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A Change of Pace - From SC2 to Brood War - Part 5

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mau5mat
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Northern Ireland461 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-10-10 15:16:55
October 10 2015 15:11 GMT
#1
Hello again,

In this part of my rambling, I intend to show how I am coming along in learning and playing Brood War.

Part 1: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/486211-a-change-of-pace-from-sc2-to-brood-war
Part 2: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/486349-a-change-of-pace-from-sc2-to-brood-war-part-2
Part 3: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/486504-a-change-of-pace-from-sc2-to-brood-war-part-3
Part 4: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/486791-a-change-of-pace-from-sc2-to-brood-war-part-4

Hello, it has been a while.

I had been particularly busy in the few weeks after my previous blog entry, as a result, playing BW simply became less of a priority, and by the time I was un-busy, I simply drifted into trying to learn Fighting Games, most notably USF4 and Skullgirls, for a more casual change of pace, the fact that I had never really touched the genre bar Tekken 2 as a child meant that it was quite exciting and interesting to learn. SFV h y p e!

However, over the past few months, my BW passion has re-surged greater than before, and I have been playing pretty consistently every day. I have spent around a month each on TvZ and TvP, and have felt quite pleased with my progress thus far, attaining D+ on iCCup on two separate accounts.

In terms of strategy, in TvP I have been favoring the FD, I love the build and the fact you can be aggressive and get a decently timed expansion in tandem with the little 6 marine 1 tank vult push. If I think I can kill the Protoss, I will simply go for a 5 factory push to end the game, however, it is far more common that I will just take a third, an armory and 4 factories and play it out until 2-1 as best I can.

For TvZ, I have been doing a number of things, fast engineering bay and 1 rax FE builds, but have somewhat settled on the 2 barracks academy into a han bang timing with 3 tanks a vessel and bio. I have practiced this build the most and it feels quite nice, I might dedicate some time to learning a more standard opening in the future.

Unfortunately I have not really touched TvT yet, there are a lot less people interested in playing the match-up, but I'm sure I can learn a solid build for it and take it to ladder.


In terms of what I want to accomplish for the future, I think getting to C- is a good, achievable goal. In no way do I think my play is good yet. There is still so much to improve and fix, but luckily that is where my main enjoyment of the game comes from.

I wish I had a bit more to write about, hopefully my next blog will be a lot more satisfactory in terms of actual content haha.

Until next time,

glhf






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BeStFAN
Profile Blog Joined April 2015
483 Posts
October 10 2015 20:33 GMT
#2
one day you will find a game you are okay at.
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Forcewater
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom206 Posts
October 11 2015 02:03 GMT
#3
Another blog? Oh, not again!
"Reddit on the other hand has always just been a box full of retarded blind puppies licking and sniffing everything they come in contact with and leaving it moist and oily" - Gamegene
HappyBunnyTime
Profile Joined November 2012
United States51 Posts
October 11 2015 02:29 GMT
#4
Mau5Mat Fighting !
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c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
October 11 2015 15:27 GMT
#5
The pros like FD too, it's really strong these days.

Anyway nice blog
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mau5mat
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Northern Ireland461 Posts
October 11 2015 15:30 GMT
#6
On October 12 2015 00:27 c3rberUs wrote:
The pros like FD too, it's really strong these days.

Anyway nice blog


Thanks, the next one will hopefully be more interesting
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