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Tennet
United States1458 Posts
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
On August 13 2011 13:24 Tennet wrote: At what skill level should I start playing in tournaments? Any! I'd say top few hundred of NA (including GM). | ||
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fatguyallen
Romania75 Posts
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Soluhwin
United States1287 Posts
On August 13 2011 15:20 fatguyallen wrote: Is it true that zerg is the race that needs to scout the most ? It sure seems to me that way, since when i am playing 3v3 with my friends, our scouting is pretty lackluster some games and in those games i am way off with comps/timings/drone rounds before attacks (upgraded lings vs storms anyone ? :D ) I suppose one may be able to argue for the other races one way or another, but as a race that is designed reactionary, scouting is really freaking important. | ||
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AnxiousHippo
Australia1451 Posts
On August 13 2011 14:44 CecilSunkure wrote: You don't need to play in big tourneys. There are lots of League specific tourneys that you could start off with to get the feel of it (by league specific I mean they might only accept Bronze-Gold players). Any! I'd say top few hundred of NA (including GM). | ||
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Dariusz
Poland657 Posts
I played like 20 TvT's today and every game i encountered different style: 1 siege tank marine rush banshee fast 1:1:1 marine tank viking mech without hellions hellion drops almost never early expanding I feel like there is no way to prevent BO loss agains everything at once, but what is the safest standard TvT build? (can't find anything in recomended threads) | ||
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Intensity
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whoopingchow
United States293 Posts
It's definitely true, one base can absolutely support 3 barracks. Maybe they're planning to switch to medivac pressure? And yeah, gas-first usually means before any tech structures (barracks, pool/hatch, or gateway). | ||
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Dariusz
Poland657 Posts
On August 14 2011 06:08 whoopingchow wrote: Standard BO in pro leagues is typically 1-rax into expand or BFH pressure into expand. Not sure about the ladder...what league are you in? I've had success with 3-rax pressure into expand, but if you're dealing with a turtling Terran, I'd recommend expanding, and then putting down bukers and turrets. You can push out when you scan and see a not-so-scary force. Just make sure you're prepared against cloaked banshees (1-1-1 into expand with marines, tanks, medivacs, and a viking for defense should be good enough to hold off most one-base pressures. Diamond league, thanks. What upgrades should i get with 1:1:1 before expanding? Obviously siege, but not sure about marine upgrades. | ||
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JabbaDaButt
United States77 Posts
On August 14 2011 05:59 Intensity wrote: I really don't understand 2 rax pressure. Unless you're going to FE, why would you not just go 3 rax? 1 base can support 3 buildings easily. When I watch games, I see 2 rax pressure with no gas and their minerals seem to stay low. How do they do that with so few buildings producing? This is super noob, but its something that is really bothering me and I have no clue how it works. Also, when a commentator says "he went gas first" does that mean before the rax? Or after? Any explanation would be really great. Thanks. Going 3 rax would be extremely risky play. Say your pressure did minimal damage, you're left in a position where you probably *just* started your CC, and with no tech whatsoever. 2 rax pressure is normally followed with taking a gas (or even 2) or CC so that while you are pressure, you have some follow up to it regardless of how much damage your 2 rax did, that's why their resources are kept low. "Gas first" really is gas first, before Barrack. This is indicative of 2-port Banshee or rush to 2-3 Factories. | ||
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On August 14 2011 08:25 Dalguno wrote: Is there some button you can press to disable your keyboard? I'll be in game and trying to make my drone at the beginning and sometimes it just won't work. If I press enter to talk to my opponent, his name's text will be in red. I'm forced to 6 pool because to hotkeys work (although it did get me the win last game against a proxy 2-gating toss) :D It sounds like or "alt" key is getting stuck-- but this would also change the functionality of your unit health bars, which you would probably notice. | ||
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Intensity
53 Posts
On August 14 2011 07:49 JabbaDaButt wrote: Going 3 rax would be extremely risky play. Say your pressure did minimal damage, you're left in a position where you probably *just* started your CC, and with no tech whatsoever. 2 rax pressure is normally followed with taking a gas (or even 2) or CC so that while you are pressure, you have some follow up to it regardless of how much damage your 2 rax did, that's why their resources are kept low. "Gas first" really is gas first, before Barrack. This is indicative of 2-port Banshee or rush to 2-3 Factories. Thanks a ton for the explanation. I wish there was a good place to look @ BO's and determine their effectiveness. A lot of what is on Liquipedia is good, but a lot is outdated. Its hard to determine what is and isn't worth using. | ||
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XeronatesBad
United States8 Posts
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Oreo7
United States1647 Posts
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Soluhwin
United States1287 Posts
On August 14 2011 12:08 XeronatesBad wrote: I have recently started the difficult process of race switching because Terran has turned into a very mech based race which I hate, but I am getting quite frustrated as I can't even practice the race because of the league I am in. Are there any ways to make race switching easier? You could try custom games... or just deal with losing a lot. | ||
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smitty5569
Canada41 Posts
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Blazinghand
United States25558 Posts
On August 14 2011 14:25 smitty5569 wrote: What percentage of minerals do you lose when you cancel a building? you lose 25% of the building value when it is cancelled, recovering 75%. | ||
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Geiko
France1952 Posts
On August 14 2011 12:08 XeronatesBad wrote: I have recently started the difficult process of race switching because Terran has turned into a very mech based race which I hate, but I am getting quite frustrated as I can't even practice the race because of the league I am in. Are there any ways to make race switching easier? Just play on the ladder. You'll be back to where you belong in 30 or so games and you'll have 30 losing replays of you to figure out what you're doing wrong. I don't know why people don't like to play better players, you can actually learn quite a lot. I'm always thrilled when I get paired with famous/pro players on the ladder because I know that I'll most likely get my assed kicked and that I'll be able to pin point precise problems with my BO or overall game. | ||
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KaiserJohan
Sweden1808 Posts
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