Commenting in 2021...now a professional youtuber who adds timestamps (sometimes) 0:00 Inspirational Intro 0:35 What is Starcraft? 1:20 Ladder/MMR Myths/Facts 2:55 Gamemodes and Starting Out 4:30 Custom Games and Arcade 5:40 What Race Should I Play? 7:35 How to Practice/Basic Direction 8:50 Sc2ReplayStats - The Holy Grail 10:20 Build Orders and Do They Matter? 11:10 Work Smarter Not Harder 14:50 In Game Info/Communities 16:00 Out of Game Info/Communities 19:40 Inspirational Outro
"It's like chess, except in real time, with unlimited moves, and both players keep making pieces and hiding them from their opponents." -WinterStarcraft Well said.
Earlier I could hold my breath for 40 seconds... Now I trained myself to hold it for 1 minute and 30 seconds. :) Perfect guide to improve at least that :)
For those still deciding which race to choose, heres a break down: Terran's is probably the most tactical and versatile race. They have a versatile bio army as well as many tactical mech units that can be very powerful if used correctly. Zerg tends to expand quicker, and the idea is to develop a swarm (excuse the pun) of zerg units and cover the map in creep, and attack from every angle possible to overwhelm your opponents. Protoss are the high tech alien race. Their units tend to be more expensive, but they are generally much more powerful and cost efficient than zerg or terran units. If you like building a big powerful deathball to steam roll over your opponents, then look no further.
Zerg is less "swarm from all sides" and more "swarm much earlier than other races" Zerg can build and rebuild faster than other races. Hit your enemies as soon as you have a maxed army, rebuild, and ware down your enemies. Protoss is a very "all or nothing" race. It has a very powerful main army, capable of beating the other 2 in a straight up fight (unless you're at the grandmaster level). Their units are either gimmicky or powerful attackers.
This is not meant to be a step by step guide to grandmaster. It is meant to give you tools to start working your way forward, tools that I learned (painfully) over thousands of games and hours (up to grandmaster as all 3 races) and expedite that starting process that took me literally months if not years. I didn't cover EVERYTHING I would have liked to but I hope this helps some new (or old) players looking to get into the most competitive game in the world.
Do you think that there is going to be an huge increase in lower leagues like bronze silver and gold, or do you think that there will not be a big change in the low leagues.
I haven't played a PC game since 2004 and haven't played Starcraft since 2002. I just built a PC and downloaded Starcraft II and can't wait to play the story.
Once I was a bronze league hero for 2 years, and then I saw Winter 6 months ago, and now I'm masters(barely). And even though this was meant to be for new people, I still learned something from this, it's great that he cans till show people what they can do to be better ven if they already are good, or better than him.
Winter love your videos and your stream, loved watching you play wings of liberty and Heart of the swarm, I just want to let you know that if you finish the LotV campaign and post it to youtube you will be making at least this particular fan of yours very happy :P
loving your accent, reminds me of a master gamer who allowed me into "the farm", a ranch with multiple rooms dedicated to pc gaming, some for console, and redbull refrigerators filled with MONSTER energy drinks. just a bunch of nerds in heaven...
Its an incredible thing to feel, the passion you have for sc2 oozing out of the screen. Every single time I don't feel like playing or about to rage quit I watch some BLH and get right back into a good mindset. Thanks Winter, GLHF
Dude honestly, i followed your advice not just from this video, but from a few other as well...and i can honestly say you're probably the best starcraft 2 online "teacher" ive ever seen. Just by following some of your simple and clearly explain steps ive had multiple winning streaks.
DUDE. This video is so good. One of the most defining videos I've watched on youtube. I've drawn so many analogies between starcraft & how to excel at your craft, habit formation, etc. I'm gonna implement that stuff to my life and get back to you with the results. You are a good man, Brother. This video is pure art.
"protoss, terran, zerg, it doesn't matter the only race that has an advantage is koreans" hahahahaha I had to pause the video to laugh!!!! it's true, it's true... 🤣😂
Thanks a lot Winter for all the good work helping me improve in this game that I've been playing for 10 years now. I'm glad you're out there for the community chief ! Peace
I love this guy. I've been watching him on and off for a lil while and now that the game is F2P I'm on binge watch mode. Such an informative and chill guy.
