How to improve in Starcraft: step1: shave hair, step2: watch this video, step3: road to rank one baby

@lordlopikong6940

2 жыл бұрын

"Just rally a void ray across the map. And maybe you too, can be a top level protoss grandmaster" -Harstem

I have to tell Harstem about this video. From what I've seen recently, he could use it.

@Necrocidal

3 жыл бұрын

I heard on this channel that he's a prick

@charact_r9202

3 жыл бұрын

@@Necrocidal from who? Harstem? Don't listen to that guy, he's a prick ;)

@dizastro5437

3 жыл бұрын

I think he is trolling us?

@velocirapper

Жыл бұрын

I think he did, hes playing hot right now

Harstem showing he is Dutch and in team liquid in the bottom right to assert physical and mental dominance

@peterbrough2461

3 жыл бұрын

Bet he can't canal jump worth a damn, though😜😁

Harstem is streaming from prison. Thats why he got a sink in his room. The madlad

@th3oryO

3 жыл бұрын

Ditch prison looking pretty aight Edit: there's even bars on his door lmao, crazy that the guards haven't ripped the poster down yet

The hardest part of this game is not micro or macro, is how anxious it makes people, I don't give a f*** about my mr or ranking and still I get nervous every time I click that rank button.

@hexaquras9374

3 жыл бұрын

there needs to be a guide to help ladder anxiety

@rlinkquish

3 жыл бұрын

@@hexaquras9374 Maynarde put out a pretty good video about dealing with ladder anxiety

@yummyzerg

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@lds9280

3 жыл бұрын

@@hexaquras9374 @Erbmon The answer is litterally just play more. The only people who have anxiety laddering are people who play only to win or people who don't play enough. Once playing ladder games is normalised the anxiety leaves you. Then you get anxiety when you play tournament games, then the same thing applies, play more tournament games and over time you become less anxious.

@Necroneer

3 жыл бұрын

That anxiety helps me a lot in waking me up XD

Finally someone saying something different than just macro. I think it's so off-putting to tell people "ignore what you like and drew you to this game because your macro sucks" and your channel is an insane statement of how you can reach grandmaster level in so many ways because of how complex starcraft is. Thank you!

@nicolaslopez3987

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s be honest here, people in low league are so because they don’t know how to macro properly. The only thing ViBE saying (because it’s about him right) is that macro alone can carry you to Diamond, and if you are not it’s because of you macro. It doesn’t mean you should practice micro, but just that improving your macro should be your main focus until Diamond.

This. This is exactly what I've been looking for my entire life. Thanks for the great and informative video!

@eldra2179

3 жыл бұрын

If you what you were looking for, why didn't you stop looking

@spiraldynamics6008

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldra2179 lol

I where these flames are going: "more stuff beats less stuff" XD.

36:05 part about playing against Serral was pure gold... or if it was sincere then hang on there Captain, at least you have us! ;)

Damn, you have such a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm not even Protoss, but just listening to this makes me happy.

F for the 2 zealots that hopefully did a good job

Pro tip - if you want to get a full Harstem hour out of the 40 minutes Harstem is giving us, watch the video in three quarters the normal speed.

@SlizZeRz

3 жыл бұрын

Just watch it twice at 1.25x Speed

Ay yes, the infamous not so harstem hour.

Content so good you get the value of an hour for only 40 min of your time :)

Thanks for this, I just started Protos, I was playing Terran... Only gold, but this has massively helped with my Protos planning. Very basic but fantastic for foundations. Only played since lockdown... Big love buddy ✌🏻

hey i just started playing SC2 and just wanted to say thankyou, a lot of these tips have helped me especially the camera hotkeys which i didnt know existed. thanks again!

The Captain is the new Day9. Best SC2 content out there right now! Keep it up.

I absolutely adore your new guitar stand! Looks lovely o7

Thanks for this very helpful and informative video Harstem..gonna practice then soon and get better in the game too..

This should be a private class. Sc2 coaches are sad you’re doing their job for free. You’re the man!

Hello, Harstem! I don't play SCII at all (except those 5-10 games back in WoL), just enjoy watching competitive, but I still really appreciate this video. Not only is it usefull if I decide to give it a try, but the basic concepts in acquiring professional-level skill are covered here in an easy to digest manner. Things like practicing basics , time/mental resource-management and skill learning-curves. It always feels good to at least know how to be smart, so thanks for that!

