Starcraft II Megathread V.1 'Hell, It's About Time' - Games

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23837035]Oh okay with speedlings. I was gonna say, banelings aren't so great against marauders[/QUOTE] Always assume something else is there for the cleanup, what kind of tard makes a ball of pure banelings haha. :P

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;23836693]A zerg player that knows how to micro can rape bio. Speed upped banelings > bio ball.[/QUOTE] If a terran nows how to do more then 1a, 2a he can survive fine. If you are going mmm its not hard to survive it. Marauder only take 20 dmg from a baneling, banelings do 20(+15 light). You have your armored meat shields in the front with marines behind. Remember, against on a food-to-food basis marines out dmg mauraders. They have nearly double the rate of fire. A good micro technique is to pull your marines in different directions. Bio is hard to pull off vs zerg. Mech is significantly stronger, but makes you less mobile so only works on some maps. Vikings are great, siege tanks are great, survive that long to have a much better chance. Cheese isn't hard to stop if you scout it or at least see it coming.

Muliplayer is much more fun than in Starcraft 1. Any tips for getting better?

Cheese has nothing to do with anything we're talking about haha. Zerg shouldn't just be attack moving the blings in to the bio ball either, which is why I'm saying properly microed. If terran splits rines or pulls rines out of the marauders all you have to do is run (well, roll) the blings past the marauders while speedlings mop up marauders, and then split the blings with the rines. [editline]08:28PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Communist Cake;23838912]Muliplayer is much more fun than in Starcraft 1. Any tips for getting better?[/QUOTE] Watch replays and play a lot. When you get your ass handed to you, watch the replay and see where you went wrong.

What do you think I should add/remove? [IMG_thumb]http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/pdkm931/Starcraft%202/Plattform_13_1.png[/IMG_thumb] Happy to setup a download if you want it :buddy:

I recommend people new to the game watch [url=http://blip.tv/file/3732340]Day[9] Daily #132 - Back to Basics.[/url] Day[9] is a great commentator and explains a lot of key ideas you need to remember when playing. Is my money low. Am I getting near to supply cap, if so build more (overlords, supply depots, pylons) Am I building workers. He also goes into how your APM will rise if you just keep your list in mind, how to set up hotkeys so they are efficient. ex 4A is better then 1A because you press both keys quicker. Also that when you make hotkeys, actually use them later in the game. How to train yourself to always shift click you workers when building back to mining. In most low level games, accuracy is more important then APM. Remembering your mental list will raise your APM because you will do all that needs to done.

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[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;23839165]I recommend people new to the game watch [URL="http://blip.tv/file/3732340"]Day[9] Daily #132 - Back to Basics.[/URL] Day[9] is a great commentator and explains a lot of key ideas you need to remember when playing. Is my money low. Am I getting near to supply cap, if so build more (overlords, supply depots, pylons) Am I building workers. He also goes into how your APM will rise if you just keep your list in mind, how to set up hotkeys so they are efficient. ex 4A is better then 1A because you press both keys quicker. Also that when you make hotkeys, actually use them later in the game. How to train yourself to always shift click you workers when building back to mining. In most low level games, accuracy is more important then APM. Remembering your mental list will raise your APM because you will do all that needs to done.[/QUOTE] Watch that damn episode!

The AI in this game is so incredibly predictable. I set two AI vs each other and made myself observer. It turns out that they had the same build order. So the AI decided to finally try to attack each other and they moved their troops at the same time out of their base. The only reason why the AI lost was because the other AI sent out his 1 second faster than the other. So once the AI's were about to destroy the other AI's base, the one who got attacked first would send his troops immediately back to deal with the problem at the base, making him lose.

[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;23839165]I recommend people new to the game watch [url=http://blip.tv/file/3732340]Day[9] Daily #132 - Back to Basics.[/url] Day[9] is a great commentator and explains a lot of key ideas you need to remember when playing. Is my money low. Am I getting near to supply cap, if so build more (overlords, supply depots, pylons) Am I building workers. He also goes into how your APM will rise if you just keep your list in mind, how to set up hotkeys so they are efficient. ex 4A is better then 1A because you press both keys quicker. Also that when you make hotkeys, actually use them later in the game. How to train yourself to always shift click you workers when building back to mining. In most low level games, accuracy is more important then APM. Remembering your mental list will raise your APM because you will do all that needs to done.[/QUOTE] Thanks, I'll watch this!

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How do you play custom games? I'm new to all of this...

Multiplayer > (on right side) Join Custom Games

How would one go about transferring save files to a new computer when he installs it?

