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punchabird
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States32 Posts
March 18 2011 05:01 GMT
#1
A lot of players have made the jump from BW over to SC2. I'm doing the exact reverse.

Why? Well, I'm not very good at SC2, and I figured maybe switching to a game that is harder might make me a better player of both games in the long term.

Because think about it....the ancient graphics...the noob-unfriendly UI, the way that units travel in lines and have terrible surround...all of this (and probably more) would be an excellent learning experience. It seems like so much more is demanded of the player in BW.

Methinks this'll be a great way to improve my mechanics.

I haven't played the game since 5th grade. First goal: beat the AI.

Here goes!

***
"Yes, you do have a soul. And it tastes like butterscotch pudding."
Katsuge
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Singapore7730 Posts
March 18 2011 05:03 GMT
#2
good luck!
김태연 | 정은지 | 아이유 |  한효주 | 이민정 <3 -|||- 소녀시대 에이핑크 사랑해!
Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
March 18 2011 05:05 GMT
#3
good luck!

I'd personally start off with some ums (micro tourney, tma), but that's your choice.

hope you stick around with bw ^^
QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
March 18 2011 05:05 GMT
#4
Best of luck to you!
. . . nevermore
GriMeR
Profile Joined February 2010
United States148 Posts
March 18 2011 05:10 GMT
#5
A hiatus to BW will do you alot of good, check out iccup, spend time learning the game.. working on your apm etc... if you plan on returning to sc2, you wil have an advantage over others... bw will teach you somethings.. but honestly.. play sc2 as well dont wanna loose your game sense etc.. they are different games and the races play different
"Now let's have coffee and discuss the bunker build time!" "I'm still kinda on the fence about it Dustin, we can't make changes like these on a whim" "Agreed, agreed ... what do you think David?" "Hmmm what? ... I mean, o yeah, Terran definitely seems
TurboDreams
Profile Joined April 2009
United States427 Posts
March 18 2011 05:10 GMT
#6
Its great that you are picking up BW, but i feel you are doing it for the wrong reason. If you want to improve mechanics for sc2, then play more sc2 (practice makes perfect). BW will be hard at first, but once you get the basics, you will experience a whole new level of awesomeness.
Music is the medicine of the mind || Kill a Zergling and a hundred more will take its place.
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3456 Posts
March 18 2011 05:11 GMT
#7
Check out iccup.
You'll find us in this channel:
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A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
punchabird
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States32 Posts
March 18 2011 05:12 GMT
#8
On March 18 2011 14:10 Musiq wrote:
Its great that you are picking up BW, but i feel you are doing it for the wrong reason. If you want to improve mechanics for sc2, then play more sc2 (practice makes perfect). BW will be hard at first, but once you get the basics, you will experience a whole new level of awesomeness.


Ah, well another huge reason for why I decided to try BW is because one of my friends at school keeps telling me how awesome BW is in comparison to SC2, haha
"Yes, you do have a soul. And it tastes like butterscotch pudding."
DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
March 18 2011 05:15 GMT
#9
yea going from BW to sc2 was weird because of all the shortcuts.

can i get an amen if anyone remembers splitting probes? 1a2a3a? 5sh6sh7sh?
Reuental
Profile Joined July 2009
United States457 Posts
March 18 2011 05:19 GMT
#10
In someways the BW graphics are better than SC2 graphics. Nothing more satisfying than seeing a goon explode into blue goo after it dies.
I'm a Crab made of men.
Raii
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Philippines194 Posts
March 18 2011 05:23 GMT
#11
Trust me, once you've actually played a decent amount of broodwar, you might never want to go back to SC2 again, unless you want to troll people with your BW-enhanced mechanics.

Interesting comeback. How long did it take you make one?
By.Fantasy
Profile Joined February 2011
Thailand123 Posts
March 18 2011 05:44 GMT
#12
GL hf... SC:BW will be harder.... than SC2
My english is not very good.
hacklebeast
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5090 Posts
March 18 2011 05:46 GMT
#13
Welcome to the fold. Play a few games, rage about how reavers/defilers/200/200 M&M are too hard to use, watch Stork/Jaedong/Flash, get your mind blown, become a fan for life.
Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
March 18 2011 05:53 GMT
#14
Hehe if you thought sc2 was hard...boy are you in for a rough ride with BW. By far the hardest game in the world to get good at...I think it even beats very high level chess. This is why I do not play it lol.
aztrorisk
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States896 Posts
March 18 2011 06:20 GMT
#15
hahaha, gl

ironic, using BW as traing for SC2

Honestly, I think it would be more productive if you just constantly ladder with SC2 and use apm management/micro management maps

BW will be much harder because you have 11 years worth of practice to catch up while SC2 is just 1 year of practice to catch up

gl
A lock that opens to many keys is a bad lock. A key that opens many locks is a master key.
TryThis
Profile Joined February 2007
Canada1522 Posts
March 18 2011 06:27 GMT
#16
On March 18 2011 14:15 DanceCommander wrote:
yea going from BW to sc2 was weird because of all the shortcuts.

can i get an amen if anyone remembers splitting probes? 1a2a3a? 5sh6sh7sh?


AMEN
0p9p0p9p09p09p0p9p0p
Dwell
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
March 18 2011 06:50 GMT
#17
do you know that in BW you have to tell your harvesters to harvest?
Snipinpanda
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1227 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-18 06:58:40
March 18 2011 06:58 GMT
#18
On March 18 2011 14:01 punchabird wrote:
Because think about it....the ancient graphics...the noob-unfriendly UI, the way that units travel in lines and have terrible surround...all of this (and probably more) would be an excellent learning experience. It seems like so much more is demanded of the player in BW.


Oh man, you're going to love goon AI!
Voidsoul
Profile Joined August 2009
Germany154 Posts
March 18 2011 07:05 GMT
#19
On March 18 2011 14:10 Musiq wrote:
Its great that you are picking up BW, but i feel you are doing it for the wrong reason. If you want to improve mechanics for sc2, then play more sc2 (practice makes perfect). BW will be hard at first, but once you get the basics, you will experience a whole new level of awesomeness.


ssssshhhhhh <whispers> let him try, if he's one of us, he'll never go back
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
March 18 2011 07:20 GMT
#20
Gl hf! BW is always something fun to play with. Its ageless. You will have a difficult journey in front of you, but im sure with enough effort you will do well
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