reapers ftw on that mission btw

Don't stress about online, you will eventually end up with a 50/50 ratio due to matchmaking so you end up winning just as much as losing regardless of skill.

Best to jump straight into the placement matches, get steamrolled 0/5 and learn a stack just by losing, get placed at 100 rank Bronze and work from there.

last edited by CHUB at 19:17:35 23/Aug/10

I learnt quite a bit from playing coop which is fun. Sometimes I accidentaly click on the competetive games instaed of going into coop and am suprised that I win those ladder games.

Play in ladder matches. When you get rolled, watch the replay and find out why, usually it is pretty obvious. Then next game adapt your strategy to resist what happened, don't build to totally counter it as that will open you up to other issues. Instead just be aware of it.

Learn to scout as soon as your able, it pays HEAPS to send 1 scv/drone/probe to check out the other guys base especially on maps where there is more then 1 start location.

Sometimes if the other guy is Terran and isn't paying attention you can attack his scv that is building a barracks or supply depo with your scout unit and destroy it before it goes up, slowing down his opening economy.

Make sure you scout around your base near the start of the game. A popular strategy in silver/gold league is to sneak a builder into the other base and build just out of sight. Protos tend to build a pylon then plasma turrets, Terran tend to build a barracks and bunker, while zerg will drop that tunnel thing.

If you counter it easily then they have wasted a bit of cash doing that and you should have the advantage, so push them. Check if they have an expansion and bust it up. If they don't, don't let them get one while you do.

Once past the early game there are heaps of options, scouting their base regularly will show you what they are building and you can counter it, try to prevent them from scouting you.

O and when playing against Zerg I've found that I have to assume they are going to zerg rush me unless my scout shows otherwise. I still have a little bit of trouble defending against a zerg rush with those little bomber bug things. I'm fine once I get out a siege tank with siege mode, but if they bust up my wall before then I've lost.


last edited by Tollaz0r! at 23:15:30 23/Aug/10

banshees, build lots of banshees

Don't forget about micro too, even at a very low level play.

Last night I was 100% sure I was done but I managed to beat 4 void rays with 4 mutas + 1 hydras only losing 1 muta, then went straight for his mineral line and got the gg.

People can get into the higher leagues with good build orders/strats but still have very low APM/micro ability so play smart and never give up.