EPTI'm a Starcraft n00b... will you help me? - Page 3
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stalife
Canada1222 Posts
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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StarSlay3r
United States50 Posts
Well I'm going to just keep reading up about this online and watching videos until I get the game. Once I get it I'll start the campaign as you guys suggested and I WILL be back to bug you guys with questions. :D Thanks for all of your help. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
On January 09 2009 15:17 meegrean wrote: Finish the whole campaign first. Would probably take about a Don't underestimate SC's addictiveness. :p | ||
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hugitout
United States379 Posts
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Cobalt
United States441 Posts
Real-Time Strategy games like Starcraft have one overarching goal: Build up a strong military force, and crush your opponent's force. But just like in real life, you need certain things in order to build an army. You need facilities in which to train soldiers, centers of command where orders are issued, and above all, the money to pay for all of this. In Starcraft, the money is called "minerals," and they're the blue things you saw that creature bringing back to the base. Those "creatures" are called worker units--their only purpose is to gather minerals so you can get more money and pay for more stuff. Now, what to do with this money? Well, you need to build up your base. At the start of the game, you'll only be able to build a couple of buildings. Once you have built these couple of buildings however, you'll "unlock" the ability to build more, different buildings. For instance, in order to build a "Factory," you need to have successfully built a "Barracks." There are several levels of this, known as the "tech tree." But buildings are no good if you can't get soldiers to fight your battles. Specific buildings allow you to produce military units out of them. For instance, you can train rifle-wielding Marines out of the aforementioned "Barracks." You can build tanks out of a "Factory." Every unit has its own uses, and almost all of them are important to the game. To do well, you have to understand what each unit does, and in what situations it is best used. That way, you can create the ideal army to deal with any situation. That's the underlying method behind how Starcraft works. Get money with worker units, spend that money on buildings, then get military units out of those buildings. Use those units to defeat your enemy. There's much, much, more to this game of course, and lots of subtleties and such that you'll learn in time, but that's the general idea. I recommend playing through the campaign first, as it will help you get comfortable with how the game plays. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On January 09 2009 15:07 StarSlay3r wrote: I feel sad... I have no clue what's happening. I see lil creatures getting some blue stuff and bringing it back to the base then fighting... and blood... which I know is the "intense" part... and... yeah if he was at least speaking in English I might know what I'm watching. The fact that I am an UBER n00b has just set in. I really don't know ANYTHING about this game.  I mean I kinda get that since the 1st dude destroyed all of the other dudes stuff he won... but I don't get everything else. haha well that was zerg vs protoss. zerg has all the slimey stuff (creep) and protoss is the other kind of alien. In starcraft, the goal is to defeat the opponent, which can be done two ways: one, force your opponent to concede (usually by typing gg) and leave, or destroy all their buildings. In this game TT (the protoss at the 3 o clock position) goes for a very agressive zealot build. Zealots are the protoss' first attacking unit and are very strong. One zealot is equal to 2-4 zerglings (the skinny attacking things that savior gets first to attack with) depending on micro. An agressive zealot build is fairly popular on that map because of the relatively short rush distances, but mainly because the natural expansion is difficult to take early on. The game develops into an elimination race where both players try and kill all of each other's buildings before the opponent can do the same first. This is why TT (the protoss) hides that pylon. If savior can't find it, TT will eliminate savior before savior can eliminate him. The point I was trying to put across with that video wasnt neccessarily the strategy or understanding, but just to show the excitement some games can have. If you want more highlights, try searching for pimpest plays on youtube. If you want english commentaries, I reccomend http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81099, or the english casting of the gom League http://www.gomtv.net/videos/ there are also many casters on youtube with varying levels of skills. In general, I would trust things said by artosis or tasteless much more than random youtube commentators, but for very basic things, they might work for you. Some youtube commentators are diggity, moletrap, klazart, psyonicreaver (I think thats the name) | ||
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Ziph
Netherlands970 Posts
 edit: ugh can't find the download anymore weird =| maybe someone could upload it on Rapidshare or soemthing | ||
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hugitout
United States379 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
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Ziph
Netherlands970 Posts
On January 09 2009 15:24 hugitout wrote: ya but at D level there is alot of really terrible players, with some basic tips and strategies from us im sure she can pull better then 5/100 true, but even D level players have some experience and already know some basics he doesn't even have the game yet | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
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hugitout
United States379 Posts
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CDRdude
United States5625 Posts
I hope this helps. Basically, get a feel for the game, then get a feel for the strategy, and then play games like crazy, until you have the mechanics. If you see me on iccup (CDRrules) feel free to message me for a game. For some people, downloading and analyzing replays helps them (BWchart is a very useful replay analyzing tool), some people watch VOD's of professional games to learn from their build orders, and some people study from their own replays. Overall though, I think that the answer is just playing more games. Which is probably why I suck. | ||
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hugitout
United States379 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
On January 09 2009 13:40 {88}iNcontroL wrote: If not because I ask then because of what she is in the gaming world, a celebrity. I'm sure you'll recall that we don't exactly have the best track record with celebrities here. | ||
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hugitout
United States379 Posts
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Misrah
United States1695 Posts
That way, you can have a crazy awesome powerful female Role motel to look up too! (You haven't played campaign yet, you don't know who she is *yet* But trust me she is crazy awesome! in that friendly fuzzy zergy kind of way) GL and have fun! ohh get used to losing alot in the begging. | ||
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StarSlay3r
United States50 Posts
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