@FickleWid

3 жыл бұрын

Found harstems alt account

@zerglinglover2303

Жыл бұрын

@@FickleWid no, this guy is a top commenter on Lowko's channel too.

Exactly the video i was looking for Thanks for great content and well commented

So I’ve been playing learning on my own for a while and I’ve been stuck somewhat in the low gold 2-3 rank. Sometimes I do good and then I’ll run into a higher deranged player who wipes the floor with me. Watching this today I decided to stop worrying about learning new builds and focused on JUST the first exercise. Then once I practiced for about 30 minutes went back to rank for a few games of practice. Won EVERY SINGLE game. Not even close. No cheese or crazy stuff just felt like the macro side became more automatic. Thanks for the video even if it is 3 years old

thanks a lot for cool guides! Are you going to capture the next steps for the exercise?

Great video, appreciate the new format.

Congratulations on 50k subs!

Thank you! Great video!

I really love this part about balanced training 35:51. Our goal [...] is to improve as fast as possible. [...] better enemies mean better practice. [...] (or, if you just focus on one skill) in the end you fight against Serral and you're never able to beat him and you've wasted 10 years of your life. It's almost a life lesson 🤔... (like SC2) you need to balance everything you do (with your health, time and money).

prolly one of the best sc2 guides out there.

Very helpfull stuff. Thanks!

I don't even play the game anymore and even I can appreciate this amazing video. Thanks!

The value priority thing reminds me of an Age of Empires 2 game I had a while ago, where I sent out some units to micro, pestering enemy's economy. 5-10 minutes later, I look back and find that most of my base had been wiped off the map.

Harstem, would you possibly do a video on how to construct a practice schedule for the game? Maybe based on what you do or something like that. For instance, I want to set myself to practice for 5 hours a week as a 3.5k Zerg, how should I structure those 5 hours and how can we structure our hours generally? Also loving the content, keep it up captain

This dude is actually the best sc2 teacher

I dont even play sc2 ladder but your vids are always fun to watch regardless

A tip I would give for improving your micro would also be to watch the minute micro series there is a lot of good stuff in there that instantly improves your micro.

The joy of Starcraft with Harstem Ross

Damn this was one of the most informative videos ive seen bout sc2, thanks cap'n Im a zerg but still helpful!!

Ah...thinking of attention as a limited resource and considering how to invest that as exactly as and with the same relative value as which you might consider how to spend your minerals or gas is truly a paradigm-shifting way to look at things. You're a smart guy, Harstem. =)

I find that most of the people I go against cant keep up their macro while attacking. Thats why I think a lot of people (winter in particular) says that macro trumps micro; because if you don't have a functioning production line and economy while attacking then the other player will not have any units after the fight. I've won a lot of (Silver; yeah I'm a silver, started playing recently) games by just having a lot more shit than the other player but yeah whenever I go up against someone that can macro and micro I am completely destroyed.

16:20 This build order is like an onion. It has layers.

14:18 well that escalated quickly :D

@Heliaced

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm sure you'll go to Aiur real fast, pew" xD

Great video good sir, thx a lot

thank you for this video

Harstem you reached 50k subs! nice! (thats alot of people)

Hmmm, i might have misheard, but somewhere in the video Harstem mentioned replays in the description, are my metal leaguer eyes just not capable of finding them? (Also great video, might actually try to improve now)

I think the reason people focus so much on macro is because for people in gold league or below (which is around 50% of people), their macro is so bad that if they focused on spending their money, no matter what it is, they could just F2 A-Move and probably win the game. It is their "easiest" way of winning the game Most of the micro they do is also anti-micro, A-Moving is the best micro strategy for a player of that level. Both since it allows them to macro, but also they won't reduce their dps with bad micro

Thanks!

4 drills that will change you LIFE. KZread appropiate. Perfect for people's reccomendation. Very informative.

Ah indeed, so that's what it was! I thought I wasn't improving at SC2 because I don't play SC2 at all, but this makes a lot more sense.

Damn kids 😉 this is gold! One may say even a lesson to life👍

This is great content

Harstem you have such a stoner mood i love it

Love you Cap! this is exactly what im looking for #harLip #harbitch4lyfe

I WAS SO FOCUSSED... and then this happened and i lol :D 28:02

Gonna try your drills.

Interesting idea, makes me wonder how to get rid of social media habit loops.

