EPTBronze to Master! in my dreams? - Page 9
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JungHyun
United States47 Posts
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3772
Czech Republic434 Posts
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
On July 19 2011 16:55 zeehar wrote: of course it's possible, with a lot of hard work and a ton of time spent playing, watching, reading and analysing. i'm curious as to how long it'll take. maybe two seasons (as long as you're inherently bad at sc2)? I would have to respond by saying: lol. If all the inherently bad players could get to masters in two seasons... I don't even know how to end that sentence, because your logic is boggling my mind. | ||
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Zellabris
United States43 Posts
I improved my gameplay by playing a ton of games and watched streams all the time. LET yourself be engulfed by the starcraft universe. If you want to improve rapidly, stop thinking it as a game and start treating it as a lifestyle. | ||
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CyberFrog
Denmark8 Posts
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Sorkoas
549 Posts
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2792/intesakaxigva.png now i'm ~1500p master. and i've only played about 1000 1v1 games since the game was released. basically; eat, sleep, starcraft. :D - watch day9 newbie tuesday vods then move on to his other dailies - watch gsl, nasl, ipl and user streams on TL with commentary - read EVERYTHING in the strategy guide on liquipedia when you ladder play the same opening/build all the way to high diamond/master. then focus on 2-3 openings for each matchup until you can master them. your mechanics is more important than anything. you'll learn how to handle your opponent's build and how to change your own builds/unit compositions/timings by experience. | ||
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zala2023
United States228 Posts
As for "mechanics" and "build order", simply ladder more! Practice makes perfect. Of course, being in bronze, alot of the players will do stuff that makes no senses whats so ever. If you are extremely frustrated by losing to non-nonsensical stuff, feel free to 4gate your way up to gold or something. | ||
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cheeseheadlogic
United States322 Posts
*Took me around 200 games Before season 2, I prepped for a couple weeks coming into that reset. Part of that prep included 1. Learning build order 2. Watch replays(look at your mechanics, build order, control groups, unit composition(are you building scvs at proper times? are you building proper units), use of money(not letting it stack up). 3. Importance of control groups 4. Map awareness 5.Ignoring personal rank 6.Ignoring apm(if you work on mechanics your apm will go up anyways) 7. Watch the pros(you might not be able to follow everything, but you can at least see some of the fundamentals. 8. and as Zala said above me, practice! Go into starcraft, don't be shy to ladder or lose rank, if you're that worried, find practice partners. | ||
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mistokibbles
United States68 Posts
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Chvol
United States200 Posts
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
Practice till playing Starcraft is like breathing. When you cant move your fingers watch vods, training videos, Day9 dailys etc. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
Get somebody really good, get him a new account, let him lose placement matches and play serious after being placed in Bronze. Whether a Bronze Player, who is in Bronze because of his skill, can get into masters? Possibly, but that's a hard road to take. You need to practise very hard, and in case you need motivation, you can listen to Tempo's Grandmaster song. | ||
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
So much advice about "watch vods, training videos, day9" like the guy above me, are just a way for you to stagnant your play, all the strategy in the world wont stop JulyZerg from outplaying you 10/10 games, so just get mechanically sound enough to reach masters, and the strategy will be applied accordingly. | ||
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Musketeer
142 Posts
On July 21 2011 05:45 Holcan wrote: So much useless advice here. What seperates every single tier of starcraft is mechanics. If you want to become better, focus on making your mechanics sharper. Only when you are competing on a majour scale will strategy truly matter, before then you should be mechanically sound enough to beat all other tiers of starcrafters. So much advice about "watch vods, training videos, day9" like the guy above me, are just a way for you to stagnant your play, all the strategy in the world wont stop JulyZerg from outplaying you 10/10 games, so just get mechanically sound enough to reach masters, and the strategy will be applied accordingly. You need both. I'm a high masters player who recently did a few games as Zerg for fun. The mechanics come easy to me; I play Zerg with over 200 APM and keep my minerals and such very low. It doesn't really matter though - I can lose to platinum Z and T players just because I have bad builds and senseless timings. I don't know any timings at all due to lack of experience so I just lose At the same time, I play ZvP at a mid masters level simply because I know the builds and timings from playing so much PvZ. If I learned the timings for the other match ups, it would make a 2 league difference. I think it's a bit pointless to say you need one or the other of either mechanics or builds. You won't get better by cutting out important parts of the game (ie builds) out of your practice regime. | ||
Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
On July 21 2011 05:53 Musketeer wrote: You need both. I'm a high masters player who recently did a few games as Zerg for fun. The mechanics come easy to me; I play Zerg with over 200 APM and keep my minerals and such very low. It doesn't really matter though - I can lose to platinum Z and T players just because I have bad builds and senseless timings. I don't know any timings at all due to lack of experience so I just lose At the same time, I play ZvP at a mid masters level simply because I know the builds and timings from playing so much PvZ. If I learned the timings for the other match ups, it would make a 2 league difference. I think it's a bit pointless to say you need one or the other of either mechanics or builds. You won't get better by cutting out important parts of the game (ie builds) out of your practice regime. This is true. I was high diamond playing a mix of diamond and masters players. I then switched to random and can keep my money low and make a bunch of units etc.. but without refined builds and timings it's so much harder to win games. | ||
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djdoodoo
United Kingdom192 Posts
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Barkziee
United Kingdom138 Posts
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Slyce
United Kingdom173 Posts
I got the game at release I was in bronze because I had never played any RTS before. I am now high masters and looking to get to grand masters. If you want to put the time in and play you can be good. SC2 is the same as anything in life, if you really want it and you work hard at it, you can have it. Good luck! EDIT: typo | ||
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cheeseheadlogic
United States322 Posts
On July 21 2011 05:45 Holcan wrote: So much useless advice here. What seperates every single tier of starcraft is mechanics. If you want to become better, focus on making your mechanics sharper. Only when you are competing on a majour scale will strategy truly matter, before then you should be mechanically sound enough to beat all other tiers of starcrafters. So much advice about "watch vods, training videos, day9" like the guy above me, are just a way for you to stagnant your play, all the strategy in the world wont stop JulyZerg from outplaying you 10/10 games, so just get mechanically sound enough to reach masters, and the strategy will be applied accordingly. Holcomb you're an idiot, I'm guessing you out beat Julyzerg 10/10 because you just focus on mechanics. Players watch to learn builds, play styles, other players mechanics, you can't go in blindly and hope that you've got the right set of hotkeys, right amount of apm, and units just for say. | ||
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Sorkoas
549 Posts
On July 21 2011 05:45 Holcan wrote: So much useless advice here. What seperates every single tier of starcraft is mechanics. If you want to become better, focus on making your mechanics sharper. Only when you are competing on a majour scale will strategy truly matter, before then you should be mechanically sound enough to beat all other tiers of starcrafters. So much advice about "watch vods, training videos, day9" like the guy above me, are just a way for you to stagnant your play, all the strategy in the world wont stop JulyZerg from outplaying you 10/10 games, so just get mechanically sound enough to reach masters, and the strategy will be applied accordingly. my mechanics are still terrible. i think i prove you wrong. | ||
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