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Been looking to get into BW? SC2 player thinking of trying out this game but don't know where to start? D/D+/C- player looking to pick up gameplay tips or advice about a certain MU? You've come to the right place!
This will be a new-player show with the goal of helping out D- -> yellow rank level players! The general format will feature L_Master as he attempts to improve his gameplay from the red rank realm of D+ to a shiny new yellow rank. The show will air once a week and will focus on analysis and advice of L_Master's replays, as well as potential analysis of high level foreigner and pro games. Since L_Master is a Protoss player their will likely be a protoss flavor, however expect other players of different races to be occasionally invited on to share some of their games
Whether your a total beginner with no idea where to start, a yellow rank player looking for a useful tidbit of information you hadn't heard, or a D+ player wondering how to make the jump from red to yellow ranks this show will have something for you.
When: Friday, Mar 30 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Where: twitch.tv/l_master
Along with the show expect to see every to every other week an addition to the BW Beginner's Guide (found here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=272906) for a new match-up. The guide will lay out a safe build in every match-up, discuss various common early/midgame options your opponent has along with appropriate responses, touch on lategame goals, and include details on how to micro in common situations.
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10 as in 10AM or 10PM? I assume PM but you should clarify.
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It's set using [time] tags, which use the 24 hour format. So it's 10am for you.
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Can't wait! I'm tuning in for sure :D This is a good idea. Once L_Master gets Yellow though, be sure to do one for zergs too 
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On March 07 2012 10:52 Kiante wrote:why is everything in the BW community on at 4am 
The same reason proleague is on at 2AM for us.
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On March 07 2012 10:52 Kiante wrote:why is everything in the BW community on at 4am
Living in Australia + being a Starcraft fan sounds rough.
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On March 07 2012 11:18 sluggaslamoo wrote:Sounds awesome sauce, although I won't be able to be up to watch it (5 am) . Gonna save it to youtube???
Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 10:57 hacklebeast wrote:On March 07 2012 10:52 Kiante wrote:why is everything in the BW community on at 4am The same reason proleague is on at 2AM for us. I was about to complain too but I think that's a fair trade.
Yes, VOD's will be on both my stream as well as uploaded to my youtube channel following the show.
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Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me!
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On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me!
This show is also for C->B players
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On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players
Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake.
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On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake.
It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc.
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On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc.
Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank?
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On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank?
He's solid blue rank?
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On March 07 2012 12:00 Game wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank? He's solid blue rank?
solid blue rank solid green rank?
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i think he was going in the other direction ahaha..
awesome show, didnt u do something like this a while ago too?
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On March 07 2012 12:05 sCCrooked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 12:00 Game wrote:On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank? He's solid blue rank? solid blue rank solid green rank?
He has his own color. It's like brown, because that's the color of Zerglings, right?
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On March 07 2012 12:09 FyRe_DragOn wrote:
i think he was going in the other direction ahaha..
awesome show, didnt u do something like this a while ago too?
Yeah, he did. "The Chronicles of Kaspra" (who was Terran)
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On March 07 2012 12:10 Game wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 12:05 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 12:00 Game wrote:On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank? He's solid blue rank? solid blue rank solid green rank? He has his own color. It's like brown, because that's the color of Zerglings, right?
I seem to recall a Jaedong proleague game where he was brown and someone was referring to his lings as "shitlings" due to the color. So nOoNe's color is Jaedong's color too?
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On March 07 2012 12:10 Game wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 12:05 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 12:00 Game wrote:On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank? He's solid blue rank? solid blue rank solid green rank? He has his own color. It's like brown, because that's the color of Zerglings, right?
love dem zerglings
On March 07 2012 12:09 FyRe_DragOn wrote:
i think he was going in the other direction ahaha..
awesome show, didnt u do something like this a while ago too?
yes, what harem said
On March 07 2012 12:00 Game wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank? He's solid blue rank?
bm!
