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Ep. 8: Train for Ladder with These Arcade Games!

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TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
May 30 2013 13:43 GMT
#1
Hey Guys!

It's Thursday, which means a new episode of Tara Tactics!

This week we talk about:
This week is about good arcade games you can use to improve in certain specific aspects of your online ladder play!

1. Marine Split Challenge
2. HotS Unit Tester
3. SC2 Micro Tournament
4. Macro/Micro
5. Don't forget about Resume from Replay!

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!

I got this week's topic from a viewer comment!



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!

**
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12632 Posts
May 30 2013 15:12 GMT
#2
can't stress enough how useful Marine Split Challenge is. Not just for Terran players, it will vastly improve your mouse accuracy and speed. It's more useful for Zerg and Terran because they need to split against mines and banelings but for general purposes, it will also help things like getting the workers back onto the gas after pulling them off from harass etc.

another great video :D
this one I especially enjoyed
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
May 30 2013 18:06 GMT
#3
Glad to see more SC2 content! :D

+ Show Spoiler +
this part might seem rude but I wanted the message to be positive: I'm very happy to see less "T&A" advertising. If this continues you'll get my sc2 related views + Show Spoiler +
and an apology for not taking you seriously before
uberxD
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
412 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-31 03:10:21
May 31 2013 03:10 GMT
#4
Never tested one of these, gonna give it a try.
My favorite is the unit tester, it's really hard for low lvl players like me to beat some compositions. I have big problems with almost any composition so I tend to force an aggresive early game match so I can take economic advantage and outproduce my oponent. But SC2 is a game that makes you consider a Plan B or C, which in my case could be the "ball vs ball" in which I suck.

EDIT: keep it up, this one was really good. Love that Day9 shirt.
<-- occasionally in English - @uberdota
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