Thanks so much BekHo! This is one of the most thorough and helpful posts I have read on how to improve in SC2. I found it so encouraging coming from a player who had struggled to become better and then shared his wisdom with us all. Also I was really impressed by the readability of the article: it's very well laid out!

Thanks again!

SlayerS HWAITING!!!

mothergoose729

United States666 Posts

April 07 2011 07:34 GMT

#125

Great thread, couldn't agree more.

Speight

Australia152 Posts

April 07 2011 13:48 GMT

#126

Thanks so much for the post man.

Really motivating.

designRH

Canada12 Posts

April 07 2011 15:42 GMT

#127

On April 01 2011 02:54 Elite__ wrote:
Thats awesome I didn't know a member of SlayerS was in Toronto ^^. Cool post as well, thanks!

THISS O:
I wish he'd host an exhibition somewhere sometime soon D:
And awesome read, thanks to OP (:

itkovian

United States1763 Posts

April 07 2011 17:37 GMT

#128

Haha, I like this post a lot. Thanks for taking the time to write it up.
It's good to hear that even players that go pro have had moments of intense frustration where they feel they are sub par. I get this feeling a lot after a bad streak, and its comforting to know its shared at all levels.

NoobSkills

United States1603 Posts

April 08 2011 19:09 GMT

#129

Good write up couldn't find a single bad point. Everything was right on.
Love the last part "me no Engrish"

you typed very well.

SkyCrawler

United States69 Posts

April 08 2011 21:38 GMT

#130

Great post! I agree that the correct attitude is needed for something like coaching to be useful. And all the comparisons to school and sports are great. So many useful things here. Thanks for letting us pick your brain so to speak.

Also you're english is good!

Termit

Sweden3466 Posts

April 08 2011 21:48 GMT

#131

cool thread

Fredoq

Sweden206 Posts

April 08 2011 21:54 GMT

#132

omg i got thor allind 2 times in a row then 6 pooled with all drones, im mad as hell right now but after this read, I'm delighted.

Thanks alot...

fishjie

United States1519 Posts

April 08 2011 22:16 GMT

#133

great post, and your english was fine!

Sanski

United States57 Posts

April 08 2011 23:15 GMT

#134

what i got from this is if how to EFFECTIVELY watch your own replay.

Its funny to me that i do watch replays but i can't figure out what to make of them. Never observed the timings, not paying attention to how my mechanics are, i even miss drops when watching replays lol.

Thanks to OP!

Skaggs

United States57 Posts

April 09 2011 07:57 GMT

#135

Solid english man and, of course, very nice post!

Chiquaua

Sweden7 Posts

April 09 2011 08:44 GMT

#136

Highly motivational guide!
I have been trying to lower the pressure i feel about laddering lately and reading this guide really took away most of the remaining pressure.
Thanks BaekHo for allowing me to use my sparetime to train on ladder instead of thinking about playing, but just slowsurfing the web instead.

Holy_AT

Austria978 Posts

April 09 2011 09:33 GMT

#137

I think the title of the thread is somehow missleading. Well I for myself could not take anything usefull out of this thread, because it contains more or less general sense and logic.

"If you practice more and hard you will become good and for some level you need to have a certain amount of talent in addition."

Thats the quintessence of the thread and not something where I gain something out of it because this is general sense. But a nice write up nontheless.

2320 Posts

April 09 2011 15:14 GMT

#138

Great post BaekHo! I really want to improve so thanks to this!

BloodBaron

United States21 Posts

April 09 2011 23:25 GMT

#139

Tasteless brought me here, and it was well worth the read. I agree that coaching can be a waste of money for many players when the answer to their problem is simply "practice more." However, I think it's a waste because the coaching is already out there for free, not because the coaching isn't necessary.

For someone coming in with no RTS background it would be much like the early players of Brood War...with people arguing that you don't need hot-keys to play well and not understanding expansions. For someone in this position, playing 1k games would do far more harm than good: they would be practicing poor habits, and by the time they'd be paying for lessons, they'd have to unlearn all those unhealthy habits. Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

Of course, with casters like Day9 providing hours of "coursework" on proper SC play, and replays available from the best players, it's easy to find enough material to learn the "proper" way to play and think about the game. Paying for coaching is silly for most players with all the content available for free, but were that content not available for free, coaching would be essential. Being "good" at SC is primarily about learning how to play SC mechanically, and that is not intuitive information: without some guidance it is too easy for players to spend their practice time poorly.

Thus, while I agree that playing for coaching is usually not necessary, I think some form of coaching definitely is. Watching the GSL, watching the Day9 dailies, and watching good players streams are, in my mind, all forms of coaching and essential to learning what you should be practicing.

SnuggleZhenya

596 Posts

April 09 2011 23:32 GMT

#140

Is there any way I can get my nerves down? I just don't have time to play more than a handful of games a week anymore due to graduate school and now when I do play I'm so out of practice that it makes me nervous and that makes me play worse and its like a terrible spiral. Part of the problem is I was high diamond last season ebcause I could play a lot, now I can't play very much anymore and I've been getting raped over and over and over because its placing me against people that I would've been ok against last season.

Sigh. I love this game I jsut don't feel like I live a lifestyle that actually allows me to play it