On March 07 2012 11:58 sCCrooked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 11:54 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:52 sCCrooked wrote:On March 07 2012 11:42 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 07 2012 11:40 sCCrooked wrote:
Best of luck L_master! I'll be sure to follow you and visit. Also any plans or would you guys like to collaborate with me on doing one of these for someone at bottom yellow rank moving to blue ranks? It seems to be an impossible journey for some as there's such essential mechanics and multi-tasking that really show between C/B. PM me! This show is also for C->B players Who's our yellow hero being followed to blue? I just read the "L_Master going from D+ to shiny yellow" and figured it was D>C, my mistake. It won't be exclusively L_Master replays, I'll be doing some of my own games, LRM games, friends' games, etc. Oh sweet. Special request, could you show/analyze some of the replays when YOU were making the jump from solid yellow -> solid blue rank?
That was a long time ago... Not sure, will definitely be doing some of my games though.
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On March 07 2012 12:16 LRM)nOoNe wrote:That was a long time ago... Not sure, will definitely be doing some of my games though.
Ah ok it would be great if we could see. I was curious what kind of hoops Dragon was making you jump through. I had so many friends who were yellow and are either STILL yellow or quit already for sc2. Seems like less than 1% of people who make it out of red make it out of yellow. Its like this black hole of death for iccup players.
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Wasn't this supposed to be called "nOoNe helps me"? haha
Definitely gonna watch this. GL LMaster!
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On March 07 2012 12:05 sM.Zik wrote:
That banner !
Lol, that's the absolute limit and pinnacle of my banner making skills. One day I need to learn how to use Photoshop a little...
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On March 07 2012 12:49 duncan.mc wrote:
Wasn't this supposed to be called "nOoNe helps me"? haha
Definitely gonna watch this. GL LMaster!
I was debating between "nOoNe helps me, nOoNe Cares, and The nOoNe Weekly." Idk, this one has a more serious tone to it haha.
On March 07 2012 12:19 sCCrooked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 07 2012 12:16 LRM)nOoNe wrote:That was a long time ago... Not sure, will definitely be doing some of my games though. Ah ok it would be great if we could see. I was curious what kind of hoops Dragon was making you jump through. I had so many friends who were yellow and are either STILL yellow or quit already for sc2. Seems like less than 1% of people who make it out of red make it out of yellow. Its like this black hole of death for iccup players.
Dragon wasn't my teacher. But yeah, the jump is hard.
On March 08 2012 09:49 L_Master wrote:Lol, that's the absolute limit and pinnacle of my banner making skills. One day I need to learn how to use Photoshop a little...
If anyone wants to make a fancy one, feel free to pm me 
Live in 2 hours 40 minutes btw!
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missed a golden opportunity with "nOoNe Cares" IMO.
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nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch.
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I wished i could be getting helped lolTT
GL L_MASTER!!!!
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On March 09 2012 00:29 hacklebeast wrote:
missed a golden opportunity with "nOoNe Cares" IMO.
LOL i agree
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on during my lunch break, yay!
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This is fantastic, I JUST started playing BW coming from a diamond SC2 background and I am playing toss. Very glad this is here as a fantastic learning tool.
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On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch.
I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : ))))))
I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard.
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On March 09 2012 06:32 dRaW wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch. I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : )))))) I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard.
I'm not sure what you mean here.
Are you saying it's hard to improve because the level of play is lower? I guess I'm lost as to why a D/D+/C- player would be unable to improve playing against other D/D+/C- players.
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Are you going to be able to edit the VOD's on twitch? Or can you label them better so I know what is what (like episode 1) and stuff like that?
edit: just went thought the posts and saw you put it up on youtube, thanks
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On March 09 2012 00:29 hacklebeast wrote:
missed a golden opportunity with "nOoNe Cares" IMO.
I just died, twice.
Edit: Please put the link to the first EP in the OP.
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On March 09 2012 06:40 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 06:32 dRaW wrote:On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch. I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : )))))) I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard. I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying it's hard to improve because the level of play is lower? I guess I'm lost as to why a D/D+/C- player would be unable to improve playing against other D/D+/C- players.
You won't improve very quicky regardless of your rank if you're playing exclusively against D/D+/C- ranked players. It doesn't matter if you're E rank, D+ rank, or A rank. Players at lower levels generally don't have the correct mindset for you to improve if you're exclusively practicing against them (This is under the presupposition that you want to be a standard player). In my opinion, the best form of practice for players around that skill level would involve practicing against no opponent and then moving on to playing actual opponents. After a couple of weeks against opponents you can move on to practicing without an opponent again. This will help you develop builds and strategies (Without an opponent) and when you face an opponent you will develop game sense. And regardless of how you practice, you are pretty much wasting your time if you are consistently playing with non standard opponents, especially at such a low rank. This is likely the reason why progamers don't really practice on public servers with public players even if using smurfs. A large number of players completely exclude practicing without an opponent and therefore have weak mechanics and outdated or unpolished builds.
