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ThatGuyDoMo · Sun, 2nd-Mar-2014, 8:06 PM

thanks for the shoutout dude! so happy i can ctrl+f domo in a blog ^^

I hope you stick with T, its a hard race to learn but it will be well worth it (imo most fun race, you can be sooooo aggressive). SEA needs more terrans, I hope you become one of them and help tournament viewers SEA-wide recover from the overdose of ZvZ matches.

Also might be a good idea to model yourself off of a korean pro, like Maru

VB_Blake · Sun, 2nd-Mar-2014, 10:07 PM

Hey fede, as a general rule when you are in leagues that are below plat-diamond or even masters to an extent the most important aspect of your game is macro. An overpowering level of macro will win you games no matter how the opponent opens and what his composition is etc. This said I would cut out learning each map in depth (they will change soon im sure anyway), cut out replay analysis (for now) and cut out working on marine split challenge. If i were you (and how i learnt terran) I would find a build on that guide you have for each matchup and watch the build so you have an idea how it goes (+ write it down) and just use that build until your macro develops. I recently swapped from T to P and quickly picked up the reins of the new race and I am probably at a similar level i was with terran, after about 3 weeks. So learn the builds first and how to macro and see how long it takes you to get back to where you were as Z. Once that happens just keep playing more and try and refine your execution.

By macro I mean not getting supply blocked, keeping your spending up, good upgrade timings, good expo timings and good scouting. After the first few games start reading about how to counter cheeses and such (this relates to scouting, but only after you have an understanding of how to play a decent macro game will learning how to counter cheese be worth it). If you lose some games to cheese so be it, ideally your macro will eventually be so much better than the other bronze/silver/golders that it wont matter if they cheese you can just steamroll over it.

**Elusory** · Sun, 2nd-Mar-2014, 10:50 PM

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So the goals for this year, break into gold by the end of next season.
Win at least 1 BSG Open in the next 6 months
Get into a house clan on sc2sea

I strongly believe in you FeDe, these are really reasonable goal that you should be able to achieve once you recover. Just, please, I hope you won't have any feels of race switching in these 6 months just because you feel a race is too OP against Terran or something. Just remember as long as there is some GM Terran rocking out at Top 8, nothing's too OP. (just a bad but simple way of thinking how nothing is OP)

yuu · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 3:40 AM

yay terran

go master race

x5.Revenant · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 3:58 AM

**|Erasmus|** · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 8:03 AM

I resent the implication that bio is synonymous with terran... :/

Plottel · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 8:19 AM

I'd suggest staying off the marine split challenge until your wrist is healed, splitting at high speed puts an insane amount of stress on your wrist. Afterwards though, it'll really help your unit control as well as your general mouse accuracy and even your APM, so go for it!

I also wouldn't worry about going into too much detail about each map, they change every season and for the most part you aren't going to get any game-changing knowledge from studying the maps. I also agree with bandit that you should be focusing on macro, once that's crisp and becomes second nature, then you can start adding all the other fancy stuff!

Everything else looks great, wonderful to see you've put some structure into your practice. Plat by the end of the year is a super realistic and achievable goal, as is Diamond if you put your mind to it!

**rezyn8** · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 9:23 AM

Quick Split Tip: Learn Ctrl Click for Marine/Marauder compositions. Ctrl Click Marines and stim them away from the masses of banelings you will encounter on ladder so the Marauders tank the damage. Worry about split challenges later.

Kreamy · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 9:26 AM

Don't fall into the trap of trying to learn too many things at once. Learn the basics such as mechanics and decision making and get better them and you should improve alot faster. Analysis can be as simple as looking at your replays for your first mistake and try to fix it.

Chiddiru · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 12:37 PM

Yeah I'm aware that macro is a pretty fundamental part of the game. That comes with playing though, hence just studying ATM, marine split challenge is just something I feel that will help me. I really appreciate all the support so far

also aware that tvp is a bit of a bad match up overall but I like verse Protoss

TheKidBuffalo · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 12:43 PM

goodluck fede , you can do it

SLCN.Wally · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 1:06 PM

when I first got to masters as terran, I literally just made marines every game. I went 7 rax, 3 rax ALL KINDS OF RAX all the way to masters. I honestly love marine split challenge and I still play it now and I would suggest playing it since it never hurts to learn to micro.

That being said macro will be the key focus, doesn't matter what map, what race, what anything. you can just make marines and you'll be able to climb the ladder if you know how to spend your money

Pox · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 1:11 PM

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Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

I resent the implication that bio is synonymous with terran... :/

stop trying to justify your mech habit and get back in rehab

Chiddiru · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 4:14 PM

Also I am trying to get away from the notion that macro beats everything regardless, I want to and will focus on unit conservation, I want to make my units matter, I believe that if you know how to use units effectively you will win more games, having good macro and always keeping your money low is a fine goal but, i still think if you dont lose your units over and over because you use them properly you will probably do better.

Plottel · Mon, 3rd-Mar-2014, 7:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Snx.FeDe

Also I am trying to get away from the notion that macro beats everything regardless, I want to and will focus on unit conservation, I want to make my units matter, I believe that if you know how to use units effectively you will win more games, having good macro and always keeping your money low is a fine goal but, i still think if you dont lose your units over and over because you use them properly you will probably do better.

It's not so much that macro beats everything regardless. It's more that macro is the fundamentals of the game and you need it to be crisp and refined in order to successfully achieve ANYTHING else in the game.

It's all well and good to be really skilled at conserving your units, but what good is that if you don't have enough units to begin with because your macro is poor? Or if you convincingly win an engagement but actually come out behind because your opponent is able to stay on top of his macro during the battle?

Focussing on macro doesn't mean keeping your money low, waiting till you're at 200/200 and A-moving across the map to victory. It means learning the fundamentals which will set you up for success as you progress in Starcraft 2. Once you're able to consistently hit your macro markers, THEN you start adding things to your play which will take advantage of unit control and efficiency. You've had many lessons with PiG and I'm sure that he, as well as just about any other pro, will tell you that in the lower leagues of Starcraft, developing your macro and mechanics above all else is the best way for you to improve as a player.