Hi guys. Just got a new PC and SC2. With no prior experience with SC2 and just little bit of SC1 play time back in those days, how do I get started? What's the best online resource where I can read about how to become good in the multiplayer game? For these resources, are there any mobile friendly sites?
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ElyrionX said:
Check out Day9 and his dailies, some of the episodes are labeled "newbie" and such.
Other than that, I suggest playing games on the ladder, don't worry about your rank and such, its very flexible. Watch the pro's play and learn a few opening build orders, and you'll pick it up faster than you think! Teamliquid is also a great community site, which has links to pro-streams as well as a forum specific to SC2.
FieryBalrog
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If you're generally new to RTS and/or Starcraft, you might also want to check out the single-player challenges. They do a decent job of introducing skills and concepts which are relevant to multiplayer play.
Day9 has a channel on youtube.
Day9 has a channel on youtube.
ElyrionX said:
Welcome! since i am very very bad I think I should share with you the advice I have, so you can build on that and be better.
your main priorities when playing: Build more workers, constantly building workers.
never queue up tooo many units.
build more workers + supply depots (pylons / overlords)
dont worry about harrasing with a small group of marines or anything fancy, just get those barracks building marines, then A click to attack, and go back to macroing! more drones! more scvs! more more mooooore!
TheThunder
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That explains them getting a mediocre korean protoss I guessQ8D3vil said:
If this is true, is he gonna be still allowed to live in the oGs house ?
pieatorium
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Yeah and he's in code S which is like winning 4th place at MLG every month as long as you don't fall down to A so it's probably easier money for him to stay.
Vaporak said:
Or they pay him huge salary to stay in korea and Code S and get publicity to EG that way. They even might let him stay in TL house depending on what terms he leaves. I can see him leaving in a good terms because I doubt EG wants to be in a war with TL. They use their site quite a lot.
Edit: Massive hit on TL's fanbase wat?
mescalineeyes
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for 6 figures a year I'd switch gender.
TheThunder
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6 figures ?
don't you need to actually win everything you enter and be absolutely dominate before you can get there...
Lucky guy if true
don't you need to actually win everything you enter and be absolutely dominate before you can get there...
Lucky guy if true
TheThunder
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I doubt anyone thought it was his monthly salary, he's not a CEO of some big corporation.V_Arnold said:6 figure must mean yearly salary, obviously, imho.
6 figures is still huge even yearly for someone of huk status and current achievements.
Flash makes about 250K yearly to put it into perspective.
fanboi said:
i'm not knowledgeable in the area, but I imagine it's very cheap advertising compared to other campaigns. every interview with idra he plugs intel and razor.
same reason pepsi is sponsoring the GSL. keeps their name out there for a low cost compared to a national TV spot.
AdventureRacing
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How are they expecting to actually make money from this move?
That salary range is staggering, as said Huk hasn't actually accomplished anything. I don't get SC2/most online games financial sense at all really though.
The IPL got 10-20k viewers season 1 on first broadcast and 6-15k for S2 for example. How do those numbers justify $50k prizepool is beyond me. Especially since the majority of viewers aren't unique across the season.
NASL more reasonably had 15-20k viewers a lot of season 1, and ~90k for the final (50-60k for most of the lesser finals though). But still $100k...
Then you add profit to both those mixes.
I don't get it :x
Only thing I can think of is that advertisers/sponsors vastly over value the online audience. Because traditional TV advertising is sooooooo much cheaper per unique impression from rates I've seen, despite supporting million dollar productions.
The IPL got 10-20k viewers season 1 on first broadcast and 6-15k for S2 for example. How do those numbers justify $50k prizepool is beyond me. Especially since the majority of viewers aren't unique across the season.
NASL more reasonably had 15-20k viewers a lot of season 1, and ~90k for the final (50-60k for most of the lesser finals though). But still $100k...
Then you add profit to both those mixes.
I don't get it :x
Only thing I can think of is that advertisers/sponsors vastly over value the online audience. Because traditional TV advertising is sooooooo much cheaper per unique impression from rates I've seen, despite supporting million dollar productions.
AdventureRacing said:
read the post above yours
Striek said:
GSL gets a lot lot more views than that, and for GOM to be putting it on, let's not forget they are number one a media player company, and their media player has seen a HUGE influx of users since the GSL started (it's constantly on the top downloads on download.com)
192,865 downloads last week
(that was more a justification for the costs of the GSL than the sponsorship of huk
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-korean/teams/212_Incredible_Geniuses
what the fuck tlpd trolling?
what the fuck tlpd trolling?
GSL probably does quite well, don't know if it's true but someone said on reddit that due to the leak it was revealed that there was like ~300k people that had bought at least one ticket.
IPL/NASL on the other hand is pure SC2 bubble, I expect they'll both shutdown after a few seasons when VC money runs out.
IPL/NASL on the other hand is pure SC2 bubble, I expect they'll both shutdown after a few seasons when VC money runs out.
Yeah thats definitely hyperbole. He won DH, come 3rd at the NA BNET Invitational and did a bunch of stuff last year.Mairu said:
I just don't see the justification. Being in Code S is still impressive of course, but its kind of stale at the same time if he doesn't progress to at least the Ro8.
Edit: ^^I forget subscription fees. That makes more sense.
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