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On March 09 2012 13:00 krndandaman wrote:
i want to make the jump from C+ to B-!!!
Send me 5-6 replays, include each mu plz!
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On March 09 2012 10:31 tryummm wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 06:40 L_Master wrote:On March 09 2012 06:32 dRaW wrote:On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch. I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : )))))) I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard. I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying it's hard to improve because the level of play is lower? I guess I'm lost as to why a D/D+/C- player would be unable to improve playing against other D/D+/C- players. You won't improve very quicky regardless of your rank if you're playing exclusively against D/D+/C- ranked players. It doesn't matter if you're E rank, D+ rank, or A rank. Players at lower levels generally don't have the correct mindset for you to improve if you're exclusively practicing against them (This is under the presupposition that you want to be a standard player). In my opinion, the best form of practice for players around that skill level would involve practicing against no opponent and then moving on to playing actual opponents. After a couple of weeks against opponents you can move on to practicing without an opponent again. This will help you develop builds and strategies (Without an opponent) and when you face an opponent you will develop game sense. And regardless of how you practice, you are pretty much wasting your time if you are consistently playing with non standard opponents, especially at such a low rank. This is likely the reason why progamers don't really practice on public servers with public players even if using smurfs. A large number of players completely exclude practicing without an opponent and therefore have weak mechanics and outdated or unpolished builds.
The only players I've ever heard succeed with offline practice are Blackman and NonY. Everybody else improves by playing real people.
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On March 10 2012 02:34 Sayle wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 10:31 tryummm wrote:On March 09 2012 06:40 L_Master wrote:On March 09 2012 06:32 dRaW wrote:On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch. I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : )))))) I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard. I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying it's hard to improve because the level of play is lower? I guess I'm lost as to why a D/D+/C- player would be unable to improve playing against other D/D+/C- players. You won't improve very quicky regardless of your rank if you're playing exclusively against D/D+/C- ranked players. It doesn't matter if you're E rank, D+ rank, or A rank. Players at lower levels generally don't have the correct mindset for you to improve if you're exclusively practicing against them (This is under the presupposition that you want to be a standard player). In my opinion, the best form of practice for players around that skill level would involve practicing against no opponent and then moving on to playing actual opponents. After a couple of weeks against opponents you can move on to practicing without an opponent again. This will help you develop builds and strategies (Without an opponent) and when you face an opponent you will develop game sense. And regardless of how you practice, you are pretty much wasting your time if you are consistently playing with non standard opponents, especially at such a low rank. This is likely the reason why progamers don't really practice on public servers with public players even if using smurfs. A large number of players completely exclude practicing without an opponent and therefore have weak mechanics and outdated or unpolished builds. The only players I've ever heard succeed with offline practice are Blackman and NonY. Everybody else improves by playing real people.
Progamers in interviews all the time discuss creating build orders in single player....and I never said you don't also improve by playing vs real people. I said you use a combination of both so you can develop game sense while maintaining good mechanics. I just don't understand how someone can learn a new build if they don't practice it in single player or without an opponent first.
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On March 10 2012 02:26 LRM)nOoNe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 13:00 krndandaman wrote:
i want to make the jump from C+ to B-!!! Send me 5-6 replays, include each mu plz!
So you'll do it for dsyxelic but not your dear lumire eh?
No love for the jewzerg...
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My mechanics are the worst on the entire server, or probably in history. How can I fix this?
All joking aside - my mechanics (or lack thereof) are really poor. I'm working on correcting my mistakes, but of course, I would be open to suggestions on methods of improvement.
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On March 10 2012 15:11 ninazerg wrote:
My mechanics are the worst on the entire server, or probably in history. How can I fix this?
All joking aside - my mechanics (or lack thereof) are really poor. I'm working on correcting my mistakes, but of course, I would be open to suggestions on methods of improvement.
