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//: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |OT4| Everyone Else Would Beat Catspajamas
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Silphonica
Banned
I've just watched the redbull battlegrounds archives from quarterfinals and onwards and the turnouts of the audience was amazing. Much larger than MLG and I assume GSL would be bigger. So I have a question.
As a newbie, how viable would it for me to aim towards trying to compete at a competitive level? I have little experience with RTS games as a whole, but by watching the videos I feel like I already have some sort of a direction that I would want to be heading.
I do however have quite a bit of experience playing FPS games at tournament level (Halo 3, placed highly at many Scottish events making me one of the top 5 players in Scotland. Made mainstage at an EU FFA, and placed mid-level at 4vs4, making me roughly within the top 30 in EU rankings) which i feel gives me experience in understanding a game and tackling it's learning curve very effeciently, and not crumbling under any pressure or losing sight of my direction due to tilt.
The question really being, in over a years time from now will the SC2 competitive community still be going as strongly as it is now, would that time I invest in aiming to being able to compete be for nothing?
Also, what are the main EU and USA SC2 communities should I spend my time around?
Thanks x
As a newbie, how viable would it for me to aim towards trying to compete at a competitive level? I have little experience with RTS games as a whole, but by watching the videos I feel like I already have some sort of a direction that I would want to be heading.
I do however have quite a bit of experience playing FPS games at tournament level (Halo 3, placed highly at many Scottish events making me one of the top 5 players in Scotland. Made mainstage at an EU FFA, and placed mid-level at 4vs4, making me roughly within the top 30 in EU rankings) which i feel gives me experience in understanding a game and tackling it's learning curve very effeciently, and not crumbling under any pressure or losing sight of my direction due to tilt.
The question really being, in over a years time from now will the SC2 competitive community still be going as strongly as it is now, would that time I invest in aiming to being able to compete be for nothing?
Also, what are the main EU and USA SC2 communities should I spend my time around?
Thanks x
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
This I think would be the biggest factor in stopping you from going Pro so to speak, you can definitely reach a competitive masters/grandmasters level with no previous RTS experience but you won't be winning tournaments unless you dedicate your life to this game.
IIRC FPS rely most on reaction speeds and coordination. Starcraft is a game of pure repetitive mechanics and decision making with very limited information. I personally don't believe the skills (besides the pressure and nerves) would transfer very well.
Starcraft: Brood War came out in November 1998 and was only recently killed off, so I don't think Starcraft is going anywhere soon. I just want you to realize though, if you plan to make money from e-sports, you're already doomed to fail. You need ridiculous amounts of passion and dedication to stand a chance even in the foreign scene.
TeamLiquid.net I guess. Learn strategies, start a stream and try to get popular like that (though basically everyone is doing it so you're in for some competition.)
Hope that helps.
I think Tashi hit Gold for a brief spell but he stopped playing I think.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
A good chunk of us are just waiting for HoTS to come out before we start the whole ladder grind again. Perhaps I'll be able to hold off a 111 for once with the mothership god cannon.
Silphonica
Banned
I haven't quite made my decision yet, as to whether or not I'll want to start that venture, but yeah that helped, thanks a lot. How many starcraft leagues and tournaments are there at the minute?
Big ones? A couple, like GSL, MLG, IPL.
However there are a lot of smaller ones that go on. If you check the list of streams on TeamLiquid during the day you can see what Im talking about.
Something that might interest you is a site like playhem.com, where they have a fair amount of small daily tournaments for various levels of skill.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Dont be hating on Euros! Dreamhack is big and starts next weekend ^^
Yes, sorry. Was blanking on Eu tourneys outside of Homestory, which didnt seem feasible to fit into that group.
Silphonica
Banned
Will it be streamed?
I'm from the EU, so that's my main target. Travelling to the USA afterwards is not out of my range though.
Awesome, cheers dude.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Yep. European times, but it will be streamed.
This is the previous dreamhack when a swede won it in his home country.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I think my MMR reset, I'm too scared to ladder ;____;.
win 5 in a row: retire as a diamond.
Silphonica
Banned
Yep. European times, but it will be streamed.
This is the previous dreamhack when a swede won it in his home country.
Look at the turnout, amazing. The multitude of streamed events that are everywhere, this is the kind of competitive community I want to be a part of, and theres an event this weekend.
I'm so fucking pumped.