@nosemeocurrenada93

3 жыл бұрын

What works for me is to put the phone in the wardrobe. I want to scroll the feed but not that much as to get up from the chair

Is there a way to set your nexus to always be a certain hotkey so you don't have to set it, and don't have to add to your hotkey group; it would just automatically happen?

would you use camera hotkeys for zerg as well, or would us cycle with (rebound) backspace?

@93rwolf

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer the camera hotkeys as Zerg just Incase I screw up an inject I won't have to cycle back through all of the bases.

Can you talk where your hands are on the keyboard? Maybe i have small hands but i probably won't be able to reach f7 if my pinky is on control

@bmjoaco2339

3 жыл бұрын

use your right hand to hit f7

Rockin that Hardstem haircut I see

Zealots don't go to Aiur, they go to the Khala X| Unless you mean they aren't dying and they are getting warped out to the nearest safe-haven... But over the duration of SC2 in particular, Aiur has fallen to the zerg, so it wouldn't make sense that they go there. And... after the campaign the fighting has stopped, so it still wouldn't make sense; I always imagine that PvP is some squabble that happened during the SC2 campaign, but wasn't in the campaign. Not trying to be an overanalytical doucher, just really like the lore. Literally teared up multiple times during the entirety of all 4 campaigns.

Thanks for video .

i switched to zerg from protoss after a 6 year break from sc2, way more comfortable with macro, my biggest thing is not getting supply blocked. always at 44 and at 172 and randomly between them. also Harstem kept his hair and made it into a wig, just to troll us

@yummyzerg

3 жыл бұрын

Macro is easier? I switched to Zerg from Protoss and I think the macro is way harder. At Plat 3, all I had to do as toss was put all my Nexuses on one hotkey, spam build worker every 3- seconds, and make sure I had at least 8 gate and a robo. I was just rolling over everybody. As zerg (diamond 3), I find inject micro to be killer. I'm always starving for Larvae until about 4 base (or 3 base + macro hatch). I get killed by terran mech 100% of the time, or by any turtle terran, and I pretty much die in any long game vs toss. I'm pretty good at spending my money after I have enough larva to consistently make units wave after wave, but at that point I'm typically floating thousands of min/gas. I'm just happy the battle micro is simpler, it's just an A move while not letting expensive units die too fast.

@lds9280

3 жыл бұрын

@@yummyzerg Do example one from the video butfocus on injecting, building drones, building queens, spreading creep. If you're only diamond 3 then your fundimental mechanics aren't good enough yet so drill one from the video would be extreamly beneficial. When people say Zerg macro is easier all they mean is there is a rhythm to it, spend larva, inject, spread creep. A lot of people find Protoss macro harder due to there being less flow and having a mixture of macro styles, warpgates's or the more traditional robo/SG.

@ChimaeraTom

3 жыл бұрын

@@yummyzerg soz I didnt intend to say Zerg macro is easier. Just that since i came back i've been more comfortable with it. As @LDS said i find the rhythm easier and it might simply be the old "5-SD every few seconds -> injectx3 -> creep if time" is more ingrained. With Protoss i have 'blackout moments' all the time, where i just freeze and forget stupid stuff. i am mid-silver so everything i'm saying is probably pointless

@yummyzerg

3 жыл бұрын

@@lds9280 Thanks.

This definitely changed my life

This video made me learn about learning, and saved me ten years of my life! Thanks captain!

The Starcraft professor!

Tnx for video !!!!

it left me with some unbound hotkeys. Could you post all your hotkeys? I'm not good enough to have a preference anyway, might as well use yours. :D

I dont agree that you can micro your way to a win when opponent has superior macro (unless the rank difference is enormous which generally doesnt happen on ladder). Micro is where you win or lose when all else is even. It is easy to say just focus on everything when you are good at the game. I'm not convinced that lower level players should NOT focus on macro first. When I say lower level players I mean up to gold. I think from plat micro starts to become relevant. Maybe he is referring to plat/diamond as low level players?

Man, I never get to warp the adepts at 4:20, usually 4:40-4:50, but I noticed that you have 2/2 probes in extractors in the main and also you stop probing a bit when you reach 40 supply. Is that how I can achieve better timings?

