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This is an idea that came into my mind not long ago. It is pretty simple and I think it would be pretty fun to be a part of if it ever happens.
A set of "coaches" (around 4-6) will be picking up 5 to 6 pupils each whom they will be training for a couple of months or so and after this period of time is over, the teams will have some sort of cw to see which coach trained their pupils the best.
Of course the trainees should be of around D- to C- icc level and the coaches at least around B-. And like any normal team, they can have their own tags, logos, etc, but this is up to the coach and how he wishes to train his students.
Yes a Zerg coach will most likely have all Zerg trainees, so this becomes somewhat a race war but still it provides for a good learning experience for the players and a good teaching experience for the coaches as they can focus on a specific MU in anticipation of an upcoming CW.
What do you guys think?
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Canada780 Posts
So... The Ultimate Fighter? but for Starcraft?
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You read my mind homie.
And with more teams ofc 
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I really like this idea
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Canada780 Posts
Yeah, I think this idea could be pretty interesting. But, you need to have higher level players that can actually teach properly. On top of that, you need players who are committed and don't just forget about it in a couple days.
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This could be really fun, but might be a little difficult to organize.
I would personally love to participate (D+/C- Zerg currently).
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Katowice25012 Posts
This is a cool idea and you should definitely try to make it happen
Iruian at SC2GG used to run something like this about a year and a half ago, they would pick 6 D- players and get them to D+ over the course of a month and a half or so, there were 3 'race specific' coaches so some fun infighting like this naturally went on
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I'd participate! D+ Terran, and Gretorp abandoned me long ago.
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This would be very cool I think, and I would love to participate. (D/D+ Protoss)
I'd also be willing to help out organize if necessary.
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This is a really cool idea. I hope someone organizes something like this.
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You would have to do a tournament before the training to gauge their skill levels before and after the training period. Then have the final tourney to see the winner.
I'm constantly coaching noobs and regulars alike on bloodbath, Maybe we can have a bloodbath only one? (it'll be quicker and easier for 1 map)
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
I wouldn't mind running and/or coaching, but I think you should set the coach levels to C~B- and player levels to D-~D+. Also, you could have a tournament among those D-~D+ players to get rankings, and then distributing them to each team so the teams are fair. Then you could have a week or so then begin the PL-style tournament games.
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On December 04 2009 08:43 CharlieMurphy wrote:
You would have to do a tournament before the training to gauge their skill levels before and after the training period. Then have the final tourney to see the winner.
I'm constantly coaching noobs and regulars alike on bloodbath, Maybe we can have a bloodbath only one? (it'll be quicker and easier for 1 map)
Can you employ any normal strategy on bloodbath?
I like the tournament though, it could separate players into D-/D/D+/C- or whatever, and then the coaches could pick the players they want from each category.
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Haha, maybe we should wait and see if enough potential coaches are interested before throwing our hats in the ring, eh?
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I would definately in for something like this... but remember "Liquid Kickball"?
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I would be a coach o___o;; I've played all 3 races for years, currently B- level, just came back from vacation. Hopefully this gets off the ground and happens :D
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
OP, do you mind if I make a post in Brood War to see how many people would actually be interested?
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It seems like the basic thing for noobs to do, though is just to practice their basic mechanics like macro over and over. There's not much else a coach can say. I guess if they're really, completely new than they coach can teach them build orders and stuff but these days even D- people on ICCUP pretty much know those.
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i really like this idea, you should post it in Broodwar section.
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United States4796 Posts
D-. Would definitely play.
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On December 04 2009 09:55 Luddite wrote:
It seems like the basic thing for noobs to do, though is just to practice their basic mechanics like macro over and over. There's not much else a coach can say. I guess if they're really, completely new than they coach can teach them build orders and stuff but these days even D- people on ICCUP pretty much know those.
It's a lot easier when you have someone to guide you through the rough aspects of learning, and to keep focus on the right things to improve on. Someone to watch replays with you is very important when you don't exactly know what to look for yet.
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ooo that sounds awesome!
Count me in, D/D+ zerg
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SC2GG did exactly this O_O
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
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EPT
