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AirMouse
Canada106 Posts
 I think that replays are the key to getting better, as you see players like RRB who've only been playing 1v1 for a year(team player before that), and Midas who's only been playing for a few years. rA said in an interview that everytime he loses, he watches each replay twice, first time to see what he did wrong, and 2nd time keeping in mind all of his mistakes and possible ways to learn from them. Practice//Not being afraid to lose is probably even more important than replays though. | ||
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1sd2sd3sd
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rednob
Korea (South)210 Posts
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7op
Canada654 Posts
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USMCgamer
Korea (South)255 Posts
Also, definately practice on servers where you will get your ass kicked a lot. It feels good to win but you are able to learn more from your losses. (I am guilty of public b.net 1v1 templing on US just bc I know the map so well and know I can usually stomp the competition lol) That reminds me, PLAY MAPS OTHER THAN LT. Most experienced BW players know that map like the back of their hand. I'm not going to get into what "knowing a map" is but most of you know. Learning to be able to adapt your style of play to different maps will help your overall strategic knowledge of the game. As far as 7ops post goes, no - you probably will never get the chance to be on par with pro gamers. Oh well, they get paid to do it and practice many many hours each day. Being able to play at a decently high level of BW is fun. (I am only NGi 1050-1100 lol) Don't set your expectations too high for yourself but the better you get the more intense the game gets. (at least for me) Good luck :-) | ||
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j-man
United States153 Posts
If you want to know what I think the most important of all the areas is, i'd have to say strategy. This is a strategy game and good players use strategy to win. This has been said by other people many times before, but right now it seems like there is a whole lot of fast players, high apm, and so forth that have a pretty noob strategical game. APM means nothing so long as you feel you have a good reaction time and good control over your units. There are plenty of gosu players out there that have relatively low apms so this is the proof that you dont need to be a 300-400 apm hotkey smasher to be good. | ||
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Muhweli
Finland5328 Posts
On November 15 2004 12:33 Orome wrote: That's a fucking lot to do, even if it doesn't look like it. And of course it's only the approach to how you should try to improve. The most important thing is still practice. Silly he can do that from one game! That's not a lot! (j/k) | ||
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iNCuBuS_
United States905 Posts
Ok thanks guys Ill start putting this advice to good use | ||
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
Play games with people better than you, that beat you consistently 70+% of the time (7/10 games), but that you can still beat (3/10 games). Now, play a few games with each of them while they're willing. Save at important parts of the game. I.E. before you attack. After you attack. After you pull off good micro. After you expand, before you expand, before/after you've made your tech choice. If all else fails, every 2 minutes. Scouting doesn't matter. Scout every minute to know what your opponent is up to. So, a surprise attack shouldn't work all that well. If you lose, start back from the place you THINK is the turn of the game (you should be winning the game the entire time. If not, go back and start again. Have your friends give you some space. If they are winning because of X strategy or Y moves, go back and have them make X strategy or Y moves again, and counter differently. See what works and what doesn't, first hand). This works for me. I've tried it only a few times but the few times it has helped me IMMENSELY. 20 games like this and you are 10 x better. Good luck. | ||
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karelen
Sweden2407 Posts
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Allko
China297 Posts
i think watch replays can improve a little practice is more useful | ||
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NeverTheEndlessWiz
Singapore827 Posts
2-Builds 3-Strategy 4-Micro y? if you can't macro well at all, you won't be able to even do the build correctly. if you can't even do the build at all, you won't be able to start to understand the strategy of the build if you don't understand the strategy, you won't know what to and how to micro The Wiz has spoken =P | ||
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Jansports
United States80 Posts
On November 15 2004 20:13 Oxygen wrote: I use this technique to improve: Play games with people better than you, that beat you consistently 70+% of the time (7/10 games), but that you can still beat (3/10 games). Now, play a few games with each of them while they're willing. Save at important parts of the game. I.E. before you attack. After you attack. After you pull off good micro. After you expand, before you expand, before/after you've made your tech choice. If all else fails, every 2 minutes. Scouting doesn't matter. Scout every minute to know what your opponent is up to. So, a surprise attack shouldn't work all that well. If you lose, start back from the place you THINK is the turn of the game (you should be winning the game the entire time. If not, go back and start again. Have your friends give you some space. If they are winning because of X strategy or Y moves, go back and have them make X strategy or Y moves again, and counter differently. See what works and what doesn't, first hand). This works for me. I've tried it only a few times but the few times it has helped me IMMENSELY. 20 games like this and you are 10 x better. Good luck. this is an extremly good learning tool, but also difficult to pull off as it almost requires some kind of connection to better players who are willing to be patient with your learning. I Myself have recently(few days) Begun learning terran and I find my Execution to be suffering Horribly! learnd protoss and then switched, ouch mistake on my part. Maybe its just me but theres something about the almost invisible Supply Depots, With Pylons I can see the blue field and it is good! with Depots I always fall behind somehow =/ Practice is essential, I rarely ever get to play against high skill opponents (I cannot find any) which is allright my Terran is very new and weak I doubt I could win. So I over stressed learning theory and now I find myself frustrated that I can know so much but do so little! Try to keep a good balance between the two and it will work out | ||
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LOcDowN
United States1015 Posts
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gulii
Sweden2791 Posts
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TheGoliath
United States682 Posts
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[ErOs]~InCoGniTo
Italy513 Posts
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FroST(TE)
United States909 Posts
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Casper...
Liberia4948 Posts
no i try to play how my instructor teaches step by step incremental improvement | ||
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USMCgamer
Korea (South)255 Posts
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