Starcraft A breezy day at the Hive

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• A breezy day at the Hive
• Artosis moment
• Top25 KR GM Protoss looking for team!
• Bomber and Super join new team GP
• PiG Freudian Slip Round 2
• sOs' pro recall
• Should i start playing SC2?
• IntoTheAlphaX Pro Circuit Group C - Astrea, TY, Solar, and TRUE. Live now with Creighton!
• sOs pro recall 2.0 (headphone warning)
• Taeja is his name!
• The Rough Diamond, my life of Starcraft 2 by Aggy
• How HeroMarine Really Plays SC2
• Macbook w/ Touchbar users: Is there a way to map the fn key to ctrl key
• Master 3 Terran ladder, and providing some free / very cheap coaching to you guys ! (Quickest way : follow + watch ~1 hour. You'll be able to send in a replay of yours).
• If you were to re-play SC1 campaign nowadays, could you play with the classic graphics or would you go with the Remaster every time?
• So heres the thing....
• 20+ mins game make my heart go turbo mode
• The second Cheeseadelphia Online qualifier is Saturday! Get signed up today! Free and open to all regions!
• sOs is currently offracing on stream while Stats is backseat gaming
• Diamnondback or Cyclone?
• ASL S9 Ro.16 Day Three is Live
• selfcrosspost

A breezy day at the Hive Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:28 AM PDT submitted by /u/Halakahiki [link] [comments]

Artosis moment Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:55 PM PDT submitted by /u/HeavyMetalFinland [link] [comments]

Top25 KR GM Protoss looking for team! Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:25 AM PDT Disclaimer: I am not Chance - I am posting this on his behalf, as he is super motivated to find a team and so far he isn't lucky in that regard. He is great and fun player, so if any team manager is looking for fresh blood or somebody knows a team that may be interested, just write to the man! -------- Hi, my nickname is Chance and I am high GrandMaster on Korean server looking for team. You may have seen me in lots of online tournaments. I am around top 25 GM w with 6.3K MMR and my aim is to qualify for GSL. But I need help, I need team! https://twitter.com/SC2Chance/status/1240232706312560641 ​ I am practicing super hard since I came back from military service and as you can see on my Aligulac I made huge progress. I have also spent about a month living in teamhouse with NoRegret, PtitDrogo, SortOf, Astrea and others to prepare better for upcoming qualifications. So far in 2020 I have won 5 online tournaments and have a winrate of over 70%. I plan on attending every major qualifications. ​ https://preview.redd.it/3s59t4xr29o41.png?width=675&format=png&auto=webp&s=b109fbf253b726d6ca500cbddca68feefc6fc19b In short: - high GM with ambitions to qualify to GSL! - ex-Prime member (participation in 2013-2013 GSTL / Proleague) - military service done! - Streaming often ​ You can contact me here: discord: SC2Chance#5101 skype: sunnyccw1 or send me message on twitter: https://twitter.com/SC2Chance my stream on twitch.tv: https://www.twitch.tv/sc2chance submitted by /u/osax_nymloth [link] [comments]

Bomber and Super join new team GP Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:56 AM PDT submitted by /u/TripleIVI [link] [comments]

PiG Freudian Slip Round 2 Posted: 22 Mar 2020 05:56 PM PDT submitted by /u/scttooo [link] [comments]

sOs' pro recall Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:06 AM PDT submitted by /u/tongmyong [link] [comments]

Should i start playing SC2? Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:18 AM PDT I always spend hours watching tournaments of SC2 but i never play. (These days i ve bien watching the IEM Katowice 2020 and super GLS 1) For me, it really seems like a hardcore Game, very difficult, with a lot of timers to take in account, multitasking, build paths and micro ,which seems pretty damn difficult, even though the pros make It look like a Child could spread the marines like that. The question is, should i give It a try? Or its too late? Campaign first then jumping on the ladder? Thanks all submitted by /u/Ocelot921 [link] [comments]

IntoTheAlphaX Pro Circuit Group C - Astrea, TY, Solar, and TRUE. Live now with Creighton! Posted: 23 Mar 2020 01:58 AM PDT submitted by /u/Daven2ude [link] [comments]

sOs pro recall 2.0 (headphone warning) Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:33 AM PDT submitted by /u/Gemini_19 [link] [comments]

Taeja is his name! Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:13 PM PDT submitted by /u/Lugex [link] [comments]

