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KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-13 19:15:10
March 18 2011 21:26 GMT
#1
Hello TLers!

+ Show Spoiler +
I am no longer free, but please get in touch if you want coaching!


My name is Pilkington and I am offering free Zerg coaching for Bronze to Platinum league players on the North American server. I am a high diamond level zerg and am interested in trying out coaching. I have a Masters degree in Education and love to teach people how to improve both at school and Star Craft! I have a lot of RTS experience having played thousands of Brood War games and have played SC2 since the beta. My main strengths as a player are game sense and macro. I can help any player below Diamond to improve these things. I hope to use these free coaching sessions to hone my coaching to a point where I could charge for the service, but for now it would be fun for me to try helping out some people in the mean time!

Send me a PM on Team Liquid, respond to this post, or message me in game with your skype information to get in touch!

Pilkington
char code: 122

+ Show Spoiler +
I am no longer free, but please get in touch if you want coaching!



Weird innit?
kidleader
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Korea (South)233 Posts
March 18 2011 21:35 GMT
#2
OOOOOOOOOH Chimpanzee That

It's Monkey News.
Tokyo Seoul London New York \\ SlayerS, KT
rolfe
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
March 18 2011 22:02 GMT
#3
awesome name dude!
life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously but there it is. Life finds a way
ii.blitzkrieg
Profile Joined November 2006
Canada1122 Posts
March 18 2011 22:14 GMT
#4
Head like a fuckin orange.
iloveoov / Flash / Fantasy / Midas / Boxer -BW forever
Eleaven
Profile Joined September 2010
772 Posts
March 18 2011 22:19 GMT
#5
'lright

Your filling my worry hole with worries.

Do you wish your name was Brett?

this is completely ON TOPIC
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 18 2011 22:29 GMT
#6
Any Pilkers quotes are fine by me here! Anyone else super excited about Steve Merchant's upcoming comedy tour!? I have tickets for the NYC show!
Weird innit?
Exteray
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1094 Posts
March 18 2011 22:45 GMT
#7
Masters in SC2 > Masters in Education though
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 19 2011 00:49 GMT
#8
On March 19 2011 07:45 Exteray wrote:
Masters in SC2 > Masters in Education though


Indeed.
Weird innit?
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 19 2011 17:15 GMT
#9
If someone wants a short coaching session from now until the start of TSL send me a message in game!
Weird innit?
Zim23
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1681 Posts
March 20 2011 00:38 GMT
#10
'What lake is the Loch Ness monster from?' And, 'What were those things in Gremlins called?' Are some of my personal favorites. And of course the diary.
Do an arranged marriage if she's not completely minging, and don't worry about dancing, get a go-kart, cheers.
KaniasReplays
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States39 Posts
March 21 2011 17:44 GMT
#11
I recommended having coaching done by Pilkington. He is very helpful, in all general aspects of the game, and can basically improve all players AT LEAST platinum and below. He is a nice guy and easy to talk to and understand. Thanks again for helping me!
When life gives you lemons, go mass queen.
Karthos
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1 Post
March 22 2011 00:56 GMT
#12
I must say... Wow! Pilkington was an incredible help to this little bronze league-er. He is a really nice, down-to-earth guy who helped me pick out some problems that likely would have gone unnoticed for hundreds of more games. I honestly believe that if you don't attempt to learn from him, then you're missing out on a great teacher. Thanks for the help Pilkington! And I'll see everyone in the proleagues! :D
RXMarS
Profile Joined February 2011
United States10 Posts
March 22 2011 02:02 GMT
#13
Pilkington just coached me, he is really chill, went through my replay with me told me EVERYTHING about it, super informative and then we played a game and he talked me through what should be going through my head at certain points during the game, had A LOT of great advice, talked about overload placement, expanding, scouting, unit composition etc. Pointed out a lot of things I had no idea I was doing wrong, i already feel like I improved ten fold.

thanks again pilk, hopefully we can do it again sometime
pig-dude
Profile Joined March 2011
United States170 Posts
March 22 2011 05:26 GMT
#14
I learned some things. Good emphasis on fundamentals :^) Hopefully I can get to gold now.
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 25 2011 21:38 GMT
#15
Hey Guys,

I have a few hours if some people want Zerg coaching today!

