EPTIf you'd like to find a trainer/trainee, fill out the below:
ID: BULLDOZERRR.hooha
Looking for: Trainee
Server: USA
Status: Currently unoccupied
League/points/record: Platinum/1650/54-37
Contact: Mic and webcam, can use vent and skype.
Matchups: pvt, zvp, tvz.
Other: Any other credentials, information, etc.
Discuss financial matters over PM's. Update your status if you do not want more PM's.
In the current condition, there is little incentive for coaches to actively find trainees. If you want coaching, take some initiative. I will try to address this problem in an improved thread.
Important
Hot Bid closed the last thread due to people bickering. Arguments were centered around uninformed Trainee's being taken advantage of. I have compiled a list of safeguards for beginners. Included are the things I agree with. If you have any serious disagreements or would like to add, please PM me before you respond.
Beginner Trainer's guide
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Just my two cents on the training issue: I don't really think people should be paying for lessons at this point in the beta. Wait until the game has established itself for a bit, first. The only real benefit of "gosu" training sessions, IMO, is that you get to make connections with the top players, and thus have better practice partners who might be willing to discuss strategies and practice timings.-Saracen.
Good mechanics is what makes the difference between being copper and being platinum. Of course build orders and strategies play an important role, but if you have solid mechanics you can easily stay at the platinum level regardless of how much they tweak the units. So teaching a copper player how to macro/micro/scout properly and whatnot and giving them the general unit counters can easily bring them up to gold or platinum.
- Kantutan
Being a good player is often correlated with being a good coach. However, there are also players with experience in teaching (Gosucoaching). People with experience teaching will probably be much better than those without. Remember those with reputations have more at stake than those without. - paraphrased Louder
There are many free resources to learn how to play. If you spend a lot of time practicing, watching replays, reading threads, discussing strategy, most likely you will eventually understand how to play this game.
Here are a list of resources I have compiled:
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Newest pro replays
http://www.sc2win.com
http://www.gosugamers.net
-Use TL to your full advantage: livestreams, Strategy discussion, Tournaments, practice partner thread
Problems and solutions for thread
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Communication in this thread is not working as well as I'd hoped. I've only gotten 4 PM's and I have the benefit of having my information in the OP.
Why is the Practice partner thread working out so well and this thread isn't? It's clear there are a lot people who'd like to find coaching and a lot of people who'd be willing to coach given some sort of compensation. We saw the latter from the response to iNcontrol's training camp thread.
Why I think it's not working
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It doesn't make very much sense why a coach would actively look for someone to coach, given that there is no listed compensation. Likely everyone assumes that nobody is willing to pay anything.
Beginners likely expect that coaches will demand an exorbitant fee. All of the recent argument about how "nobody should pay for help with a video game" probably didn't help.
The result is that nobody talks to each other when in fact there are probably many coaches willing to help for little to no compensation and many beginners who desperately want help.
The fact that the thread usually isn't at the top of the forum page makes it harder for people to find the information.
My proposed solution -copied from my most recent post
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I'm trying to create a system where anyone who wants coaching (whether or not they are willing to pay) can find the person who is able and willing to coach, given that this coach exists on TL.
I'd like to create a new (better organized) thread, with only coaches posting their information. They will post their fee, which will be a proxy for their opportunity cost. Being able to compare their fees with other coaches will ensure that the fees are a good proxy.
Beginners looking for help will be able to search the thread for a coach they like.
Why is the Practice partner thread working out so well and this thread isn't? It's clear there are a lot people who'd like to find coaching and a lot of people who'd be willing to coach given some sort of compensation. We saw the latter from the response to iNcontrol's training camp thread.
Why I think it's not working
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It doesn't make very much sense why a coach would actively look for someone to coach, given that there is no listed compensation. Likely everyone assumes that nobody is willing to pay anything.
Beginners likely expect that coaches will demand an exorbitant fee. All of the recent argument about how "nobody should pay for help with a video game" probably didn't help.
The result is that nobody talks to each other when in fact there are probably many coaches willing to help for little to no compensation and many beginners who desperately want help.
The fact that the thread usually isn't at the top of the forum page makes it harder for people to find the information.
My proposed solution -copied from my most recent post
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I'm trying to create a system where anyone who wants coaching (whether or not they are willing to pay) can find the person who is able and willing to coach, given that this coach exists on TL.
I'd like to create a new (better organized) thread, with only coaches posting their information. They will post their fee, which will be a proxy for their opportunity cost. Being able to compare their fees with other coaches will ensure that the fees are a good proxy.
Beginners looking for help will be able to search the thread for a coach they like.
