EPTA practice buddy would really help, because playing against the computer is very 1 dimensonal because they only do the same thing everytime. If there are any other silver league players that would like to practice. Let me know.
Thanks~~~
Advice for a Silver league
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SuperHerbie
United States8 Posts
A practice buddy would really help, because playing against the computer is very 1 dimensonal because they only do the same thing everytime. If there are any other silver league players that would like to practice. Let me know. Thanks~~~ | ||
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bITt.mAN
Switzerland3693 Posts
Be sure to check out the "Practice Buddy Thread" (as in, I'm not gonna use the search function, learn to use it yourself. Just search "Practice Buddy" and you'll get WAY too many hits) to hook yourself up with an equal-leveled player, and jus stick with it bro. Congrats on joining TeamLiquid!  | ||
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Sotamursu
Finland612 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:10 SuperHerbie wrote: I am currently a Silver league player. I use to play Protoss a lot but got kind of turned off by them and was really intrigued by zerg. I started playing zerg and have been doing a lot of single player games to get a good build down and when i start to feel comfortable with my build i try a 1v1. In the 1v1 match I get really nervous really easy and totally forget my build and start making the stupidest mistakes. I know i am better than i play in 1v1 matches but i can not seem to calm down enough to play well. What are some good techniques to stay calm and not panic so i play better? and also what are some good ways to cut down my nervousness before i click FIND A MATCH? A practice buddy would really help, because playing against the computer is very 1 dimensonal because they only do the same thing everytime. If there are any other silver league players that would like to practice. Let me know. Thanks~~~ Practice partners will probably make your ladder fear worse. The only thing you can really do is just get over your fear and click that find match button. | ||
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Phraxa
United States49 Posts
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Darclite
United States1021 Posts
1. Relax. If you stay calm, follow your build order, use decent mechanics, and avoid these mistakes, you will be able to dominate 95% of silver league. 2. Use a YABOT build order tester to practice. It will help more than you can imagine, and you can really refine your build and hit your timings. 3. Write it down if you have to on a post-it or something and stick it to your monitor. 4. I'm Darclite.257 on NA if you want to practice. gl (: | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Your problem with screwing up your build order is just that you're bad. You need to get used to what other players are doing to you to screw you up. Practicing against the computer won't fix that, because computers don't do anything to screw you up. At least that's the way it is in BW. Someone build a pylon where you wanted to put your hatchery, or steals your gas, or whatever... That never happens vs computers and its why you screw up. Also managing your scout and a lot of other data that doesn't come into play when vsing comps because comps are dumb and predictable. | ||
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RedJustice
United States1004 Posts
Everyone is different, so what works for me may not work for you. However, it's can't hurt to try of course. I started out in bronze, as this is the first game I have ever played. I heard Terran was easiest, so I played about 50 games of that, even though I knew I wanted to play Zerg. This was a bad choice, as I was very bad at Terran and disliked it as well. I switched over to playing Zerg then, and lost around 20 straight games (putting me further back in getting promoted, but that was ok). I played on my laptop with my trackpad since I have never used a mouse all my life, and didn't have one; I don't feel like this was a such a bad thing though, as I learned every hotkey very quickly, and had a respectable 60 apm average with my trackpad. I was able to improve, slowly, in terms of game sense, etc. by watching streams of pros, like sheth and mr. bitter, so that I could understand what I was scouting, and that helped a lot. However, because of school issues, I often had to take breaks from 1v1. I was still in bronze at the start of season two, but, my first game of the new season I was promoted to silver. Yay! This was a long while coming I think, as I was playing silver and gold on the ladder quite frequently when it was locked. Unfortunately, right after this, I took a 5 week break from 1v1 and did not play a single game on ladder. I was super stressed out during this time because of school work, so I would play team games when I needed a break from studying with my friends. I feel like I got actually much much better during this time period because of the team games. My basic mechanics did not suffer, but more importantly-- in a team game, there is no mental pressure really to figure what your opponents are doing and the perfect unit composition. Your allies will be able to complement your army. Therefore, each and every team game, I do the same exact build: speedling expand into mass cracklings, into broodlords. I played this style over and over and over until I do it easily without thinking while chatting with my friends over skype. In the meantime, my macro improved exponentially, something I feel is especially important for Zerg. About two weeks ago, I decided to play 1v1 again for the first time. I was nervous of playing poorly, because I hadn't played on ladder in so long. I decided to ladder while on call with the friends I play team games with, when they were all laddering as well. Keeping up a conversation with them about random things while playing helped me stay relaxed and just carry out the build I felt comfortable doing from repetition. Everything seemed really really easy compared to how it had been (because my macro was just so much better!), and I was rolling people. I got promoted to gold the next day. (And haven't played a 1v1 since then because of vacation and need for some practice before being tempted to jump back on ladder.) If you are looking for some other people to play with maybe you would like to drop into the stream that my friends and I have (http://www.justin.tv/trevorcholmes). We stream usually starting between 9-midnight eastern time, into the wee hours of the night. We also like to play with anyone who happens to wander into our stream, so if you want some custom 1v1 practice games and some coaching, you can jump in skype with us and we can all help you improve, or you can play some team games with us for fun, or even our really crazy custom games before we all collapse of exhaustion at the end of the night. Good luck, good luck! | ||
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SuperHerbie
United States8 Posts
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
At the silver level, as long as you have more "stuff" you should win as long as you don't go mass banshee vs vikings or something. The main advice I give to lower level players: Macro, macro, macro. Nothing else really matters. When players transition from BW to SC2, they have it pretty easy because most decent BW players have solid macro (compared to new RTS players) Work on not constantly making workers, expanding, and making stuff without your money getting to high. Try to make MASS MMM and a-move. Try to go mass stalker vs. marauders. Making different units is easy, getting macro down is hard. Once you can out produce your opponent, then worry about counters. For now, just focus on making stuff! | ||
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Raigeki
Hong Kong207 Posts
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SuperHerbie
United States8 Posts
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ChronoCat
266 Posts
I too suffered from the same ladder anxiety that you get, and for the longest time I just couldn't get myself to click the "Find Match" button after my switch to Zerg. I was afraid that I'd get trashed every game, and afraid that I'd get demoted and laughed at. I was afraid of the possibility that I just might not be good at the game and that failing at the ladder would prove that. I played a couple of ladder games here and there, but rarely, and not as much as I would've liked to, simply because every time I play a ladder game, my heart would start beating really fast uncontrollably, and I'd be super exhausted after every match. I realized however that I wouldn't improve if I didn't ladder (I have practically no practice buddies IRL) so I forced myself to press the Find Match button. I forced myself to play at least x number of games. I forced myself to play, despite my nerves telling me otherwise. The first few sessions were horrible, I went on stupid losing streaks against players I know I can beat, and my heart was still beating really fast during and after every game. But I kept forcing myself to press the Find Match button everyday. After a few more sessions, I successfully overcame my ladder anxiety (for the most part) and improved significantly over the course of just a few days. So my advice to you would be to just do it. Just click the button. Don't give a fuck if you're gonna get demoted or go on a horrible lose streak, don't give a fuck if you lose to cheese or the dumbest builds ever, and don't give a fuck to the people who might judge you because of your potential bad performance. With stupid mistakes and failure in the ladder, comes improvement and a more confident playstyle and mindset. And once you get into the laddering habit, you will start to enjoy ladder, and Starcraft 2 as a whole, a lot more than before. | ||
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SuperHerbie
United States8 Posts
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Aqueos
United States41 Posts
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SuperHerbie
United States8 Posts
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