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On June 09 2015 01:31 Phrase_ wrote:
Hi, just wondering if there is some way to get graphics settings like Quake players use: http://i.snag.gy/dwcjc.jpg

Forcing all textures to ultra-low res at all times. Would like this with 11 teamcolor and blob shadows.

Thanks

On June 09 2015 23:17 Marlena13 wrote:
Thanks to all of you...U helped me a lot

On June 09 2015 01:31 Phrase_ wrote:
Hi, just wondering if there is some way to get graphics settings like Quake players use: http://i.snag.gy/dwcjc.jpg

Forcing all textures to ultra-low res at all times. Would like this with 11 teamcolor and blob shadows.

Thanks

On May 25 2015 18:22 LordYama wrote:


As a lowly metal league player, I've found that overlord redundancy helps increase the odds that I spot a drop coming and spot it early enough to do anything about it.

By redundancy I mean not just having an overlord just outside the edge of your base where a drop will come in, but, for example, an overlord just outside of the enemy base that might spot the dropships on the way out, and one or two along the edges of the map where they are likely to fly when the player is trying to be sneaky. If your creep spread is good you have less need to place overlords around the middle of the map.

I figure if I just have the scouting overlords near my base then even if I spot it I will probably not respond quickly enough with my metal league reactions to defend properly.

So if there are at least two or 3 points where it will pass through the vision of your overlord or creep tumor, it increases the odds greatly that you will see it and see it in time to react.

I'm not particularly great as a player but by trying to be redundant with overlords as I have more of them, I've found that I identify and intercept a decent percentage of drops, and often can at least have ground army in my main in time to defend etc.

Obviously any player roaming the map with a few vikings can seriously put a cramp in this, but many players do not do this.

Often I will notice a little blip of red pass near one of my overlords out on the map and I can glimpse that there are one or two dropships there and get a sense of the direction they are moving. Then my brain is alerted to the fact there are dropships on the move and then I am highly likely to notice them passing near a second overlord or creep tumor and get a fix on their direction and be in position to intercept or defend.

I went from never intercepting drops to doing it a decent amount of the time now because of this. There's little better feeling in the game than intercepting a 4 medivac doom drop and killing it with almost no losses, that's serious damage that in most instances should pretty much win you the game.

On June 20 2015 17:49 EngrishTeacher wrote:
I play random at the low masters level, and I use standard hotkeys.

I know grid hotkey setups are more efficient, but I don't have the time or heart to change ~10 years of broodwar habit.

I was watching Naniwa's stream, and the only hotkey he changed was immortals from 'i" to "e", which makes a lot of sense.

Are there any other hotkeys I should change to make my play a bit faster for random? Thanks in advance.

On June 20 2015 20:49 SC2Toastie wrote:

I play Random as well, I made some minor adjustments.

I changed hotkey 0 to `
I changed hotkey 9 to W (overlaps with Warpgate but offers superior utility for T/Z, and you want to hotkey your gateways anyways)
I changed Immortals from I to T
I changed Lift Off from L to Z

And some Camera keys, which I don't think you are talking about.

On June 24 2015 00:52 capcomist wrote:
Why does my keyboard often stop responding at the beginning of games? My only solution is to 'pause' (with mouse) and then to mash my keyboard until it seems to work again. Anyone else have this problem?