We'll I can tell you what's worked for me; going from literally the 10 APM bronze league that Gheed loves to discuss in his blogs to a player that can, when my shit is together, macro/multitask reasonably well for someone who is D+.
I do several things basically. The first thing was literally just drilling against the AI, perfect worker production was the only goal and if I fucked up I restarted. Then I would take that and do it adding units and keeping money low. Once I had that feeling really good (constant probes off 4+ bases, low money, pylon timing, yadda yadda) I would take it into real games. I personally liked taking it up another notch, and automatically leaving the game if I ever let myself float over 500 minerals, as I HAD to do that above anything else (basically made bad macro = auto dying on the spot). But that's not for everyone. As I did this more and more, at first my play was almost worse because I was so focused on macro I wasn't really able to micro but as you practice it macro becomes more automated and you find the little gaps where you can go be microing, scouting, etc.
As far as the multitasking side several things helped me there:
1) Speed Games - This is me literally forcing myself to play stupid fast, fast enough that my play becomes sloppy because I'm pushing the boundaries of the multitasking I am currently comfortable with. Eventually though you become used to it, adjust, and have expanded your ability to multitask (that little multitask UMS isn't bad for this sort of thing either). I want to emphasize that the goal here is NOT to get a higher apm; the goal is to do more. Don't focus on APM, focusing on jumping around everywhere do as much shit as you can possible do, and do it fats enough that your play starts to become a little sloppy (though when I do it I like to ensure my macro is still tight)
2) DEAFAP - Do Everything As Fast As Possible. I watched streams of people sometimes and they are really slow about the stuff they do. They click slowly through gates/facts/hatches, they have relatively slow movement boxing and sending scv's to mine, they re-rally slowly, take a long time to place the building. Try to minimize how much times is spent doing those things. It's a big difference when you can re-rally gates in less than a second vs. taking 5-10s to do it. Same for macro cycling. Having to look away from an important battle 3+ times and/or staying away from it in one long look is harder to get yourself to do as opposed to just being able to flip back through your base and do it all super fast.
3)FPVoDs - Watch them. See how progamers multitask, learn what they focus on, how they hotkey, when they go to macro at important battle points, etc. You can really improve alot watching a section of an FPVoD and then go into a game right after and try to replicate that feel and focus, and this also helps by making sure your focusing on good decisions and actions/rather than multitasking a bunch of wrong stuff in your effort to play faster.
4) Hotkeys - Make sure you have a good system your comfortable with that allows you to do everything you need to quickly and efficiently. If your hotkeys don't allow for this, re-work them.
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I just want someone to fix my TvT QQ =[
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Why should you cut probes on 13 when going FE (against 12 hatch) for the earlier nex, instead of cutting them on 17, when you're already supply blocked?
You said an early core is the goal of the forge FE, but is it really?
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On March 12 2012 06:18 Holy Check wrote:
Why should you cut probes on 13 when going FE (against 12 hatch) for the earlier nex, instead of cutting them on 17, when you're already supply blocked?
You said an early core is the goal of the forge FE, but is it really?
You don't have to make pylon cause the nat nexus finishes and gives you supply.
You don't want to be delaying your core since tech is paramount in pvz. For example, just look at your own pvz reps and compare your stargate/sair timing to his spire/scourge timing. A good protoss will have his stargate finishing as zerg's spire is about to start. An unclean protoss who doesn't have his builds down and does things like delay core for no reason might have his stargate start when spire finishes. This means that any Z who sees this can just autowin with muta or decide to get way ahead in later game.
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On March 12 2012 06:18 Holy Check wrote:
Why should you cut probes on 13 when going FE (against 12 hatch) for the earlier nex, instead of cutting them on 17, when you're already supply blocked?
You said an early core is the goal of the forge FE, but is it really?
What harem said. Also, I said you should cut probes on 13 vs an overpool, I don't think I talked about vs 12hatch at all.
edit: Nvm, I talked about my responses vs 12h.
On March 10 2012 15:56 EternaLLegacy wrote:
I just want someone to fix my TvT QQ =[
I have close to no knowledge of tvt unforunately. Maybe LRM)Game can come on the show to talk about it haha.
On March 10 2012 15:11 ninazerg wrote:
My mechanics are the worst on the entire server, or probably in history. How can I fix this?
