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On October 14 2012 11:42 whodogg wrote:
Thank you Jak!!! I am having a blast with this system! I am using 4.2.2 I feel there is something MISSING! I have added a level 1.5 for Micro/Multitasking. Essentially, this is Level 1 with micro. The reason I feel this is needed is because I have been 50/50 on the ladder (Silver) with level one, but, I have lost some games just because I was not allowed to Scout/Micro my zealots. I would have won FOR SURE if those options were available. Replays available on request. I would like to feel I have truly explored all the options with Zealots before moving on to level 2. Could we please have a 1.5 level?
Thanks!
Good to see you're having a good time! I'm definitely thinking about bringing back the "old level 2" which would be a micro/multitask level for the mineral only units. Thanks for the suggestion.
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On October 11 2012 05:11 JaKaTaK wrote:
@frito, good idea, as far as the info section, It would make it a bit cluttered. We'll have a website up for that soon (hopefully) But until then, where do you think this text could go?
well i was expecting the text to be in some description in the link to the triathalon videos.
like here:
http://www.twitch.tv/thejakatak/b/335468065
EDIT: oh snap you added a little description, now i know! nice and short too! thanks
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Hello Jakatak. This is a really good thing you're doing and I respect you a lot for putting in the time and the effort. This community needs more people like you. Keep up the good work. 
With that said, however, I feel your youtube channel needs to be made a lot more accessible. There are two big problems I've noticed:
1) you should make separate playlists for zerg, protoss, terran, etc., as it is right now it's hard to find what one is looking for because everything is thrown onto the same pile.
2) the vids are just plain not accessible. They are all too long and contain a lot of loading screens, boring earlygame where nothing is said, etc. and I feel that'll be offputting to most players. As it is right now, if I was a beginner without a clue as to who you are or what your system is (say, I accidentally found it on youtube, or clicked a forum link) I would see some guy playing a race, only making basic units, not saying much, and beating noobs for an hour. I probably wouldn't watch more than one or two matches (say, 30-40 mins).
Which is why you should make a bunch of 15-30 min episodes where you narrate all the most important stuff and show it being done in practice. This way, a total noob who hasn't read the TL threads, who is just googling "zerg tactics for beginners" in hopes of finding something useful and understandable, will watch this short video, get the general idea of what it's you're all about, try it out, and then dive deep into the rest of the material if they like it. Put these episodes into the FEATURED page and chances are you'll be getting your message across a lot easier.
Filterstarcraft did this splendidly. Check out the first episode of his Bronze To Masters series. Notice how the name of the clip is effective and self-explanatory (when I have returned to the game and was a bronzie, it instantly caught my attention) and how he explains exactly what he's trying to do in the first 40 seconds of the clip + the example game starts immediately. Note the easy-to-understand benchmarks and the general focus of his vids.
I hope this helps and I hope I didn't sound too harsh. What you're doing is really great and I'd really like to see it succeed. Good luck! :D
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@Giganthrax
Thanks a lot for the advice.
1) Definitely.
2) I'm not 100% sure what you are talking about. Are you talking about the videos where I play, or the old Quest of a Noob Show? Maybe the live stuff isn't fit for youtube, and its better to have short tutorial videos on youtube? Can you link me to the video you watched so I can better analyze your critique?
Thanks again, I need as much of this kind of critique as possible so that I can improve.
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You should put aside guides and tutoring for a while and grind ladder hardcore. Took a look at your vods and your mechanics/decision making was way off. You obviously have the patience and are pretty good at helping others but your own ranking is hurting you imho.
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On November 18 2012 01:38 desRow wrote:
You should put aside guides and tutoring for a while and grind ladder hardcore. Took a look at your vods and your mechanics/decision making was way off. You obviously have the patience and are pretty good at helping others but your own ranking is hurting you imho.
Definitely agree, I'm working on it as hard as I can right now. I appreciate the advice man, thanks :D
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I'm getting in some more time to do video work, so we should have more videos for both TheCore and TheStaircase making their way to YouTube in the next few weeks. Also, I'll be working with ReelSurfer to create some highlight videos of past Triathlons and FFA/2v2v2v2 of the day's. This is the first one.
http://reelsurfer.com/watch/share/21135
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Recently came back to the game and decided to change to Zerg. I've got two issues.
A) I begin to float a lot of minerals at around ~50 food. But I don't think I'm analyzing my replays correctly in order to pick up what I'm doing wrong. Are there any resources you've made for general replay analysis?
