Insect Problem

I've played 14 games on iCCup and find myself having the same amount of points as I did a month ago. A large number of my losses are from playing zerg. Right now, I'm 1-5 (EDIT: Make that 1-8) against them. I can see that I don't seem to spend all my minerals and hotkey my units very well. I think I'm going to settle with firebats + medics on 1 and marines on 2. The rest of my units will be grouped in no specific order, I think that would be best for me because having everything nice and neat takes a little too long. From now on I'm going to make sure my minerals are below 500 before I begin any kind of push when around mid-game. Keeping an eye on minerals is quite difficult when so many things are happening.

I've been cheesed three times and lost each one of them which is why I'm steaming right now. I figure I can muster up the courage for one more game today, see if I can do slightly better than usual. D+ looks so far away... it's maddening.

New Goal

So the 150 apm didn't seem like a good goal. I'm going to change it to being D+ on iCCup. When I hit that mark, I'll be done with starcraft.

POV

Just a little update. I haven't improved at all and need practice... as you can see from this game.

The quality on youtube sucks, need to look into how to make it look better. You can download it here if you want better quality.

150 APM

Anyone out there willing to help me reach 150 APM?

Eh

Haven't played starcraft in a while...

BUT I've found a few somewhat strategic fast thinking multiplayer games that are fairly easy to learn. (I got two of them from torrents)

1. Globulos - which can get frustrating after while

2. Galcon - Which is sorta like Phage Wars but better and with actual people you can play so they can rape you

3. Worms Armageddon - I've played this over LAN with a friend and it keeps getting better and better. The intensity of our games seem to always be high.

You may want to try them out.

So-So

There have been a few english speaking koreans I've chatted with. I'd ask the same question and would receive the same unexpected answer. My question: if koreans were just as excited for starcraft 2 as many of us Americans. The responses would show koreans as indifferent of the sequel. Out of total confusion, I'd exclaim, "But it's starcraft!!! How could you all not get a collective hard-on over this whole new refreshing starcraft!?". All I could get was "It's still all about Brood War".

Suddenly, I remember an article covering blizzcon where people were more interested in a pro game than SC2 displays. Has anyone else spoken to any koreans? Does anyone have a thought as to why they aren't super excited?

My Practice Partner

If you had practice partner, wouldn't a piece of you want him to do well playing others? One may feel like they've not played well enough for their partner to get better, and that your tips aren't all that good. I'm not quite D+ like I initially believed, not yet. A part of me doesn't want to keep it up on iCCup until my practice partner is up to par (well okay, so we hardly play each other much. Maybe we'll get more games in the future). He seemed to believe there wasn't much he could have done this game but I begged to differ:

1. Have units prepositioned. This will be handy for a flank while a terran is pushing. Unit positioning is quite important in Starcraft.

2. Expanding at random spots may be smart. Sometimes the enemy isn't aware of an expo until it's too late.

3. There are plenty of points I queue 5 units per building seeing as how my macro isn't all too good. It just seems like a smart thing to do until I become faster and comfortable.

4. Know when the best time to attack is. It's well known that timing can be pretty important.

5. Don't stress too much. You can't execute things the way you want when you're unable to think.

Me vs Fafner