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Brood War: Christ it's different from SC2 - Page 2

Blogs > heha
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neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
September 20 2011 20:09 GMT
#21
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.
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 20:12:41
September 20 2011 20:09 GMT
#22
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
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25981 Posts
September 20 2011 20:10 GMT
#23
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
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25981 Posts
September 20 2011 20:11 GMT
#24
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
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blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
September 20 2011 20:11 GMT
#25
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 ^_^.
When I think of something else, something will go here
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
September 20 2011 20:13 GMT
#26
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
Sinensis
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2513 Posts
September 20 2011 20:23 GMT
#27
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.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
September 20 2011 20:29 GMT
#28
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).
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
September 20 2011 20:30 GMT
#29
I have the OSL torrent downloading while I am at work. I have my evening planned.
Brood War forever!
SarR
Profile Joined June 2011
476 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 20:36:10
September 20 2011 20:34 GMT
#30
This blog actually makes me feel good somehow about my lowly C- level skill. Keeping my minerals low with somewhat good macro is second nature to me but I've never thought of it as something special, just something that seems natural. Macroing from 14 gates while fighting is basic BW stuff I can do without even thinking about it. This blog actually puts things in perspective and can make one realize that while to other old BW players, its nothing, to many people its an actually amazing skill that takes years and years of practice before it becomes a part of you. I myself have been playing BW since 2000 or maybe a little before.

Thx for making me feel good while being a noob at bw
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
September 20 2011 20:44 GMT
#31
SC2 Masters is like D+ on BW D:
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
September 20 2011 20:55 GMT
#32
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.
Taekwon
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8155 Posts
September 20 2011 21:04 GMT
#33
I think you're awesome.
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
September 20 2011 21:07 GMT
#34
BW is indeed hard as fuck to play, but that's why it's so satisfying when you get decent at it.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
September 20 2011 21:13 GMT
#35
btw heha getting into brood war in 2011 and not getting completely discouraged and quitting within 30 minutes after entering iccup is a strong indication of being a total baller
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
September 20 2011 21:19 GMT
#36
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).
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
September 20 2011 21:22 GMT
#37
I always find playing BW makes me better at SC2, and SC2 makes me better at BW. Without having to spend so much time spamming keys to macro, I can learn at a faster rate how to utilize the proper strategy, as well as micro much better. Playing BW usually just gets my thought/action speed up really high.
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1768 Posts
September 20 2011 21:39 GMT
#38
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!
LML
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
September 20 2011 21:58 GMT
#39
Nice job so far, a 4-1 start for a BW beginner is solid, especially if your hitting people that aren't like CPU/D-.

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
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6637 Posts
September 20 2011 22:01 GMT
#40
Welcome to Brood War, the greatest game ever known.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
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