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GoOdJo
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States205 Posts
September 25 2007 21:14 GMT
#1
I play this game for way too long to still suck at it as badly as i do. I play for hours and never improve, i guess sometimes thats the way it goes. We all want to be better at this game, why is it harder for some than others? A man with a dream will torture himself if he can't accomplish it, but will regret if he never tried. Here goes nothing!

GoOdJo

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macro ftw
BuGzlToOnl
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5918 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-25 21:16:59
September 25 2007 21:16 GMT
#2
Go study for school.
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
September 25 2007 21:24 GMT
#3
-_-..,if you don't want to play don't. And unless you are mentally retarded, 99% of people improve after each game, even if it is a minute and incremental increase in skill.
sAviOr[gm] ~ want to watch good replays? read my blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
Bond(i2)
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada926 Posts
September 25 2007 21:41 GMT
#4
10% talent 90% practice methinks
roses are red violets are blue, Im schitzophrenic and so am i
In)Spire
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1323 Posts
September 25 2007 22:03 GMT
#5
Quit like me ^_^;;
EpiK
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5757 Posts
September 25 2007 22:10 GMT
#6
On September 26 2007 06:16 BuGzlToOnl wrote:
Go study for school.
Zeller
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States1109 Posts
September 25 2007 22:16 GMT
#7
On September 26 2007 06:16 BuGzlToOnl wrote:
Go study for school.
Last.Epic , Epic[LighT]
vstar
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Korea (South)693 Posts
September 25 2007 22:38 GMT
#8
Just keep playing. You don't get better overnight. Eventually it piles up and you will realize your mistakes and it will become a habit.Trust me.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
September 25 2007 23:09 GMT
#9
do you realize what your mistakes are when you lose?
or do you just sit there and mass game?

you have to think in starcraft, you can't just click mindlessly hoping to raise your apm(=/=skill)
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BuGzlToOnl
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5918 Posts
September 25 2007 23:25 GMT
#10
On September 26 2007 07:38 vstar wrote:
Just keep playing.


This made me LOL, and I don't know why..
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
vstar
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Korea (South)693 Posts
September 25 2007 23:29 GMT
#11
On September 26 2007 08:25 BuGzlToOnl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2007 07:38 vstar wrote:
Just keep playing.


This made me LOL, and I don't know why..


Well it's true Don't you gradually get better over time?
MoNKeYSpanKeR
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2869 Posts
September 25 2007 23:45 GMT
#12
haha keep trucking goodjo You will be a champion when sc2 comes out if you make the switch.
<3's Mani and Seraphim, thx for the second chance. TSL Name: TSL-mSLeGenD
TeNken.1
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States226 Posts
September 26 2007 00:27 GMT
#13
For me it comes in spurts. Like, I'll see no improvement for a couple months, then over like 1 or two weeks i become noticeably better. Don't quit till its not fun anymore!!
"The G-Don is the official family hitman."
fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
September 26 2007 00:31 GMT
#14
On September 26 2007 07:10 EpiK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2007 06:16 BuGzlToOnl wrote:
Go study for school.
Do you really want chat rooms?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
September 26 2007 00:52 GMT
#15
On September 26 2007 09:27 TeNken.1 wrote:
For me it comes in spurts. Like, I'll see no improvement for a couple months, then over like 1 or two weeks i become noticeably better. Don't quit till its not fun anymore!!
Intrigue has compared it to plateaus on several occasions. Sometimes it takes a while before you notice the benefits you are receiving from practicing... but yeah the key is to diversify your strategies for improving. Don't do exclusively one thing... play games, watch the replays, watch other replays, review replays with your gosu friends, watch vods, read strategy threads, get a practice partner who also is interested in diversifying his attempts at getting better, etc.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
iG.Aura
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Poland686 Posts
September 26 2007 01:15 GMT
#16
no one said learning to play starcraft was easy. Keep going if you really want to learn, if you dont think you can do it, than stop trying to become the best
:-)
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
September 26 2007 03:02 GMT
#17
Starcraft is not an easy game at all; there's a reason why Koreans are freaking unbeatable at this game.

5% talent, 95% practice. They practice for hours and hours and study the flaws in their game. Unless you are willing to do such things, you'll never get better.

Take my game, for example. I started competitive Starcraft about a year ago. I played lots of pubs, and all of them were PvT. I lost every fucking game. Like literally. You could send like 10 Vultures and 10 Tanks and probably rape me easily. I watched Nal_rA and Reach replays, turned off the Terran's vision, and turned on FPPlay (from BWL before) and saw what they were clicking, what they were making, and why they did such and such. By watching these, I started to gain a feel for PvT and how the Protoss was supposed to fight, how to expand, etc.

