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Summer Session: Week 1: Build Foundations

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Ripsin
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-10 18:00:36
May 23 2011 20:03 GMT
#1
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2011 Summer Starcraft Session

Week 1: Build Foundations


Method
Easy week. Steal three builds. One build for each match-up and practice it against the AI for awhile till you get the hang of it. Just make sure to get your laddering in for the experience, even if you don't have things completely down.

Logic
I just want to get a basis for laddering effectively. No sort of crazy refining or understanding mechanics. Let's just start playing.

References
  • Search for YABOT in custom games to find an amazing build order tool.
  • Liquipedia's race specific builds (basic): http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Strategy
  • SC2 builds (advanced, mostly taken from the pros): http://www.sc2builds.com/
  • Day[9]'s method for stealing it: http://blip.tv/day9tv/day-9-daily-289-newbie-tuesday-refining-a-stolen-build-5062263

Disclaimer
I'm by no means a master of this game. This is just a record of my thinking behind my personal improvement, so please only positive suggestions or criticisms if you have them. I also have no connections with any of the works I'm referencing, it's all free stuff you can find on the net, so definitely go hunt for more yourselves.

What I Did
For this week I just played YABOT an absolute ton to memorize the 3 different builds. On top of that I wrote down each build on notecards in 3 parts (ie. till first gas, till warp gate or so, and then the rest). I have trouble remembering the builds when I'm actually in the ladder so this helps me. I've watched the videos too, but I watch all the vids before I post them here so this goes without saying.

Smoot
Profile Joined April 2011
United States128 Posts
May 24 2011 22:39 GMT
#2
Figure I'll let you know about this current development.

(From Blizz forums)

"Bashiok

Community Manager

Due to an issue with the Grandmaster league we’ve temporarily locked league reassignments. This means that all ranked games are correctly awarding (and subtracting) points, all changes to player’s internal matchmaking rating continue to be made, but the ability to be promoted/demoted to a different league is temporarily on-hold. When this lock is released, the next win will process the correct standing and any league reassignments will be carried out as they would have.

We currently have a hotfix for the Grandmaster issue in testing, and expect it to be implemented very soon. Once the fix is in and verified the lock will be removed and league standings will continue as normal. We’ll make another announcement at that time.

It’s important to note, again, that your games played now continue to count toward your standing and a possible league reassignment."
Ripsin
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States20 Posts
May 25 2011 01:44 GMT
#3
Thanks mate, but yeah, I've known about it. I figure we'll just get our MMRs up for now and even if it isn't fixed perfectly in the near future, at least it'll be fun.
BlueInkAlchemist
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States73 Posts
May 27 2011 14:12 GMT
#4
I actually had to change my TvZ build after last night's loss. I only got three games in, two against Protoss, and I lost one of those due to the stalker rush coming earlier than I expected. But TvZ was just a mess. It may end up being my replay for the week on the Summer Sessions thing as an example of what not to do. Anyway, I've changed it to the Hellion Reactor Expand build and we'll see how that goes tonight.
"Speed is the essence of war." - Sun-Tzu
Ripsin
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States20 Posts
May 28 2011 03:09 GMT
#5
On May 27 2011 23:12 BlueInkAlchemist wrote:
I actually had to change my TvZ build after last night's loss. I only got three games in, two against Protoss, and I lost one of those due to the stalker rush coming earlier than I expected. But TvZ was just a mess. It may end up being my replay for the week on the Summer Sessions thing as an example of what not to do. Anyway, I've changed it to the Hellion Reactor Expand build and we'll see how that goes tonight.


Really try YABOT custom maps, mate. You can learn a build so quick with that.
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