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MrSexington
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 02:40:37
July 13 2011 02:15 GMT
#1
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I'm 28 years old and have been a member of TL for nearly a year (as you can see from my post count). I was a casual player in SC1, but up until now I've only been a spectator. In April 2011 I finally purchased a copy of SC2, but other than completing the single player, I just left the game alone... until last week.

Beginning last week, I've been getting the itch for some casual Starcraft 2 action in the name of the Swarm and so far, it's been strictly 4v4 for me. I have little interest in 1v1 and even less interest in becoming a pro. (There's room in the SC2 universe for us casual players too, right?) The point is, beginning last week, I began posting about my experiences as a brand new SC2 player through my TL blog. But unlike Blogger or Wordpress, It doesn't provide the kind of structure I wanted (like a Table of Contents). So I'm going to post that here.

In each episode, I try to keep it thematic revolving around something I've noticed in my play, my opponent's play, or the game in general. I've now decided to provide a minimum of at least 1 screenshot and 1 replay in each. And at the end of each episode, I always have a section for related questions that I need answering. (I think Episode 3 had a lot of good info about hot keys for Zergs, for example, a lot of which I've already included in my play.)

  • Episode 6: New Season, New Map - Deadlock Ridge Jul 26 2011
  • Episode 5: The Mass Queen Experiment Jul 15 2011
  • Episode 4: The Secret to Silver League 4v4? Jul 12 2011
  • Episode 3: Mass Hydra vs. Mass Voidray Jul 10 2011
  • Episode 2: A Lesson in Tech Switching Jul 08 2011
  • Episode 1: Brand New World Jul 07 2011


I'll be adding links to future episodes onto this thread as I post them.

Hopefully these episodes will be slightly entertaining and (hopefully) this will be a record of my progress through the leagues. Like I said, as I write this, I've been a spectator of SC2 for nearly a year and I've only actively been playing for under a week. (Episode 1 literally begins just after I finished my 5 placement matches, landing into Silver.)

If you see anything in my play that I can improve upon through the replays that I post, feel free to post your comments here or in the blog threads. It would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully this question and answer format will help me be a better player. Keep in mind, that I believe a lot of the question I have are a lot of the same questions many other noobs have as well. If you answer my questions as I discover them, I bet you'll also be answering a lot of other players similar questions in the process.

(It should be said that in SC1, ~75% of my games were on BGH money maps.)


Name: NinjaBob
ID: 573
League: Silver
IceSlipper
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Australia1028 Posts
July 13 2011 02:15 GMT
#2
epic paint skills
MrSexington
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1768 Posts
July 13 2011 02:18 GMT
#3
On July 13 2011 11:15 IceSlipper wrote:
epic paint skills


ty.

Let it be known that now that I actually play the game, I have the capacity to actually participate in Day9's Funday Mondays.

Let it also be know that I'm currently interested in getting a 4v4 Zerg team together and try to do the current Funday Monday.

Current Funday Monday: Zergs can only attack on creep.

Meaning, mass Queens and mass creep highways (and mass Nydus Canals)? Let me know if anyone's interested. (I don't think Day9 ever said that it had to be a 1v1 game.)
kingwillie
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1 Post
July 13 2011 02:25 GMT
#4
Hey there buddy, I play 4s almost exclusively now. Message me in game, TerranRush.936 - if you're down to game in an hour

I registered because I saw your tag. UO was the SHIIIIIT back in the day. BaGooK!
MrSexington
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-13 03:38:04
July 13 2011 03:22 GMT
#5
On July 13 2011 11:25 kingwillie wrote:
Hey there buddy, I play 4s almost exclusively now. Message me in game, TerranRush.936 - if you're down to game in an hour

I registered because I saw your tag. UO was the SHIIIIIT back in the day. BaGooK!


I'm guessing ("TerranRush") you don't play Zerg? (Just a guess.) I think I'm in the mood to lose a bunch at 4v4 with a Zerg only team to try and complete a Funday Monday tonight (while listening to State of the Game). Any other Zergs interested?

PS: And yeah, UO was great. I won't explain too much about it in this thread, but you can visit my really small fan site here.


edit: Just looked at your profile and you're a random player. Looking for 2 more zergs!
MrSexington
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1768 Posts
July 16 2011 01:07 GMT
#6
I posted episode 5 last night: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=244154

But more importantly, I'm still looking for 3 zerg partners who want to try and tackle this week's Funday Monday. We'll probably lose a lot before we win. I'll probably on and off all night long tonight, so just contact me on TL or in-game if interested.

This week's Funday Monday: Zergs can only attack on creep. Day9 didn't say it had to be 1v1, so I want to try it 4v4.
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