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So I just played SC2

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Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
December 20 2010 15:57 GMT
#1
...for the first time today (technically I started playing yesterday but I only played on campaign then but anyways...)

A bit of background. I'm a hardcore BW fan (not that hardcore only kinda) and was kind of hesitant about switching over to SC2. I didn't like SC2 mainly because of all the petty bickering that would occasionally come up between BW fans and SC2 fans. Anyways, I got one of those guest pass thingies so I decided to do some 2v2 with my friend.

I don't remember the map but we played against two protoss. I decide to play Terran as I had played it previously in the campaign although I really wanted to try out Zerg. So I get cannon rushed and I pull all my SCVs and rines but they die almost instantly. I managed to lift up my CC and two barracks while saving two SCVs.

This is when my BW instinct and APM kicks in. I land at my natural and immediately realize he is trying to cannon rush me from the cliff so I lift off again and land in my friend's natural and start my base there. I manage to build up a respectable amount of marines while my friend goes off to attack the guy who cannon rushed me with Roaches.

After I get like two dozen marines we team up and take out the second protoss easily. +1 weapon kicks in for me a few moments later and we go and kill the cannon rusher who managed to stay alive by building a base at my old starting spot.

We win surprisingly easily so we decide to try our luck on another match.

We manage to get paired up against a Terran and Protoss on some map where there was one choke on one side and destructible rocks on the other side of the shared base. I see them walling off so I think we should ride the eco advantage by taking an expo or two.

My friend takes an expo not to far from his starting point while I, being sneaky, try to pull off a hidden expansion. He gets attacked by Protoss after a few minutes but manage to fend off the attack with a little assistance from my Marine/Tank combo.

The enemy Terran tries to assist the Protoss with Marine/Marauder but we overwhelm them with our macro. We push them back all the way to their natural but hold off for a second as I want to wait for a few more units, namely Medivacs to join the fray.

After I get a few Medivacs into the group (and he a few Roaches and lings) we push in and overwhelm with sheer number. Terran falls in a matter of seconds and Protoss manages to put up a better fight with DTs but I scan and the rest is history.

Two matches and two wins in our placement matches. We would have played more but I was dead tired (seriously I don't know how everyone can play for more than two hours).

Anyways, concluding thoughts...
1) I know my story is lame
2) Marines are crazy strong
3) My BW skills helped out a lot in the transition over to SC2
4) I still enjoy BW but SC2 is fun too
5) I still don't know what the blog section in TL is for.
6) I'm tired I'm going to bed

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this is my quote.
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
December 20 2010 16:35 GMT
#2
Thats cool, bro. I always want to know how SC1 veteran think about SC2. I think you should just switch to SC2. I switch simply SC2 has a lot more player and I have great fun play with all my friends.
As a BW player, you will be good at SC2 20x faster than guys with no BW experience.
GL HF
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6593 Posts
December 20 2010 16:47 GMT
#3
yeah, coming from BW and playing ICC quite a bit, sc2 is ridiculously easy compared to bw...

I no longer fear PvZ for my life which is nice. lol good to know you enjoyed it
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Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
December 20 2010 17:39 GMT
#4
Kinda in the same position here. Well, I played like 100 games back in the beta, but only sat down to play SC2 last month. I still have'nt played it that much, my account is sitting on like 30 games in silver league.
I used to play ICC quite a bit, wasn't that great though, a 200 apm D+/C- terran. Coming to SC2 it was much easier, and I take breaks from sc2 and still come back good because the mechanics don't play such a big role anymore.

I am glad I stuck with my Terran brethren for SC2 though, glad to see I have more options then just turtling until i get a good sized ball.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." I run the Smix Fanclub!
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9777 Posts
December 20 2010 17:49 GMT
#5
I can help with number 5.

TL's blog section is for writing about your girl problems but never giving away whether or not you're asian.
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Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-20 19:12:23
December 20 2010 19:12 GMT
#6
Yeah, its interesting coming from BW and playing all of the styles of sc2 - you can pretty much tell who played scbw and who played sc2 just by their play style (the more cheesy, the less scbw, usually). Unfortunately, mechanics can only get you so far in sc2 (unlike bw), and there are just so many cheeses to deal with :/. But it's easy to macro at least.
But you know, it's kind of fun to play
Edit: i'm still trying to figure out why marines have 5 more hp than in bw.
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Klockan3
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Sweden2866 Posts
December 20 2010 22:11 GMT
#7
On December 21 2010 04:12 Comeh wrote:
Edit: i'm still trying to figure out why marines have 5 more hp than in bw.

Because stim just increase attack/movement speed by 50% while in bw it gave 100% boost.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
December 21 2010 01:03 GMT
#8
SC2 is fun.

Too bad I like BW more. Especially considering most, if not all, my friends, switched over.
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