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zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
December 22 2010 06:16 GMT
#41
You're supposed to hold ctrl and press the number key. If you hit them in the wrong order i'm not sure it will work so thinking of it as just hitting both at the same time may be bad. Not sure if you figured this out already. I can't believe you won your first two games.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
December 22 2010 06:46 GMT
#42
Hmm, I've been playing Starcraft 2 for a while now (Since release), and have gotten into the progaming side of it, and have also dabbled in some BW VODs and stuff, because I find it entertaining as well, and really like the history and feel of the game, it's all new to me and exciting haha.

I got Starcraft 1/BW when I was like 12 or so, and played it, but mostly customs and the campaign and stuff like that, nothing really serious. Good memories.

The point of this terrible ramble is I think I'm going to try to find my old CD keys and download the game and give it a shot for fun as an alternative to the other games I play. Maybe I'll make a blog if I ever use ICCup, "Mr. Wiggles get stomped in BW! (A cry for help)" :p
you gotta dance
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
December 22 2010 06:48 GMT
#43
On December 22 2010 13:12 G3nXsiS wrote:
Go play sc2 lol. If you have already done so then just play the campaign to get a better idea of the story.

=_=". Please step out of the BW forum if your gonna post trash like this.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
December 22 2010 06:52 GMT
#44
Play the campaigns and then try some ICCUP
Yhamm is the god of predictions
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
December 22 2010 06:56 GMT
#45
id play with u.. im pretty much e- to D level
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4329 Posts
December 22 2010 07:01 GMT
#46
Nah i'd stick to low level battle net games for a while until you improve a little
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-22 07:12:55
December 22 2010 07:11 GMT
#47
I wouldn't really play on iCCup until you've got a basic hang of all the units and buildings and you've watched professional gamers play for at least a short while. Doing these two will allow you to at least get a basic grasp of what to do. Jumping into iCCup when you don't know anything can be really, really brutal. The first time you play will always be brutal but it's nice to have a vague picture of what you want to do. Progames are fun anyway and they're great for making you enthusiastic about things even besides the educational aspects of it.
Yxes2211
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1587 Posts
December 22 2010 08:07 GMT
#48
First: Money well spent

Second: Liquipedia is your friend. Check out the strategy and basics sections to get a general idea Other than that just jump in
Jaedong and Baby
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
December 22 2010 08:12 GMT
#49
i felt that to get really into the game (at first) you should find a couple friends and play some fastest or bgh before you dive into the 1v1 iccup scene... its really really fun when you play with friends and your just dicking around on west... then after a while when youve got use to the mechanics and units of the game you should transition into iccup and start laddering... your probably gonna get raped repeatedly for a while till you can pull out of D to D+... dont get discouraged though!

it took me aaages to get to C- and im still shit at this brilliant game haha
Jaedong.
_Quasar_
Profile Joined October 2010
Russian Federation4405 Posts
December 22 2010 08:12 GMT
#50
Such a nice thing to see people only GETTING into the game after 12 years it has been released
But yes, play single campaigns - you'll not regret. That story behind the brood war world is one of the things that makes the game's ambience so attractive... *rolleyes*
For the Swarm!!! Jaedong & Neo_G.Soulkey fan.
Kal_rA
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2925 Posts
December 22 2010 08:17 GMT
#51
oh and i forgot... watch day9's old stuff... itll get you psyched up to play some bw :D
Jaedong.
Don_Julio
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
2220 Posts
December 22 2010 09:24 GMT
#52
A great, comprehensive guide I recommend to every beginner is Gecko[xp]'s "Mechanics Of StarCraft".
If you haven't done it yet. Foward your ports in order to host games: http://www.iccup.com/content/news/Tech_2_-_Port_Forwarding.html
0mgVitaminE
Profile Joined February 2009
United States1278 Posts
December 22 2010 09:32 GMT
#53
On December 22 2010 17:17 Pedo.Bear wrote:
oh and i forgot... watch day9's old stuff... itll get you psyched up to play some bw :D

If I could replace every post with this I would.

Day9 will get you pumped like no other, watch it all.
Hi there. I'm in a cave, how bout you?
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
December 22 2010 10:13 GMT
#54
It's funny how Iccup throws you directly in the fire... especially if it's a new Iccup season completely new players are crying when they literally get raped in the first 5 minutes of a game.

D- is a forgiving rank, but D is way too broad. I'd say D+ is ok and C- and up you know somewhat what you are doing.

GL HF... YOLO..lololollol.
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 22 2010 10:15 GMT
#55
What's happening to the newer batch of TL Members?

A tl;dr for 2 sentences? Is this for rela?


anyway, if you're starting from square 0 with no knowledge about bw AT ALL (e.g. you're from SC2 and wanna check out THE Game), I suggest you play the campaign. If you decide to play online, try bnet first to get a good feel about the game. If you encounter difficulties, try liquipedia.

