EPT(I feel avoiding those problems is something you should learn as you learn to improve your apm. ^^)
[G] How to Improve Efficiently at SC2 1v1 - Page 6
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Yurie
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(I feel avoiding those problems is something you should learn as you learn to improve your apm. ^^) | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
 Thats me in the screenie! | ||
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Datum
United States371 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
Wow. Holy shit. Well done. I'm sorry this post is terrible. But excellent guide overall. Covers all bases. Great for improvement. | ||
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mamuto
United States88 Posts
On April 05 2011 05:14 CecilSunkure wrote: I think I played 1500 games, plus more recent custom games as I joined a team I practice a lot with: http://kiwiclonearmy.sadlife.net/ Oh wow. I just passed 400 ladder 1v1s... >.< I think that's a huge factor as well, tbh, just the raw experience you get from playing so much, you get to see all sorts of games, builds, strategies used against you that will make you a better player, far more than any practice of mechanics/macro/micro ever will. Not to say the latter isn't beneficial, but having 1k-2k-3k games played is huge. In the same token, its always awesome beating someone who more than triples you in the amount of games played. Makes me feel good haha! Keep it up Cecil, been looking out for your posts, you have some good stuff to say. I'll check out that link too. Mamuto | ||
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1Lamb1Rice
United States435 Posts
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Loomies
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unsaid
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Personally I found it VERY useful that when you click on a unit (both on the map or in the group screen) with CTRL pressed down you chose all of the units of this type around. It makes right positioning a lot easier, in case with protoss players it's a common mistake to have zealots lagging behind stalkers a bit before important fights in the midgame, which can cost you a game. Just press ctrl-stalkers and move them back every 5-6 seconds. aaaaaaaah. also, such a comprehensive article should really have a chapter about capitalizing on the experience you possibly have from other games, such as poker, wc3, cstrike or smth ;]. There must be a reason why 2/3 of european top sc2 players came from wc3. And personally I noticed that learning sc2 was easy, when I just bought the game I could defeat guys with 500+ games having only just played 40-50 games( was already diamond ) | ||
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knL
Germany400 Posts
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Nemara
Sweden69 Posts
There's a general attitude coming from the TL community that you need to do alot more than just play a shitload of games to get good. That's incorrect, unless you're trying to get high masters (everyone below that, including me, sucks). Otherwise, just have fun with the game, play as games as you have time to / can be arsed to, and you'll improve. User was warned for this post | ||
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SilverJohnny
United States885 Posts
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
On April 05 2011 06:10 Nemara wrote: This thread makes me sad. If you wanna get good at sc2, dont read this wot. Thinking about all the stuff in the op will make the game like work and not fun. For example, if you're going to be thinking "I suck" all the time, you're not going to enjoy yourself at all. There's a general attitude coming from the TL community that you need to do alot more than just play a shitload of games to get good. That's incorrect, unless you're trying to get high masters (everyone below that, including me, sucks). Otherwise, just have fun with the game, play as games as you have time to / can be arsed to, and you'll improve. The thread is titled How to Get Good Efficiently. Efficiently. You don't have to play to get better, and if you want to play to just have fun, then why would you play to get better efficiently? Furthermore: On April 03 2011 13:13 CecilSunkure wrote: You need to be reading this with a willingness to learn and grow. Your goal should be to grow. The thing about growing is that it often times hurts. In order for you to become something new, you have to press outside of your current boundaries until you become used to your uncomfortable state, and the new distance you traveled becomes your current boundary once again. How about you read the first post before critiquing it. | ||
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Klaent
Sweden374 Posts
Thx alot, nice work. | ||
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DibujEx
Chile130 Posts
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number1gog
United States1081 Posts
This thread is amazing. Mad props to Cecil. | ||
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
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Killcycle
United States170 Posts
Mine can wait, I love YOU. haha :D This is worth reading over several times as I play through the ladder, will very likely become an important reference material for me. You doth rock many socks, ser. | ||
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BobMcJohnson
France2916 Posts
Also when you mention the Newbie Tuesday Day9 dailies at the beginning of the mechanics section, you may want to add the daily #252 ( http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4712303/ ), which is an "introduction" to those two dailies, and is basically a FP vod of day9 playing versus the AI while showing what are good mechanics and how to improve them. And once again great job :D | ||
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jmack
Canada285 Posts
This is a great OP. Thanks. | ||
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