I picked up a copy of Starcraft 2 last night and have played about 12 or so games. Against the AI on Easy and Very Easy I managed to get a win ( Not tried medium yet) but as soon as I play someone online I get hammered. Came close to a good counter in one game but messed that up.  
 
So this is where you come in Giantbomb, if you can slot me some tips or anything I should be doing in the first few minutes in this post, the best two I shall give my two guest pass's too.  
 
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9de2ldcm9qdf8vv/Novice Kulas Ravine (2).SC2Replay  This is a replay for the people who would like to take a view at my playing style. 

Watch some videos on youtube and play the challenges. That's a good start, you should also practise a lot to improve your speed. 
I don't need a guest pass though. ;)

Spam marines and medics for Terran. Bronze level players don't really know how to handle zergling rushes so that's still applicable. Google "zrgling rush" for a howto on that. Really, tier 1 spamming gets the job done just about every time at the bottom leagues. From there, you learn from your losses. Unless you're a bitch afraid of losing, then you watch youtube vids.

Don't need a guest pass but basically, watch replays of the matches you lose. Seriously

ZEEEEEEERG RUSH!

• Always remember that you need a LOT of mining units to succeed. You can have 3 SCVs/probes on one patch of minerals (I believe), so don't be afraid to crank some out. Somewhere around 20 or more is good once you get your base going. Start the game off by immediately building more! 
  
• Hotkey your town hall (Shift+whatever number you want to assign it to) so that you can pump out more even when you're on the other side of the map. Hotkey your units as well, so you're never more than 1 keystroke from selecting them.
  
• Always keep an eye on your command points as well; the worst thing you can do is run out, sending all of your unit production to a screeching halt. So make sure to build plenty of supply depots/pylons/overlords, whichever race you're using.
  
• Don't be afraid to build multiples of the same structure - if you want to pump out infantry, don't just use one building to do it! Build two or three (or more).
• Make sure to fortify the choke point(s) into your base - getting 'tower rushed' (enemy comes into your base and starts building inside of it to screw you over) is frustrating, and can be prevented by dressing up your base with some defensive structures, or at least a small squad of units patrolling near the entrance.
  
• Once you get into the game and get more comfortable with what structures/units serve what purpose, know your build. Make some calls based on what your opponents are doing and what race their using to determine what you should be building. Have a strategy from the beginning, but be ready to change it up if your enemies get wise to you. This gets easier to do once you know what units are good against what. Keep at it and you'll start to get a feel for it!
  
• Gargantuan is absolutely correct too; try out the challenges, and watch other people play. Better yet, watch the replays of when you lost online. You'll be able to see what your opponents were doing and watch their activity for the whole match! And every replay is logged automatically.
• If you hold Shift, you can queue up commands for your units; very handy for, say, telling an SCV to build a few supply depots, then return to mining minerals when he's done.
  
• And finally - start learning the hot keys. This is pretty much a must when you play online!
  

Who can give you advice AND needs a guest past?

" Who can give you advice AND needs a guest past? "

Scout, mine, make dudes

" @Cataphract1014:  http://www.mediafire.com/file/9de2ldcm9qdf8vv/Novice Kulas Ravine (2).SC2Replay This is a good game I had, still lost.  "

• You got gas way too early.  You want to have a gateway well on the way before you start gas.  You were sitting on a ton before you could even use it and those probes would be better served getting minerals.
• Build more unit producing buildings.  Instead of one gateway, try and get 3 or 4.  It is a good way to use money you have stockpiled, and you can get more units out faster.
• Once your opponent had that many Void ray, there wasn't much you'd be able to do unless you got even more.  To stop this from happening be aggressive.  Nothing slows a players unit production down like being aggressive.
• Expand early and often.  It will eat up minerals you currently have, and will bring in more in the future.
• Always be making units.  Stalkers and zealots are really good units for early game.  A good mix of those could clean up a base easily.
• Don't be afraid to attack.  In the practice league, there is not better place to try and figure out what works for you and what doesn't.  If you woulda sent your first zealots to his mineral line, you could have panicked him. (Even I struggle with this one.  I get super nervous that they will have a gagillion guys and I'll lose.)
• Instead of building a gas when you did, you want to build a pylon.  Pylon at 8 food and a gateway at 12.  That is a pretty good order to start with.  Don't start gas until after the gateway is started because you don't even need it to make anything until another building after the gateway is put down.  Before that gateway finishes, you want another pylon to go down too.  Nearly every unit protoss take up more than one supply. (This one and the first one go hand in hand, but I figured more info would be good.)
  
• Keep ahead of supply lock.  Don't set out to build 5 pylons at once, but build one every 45 seconds or so.
• Never take your nexus rally point off the minerals.  A probe standing around isn't doing anything good for you.
• Don't spread your pylons out so much.  If someone were to harass you and take a pylon or two out, you would have lost power on several buildings.
• If you send a probe to build one building as you are placing it hold shift and you can get him to follow another order direct after that so it would be B -> E -> hold down shift -> click mineral line.  This way right after he finishes starting the portal, he will start to collect money.
  

• You were making lots of probes.  It is good to continuously make them. (I struggle with this.)
  
• You used Chronoboost. I like to hotkey my townhall to number 4.  This way I can always be ready to use the things that come with it.
• You were getting upgrades.  They can be the different between a win and a lost if your opponent doesn't get them.
• 3 workers on gas.
• You had a good mix of units.
  

The best tip is simply to spawn more overlords.

...I would give tips, and then I remembered I need to reinstall the game on my mac, and I already own a copy so the Guest Pass wouldn't help me.  >.> 
 
I guess I shall reinstall the game, again...for like the 3rd time on this very same laptop.

" @Cataphract1014: The post you made is full of win.   Shall try these tips out tomorrow along with the rest and post the match I play. Will also pass out the guest pass's tomorrow.  Thanks GB!  "

I'm not very good either, but I don;t have a guest pass to give away for StarCraft 2!
 
I guess I will just collaborate on the chat rooms to get hints!

I have a lot of problems too. You need build more SCV and barracks. Look at online videos. The pros attack more fast, you can wai longer.  
 
And double contrl+click in a unite to select all unites of type in the screen. How I wish had looked at the hotkeys list before.

" @RageGummy:
forget what they all said, protoss has free wins until diamond, heres a guide 
http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft?feature=chclk#p/c/7668B099ED4595AA/2/rYURoBXkFeA     jus copy it, over and over again, you will see, i don't even play protoss and its racked up easy wins. "