[Bloodmyst]

As the title says, what is your method for building structures?

Recently, I've just found I've fallen into a bad habit using the shift key before buildings my structures.

Let me use the 1 Rax Fe for example;

After throwing down my 16/18 CC. When going to throw down my next 2 raxes I will box select my workers at the mineral line>hold down shift>b>b>and rally workers back to the mineral line (all this while holding down "shift")

Problem with this method I find is the workers do not go and build the raxes right away! So I end up with about 350 - 400 minerals before both raxes even go down! Despite actually throwing them down right on 300 minerals.

I think this is just a bad habit I have fallen into now abusing the shift key :s

I know others who use the same method as I do, however the difference is they do not hold shift before actually building the raxes.

After watching one of Thorzains replays I have found a much better method. He hotkeys several workers specifically to build structures. So his method to build structures is;

hotkey for scvs>b>b>b>b> (this is achieving the exact same thing as what I'm trying to do). I find using this method, 300 minerals are spent quicker (not having to drag the screen around) and the workers will go and build sooner then the method I utilize.

The benefit I see to grouping several workers on a hotkey is the fact you do not have to go back to your mineral line and box select. Just look in your base and start building!

However, after the raxes are completed.... I'm not sure if he hits "ctrl+F1" (selects all idle scvs by default) and rallies the workers back to mining "after" the raxes are finished. Or, if he simply shift queues them to go back to mining whilst they are building. So the method would be "(hotkey for scvs)>b>b>b>b>shift queue back to mineral line"

What method do you use? For any of the GM/M Terrans out there, what do you find is the most effective method?

I know one thing for certain, I need to get out of this shift key habit :s