Probably because people at your level either suck balls at video games and don't know about 4gate (entirely possible) or just that you've hit a hot streak of people who just got fed up with 4 gate and want to try something different.
Impossible to say, but as a Terran player I do welcome any nerf to warpgates!
Id have to say 4 gate is still around but if ur defending 3 gate works fine with also a tech like blink or immortals so it os around but maybe a change might come
Most of my PvP matches, i always try my best to go with a defensive 4 gate build, or perhaps get a quick robo out and build a couple of Immortals to defend the rush.
I'm a fan of defensive 4gating moreso than a 4gate all in (or even a Korean 4gate). Personally, I prefer to use the 4 gate against a high econ zerg build (like Spanishiwa's build). But as a whole I still 4gate just not aggressively anymore.
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I still think that they cant nerf the 4gate, I stand by that idea it would be impossible making the majority of the match ups imba. I mean you can quite simply defend against a 4gate, its quite simple it isnt an OP build at all. Its just quite effective is used correctly....
According to Day[j], one can only support a 4 gate for 1:30 in game minutes...
The proposed patch probably means you can get out 1-3 extra units before the warp gates are done, since you'll mayeb have time to get a unit out of your 3 gateways that should be done before warpgate finishes.
However i think that if they do add the reduced build time for training, you could probably have an extra cycle or two worth of units out before the 4 gate is ready. Not 100% sure on my maths though. So 4 gate may still exist, just with more units on either side
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