![]() ![]() StarCraft has this “legacy” feeling for a lot of people who weren’t necessarily there the whole time. Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson: There’s something cool about the guys who have been around throughout StarCraft's entire history, and are able to throw it back, and make everybody feel included. We caught up with Geoff and Dan to find out more. Four episodes have already been recorded, with new broadcasts every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Now they’ve started The Pylon Show, which focuses on the competitive scene of both StarCraft games. In the early 2000s, they competed in StarCraft: Brood War later, they became professional StarCraft II players, shoutcasters, and expert denizens of the analyst desk. Hopefully this provides some insight into my progress so far and helps to motivate you to continue improving your game as well.Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson and Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski are two of the StarCraft community’s most beloved personalities. So my next step is to learn the other two match-ups one at a time and continue my learning of PvZ. I take this promotion as a sign that I am on the right track. Of course I was still getting hammered in my other two match-ups.Īfter about a week of beating nearly every Zerg I played and going about 50/50 with the other races I was promoted to Gold. In game I actually felt extremely confident and the Zerg players seemed really predictable. After practicing this style and learning the ins and outs of the match-up I started winning a lot against Zerg on the ladders (I was regularly beating Gold and Platinum Zergs as a Silver-level player). I researched, watched games and eventually I discovered a way that I wanted to play the match-up ( iNcontrol’s PvZ Style). ![]() So I just forgot about the other two match-ups and focused entirely on PvZ. This really motivated me to learn all about Protoss vs Zerg. It was one of the first times where I actually thought “there is no way I can beat this player today”. Recently, I played in the finals of PRACBUD’s ‘Baneling Cup’ where I lost to an excellent, macro style Zerg player. Getting Promoted to Gold – Learning a Match-UpĪs I mentioned earlier, about a week ago I had a leap in my gameplay and this was the result of focusing on learning one match-up. Having such a large group of people willing to play practice games with me really sped up my progress in Silver. It was also around this time that I discovered the chat channel/group PRACBUD. A big part of this process was watching Pro players like iNcontrol and HuK play and trying out things that they did. Most of my time spent in Silver was spent discovering my style. Right before I was promoted to Silver I settled on a specific race to play (Protoss), my choice was based on the feeling that Protoss’ mechanics and army control/positioning best suited the style I wanted to play. Spend a decent amount of time trying different races, styles, strategies and just practicing the basics of the game. If you are currently in Bronze this is my advice: don’t rush. Internalising success and failure in this way has really driven me to improve. It also had another effect: I never blame my losses on race, imbalance etc but rather my own mistakes. ![]() In Bronze I played as Random, learning all three races really helped me to understand the strengths and limitations of each. Although this meant no real ladder progress for a long while (I was in Bronze for many months) I think it went a long way towards shaping my view of the game now and helped me to create my current style. Now that thats out of my system I thought I might discuss what I have been doing up to this point and what I felt got me into Gold.Ī lot of my time spent in Bronze was spent simply trying things out and practicing. WOOOOOOOOOooooooooooHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!!! ![]()
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