EPTGoing Pro/Getting Heaps Better - Page 2
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infinity2k9
United Kingdom2397 Posts
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thepeonwhocould
Australia334 Posts
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windsupernova
Mexico5280 Posts
Another thing is that while watching is good for learning some, nothing beats a lot of practice. Don't fool yourself into thinking that watching whitera/GSL/MLG etc stream all day will make you better, its good but overall I think most of your time should be going to practice. As for improving, join a clan or get some practice partners so you guys can work together in improving, its pretty hard to spot your own mistakes at times so a practice partner can be useful. That being said, I will try not to be more negative and wish you luck and I wish you the best | ||
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Oreo7
United States1647 Posts
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
I'm confused! | ||
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RoboBob
United States798 Posts
Now if you are *already* good (like high master/low GM) while going to school/work full time, then yeah sure I can understand trying to 8 hour+ it in order to go pro. But that's not where you're at right now. But oh well. It sounds like you're asking for help instead of criticism. I'm only diamond but its my opinion that sub-masters it doesn't matter what your build is. The only things that matter are the big "M"s: macro+micro+mechanics+multitasking+minimap awareness Things you should be looking for in your replays: 1. constant unit+tech production from all buildings at all times 2. keep resources below 200/200 per base at all times 3. no supply blocks 4. no positional errors (engaging with unsieged tanks, losing harass units, not having enough turrets/detection) 5. army is constantly moving and prodding 6. spot every expo the opponent takes immediately 7. spot drops and armies immediately upon showing up on the minimap 8. correctly scouting opponents build (mostly identifying if the opponent is 1 base teching, 1 base rushing with lots of low-tech units, or fast expoing... at our skill level we can't be expected to accurately predict what our opponent will be doing) Following those guidelines took me from gold to diamond in 2 months with about 300 games. Thats an average of 5 games a day. I only used a single build. It was a 2 base timing into 4 base build with slight variations depending upon the racial matchup. It really helped because I didn't to worry about learning multiple builds. Instead it let me focus on improving the big "Ms. Beacause it was a FE build, it really helped me learn how to spot and react to most 1 base play. It also gave me a lot of experience with the mid-late game. Nowadays I have a 60% when the game goes longer than 10 minutes. And if goes on longer than 30 minutes, its closer to 80%. | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
Just deciding to be a pro sc2 player is no different from someone thinking they could be an NBA player even though they can't make varsity on HS (Jordan doesn't count because that had nothing to do with skill but rather tradition of the school). Seriously, even if you're 7 feet tall you're not just gonna get to NBA level with "hard work". "Well that's a physical sport! Sc2 is strategy!" Use my analogy with being a grandmaster chess player, same shit. Think getting into masters is difficult? Getting into GM from masters takes 30x the work as going from bronze to masters. Oh, that's not even the most depressing part. Being top 200 of an ENTIRE CONTINENT means jack shit as far as progaming goes. You seriously have to be top 10 to even remotely compete (and by that I mean take a single game off a korean) in major tournaments nowadays. Your plan B is to be a video game programmer? Do you have any idea how that works or what's involved? Playing video games has very little to do with actually making video games. Not to mention that industry is very difficult to get into and that's something you'd typically hear from a 13 year old. It's hard to get a job as it is right now, but trying to get a very specific programming job in a very small field is batshit insane. Not giving up on your dreams is respectable, but you really seem to have no clue besides "I like video games". So do I and millions of other people. | ||
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