Ben Mun most of the times are things like: "Not enough units" "Not enoguh production" "Not enough money" "Not enough supply" "Not enough vision" And sometimes, you dont know what to use, to kill certain units/unit compostions. I recomend to see what unit is "good" against what unit. Gl Hf.
I appreciate the time you spent making this video. I love the nuanced tips you offer that often gets brushed under the table by most beginner guides. Well done!
Thanks for this guide. I hadn't played Starcraft since probably 1998 but picked it up when my son wanted it. Your advice about just getting better helped my frustration with my much slower reflexes. Also BGH was my favorite SC map.
God man the passion you have for this game is pouring out of you, I played this a very small amount over a year ago but couldn't get into it somehow, but heard about it going free to play so a couple of days ago I downloaded it & tried it again, loving it & really wanna dig deep into the game, I used to love old Command & Conquer games & Dark Colony years ago, watching this video & seeing the enthusiasm & passion you have for it made me excited to get into like no other game (except when I first discovered Dark Souls games maybe, but this is on par), awesome video.
I'm just downloading SC2 for the first time and this was the first video I stumbled across. Thanks for the advice, can't wait to see what it's all about :D
bro this is what we needed, i was about to log on youtube just to comment this, you are one of the worlds biggest persons when i t comes to SC2 and for new players like us this guide coming from you is a blessing ty bro, maybe once we'll meet in ladder, for now, i'll learn from the master ;)
This was useful to me, thank you. I also want to say that I appreciate that you made a deal out of always saying GG, regardless of how the game went. It's something I learned playing sports when I was 7 but also something that way too many people don't understand in the gaming world in general.
Thanks, Winter. I have only played for two weeks yet, but your advice from another video got me instantly from finding the Medium AI challenging to comfortably beating Hard. The game is a lot of fun, I'm still practicing and videos like this are a big help.
I just started Starcraft 2 because my son wants to learn. I haven't played since Brood War. It's a faster pace. I liked your advice. To me one of the most important things I learned was the hotkeys. Once you learn them your play will improve a lot. So excited to see BGH is still around.
Finally got my pc put together to get back into gaming. Just downloaded Star Craft 2. Havent played since the days of old when I went to my best friends house and we play for hours. Thanks for info to get me back into the groove of things.
I don't know man, all streamers for starcraft 2 are very good at explaining stuff than my teachers in school. Wonderful explanation and awesome way to put perspective
Just want to say YOU, Harstem and Pig got me into actually playing. I've always watched, but get too discouraged to play. This is such an amazing game. I always GLHF and GG, and almost never get it back. Seems like dickheads have taken over. But i'm doing well thanks to you guys. keep up the content!
Recengly downloaded since it became free and have only played a few games, thanks for the advice this is super helpful and I'll be sure to check out a lot more of your content to see what I can learn. I think it's super awesome you made a video like this way too many channels centred around competative games don't make a legit 100% newbie video and they usually start with 'I'm gonna assume you know the basics' and proceed to talk about things I have no idea about.
I literally opened up the game for the first time, was very excited to play after watching hours upon hours of Winter and Lowko's channels. Got to 6:43 in the video and had to pause, because I was laughing too hard. Good start.
Thank you so much for this! The free to play brought me back after 4 years. Need some build orders and basics for Zerg. Would love if you became the next Day[9] in the SCII community.
Just got in to ST2, haven´t played it yet, and was lookig for a "noob" guid so to speak. Wow, man, you are realy good with the way you talk and adress your ideas to ppl. Played alot of of PC games before but im new to this stage. But you are blowing my mind out with that engagement and intresting facts your bringing! Kepp up the good work Subing to your chanTake care! Best of luck from Sweden, // Jimmy
That's not an example of the sunk cost fallacy but I get your point anyway. The sunk cost fallacy would be like you've been dating a girl for 15 years and on year 15 she goes batshit crazy, the correct move is to leave her but you stay because you've already invested 15 years - You're weighing the COST that has already been SUNK in making you decision and this my friend would be a fallacious argument. Gold level terran here, love your videos.
First time watching your video. Thanks for this and also I enjoyed your comments at the end about how its like chess, and very rewarding. I feel the same way!
