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King_Snake
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States33 Posts
February 14 2012 23:01 GMT
#1
Well guys I just got done with placement and now I am rank 9. Thank you guys for all the support on my last post, the hotkey practice really helped. I'm starting to get over the ladder anxiety, and I would say I am doing pretty good. I have a really good pvt and ok pvz but I am just horrible at pvp so if anybody has any tips for that I would love it.
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Hopefully I can get to silver this season.

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"I wouldn't play terran cuz I have self respect." - Grak
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
February 14 2012 23:09 GMT
#2
You need good micro to do anything else, so I would recommend learning a good 4gate and doing that every PvP. If you pull it off decently, you should do fine until at least platinum level where protoss are better at handling 4gate and can thus make more interesting builds, and that's about the time you can start experimenting as well.
Lightswarm
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada967 Posts
February 14 2012 23:10 GMT
#3
Do people in bronze league leave all the time? I purposely placed myself bronze last season, and it has been constantly people leaving in the beginning of games
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Cham
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
797 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-14 23:44:50
February 14 2012 23:13 GMT
#4
On February 15 2012 08:09 Tobberoth wrote:
You need good micro to do anything else, so I would recommend learning a good 4gate and doing that every PvP. If you pull it off decently, you should do fine until at least platinum level where protoss are better at handling 4gate and can thus make more interesting builds, and that's about the time you can start experimenting as well.


edit: Misread sorry
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
February 14 2012 23:15 GMT
#5
On February 15 2012 08:13 Cham wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2012 08:09 Tobberoth wrote:
You need good micro to do anything else, so I would recommend learning a good 4gate and doing that every PvP. If you pull it off decently, you should do fine until at least platinum level where protoss are better at handling 4gate and can thus make more interesting builds, and that's about the time you can start experimenting as well.


Are you trolling him? That is terrible advice. People aren't in Bronze league because of micro. He needs to work on building units and not getting supply blocked. I guarantee if you watch one of his replays the biggest problem won't be micro, and I doubt at Bronze fixing your micro alone would get you much higher anyways.

I never said he should fix his micro. I said he should learn to do the 4gate, because it's the only viable build in PvP unless you have good micro, which he doesn't, because he is bronze.

If you actually read my post, you would have realized my advice is sound and hardly trolling.
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
February 14 2012 23:18 GMT
#6
. Sure it may not be interesting but I feel the need to talk to other people who play the game as more then just a game. I play on a crappy computer that can barely handle sc2 on low graphics without lagging. I hope that some day I can rank up.


If anyone actually read his previous blog you'd know that his micro concerns aren't due to lack of skill, but equipment problems.

Learning how to 4gate is useful, and it is a good build, on certain maps without a ramp into the main, such as Tal'Darim Altar.
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Hulavuta
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1252 Posts
February 14 2012 23:19 GMT
#7
On February 15 2012 08:10 Lightswarm wrote:
Do people in bronze league leave all the time? I purposely placed myself bronze last season, and it has been constantly people leaving in the beginning of games


It may be people trying to tank their ranking, so that they can get easy wins later on. Considering that you purposely placed yourself in bronze, it's not too unlikely that your MMR is so low that you're facing players who have done the same thing.
Done with Team Liquid for a while. Don't expect to find me here.
zickoray
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States366 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-14 23:31:11
February 14 2012 23:29 GMT
#8
i play my pvp hyper aggressive, i open with phoenix (but that requires higher apm them you might have at this moment)

but yea as the guy said at the top pvp is micro intensive so a solid 4 gate with good unit control and constant production will get you to mid plat and the 4 gate helps you develop your mechanics micro and macro so you can do other stuff with better results in all your matchups like the phoenix opener so a solid 4 gate will open the gateway to many other builds

Pun intended :D

GL with silver btw :D

ionONE
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany605 Posts
February 14 2012 23:44 GMT
#9
gogo ladder! push the button
You dont need any strats in bronze - silver, just focus on macro >>>> micro ... constant worker/ units/ depots and spend
money!
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