Yeaaah man, silver league in 1v1. Started to think it would never happen. I think I would be in platinum or at least gold if I had a computer with at least minimum spec's. Every time I click it takes .5 seconds to react to it. Soooo I figure I'm moving about half the speed of everyone else -____-
I wish I didn't have a full-time job and real obligations to be able to get to diamond league.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
I got into gold again as with my initial placement in the beta. I played two gotwooter so far and got owned pretty badly so i guess gotwoot level is pretty high.Originally Posted by Assertn
you play on US servers? can't add you :/
Oh yeah, US Server.
If you are US Server as well, Sentenal is the character name, and 295 is the character code or w/e.
In general, how good are the people here that play, and what races to you guys play? I play mainly Protoss.
Just got placed platinum in 1v1, and my roommate and I upgraded to platinum in 2v2.
Bam.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
Great game, just finished the single player mode.
lol I am so awful at this game. must be a myth that poker players are good at rts. I've won 4 so far, lost 10. I guess I'll have to watch a ton of replays to be able to grasp this game.
You should go online and read strategy plans for the game. I think it takes some of the fun out of it, but if you're playing online, it's not really for fun, it's life and death.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
No way, learn your own strategies as you go. If you cant handle the losses that comes with getting better you shouldn't play. Its more rewarding that you hone your strats each game and make it that much more efficient.
Make a lot of miners
Build units early; not too many
Get a decent army quickly; while also expanding for heavier units.
If you don't know what units are strong against others you should play the single player challenges. They have stuff that teaches you how to not suck in there.
or just press the "help" button
which shows every unit's strengths and weaknesses
and a decent buildorder solves most problems.
i personally believe protoss is the most easiest race to play, because a 2 gate opening and gate-push is strong against every matchup
except for a good terran when he's going for a marauder push (strongest t1 unit by far)
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 08-10-2010 at 01:38 PM.
You're just reinventing the wheel at that point. Starcraft strategies are a science developed over years by professionals. It will take you 2 years to learn your own strategies that will allow you to survive long enough to learn anything anyway.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_J9eo5RPUI
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
Kagemane_no_Jutsu: Watch some of these videos and you'll see how much this game has been dissected and examined, even with SC2. Trying to learn the game by trial and error and developing new strategies on your own is a huge waste of time.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Starcraft 2 doesn't have the crazy learning curve that Brood War had, but it still takes alot to get good at it. The most important thing you can possibly try to improve on, is your mechanics. That is, your scouting, your micro, and your macro. If you can effectively do those, you can simply adapt your strategy to whatever is going on in the game. And if you need specific strategic advise and don't mind people mocking you, TeamLiquid.net has a really big strategy forum, and lots of good players.
Also remember about day9 netcast - While his commentary is not so good as Husky's but he makes really great analysis of what's going on, where to expand, etc etc.
http://day9tv.blip.tv/
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I talked to a platinum member and from what he says, you really need to know what all of the buildings are, what all of the units are and what they are best for. You need to scout a lot and see what your opponents are building so you can tailor your builds to beat them. He mentioned how some of the pros will even build decoy structures to make you think they're going one direction but it's a ploy. He also said you have to see what their SCVs are doing, ie. if they are collecting a lot of vespene gas right off the bat then they are planning a certain strategy and you need to be able to counter it.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Yep, also a lack of tech in their base could suggest hidden tech, or in the early game proxy structures or cannon rush.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
Don't think in categories "unit X counters unit Y" - you can counter terran mek by striking from many places at once, by avoiding the army and going for base, etc - its slow as hell, same goes for protoss stalker+immortal+colossi.
Its good to know which unit is strong against which, right, but there are other weaknesses you can exploit that are not shown in counters section of help menu.
Al least that's what i got from day9 dailies and from my friend (diamond league player)
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Definitely don't want to rely solely on any one source for strategies and unit information. I just think the likelihood that you will learn something like an undiscovered strategy or unit strength/weakness just from playing the game is not very high. Most if not all of this information is already available. I think you'd use your time more wisely learning something beyond the basics and what works best for your playing style.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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