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After thinking about it for some time:
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After thinking about it for some time:
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It depends on what you want to improve actually.
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It depends on what you want to improve actually.
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Strategy or execution?
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Strategy or execution?
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Execution consists of unit micro and the "mechancal input" skills, e.g. keyboard- and mouse-usage. If you have problems with that and want to fix it, replays are definitely not useful. Instead play as much as you can, replays are a complete waste of time. (I found bots really good to practise that aspect specifically. For many players bots are boring, but they don`t realise that bots are relly really good practise tools. Try 3 legacy-ai on AlienDesert. That requires minimal strategical thinking, but is really challenging control-wise, meaning speed and precision.
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Execution consists of unit micro and the "mechancal input" skills, e.g. keyboard- and mouse-usage. If you have problems with that and want to fix it, replays are definitely not useful. Instead play as much as you can, replays are a complete waste of time. (I found bots really good to practise that aspect specifically. For many players bots are boring, but they don`t realise that bots are relly really good practise tools. Try 3 legacy-ai on AlienDesert. That requires minimal strategical thinking, but is really challenging control-wise, meaning speed and precision.
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Strategy:
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Strategy:
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If you want to learn that, you need to learn as much as you can about the game itself and about yourself as player.
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If you want to learn that, you need to learn as much as you can about the game itself and about yourself as player.
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Obviously the more you know about the game the better your decisions will be. I think if you want to focus on that, watching and analyzing are more effective than playing. You can watch the same replay over and over again, like 20 times or so and i will bet you still notice something in take 20 that you didn`t realise in take 19. (If it was long enough of course...)
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Obviously the more you know about the game the better your decisions will be. I think if you want to focus on that, watching and analyzing are more effective than playing. You can watch the same replay over and over again, like 20 times or so and i will bet you still notice something in take 20 that you didn`t realise in take 19. (If it was long enough of course...)
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The
second
benefint
(
that
is
as
important
as
well:
You
can
reflect
on
your
own
playing,
something
you
cannot
do
when
you
only
play.
Then,
you
are
busy.
You
have
no
time
to
think
about
that
stuff
and
you
are
under
stress.
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The
benefit
of
watching
your
lost
games:
You
can
reflect
on
your
own
playing,
something
you
cannot
do
when
you
only
play.
Then,
you
are
busy.
You
have
no
time
to
think
about
that
stuff
and
you
are
under
stress.
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You simply don`t get a sense of your playing while you play.
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You simply don`t get a sense of your playing while you play.
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On the other hand, you can also watch your wins and try to analyse why your oponent lost. Analyzing is the main thing, and that includes your own playing.
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Is replaying your (lost) games essential for improvement?