Starcraft 2: Zerg for Noobies - Page 3
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Taeng
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
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pitchatan
Sweden6 Posts
http://www.jimohlsson.se/wp-content/uploads/zergfornoobies.zip http://www.jimohlsson.se/wp-content/uploads/v1.1.pdf Also a quick summary of what i thought of the book on my site. http://www.jimohlsson.se/2011/10/16/zerg-for-noobies/ Would you mind if i or someone else would transcribe this book into html for proper online viewing or translating it? | ||
sonigo
Switzerland38 Posts
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theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10127 Posts
Thank you for making and release free even! <3 put up a donate link? | ||
Qxz
Canada189 Posts
7 pool 9 double extractor trick: 6 zerglings 12 overlord 12 queen From here you usually drone up and take your expansion before the next overlord. | ||
theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
Yoshi, if you're serious, donations are always welcome. shaft@claneat.com is my paypal. | ||
theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
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SigmaFiE
United States333 Posts
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kuro466
United States19 Posts
1) I'd move the "quick reference manual" (p5-p10) to the end of the guide rather than the beginning. This material is not appropriatly explained for either a Noob or Bronze player, and will be more useful after they've read the rest of your guide. 2) It would be helpful to disclose the ladder rank of the author, so the reader understands what kind of experience these lessons are based on. 3) As a plat/diamond zerg, I found much of the discussion to be more advanced than bronze players need to think about... maybe it should be renamed "getting from silver to platinum". IMO, it's much easier to understand the game in bronze (especially as zerg) by focusing on shorter build orders and timing attacks. A skilled player could win almost every bronze ZvT, ZvP game with a 5m roach rush, or roach speedling rush. Bronze players are in bronze because their "5 minute roach rush" takes 8 minutes, because they don't understand how to micro their units, or because they can't handle cheese. IMO, trying to teach them macro so quickly simply opens them up to a 30-40 minute game where they may die with no idea what they did wrong, because they did dozens of things wrong in a game that should have been over long before. 3) IMO, the guide could benefit from some more "structure". It dives in talking about all kinds of details that a bronze player may not follow. I recommend coming up with a short-list of concepts (three of them is typically a good number), and then elaborating on these concepts in different ways over and over with the details. 4) Another structure idea, is trying to break down concepts in steps such as "bronze to silver", "silver to gold", "gold to platinum", with some special sections such as "defending cheese", "macro concepts", and one for each matchup. Whether you put the topics into the right steps is less important than having some way to break up into smaller pieces so the player can focus on just a few small things at a time. I hope those comments are helpful... Thanks for putting the time in to make a guide to help other folks out! | ||
theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
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theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
I've added new builds, listed new styles, and re-worked the ZvT and ZvP section. Also added a new ZvP featured article. The scouting times have been revised, as well as updating most of the material to the present meta-game. Older maps are still mentioned in some of the articles, but I think that's something I'll choose to leave, to reflect major changes within the maps themselves -- and serve as a reminder in case any new maps prove to have similar features! Edit: Apparently the OP can't be edited? Playing around with it, if nothing else, I'll post the link in this one. Edit 2: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42192160/v1.2.pdf | ||
monk
United States8476 Posts
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theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
On May 10 2012 15:58 NrGmonk wrote: I think it's cause you haven't updated the OP in over 6 months. You'll have to pm an admin to fix it, but i don't know if it's worth the trouble. Spent a month compiling the changes to this version and updating it to the present meta-game. Hopefully you'll at least look at the PDF before deciding that. | ||
monk
United States8476 Posts
On May 10 2012 16:03 theonlyshaft wrote: Spent a month compiling the changes to this version and updating it to the present meta-game. Hopefully you'll at least look at the PDF before deciding that. I'm not an admin and it's not my call anyways =P. | ||
Rimak
Denmark434 Posts
Necropost. | ||
theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
On May 10 2012 16:13 Rimak wrote: del. Necropost. Not really... it'd been awhile since I had time to work on the book, and I'd feel bad posting a brand new topic, when this one is still open now that I have had time. | ||
ott
United States74 Posts
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theonlyshaft
United States581 Posts
happy birthday ott | ||
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