EPTGot hyped from ASL. Just bought brood war
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Graphix
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c3rberUs
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Graphix
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StarFoxeR
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On July 18 2016 00:05 Graphix wrote: Im GM in sc2, just dont know how to set up the actual game. What I did was download BW from Bnet found the bw patch from somewhere download this http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/465487-mca64launcher-20 register for an account on iccup and then use that name and password through the mca64 launcher | ||
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c3rberUs
Japan11286 Posts
mcalauncher And maybe if you have other graphics related problems maybe here ddraw fix Edit - also yes go to iccup for the sake of decency if you want a competitive ladder that's not Korean level. Just go to the iccup site, click on the english at the top right, register and open mca then login. | ||
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Graphix
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Wrath
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c3rberUs
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If you have other questions, the mca thread maybe a better place (unless if they are not related to mca launcher ofc) | ||
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B-royal
Belgium1330 Posts
Also, nice that you're interested in brood war now. I suggest checking out some of the streams on the right side to get a feel for a regular game. Then it would be wise to check out liquipedia for 1 basic strategy in each matchup. Also not to discourage you but GM in Sc2 doesn't mean anything in brood war. I'm not going to make any comparisons between ranks because skills don't transfer at all from Sc2 to BW. Which race are you most interested in? I can personally testify that zerg is an incredible race to play but is definitely a struggle to say the least! Protoss is without question the least mechanically intense to start out with but who can argue with reavers and templars? I would say terran is a close second due to TvP being so insanely hard when you start out. So make a good decision, as playing as random is not advisable at all (it's hard enough to learn 3 matchups and 1 race when you're starting out). Good luck and most importantly have fun. Edit: Yes, iCCup is where all the foreigners hang out. You have to get a launcher to be able to connect to the iccup gateway (iccup launcher or the recommended mca64launcher). | ||
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Wrath
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Also not to discourage you but GM in Sc2 doesn't mean anything in brood war. I'm not going to make any comparisons between ranks because skills don't transfer at all from Sc2 to BW. This is really true. I achieved masters in SC2 and barely was able to have 50% win rate in D- on ICCUP. | ||
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Graphix
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This is what it looks like. Is this normal? edit: made picture work? | ||
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Wrath
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On AMD crimson, you can change the settings for certain application and set it to "Maintain Aspect Ratio". This will make it stretch to fill the screen but will keep the aspect ratio 4:3. Try messing around with your GPU settings related to SC to get it working. | ||
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Graphix
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classicyellow83
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MarineCA1
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On July 18 2016 00:52 Wrath wrote: This is really true. I achieved masters in SC2 and barely was able to have 50% win rate in D- on ICCUP. smurfing is a problem. | ||
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RedW4rr10r
Switzerland746 Posts
On July 17 2016 23:28 Graphix wrote: I got really hyped watching the GSL stream of brood war today and I just bought and installed brood war. I have literally never played brood war before. I launched it for the first time and the resolution is really small. Also how do i connect to the ladder? (ICCUP?) Welcome to the world of Brood War  | ||
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
http://iccup.com/en/starcraft/sc_start.html | ||
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
Do not get discouraged! The game is difficult and requires every day practice to just get to "D" level. Losing on ICCup is normal, if you reach 50% win rate your life is complete. At start, having 2-20 stats is absolutely normal, as I said, do not get discouraged. There are very few real "D-" players now. Having played the game from 2008 I have reached C- in 2x2 only and D+ in 1x1 and that was it for me (in my defense I never cared for build orders but you should :D). So, do not get discouraged, read strategies and watch how pros play. Once you start understanding BW, you'll realize how awesome this game is. | ||
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lastride
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Highgamer
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If people don't join your games, go to channel OP Teamliquid or Ladder D-C and ask someone to test whether you can host or not. If not then use the search function here on TL for advice on how to open ports (there is an option for this in MCA-Launcher, too). gl hf | ||
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LaStScan
Korea (South)1289 Posts
On July 18 2016 00:05 Graphix wrote: Im GM in sc2, just dont know how to set up the actual game. Are you a zerg user in sc2? | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
On July 18 2016 00:05 Graphix wrote: Im GM in sc2, just dont know how to set up the actual game. oh my sweet summer child what do you know of the korean winter | ||
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FyRe_DragOn
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Graphix
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outscar
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On July 18 2016 09:03 Graphix wrote: Im using the Mca64 launcher. how do i connect to the official blizzard servers. i saw that it said to uncheck GIU fixes and directIP. so i did that. and now the blizzard servers show up when i load the game. but when i click on them they wont let me connect to them. If you got ddraw.dll fix in your BW folder, you should remove it while playing on official servers. Other than that I don't know why you wanna connect to officcial battle.net servers using a launcher. If you want your APM showing up you can try ChaosLauncher. EDIT: I tried connecting with mca launcher to official servers and it's working fine. Try again, uncheck some things and remove temporarily to another place ddraw.dll. Battle.net is dead and full of hackers, only Asia is alive if you want to chill and play some UMS, Hunters etc. | ||
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duke91
Germany1458 Posts
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FlaShFTW
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HerbMon
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Cele
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
On July 18 2016 00:05 Graphix wrote: Im GM in sc2, just dont know how to set up the actual game. > he thinks his sc2 skill matters at all but seriously, welcome abroad! sign up on iccup, sign up for shieldbattery beta, and start watching a fuckton of replays and get ready to learn to love to lose. and always have fun playing! | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On July 18 2016 00:48 B-royal wrote: Also not to discourage you but GM in Sc2 doesn't mean anything in brood war. I'm not going to make any comparisons between ranks because skills don't transfer at all from Sc2 to BW. At all? That's a lie. Micro, macro and some strategies are transferable, but build orders are rarely transferable. So, as long as you stick with concepts, you may find a lot of similarities. | ||
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RoomOfMush
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GornWood
Germany121 Posts
But enough comparisons. I love both of dem Starcrafts! Maybe you should sign up for ShieldBattery beta, I hope its gonna be awesome. | ||
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TaShadan
Germany1973 Posts
On July 22 2016 06:42 GornWood wrote: While skill isn't that transferable from Sc2 to bw it also isnt the other way around, at least thats what I think. I used to play bw a lot when I was a kid because of my brother but then after a while it faded away from my life and I went on to play other games. Fast forward 5 years, I started playing Sc2 and then after like 2 years of playing Sc2 I picked bw back up again and I found myself playing on D+/C- after a few weeks. I dont know if it was from my prior experience in bw or not but it wasn't that hard to achieve. When I went back to Sc2 of course my skill had dropped and playing bw the whole time didnt increase my skill in Sc2. So basically only micro and macro kind of transfer to the other games. But enough comparisons. I love both of dem Starcrafts! Maybe you should sign up for ShieldBattery beta, I hope its gonna be awesome. I agree. SC2 and BW are just too very different games. BW macro and micro is much harder to learn than sc2 though (especially macro). | ||
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quirinus
Croatia2489 Posts
allins and cheeses are more prominent in sc2, if you look sc2 from a bw perspective, most of the games would be classifed as cheese/timing attack. but if you understand the basics, you can use them in bw, you just have to get used to the new mechanics and new timings/strategy. if you watch some commented vods you should get the hang of how things go and from there it shouldn't be hard to get to D+/C- (unless you hit 50 smurfs along the way). | ||
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