I played Zerg way back in SC1 (when I was like 6), and as SC2 is free and I’m getting into it now as a bit more of a real strategist, I’ve been again playing more Zerg than everything else, just because I remember loving Zerg back then. I kinda tried Protoss a little bit, but I like Zerg better. Now, I don’t really understand the MMR ratings in SC2, but ranked started me against 3500 MMR. My first game, I basically Zergling + Roach rushed him and completely wrecked him, shutting him down before he could even do anything. I had 100+ APM, he had like 25. After that was when I started being placed against 3500 MMR players and I haven’t won either of the 2 ranked games I’ve played since.
I was probably silver two years back and then I took a huge break but, I just love the game so much, I wanna come back but life's just holding me back! 🙄😕😬
Nice vids winter. Agree! APM isn't important. Just focus on doing the right things, after enough of games, when actions become instinct and APM goes up. I started the game with 70 apm on average(a lot of ineffective actions) playing Terran. I got to around 90 when I learnt how to execute a specific build order; and then 100 when I don't get supply block; and 110 when I never stop the production while focusing on macro; now I'm average on 160 playing T and 220 Zerg since I can mix in some unit micro while macroing. It's just a process. Also, please don't let the ego take control of you. Complaining imba/op doesn't make you better, and people win because they deserve to win. Remember SC is a game where you'll be better than 80% of players just by knowing and effectively utilizing the game mechanism, you don't get to complain about the game and you opponents until you're in top 20%.
This video and the Zerg guide got me through my placement matches and into silver 1. Only won one match since then, probably should be in bronze. Still, not bad for someone who had only ever played the campaigns. Definitely recommend it if you have not given it a go yet.
I played my first game in starcraft 2 yesterday. I was playing with my friend 2v2 and it was some kind of rape. My friend asked me Will we win any game in closest future. At this moment we both start laughing
I'm playing through the campaign again after quitting out of frustration 3 year ago. I think the trick is to cycle through your tasks (workers, combat, etc.) instead of only doing one thing at once. I'm doing much better now since I realized I need to plan ahead of time by consistently building supply depots so I don't get supply blocked even if I don't need to train anyone at that moment. I feel much more confident than I did years ago.
I'm not sure if it was this video or a different one, but in one of Winter's recent videos he mentioned a rule of thumb concerning how many games the average player needs to play per day in order to expect progress: 5 games per day per league, starting with Silver: 5 - silver 10 - gold 15 - platinum 20 - diamond 25 - master So for most people, 5 games per day can eventually get you to low gold. 10 per day can eventually get you low plat, etc. That seems like a very good thing to keep mentioning because it helps in goal setting - how many games per day are you willing to play? 5? Then your aim should be at low gold. 10? Low plat, etc. So if your goal is to be in master league, you should be expecting to spend about 4 hours per night playing StarCraft. So the next question is, how long should you expect to spend playing that many games per night in order to attain your goal? Here's my uninformed guess: 1 month - silver 3 months - gold 7 months - plat 13 months - diamond 21 months - master I was on a 15 person dev team for a while that had 4 people in it who played WoW for 5 to 7 hours a night. They just went home, ate dinner, and played WoW and went to bed. At like 11 or midnight or 1. That was their daily life. Not that they never got out or did anything different, but that was their typical day. And they seemed quite happy and even reasonably well balanced emotionally / socially. And they were even reasonably effective professionally. I read somewhere that time spent on hobbies is very highly correlated with happiness. __
As someone who grew up with command and conquer and WC3 in my basement when i was just a child during summer breaks. I kind of fell out of the RTS scene but was always a big fan to play them. Unfortunately for me I was a Human player on WC3 so I accidentally gave myself a handicap to play against since the humans were... less than optimal. I've been thinking about getting back into RTS games (starcraft for the first time) and was leaning towards the zerg. I don't know why, I haven't looked into it at all yet but the concept really appealed to me.
You have to build certain buildings (Protoss: Pylons, Zerg: Overlords, and Terran: Supply Depots). to keep up your supply, or you are not allowed to build any more units, which you need to win the game obviously.
Starcraft is about building more army than your enemy. What you build doesn't matter as much as building more stuff!!! Every army unit and worker costs supply. When you reach your max supply, you are "supply blocked" because you cannot produce more workers or army units. If you are supply blocked for a second or two, that's all right, but if you get supply blocked, and you haven't started building a pylon, supply depot, or overlord, you're slowing yourself down. That's 15 or so seconds of you not producing any units, which is very bad.
