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neSix
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States1772 Posts
November 16 2004 09:44 GMT
#41
On November 16 2004 12:19 Casper... wrote:
if i suck at golf, do i try to play like tiger woods?
no
i try to play how my instructor teaches
step by step
incremental improvement

an excellent point that a new player cannot afford to forget. you will never master the game if you try to improve everything at once.

start with simple things, like macro'ing during a battle, or practicing your build. once you've got that down, try to work on your micro and your strategies. once you've got those down, start combining things, by macro'ing counter-units to what your opponent has built, and maybe micro'ing a few goons to take out the opponent's dropship.
iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
November 17 2004 04:26 GMT
#42
K thanks again. I wasnt expecting this much help
jotabeans
Profile Joined September 2004
United States28 Posts
November 17 2004 07:16 GMT
#43
u play mass games (obvious)

save ALL loss replays and see why u lost the game

ask urself whether u were out macroed, microed, etc. If it was a faulty build order, you can try to watch replays of good players, or make ur own adaptation (i prefer the latter since u learn how to adapt on ur own without relying on other people's style, you learn the game better too)
lol
loztdignity
Profile Joined September 2004
Sweden176 Posts
November 18 2004 01:29 GMT
#44
Well, probably alot of ppl will react against this, but depending on your main race, try to become faster by using alot of hotkeys, spamming if you will. Always try to check your fac/gateways etc, flip trough them. Try to do something all the time and never rest. Be confident. I noticed my game got better when I first worked on my speed (is now around 150-220 APM) and then went to strategies etc. So I think its important to get speed first if you wanna try to be good.
no thx.
iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
November 18 2004 03:59 GMT
#45
Yeah I always scroll through buildings if Im not doing something else.
chiam_ace
Profile Joined September 2004
Malaysia111 Posts
November 18 2004 04:20 GMT
#46
Im trying to improve now too since im such a noob, losing 2 out of 3 of my games on WGT on c6/c5 where 80% of them are high rank resetters, which is good. And I've been watching my own lost replays, especially in TvZ games which I could win but fcked up micro screwed me lol, and TvP I die almost instantly to Dt's no matter how hard i think and try to counter them. I just suck plainly in TvT.

By the way I think this thread is very well made and helpful, to players wanting to improve (like me). Informative
E-sports beyond borders
Geval
Profile Joined September 2004
788 Posts
November 18 2004 04:23 GMT
#47
On November 15 2004 21:52 NeverTheEndlessWiz wrote:
1-Macro
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

nope strategy is the most important.
WOW cant believe LT gave me BETA KEY thx thx thx thx thx
iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
November 18 2004 04:26 GMT
#48
Is there a way you came to this conclusion gavel? Or did you just feel like making a useless argument with no evidence to back it up? :/
Demi
Profile Joined November 2004
Canada57 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-11-18 04:30:31
November 18 2004 04:30 GMT
#49
play lots of poker

sc is like poker...

oh and play lots of sc too.
BoyNeverStop
Profile Joined November 2004
United Kingdom14 Posts
November 18 2004 05:57 GMT
#50
More lost= more win in the future.
Nothing is new. Not thing is impossible.
Demi
Profile Joined November 2004
Canada57 Posts
November 18 2004 08:04 GMT
#51
is mult-accounting on tlnet legal?
ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Norway10161 Posts
November 18 2004 08:14 GMT
#52
On November 18 2004 17:04 Demi wrote:
is mult-accounting on tlnet legal?


no
ModeratorFather of bunnies
fcuk
Profile Joined November 2004
United States4 Posts
November 18 2004 10:03 GMT
#53
haha need to practice more
* i love u*
eternalbliss
Profile Joined August 2004
United States1035 Posts
November 18 2004 10:25 GMT
#54
Thanks alot, its safe to say im the worst here, trust me.
iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
November 18 2004 11:06 GMT
#55
I think you have competition eternalbliss
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