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Beef Noodles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States937 Posts
February 24 2012 07:59 GMT
#61
Haha, I went through this EXACT phase 2 years ago. Get ready for the month fun, frustrating, and rewarding few months of your life. My first ladder win came at 1-53. I was so happy, I ran around my house (as a 20 year old). God I love BW.
emjaytron
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia544 Posts
February 24 2012 08:12 GMT
#62
On February 24 2012 16:59 Beef Noodles wrote:
Haha, I went through this EXACT phase 2 years ago. Get ready for the month fun, frustrating, and rewarding few months of your life. My first ladder win came at 1-53. I was so happy, I ran around my house (as a 20 year old). God I love BW.


haha yeah i only won a game because the guy 4 pooled me and i scouted first time and can micro a little bit
Grubby - SaSe - Oz - Hero
LunarC
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1186 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 08:17:35
February 24 2012 08:17 GMT
#63
The best feeling is finally having that one game where your macro and micro are both above 100. So rewarding.

Oh, and owning people with gosu shuttle/reaver micro >:D
REEBUH!!!
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
February 24 2012 09:20 GMT
#64
TvP pushing:
Scan all the flanks, if you miss something, send a few vultures there + mines. Then, go with tanks to your opponnent, and meanwhile mine the flanks with the vultures (it would be great if your tanks are hugging a cliff or a zoned out space where you're 100% sure there's no protoss units). If you're afraid of a front attack just keep scanning ahead or send 1-2-3 vultures ahead to scout. When you see his army is relatively close but not engaging, siege several tanks and keep advancing.

If you think he's going to attack (usually either when you're going out of your natural or you backed him in a corner/good flanking position, or he's trying to prevent you from obtaining a good position), siege everything up and mine the front, but don't keep the vultures too forward (unless you're playing the heavy vulture low tank style). It basically all depends on his army composition, the ratio of zealots and dragoons (and ht). More zealots -> more vultures. More dragoons -> more tanks. More ht -> more vultures usually.

Remember, scans are your friend. At your level you probably won't be using them for other things anyway. If you don't have scans, just send 2x6 vultures to the flanks and place mines there so you'll know where his army is, then push out.
All candles lit within him, and there was purity. | First auto-promoted BW LP editor.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66359 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 10:34:50
February 24 2012 10:34 GMT
#65
in bw, tanks actually destroy everything

so just go mech against all match ups (though the composition does vary with each MU)
POGGERS
Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
February 24 2012 10:55 GMT
#66
On February 24 2012 19:34 konadora wrote:
in bw, tanks actually destroy everything

so just go mech against all match ups (though the composition does vary with each MU)


Tank's don't work against carriers though.
BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1709 Posts
February 24 2012 11:16 GMT
#67
GL to the OP! I'm sure you'll have plenty of fun and good times.
EleGant[AoV]
SupplyBlockedTV
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Belgium313 Posts
February 24 2012 11:49 GMT
#68
After reading this thread i decided to play sc:bw, i had played it maybe 5 hours in total in the past before i knew sc2.... now playing the protoss campaign..just somehow this games feels and looks more like starcraft then starcraft 2 does.. its darker and more immersive for some reason :p
PEW PEW PEW
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
February 24 2012 12:29 GMT
#69
On February 24 2012 19:55 Sawamura wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2012 19:34 konadora wrote:
in bw, tanks actually destroy everything

so just go mech against all match ups (though the composition does vary with each MU)


Tank's don't work against carriers though.

Or dts
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
February 24 2012 12:32 GMT
#70
Disregard carriers

Kill Protoss with Tanks before carriers.
WriterXiao8~~
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66359 Posts
February 24 2012 12:40 GMT
#71
On February 24 2012 21:29 DoX.) wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2012 19:55 Sawamura wrote:
On February 24 2012 19:34 konadora wrote:
in bw, tanks actually destroy everything

so just go mech against all match ups (though the composition does vary with each MU)


Tank's don't work against carriers though.

Or dts



POGGERS
Fus
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1112 Posts
February 24 2012 13:29 GMT
#72
I have the same feeling when i play BW :D i have no clue about tactics and army comp etc, but i still manage to beat some d/-d players in iccup because of the macro i have from SC2
NaNiwa | Innovation | Flash | DeMuslim ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
February 24 2012 13:39 GMT
#73
I switched to T recently, so I feel your pain AND excitement. The best thing to do in the beginning is to pick the most basic strat in a MU and practice until you feel like you understand all of it and you're just missing APM and decision making to win. Then it's easier to learn other builds and understand how they work and why. Good luck.
En Taro Violet
Candadar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2049 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 13:45:38
February 24 2012 13:45 GMT
#74
SC2 is just too...easy. I'm not great at it, it just is so simplistic and just, meh. Don't like the direction it's taking.

Should I play on iCCUP or is there a better place to play? I remember playing in iccup back in the day, so I was wondering if that's still being used primarily or what.
jpak
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States5045 Posts
February 24 2012 13:52 GMT
#75
On February 24 2012 22:45 Candadar wrote:
SC2 is just too...easy. I'm not great at it, it just is so simplistic and just, meh. Don't like the direction it's taking.

Should I play on iCCUP or is there a better place to play? I remember playing in iccup back in the day, so I was wondering if that's still being used primarily or what.


iccup first. Then once you reach C+/B-, then start playing on the Korean Fish server.

I have yet to get to that point.
CJ Entusman #50! #1 클템 fan TL!
oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
February 24 2012 14:03 GMT
#76
On February 24 2012 22:29 Fus wrote:
I have the same feeling when i play BW :D i have no clue about tactics and army comp etc, but i still manage to beat some d/-d players in iccup because of the macro i have from SC2

it's funny, the same thing happened to me, but in the opposite direction ^^ I get a lot of win in sc2 with no strategy, just because of my bw macro ^^
I like starcraft
Intact
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden634 Posts
February 24 2012 14:09 GMT
#77
Well, after playing my first 6 BW games I've been chessed 6 times.
Fun.....
SirGlinG
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden933 Posts
February 24 2012 14:16 GMT
#78
I recommend playing brood war as warm up before sc2 laddering. It makes playing sc2 feel really easy, when it comes to the macro mechanics, playing a game that feels easy to your hands aint too bad.
Not my chair. Not my problem. That's what I say
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 14:21:06
February 24 2012 14:20 GMT
#79
In BW if you fend off the cheese your opponent can be punished properly (unlike in SC2, that is easy to recover from a failed cheese)

So every time you get cheesed you learn how to defend it, and every cheese after that should become a sure win.

edit: better grammar
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Candadar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2049 Posts
February 24 2012 14:24 GMT
#80
On February 24 2012 22:52 jpak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2012 22:45 Candadar wrote:
SC2 is just too...easy. I'm not great at it, it just is so simplistic and just, meh. Don't like the direction it's taking.

Should I play on iCCUP or is there a better place to play? I remember playing in iccup back in the day, so I was wondering if that's still being used primarily or what.


iccup first. Then once you reach C+/B-, then start playing on the Korean Fish server.

I have yet to get to that point.


Just am a bit conflicted. Not sure I can get used to only 12(?) units at a time, especially if I go zerg or something. How do I work hotkeys in this scenario? I'm thinking of going either Z or T, can't decide.
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