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Switching to Protoss and getting serious about Sc2

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Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-12 06:45:54
June 12 2011 05:47 GMT
#1
Hi everyone I would like to introduce my self and tell you my background, when I got into Sc2, and how I hope to improve at the game. So I first got interested in Sc2 during the beta when I saw that viral video on youtube about this guy's girlfriend tearing up his beta code. From there I went on to watch Husky's video's and later found out about Day9 and started watching daily's and live stream's from various people.

So I didn't get the game till mid Jan 2011 and I have been doing a lot of playing vs AI and watching vods/streams instead of laddering (also I had been playing as Zerg planing to switch to Protoss) and I really want to start so I can get better. In the last day I have been trying to prepare at least 1 build for each matchup, as I am writing this now the best I have found is 3gate robo for PvP, Naniwa's PvT build from this thread, and for PvZ 3gate sentry expand.

I plain to blog my progress and my mistakes I also am going to start streaming in about a month after I move to maybe get some constructive criticism. My overall goal would be to at least get to masters if not better. I'm waiting for my new CPU cooler this week and then I'm going to start playing ALOT I hope to maybe play with some of y'all and maybe for you to follow my blog. This is my first blog post I hope I didn't ramble to much and that I got my point across thanks for reading.

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Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 12 2011 05:49 GMT
#2
you should learn how to use line/paragraph breaks >__>
brood war for life, brood war forever
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 05:51 GMT
#3
On June 12 2011 14:49 Crunchums wrote:
you should learn how to use line/paragraph breaks >__>

I didn't know that would be all that big of a deal on here.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 12 2011 05:55 GMT
#4
On June 12 2011 14:51 Trippy wrote:
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On June 12 2011 14:49 Crunchums wrote:
you should learn how to use line/paragraph breaks >__>

I didn't know that would be all that big of a deal on here.

It's only a big deal if you want people to read what you wrote.
brood war for life, brood war forever
TheBlackbear
Profile Joined May 2011
United States7 Posts
June 12 2011 06:21 GMT
#5
dont worry im not the grammer police. i had the same idea as you but not the passion for it, i only like watching people play instead of playing myself. goodluck with your goal.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 12 2011 06:30 GMT
#6
It's not grammar or spelling, it's readability. When people see a big block of text like that, most of the time they do not read it.
brood war for life, brood war forever
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 06:33 GMT
#7
On June 12 2011 15:21 TheBlackbear wrote:
dont worry im not the grammer police. i had the same idea as you but not the passion for it, i only like watching people play instead of playing myself. goodluck with your goal.

Thank you kind sir. :D Anyway I don't see why it's a big deal with a post this short not like its a essay. If you don't want to read it don't it's fine with me.
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
June 12 2011 06:36 GMT
#8
I don't see why it's such a big deal to put in just slightly more effort to make your posts more readable. It's really not that hard to do so and makes you come across as a much more intelligent person.
Hello
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 06:43 GMT
#9
On June 12 2011 15:36 PH wrote:
I don't see why it's such a big deal to put in just slightly more effort to make your posts more readable. It's really not that hard to do so and makes you come across as a much more intelligent person.

Idk I haven't been a forum user or blogger for very long I didn't know absolutely correct grammar was required I will try harder next time.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 12 2011 06:47 GMT
#10
You edited it! Now when I look at your post I no longer just see

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instead, I see words!
brood war for life, brood war forever
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 06:52 GMT
#11
On June 12 2011 15:47 Crunchums wrote:
You edited it! Now when I look at your post I no longer just see

words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words words

instead, I see words!

I agree I was being ignorant sorry
Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
June 12 2011 06:54 GMT
#12
Zerg is much better to play. At least the mirror doesn't suck a donkey's left nut by forcing one base all in styles. Not only that, INFESTORS.

Protoss has bland gameplay for a race with more units than Zerg. You either pick one of three tech choices and move on from there. With Zerg you can yank the guy around with tech switches and what not.

...

I really can't find any other reasons to stop you from becoming another Protoss added into the PvP nightmare...
A fed jungler is no longer a jungler, but a terrorist.
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 06:57 GMT
#13
On June 12 2011 15:54 Tatari wrote:
Zerg is much better to play. At least the mirror doesn't suck a donkey's left nut by forcing one base all in styles. Not only that, INFESTORS.

Protoss has bland gameplay for a race with more units than Zerg. You either pick one of three tech choices and move on from there. With Zerg you can yank the guy around with tech switches and what not.

...

I really can't find any other reasons to stop you from becoming another Protoss added into the PvP nightmare...

Arg...I know I have been contemplating switching for a very long time for that very reason PvP but we shall see, in the next few days I have some decisions to make. It's very hard to make a decision on a race and stick to it. If this wasn't my first RTS I would most likely just play random.
drgoats
Profile Joined March 2010
United States310 Posts
June 12 2011 07:02 GMT
#14
Just curious, where are you ranked now and why did you chose Protoss?

See I started as Terran in early beta and then switched to Toss for release. Around Christmas I switched to Zerg then back to Toss and now back to Zerg. I always like to know why people change races.
Flipside
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States141 Posts
June 12 2011 07:04 GMT
#15
On June 12 2011 16:02 drgoats wrote:
Just curious, where are you ranked now and why did you chose Protoss?

See I started as Terran in early beta and then switched to Toss for release. Around Christmas I switched to Zerg then back to Toss and now back to Zerg. I always like to know why people change races.

I don't really know I feel like maybe because I couldn't macro very well and the macro seems a little bit easier for a newbie like me.
Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
June 12 2011 07:05 GMT
#16
Someone definitely watched Hwangsin today Jokes aside, if you're switching from zerg to another race, you have to know how many production buildings you can support from how many bases and that takes time. I still end up with so much money despite not missing macro beats. After learning this, you'll probably have no more problems.
"windows bash is a steaming heap of shit" tofucake
drgoats
Profile Joined March 2010
United States310 Posts
June 12 2011 08:40 GMT
#17
On June 12 2011 16:04 Trippy wrote:
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On June 12 2011 16:02 drgoats wrote:
Just curious, where are you ranked now and why did you chose Protoss?

See I started as Terran in early beta and then switched to Toss for release. Around Christmas I switched to Zerg then back to Toss and now back to Zerg. I always like to know why people change races.

I don't really know I feel like maybe because I couldn't macro very well and the macro seems a little bit easier for a newbie like me.


Fair enough. I definitely think that Protoss is the easier race to learn as a beginner. In fact, I think that Terran might be the best beginner race because I believe that it is the most forgiving race. In the end, I believe you should play the race that feels right to you regardless of how easy or difficult it is to play. Eventually things will pan out.
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