StarCraft II protips
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Jonny Two Shoes
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When me and 3 of my mates play we constantly lose and it stresses the heck out of us. It usually results in total raging over skype about who listened to who about whatever happened 
they get so bummed lol.
Problem is we keep losing on the bronze league and can't seem to figure out why. We know all the basic strats and builds and what to do and we have been practicing for quite some time now and still get owned so bad....like before we have even massed any decent sized tier 2 units the enemy Protoss dude already has a whole army of Colossus coming over the hills to annihilate and there is just sudden silence over skype, like we all going wtf,
.... lol.
It got so bad yesterday that I could have sworn the opposition was cheating coz I looked at their build order and they by far had more Hydralisks owning us than what their combined build orders told me. So I saved the replay and gonna study it but wishful thinking, we probably just got owned horribly once more
Fair enough we do win some but the current ratio is like 0.3 to 1 and mostly because we are faced with complete noobs who can hardly get a secondary base going haha. We keep going back for more punishment though
they get so bummed lol.Problem is we keep losing on the bronze league and can't seem to figure out why. We know all the basic strats and builds and what to do and we have been practicing for quite some time now and still get owned so bad....like before we have even massed any decent sized tier 2 units the enemy Protoss dude already has a whole army of Colossus coming over the hills to annihilate and there is just sudden silence over skype, like we all going wtf,
.... lol.It got so bad yesterday that I could have sworn the opposition was cheating coz I looked at their build order and they by far had more Hydralisks owning us than what their combined build orders told me. So I saved the replay and gonna study it but wishful thinking, we probably just got owned horribly once more
Fair enough we do win some but the current ratio is like 0.3 to 1 and mostly because we are faced with complete noobs who can hardly get a secondary base going haha. We keep going back for more punishment though
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to0kenZA
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When me and 3 of my mates play we constantly lose and it stresses the heck out of us. It usually results in total raging over skype about who listened to who about whatever happened
Problem is we keep losing on the bronze league and can't seem to figure out why. We know all the basic strats and builds and what to do and we have been practicing for quite some time now and still get owned so bad....like before we have even massed any decent sized tier 2 units the enemy Protoss dude already has a whole army of Colossus coming over the hills to annihilate and there is just sudden silence over skype, like we all going wtf,
It got so bad yestarday that I could have sworn the opposition was cheating coz I looked at their build order and they by far had more Hydralisks owning us than what their combined build orders told me. So I saved the replay and gonna study it but wishful thinking, we probably just got owned horribly once more
Fair enough we do win some but the current ratio is like 0.3 to 1 and mostly because we are faced with complete noobs who can hardly get a secondary base going haha. We keep going back for more punishment though
Dude, yesterday I played a 2v2 with a friend and we built quite fast, had scouts all over the place and we had quite a nice force, but then I scanned their base and the okes had like 300 carriers.... They attacked us with that only and raped us. Let's just say that was the last game we played for the day :/. I just can't seem to get the hang of this game in the slightest.
I decided it was time for an attitude change. Just play the game for fun, not to try and get points or wins. Just play and learn from my mistakes. Well, that isn't working out for me either because as I said, I just can't seem to figure out how I'm being raped so hard every time. Sometimes your mistakes are obvious, like expanding too early or not countering properly, but most of the time. for me, it's just like "WTF! How?!". Kinda getting over how much I suck at this game.
frank007
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You cant just stay at your base and build up your army. you need to get out there and attack with what you have asap. Not a rush really. Maybe just go with a harrasment of there scvs or probes etc. without that they can get cash and without that they cant build units. I am not the best player but it works for me. you have to watch your replays and see what the other player did to beat you and adapt your strat. You cant really use same strat for every game you play. Practice practice practice.
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This is such a fun game, be open to new ideas and new strats. Remember that team games can be harder to master because they can attack your weak points with several armies. Communicate properly with team mates.. don't all build the same unit. Learn which units counter which.
Do the challenge missions as well.. I couldn't get the gold on "opening gambit" and I became so obsessed about figuring it out that my macro improved hugely. Watch replays and tutorials, there are plenty of people like Husky and Day 9 who give great tips about game play.
I played a 3v3 last night where my team mates were getting owned and 3 times I had to come to their rescue, after which I thought they were probably going to bring bigger armies the next time round and crush us.. but it turned out my macro was a lot better and I was able to re-inforce a lot quicker than them. What an epic game. Several times I thought of quitting but I stuck in there and had this amazing feeling of achievement at the end.
Keep playing, it takes a while to get good at this game.
Fivel
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If I recall correctly, I own the "I suck at SC2 crown" as you handed my @ss to me a number of times.
I may be to old by then
frank007
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I think that i played you in that game last night. I will watch the replay tonight. haha. i was the one with the void rays.
to0kenZA
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If I recall correctly, I own the "I suck at SC2 crown" as you handed my @ss to me a number of times.
I may be to old by then
Lol dude
Ok fine, I might have beaten you a couple of times, but that's only because we both are noobs and I just happened to be a teeny bit better
I know it's all about practising, but it just feels like I'm not getting anywhere at all. It's like I just cannot get to that "Ooooh, NOW I get it!" stage with this game. I know there's a lot more to it than just trying to get better as it's such a deep game with so many ways to play, but damn... Discouraged much
No matter what I do, I get owned hard. And everytime it seems as if I'm miles behind my enemy in every aspect, whether it be resources, army size, micro managing, macroing- you name it!I actually made a mission to learn some of the units, learn what they counter and what they're bad at. Did all the challenge missions etc, but it's not helping! OMF how frustrating! Lol, but I guess I'll practise some more when I'm ready to take my head out of the sand again. I'm really scared to play those guys out there. They're right about one thing though, this is a psychological game, for sure.
Couldn't have been, enemy army was 2 protoss (orange,purple) and 1 terran (yellow) going mass stalker bio ball.
Btw, have you guys played many custom games? You should try income wars, it's pretty fun. 2 teams of 3 where all you do is choose which units to select that spawn on the battlefield every 30 seconds or so. Depending on which units you choose and how many are alive at any given point determines how much income you get at next spawn. You need to slowly build up to more expensive units and outsmart your opponent and destroy the CC. This is a great way to drill into your head which units counter which (with a lot of help from menu > terran/zerg/protoss units)
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Shamrock
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Actually the way the game is structured is very clever in that if you lose 5 times in a row you'll play much worse opponents. It's goal is to have you constantly held at a 50% win ratio.