EPTBrood War: Christ it's different from SC2 - Page 2
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
On September 21 2011 04:59 FabledIntegral wrote:On September 21 2011 Marines vs Carriers is a good strat but only if you scout it early and it HAS to be 2 base carrier, nothing else, I believe. yeah typically but in any scenario where the p is going to have a shitty economy it tends to work out On September 21 2011 05:09 neobowman wrote: C- at BW, high masters SC2. BW is wayyyyyy harder, which is why I switched. I'm not good at it and watching Jaedong and Flash play at the level they do, not missing any single beat is just breathtaking. Me too, and I don't feel like I've put in even nearly the same effort in sc2. | ||
Chill
Calgary25989 Posts
On September 21 2011 05:01 Chef wrote: I love the struggle between two players who are good at different things. Each player tries to swing the game in a direction that will put their strengths against the opponent's weaknesses, and it can become really visible when you start playing a lot of games with one person. That's really true and something I've never thought about before now. | ||
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Chill
Calgary25989 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On September 21 2011 04:44 Chill wrote: SC2 players are generally pretty dismissive of the claim that BW is a lot harder than SC2. But it's true. BW is fucking hard as hell. So I like this Blog. Take these 5 stars. Agreed, bw was insanely hard but such an amazing game ^_^. | ||
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
On September 21 2011 05:11 Chill wrote: I had no intention of watching Fantasy vs Jangbi but this blog made me want to go home and watch it now >_< Good job OP trust me, you won't regret it :p | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
On September 21 2011 05:11 Chill wrote: I had no intention of watching Fantasy vs Jangbi but this blog made me want to go home and watch it now >_< Good job OP You really ought to watch that series... I am always very happy to see these blogs. Long live BW. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On September 21 2011 05:11 Chill wrote: I had no intention of watching Fantasy vs Jangbi but this blog made me want to go home and watch it now >_< Good job OP Yeah, I'm probably going to watch it too, I usually just go right to the live report threads and read the live reports (if anyone does them), and if not, just click the spoiler for overall results. I already know the results, so I might not watch the entire series, but supposedly the last game was pretty sick (I manually scrolled through maybe 15 pages of the LR reading people's reactions). | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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SarR
476 Posts
Thx for making me feel good while being a noob at bw | ||
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Jedclark
United Kingdom903 Posts
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
On September 21 2011 05:11 Chill wrote: I had no intention of watching Fantasy vs Jangbi but this blog made me want to go home and watch it now >_< Good job OP WTF ARE YOU DOING HOLY SHIT! That's like the best series of Brood War ever. Maybe not-gameplay wise, but in context of what's happening now, yeah. | ||
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Taekwon
United States8155 Posts
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
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AcrossFiveJulys
United States3612 Posts
One way to think about bw/sc2 skill is decomposing it as mechanics + everything else. in BW, the weight on mechanics is much higher than the weight on everything else. So, bw rewards practiced mechanics and more robotic-like play. SC2, on the other hand, rewards decision making more than anything else (tactical micro, unit compositions, expansion timings/locations). Until you get to a very, very high level in BW people do not have perfect macro, so they aren't able to develop the other skills as much. Whereas in SC2, having near-perfect macro is super easy (and gimmicks like supply drops make it even easier). | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
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LML
Germany1774 Posts
On September 21 2011 06:19 AcrossFiveJulys wrote: Good blog. One way to think about bw/sc2 skill is decomposing it as mechanics + everything else. in BW, the weight on mechanics is much higher than the weight on everything else. So, bw rewards practiced mechanics and more robotic-like play. SC2, on the other hand, rewards decision making more than anything else (tactical micro, unit compositions, expansion timings/locations). Until you get to a very, very high level in BW people do not have perfect macro, so they aren't able to develop the other skills as much. Whereas in SC2, having near-perfect macro is super easy (and gimmicks like supply drops make it even easier). you almost make it sound like decision making in BW wasn't cruical at all This blog and its comments are really a great read! On to watch the rest of the OSL finals. Watched the first game last night and it was amazing! | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
As far as macro, it does get to be automatic after a while, but most people either hotkey one production facility and double tap that to center screen then click through like mad, or they use the F-Keys as a screen center and have one screen for production facilities. Zerg can be a little trickier cause you have hatches all over the place. If you wanna see how its done: Jaedong FPV | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6639 Posts
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