Nowadays, I've improved greatly in PvT, as well as my other matchups. But had I just wished for a better game instead of acting and practicing, I would be as bad as I was before.

But as other people say, go to school and study. Much better than BW
^-^
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
September 26 2007 03:28 GMT
#18
uD)purpose-us west

add me, lets go


Theres not alot of talent you need, just focus on how you can play better.
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
September 26 2007 04:01 GMT
#19
learn from your mistakes and stop making them
thats how you get better

its just a lot easier to say tho
HwarranG
Profile Joined August 2007
66 Posts
September 26 2007 11:37 GMT
#20
here's a thought it might sound a bit out there but just stay with me, how about play for fun?
:O
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
September 26 2007 13:20 GMT
#21
Maybe you should rationally analyze your dream. Then analyze it again.

How old are you, btw?

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I also have a love/hate relationship with BW
JensOfSweden
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Cameroon1767 Posts
September 26 2007 13:25 GMT
#22
List of priorities:

1. School
<3 Nada [On and off TL.net since 2002
HaXxorIzed
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Australia8434 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-26 13:29:10
September 26 2007 13:28 GMT
#23
Equinox_Kr's post is perfect if you wish to put advancing your skills at this game first. Follow that advice, otherwise put your priorities on your life.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/HaXxorIzed
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-26 16:13:21
September 26 2007 16:12 GMT
#24
On September 26 2007 20:37 HwarranG wrote:
here's a thought it might sound a bit out there but just stay with me, how about play for fun?
:O

Here's a concept that may be hard to grasp, but stay with me, some people have fun when they are improving and winning? WOW WHO WOULDVE THOUGHT?
Being healthy, it has been said, really consists of having the same disease as everybody else.
GoOdJo
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States205 Posts
September 26 2007 17:28 GMT
#25
i am 17 minus_human
macro ftw
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9106 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-30 06:59:23
September 26 2007 20:38 GMT
#26
I hate all these people so think school is so damn important. STFU about studying already, you can be a nerd by yourself, don't' force it upon others, thanks! (not meant to flame, I got a 4.5 gpa but shut the hell up)

that said.... I also hate people who say stuff like 10%/5% skill 90/95% practice. Look at testie, he barely touches sc anymore (also midian who is bragging about how he never plays since he didn't bring his sc CD to school. This way he can fail and it won't be a disappointment.) I have friends who have played regularly since sc came out who still are no where near decent. Raw practice is WAY overrated.

edit: spelling!

lol, i am just re-reading this, i must've been mad yesterday or something ^^
PePe QuiCoSE
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Argentina1204 Posts
September 26 2007 23:56 GMT
#27
I disagree. Raw useful practice gets you better, no matter what. After that, that skill learned in SC remains in you and slowly degrades, depends on how hard that skill is to achieve. I was really bad before, spent some time practicing macro (just worker build and spending money) and now i can barely time a build order, but can just outmacro my friends in games. And i barely play on weekends now.
People you mentioned had in the past dedicated insane amount of hours playing SC. Now they are not as good as before (when they are out of practice) but are still great at it.
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
September 27 2007 00:18 GMT
#28
goodjo you rock don't put yourself down
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Scorpion
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1974 Posts
September 27 2007 01:44 GMT
#29
I practice doing 1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a0a over and over again in my two computer classes in notepad(or textedit for the gay ass macs), and then mix it up and type 5z6z7z8z9z0z over and over and see how fast I can do it without looking down.

I started doing this everyday for a while. I then play Starcraft and it's like "wtf, the hotkeys... my macro...

GODLY!"

;D
Mango @ U.S.East!
uppTagg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden473 Posts
September 30 2007 01:40 GMT
#30
It's a frustrating game to learn :S I'm a real noob, only started iccup afew days ago and I'm on 1300ish points or so after 10ish games.. I'm about 100ish apm average, and the curve goes from high in early-game to low in mid-end game... exactly opposit of how it should be -_- but I know my flaws and all that is left now is practice, and I have gotten alot better since I started playing games regularly. I guess aslong as it's fun it's worth to keep trying ^^

Oh, and I study university in sweden and I atleast have no problem with finding time to study, working extra and playing sc a few hours a day o_O I even have a girlfriend ^^;
men du... Tagga!
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