably straining at gnats here, but I don’t think 90% of these people know what a rush is – there is a difference between a rush and concentrating on tier one units. As I understand it, a rush is when you sacrifice your econ to get units out onto the field before your opponent. Six pooling, or a six raxx would be examples of this. I very rarely see anyone actually rushing in the games I play, as it significantly hinders your econ. If you fail at rushing, your opponent is going to have more resources and wipe you out quite handily.
Most of the games I play have a lot of early aggression; usually with zealots, zerglings, marines, marauders, etc. These games often depend on who wins the early conflicts, but it is, in my opinion, definitely not a rush. I don’t remember the last time I actually “rushed”.
Even today, about 15 minutes into a 3v3, I noticed an opponent’s pylon in my teammates base. I pinged and warned him about it, then my other teammate replied, “he wants to rush you later.” It seems, then, that this word can mean anything from what I consider a rush to sneaking units into a base.
I am probably expecting too much from the battle.net community :-)
Am I completely wrong here? What do you consider a rush?
This:
At the beggining of the game, of course.
Oh damn I forgot to add the cite…
Here it is: A rush is when you sacrifice your econ to get units out onto the field before your opponent
rush 1 |rə sh |
verb
1) move with urgent haste
noun
1) a sudden quick movement toward something, typically by a number of people
Going by the definition of the word rush, it would mean that 90% of the time that you attack someone you’re rushing them. People who send in a steady stream of 2-3 units at a time to attack would get demolished in general gameplay, people who quickly send those troops all at once tend to perform better in combat.
Going by general usage of the word in public, and some basic logic, I’d say rush would have better usage by generating a moderately sized minor army at the expense of tech and stronger units to try and hit them before they start to build their own. Otherwise what would deserve the distinction between a “rush” and a normal attack?
Also, a somewhat ironic usage of the word rush says that rushing has no value or point to it.
rush 2
noun
2) archaic – a thing of no value (used for emphasis)
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