i use to but i moved to Irvine for school -.-

i know people who go there though. maybe if i go visit them, i can go see you and praise you and your awesomeness

Judeau

United States11 Posts

May 27 2010 08:52 GMT

#5968

loving the day[9] gifs haha! That silver league protoss match you talked about up'd my game a lot. thxs!

Skvid

Lithuania751 Posts

May 27 2010 09:03 GMT

#5969

hey Day[9], your casts are really informative but they i noticed that you dont comment much on the control groups as far as army management goes. I never played BW seriously and because of this i really find it hard not to fall for 1 control group syndrome, it would be awesome if you gave this issue a little bit attention, like saying a tip here and there on how get accustomed to controlling few groups of units at once, especially positioning your units right before big engagements.

Or is there nothing much to say about this and the only way is just doing it and making a habit out of it?

guitarizt

United States1492 Posts

May 27 2010 09:18 GMT

#5970

He comments on it in some older eps. Usually if I ghost emps a ton of units or something. He talks about positioning in the older eps too. I remember in one of the last few eps there was a zvt on metalopolis and terran micro'ed his rines nicely by the gold expo to evade some banelings. He talked about over micro'ing units in yesterday's daily.

Skvid

Lithuania751 Posts

May 27 2010 09:56 GMT

#5971

Yea i didn't said that he completely ignored cutesy micro stuff going on, he does mention the nice stuff from time to time but i felt like he could do it a bit more.

So far the best tip i've heard from him considering positioning before big battles, and maybe even the best tip for micro overall was (and i'm sure this will sound like a no-brainer for BW players) this:

To make a perfect arc you send your full group to the right'ish part of arc, when take the back and send it to the left side and then send the middle of the group to fill up the middle. (or was it left and right? well doesn't matter really)

...I've been implying this ever since i've heard it and it works like a charm.

But let's say its TvZ and my opponent goes banelings when i have the standard marine marauder composition, i find it incredibly hard to keep marauders up in front. Do i need to do the same arc formation but with 2 different groups? Then how am i supposed to do that because i cant exactly box-select them seprately... i don't know maybe i sound like a retard with all this pondering, but i really find it hard (mainly because i don't have the balls to experiment on this stuff during a game) to think of the most optimal mechanics to perform best micro. So i guess what i'm asking for is some more step-by-step guidance.

torfteufel

Germany86 Posts

May 27 2010 10:00 GMT

#5972

day9, how on earth are you able to watch replays having a working minimap? i do did love watching replays weather it is just myself playing or top tier players. but now its kind of pointless

please tell me there is a simple workaround/fix to solve this, please let it be this simple.
if it involves "naughty things" you have to do for blizzard employees ill pass for now

ps: if anybody knows sth pls share your knowledge

edit: i am in contact with blizz atm. will post solution to appropriate thread if found...

Skvid

Lithuania751 Posts

May 27 2010 10:54 GMT

#5973

^
He loads the replays by drag dropping them on sc2.exe. I just tried loading a recent replay and the minimap was there. If i load the same replay normally the minimap is black, so you might want to try out this method and see if that helps. Just make sure you load the latest patch replay, old version replays don't seem to work atm.

Talic_Zealot

688 Posts

May 27 2010 11:31 GMT

#5974

Just to state the obvious..
Day [9] rocks!
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Yeah!

btlyger

United States470 Posts

May 27 2010 11:55 GMT

#5975

Where do people keep getting these GIFs from, I need to start making a collection.

dbelok

5 Posts

May 27 2010 12:28 GMT

#5976

Hey Day9 - just learned about your vids a few days ago and it has already massively improved my game.

I remember you mentioning that you are looking for a sponsor, and I have an idea for you in the meantime while you're searching.

That silver game analysis was such a huge hit because most of your audience is going to be around that level of play.

You could charge individuals for a review of one of their personal games, instead of just pulling a random silver replay from the net.

1) You'd be getting paid for your effort (and you deserve to)
2) Traffic would increase, because even though the silver level players enjoy watching the great players fight eachother, the real improvements come from the analysis of other amateurs. I.E. I never really realized that the ~5seconds my drone is running to build that building was significant, and that he should already be in position the second I have resources ready.
3) Every customer you have will be further secured into your audience in the future.

Just a thought. Depending on your price, I'd be willing to be your first customer.

Shoot me a PM or whatever if you want to talk more.

Surrealz

United States449 Posts

May 27 2010 12:35 GMT

#5977

dbelok, as day mentioned in one of his previous episodes, he wants to GIVE to the community, not take from it. Although such a service would be awesome, it just seems a little too much like a business kind of thing. Let us not forget that day9 is simply a knowledgeable member of this community who supplies an amazing webTV show. Not to mention he will make way more money if he just gets a real sponsor (and with the amount of people who LOVE this show I'm fairly certain he can get such a sponsor).

Just my 2cents though

beetlejuice

Turkey68 Posts

May 27 2010 12:37 GMT

#5978

omg the last 8 minutes of last episode was hilarious.

sen's super fast gas opening obviously blew day9's computer away.

it was a very funny mess :D

dbelok

5 Posts

May 27 2010 12:59 GMT

#5979

Surrealz - supply and demand

In a way, we pay with our time every time we watch that ****ing 711 commercial before a blip cast (pick the green one and turn the sound off IMO). If he finds another sponsor, it will be similar.

If he opened up his reviews of mid-low level players for free, he'd have a list 129847139 games long and no incentive to do it.

Supply and demand. He's a great commentator and great player. People will be willing to pay for his time. I'd be more eager to load up a mid-level analysis that was paid for by a player, because I know Day9 would put in the extra effort to help a paying customer.

It would at least be worth a trial. Maybe a short "special review" series to test it out. 5 games for 50$ to the first players who apply. I can almost guarantee all 5 spots sell in a day.

Axonn

Croatia288 Posts

May 27 2010 13:33 GMT

#5980

Day will we see any Brood War games in your dailies or you have stockpiled enough replays for whole upcoming crisis?