The Rough Diamond, my life of Starcraft 2 by Aggy Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:10 AM PDT After ten years of playing Starcraft 2 on and off, I have finally achieved the rank of diamond. Before you scoff at this, and say that 'anyone can make diamond by cheesing', I want to make the point that cheese was never part of my repertoire and I wanted to mostly macro and 'play the game' for the enjoyment of it, not MMR. In the spirit of Day9's Life of Starcraft speech, I would like to relate to you what I have learned from the game and why I think starcraft and starcraft 2 will go down as a chess-like masterpiece in human competition. Lesson 1: You must take responsibility for your actions. Like a Koan from Zen teaching, Starcraft 2 asks the question: 'If you compete with a different set of tools, then is it the tool that beat you or yourself'? I play Terran, and early on, I felt that Terran had it very difficult in the late game. I blamed the 'weak units' and thought that an outside influence was needed to change and balance the game to make it more fair for me. However, when I began to study my replays I saw glaring errors and misjudgments that cost me the game, not some difference in the unit stats or strategies. This applies to life in that it will teach you to account for what you do first. Can you perform better with better knowledge of the situation? Is there anything you can do to prepare better? The answer is almost always 'yes'. https://preview.redd.it/ewbr96z4l9o41.jpg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=719daab00f37997cdbd6635abfaf6ca1fe4c6614 Lesson 2: The only way to really lose a Starcraft game is to fail to gain something from the loss. Over time, I learned that studying my replays always gave me some insight into what I could do better. I noticed that the best insights came from the losses, because they were usually very important things that cost me a game. How many marines must be on patrol in the back of the base to prevent a Nydus? Can you surprise a Zerg with mass infantry in under 5 minutes? What level of tech do you need to combat a fully loaded protoss army? These were learned by losing. In life, when we do not achieve what we want we still gain perspective and the hit to the pride is much worse that anything we actually lost. Now you know Void rays are good... ​ Lesson 3: Sportsmanship is king: I was a little salty early on because of losses. I then began to make some online friends , learning that everyone struggles with the game and we are all here to have fun. This may be controversial, but I think SC2 would be just as good if not better as a fun game and not an e-sport. In my experience, money tends to corrupt the fun in any activity because people get so hyper-competitive that they forget the fun. In that respect I urge anyone to have fun first, always gg, and respect the opponent. Your opponent is not your enemy. https://preview.redd.it/x6qjr7i9l9o41.jpg?width=519&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81e41db9c73cef5a6df81c9b0f4e0504d96fa159 Lesson 4: Speed is not everything: I am an older gamer, don't want to detail my age so I'll leave it at that. I felt that having super fast apm was important because everyone tends to make a huge deal out of it. However when you look at the history of Starcraft, you will realize that spamming clicks was necessary in the original because the game would have latency issues and fail to register clicks for the competitors. For this reason, instead of issuing a single move click, players began to click 10 or more times to issue a command. This APM number was then picked up in states and somehow co-related to how 'good' the player was. I have an APM of less than 100, and if you look any typical Masters game, you will see that in Starcraft 2 you only need to have an idea of how to play and there is not benefit to mass clicking. https://preview.redd.it/i0hkteycl9o41.png?width=1897&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8c7b5dd252b7a6264a9e063ef338df9349c4121 Lesson 5: Know your opponent know yourself: In the first stages of learning the game I struggled to even keep building SCVs and making supply, and even now I occasionally forget. I began to get so focused on my side of the map I forgot there was an opponent in the game. Now, I will take into account what the opponent is doing, and this is a very important mindset. In life we get so focused on us, that we forget it isn't all about us, there are other people involved and you can't get so focused on what you are doing that you lose the big picture. ​ https://preview.redd.it/fm0omzq9n9o41.jpg?width=375&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce5c96312b6973016ee66886a023ce9a2debf304 ​ Lesson 6: The mind has limits: After about 2 hours of gaming, I have the feeling that I had after the SAT tests and it is time to stop or take a long break. SC2 is like a solo-flex workout for the brain. You must adapt and think to a constantly changing situation, and use every mental resource of motor control timing and snap reflexes. Just because you are not physically exerting yourself does not mean that you can play for long hours without tiring. You truly lose steam as the session progresses and you must pace yourself. In life, it's always important not to over-extend and know your own limits. Lesson 7: You get back what you put in: I am not a talented gamer and RPGs and turn based games are actually more my speed. That said, I told myself I just wanted to achieve diamond once and for all , and the key thing that helped me do it was consistency. I would play 1 or 2 games in the morning before work, just to be sure I did not lose my reflexes or muscle memory in the game. In life, as long as we are consistent in practice, we can go far beyond what we think is achievable by talent alone. I believe that in a year if I was to put in a lot of time consistently, I might make Master League, though I doubt I can make that commitment, but I know it is possible. ​ https://preview.redd.it/0fiyowkfl9o41.jpg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9589d30b867c46bb47e77a369312014932ec547e Lesson 8: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth: Mike Tyson was right, and if he ever played Starcraft he would still be right because this game is all about executing a plan, not theorizing. There are plenty of gamers who like to theory craft and who will always say x beats y but the catch is you must also make it happen. Control of units and practice matter just as much, enough said. https://preview.redd.it/y1p57vjgl9o41.jpg?width=302&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21aef9980e2017c4dd04f45a25d75a8501ac0bf3 Lesson 9: Fun is more important than winning : Everyone likes to win, but if you are so focused on the win that you forget to enjoy the game then you lose the beauty of the experience. This is another perspective on sportsmanship and gaining from a loss, but more, because all of this is for the enjoyment of the experience for yourself and your opponent. https://preview.redd.it/seh01p8hl9o41.jpg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99ac438b1e5ff9f839a4d929c32c07ec9850ea03 Lesson 10: Great games are never 'ded gaems': I started playing RTS games in 1991 when I purchased Herzog Zwei for the Sega Genesis, ever since then it has been my favorite genre. In 1997 I first experience online competition with Total Annihilation when I joined a clan and learned from my mates all the depth and fun of the game. There were no ranks or tournaments, just pure fun and learning. You knew players not by ranking but solely by reputation and seeing them on the MS Zone site (back in early 2000s). I foresee this game being a classic of competitive spirit, as the hardest game around it will draw players in by challenge, and lets hope the fun will last forever. GG ! https://preview.redd.it/el2pahwhl9o41.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16021aadd6153b343e3983b9df07d930ea035eb2 submitted by /u/miket2424 [link] [comments]