If ever you decide to go play in iCCup (note keyword: if ever) and get raped hard, don't lose hope, it happens to the best of us, and we have a strat forum to help you and some might even be willing to be your practice partner or whatnot.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Ricjames
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Czech Republic1047 Posts
December 22 2010 10:41 GMT
#56
I love that you just bought brood war. I recommend watching FPVODS just to get grip how your play should look like and what's it all about (or just for the damned entertainment). You should get practice partners and someone to coach you a bit - that will let you jump over months of playing. Also read liqipedia for basic build orders and strategies, always seek answers to your questions on the web as it surely is somewhere. Also watching replays of your games is important and will help you greatly - always try to evaluate your mistakes and learn from it.

For some FPVODS: http://www.youtube.com/nevake#g/c/01857E15C9C2620E
Brood War is the best RTS that has ever been created.
GeckoVOD
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Germany814 Posts
December 22 2010 13:23 GMT
#57
On December 22 2010 16:11 koreasilver wrote:
I wouldn't really play on iCCup until you've got a basic hang of all the units and buildings and you've watched professional gamers play for at least a short while. Doing these two will allow you to at least get a basic grasp of what to do. Jumping into iCCup when you don't know anything can be really, really brutal. The first time you play will always be brutal but it's nice to have a vague picture of what you want to do. Progames are fun anyway and they're great for making you enthusiastic about things even besides the educational aspects of it.


I never get why people give such sort of tips. Like not going on ICCup. Where is he supposed to go? Normal B-net servers are filled with hackers and flooded by stupid possi/mucho/funmap games, he get stomped there as well as on ICCup or even worse get the wrong idea how BW actually looks like.
It's right that the ladder itself is way too hard for a real rookie, but that shouldn't stop him from joining the sever and trying to get in contact with clans / other players that could help him. It's not that The Abyss is all about the ladder, and it's surely not B-net 2.0 which has no chat rooms. We re-opened the ICCup Training Program, there is a huge news at www.iccup.com about it. Anyone willing to train / learn can see a list of players with IM contacts and time zones. There are many ways to get to know broodwar, dodging ICCup as foreigner seems one of the less attractive to me. But then again, I'm biased
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LeoA
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada108 Posts
December 22 2010 15:17 GMT
#58
Yea, I'm definentaly going on iCCup tomorrow...I'm attemting to play at least 10 hours a day so I should be *decent* in about 2 weeks =D anyway, I think I may have been playing scrubs for my first 2 games, I played another and got bf'd in like 8 minutes...I basically always go for mass dragoons and get upgrades and I dont know what else to do, and yes I do have some basic rts experience, from war3, sc2 and aoe2...if anyone wants to practice that'd be cool =D
Before you say anything, remember...I bite.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9495 Posts
December 22 2010 15:36 GMT
#59
On December 22 2010 22:23 Gecko[Xp] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2010 16:11 koreasilver wrote:
I wouldn't really play on iCCup until you've got a basic hang of all the units and buildings and you've watched professional gamers play for at least a short while. Doing these two will allow you to at least get a basic grasp of what to do. Jumping into iCCup when you don't know anything can be really, really brutal. The first time you play will always be brutal but it's nice to have a vague picture of what you want to do. Progames are fun anyway and they're great for making you enthusiastic about things even besides the educational aspects of it.


I never get why people give such sort of tips. Like not going on ICCup. Where is he supposed to go? Normal B-net servers are filled with hackers and flooded by stupid possi/mucho/funmap games, he get stomped there as well as on ICCup or even worse get the wrong idea how BW actually looks like.
It's right that the ladder itself is way too hard for a real rookie, but that shouldn't stop him from joining the sever and trying to get in contact with clans / other players that could help him. It's not that The Abyss is all about the ladder, and it's surely not B-net 2.0 which has no chat rooms. We re-opened the ICCup Training Program, there is a huge news at www.iccup.com about it. Anyone willing to train / learn can see a list of players with IM contacts and time zones. There are many ways to get to know broodwar, dodging ICCup as foreigner seems one of the less attractive to me. But then again, I'm biased

Woah, calm down there.

There's no need to call possi/mucho/funmap games 'stupid', just because you don't find them interesting. And getting the wrong idea how BW actually looks like? Please, there's no need for this holier-than-thou attitude.
I think it's perfectly fine advising a completely new player to try some 3v3 BGH, instead of immediately starting with grinding the ladder, learning the builds like he's practicing to be the next Flash. And Bnet is a perfectly fine place for casual games like this. I would also love nothing more than to see all remaining BW players come to the ICCup, but since this is not the case, Bnet remains as a viable choice to play on with its own charms as well.
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
LeoA
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada108 Posts
December 22 2010 15:36 GMT
#60
Ok, I have an issue, I'm playing on my old mac, and the only registry that you can download from iccup is .exe, or for windows...is there a mac version as well?
Before you say anything, remember...I bite.
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