In StarCraft each unit takes up supply, you start with 14 I believe from your main base and build supply Depot, pylon, overlords or more bases to raise supply, once you get your max available supply up to 200 you can't raise it anymore, let's say u have 45/45 supply and try to make a marine which takes up one supply... It won't train because you need to have available supply that's supply block, supply cap is 200/200 there's no way to surpass 200 supply
Eclipse II TE5 there is a way, bank up a crap load of minerals like 15k, then you turn your drones into spine crawlers and then start producing zerglings, then cancel the spines and you have over supply? I haven't tried it so I don't know if that works, I think I saw winter do it one time but still.
Haven't watched the video as a whole yet, but still do want to say thanks for putting a guide like this up. I've played AoE pretty much since I was 4 years old (Never was good at it, lol) and wanted to try something new and saw that STarcraft 2 was free to play. But playing one RTS game and then jumping straight into a different series can be a little overwhelming with how different the two games are from one another.
Commenting in 2021...now a professional youtuber who adds timestamps (sometimes)
0:00 Inspirational Intro
0:35 What is Starcraft?
1:20 Ladder/MMR Myths/Facts
2:55 Gamemodes and Starting Out
4:30 Custom Games and Arcade
5:40 What Race Should I Play?
7:35 How to Practice/Basic Direction
8:50 Sc2ReplayStats - The Holy Grail
10:20 Build Orders and Do They Matter?
11:10 Work Smarter Not Harder
14:50 In Game Info/Communities
16:00 Out of Game Info/Communities
19:40 Inspirational Outro
"It's like chess, except in real time, with unlimited moves, and both players keep making pieces and hiding them from their opponents." -WinterStarcraft
Well said.
And money
"The only person you should be beating, repeatedly, is yourself"
-Winter 2017
I think he means that you have to be a master baiter.
I beat myself until I can't feel my left leg
I'm still in silver
Waa
Aomine san, is that you?
that comment made my day
Earlier I could hold my breath for 40 seconds... Now I trained myself to hold it for 1 minute and 30 seconds. :) Perfect guide to improve at least that :)
Andrew Shestopalov my record is 4:30 lol if I run out of breath I should just surrender lol
This a reference to Winter's "hold your breath when you aren't making probes" thing?
deedeedum Dum I can go for the rest of my life if you know what I mean
For those still deciding which race to choose, heres a break down:
Terran's is probably the most tactical and versatile race. They have a versatile bio army as well as many tactical mech units that can be very powerful if used correctly.
Zerg tends to expand quicker, and the idea is to develop a swarm (excuse the pun) of zerg units and cover the map in creep, and attack from every angle possible to overwhelm your opponents.
Protoss are the high tech alien race. Their units tend to be more expensive, but they are generally much more powerful and cost efficient than zerg or terran units. If you like building a big powerful deathball to steam roll over your opponents, then look no further.
Here's the REAL breakdown.
Terran: Marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines marines
Zerg: google "zerg rush"
Protoss: A move.
Koreans: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Zerg is less "swarm from all sides" and more "swarm much earlier than other races" Zerg can build and rebuild faster than other races. Hit your enemies as soon as you have a maxed army, rebuild, and ware down your enemies.
Protoss is a very "all or nothing" race. It has a very powerful main army, capable of beating the other 2 in a straight up fight (unless you're at the grandmaster level). Their units are either gimmicky or powerful attackers.
Boris Is this even english?
Thanks for the Headsup !
So it’s like advance wars CO
*Goes to change my nickname to Korean to get some free concedes
how a cleaver strategy!
Outstanding move
"I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move"
If you change it to "American" just translated to Korean, that would be great
This is not meant to be a step by step guide to grandmaster. It is meant to give you tools to start working your way forward, tools that I learned (painfully) over thousands of games and hours (up to grandmaster as all 3 races) and expedite that starting process that took me literally months if not years. I didn't cover EVERYTHING I would have liked to but I hope this helps some new (or old) players looking to get into the most competitive game in the world.
Thanks man been waiting for this kind of video for a while. Brings the content on the channel for guides full circle I think.
Do you think that there is going to be an huge increase in lower leagues like bronze silver and gold, or do you think that there will not be a big change in the low leagues.
