On June 21 2015 11:57 Shiro)Tenshi wrote:
I've been curious....how do you guys 1a2a3a(etc.)? Thumb on 'a' or pinky on 'a'?
It's awkward with the thumb when it gets to 4/5a onwards and it's awkward to start 1a2a3a with the pinky. I'm contemplating just hotkeying important units on 1,2 and just start from 3a4a5a6a(etc.) instead.

Thoughts?

I use middle finger on 1 and 2, index finger for the rest of the numbers and pinky for A.

Shiro)Tenshi

China214 Posts

June 21 2015 17:05 GMT

#4464

On June 21 2015 12:18 puppykiller wrote:
'A' on pinky is essential if you are right handed. My first year of Starcraft I used to use the thumb and sort of flip my hand upside down as I went up in control groups but shifting to pinky was significantly worth it.

I hotkey units that don't get 'a' moved as often on 1 and 2, (vessels, tanks in bio tvz, dropships, lurkers, defilers, scourge, sairs, shuttles, arbs etc.) and I also highly recommend this even if it is less common.

Somewhere inside I always knew this was probably most ergonomically efficient.
The transition is probably going to kill me though. Heh

juvenal

2448 Posts

June 24 2015 17:07 GMT

#4465

Anyone knows by any chance what's this game? Translated on snipealots when no main content is on.
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Gkibler

2 Posts

June 30 2015 18:17 GMT

#4466

Hello,

I used to play Brood War when I was a child and now I'm missing this game a lot.

I really enjoyed playing use map setting on battle.net and I try mounting virtual drive to be able to play it again but the game request me to insert the CD to be able to play. Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have a cd-drive. Is there anyway I can play Brood War on battle.net without a CD ?

Also, is there anyone still playing it on battle.net ? and what about use map setting ?

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

June 30 2015 20:19 GMT

#4467

On July 01 2015 03:17 Gkibler wrote:
Hello,

I used to play Brood War when I was a child and now I'm missing this game a lot.

I really enjoyed playing use map setting on battle.net and I try mounting virtual drive to be able to play it again but the game request me to insert the CD to be able to play. Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have a cd-drive. Is there anyway I can play Brood War on battle.net without a CD ?

Also, is there anyone still playing it on battle.net ? and what about use map setting ?

you don't need a CD to play starcraft. Just download it from ICCup. You'll need a CD key to play on official battle.net servers ,but most people that want to ladder play on ICCup or Fish

evilfatsh1t

Australia8828 Posts

July 01 2015 00:56 GMT

#4468

he wants to play ums games
unfortunately for him brood war ums communities are pretty much dead. iccup has barely any ums games whereas fish's ums games are all korean with korean people
official bnet servers are pretty quiet unless its asia

i dont understand why mounting isnt working though. downloading starcraft wont solve your problem because you cant use a working cd key

fearthequeen

United States788 Posts

July 01 2015 03:25 GMT

#4469

I go pinky always on 'a'

So for example if I were to 1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a0a it would be 1(ring)a 2(middle)a 3(index)a
and then index on #s 4 and higher.

To me thumb on 'a' seems crazy because you are taking your hand almost completely off the keyboard.

GeckoXp

Germany2016 Posts

July 01 2015 07:06 GMT

#4470

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the battle.net download version works without CD at all. Buy a copy from Blizzard, or try to activate an old version with your CD key there. Should work, however not 100% sure 8[

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6641 Posts

July 01 2015 12:46 GMT

#4471

On July 01 2015 09:56 evilfatsh1t wrote:
he wants to play ums games
unfortunately for him brood war ums communities are pretty much dead. iccup has barely any ums games whereas fish's ums games are all korean with korean people
official bnet servers are pretty quiet unless its asia

i dont understand why mounting isnt working though. downloading starcraft wont solve your problem because you cant use a working cd key

If he has a CD key then he can download SC from iccup and use the CD key changer to get onto the b.net servers.

Gkibler

2 Posts

July 01 2015 15:00 GMT

#4472

Yeah I connected to Battle net on original SC and it downloaded an update and now It doesn't require the cd.

yestaiga

Canada21 Posts

July 06 2015 23:57 GMT

#4473

Just a quick question. I never got into Broodwar during the prime. never played it before this year. Now I've really gotten into it. I've been watching all the post KESPA stuff like SSL11 I was wondering what is the best way to improve myself to try to catch up with everyone whose played a lot. Everyone on ICCup even if they are D seem like they have a high skill level.

Thanks

evilfatsh1t

Australia8828 Posts

July 07 2015 02:06 GMT

#4474

play a lot
really no other way to get better

if you want to practice strictly build orders, mechanics etc then you dont even have to play against people. play against 1-3 computers depending on how good you are and just keep playing games. after you have build orders and basic mechanics down, you can play against people to try and improve your game sense. i wouldnt suggest watching pro games until you have at least basic understandings of each match up, unless the game has english commentary.

also, you will lose 90% of your first 30-50 games with people because starcraft is just a hard game to learn and even D players on iccup have probably been playing for years. just think of every game you play at the start as a learning game and dont get discouraged. you will get smashed in some games whereas in others you will lose because you make that 1 crucial mistake, but the moment you start getting discouraged your chances of improving slow down dramatically

vOdToasT

Sweden2870 Posts

July 07 2015 04:01 GMT

#4475

I play UMS on ICCup sometimes, but it's not like the past when Brood War was in the top 3 most played RTS games, and 90% of people played UMS. Now it's mostly melee.

Ty2

United States1434 Posts

July 07 2015 16:05 GMT

#4476

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evilfatsh1t

Australia8828 Posts

July 08 2015 00:26 GMT

#4477

normally you go 1 spore at each mineral line and try to defend with hydras.
the drawbacks are you have a hard time trying to control the map when half or more of your army has to stay in base and defend drones, or you could over invest in spores and not have a big enough army for any engages.
you could go spire though and try muta vs wraith. you still run into the same problem where terran has the map control though, as you going to kill his scvs isnt nearly as damaging as him killing your drones.

vOdToasT

Sweden2870 Posts

July 08 2015 11:07 GMT

#4478

On July 08 2015 01:05 Ty2 wrote:
Versus 2 port wraith as Zerg, is it a good idea to go for 2 spore colonies,1 spore colony, or none at each base to defend your drone line? Are there any drawbacks to this?

There are many ways to deal with it.
I always made 1 - 3 hydralisks until he revealed to me that it was 2 port wraith. Since it's a 1 base Terran, you don't know what he's doing and you just have to do a build that works against everything. This is ok, since he's on 1 base and you're on 2. After the revelation, I got 2 spores at each base, completely protecting my drones, and I made nothing but drones like crazy, which always gave me an economical advantage.
Then I went hydra lurker, sometimes with a few queens for ensnare or spawn broodling, which I often killed my opponent with. I took a third base as soon as possible, then I got hive and defilers.

I beat many Terrans who were better than I was this way.

olabaz

United States298 Posts

July 09 2015 03:15 GMT

#4479

Hey, I didn't want to make a new thread for this but:

How come I can't join ladder games on Fish. I did the 30 games. Also, when is the best time to find games on iccup?

Ty2

United States1434 Posts

July 09 2015 03:26 GMT

#4480

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