I've noticed a lot of users on this forum respond to these training ideas with a response like "Lol no0b u suck go practice!" I call on these people to suggest their own practicing strategy. If the only one you can come up with happens to be "play more games," its important to realize that occasionally there are plateaus in gaining skills. there is a certain point that you can't really get better at somthing just by repetition. Some people see this point as a chance to take a crack at it from another angle.

Just something to think about, go ahead and pull if its too off topic.

niteReloaded

Croatia5282 Posts

May 06 2008 22:48 GMT

#64

Now that i read this once again, i must admit it is actually a good idea for an exercise.

Here's the deal, (im not sure tasteless explained the theory behind this).

Our brain is what actually plays the game right?

Everything we see on our monitor.. ---> goes to our brain --> gets processed ---> our brain decides something ---> impulses go to our hands to execute the decision.

What this exercise does is perfect the final stage of this sequence. It is supposed to make you feel the keyboard ~~and mouse~~[edited] as the extensions of your hands.

Just like you can walk and run without using 1% of your active attention, you can also do the mechanical part of BW in the same way. I think thats the point, right Nick?

(i only read the OP this time, so I have no idea if what i wrote is actually what tasteless said somewhere, maybe it just came out of my unconscience as my idea... anyways, its a good exercise.)

LeGeNdZs[FcG]

Canada163 Posts

May 06 2008 23:11 GMT

#65

just play broodwar for 2 yaers, and ull be a 130 wpm typist, just ask "Me".

JustQuitWarcraftIII

United States679 Posts

May 06 2008 23:17 GMT

#66

God dammit Tasteless made such a nice contribution to the community and how can some actually say retarded shit about this thread?

ZianG

China104 Posts

May 07 2008 00:00 GMT

#67

On July 09 2007 11:21 FroZZoR wrote:
this thread is retarded

How rude, but I agree,

CDRdude

United States5625 Posts

May 07 2008 00:54 GMT

#68

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I suck at starcraft -__-

Triskaidecapod

United States18 Posts

May 31 2008 16:59 GMT

#69

This exercise is an awesome idea. It's simply a way of training muscle memory so that your use of the keyboard is as efficient as possible. I think Tasteless's point about using the correct fingers is VERY important. If you don't actually concentrate in the beginning on using the most efficient fingering and relaxing your hand, this won't be nearly as effective. I'm going to give it a try as soon as I've got the time. Thanks for the great suggestion!

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

April 05 2012 18:50 GMT

#70

Sorry for thread necro but this idea is intriguing. I notice a big problem for me is constant inaccuracy with my keyboard hand. I can type without looking pretty fast and accurate, but when playing SC I have no "feel" for the number keys and combos. Wonder if practicing slow and deliberate like this would help, just like starting out typing.

Puyi

United States175 Posts

April 06 2012 01:51 GMT

#71

cant rly give much solid typing advice but to practice. i can type essays blindfolded with only rare minor typos. my advice is to try doing all ur typing without looking at the keyboard. like i made this whole post without looking.

oh on a random note: rumor has it that people that play the piano are good typers. i played piano since i was 4 so i guess that might be an reason xD

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

April 06 2012 04:31 GMT

#72

hahaha page 1 is a good example of the "old school TL" that everyone says is 1000x better than post-sc2 TL.

Tasteless and Artosis giving advice and people calling them "retarded" lol...

This looks kinda interesting, though...I don't play BW anymore but it'd be fun to play a blindfolded match adn see how well my muscle memory retained its BW days

burbon

Poland41 Posts

April 07 2012 11:59 GMT

#73

Wow tasteless made nice guide in 2008, althought this topic is retarted
Writing and playing on keyboard are diffrent skills. Your hand is placed in diffrent way to hit ctrl 1 fast.
Either way if you write without looking at keyboard remember you can look at keyboard while playing but you have to make everything with hotkeys. If you are going to click by mouse you will never be forced to learn it.

thedevolis

2 Posts

April 10 2012 18:37 GMT

#74

Hey guys, i am sorry for this question but i am new here starting to play a little BW. The question is: what do all the "p" and "0" and "b" "g" stands for.. it looks like a shortcut for something.. would be very glad if someone could help me cause starcraft 1 is my favorite strategy game and i want to improve my skills by learining from you

greetings from germany

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

April 10 2012 18:56 GMT

#75

The letters are protoss hotkeys. Numbers are hotkeys assigned by pressing Ctrl - #. So for example "0p" selects a nexus that is assigned to 0 and builds a probe. "bg" stands for build gateway.

thedevolis

2 Posts

April 10 2012 19:21 GMT

#76

thank you very much now i understand that..

Jealous

10406 Posts

April 10 2012 23:27 GMT

#77

On April 11 2012 04:21 thedevolis wrote:
thank you very much now i understand that..

To add to what he said, the best way to improve your skills early on is to never CLICK on icons such as the Probe icon at the Nexus. Learn all the hotkeys for each unit, building, and command. For example, p is for probe, z is zealot, d is dragoon. For commands, b is build, b p is build pylon, b c is build cannon (etc.), a is attack to destination (have to left click after clicking a), p is patrol, s is stop, h is hold position, c is return resources, so on and so on.

Best of luck!