Ty i play now 5 y but it still helps:)
WinterStarcraft hey You say that i will Face opponents on my Level But i am Gold and fight Diamond Every Time and won the Last 10 Games in a row
You haven't finished the campaign?!?! You crazy man. On that 1v1 grind. Do yourself a favor and finish it though. It's worth it!
This channel has single-handedly got me back into wanting to compete in SC2. Thanks Winter.
I haven't played a PC game since 2004 and haven't played Starcraft since 2002. I just built a PC and downloaded Starcraft II and can't wait to play the story.
Starkiller
Did you enjoy it?
@Starkiller update bro
Where's the update? lol
@starkiller Update!
Update: the guy is dead.
Once I was a bronze league hero for 2 years, and then I saw Winter 6 months ago, and now I'm masters(barely). And even though this was meant to be for new people, I still learned something from this, it's great that he cans till show people what they can do to be better ven if they already are good, or better than him.
Most of the actual stuff I learned through Winter's sarcasm in Bronze League Heroes. I love that series and his narration :D
But I chose my favorite race by which looks coolest?
Us protoss just know we are protoss. Wisdom, technology, clean living, it's no contest.
As did I:)
Gup is the coolest
How to choose your race 5:40
Winter love your videos and your stream, loved watching you play wings of liberty and Heart of the swarm, I just want to let you know that if you finish the LotV campaign and post it to youtube you will be making at least this particular fan of yours very happy :P
Thank you for this.
you have to pay to be korean
i swear i died laughing when he said korean is the best race.
Inspirational Clam Man you need a monitor set up of thirty pc monitors then it should be a small bit in the bottom left corner Korean
Sweet video man. Getting hyped to try out SC2 for the first time later today!
Do you still play starcraft?
How'd that go buddy
Are you ** still ** playing?
@Luke Lenz you ok?
Only Race that has an advantage in Gold League - Korean ggwp
loving your accent, reminds me of a master gamer who allowed me into "the farm", a ranch with multiple rooms dedicated to pc gaming, some for console, and redbull refrigerators filled with MONSTER energy drinks. just a bunch of nerds in heaven...
Its an incredible thing to feel, the passion you have for sc2 oozing out of the screen. Every single time I don't feel like playing or about to rage quit I watch some BLH and get right back into a good mindset. Thanks Winter, GLHF
Dude honestly, i followed your advice not just from this video, but from a few other as well...and i can honestly say you're probably the best starcraft 2 online "teacher" ive ever seen. Just by following some of your simple and clearly explain steps ive had multiple winning streaks.
8:08 Top tip for the night, Thanks winter. I'll be doing just that
DUDE. This video is so good. One of the most defining videos I've watched on youtube. I've drawn so many analogies between starcraft & how to excel at your craft, habit formation, etc. I'm gonna implement that stuff to my life and get back to you with the results.
You are a good man, Brother. This video is pure art.
"protoss, terran, zerg, it doesn't matter the only race that has an advantage is koreans"
hahahahaha I had to pause the video to laugh!!!! it's true, it's true... 🤣😂
We all know that 90% of players watching this video will have stopped within 2 years, and would still be watching Winter after 2 years
Im watching 2019 hahahaha
2021!
Here to confirm
Thanks a lot Winter for all the good work helping me improve in this game that I've been playing for 10 years now. I'm glad you're out there for the community chief ! Peace
The last minute gave me chills
SICK video winter. Awesome to see you helping the community!
I love this guy. I've been watching him on and off for a lil while and now that the game is F2P I'm on binge watch mode. Such an informative and chill guy.
Fuckin LOVE this intro energy! Thanks so much for all the years of community service!
Winter videos are like making chocolate pudding: you know they are good, and the wait is worth.
i'm a new player and i don't even know what i'm doing wrong when i watch my replays since i don't even know what leads to victory
Ben Mun most of the times are things like:
"Not enough units"
"Not enoguh production"
"Not enough money"
"Not enough supply"
"Not enough vision"
And sometimes, you dont know what to use, to kill certain units/unit compostions. I recomend to see what unit is "good" against what unit. Gl Hf.
This as an old comment but I'm just learning if you want someone to practice with!
I appreciate the time you spent making this video. I love the nuanced tips you offer that often gets brushed under the table by most beginner guides. Well done!
