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[Q] Terran Build Orders

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Deleted User 39582
Profile Joined August 2008
317 Posts
December 08 2008 06:11 GMT
#1
hey guys
I'm a total newbie to competitive starcraft. I got into it recently when my mate introduced me to the TSL and i found it really interesting and started watching other vods. I've decided to start playing on ICC but got a mean shock when i found everyone was owning me O.o. can anyone suggest some not particular micro intensive, but solid build orders i can use for terran?
Also, im probably going to get roasted for this one, but when people say like "4 pool" or "12 hatch" what are they referring to? does it mean when your supply is at that or when you have that many workers or does it have somthing to do with where they build it?
thanks for the halp tl
404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-08 06:18:24
December 08 2008 06:17 GMT
#2
Making 2 threads at once with the same content is a sure way to get flamed . It was probably an accident but still...

Yes, builds with numbers in them usually refer to your supply when you get the building, except for things like "2gate" or "2rax", which clearly indicates the amount of early rax/gate you get. 4pool is getting a pool when you have 4 supply. That's right, not even making a drone. Mining until 200 minerals, spawning pool, then lings. Ezpz.

I can't give you a list of BO's for Terran, and generally speaking, all Terran builds require a lot more multitasking and micro. That's just how Terran works. I have some commentated FPvods for newer (Terran) players that you can check out. Past that, you're very new, and the best thing I can suggest is replays, practice and tutorial/fpvods.

My Youtube account: http://www.youtube.com/user/coky18
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DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
December 08 2008 06:20 GMT
#3
LOL double thread ftw


Forum Guidelines are here. You might be a SC noob, but god forbid that you're a TL noob.
Deleted User 39582
Profile Joined August 2008
317 Posts
December 08 2008 06:21 GMT
#4
thank you very much
also rax is barracks right?
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 08 2008 06:27 GMT
#5
Read the guides........there are lots here

Search for "Recommended threads" and then open the post by Chill and there are guides there ..
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 08 2008 06:31 GMT
#6
ugh T_T
please make it so people who post like newbs in the strat forum get a temp ban or at least a warning or something. like dancecommander said you might be an SC noob but there a rules to prevent you from being a TL noob.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
nataziel
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Australia1455 Posts
December 08 2008 06:35 GMT
#7
Hey dude, I'm from Australia too, you wanna play some time? I'm pretty crap at the game too, currently 0 - 6 on iCCup, bottoming out at 1 point (that's right, one point, something like 2 - 40 last season). Add me on iCCup to your friends list, my name is nataziel on there.

In regards to your question, just mass game. You know what they say, practice makes perfect!
u gotta sk8
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
December 08 2008 06:41 GMT
#8
I learned a lot from watching fpvods and mass gaming. Also obsing games is a good way to learn build orders and strategy in general.
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
December 08 2008 06:43 GMT
#9
On December 08 2008 15:21 QuasiMachina wrote:
thank you very much
also rax is barracks right?


yes

acad = academy
fac = factory
cc = command center
bay = engineering bay

etc
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 08 2008 07:37 GMT
#10
On December 08 2008 15:43 fusionsdf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2008 15:21 QuasiMachina wrote:
thank you very much
also rax is barracks right?


yes

acad = academy
fac = factory
cc = command center
bay = engineering bay

etc

some less common used ones and common sense ones but:
siege = siege mode
goli/gol = goliath
ebay = engineering bay(as well as bay)
stim = stimpack
turret = missile turret
depo/depot = supply depot
bunk = bunker
bc = battlecruiser
ld = lockdown
med = medic
fb = firebat
rine = marine
MnM = Marines n' Medics
metal/mech = common tank vult combo (usually, sometimes gols, etc)
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-08 08:08:18
December 08 2008 08:07 GMT
#11
dude... read recommended threads... it has definitions and everything u will need..ever

btw if u r that u might not want to start off w/ terran.. though that is totally up to u

also when it says + show spoiler + u can click it to see wat it's holding...(in the thread i mean)
ggyo...
Hundredth
Profile Joined November 2008
United Kingdom142 Posts
December 08 2008 08:55 GMT
#12
Yeah replays are your best bet - all I can say.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
December 08 2008 09:25 GMT
#13
thread purge.
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 08 2008 11:20 GMT
#14
On December 08 2008 17:55 Hundredth wrote:
Yeah replays are your best bet - all I can say.

Yeah, I agree with this one...

even after reading stuff about how to play StarCraft, you shouldn't be waay confident that you will own everyone else. Just post reps here and we will be more than happy to help you out with it.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
bluesoda541
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada16 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-12 05:53:59
December 12 2008 05:53 GMT
#15
edit out: sorry i didn't see the other part
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