I can see how this would help. Can’t tell you how many replays I’ve watched where I see a good 10 second window with no scv production. And then wondering why I’m broke later in the game

Harstem, I notice in the final game you have a pylon as hotkey 3. Could you explain why you'd ever need a pylon hotkeyed? It's not something I've seen done

@awooawoo9628

3 жыл бұрын

He just does it to spam hotkeys in the beginning to warm up, he does that also with supply depots to iirc.

@wsmeans

3 жыл бұрын

I'll usually hotkey my first pylon where I'm going to build my gate then hotkey my gates to it as well. It's particularly handy if the pylon is on the low ground.

@FickleWid

3 жыл бұрын

On top of what others said, it's a good way to physically see the timing to know when it's good to send a probe for the gateway build.

This is perfect - I just hit diamond with Protoss and i'm excited to practice these drills and shoot for masters!

6:54 a wild SCV appears

My life has changed!

I like how in 36:21 he shares someone`s lifestory... Who this guy is noone knows...

29:40 - 3 things to look for in a replay

Question: Can I get to diamond with just macro? I've just recently started getting an interest in this game and it seems like a big part of it is just macro and having good fundamentals, but one thing that I'm really bad at is micro, like mechanics and stuff like that, I'm not a mechanic gamer, I like playing simple stuff and focusing in the big picture so I would like to get good at this game but without relying on my mechanics too much, so is it impossible to climb without mechanics?

@danielglidewell

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's possible to climb without crazy mechanics, but I'd be careful about what you label as a mechanic and choose to ignore. Besides like Harstem said it'll generally be harder to improve a single aspect of your game to such a high level that it carries you to diamond, rather than just learning some basic micro for example.

@jBaO493

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielglidewell got it, tnx for the tip bro

It's really not a secret on how to improve. All the pros say the same thing in different ways. It's just hard work. It's not very fun to just drill a build order for a hour or just refine your mechanics for two hours. It's not pleasant to re-watch a lost game. I watch enough pro games and analysis to see all the mistakes I make and how not to make them. It's just hard work tho. There are other things that are hard work as well that are probably more enjoyable to improve at and more profitable. It's all about if you want it bad enough.

Question - Is the training AI IMBA, or do I suck? I lost to the training AI again, because I was trying to win faster (under 13 minutes).

According to the legend, that guitar was grounded next to lavatory after singing about macro...

good lecturer you got there

Yesterday I was Plat and I just beat Big Gabe with my eyes closed, can confirm.

Good morning harstem.

36:25 You okay, Captain?

Hey noob question here, how do I mass select all my nexai across the map? I can only select the ones I have on my screen

@espernova228

2 жыл бұрын

Only group hotkey? I dont think you can select all

Haha good stuff

Your thumb isnt long enough? dont you have a seconod cntrl key on the right side? Right under the right shift ?

Niento el sharko sends his regards

I didn't know Eminem played SC2. Thanks for the tips, Em!

This video is more like life lessons, using starcraft as an example.

Are the replays available somewhere? Having trouble finding them.

@stevenjaconette

3 жыл бұрын

There now, thank you!

but harstem, what if i wanna stay gold? 69th comment nice

Hit the thumbs up 5 seconds into the preload ad cause the description made me laugh way more than it probably should. The video also has good info in it as well

i think the point of telling people to focus on macro is that it's the boring part, so people have a tendency to undervalue it. and the excerise of doing, say, vibe's B2GM builds, is that it proves to stubborn nerds that macro is important, where on some level the wouldn't believe it otherwise. but yeah winning with macro->max->a-move can feel almost troll-y because you have to crush your opponents in macro to actually win with inefficient trades

I love Harstem

"Because last time you played the game was 2014... I'm looking at you" STOP LOOKING AT ME

Wait, you're hitting the F-Keys with your thumb, while pressing CTRL?! I wanna see that!

@SlizZeRz

3 жыл бұрын

I assume hes just using his thumb for F5, F6, F7 and his index or middle finger for the first 4.

@TripWithTheMoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@SlizZeRz yeah ok, but even then - If i press CTRL+F7 my fingers are horizontally aligned with the keyboard and my thumb is spread by 90 degrees.

@SlizZeRz

3 жыл бұрын

@@TripWithTheMoon Yeah exactly, thats why Iam no fan of using F-Keys with any modifiers like CTRL. But I guess if youre used to it its okay :D

I have 40 apm, what micro you talking about? F2 a-click thors to enemy army?

@dubnubdubnub4113

2 жыл бұрын

alt tabbing to chome i think