All joking aside - my mechanics (or lack thereof) are really poor. I'm working on correcting my mistakes, but of course, I would be open to suggestions on methods of improvement.
I will try to talk about this.
On March 10 2012 03:32 Lumire wrote:Show nested quote +On March 10 2012 02:26 LRM)nOoNe wrote:On March 09 2012 13:00 krndandaman wrote:
i want to make the jump from C+ to B-!!! Send me 5-6 replays, include each mu plz! So you'll do it for dsyxelic but not your dear lumire eh? No love for the jewzerg...
I help you every day lol.
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The youtube vod has the bottom and right side of the screen cut off quite significantly, cant see some of the minimap, so thats an issue. also there was like 15-20 mintues of dead time atr the start. if you're going to link a vod please link a complete vod that works properly O.o
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On March 10 2012 02:34 Sayle wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 10:31 tryummm wrote:On March 09 2012 06:40 L_Master wrote:On March 09 2012 06:32 dRaW wrote:On March 09 2012 01:25 Sayle wrote:
nOoNe taught me that you should always cannon rush a 12hatch. I haven't learned this one yet... thnx for tip : )))))) I just realized today was Thursday, I guess I missed this... Another time, I guess. Also I am curious if you can actually improve in iccup given the amount of players you are playing or the class of them, it seems like it would be very hard. I'm not sure what you mean here. Are you saying it's hard to improve because the level of play is lower? I guess I'm lost as to why a D/D+/C- player would be unable to improve playing against other D/D+/C- players. You won't improve very quicky regardless of your rank if you're playing exclusively against D/D+/C- ranked players. It doesn't matter if you're E rank, D+ rank, or A rank. Players at lower levels generally don't have the correct mindset for you to improve if you're exclusively practicing against them (This is under the presupposition that you want to be a standard player). In my opinion, the best form of practice for players around that skill level would involve practicing against no opponent and then moving on to playing actual opponents. After a couple of weeks against opponents you can move on to practicing without an opponent again. This will help you develop builds and strategies (Without an opponent) and when you face an opponent you will develop game sense. And regardless of how you practice, you are pretty much wasting your time if you are consistently playing with non standard opponents, especially at such a low rank. This is likely the reason why progamers don't really practice on public servers with public players even if using smurfs. A large number of players completely exclude practicing without an opponent and therefore have weak mechanics and outdated or unpolished builds. The only players I've ever heard succeed with offline practice are Blackman and NonY. Everybody else improves by playing real people.
Not exactly terrible players to aspire to be. Honestly though, contrasting Blackman and NonY's offline vs online practice percentages really rules out NonY. Black+ Show Spoiler +man.
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On March 12 2012 18:14 Kiante wrote:
The youtube vod has the bottom and right side of the screen cut off quite significantly, cant see some of the minimap, so thats an issue. also there was like 15-20 mintues of dead time atr the start. if you're going to link a vod please link a complete vod that works properly O.o
The dead time is an issue, and I can fix that. Thanks for letting me know!
I am not sure what's going on in youtube though as the right side is absolutely not cutoff whatsoever, and if the bottom is cut off at all it's almost unnoticeable. The minimap doesn't appear cutoff by more than like a pixel or two if it's cutoff at all, so I at a loss there.
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You could just go on twitch tv, make it save your recorded video forever and link that here.
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On March 10 2012 02:26 LRM)nOoNe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 13:00 krndandaman wrote:
i want to make the jump from C+ to B-!!! Send me 5-6 replays, include each mu plz!
does this count for everybody?
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Wow, this seems so awesome :D!
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On March 12 2012 22:32 fold wrote:
You could just go on twitch tv, make it save your recorded video forever and link that here.
Yea, either option works perfectly fine for me. Doesn't really make any difference, to me anyway, whether I put them on YT or leave them on twitch.tv.
If people have a preference I'm happy to do whatever you viewers would prefer.
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On March 13 2012 00:10 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2012 22:32 fold wrote:
You could just go on twitch tv, make it save your recorded video forever and link that here. Yea, either option works perfectly fine for me. Doesn't really make any difference, to me anyway, whether I put them on YT or leave them on twitch.tv. If people have a preference I'm happy to do whatever you viewers would prefer.
YT is awesome 
working for everyone, always !
