• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 06:50
CET 12:50
KST 20:50
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book11Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info7herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational14
Community News
Weekly Cups (Feb 2-8): Classic, Solar, MaxPax win2Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker6PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar)9Weekly Cups (Jan 26-Feb 1): herO, Clem, ByuN, Classic win2RSL Season 4 announced for March-April8
StarCraft 2
General
How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game? Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book Weekly Cups (Feb 2-8): Classic, Solar, MaxPax win Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Season 4 announced for March-April PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar) WardiTV Mondays $21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ? [A] Starcraft Sound Mod
External Content
Mutation # 512 Overclocked The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 511 Temple of Rebirth Mutation # 510 Safety Violation
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Gypsy to Korea [ASL21] Potential Map Candidates BW General Discussion Liquipedia.net NEEDS editors for Brood War
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 1 Small VOD Thread 2.0 KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Strategy
Zealot bombing is no longer popular? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Current Meta Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread Diablo 2 thread ZeroSpace Megathread EVE Corporation Nintendo Switch Thread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Sex and weight loss YouTube Thread The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Play, Watch, Drink: Esports …
TrAiDoS
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2184 users

Free Zerg Coaching

Blogs > KarlPilkington
Post a Reply
Normal
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.
Normal
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
LiuLi Cup
11:00
Group A
Reynor vs Creator
Maru vs Lambo
RotterdaM645
TKL 160
IndyStarCraft 149
Rex96
IntoTheiNu 17
Liquipedia
Sparkling Tuna Cup
10:00
Weekly #118
ByuN vs ShoWTimELIVE!
Classic vs TBD
CranKy Ducklings118
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RotterdaM 645
TKL 160
IndyStarCraft 149
Rex 96
herO (Afreeca) 1
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 8048
Sea 3950
Horang2 1193
Bisu 990
BeSt 604
Jaedong 554
Hyuk 536
actioN 372
GuemChi 357
firebathero 328
[ Show more ]
Stork 274
Larva 234
Mini 215
Light 173
EffOrt 154
Soma 135
Snow 111
Soulkey 107
ZerO 90
Sharp 79
Pusan 76
ggaemo 72
PianO 62
hero 57
Rush 57
Sea.KH 51
JYJ 47
Aegong 45
Mong 41
Free 40
sorry 40
Shuttle 34
Killer 32
Shinee 31
JulyZerg 28
ToSsGirL 28
sSak 23
Barracks 23
Shine 20
Icarus 19
Hm[arnc] 17
910 16
scan(afreeca) 16
Movie 15
GoRush 15
soO 14
HiyA 13
Terrorterran 6
ajuk12(nOOB) 5
Dota 2
XaKoH 403
XcaliburYe158
NeuroSwarm116
febbydoto24
League of Legends
JimRising 341
Counter-Strike
olofmeister1690
shoxiejesuss1438
zeus685
x6flipin544
byalli267
kRYSTAL_72
edward70
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King42
Other Games
Liquid`RaSZi977
B2W.Neo575
crisheroes181
Fuzer 175
KnowMe174
Pyrionflax148
Livibee76
ZerO(Twitch)7
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick354
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 28
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Response 1
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 5
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota244
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Monday
13h 10m
Replay Cast
21h 10m
LiuLi Cup
23h 10m
Clem vs Rogue
SHIN vs Cyan
Replay Cast
1d 12h
The PondCast
1d 22h
KCM Race Survival
1d 22h
LiuLi Cup
1d 23h
Scarlett vs TriGGeR
ByuN vs herO
Replay Cast
2 days
Online Event
2 days
LiuLi Cup
2 days
Serral vs Zoun
Cure vs Classic
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
LiuLi Cup
3 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
LiuLi Cup
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
LiuLi Cup
5 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Monday Night Weeklies
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-02-09
Rongyi Cup S3
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
Nations Cup 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S1: W8
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
WardiTV Winter 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
FISSURE Playground #3
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.