I've hit a skill block

On April 26 2011 02:17 SuperJongMan wrote:
Your foundations are really poor if you can't get to at least mid gold.
Probably has a lot to do with speed/efficiency.
Speed alone can get you up to Gold level. You could even work on a very solid aggresive gameplan (cheese) and work up your speed and mechanics that way.
I don't play sc2 but I'm sure my advice is good here.

Cuz bronze players... players with skills capping at bronze... are doing it wrong. Something very wrong. The possibilities of combinations of mistakes and wrong information you know or lack of knowledge are endless. Pretty much, you haven't learned the game.

1v1 BW?

On April 26 2011 02:47 Insanious wrote:
Open up a replay:

Step 1)

1) Click on your Nexus/CC/Hatchery
2) Watch the production on the building
3) See if production of workers ever stops
4) If you stop producing workers. Pause the replay, look to see what you are doing during that time.
5) repeat steps 3 and 4 for the whole replay
6) See if there are any trends of when you stop worker production (ex. in a battle, building other buildings, etc...)
7) play 2 - 5 games vs computer where you constantly do the things that make you stop producing workers while making sure to produce workers. (ex. if you stop making workers while building buildings, then in a game vs comps just spam making buildings while remembering to make workers).

After 2 - 5 games, you will start to make a mental check list of "Oh I'm going to build a building, better check to see if I need to make workers".

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Once you have constant worker production, go play some games vs some nubs and get better.

Step 2)

1) Open up a more recent replay where you have better worker production
2) Click on your unit producing structures (ex. barracks, warpgates, hatcheries, etc...)
3) See if production of units ever stops
4) If you stop producing units. Pause the replay, look to see what you are doing during that time.
5) repeat steps 3 and 4 for the whole replay
6) Play 2-5 games vs computers where you try to constantly produce units while microing, making workers, building buildings, etc...
7) go play some real games where you have better unit production.

Step 3)

1) After a bunch of ladder games with increase worker and unit production, open up a replay
2) Check to see if you are constantly making units and workers, if you ever stop. Check to see what is happening in game to make you stop producing workers and units.
3) Practice making units and workers during all situations.


There, you will have better macro and will most likely be able to win a lot lot more games.

More workers = more minerals and gas = you can make more units and buildings

More Units = you win more battles, simple as that. You win easier, and you die less often.

Macro will get you into diamond. So just work on it .

Also a few good things to watch would be:

1) 2/08 Day[9] Daily #0257 Starcraft 2 Newbie Tuesday: Refining Mechanics (Blip.tv)

2) 2/15 Day[9] Daily #0261 Starcraft 2 Newbie Tuesday: Mechanics #2 (Blip.tv)

3) 4/13 Day[9] Daily #0285 Starcraft 2 Newbie Tuesday: Stealing a Build (Blip.tv)

4) 4/19 Day[9] Daily #0289 Starcraft 2 Newbie Tuesday: Refining a Stolen Build (Blip.tv)

On April 26 2011 02:35 renchak wrote:
I just assumed you played on the EU-server since it said you were form the UK, but i can't add you.