[QUOTE=G71tc4;23840918]How would one go about transferring save files to a new computer when he installs it?[/QUOTE] Access your battle net account on Starcraft 2?

[QUOTE=G71tc4;23840918]How would one go about transferring save files to a new computer when he installs it?[/QUOTE] Documents\StarCraft II [QUOTE=StratoVirus;23840943]Access your battle net account on Starcraft 2?[/QUOTE] saves.

Watching that Day[9] Mental Checklist video, it's actually really enlightened me. I now realize why I always end up with 6000 minerals and 3000 gas and a blown up base. I am always focused on one thing, I never have a checklist, I'm just doing what I think I need at the time. [editline]11:30PM[/editline] It is extraordinarily difficult to micromanage 3 expansions and multiple buildings cranking out units, then dealing with them while keeping tabs on your enemy and taking advantage of your economy.

[QUOTE=Godrek;23841333]It is extraordinarily difficult to micromanage 3 expansions and multiple buildings cranking out units, then dealing with them while keeping tabs on your enemy and taking advantage of your economy.[/QUOTE] That the difference between a decent player and a good player.

[QUOTE=Godrek;23841333]It is extraordinarily difficult to micromanage 3 expansions and multiple buildings cranking out units, then dealing with them while keeping tabs on your enemy and taking advantage of your economy.[/QUOTE] That's basically all of Starcraft summed up

[QUOTE=G71tc4;23840918]How would one go about transferring save files to a new computer when he installs it?[/QUOTE] They're in my documents.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23842104]That's basically all of Starcraft summed up[/QUOTE] I know, and it's actually really fun when you do it, because you can tell when you have clearly outplayed your opponent. Will anyone here actually critique my replays if I post them?

Making maps in the editor is very easy, but that damn Data Editor was a nightmare at the beginning. I know how to make a completely new unit from scratch now, but it's still a really unnecessarily long process. Also for tutorials: [url]http://www.sc2mapster.com/api-docs/tutorials/[/url]

[QUOTE=Godrek;23842420]I know, and it's actually really fun when you do it, because you can tell when you have clearly outplayed your opponent. Will anyone here actually critique my replays if I post them?[/QUOTE] Sure, I'd look at one or two

^ Thanks for the tutorials.. been looking for some.

Like, tomorrow [editline]04:03AM[/editline] Because I have to sleep

[QUOTE=Godrek;23842420]I know, and it's actually really fun when you do it, because you can tell when you have clearly outplayed your opponent. Will anyone here actually critique my replays if I post them?[/QUOTE] Post them. I love watching replays.

[QUOTE=pdkm931;23839042]What do you think I should add/remove? [IMG_thumb]http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/pdkm931/Starcraft%202/Plattform_13_1.png[/IMG_thumb] Happy to setup a download if you want it :buddy:[/QUOTE] Looks good, maybe you could add a bit more variation to it with doodads (I haven't tried the space station tileset, but there should be a few doodads you could add). [editline]08:07AM[/editline] [QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23836883]they won't have any yet I'm sure since corsairs and lurkers and such don't exist but I can't wait for them in the future [editline]09:04PM[/editline] Woah you can set unburrow to autocast. OF THIS I WAS UNAWARE[/QUOTE] I don't know about the other races, but Zerg have Lurkers (and their Lurker's Den too) and Scourge in the game, just not added to the Drone and Larvae Morph To ability (they even have their own buttons ready).

[URL]http://www.filefront.com/17174985/awesdom.SC2Replay[/URL] A terran replay of mine (My Second game) [URL]http://www.filefront.com/17174987/zergwin.SC2Replay[/URL] Zerg replay (Third game) A big problem I have is spending money, I can never spend money fast enough because I always have too little gas, through the zerg game I realized I had so much minerals I could expand more so I did. Also the big fight in that zerg one, I goofed up big time. I frantically unburrowed them all at separate times, but luckily I had more upgrades than him I think, and numbers. In the Terran one, I think I did very well at figuring out the enemies strategy early on in the game and countering it throughout. Also my sweet 2nd nuke in there. All in all I think I'm doing pretty well as this is the first RTS I have ever liked/been good at.

[QUOTE=acds;23842477]I don't know about the other races, but Zerg have Lurkers (and their Lurker's Den too) and Scourge in the game, just not added to the Drone and Larvae Morph To ability (they even have their own buttons ready).[/QUOTE] I knew they had scourge but was not aware of the lurkers

Oh and if anyone has any replays of their own I'd love to see them for learning and what not, I've decided to start playing random for a while now so race doesn't matter.