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Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
May 15 2010 12:05 GMT
#1
I realize that with popular players like TheLittleOne, Day9 and Tasteless playing random, and playing quite competently in competitions with it, a lot of people wish to play random as their race to develop their skill set with all of the races, but are struggling to keep up with the exponentially increasing skill of the platinum ladder.

Through playing the high platinum ranks, i've noticed most of the high plat random players all play a particular style that leads them to success, in order to share this knowledge to the lower ranked random players who are struggling (much like i did with my TvP flow chart in a previous blog), i've made a simple flowchart for playing random and how to reach the higher ranks with it. Enjoy!

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@NvPinder on twitter | Member of Gamecom Nv | http://www.clan-ta.com | http://www.youtube.com/user/ftrunkz | http://www.twitchtv.com/xghpinder
deth
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia1757 Posts
May 15 2010 12:09 GMT
#2
i love these so much man
Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
May 15 2010 12:16 GMT
#3
And before anyone says it, yes these flowcharts are made to vent frustration after losing games, and are meant as a light hearted joke, not a stab at all random players ^^
@NvPinder on twitter | Member of Gamecom Nv | http://www.clan-ta.com | http://www.youtube.com/user/ftrunkz | http://www.twitchtv.com/xghpinder
Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
May 15 2010 12:22 GMT
#4
LOL similar to kwanflow chart
Lee Jaedong Fighting!
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
May 15 2010 12:23 GMT
#5
I play random, and I approve

Although I usually play on this fear and do really economical builds instead, 1rax FE, 15hatch etc
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
May 15 2010 12:30 GMT
#6
LOL
i love your flowcharts :D
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
May 15 2010 13:15 GMT
#7
I liked the marauder one more. And for the love of god, use .PNG.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
May 15 2010 13:23 GMT
#8
this is very true. i love it!
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
lowbright
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
308 Posts
May 15 2010 13:31 GMT
#9
haha that was pretty good
TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #49
LeoTheLion
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
China958 Posts
May 15 2010 13:34 GMT
#10
from my experience proxy 2 gate is terrible in pvp, because the other guy can just chrono his gateway while throwing down a 2nd, or even 3rd. he will have so many more probes, not to mention tech/gas advantage, that unless you kill like 10 probes it's not worth it

8 pool is better than 6 pool in zvz. it's not as all in ish, and you can get a queen and still build a crawler on his creep. if he went 13 pool your lings will get there when his pool is 75%, with crawler building

tvt cheese is a lot easier to stop because they can throw down bunkers ez since they can be salvaged. just play straight up and abuse medivac drop

all matchups other than zvz are a lot harder to cheese. if you try proxy gate or 6 pool vs terran that's easily stopped by wall (unless you build gates in his base). against protoss even if you kill half his probes with 6 pool you will still be behind in terms of worker count, and he can chrono zeals to stop more lings. marine scv all in gets blocked by force fields, crawlers (which any competent zerg should see), and as mentioned before virtually free bunkers. just play normally, he will have to scout earlier which gives you a slight eco advantage in the beginning
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. -Chairman Mao
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3489 Posts
May 15 2010 13:51 GMT
#11
Nice flowcharts!
Horang2 fan
Chronopolis
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1484 Posts
May 15 2010 16:34 GMT
#12
Lol what's even funnier is that each race basically has another set of cheese for those random players . Cannon rush, 6 rax reaper, baneling bust!
Vain
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Netherlands1115 Posts
May 15 2010 16:35 GMT
#13
so true
Battle.net 2.0 is a waiter and he's a dick
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-15 16:45:49
May 15 2010 16:45 GMT
#14
On May 15 2010 21:22 streamofhonour wrote:
LOL similar to kwanflow chart

This.
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Its funny because its true
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
May 16 2010 01:45 GMT
#15
Well, ironically, knocked out of 120 man tournament i was seeded 2nd in first round by random player who did all-in lings first game and proxy gates second game. Shoulda posted this guide after the tournament i guess
@NvPinder on twitter | Member of Gamecom Nv | http://www.clan-ta.com | http://www.youtube.com/user/ftrunkz | http://www.twitchtv.com/xghpinder
deth
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia1757 Posts
May 16 2010 05:27 GMT
#16
Haha, thats amazing.
mfZOR
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia49 Posts
May 17 2010 13:10 GMT
#17
LOL PINDER... love the fucking rage buddy. Next time i'll change the seeds so no random players in ur bracket
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