[SexyBobSmith]

Originally Posted by Zergtastic

So, rebuilding the overlord costs 100 minerals, correct.

No, you technically dont lose 100 minerals when the overlord dies, I realise that. If said correctly, it'd be that you lose a unit worth of 100 minerals when the overlord dies.

Thats right, the first overlord was worth 100 minerals. Because you spent 100 minerals on it. Notice how I put the word spent in bold throughout the entire thing. Spent. Not lost (Although technically for the first one, it is spent and then lost).

How many minerals were spent to replace it? 100.

100 + 100 = 200 minerals spent.

You agree that you need to build the second overlord, and thats two overlords, which cost 100 minerals each. Why are you saying its double counting, if you are agreeing that two overlords are needed?

The way you are looking at it is wrong. You Spent 200 minerals on building 2 overlords but you still only spend 100 minerals on scouting. The 1st overlord is built for either supply or scouting. If its built for scouting then its 100 minerals spent on scouting no arguments there. The minerals spent on building the 2nd overlord is spent on supply. It not a replacement overlord as it will not be used for scouting, it is build specifically for supply, if its not (your dont need any extra supply) then u dont need the 2nd overlord and there is no need to build it therefore you still only spent 100 minerals on scouting.

If the 1st overlord was built for supply then used for scouting and you build a second to replace it, it is still only 100 minerals spent on scouting. This is because only 100 minerals is used on scouting and the other 100 is used to increase supply. You can look at it like this: the 1st overlord is built for supply so the 100 spent resources there is for supply, if it is then used to scout, the 100 minerals used to replace that overlord then is spent on scouting. The minerals spent on the first overlord was for supply and not for scouting, if it is the used to scout then the cost of scouting is the 100 minerals spent to replace that overlord. So even though you spend 200 minerals to build two overlords, you SPEND 100 minerals to increase SUPPLY and 100 minerals for SCOUTING. You cant have spent 200 minerals to scout because only one overlord is used for scouting, the other is in fact for supply and not scouting so you do not count the minerals spent on both overlords.