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Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-18T03:28:53+02:00

easiest answer.

Reclaim.

Dont float mass but dont que enough that you stall.

sounds easy enough but took me time enough just to accept that that's why i kept having problems you mentioned.

Statistics: Posted by roseneath — 18 Sep 2013, 03:28

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-17T23:52:20+02:00

Well, I think you are trying too hard. To you SupCom, and all of us imo, should be a game , a source of entertainment. I think you shouldn't worry if you don't understand everything at first glance. In time you will. In the meantime you can enjoy the game against opponents of about your skill; Zep took care that this is feasible most of the time.
At least this happens with me; if i am too focused and start analysing numbers and facts the game stops being a game and becomes a study, which is not cool at all, because in my real life I must regularly study dozens of books and analyse hundreds of facts only in the span of a few weeks. So sorry If I don't execute build orders perfectly or don't know the rate of fire of that unit, or my economy is handled in a crude way, because I only like to be so good as my reflexes, and overall experience allow. IF i come across an extraordinary situation and a weird strategy, then my curiosity may drive me to research the matter a little more, but not for long.

My friend Mondaymoonlight, play the game, enjoy its variety and nuances and leave aside such meaningless notions as noobness, pro ness, ownage and best strategy or bad strategy. See them with a lightness in heart and joyful mind, and I am sure that suddenly many things will make sense to you.

Statistics: Posted by prodromos — 17 Sep 2013, 23:52

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-17T07:47:30+02:00

mondaymoonlight wrote:
So I've noticed this with a few others like me, who stick with this game even though the games deeper mechanics remain a mystery and are considered permanent noobs. I for one am getting sick and tired of the only advice given is to watch a replay. I've watched replays and they have really warn out there usefulness long ago. For about the 200-300 games I've played basically the same game despite my best efforts. Attacking and building my resources up to building bigger and better things seems to be the goal. I have all the wonderful ideas for dynamic attacks but I never have the resources to carry them out. I've been told I build too many upgrades, while that's fine for some games others I''ll face t2 and not have the resources to counter...

Watching replays is not useful unless you know what you are looking for. You need to learn how to study a replay. Critical things to look for are wasted time, enemy units going undetected, wasted resources, tech and eco progression rates. Then look at key battles, unit compositions and kill ratios. Try to identify what I would call, "turning points", within the game. Be on the lookout for key moments which give the upper hand and especially identify when your opponent changes tactics.

From the sound of your comment, you seem like a player who has a one track tactical mindset. You seem focused on your own strategy instead of understanding and adapting to your opponent. If your can't see the implications from a replay after the game, then it is also likely that you wont fully comprehend scouting and intelligence data during it. I would suggest you learn to read your opponent.

If you're not comprehending your opponents actions, then you don't have the full picture. The outcome of the game wont meet your expectations if you don't have all the information.

Statistics: Posted by Hawkei — 17 Sep 2013, 07:47

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T17:46:56+02:00

lol since when any ui mod is cheating...

Flynn you even have an idea of what hotbuild does...

and its skill to cheat without anybody noticeing it

Statistics: Posted by Mr-Smith — 15 Sep 2013, 17:46

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T17:24:44+02:00

Flynn wrote:
lextoc wrote:
Flynn wrote:It is hard to watch scouts when you are trying to do 10541 other things.

Install hotbuild and create time ^^

hotbuild=cheating

skill = cheating

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 15 Sep 2013, 17:24

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T17:02:01+02:00

lextoc wrote:
Flynn wrote:It is hard to watch scouts when you are trying to do 10541 other things.

Install hotbuild and create time ^^

hotbuild=cheating

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 15 Sep 2013, 17:02

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T16:42:25+02:00

actually more rating makes you play better.
because playing better gives you more rating.

Statistics: Posted by Mr-Smith — 15 Sep 2013, 16:42

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T16:32:54+02:00

ColonelSheppard wrote:
stop beeing addicted to ratingincrease, more rating doesnt make you a better player

And this... is a gem.

Statistics: Posted by Exotic_Retard — 15 Sep 2013, 16:32

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T15:28:34+02:00

stop beeing addicted to ratingincrease, more rating doesnt make you a better player

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 15 Sep 2013, 15:28

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T15:14:11+02:00

Flynn wrote:
It is hard to watch scouts when you are trying to do 10541 other things.

Install hotbuild and create time ^^

Statistics: Posted by lextoc — 15 Sep 2013, 15:14

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T15:11:56+02:00

It is hard to watch scouts when you are trying to do 10541 other things.

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 15 Sep 2013, 15:11

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T14:33:42+02:00

PeTeTe809 wrote:
No Sup Com game follows any procedure really, it is a question of following a gut feeling, gamble on a strategy,

True, but only if you dont scout
But scouting itself doesnt make any difference, unless you watch your scouts and make use of the intel you got.

Statistics: Posted by Mad`Mozart — 15 Sep 2013, 14:33

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T13:48:55+02:00

I think you summed it up nicely

Statistics: Posted by rockoe10 — 15 Sep 2013, 13:48

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-09-15T11:40:25+02:00

Why hasn't anyone replied to the best post made so far!?

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 15 Sep 2013, 11:40

Re: Advice for the noob players with lots of games please.

2013-06-01T09:24:40+02:00

One thing that affected my play when I was less experienced was actually remembering things. I found that once I got to 500 games I started remembering to do things a lot more. Like "remember to build air" and "remember to begin power spam early" and "remember to upgrade mexes" and micro things like now if I drop engineers on islands 8 times out of 10 I remember that I have dropped them even when I am doing something else in the meantime and I have those engineers building stuff within about a minute of them being dropped. Another thing is queing orders. Before I would queue some orders for my com and then have to wait until things happened before I queued more orders and therefore used to forget to queue those more orders. Now I queue up some orders and actually remember when those orders are going to run out and queue up some more before they do run out. Before I reached this level forgetting to do things was what was crippling my game, not lack of reclaim, not lack of watching replays, not lack of taking my com to the front, none of those things, but my own forgetfulness.

Statistics: Posted by Flynn — 01 Jun 2013, 09:24