[H] [Q] Stylistic choices, improving - Page 2

On December 30 2011 05:34 Hossinaut wrote:
Dear Blazinghand,
How do your points relate to the point that the OP was bringing up? How would you respond to his post? Would you say that its important, as someone that isn't going to make waves with a new style of play, as someone that is looking to improve, to play and use non-standard play? Would standard play be better for doing these things in your mind, as long as he takes into account *how* some current trends will affect standard play?

On December 30 2011 09:58 Blazinghand wrote:


Oh my Point was mostly that there does exist legitimate nonstandard play at the high level. As far as the op goes it looks like the guy wants to improve but his main goal is to have fun while doing so. All this and more is possible with nonstandard TvP. That being said a transition back to standard later would necessitate a difficult readjustment in his micro and macro unless he also practices standard regularly. Standard may be the quickest and most complete way to improve but those do not qualify it as "best" unless those are the chief standards by which you measure. Add in a subjective standard like fun and things get substantially more complicated.

On December 30 2011 16:00 theonlyshaft wrote:
Jinro is known for his banshee/sky terran play in a lot of match-ups, but mixes it up with bio. I'd say you absolutely can mix things up. I wouldn't even worry about %s... just find which maps suit which style best, and abuse the shit out of it.

Hope the session the other night helped you btw

On December 30 2011 16:13 Hossinaut wrote:
Theres no reason why you can't mix in non-standard play if you're primarily practicing standard play. Specifically if you're specifically trying to have fun or blow off steam. :D

The only thing that I would recommend is to do plenty of thinking about how lessons learned in one style transitions to the other and vice versa. Inevitably, there are similarities and lessons that you can draw from.