B) If the game goes for awhile I just can't spend minerals fast enough (On level 1 Zerg). Just played a game where I expanded to 5 bases, throwing down spine crawlers, don't have saturation on a few bases, multiple macro hatches, throwing zerglings away, but still can't seem to keep minerals under triple digits. I guess this probably ties into point A, but I just can't seem to burn the cash quick enough once I'm on 3+ bases.
Thanks again, getting a lot out of this method.
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Its important to know whether you need 3 or 4 queens. If you are running a more larva intensive comp (like ling only). You will definitely need 4. If you can't spend your money, we have to figure out why before we can fix anything. There are a multitude of causes that may be preventing you from spending your money:
Larva
Supply
Mechanical Spending Ability.
The first 2 are pretty self explanitory, either you are getting supply blocked too much to be spending your money, or you don't have enough larva to spend it.
By Mechanical Spending Ability, I mean that all the conditions for you to spend your money are in place, but you can't seem to spend it quickly enough.
What do you set your control groups as?
What hotkey layout are you using? (standard, grid, TheCore, etc)
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Thanks for your response. I think my problem must be that I'm not hard enough on myself with injects and supply blocks. I find myself thinking 'well that was only a little bit off', but it's obviously impacting my overall game play. So I'll be more critical of the points you raised when reviewing replays.
In regards to layout, I'm using Chameleon. TheCore looked a bit overkill for me to start off with, and so far Chameleon has worked fine for me. F-S-Hold Z and voila, ling city.
EDIT - Got home and played a game. Reviewed the replay over and over, making notes. If someone is bored enough to watch a terrible replay I'd appreciate knowing if I'm making the correct notes.
http://drop.sc/283297
- Supply block at 68, bank goes to 1k
- Over 80 food, hard to keep under 1k - looks like I'm slow on using lava
- At around 98 food I'm on top of using lava, but can't stay under 1k
Seems like my biggest errors were between 60-80 food, but at 98 food I just couldn't spend money quickly enough and that's what I'm puzzled about. The injects were sloppy at times, but all in all I think they're improving. And there's silly things like rally points and not taking drones off gas, but I'm more concerned with spending minerals.
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Your Order for Makro > Strategy > Micro might be right for Protoss and Zerg but as Terran if you dont start microing like a boss in plat you will have a bad time. Terrans need to micro the shit out of the opponents in order to win a game no matter how good the macro is, If we run into a storm or banelings or get everything fungaled we are just dead so I think for terrans micro is more important than strategy. As long as you marko and micro well as a terran you can get high diamond or master and start working on strategies from that point on. I am a high eu Master terran and it took me a long time to ralize that mechanics for terran need to be much better than for the other races in order to compete, but give the biggest room for improvement, and theirfore the biggest potential.
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It has been a long time (7+months) since I wrote that OP and I have learned a lot since then. Right now I'd say Macro>Micro>Strategy. I'll be rewriting the OP when I have the time, but for now I'll at least fix that little bit.
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6 hours a day, 7 days a week dont you have a work? Or do you make your income from Starcraft?
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On December 12 2012 03:38 all3z wrote:
6 hours a day, 7 days a week dont you have a work? Or do you make your income from Starcraft?
i saved my money, so i have enough until may.
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On December 11 2012 19:23 Puritas wrote:
Your Order for Makro > Strategy > Micro might be right for Protoss and Zerg but as Terran if you dont start microing like a boss in plat you will have a bad time. Terrans need to micro the shit out of the opponents in order to win a game no matter how good the macro is, If we run into a storm or banelings or get everything fungaled we are just dead so I think for terrans micro is more important than strategy. As long as you marko and micro well as a terran you can get high diamond or master and start working on strategies from that point on. I am a high eu Master terran and it took me a long time to ralize that mechanics for terran need to be much better than for the other races in order to compete, but give the biggest room for improvement, and theirfore the biggest potential.
Bomber in the recent IPL went crazy with macro. Yes, he lost all his armies in the field, but he had another one right at home ready to wear down the zerg - all while expanding.
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On December 12 2012 03:42 JaKaTaK wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2012 03:38 all3z wrote:
6 hours a day, 7 days a week dont you have a work? Or do you make your income from Starcraft? i saved my money, so i have enough until may.
Ahh, i see thats nice 
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Working on Some non-TheCore and non-TheStaircase stuff in addition to streaming every day. Check out these videos for Optimal Settings :D
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We're starting a new show at TheJaKaTaK called TheStuffLeague, check it out:
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I'm loving TheStaircase and the core. they are helping me improve my macro and game understanding massively and i'm already seeing huge improvements. i strongly advise anyone having problems with improving to give these a go. What do you think?
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We've been putting up a lot of new videos in the Tips & Tricks playlist on youtube. Here's the latest:
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