Thanks for this guide. I hadn't played Starcraft since probably 1998 but picked it up when my son wanted it. Your advice about just getting better helped my frustration with my much slower reflexes. Also BGH was my favorite SC map.
Heck yea! BGH ftw.
come for the beginner tips, stay for the sun tzu quotes
Yea, don't ever attack unless you have a overwhelming force. Use maphacks to "know thy opponents". What else did I miss?
@@朕是神 "thy opponents"? It's Sun Tzu not Shakespeare.
@@Cygnus0lor Because there's like 10 different words for "your" in archaic chinese so I can pick whichever "your" in english I want?
God man the passion you have for this game is pouring out of you, I played this a very small amount over a year ago but couldn't get into it somehow, but heard about it going free to play so a couple of days ago I downloaded it & tried it again, loving it & really wanna dig deep into the game, I used to love old Command & Conquer games & Dark Colony years ago, watching this video & seeing the enthusiasm & passion you have for it made me excited to get into like no other game (except when I first discovered Dark Souls games maybe, but this is on par), awesome video.
I passed out trying to hold my breath during my supply block time :c
6:36 is the funniest thing i would never expect to get from this video. thank you.
I'm just downloading SC2 for the first time and this was the first video I stumbled across. Thanks for the advice, can't wait to see what it's all about :D
Hey man I'm also just learning, if you wanna do some no pressure practice let me know!
I actually started sc2 today and followed your stream during one of your re runs, i look forward to learning more about this game
Great video. Haven't finished it yet, already subscribed.
I like winter's way of thinking, his mentality. Great video!
Hmm, acceptable
Awesome video man! I play for 7 years now,sadly rarely,due to life,and i learned some new stuff here hehehe. Awesome!
Been playing since day 1 and videos like this still help. Thanks winter.
Awesome. You the man, Winter. Welcome new players to the best game in life!
Thank you! I haven’t played in years and just downloaded SC2 last night
bro this is what we needed, i was about to log on youtube just to comment this, you are one of the worlds biggest persons when i t comes to SC2 and for new players like us this guide coming from you is a blessing ty bro, maybe once we'll meet in ladder, for now, i'll learn from the master ;)
Bronze league tournaments? Sign me the F up
This was useful to me, thank you.
I also want to say that I appreciate that you made a deal out of always saying GG, regardless of how the game went. It's something I learned playing sports when I was 7 but also something that way too many people don't understand in the gaming world in general.
"every time you got supply blocked, hold your breath"
Instructions unclear, i'm now unconscious in the hospital
Thanks, Winter. I have only played for two weeks yet, but your advice from another video got me instantly from finding the Medium AI challenging to comfortably beating Hard. The game is a lot of fun, I'm still practicing and videos like this are a big help.
exactly the type of guide i was looking for. always wanted to get into starcraft and i think this new patch is the time to do it. thanks man.
I just started Starcraft 2 because my son wants to learn. I haven't played since Brood War. It's a faster pace. I liked your advice. To me one of the most important things I learned was the hotkeys. Once you learn them your play will improve a lot. So excited to see BGH is still around.
i had a great time with your video dude! regards from chile
much respect for the honesty man , keep it up !
You're so encouraging without coddling. Good work on the videos
Finally got my pc put together to get back into gaming. Just downloaded Star Craft 2. Havent played since the days of old when I went to my best friends house and we play for hours. Thanks for info to get me back into the groove of things.
Lost my copy of the game when moved years ago just downloaded again when found out it was free thanks for taking your time to update me.
As a new player, this is the most useful video I've seen so far. You sir just gained a sub.
Congrats winter for doing such a nice job, the guide is on point
I don't know man, all streamers for starcraft 2 are very good at explaining stuff than my teachers in school. Wonderful explanation and awesome way to put perspective
Winter, your speech at the end was inspirational.
Eh!
Thanks, man! I'm a seasoned sc/bw then sc2 player. I quit playing in 2013 and now trying to giving it a try again :) really helpful video to catch up!
Just want to say YOU, Harstem and Pig got me into actually playing. I've always watched, but get too discouraged to play. This is such an amazing game. I always GLHF and GG, and almost never get it back. Seems like dickheads have taken over. But i'm doing well thanks to you guys. keep up the content!