It's like you know me.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I'm not sure I CAN win 5 games in a row, at least in my current form. Bronze,Silver are free wins, Gold players, I need to somewhat try against, Plat is 50/50, and I can beat diamond players very rarely.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Been some epic Starcraft tournaments
Watch this one from Brood War in korea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aw-42JO3qk
Fucking full airplane hangar of people.
or something like this, again korea
EscapingJail
Member
Assuming you don't own the game.
Try Starcraft 2 for free
https://us.battle.net/account/sc2/starter-edition/
See if its for you.
=D
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Yeesh playing games after a long break is interesting.
First game a PvP in which I forget my cyber for a moment and its super late...lulz lose
2nd game I went FFE when I have never really practice that style before. Moved out against stephano type roach build and realize i have 0 sentries....lulz lose
3rd game, i became my boss toss and destroyed this terran with my 3-3-1 protoss chargelot/archon/storm army! Actually felt good because I prevented some drops ...lulz win
First game a PvP in which I forget my cyber for a moment and its super late...lulz lose
2nd game I went FFE when I have never really practice that style before. Moved out against stephano type roach build and realize i have 0 sentries....lulz lose
3rd game, i became my boss toss and destroyed this terran with my 3-3-1 protoss chargelot/archon/storm army! Actually felt good because I prevented some drops ...lulz win
Yeesh playing games after a long break is interesting.
First game a PvP in which I forget my cyber for a moment and its super late...lulz lose
2nd game I went FFE when I have never really practice that style before. Moved out against stephano type roach build and realize i have 0 sentries....lulz lose
3rd game, i became my boss toss and destroyed this terran with my 3-3-1 protoss chargelot/archon/storm army! Actually felt good because I prevented some drops ...lulz win
Haha, I'm really bad with this, I only have to stop playing for like a week before I start getting real rusty, just messing up basic builds, completely forgetting upgrades etc.
Tried playing as Zerg again and I'm obviously super rusty. Lost my placement match, got placed in Platinum. Lost my next 3 matches and won a ZvZ against a Silver league player which somehow magically bumped me up higher than my initial placement in my league. Called it a successful night and logged off
Hey everyone!
I have been trying to get back to at least spectating (GSL Code S at least), but I am really interested, have there been any public matches shown by pro SC:BW players like Flash, or is that time still far far away? And if yes, can anyone link me some of those for me? (not the replays, but some commentated stuff )
I have been trying to get back to at least spectating (GSL Code S at least
), but I am really interested, have there been any public matches shown by pro SC:BW players like Flash, or is that time still far far away? And if yes, can anyone link me some of those for me? (not the replays, but some commentated stuff )Hey everyone!
I have been trying to get back to at least spectating (GSL Code S at least
all the proleague games are on youtube in korean or english casted through pokebunny/sayles stream archive.
Hey everyone!
I have been trying to get back to at least spectating (GSL Code S at least
A bunch of the KESPA players played in an exhibition bracket at MLG this last weekend. VODs are here: http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/events/17-spring-championship#1424
TheDrizzlerJ11
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BabeSlayer
Member
Is that real??
TheThunder
Member
The top placing north american at an american lan is 28th...
I was all about keeping the competition open to everyone and not prohibiting certain nationalities from playing just because you suck too much i.e. the TT1 "solution", but maybe MLG needs to do a couple of NA exclusive areans or something similar because the american scene is beyond pathetic giving that they have the biggest resources/money out of anyone by far .
I was all about keeping the competition open to everyone and not prohibiting certain nationalities from playing just because you suck too much i.e. the TT1 "solution", but maybe MLG needs to do a couple of NA exclusive areans or something similar because the american scene is beyond pathetic giving that they have the biggest resources/money out of anyone by far .
shake beat selecT in TSL4 qualies.
foreigner scrubs battleing it out.
according to the image up there; selecT is korean.
practices like an american
what i mean is; select beat crazymoving but kZvfT is still somehow 100%
PhoenixDark
Banned
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Genius left team MVP. Now where else am I gonna get funny Genius/DRG gifs! ;;
EvilGeniusesGenius?
ComplexityGenius?
I'm going to guess he's joining complexity since their other Korean pickups have been Terrans who haven't been doing well recently so maybe they've decided to pick up a Protoss and their previous arrangement with MVP means they probably still have a good relationship with the MVP coach to make these kinds of deals
ComplexityGenius?
I'm going to guess he's joining complexity since their other Korean pickups have been Terrans who haven't been doing well recently so maybe they've decided to pick up a Protoss and their previous arrangement with MVP means they probably still have a good relationship with the MVP coach to make these kinds of deals
shake beat selecT in TSL4 qualies.
Our shake?