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The show was awesome man! and really helpful, pls keep doing these ! :D
Could you please do some zerg weeklys? i'm C/C+ cant seem to play at a solid c+ level
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On March 12 2012 22:30 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2012 18:14 Kiante wrote:
The youtube vod has the bottom and right side of the screen cut off quite significantly, cant see some of the minimap, so thats an issue. also there was like 15-20 mintues of dead time atr the start. if you're going to link a vod please link a complete vod that works properly O.o The dead time is an issue, and I can fix that. Thanks for letting me know! I am not sure what's going on in youtube though as the right side is absolutely not cutoff whatsoever, and if the bottom is cut off at all it's almost unnoticeable. The minimap doesn't appear cutoff by more than like a pixel or two if it's cutoff at all, so I at a loss there.
The video should now be properly cut on youtube, beginning right at the start of the show with no ridiculous dead time.
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video is not available with the link...maybe you need to correct it :/
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On March 14 2012 04:31 greenelve wrote:
video is not available with the link...maybe you need to correct it :/
Works fine for me. Maybe the quoted links are still wrong since I think trimming changed the URL, but I changed the original link yesterday when I trimmed it.
For convenience: nOoNe Weekly Episode 1
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I fixed the link in the op, it should be good now.
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So if you're doing 3 hatch hydra into fast econ (most progames I've seen take a fast fourth base + 5th hatch while teching to lair --> hydralurk), When should you start thinking about making units instead of drones against a 6~8 gate 2base hanbang with 4-6 temps + perhaps obs? Should I stop at around 40-ish drones like in regular 5 hatch hydra play and make a muta group + hydras + 4 or so lurks for his push or what?
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On March 14 2012 11:24 ymir233 wrote:
So if you're doing 3 hatch hydra into fast econ (most progames I've seen take a fast fourth base + 5th hatch while teching to lair --> hydralurk), When should you start thinking about making units instead of drones against a 6~8 gate 2base hanbang with 4-6 temps + perhaps obs? Should I stop at around 40-ish drones like in regular 5 hatch hydra play and make a muta group + hydras + 4 or so lurks for his push or what?
Reallllllly depends on the game, feel free to pm me a rep/msg me online and I'll take a look.
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TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 4PM EDT ON THURSDAY!!!!!
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But he's already A-
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On March 16 2012 05:43 Game wrote:But he's already A-
Puppykiller learns even faster than Kolll evidently!
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It would be nice if you guys could cut back on the unnecessary usage of "likes".
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On March 16 2012 11:00 lisherwin wrote:It would be nice if you guys could cut back on the unnecessary usage of "likes".
and you call yourself an american!
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Thanks a lot noOne. ill be following this blog.
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On March 16 2012 11:00 lisherwin wrote:It would be nice if you guys could cut back on the unnecessary usage of "likes".
Always a challenge, but we'll see what I can do. ^^
Thanks for feedback!
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On March 17 2012 03:34 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2012 11:00 lisherwin wrote:It would be nice if you guys could cut back on the unnecessary usage of "likes". Always a challenge, but we'll see what I can do. ^^ Thanks for feedback!
Pretty sure he was talking to me lol.
I have a lot of thoughts in my head that I don't articulate into actual sentences until I try to explain them, so it's difficult for me.
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L_Master has to work again today, and I don't want another tech nightmare like last time. I'll try to do this tomorrow.
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On March 23 2012 00:08 LRM)nOoNe wrote:
L_Master has to work again today, and I don't want another tech nightmare like last time. I'll try to do this tomorrow.
During Gambit's Cup?
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Live in just a little over two hours!
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Live now, looking at some Jaedong zvt replays
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hi,
i learned a lot from the first episode. unfortunately i couldn`t watch the second show live. can you please upload it to youtube or twitch tv ? thanks and <3
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On April 04 2012 08:44 timar wrote:
hi,
i learned a lot from the first episode. unfortunately i couldn`t watch the second show live. can you please upload it to youtube or twitch tv ? thanks and <3
Puppykiller was the streamer for that episode and I think he was having some technical challenges with getting it uploaded.
I will be uploading Episode 3 here to youtube shortly.
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twitch tv deleted most of episode 2 cuz there douches but heres what I got
Part 1
Part 2
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