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Hi everyone! I've been meaning to post something like this for a while.
I am an SC2 player. However I've grown increasingly uncomfortable with that game recently and have decided to take a break for a month or two and while pondering the games I would play in my break from SC2 I decided to play Brood war!
So I play Terran in SC2 and figured I would play Terran in BW too. The problem is that I have no idea what I'm doing! Aside from the control groups thing which simply needs practice to overcome. I have no clue about strategies. So with that in mind I jumped into a ladder game and set off!
I have played vs the AI to get a feel for things and now I truly appreciate players that play this game for a living. What skill required for this game! So I practiced a 1 rax FE a couple games against the AI getting a feel for things. However, my first ladder game would happen to be against a protoss player. All I know about that is I have to mech. Well, I got slaughtered. But instead of feeling angry I just laughed. Trying to hit o for the tanks and hitting 9 or 0 instead and selecting scans haha.
I think I'm going to love this game. You may or may not see me around on ICCUP under Cure2. Probably languishing under D- for months 
To liquipedia! Learn ALL the things!
EDIT: I've decided to stream whenever I play BW so look out for that 
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Good luck, Terran is I think considered the hardest race to play at a beginner level, and even the guys in D/D- are like the equivalent of Diamond in SC2, so don't let a lot of losses get you down.
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Welcome to the best game ever invented, you will not regret it.
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join sGs if you please! It's a clan for lowlevel players just like you and me (check this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=272674). And whenever you see me online (sGs.amatoer) you can ask for games I'm Zerg and even though I just hit D+ yesterday (yeeeeeeeehaw!) we can play games and analyze the replays afterwards!
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You made the right choice! I think the transition from sc2 terran to bw terran is going to be a bit weird, because you are going to be using those slow, clunky tanks alot more, and that whole spidermine thing. But good luck! You could try the other races and get a feel for how they work as well.
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yay!!! you are gonna have a really fucking fun time. i wish i was discovering bw for the first time myself :D
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If you really want to stick to terran, by all means do so. But I think protoss in BW is more similar to terran in sc2 as they are more offensive and have a variant of harass based openings (if you like that kind of thing). Terran is just so much work to get into but when you do you can kick some ass with just sheer mechanics.
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I have also begun to play a bit of BW coming from SC2. However Im a pretty bad zerg player about D rank with a 5-14 record. Let me know if you want to practice some time.
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GL HF! I hope my neck will be good again soon so I can play as well :D
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Good luck mate, experience the awesome-ness of BW while it is still (no really) popular!
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On February 24 2012 07:37 GGzerG wrote:
Welcome to the best game ever invented, you will not regret it.
agreeedd
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On February 24 2012 06:40 Hinanawi wrote:
Good luck, Terran is I think considered the hardest race to play at a beginner level, and even the guys in D/D- are like the equivalent of Diamond in SC2, so don't let a lot of losses get you down.
Pfft, by who? Zerg is definitely the hardest in terms of counter-intuitiveness. Terran and Toss have the most early game options and ways to practice their start up. Zerg basically have to play for mid-game and can die before they even get a chance to do anything, and when they do get to that midgame they have less chances to practice it since they don't get to it every game.
In the early days when Terran and Toss didn't FE I might have agreed because Zerg had some strength throughout the game, but these days it is a huge task for a Zerg to figure out how to manage his economy and compete with an FE without dying.
Of course all races have their difficulties, but the best thing about Terran is that they have the most learning resources and guides and FPVODs to help you. Zerg basically have 5 year old commentaries by Chill hahahaha.
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Welcome man, BW is awesome!
Btw, if you want to watch how we low level players play the game, check out the D Ranks Team League that will happen Saturday, Feb 25 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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I guess I'm another person who discovered brood-war by playing SC2. Whenever I get bored of SC2 I'll just go and play some BW. I play Zerg in both games and the only thing I really miss going back to BW is covering the map in creep lol. Both games are fun to play, however laddering in BW seems to be a lot more srsbsns than in SC2.
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man the first few days of actually learning bw are soo fun. you will enjoy it! cherish it!
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On February 24 2012 06:37 AyameStarcraft wrote:
To liquipedia! Learn ALL the things!
or play through the single player of SC and BW, learning about basic control, and enjoying the greatest SP story ever in video games
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Netherlands45349 Posts
Terran Steel is the greatest force of in the universe, you won't regret using it to feast upon dragoon blood.
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