Recengly downloaded since it became free and have only played a few games, thanks for the advice this is super helpful and I'll be sure to check out a lot more of your content to see what I can learn. I think it's super awesome you made a video like this way too many channels centred around competative games don't make a legit 100% newbie video and they usually start with 'I'm gonna assume you know the basics' and proceed to talk about things I have no idea about.
Your honesty convinced me to subscribe. Keep up the awesome work.
I literally opened up the game for the first time, was very excited to play after watching hours upon hours of Winter and Lowko's channels. Got to 6:43 in the video and had to pause, because I was laughing too hard. Good start.
Really good video. Glad it's top of the search.
You, Sir, I give my respect.
That ending. It's nice to see your passion for the game. gl hf
I started playing zerg and never stopped it xD I played my first game with terran and protoss after I got zerg lvl 50 :p
"THEY WONT PUT YOU IN GRANDMASTER"
Unless you are a diamond 2 in NA server when there are player deficiencies :c
Thank you so much for this! The free to play brought me back after 4 years. Need some build orders and basics for Zerg. Would love if you became the next Day[9] in the SCII community.
Just got in to ST2, haven´t played it yet, and was lookig for a "noob" guid so to speak. Wow, man, you are realy good with the way you talk and adress your ideas to ppl. Played alot of of PC games before but im new to this stage. But you are blowing my mind out with that engagement and intresting facts your bringing! Kepp up the good work Subing to your chanTake care!
Best of luck from Sweden,
// Jimmy
exactly what i was looking for thanks!
That's not an example of the sunk cost fallacy but I get your point anyway. The sunk cost fallacy would be like you've been dating a girl for 15 years and on year 15 she goes batshit crazy, the correct move is to leave her but you stay because you've already invested 15 years - You're weighing the COST that has already been SUNK in making you decision and this my friend would be a fallacious argument. Gold level terran here, love your videos.
First time watching your video. Thanks for this and also I enjoyed your comments at the end about how its like chess, and very rewarding. I feel the same way!
Hey, thank you for the video, just got the game since now it's free but I'm enjoying it so far and you've definitively helped.
Everytime youre getting supplyblocked - hold your breath! I like that haha
I played Zerg way back in SC1 (when I was like 6), and as SC2 is free and I’m getting into it now as a bit more of a real strategist, I’ve been again playing more Zerg than everything else, just because I remember loving Zerg back then. I kinda tried Protoss a little bit, but I like Zerg better.
Now, I don’t really understand the MMR ratings in SC2, but ranked started me against 3500 MMR. My first game, I basically Zergling + Roach rushed him and completely wrecked him, shutting him down before he could even do anything. I had 100+ APM, he had like 25. After that was when I started being placed against 3500 MMR players and I haven’t won either of the 2 ranked games I’ve played since.
There are two levels of players in SC2:
"very low," and "not so much"
I was probably silver two years back and then I took a huge break but, I just love the game so much, I wanna come back but life's just holding me back! 🙄😕😬
hope you get there, I'm in the same boat
i was in the same boat but once i came back i dont think ill ever leave......GG
If it's any consolation you can probably just macro out of silver
Damn Winter, you convinced me to start playing again... GL HF! B-)
Great video. Good luck and gg to all players :-)
Nice vids winter.
Agree! APM isn't important. Just focus on doing the right things, after enough of games, when actions become instinct and APM goes up.
I started the game with 70 apm on average(a lot of ineffective actions) playing Terran. I got to around 90 when I learnt how to execute a specific build order; and then 100 when I don't get supply block; and 110 when I never stop the production while focusing on macro; now I'm average on 160 playing T and 220 Zerg since I can mix in some unit micro while macroing. It's just a process.
Also, please don't let the ego take control of you. Complaining imba/op doesn't make you better, and people win because they deserve to win. Remember SC is a game where you'll be better than 80% of players just by knowing and effectively utilizing the game mechanism, you don't get to complain about the game and you opponents until you're in top 20%.
Very informative and helpful video! Keep up !
Im exactly that new player. Been watching a couple of your games and your videos are real helpful :D
This video and the Zerg guide got me through my placement matches and into silver 1. Only won one match since then, probably should be in bronze. Still, not bad for someone who had only ever played the campaigns. Definitely recommend it if you have not given it a go yet.