Send me a PM or msg on Bnet pilkington 122
Weird innit?
KaniasReplays
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States39 Posts
March 26 2011 20:07 GMT
#16
Thank you again for helping me! I have got so much better even though I'm locked into bronze ):but i can still beat silvers and golds.
When life gives you lemons, go mass queen.
obipam
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States15 Posts
March 30 2011 22:54 GMT
#17
This guy absolutely knows what he's doing - I highly recommend getting his coaching if you're platinum or below.
"The key to strategy is not to choose a path to victory, but to choose so that all paths lead to a victory" - Lois McMaster Bujold
Johnerg14
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1 Post
Last Edited: 2011-03-31 00:01:40
March 31 2011 00:01 GMT
#18
Pilkington knows what he is doing, if you are looking for a zerg coach I would definitely recommend him. After one lesson with him he diagnosed all of my bad habits, and told me what i should work on. Most of the coaches I have been with just teach me a build and help me improve it, which is annoying because that doesn't really help.

TY Pilkington
xxxxDDDD
Axx
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada40 Posts
March 31 2011 03:08 GMT
#19
Is this still happening? If so, would you like to set up a time or do we just hop on and hope you're free?
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 31 2011 03:18 GMT
#20
Yeah as my time allows I am still offering free coaching. My schedule right now is a little random so PM me your bnet ID and skype ID and when I can find some hours here and there I'll be looking for people to train.
Weird innit?
Kdkrgs
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1 Post
April 02 2011 20:25 GMT
#21
I am a high platinum player in all 3 races. I wanted to specialize in zerg and I have been coached twice by Pilkington. He has been awesome. He has really helped me better myself with overlord placement and scouting overall. My defense and attack timing has improved dramatically. I appreciate it and want to tell him thanks for his time.
Zurles
Profile Joined February 2009
United Kingdom1659 Posts
April 02 2011 21:25 GMT
#22
Really looks like he's making lots of accounts and just posting on his own thread with all these 1 post count guys here.
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
April 02 2011 22:23 GMT
#23
On April 03 2011 06:25 Zurles wrote:
Really looks like he's making lots of accounts and just posting on his own thread with all these 1 post count guys here.



... This is pretty insulting. I can't control the fact that the people I've coached so far don't post on TL. Send me your info and I'll coach you if you don't trust what you read.
Weird innit?
latency123
Profile Joined April 2011
1 Post
April 04 2011 22:52 GMT
#24
Pilkington helped me alot with, what seemed to be minoot details... that add up over the period of a game and really helped my overall play

good luck pilkington and hope to see u getting paid for coaching soon... because u deserve it
blessednegr0
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1 Post
April 05 2011 01:44 GMT
#25
Did a session with Pilkington and he is amazing. I am diamond in 3 levels but he helped my macro game so much. Especially overlord placement. I really feel like a much better player after only one session. I look forward to a lot more.
Axx
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada40 Posts
April 06 2011 00:19 GMT
#26
Excellent advice, will play a huge role in my improvement, I recommend you give this guy a try, he knows his stuff. Thanks again for the coaching
AcePlaysRandom
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada9 Posts
April 10 2011 17:05 GMT
#27
Hey man,

Thanks for the great lesson! Anyone looking for a helpful coach come to Pilkington. The help on my ZvP, and late-game is definitely going to help me improve going back into ladder.

Much appreciated!
-Ace
conf
Profile Joined March 2011
Brazil1 Post
Last Edited: 2011-04-10 18:50:41
April 10 2011 18:50 GMT
#28
he said to me he is charging already so no point in saying it's free anymore
KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
April 10 2011 20:51 GMT
#29
Yeah I am now charging for coaching. Free trial period is over.
Weird innit?
SubzeroG
Profile Joined May 2011
United States4 Posts
May 05 2011 01:41 GMT
#30
How you doing? I am a top silver lvl zerg player and I notice that I need to refine my macro and game sense. If possible can you possibly make an opening next weekend as this week and next I got finals. let me know if that is good. in game I and Subzero . 262 so please contact me if possible I you need my skype I can pm it but please pm me if the training session is possible please and thank you.
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