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Gandariel · 07-17-2012, 10:19 AM

Hey everyone. Just got the game. (three days ago)
I had already played starcraft 1 a few times, years ago. no real experience, i used to lose the basic AI :P
Anyway, i watched some HuskyStarcraft games (cause they're funny), and i tried a few times playing vs the computer.

I started with Terrans (sounded easy, marines/maruders, stim, siege tanks) but then switched to Protoss because Warp gates are SO AWESOME (Both in terms of utility and sheer AWESOMENESS)

Anyway, i did my placement games and ended up in Silver league. (won 2/5).
Now i've played some games, i won 5/10 of them more or less.

(Two of them might be considered cheating though, since i just got three Void Rays as soon as i could and then went and killed the enemy Zerg base :P). *

Anyway, i think i'm pretty much ok. My usual strategy is four-gate, or maybe Colossi. Haven't used Templars yet, i'll try them.

AND after this introduction, what i'm actually asking is some general tips.
What exactly do i hotkey?
What are good strategies against Terran, Protoss and Zerg?

One thing i tried once (and actually worked) was send a worker at a random spot, completely away from me and the enemy, build a base and only use it for mining. Is that too big of a risk? not many people usually check every single place every single time..

* Actually i tried that three times and once it didn't work because of multiple queens and Spore crawler =(

07-17-2012, 10:19 AM	Top - End - #469
Gandariel Bugbear in the Playground Join Date: Sep 2009 Gender:	Re: Starcraft 2: 8 Medivac drop Hey everyone. Just got the game. (three days ago) I had already played starcraft 1 a few times, years ago. no real experience, i used to lose the basic AI :P Anyway, i watched some HuskyStarcraft games (cause they're funny), and i tried a few times playing vs the computer. I started with Terrans (sounded easy, marines/maruders, stim, siege tanks) but then switched to Protoss because Warp gates are SO AWESOME (Both in terms of utility and sheer AWESOMENESS) Anyway, i did my placement games and ended up in Silver league. (won 2/5). Now i've played some games, i won 5/10 of them more or less. (Two of them might be considered cheating though, since i just got three Void Rays as soon as i could and then went and killed the enemy Zerg base :P). * Anyway, i think i'm pretty much ok. My usual strategy is four-gate, or maybe Colossi. Haven't used Templars yet, i'll try them. AND after this introduction, what i'm actually asking is some general tips. What exactly do i hotkey? What are good strategies against Terran, Protoss and Zerg? One thing i tried once (and actually worked) was send a worker at a random spot, completely away from me and the enemy, build a base and only use it for mining. Is that too big of a risk? not many people usually check every single place every single time.. * Actually i tried that three times and once it didn't work because of multiple queens and Spore crawler =( __________________ Check out Camp Archimedes, a (slightly homebrew) mercenary camp full of interesting units. A great addition to any campaign (in my very biased opinion) Last edited by Gandariel : 07-17-2012 at 10:21 AM.