I played my first game in starcraft 2 yesterday. I was playing with my friend 2v2 and it was some kind of rape. My friend asked me Will we win any game in closest future. At this moment we both start laughing
no lowko link in the description #feelsbadman
he mentioned him in the video though
I'm playing through the campaign again after quitting out of frustration 3 year ago. I think the trick is to cycle through your tasks (workers, combat, etc.) instead of only doing one thing at once. I'm doing much better now since I realized I need to plan ahead of time by consistently building supply depots so I don't get supply blocked even if I don't need to train anyone at that moment. I feel much more confident than I did years ago.
I'm not sure if it was this video or a different one, but in one of Winter's recent videos he mentioned a rule of thumb concerning how many games the average player needs to play per day in order to expect progress:
5 games per day per league, starting with Silver:
5 - silver
10 - gold
15 - platinum
20 - diamond
25 - master
So for most people, 5 games per day can eventually get you to low gold. 10 per day can eventually get you low plat, etc.
That seems like a very good thing to keep mentioning because it helps in goal setting - how many games per day are you willing to play? 5? Then your aim should be at low gold. 10? Low plat, etc. So if your goal is to be in master league, you should be expecting to spend about 4 hours per night playing StarCraft.
So the next question is, how long should you expect to spend playing that many games per night in order to attain your goal? Here's my uninformed guess:
1 month - silver
3 months - gold
7 months - plat
13 months - diamond
21 months - master
I was on a 15 person dev team for a while that had 4 people in it who played WoW for 5 to 7 hours a night. They just went home, ate dinner, and played WoW and went to bed. At like 11 or midnight or 1. That was their daily life. Not that they never got out or did anything different, but that was their typical day. And they seemed quite happy and even reasonably well balanced emotionally / socially. And they were even reasonably effective professionally. I read somewhere that time spent on hobbies is very highly correlated with happiness.
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Great pedagogy, thanks
As someone who grew up with command and conquer and WC3 in my basement when i was just a child during summer breaks. I kind of fell out of the RTS scene but was always a big fan to play them. Unfortunately for me I was a Human player on WC3 so I accidentally gave myself a handicap to play against since the humans were... less than optimal.
I've been thinking about getting back into RTS games (starcraft for the first time) and was leaning towards the zerg. I don't know why, I haven't looked into it at all yet but the concept really appealed to me.
What is "supply capped"?
I haven't played the game at all, so a lot of the recommendations about what is a bad thing to improve on went over my head.
You have to build certain buildings (Protoss: Pylons, Zerg: Overlords, and Terran: Supply Depots). to keep up your supply, or you are not allowed to build any more units, which you need to win the game obviously.
Starcraft is about building more army than your enemy. What you build doesn't matter as much as building more stuff!!!
Every army unit and worker costs supply.
When you reach your max supply, you are "supply blocked" because you cannot produce more workers or army units.
If you are supply blocked for a second or two, that's all right, but if you get supply blocked, and you haven't started building a pylon, supply depot, or overlord, you're slowing yourself down.
That's 15 or so seconds of you not producing any units, which is very bad.
In StarCraft each unit takes up supply, you start with 14 I believe from your main base and build supply Depot, pylon, overlords or more bases to raise supply, once you get your max available supply up to 200 you can't raise it anymore, let's say u have 45/45 supply and try to make a marine which takes up one supply... It won't train because you need to have available supply that's supply block, supply cap is 200/200 there's no way to surpass 200 supply
Eclipse II TE5 there is a way, bank up a crap load of minerals like 15k, then you turn your drones into spine crawlers and then start producing zerglings, then cancel the spines and you have over supply? I haven't tried it so I don't know if that works, I think I saw winter do it one time but still.
Haven't watched the video as a whole yet, but still do want to say thanks for putting a guide like this up. I've played AoE pretty much since I was 4 years old (Never was good at it, lol) and wanted to try something new and saw that STarcraft 2 was free to play. But playing one RTS game and then jumping straight into a different series can be a little overwhelming with how different the two games are from one another.
ARE U TELLING ME BGH IS STILL A PART OF THE GAME!! u sir just made my day.
you earned my subscribe! thank you for this!
i find your content very helpful! keep it up.
19:58 KEY! Thanks!
I followed this guide and now i'm challenger in league thanks!:)
Steven6 wrong game dude, there's no "Challenger league" here.
Back in Brood war I chose toss. Cause they looked so badass
thank you winter