EPT1. Thou Shall Not Post Thy Rank With Strategic Advice
Nobody knows how accurate advice is without knowing the qualification of the poster. Most people are comforted knowing that they are being given information by 'better' players.
It would certainly be anti-climatic to receive length advice, to try it, to find out it doesn't work and later realize that it was in fact provided by a someone from Bronze league.
State your rank first, your ladder position should reflect somewhat on people's reception to your advice and your relative skill level.
Conversely, thine advice shalt be the judge of thine advice's quality.
2. Thou Shall be entitled to post Replays Where You Win And Ask For Help
Not every game that is won is done so on your merit. A good player who wants to improve will criticize games that he has won, considering alternatives where things could have gone wrong. This is particularly important where you are trying a new build and considering whether it could be countered by another strategy. Of course, don't post replays where it is a simple two gate proxy rush or straight forward dt rush. We are talking about games like Jinro v OGS Top, where it extends to late game macro and where a number of pathways could have been taken differently to the one chosen and have led to a different result. A good player never gets too smug on winning.
3. Thou Shall Not Worry About Thy Rating
You put in the hard practice time, the gaming hours and the time on the forums reading. You've now sowed the produce of your hardwork. Why not show it off to your friends? After all, you've put in the miles and if the ladder ranking is some reflection of your accomplishments, than don't forget to mention it for credibility's sake. After all, would anyone read Kyandid post if it wasn't for his 3000+ master league ranking and his semi-professional wc3 career?
4. Thou Shall Cry 'Imbalance'
Tired of losing the last few consecutive games on battlenet? Sick of getting two rax rushed by Terran on close distances? Join the club, post on TL.net. Where nerds get together to vent their frustrations. We've all felt it before, and there needs to be a place where you can cool down from tilt and share it with your friends. After all, we all know that Starcraft 2 isn't balanced.
5. The Grass can be Greener
Some races are easier to play than others, *cough *cough Terran. But if you are a better player, you can overcome the imbalance. The quicker you accept it, the better you'll become. Or as Idra says, you can also give up your self respect and play Terran.
6. Thou Shalt Not Argue With Pros
This is self explanatory. Just as commandment one said, stating your rank gives you credibility. If masters league gives you some authority, than being a pro player gives you GREAT authority :D. This is not to say that pro-gamers can't be wrong, it just means its highly unlikely and most lower ranked players should refrain from commenting unless they are absolutely sure they are correct. But if they were absolutely sure, they wouldn't be so lowly ranked right? :D
7. Thou Shall Think Of SC2 Exclusively In Terms Of Unit Composition
Each element of SC2 needs to be thought of separately, and while mechanics are important, they are hard to teach on a forum. Here on TL, we teach you to think correctly. And unit composition, ceterus paribus is the crux of the game.
8. Thou Shalt Not Think Of SC2 Exclusively In Terms Of Counters
To be continued.... need to go out now
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