Improving by playing campaign on brutal mode - Page 2
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battywalker
56 Posts
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DeCoup
Australia1933 Posts
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MaV_gGSC
Canada1345 Posts
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LavaLava
United States235 Posts
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MintPanda
United Kingdom19 Posts
The second issue as it has been raised plenty of times is the lack of the dimension of time. In 1v1s where timing is extremely crucial especially for races which rely heavily on timing pushes, it is essential to understand what is weak or strong or threatening at which point in time in the game. As mentioned multiple times too, if you want to practice micro there are plenty of good micro-intensive platforms such as marine split challenge or even using the unit tester with a friend to test certain compositions and testing certain composition matchups (which is really fun too). | ||
Neo.NEt
United States785 Posts
On March 14 2012 02:15 zatic wrote: Campaign is an absolute waste of time regarding your 1v1 skill. Not only will you not learn anything, more likely you'll develop bad habits and actually lower your skill. Where do you think the tens of thousands of Kerrigan portraits in Bronze come from? If anything, play 1v1 against the AI, which is actually good for practicing build timings, worker production, supply, etc. Or just man up and hit that Find Match button. ^^ I'm with that guy MAYBE you could try to argue that it's like saying, "if you want to be good at basketball you don't just play a lot of basketball games, you have to practice dribbling, shooting, etc. individually". But even if you wanted to argue that... I'd say you're better off just playing a game really focusing hard on one certain thing (spending your money, scouting, etc.) | ||
darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
not a good idea to improve, play it for fun if you like but it aint no macro trainer | ||
kaluro
Netherlands760 Posts
On March 14 2012 02:15 zatic wrote: Where do you think the tens of thousands of Kerrigan portraits in Bronze come from? Most likely? Portrait farmers. They are a real plague down there in bronze. I dont think there are any legitimate bronzies with 1000Z wins. (are there?) | ||
Vod.kaholic
United States1052 Posts
On March 15 2012 14:42 kaluro wrote: Most likely? Portrait farmers. They are a real plague down there in bronze. I dont think there are any legitimate bronzies with 1000Z wins. (are there?) I don't think he means zergified Kerrigan, he means the human Kerrigan portrait you get for beating the brutal campaign. You guys are thinking for the wrong portrait. The 1k Zerg wins Kerrigan has nothing to do with the campaign, he was just pointing out that even bronze leaguers can beat the campaign on brutal. | ||
Belial88
United States5217 Posts
Campaign teaches you how to play campaign. Not multiplayer. It's good if you are below bronze, like never played RTS, and so you beat the campaign on hard, but that's it. It's just a big tutorial. Multiplayer, on the other hand, has a lot of timings. Mirror match-up, who is producing more drones and then the big attack comes, or in any of the match-ups, how many workers and tech you can safely get before the opponent's big push, which you are scouting to see what it is. If you are bronze/silver/gold, no offense, but you are really really low level. As in, I don't think gold people know how to fully play the game yet. Like you don't understand all the unit timings, or what is possible, or what your race is capable of. You just need to play the game more. it's an extremely complex game. I'm mid-masters and I don't understand shit still. You just need to get over that ladder anxiety and just play. If you log 2,000 games, you'll be diamond. It's just a matter of how many games you play. The possibility that you might actually be good at this game only really comes into play after you've hit like high masters. Until then, everyone is just trying to play a ton of games to figure out what's going on. | ||
Sylfyre
Australia222 Posts
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dicedicerevolution
United States245 Posts
As far as the possibility of campaign being used as an alternative training method, I think zatic already made it clear; absolutely not. | ||
fighter2_40
United States420 Posts
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oOOoOphidian
United States1402 Posts
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BurningRanger
Germany303 Posts
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