BWCoach is born - Page 6

On March 08 2004 00:45 jca wrote:


Hum i don't see it as a slippery slope. As said before, such programs don't make any difference for very good players. They might make a difference for noobs like me who just discovered the game and have no one to explain them everything right away.

Maybe you guys forgot how hard and frustrating it is to play on bnet when you are a newbie. Maybe that happened to you 5 years ago. Well guess what, it is even harder and more frustrating these days because everyone has 2 or 3 years or experience already and very few are willing to spend even 15s at the end of a game to explain things.

So I think it is fair to make tools that help newbies realize that speed is important, matchup is important, BO is important, what units you make is important, scouting is important, etc. In fact a simple training file with the most general advice would have helped me a lot when I started playing. I wasnt in a clan, I knew nobody online or irl who could or would teach me.

In conclusion, I see BWCoach as an educationnal tool. That's why I added a [STRATEGY] section in the training file where you can actually explain the various build orders. Think about it: on your web site you are giving strategy advice. To support those, you are giving away replays or RWAs. Why not also provide a training file for BWCoach?