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Magus
Canada450 Posts
On April 30 2011 22:27 ninini wrote: Most of the Iccup D- players would beat 2 complete newbies at a 1v2. I won a 1v5 semi-complete newbies at the same time at D-... /brag.  Okay but to prevent this from being a useless post, definitely go learn the units, learn some builds, and find some people to play against who don't make you want to ragequit life. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
If it's been said before, I'm really sorry, haha. Just bear that in mind. | ||
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Armathai
1023 Posts
Since you mentioned you liked UMS maps and had played them before, there are quite a few micro/macro training maps out there that will help you improve, although nothing replaces playing against real opponents. https://rapidshare.com/files/459991897/training-terran.scx <- Micro Training Map (mixed tvz,tvp) https://rapidshare.com/files/459991918/tvsp.scx <-Macro Training Map (TvP) (sorry for rapidshare, megaupload not working at university >_<) | ||
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Djagulingu
Germany3605 Posts
2- Read Ver's how to improve guide, which is this. 3- Do what he says. EDIT: And you even play Terran. You need this guide, only this guide and nothing but this guide. | ||
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Muff2n
United Kingdom252 Posts
Practice the minimum number of maps. How you layout your base is important and you need to be familiar with your base layouts. If you are set on playing terran, I suggest you scout well after starting your rax and then with a 2nd scout if on a 4p map and he isnt at the 1st place. I would also always start your rax on 10. This is a small economic consession, but rine micro is HARD. As you get more confident holding off cheese rushes you can then move back the scouting and place the rax on 11. Example builds I would suggest: TvP siege expand with enough rines that you dont need to wall (so keep making rines till you notice he hasnt 2 gated or something). I wasted time learning to wall as a novice and I wish I had just learned how to macro better instead of losing billions of games cos my wall was not zeal proof etc. But then again my brain is retarded at stuff like that and you might not have my problems! TvZ 2 rax expand then later 1 rax expand when you get better. Bio is hard but I think you have to start learning it. TvT 1 fact expand into 5 facts (academy and armoury at appropriate timings of course) Dont mess about with drops or anything till you can macro well enough. GL hf oh and if you can constantly produce workers, that is the key. Its surprising the number of people who can't do that even at higher levels. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8899 Posts
its pretty hard for a noob but knowing builds is a must if you want to improve 2. practice against computers get your mechanics up to scratch...test out your hotkeys etc and get used to the game 3. find custom ai get better ai versions where they start off with more money or something or they use similar builds to pros. helps you improve macro and game sense a LOT 4. find a friend who you can play against a lot and you have a chance of winning. its better if hes better than you...since he can teach you along the way etc 5. iccup the worst place to go to to improve if youre a noob. i suggest only using iccup to improve once you have all the fundamentals down and just need to improve decision making/apm | ||
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ninini
Sweden1204 Posts
On May 01 2011 07:25 Muff2n wrote: TvZ 2 rax expand then later 1 rax expand when you get better. Bio is hard but I think you have to start learning it. I would not recommend 2 rax expand. It's a terrible build that won't help you against pool first pressure, and will only help slightly against mass speedlings, which is easy to defend with 1 rax expand anyway. All you need is a scv at their natural, to scout for aggression, and then you just have to act accordingly. The key to defending against zerglings is not marine count, but rather to keep your marines alive. Against pool first builds, SCV's and sim city are your friend. 4 marines will lose to 6 lings if you don't control them, but 1 marine can also survive 6 lings if you back him up. 2 rax expand is also terrible against 3 hatch muta, which is the most common build in ZvT. The only reason why anyone would want to do 2 rax expand is if they want to put on early pressure themselves, but this won't work if you're a beginner, since it will be very hard not to suicide your marines, and even if you do some good damage, you wouldn't know how to transition into midgame. It might be a fun aggressive build to do if you're two noobs playing eachother, but for learning purposes it's a bad idea. | ||
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Rodiel3
France1158 Posts
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quirinus
Croatia2489 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=190074 Or use the search function to find similar blogs/threads, because there's plenty of them. | ||
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_Quasar_
Russian Federation4405 Posts
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Skew
United States1020 Posts
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XenOsky
Chile2356 Posts
1 month after Download a rep pack or fre reps of FlaSh TvZ, watch his build order, then his trends, then work your assoff to improve your macro 1 month after that Download a rep pack or few reps of FlaSh TvT, watch his build order, then his trends, then work your ass off to improve your macro... 1 month after that you are a C- player + Show Spoiler + meanwhile, you are making friends and all the good stuff edit: not Necessarily you have to do it by periods of months, it can be a week or even a day of pure TvP, or TvZ training ... the point that im trying to make here is consistent and organized training... | ||
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Requisition
United States97 Posts
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maybenexttime
Poland5837 Posts
 You bind locations on the map that way (e.g. your production structures and enemy's natural when you're containing him). You can use F keys to change rally points easily like this: | ||
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Taekwon
United States8155 Posts
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synapse
China13814 Posts
That's how my BW days went | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
bw, as great as it is, is still a game so you should try to have fun while learning it and not make it a chore whether that means to play silly UMS games, silly 1v5 games against noobs, whatever | ||
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Kznn
Brazil9072 Posts
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Requisition
United States97 Posts
On May 02 2011 07:24 maybenexttime wrote: It's shift+F2/3/4. You probably used crtl+F2/3/4. You bind locations on the map that way (e.g. your production structures and enemy's natural when you're containing him). You can use F keys to change rally points easily like this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18ancDxBUE Haha, you are exactly right, thank you! On May 02 2011 07:32 Kznn wrote: I guess picking a favorite player is a very good thing to do. Just follow him, try to copy his style, his build orders, etc. Go online, play some games on iccup and get used to lose a lot. But the most important thing is to get friends to play with you. This game is so much more amazing when you are competing with friends. Have fun, this game is amazing I like Flash, but it somehow feels lame to be a fan of the top dog. | ||
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
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