Starcraft is a real-time strategy game developed by Blizzard Entertainment that sold over 11 million copies worldwide and became a professional sport in South Korea and Europe. Playing Starcraft well requires strong resource management, scouting of opponents' strategies, micromanaging individual units effectively during battles, and macromanaging broader base-building and tech decisions. Good Starcraft players focus on continuous learning by studying their own replay data to identify mistakes and areas for improvement between matches.
2. Starcraft?
• An RTS (Real time strategy) game
developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
• Released back in March 1998
• 11 Million copies sold world wide
• A profession in South Korea and Europe
3. What is an RTS
• A complex game where you manage your
armies and resources from the ground up.
5. Picking your
Race(Team)
• Most crucial aspect of an RTS
• Pick the best race/team that suits your
style/mindset
6. I. Opening
• Plan
• Army combinations
• Exploitable positions
• Early game advantage
• Prepare for the worst early-game scenario
• Types :
• All-in
• Flexible (For long games)
• Noobs go head on without a plan
7. II. Resource
Management
• Basic necessity to achieve other tasks that
require spending.
• Types:
• In game resources ($$$)
• Off game resources (Player skills)
• Noobs tend to forget to manage doing this
during the entire game
8. III. Scouting
• Adapt to what the other guy’s planning to
throw at you
• Information is a resource
• Maximize your advantage
• Minimize your risk
• Noobs fail to scout the entire game
9. IV. Micromanagement
• Controlling individual units, making sure
that they do what they do best
• Not losing track of your guys while you’re
doing all sorts of other stuff
• Mostly about putting your guys in an
advantageous position... NOT
MULTITASKING
10. V. Macromanagement
• Base management
• Decision making
• Research (Improving your guys skills)
• Recruiting more people
• Building more bases for more resources
11. Multitasking?
• Is a sin...
• Multitasking = less focus for more
important stuff :(
• Be familiar of the “Routine” or the pattern
12. Bad Starcraft Players
• Play lots of games but do the same mistake
every time
• ... Are not aware of the problems that they
face
• ...Are Always caught off guard
13. Good SC2 Players
• Play less, study more
• Watch their own replays
• Play to improve