EPTBronze to Master! in my dreams? - Page 2
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Artifice
United States523 Posts
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Hristiyan
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baldgye
United Kingdom1115 Posts
The best advice I can give is to ladder 1v1 like mad and have friends ladder with you on skype VoIP, it's far more relaxed espeically on the ladder lol. Also day9 helped alot! | ||
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mEtRoSG
Germany192 Posts
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Amalaxi
United States180 Posts
Just play. | ||
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recklessfire
United States373 Posts
recklessfire.858 im diamond toss btw | ||
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Aurex
Canada115 Posts
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ckast
175 Posts
just try to learn some build orders from Pro..and practice hard to execute the BO like them. | ||
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
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Tantaburs
Canada1825 Posts
It is certainly possible. a few tips: Learn to 4 gate. Alot of people will tell you to focus on macro build and expanding often. the problem with this is that to hold a 1 Gate FE or a 2 Gate FE vs terran you need good micro vs certain builds. You also need to know when it is safe to 1 gate FE or if you will die. If you 4 gate well you can get at least platnuim. It will teach you basic unit control and basic macro. Once this stops working and you think you have a good handle of builds then you can start going for more risky builds. Focus on macro over micro. In the end you win by having more stuff. If you have choice between watching a battle and warping in units warp in the units. You don't have the micro to know what to do in battle and most time you will just sit there watching. Don't try to get cute. Don't do huK style probe harass and find yuo haven't dropped your cyber core and are sitting on 300 minerals. final note: Play a lot and you will improve. It might be slow. it took me about 6 months to get diamond and about 6 more before i thought i had a decent shot at masters. just keep at it and dont get discouraged. | ||
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IPA
United States3206 Posts
On July 19 2011 17:05 Amalaxi wrote: I started in bronze in december, and I was masters 2 weeks after the patch that created the master league, no prior RTS experience, I just played the game 12-16 hours a day for 2 months, I never watched streams seriously or looked up builds, just watched my replays to see what I should have done differently, went from knowing nothing about the game and having 10 apm bronze zerg to high master with 300 apm... just play the game and you'll get there 12-16 hours per day? For 2 months? That's a little extreme. O-o And 300 apm, lol. I don't believe you. Even speedfreak ViBE is lower than that. This is the most extreme post of the entire thread. Instead of thinking about masters, I'd set small reasonable, weekly goals. As many have said, it comes down to playing, studying, analyzing, and thinking critically. You can do it, | ||
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seansye
United States1722 Posts
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seefernando
Canada17 Posts
Is that something I should do? I just feel like I'm gonna make more Fodder for the forums. Honestly though I feel that may SC2 related forums are not as Newbie friendly. Anyone else feel that? I want to improve and document it so that others can do the same as well. | ||
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FrostFire626
United States79 Posts
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Pocketpurple
United States80 Posts
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Mayor
United States472 Posts
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decaf
Austria1797 Posts
I started off in Bronze too, but it didn't take me very long to get to Diamond (there was no masters back then) simply because I understood how this game was meant to work. I think that derives from the 50 bw games I've plaxed and the like3 or 4 VODs I've watched. I think one of the most important things is that you need to be a perfectionist. If you don't care that you got more than 0 left after you did a speedling expand build, or if you sent your drone out to build a hatchery 50 minerals too early you just won't get far. You also have to accept the fact that a huge part of improvement is researching. You have to read a ton of sc2 related stuff, you have to watch a ton of sc2 related stuff and you have to listen to a lot of sc2 related stuff. You might think that consumes a lot of time, but in fact it saves an incredible amount. When you watch a video you don't do it for fun. You do it for improvement, you look for the tiny things that differ from your play. When you read a strategy guide you want to go online and try it as long as you get it down perfectly. You need to find practice partners to play all the matchups to get a feeling for the timings. I figured a lot of the ZvP timings out myself and now this MU is on GM level. If you want to do it you have to acknowledge that it is no fun being competitive unless you find it fun being competitive. | ||
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Neverplay
Austria532 Posts
On July 19 2011 17:24 seefernando wrote: So I just got a PM that I should post replays and comment on them and how I felt about them myself. Is that something I should do? I just feel like I'm gonna make more Fodder for the forums. Honestly though I feel that may SC2 related forums are not as Newbie friendly. Anyone else feel that? I want to improve and document it so that others can do the same as well. i think the forums are quite newbi friendly, its just that people ask soo many questions which have already been answered a 1000 times (excellerating) Honestly there is so much helpful content out there that anybody could get diamond atleast. As ive written before, watch alot, play alot and look for your wholes, progress will come slowly but it will happen. | ||
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sva
United States749 Posts
One of the first things you must learn is that if you lose that it is your fault don't blame the game or your opponent blame yourself. Learn from your mistakes and and grow as a player. Pm a few people in your own thread and ask them for help. Some people will flame you probably and some people might help you just gotta put yourself out there and be on with it. | ||
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blooblooblahblah
Australia4163 Posts
The trick is to not be creative and barely think about strategy. Just work on your mechanics. Watch replays to see where your mechanics start to fall. Your APM will naturally rise so it's important to be efficient with your APM rather than just try to play fast. I use to play with like 20, now i play with about 120, which is not super fast but atm, i can macro decently with it. Try to get some really refined builds tht are solid and safe. Most of these u will want to copy from a pro, as ur not at the level to make ur own builds. Good game sense comes from just massing games, something i still need to do more off, and it's also the best way to improve ur mechanics. Always scout and after a while, u'll know wat ur scouting for and how to respond to it. Just have really small goals tht u want to achieve and ur game will start to really improve. I found getting out of bronze to gold the hardest bit, once u start to get a grasp of the game, it becomes much easier to analyse ur game and know where to improve. Bronze to master is possible for sure, it just takes effort and willingness to improve. Cheesing can probably get u to masters but tht's not a smart way to do it. Just play solid and safe. It may take a while but it'll be worth it in the long run. | ||
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