How HeroMarine Really Plays SC2 Posted: 22 Mar 2020 03:13 AM PDT submitted by /u/sc2renegade [link] [comments]

Macbook w/ Touchbar users: Is there a way to map the fn key to ctrl key Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:51 PM PDT Is there a way to change the fn act as ctrl key? find it super annoying to use the ctrl key as is, and couldn't find a way natively to change the functionality on the OS for Catalina submitted by /u/ConradIsMyDaddy [link] [comments]

Master 3 Terran ladder, and providing some free / very cheap coaching to you guys ! (Quickest way : follow + watch ~1 hour. You'll be able to send in a replay of yours). Posted: 23 Mar 2020 01:25 AM PDT submitted by /u/Hoshiqua [link] [comments]

If you were to re-play SC1 campaign nowadays, could you play with the classic graphics or would you go with the Remaster every time? Posted: 22 Mar 2020 02:49 PM PDT I'm specifically talking about the classic graphics as in 1.16.1, not the recent ones that you can swap to within the Remaster. It seems that the "vanilla" SC has suffered a downgrade in terms of graphics since the Remaster came out. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/starcraft/t/take-a-look-what-youve-done-to-old-graphics/978 https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/starcraft/t/why-sc-r-sd-graphics-look-worse-than-1-16-1-upscaled-to-the-same-resolution/912 submitted by /u/ChilledJumperman [link] [comments]

So heres the thing.... Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:20 PM PDT I think I probably would be bad at this games multiplayer pvp so I toyed around with the auto scaling AI. I got to medium surprisingly with a Terran Rush Build I cobbled together that essentially ends the game in 7 to 8 mins. My APM is like 24 and I see the AI is 84. Is it possible for me to learn to get better APM and have different rush build to be at least somewhat a threat in PVP? I guess I do enjoy the campaign if this line of thinking doesnt work. Any thoughts? Edit: I make tons of marines. That's pretty much it and I do it really with no backup plan and essentially ditching the base. Edit 2: won 5 :30 against Medium AI Edit 3: it matched me to a hard computer now. I think this is ok to stop for today haha.... submitted by /u/Mojay21 [link] [comments]

20+ mins game make my heart go turbo mode Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:30 PM PDT So yesterday i decided to play a whole day of sc2 while quaratine. I do think i have a good mindset, playing to improve not to win. So it was all going well even when im deep in the losses, feeling pretty good. Then after a game over 20mins of ZvT, i realised my heart is beating insanely fast and hands are slightly shaky. All the runbys and libs harass, drops base snipe made the game so hectic... I know that playing more will probably help with this problem, but after that game i decided to play league of legends. Anyone sharing this problem? submitted by /u/kingster111 [link] [comments]

The second Cheeseadelphia Online qualifier is Saturday! Get signed up today! Free and open to all regions! Posted: 22 Mar 2020 10:51 AM PDT submitted by /u/ploguidic3 [link] [comments]

sOs is currently offracing on stream while Stats is backseat gaming Posted: 22 Mar 2020 05:52 AM PDT https://www.twitch.tv/jinairsos1 stream link down here because link had been submitted a year ago submitted by /u/m_me_your_cc_info [link] [comments]

Diamnondback or Cyclone? Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:12 PM PDT If you can choose between the two, which one would you pick and why? I personally think that diamondbacks would be pretty good with hellions, though I wish they are faster. submitted by /u/RacialTensions [link] [comments]

ASL S9 Ro.16 Day Three is Live Posted: 22 Mar 2020 03:41 AM PDT submitted by /u/Purgatorypersonified [link] [comments]

selfcrosspost Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:42 PM PDT submitted by /u/Stickman_king_28 [link] [comments]

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