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How To Get Into Master League Series

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Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-27 20:39:32
April 06 2011 20:32 GMT
#1
Few things I'd like to note before you read this - This is NOT a quick little scheme to get master league easy these are videos focused on teaching lower league players how to improve their mechanics and eventually go up in leagues so that one day they will have the knowledge to become master league. Thank you

Hey guys so on my youtube channel I've been making a series of tutorial videos on how to improve your mechanics and play style called How To Get Into Masters League. What it revolves around is showing people how to improve their simple mechanics and styles so that they may eventually improve their play. Do not go into these videos expecting to see amazing replays or awesome new strategies these are games played by myself who is a low-mid level master league player...nothing special. Each video in the series will be focused on fundamental things that every starcraft 2 player needs to know. Eventually there will be videos that are race specific(My main account is master league terran but my smurf account is master league random)

For people who look at this and go oh well this video doesn't show zerg or this one doesn't show terran you should still go ahead and watch them. Mechanics for the most part are the same for any race you play. Every zerg protoss or terran player follow the same simple mechanics that have helped them improve their game play efficiently. But as I said above there will be race specific videos in the future.

For the people who watch these games and go holy shit this guy sucks how is he master league. Well I would agree with you that I suck but I have "mastered" the simple mechanics of this game and that is what makes me master league. I don't have super amazing micro or macro I don't have the control or speed but with these simple mechanics I will be showing you mastered I have allowed my play to reach the level of "Master league" This being said I hope you all enjoy the videos I will use this thread to update with future episodes and I look forward to hearing your guys feedback.

Also one last thing I know the video quality and sound quality is horribad but my computer kind of sucks so this is the best I can record at with a decent frame rate.

EDIT - There will be several more episodes these are not the only ones expect there to be maybe 20+ in total.
4-13 added episode 4
4-26 added episode 5

ENJOY

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How to get into masters episode 1 - Basic Mechanics
How to get into masters episode 2 - Decision Making/Replay Reviewing part 1
How to get into masters episode 2 - Decision Making/Replay Reviewing part 2
How to get into masters episode 3 - Taking Map Control/Map Vision part 1
How to get into masters episode 3 - Taking Map Control/Map Vision part 2
How to get into masters episode 4 - Knowing when to drone
How to get into masters episode 5 - Tips and Tricks for all players
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Talack
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada2742 Posts
April 06 2011 20:33 GMT
#2
Great contribution
BONE
Profile Joined August 2010
United States176 Posts
April 06 2011 20:38 GMT
#3
1 minute into this video I learned something new... Thx for posting these I will be watching them all now!
enigamI
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada385 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-06 21:40:24
April 06 2011 20:46 GMT
#4
Thanks for the post, Checking it out now

Edit: Just watched all 3. I think these videos will be really useful for players who don't have the time or patience to improve by watching the longer, more in depth analysis of, for example, Day9. These videos, particularly the first one, felt like a crash course on the subject material. While the videos don't go into too much detail, they get the points you want to make across quickly and with good repetition. I can see why you would get a lot of flak on youtube; many of the viewers are likely only used to watching pro level play and miss the purpose of the videos.

Thanks for the upload, great for anyone who wants a crash course or a quick review of the concepts presented!
DecoyOn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada45 Posts
April 06 2011 21:02 GMT
#5
Awesome thx
Candles
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom103 Posts
April 06 2011 21:26 GMT
#6
These are really useful thanks
MorNin
Profile Joined June 2010
United States443 Posts
April 06 2011 21:32 GMT
#7
Hope this helps alot of ppl struggling, Thanks for taking the time!!
sidesprang
Profile Joined January 2009
Norway1033 Posts
April 06 2011 21:46 GMT
#8
Saw the first one, one thing I did not like, it seemed to me like you always went back to base to build units and scvs. It's not really needed and you should rather look at your army imo. Only go back to base when you need to.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Tracedragon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States948 Posts
April 06 2011 21:49 GMT
#9
Thank you Zoia. ^^
It's like watching a concise Day[9]!
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lilky
Profile Joined January 2011
United States131 Posts
April 06 2011 21:54 GMT
#10
Thanks a lot for this!
Im high diamond and i still found these helpful. I love how concise they are. People like Day9 make excellent videos at all, but i just dont have the time to watch 1hr+ long videos. These are short and to the point.
Bizarro252
Profile Joined January 2011
180 Posts
April 06 2011 21:54 GMT
#11
Watched the first one, would watch the rest if I didnt have to get back to studying But looks great, looking forward to watching the rest (and spending my bonus pool that has been growing over the past few days, I was doing SO GOOD for a while
radu_c
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania226 Posts
April 06 2011 22:45 GMT
#12
Nice commentaries, keep it up.
Seohce
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom394 Posts
April 06 2011 22:53 GMT
#13
Nice contribution man, you will really help some people out with this.

Also, I lol'd pretty hard for some reason when you said "also getting concussive shell, look at that!" it was just the way you said it anyone else?
duBstar
Profile Joined July 2010
United States57 Posts
April 06 2011 22:59 GMT
#14
I appreciate your work, and I'm glad you took the time to do this.

I will probably be using this seeing as I'm still in platinum. Thanks a lot!
We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act but a habit.
Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
April 06 2011 23:41 GMT
#15
If you guys have any ideas for future episodes let me know
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Dudemeister
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden314 Posts
April 07 2011 00:37 GMT
#16
On April 07 2011 08:41 Zoia wrote:
If you guys have any ideas for future episodes let me know


You've gone through general things like mechanics, map control and decisionmaking. I think it's time to get in to specifics. Like different matchup, what usual builds are, good responses etc.
Eleaven
Profile Joined September 2010
772 Posts
April 07 2011 00:38 GMT
#17
Great contribution man.
love this new fad of everyone helping out, guides, videos allsorts
Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
April 07 2011 01:38 GMT
#18
The next episode is already done just need to edit it and stuff its about droning as zerg and knowing when to drone and when to make a force.
www.twitch.tv/starcraftsquad - Caster for Playhem.tv
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
April 07 2011 01:46 GMT
#19
looks great!
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Turgid
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1623 Posts
April 07 2011 01:49 GMT
#20
Cheese defense and matchup-specific scouting guides would probably help a lot of people.
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