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Hey Skew--
Will you write a guide in the strategy forum on the proper mindset and habits needed to develop good hotkey usage? I think it would help people, especially since you believe its very important. I know my own hotkey usage is bad and could use a pep-talk. Large portions of my armies usually don't even get hotkeyed, especially after the 12 minute mark when I start up hive tech and most of my hotkeys are dedicated to hatcheries. I recently started playing random more often, and my old zerg hotkey bad habits are just horrible for the other two races. I mean, for zerg they're probably bad, but they're even worse for terran and protoss.
Of course, no one would ever make the mistake of thinking I'm a good player... but I figure every little thing helps. So if you could share your wisdom, it'd be appreciated. Thanks.
+ Show Spoiler +To give an idea where I'm coming from:
Early game (zerg)
1: Hatching Drone/scout drone/lings
2: Overlord
3: Overlord
4: Hatchery
5: Hatchery
Mid-Late game (zerg)
1: Muta/mixed units
2-3: mixed units
4-0: Hatcheries
Early game (protoss)
0: Nexus
9: Scout/Nexus
7-8: Gateways
1: Units
Mid-Late game (protoss)
1-5: Units
6-8: Gateways
9-0: Nexuses
Early game (terran)
1: Scout
3: CC
4: Barracks
5: Barracks/factory
Mid-Late game (terran)
123: MnM/tanks/gols/vultures
4: Tanks
5: Sci vessels/factory
6-8: Barracks/factory
9-0: CCs
I have a really bad habit of not hotkeying new units as my old units die. And as much as I keep telling myself I should, I rarely ever use f2-f4.
Have a happy new year!
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On December 31 2007 05:00 Harem wrote:
Do you actually enjoy TvT?
I enjoy late game TvT, but early game is just luck of builds and scan, so I don't like it for those reasons.
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On December 31 2007 09:20 MesAiur wrote:
How did you get to join sasin) ?
When Assem lived in Korea, he made many, many, many friends. The leaders of SaSin happened to be one of the groups he'd go to drink with (he was dating one of the co-leader girls at the time too), so he talked to them for me, I got a tryout and went like 9-2. They let me play in BABA Starleague and some other team leagues on Afreeca which ended leading to me beating a few progamers, so it was REALLY good, but I eventually left because none of their members were any good (same reason Reason left and joined [saM]).
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On January 01 2008 04:43 Tadzio00 wrote:Hey Skew-- Will you write a guide in the strategy forum on the proper mindset and habits needed to develop good hotkey usage? I think it would help people, especially since you believe its very important. I know my own hotkey usage is bad and could use a pep-talk. Large portions of my armies usually don't even get hotkeyed, especially after the 12 minute mark when I start up hive tech and most of my hotkeys are dedicated to hatcheries. I recently started playing random more often, and my old zerg hotkey bad habits are just horrible for the other two races. I mean, for zerg they're probably bad, but they're even worse for terran and protoss. Of course, no one would ever make the mistake of thinking I'm a good player... but I figure every little thing helps. So if you could share your wisdom, it'd be appreciated. Thanks. + Show Spoiler +To give an idea where I'm coming from:
Early game (zerg)
1: Hatching Drone/scout drone/lings
2: Overlord
3: Overlord
4: Hatchery
5: Hatchery
Mid-Late game (zerg)
1: Muta/mixed units
2-3: mixed units
4-0: Hatcheries
Early game (protoss)
0: Nexus
9: Scout/Nexus
7-8: Gateways
1: Units
Mid-Late game (protoss)
1-5: Units
6-8: Gateways
9-0: Nexuses
Early game (terran)
1: Scout
3: CC
4: Barracks
5: Barracks/factory
Mid-Late game (terran)
123: MnM/tanks/gols/vultures
4: Tanks
5: Sci vessels/factory
6-8: Barracks/factory
9-0: CCs
I have a really bad habit of not hotkeying new units as my old units die. And as much as I keep telling myself I should, I rarely ever use f2-f4.
Have a happy new year!
We'll (Micro Media) be doing some articles and other editorial on all of this later on, so I'd like to save huge portions for a proper writeup.
But if you have individual questions that take a lot to explain, welcome to post on our forums (mediaesports.com/forums/) and me, assem, artosis or other competitive gamers that view there will help you out.
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OK guys that's it, if you have anymore questions feel free to ask me @ mediaesports.com/forums/, but I've answered a lot here and I can't remember to check back anymore (almost forgot for the past four days entirely if not for a couple PMs).
TY for all the questions  TL has an insane community.
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hey there, hope bumping this is alrite becuase this seems like the best place to ask it
hey SKU, grats on ur success in such a low ammount of time,
would you be interested in posting a replay pack anytime soon?
you say that you play the "macro" style of play, which is personally really really enjoy
as most terrans are playing arnt really playing in the way you do.
i try and copy alot of Jinro's macro play but there are also not many replays available,
so my question again: Would you be interested in releasing a replay pack to show us Terrans how to play this game?
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hi skew.
What is your sexual preference. If you're gay, you got a bf?
SC related :
Do you give lessons?
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so weird to see this shit from years ago lol
@Buddhalol
yes i will be releasing a replay pack once a site i'm a part of goes live as a way to get it some views. i also plan to start streaming pretty soon so hopefully that works out--can follow me on justin.tv/skewedlife if you want for whenever i do start.
@xxSK8rGUy277xx
i'm straight but my bro is gay and single!
i'd do coaching if the hourly was right, sure. i've done sc2/bw/poker coaching in the past so i have experience, but i haven't had time to advertise myself much yet with r/l and trying to get up to speed.
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Wow didnt even notice how necro'd this was. Pretty cool that you still answered tho.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51291 Posts
woah,I haven't seen this since I started lurking TL...
You still play BW or have you moved to SC2...I need some BW help,my play(Terran) is horribad.
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On March 23 2011 15:00 Buddhalol wrote:
so my question again: Would you be interested in releasing a replay pack to show us Terrans how to play this game?
I second this.
edit:
NM i see that you will be releasing reps soon on a new site. Any clues to what the new site is?
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i'm looking forward to seeing you in tournaments soon. i have no idea about your play (no bw experience) but the way IdrA hypes you up gets me very pumped.
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Canada1637 Posts
yo, no idea if you still keep tabs on this topic, but I noticed on your twitter you used to play Lineage 2, you play on the official NA servers? O_o if so, which one?? I dumped like 4 years of my life into Bartz T_T
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Hey Skew, big fan here! I used to download all your replays back in BroodWar :D, I always thought you were the best AMERICAN Terran, because Strelok is #1 OBV.
I always wanted to ask though, how did it feel to lose to Xellos in under two minutes?
EDIT: On December 27 2007 00:29 ironmanx wrote:
Skew,, i remember your match agaisnt xellos on Blitz X 2.0 it only last "2.11 mins",, it was a disgrace. stop watching replays at fastest and try to learn from the pros because pros will not give up without giving a fight. do you agree skew? lol
Cheers!
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