Ep. 7: Engagements and I Want to Play a Game!

TaraBabcock

United States391 Posts

May 24 2013 01:40 GMT

Hey Guys!

It's Thursday, which means a new episode of Tara Tactics! This week's show is completely different, and I am trying some new stuff!

This week we talk about:
I talk about some things you need to keep in mind in order to create a favorable engagement, which was one of the hardest things for me to do personally. Here are a few highlights:

1. Gauge an engagement before entering, and decide if you should back off.
2. Consider all of the other benefits you or your opponent has like high ground, a concave or surround, etc.
3. I play an interactive game with you guys too, to see if you can tell which armies will win!

I'd love to hear what you guys think about how am I doing, not only as a convey-er of StarCraft tips in terms of what I am teaching, but also how I am doing it!

NOTE:
These tips are for low to mid level players who are trying to get up to the last couple of leagues, so they are somewhat basic. Also, I am only a Platinum level player, so I have Masters and Grandmaster players helping me with the tips. Can't be saying things that are too silly!

ABOUT TARA TALKS
I'm now collaborating with Zoomin.TV Games (a YouTube channel with over 300,000 subs) to bring little StarCraft II tips and gaming news to a mainstream gaming audience. I am on a mission to help new players get into competitive SC2 gaming!
I give the news, let people know what I think, then I relay a small StarCraft tip that I wrote with the help of high-level friends, and gameplay I recorded (for the most part). I hope you guys enjoy the content!

lubu42

United States314 Posts

May 24 2013 02:15 GMT

These are all very important tips for mid level players to really improve themselves and are essential for becoming a very skilled player. Knowing when to take engagements and when to back off can be instant game changers. Knowledge of all the counters to each unit in the game is necessary to knowing when and where to take engagements.

TaraBabcock

United States391 Posts

May 24 2013 02:26 GMT

On May 24 2013 11:15 lubu42 wrote:
These are all very important tips for mid level players to really improve themselves and are essential for becoming a very skilled player. Knowing when to take engagements and when to back off can be instant game changers. Knowledge of all the counters to each unit in the game is necessary to knowing when and where to take engagements.

Yeah, exactly. I remember something that I heard that completely changed the way I play was when someone, I don't remember who... maybe Day9, said there is no reason to engage his army just to kill it. If you're not doing it to just defend, or to actually do some economic damage afterward, it's useless. Something like that.

It gave me perspective on why we even have engagements. We are trying to win a game, not trade until all of the bases on the map are mined off!

Jecko

United States40 Posts

May 24 2013 02:42 GMT

I think the interactive stuff was really interesting! Keep doing interesting stuff like that. :D

uberxD

412 Posts

May 25 2013 03:19 GMT

I have to say that I loved the topic, but instead of saying how good you did this episode, I think I'm going to make a critique, just trying to help btw...
I think you could have done the "guessing game" part a little bit more educative by trying to explain why a composition wins over the other. People tend to think that colossi melts a bio, or that broodlors are super strong and make a huge difference in "ball vs ball" engagements. Why? because at the bronze-silver-gold league (which I deduce is your target audience), players tend to go on a-move battles, I can say it 'cuz I'm a gold lvl player, and for example, yesterday I did a-moved my hydra against a voidray mass. Ended up loosing the game.
The topic was really good, even better than past topics, but this time I think it could have gone better.

Anyway, it still a superb episode. I hope you're getting some feedback.

EDIT: Sorry for my bad english

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