Hey Bronze Player! This is how you improve ^_^

stOrpse

United States175 Posts

April 23 2011 16:24 GMT

The best thing that any newbie player can do for themselves is to constantly make units, supply, and workers and watching Day[9] and other VODs/Replays. I was a Bronze players 2 months ago and I reached Platinum and am consistently beating Diamond players now by listening to Day[9]'s old BW mechanics podcasts and RTS theory VODs and watchings Streams/Replays of progamers.

Every new player should check these out http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Day(9)_Podcasts specifically the MECH Series, General Game Theory Series, and Hallmarks of Expert Play Series. Although these discuss SC:BW, they still provide the essentials of SC knowhow that remain present in SC2.

Another things that new players need to do is watch VODs, Replays, and Streams. Seriously, if you watch tons of SC2, then your game sense and understanding of game dynamics will improve significantly. When I watch progamers play, I constantly ask myself, "Why did he do that?" even for the tiniest things. I do this because I find that the overarching game plans and details of their build that high level players do are easier to copy if I identify them explicitly and give them thought.

After all this observation, you should just go ladder! Relax about losing and just realize that when you get better, you will know it because you'll be winning 80% to 90% your games and you WILL be promoted.

green.at

Austria1459 Posts

April 23 2011 16:30 GMT

Relax about losing

thats the main point, not only for bronze players.

Chef

10810 Posts

April 23 2011 16:35 GMT

I don't think it's possible not to improve no matter what you do if you are a bronze. This is kind of like telling a 5 year old how to grow taller.

stOrpse

United States175 Posts

April 23 2011 16:37 GMT

On April 24 2011 01:35 Chef wrote:
I don't think it's possible not to improve no matter what you do if you are a bronze. This is kind of like telling a 5 year old how to grow taller.

Haha yes it is true that anyone will eventually get better, but these are ways to significantly improve your rate of learning. It's like teaching a kid learning to read his letters instead of making him learn them himself 8)

Chef

10810 Posts

April 23 2011 17:28 GMT

Maybe. I kind of gather that bronze in SC2 is basically like having 15-30 APM in BW. It's not really strategy that is the problem in that case, it's just not being used to/proficient with the interface yet. It's like telling a kid about the complexities of team strategy in ice hockey before he learns how to skate without falling. At that level you can basically tell a person to do anything but the significant increases in performance are just going to come from gaining the fundamental skills needed to play. I think people will get out of bronze a lot faster if they just learn how to use hotkeys and what the buttons do.

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