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M@v

Subarashii!
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I'm so baaaaddd now lol. Well, its mainly due to the fact I went to a 15.6" laptop screen to a 23" widescreen LED. Its super trippy and I have no idea what mouse sensitivity to use. It feels like I'm either not able to be accurately enough because its too fast, or the mouse is way too sluggish on screen. I still know everything and in terms of tactics I haven't rusted; its just my apm has gone to complete and utter **** :)
 

Kenrawr

Smash Master
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thats what happened to me too when i got my last screen. just keep playing at the same sensitivity loland youll adjust naturally. i love my new screen now.

:phone:
 

Fortress | Sveet

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i dont remember having an issue switching to my new screen, which is odd because its completely different. I had an old box clunky monitor, but for xmas i got an HDTV that works perfectly as both a monitor and a TV for my xbox and such. I think i played a lot of mass effect and some other games before finally switching to SC2, which helped.

Fyi i changed my character code in my tourney app on the last page. Didnt realize it changed with my name change
 

Walt

Smash Ace
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Not that it matters but my friends and I were the ones who threw the beach balls into the crowd after game 1 of Boxer vs MMA at MLG Anaheim yesterday.
 

Walt

Smash Ace
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Yep. Also when we threw the balls the first people that they hit didn't do anything, they just held them instead of toss them around. I yelled "throw the beach ball you ****ing ******" really goddamn loud at the guy on my side of the crowd and it wasn't until someone ran up, grabbed it from him and threw it that they started bouncing.
 

sakuraZaKi

The Ultimate Sore Loser ♡
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taeZaKi
3DS FC
3754-7545-6675
Just started getting into this game last week, lol. Just started trying to learn all the hotkeys.

I have no idea what I'm doing, D;, but I'm having a lot of fun. Haven't enjoyed an RTS this much ever since I played... SCI as a kid, lol.

Any tips for me?
 

Zankoku

Never Knows Best
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Look up the bare-bones opening and practice making stuff.

Where the numbers before are your supply count when you should start building it, and until you become super-high-level you should ALWAYS be making SCVs/Probes/Drones,
it's something like
10 Supply Depot
12 Barracks
13 Refinery
15 Orbital Command
15 Supply Depot
15 Marine
for Terran,

9 Pylon
10 Chrono Boost your Nexus
12 Gateway
14 Assimilator
16 Pylon
for Protoss,

6 F10 N
Zerg's builds are race-matchup specific unfortunately.
 

Fortress | Sveet

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nah you can do 15gas/14pool against every race

also 14hatch/14pool against every race, but against P and T i like to be a little greedy
 

Overswarm

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You can't do 15 gas / 14 pool against Terran unless you're doing an all in >_>
 

Fortress | Sveet

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why not? you can, you just can get away with more econ while still staying safe so its not efficient
 

Zankoku

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Okay, signups from now until the end of Friday, August 5, then.
Character Name.Character Code / Race / Map Ban Vote

Most voted one or two maps get cut from final map pool.

Bel'Shir Beach
Crevasse
Crossfire SE
Dual Sight
Metalopolis
Tal'Darim Altar LE
Terminus SE
Xel'Naga Caverns
Xel'Naga Fortress
Just checking, is that supposed to be Terminus RE or SE?

cDgSveet.438 / Z / Xel'Naga Caverns
Irony. As your Sc2 playing ability dies, mine lives again after 3 months.

Sign me up for the tourney. I need a way to beat the rust off me before I attempt to ladder again.

Mav.945
Terran
Diamond
(Can I get back to you on map ban? I've barely played any of them XD)
Pakman.484 / Terran / Tal'Darim Altar LE
This is all I've got so far. If we don't get at least 8 I'll just have you guys play a round-robin.
 

AltF4

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I can't play this weekend. But otherwise I'm golden. I've already forgotten what character code I am, too. But it's "Alt" for the name.

So I'll play as long as it's alright to be gone this weekend.

And I don't really care about maps.
 

LAW2222

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so i just got this game a few days ago and im pretty awful cause i never really play rts games
is there a place with nice beginner info for a new player like me or a video showcasing things i should be doing?
and also, what are the pros/cons of each race so i can choose one to stick too
 

Zankoku

Never Knows Best
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Round Robin gogogo

Start with either a map you both agree on or Metalopolis. If you take issue with that offer a better neutral starting map.

HarpKing // Conflictz.748
M@v // Mav.945
Pakman // Pakman.484

Nashun // gritnashun.348
Roman. // fycROMAN.268

AltF4 // Alt.354
Sveet // cDgSveet.438


Bel'Shir Beach
Crevasse
Crossfire SE
Metalopolis
Tal'Darim Altar LE
Terminus SE
Xel'Naga Caverns
Xel'Naga Fortress
 

Zankoku

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Pretty sure forcing to start on a map that someone downvoted isn't a great plan lol.
 

HarpKing

Smash Rookie
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so i just got this game a few days ago and im pretty awful cause i never really play rts games
is there a place with nice beginner info for a new player like me or a video showcasing things i should be doing?
and also, what are the pros/cons of each race so i can choose one to stick too
youtube casters

hd starcraft
husky starcraft
ftw broadcasting
day 9 tv

theyre really great for strats and everything, and if you play terran, ill help you out a bit
 

HarpKing

Smash Rookie
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so who am i playing, or is it play all the other players and report scores, ill be on tonight for a match, if anyone wants to play
 

M@v

Subarashii!
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Might be able to play tonight. My computer is having booting issues and I want to get it figured out. I think it might be the power supply.

(I can get it on; it just takes 2-3times to do it >_>)
 

Fortress | Sveet

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I'll be on tonight, PM me here and i'll reply quickly. The PM sends me an email, and gmail notifies my phone almost instantly.
 

LAW2222

Smash Journeyman
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youtube casters

hd starcraft
husky starcraft
ftw broadcasting
day 9 tv

theyre really great for strats and everything, and if you play terran, ill help you out a bit
thanks for the help and the offer but i dont really like terran
so my next question: who are the best players for each race that i can watch matches of?
 

rhan

Smash Hero
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Done with boot camp. Will be back on Starcraft later on in the week.

So ready to get back into practice.
 
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