UPDATE: I just played my first few games in ICCUP, with Dental Floss in particular. A few losses and a single win later, having a good time! God damn, brood war is tiring! Thanks for all the help!
Hey there!
I have not played bw against another human being...well, ever! I got hooked on SC2 pretty easily, but a few months ago my graphics cards (or more likely part of my mobo, but thats not the issue) broke down on me. I have more pressing things to be saving up for, so I haven't tried to fix the issue by throwing dollars at it. My time away from SC2 has transformed into a hunger for some sweet RTS action, so I figured why not become a better gamer and a better human being by trying my hand at some brood war!
I am coming at this with basically no knowledge of how to play people of my level. I'm going to try my hand at protoss for my love of zealots, storms, and goofy looking shuttles. I figure I can spend some time bonding with liquipedia to pick up a build and some loose goals for each match up. Any advice for a new player is very welcome.
Some starting questions, what the heck is ICCUP? how does rank (D/D+ whatever) work? and how do you find players of about your skill level?
I probably don't know the questions to ask, so please enlighten me. I don't expect you to explain "how does I win the starcraft?" in a forum post, so by all means link me to the materials that are out there, I mostly want to know where to look and what to look for.
Wow this is reeally awesome seeing more players try out BW. Ok so these are the basics.
Iccup is an international ladder system, you install the iccup launcher on their website and download iccup. Then you enter though the launcher the magnificent world of Brood War. The d/d+ level is a measurement of your skill. E is lowest, A is highest (only the elite of the elite get A, the average player is around C) and you get points for beating other players, so when you are D for example, you get 100 points. D is you're on 1000 points (everybody starts at D) and D+ is when you have reached 2000 points. You find players in the join section, or OP teamliquid, there are always games of your level you can join!
I guess I should have mentioned this too, as I am currently downloading BW I haven't taken a look yet. How can I hook up with the community in client, I assume there is an obviously named channel.
Head straight on into ICCup, and into "OP teamliquid" channel. There are usually people there to play some games with. You can also try looking around in clan channels- I know if any new players come to op [AoV] my friends and I are always good for a match and some pointers.
Make sure you search these forums for resources on switching from SC2/learning BW, there's plenty of stuff for you here.
In PvT, can dragoons be used to delay pushes much in the same way, in SC2, one could use stalkers, or would they just get run down by tank range and vultures? How would one go about delaying a terran push, or do you just need to mosey out of their way and get ready to flank and/or recieve them?
On November 13 2011 19:39 J1.au wrote: Don't tell your opponents you're a SC2 player at the start of game. It's practically inviting them to use abusive strategies against you.
LOL~at least he'll learn how to deal with them sooner!
On November 13 2011 19:39 J1.au wrote: Don't tell your opponents you're a SC2 player at the start of game. It's practically inviting them to use abusive strategies against you.
Last time someone said that in TvT ended up going mass ghost and locking down all his units :D
Go to liquipedia, learn the most basic and safe build for starters. I suggest you play against the computer first to get a hang of the game. After that, go to iccup and create a game with a name like (1v1 D/D- come!).
As a protoss player you have it easier on you at the beginning Good luck !
We probably need a big sticky thread with a how to get iccup etc for new players, there have been heaps of these how do i start threads lately. Any volunteers?
On November 13 2011 21:47 mdb wrote: I think this should be a test - if you can start playing on ICCUP without any help, then you are worthy of playing bw, if not - stick to sc2.
Yeah ICCUP could really streamline their server a bit.. letting players register in game would cut down on frustration and delays a lot, so anyone with only the reg file and client could get started immediately.
On November 13 2011 21:47 mdb wrote: I think this should be a test - if you can start playing on ICCUP without any help, then you are worthy of playing bw, if not - stick to sc2.
Yeah ICCUP could really streamline their server a bit.. letting players register in game would cut down on frustration and delays a lot, so anyone with only the reg file and client could get started immediately.
I mentioned it to them in the past, and they claimed it was impossible. Funny how the Korean servers manage ^^
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Good luck !
