Thank you so much for doing this Jak. Its hard to find good/noob friendly information on the mechanics of SC2 so this is truly a game changer for me. After discovering this and remarks protoss specific keybind thread, I feel like i can now dive into SC2 without ladder anxiety and have clear small goals that will keep it fun and stress free. Keep up the great work!

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

December 31 2012 04:07 GMT

#423

So glad TheStaircase has helped you out :D

Cognak

United States7 Posts

January 01 2013 03:18 GMT

#424

Hey Jak im starting TheStaircase tonight and im trying to enter my first set of data on spending Q and it seems to not be working. I entered 60 for my goal and average unspent 1496 with collection rate of 1061 (I know bad right) and it wont start my graph. Do you maybe know why it would not be working?

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 01 2013 03:20 GMT

#425

Hmmm.... I'm not sure. I'll ask Wraithan the next time I see him. He checks this thread sometimes too, so he might be able to help you out.

Cognak

United States7 Posts

January 01 2013 03:29 GMT

#426

Cool man thank you.

TheLeeMan

1 Post

January 04 2013 00:59 GMT

#427

I'm getting the same problem as Cognak, whenever I enter values into the boxes and click submit, nothing gets inputed or graphed.

EmSc Tv

Poland209 Posts

January 04 2013 01:19 GMT

#428

ok , this is funny. Just did step one for Terran and I won 4 placments in HOTS. Hello Platinum league!
But after getting to diamond in WOL with Zerg and Toss this might help with my terrible makro terran

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 04 2013 02:44 GMT

#429

Ahhh, the power of macro

EDIT: I just tested it on my end and its working fine. Maybe its a browser issue?

Cognak

United States7 Posts

January 04 2013 03:12 GMT

#430

What browser are you using Jak? Im currently using chrome and its not working. I just tryed IE and it won't even hardly load the webpage. Only text really. Hmm

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 04 2013 03:16 GMT

#431

On January 04 2013 12:12 Cognak wrote:
What browser are you using Jak? Im currently using chrome and its not working. I just tryed IE and it won't even hardly load the webpage. Only text really. Hmm

I use Chrome too... so I don't know what it could be.

Salient

United States876 Posts

January 04 2013 04:20 GMT

#432

Jak, did you really leave your job for SC2 training? I hope you can find a way to monetise it!

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 04 2013 04:48 GMT

#433

I think it would be more accurate to say that I left my job, to lower the barrier of entry into Sc2.

Strater

12 Posts

January 04 2013 14:27 GMT

#434

im currently starting to practice again, and i just got used to the core, thanks for that, its awesome ! And i wanted to try this map too, since i used trainers anywayy, is this map avaiable on the eu server ? or will it be in the future ?

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 04 2013 20:11 GMT

#435

It should be available on HotS and EU as well

Keep in mind, that this isn't just a custom map, you can play it on the ladder as well, and to great effect :D

KazYami

United States5 Posts

January 05 2013 14:17 GMT

#436

Hey JaK I was wondering about the unspent goal for HotS, honestly it seems a little high. I was noticing in WoL that I'll be on 4 bases and have an unspent of like 450-500... is 200 per base maybe a little to high/easy to hit?

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 05 2013 16:32 GMT

#437

For now, its the best we can do. Because its non-linear, we'd actually have to have a different number unspent for each base situation. What I've been doing is estimating my average income using the graph in the last tab of the score screen and calculating SQ that way. I'll put that in the document :D

guruPanda

Germany32 Posts

January 05 2013 20:30 GMT

#438

Hey, I really like this and definetly am going to try it, I have two questions though:

Does it really make sense to do ALL of the steps on the ladder? I mean, in Plat or Diamond I don't think you can win with only zealots, especially in the macro-section. So how is this intended: Do you mean for us to play every game on the ladder and just not care whether we lose right now (that's obviously possible, but if I set my goal high and need some time to acquire the mechanics, hence need a larger number of games to accomplish the steps necessary to get to the steps where I will win games again, this will probably mean at least one demotion)? Should we do the macro ones without micro/multitasking in customs?

The second question is wether you conisder scouting, watching the minimap and mapcontrol/awareness not mechanics, because that's something that isn't in the system yet. I could see that in there though, e.g. make a requirement for a successful game in the higher leagues that at no point there is an attack from the opponent (excluding harassment in the lower leagues) or a tech the opponent acquired that you see the first time as you engage it in combat.

JaKaTaKSc2

United States2787 Posts

January 05 2013 23:18 GMT

#439

1: I suggest doing whatever you like. I think playing on ladder is more fun, but if you want to do something else, it won't hurt your training very much. Use your own judgement.

2: there aren't really ways to quantify scouting, watching the minimap and mapcontrol/awareness. I think these things are less important than Macro, but are still part of mechanics.

guruPanda

Germany32 Posts

January 05 2013 23:23 GMT

#440

I Have the problem with spendingq, too btw, the problem seems to be that the graph only goes from -1 to one on both axis, therefore doesn't show the values. No Idea how to fix it.