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zobz
Canada2175 Posts
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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 | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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Leeoku
1617 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4374 Posts
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koreasilver
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Yxes2211
United States1587 Posts
Second: Liquipedia is your friend. Check out the strategy and basics sections to get a general idea  Other than that just jump in | ||
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
it took me aaages to get to C- and im still shit at this brilliant game haha | ||
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_Quasar_
Russian Federation4405 Posts
 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* | ||
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
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 | ||
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0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
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. | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
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. | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
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. | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
For some FPVODS: http://www.youtube.com/nevake#g/c/01857E15C9C2620E | ||
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GeckoVOD
Germany814 Posts
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
Canada108 Posts
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9527 Posts
On December 22 2010 22:23 Gecko[Xp] wrote: 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. | ||
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LeoA
Canada108 Posts
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