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    StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Jul 27, 2010

    The first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy focuses on the struggles of the Terran race, as seen through the eyes of Commander Jim Raynor, leader of the rebel group Raynor's Raiders.

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    #1  Edited By KaosAngel

    Rules 
     
    1.  Only one Pro Tip per post, no copying. 
    2.  Make it serious yet somewhat comical. 
    3.  Do it to ease new comers into SC2, and to re-arm vets for battle. 
     
    Pro Tip - Single Marines can't do shit alone, group 'em with the control + # key with a Medivac. 

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    #2  Edited By George1St

    pro tip 4. always build probes

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    #3  Edited By Pinworm45

    Protip: If you use Grid Hotkeys, Z becomes the key to both Morph lings to Banelings, AND to make Banelings explode. Given that select zerglings and banelings makes Banelings the sub-selected unit, this can result in embarrassingly bad baneling busts.

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    #4  Edited By KaosAngel

    Pro Tip - Cheese often, a win is a win.

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    #5  Edited By mikemcn

    Pro Tip- If your relaxed, your opponent has already won.

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    #6  Edited By thejamster

    Pro tip-  Phoenix grav beam+ stalker blink= broken terran front door if they have siege tanks

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    #7  Edited By Fallen189

    You need more vespene gas

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    #8  Edited By KaosAngel
    @Pinworm45:  
     
    As Brad said on the Bombcast 
     
    Pro Tip - "Use Hotkeys you NOOB!"
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    #9  Edited By harris

    Watch your replays. Look for the points where you're not making workers, not producing units, floating too many minerals, etc. There's useful information to be gained from win and loss replays.

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    #10  Edited By Donos

    Remember, your opponent is probably just as scared and confused as you are. Exploit that.

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    #11  Edited By nicolenomicon

    Protip: Marines will be burned alive by collosi.

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    #12  Edited By nicolenomicon

    Protip: With enough marines, you can accomplish anything.

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    #13  Edited By ryanwho

    Protip, LEARN ORGANICALLY. If you're slaving to some youtube vids you won't be able to improvise at all and you'll be that asshole who's always rage quitting cus things didn't go exactly as planned. 
    Protip 2, nobody gives a fuck that you're Diamond tier. The fact that people say it all the time should give you some clue to how prestigious and exclusive it isn't.

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    #14  Edited By KaosAngel

    Pro Tip - Fail the Placements on purpose so you can figure out easier where you're supposed to be.  This causes you to be forced into copper, and let's you experiment in the League matches, and let's you try things you can't do in Custom.  Can't get lower than Copper, use it.  Also, it gets you the achievement hella easier.  >.>

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    #15  Edited By Pinworm45

    Protip: Don't get absorbed by the "counter" nonsense people constantly preach. It doesn't really work that way. With some exceptions (obviously a ground-attack only unit won't be able to do well against an air unit, for example), playing well and smart will allow you to beat an army that people would say "counters" yours. I can't count the times I've destroyed Terrans who went Thors against my mutas simply by splitting my mutas well, and then laughing at the terran going "WTF OP" because he watched Husky say that Thors "hard counter" mutalisks 50 times. 
     
    Don't focus on 'countering'. Focus on playing well.

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    #16  Edited By KaosAngel

    Protip - Learn to rush, it's the best way to counter it.  Be prepared for rushes, until you're fully confident the other guy won't rush.  Keep the other guy on his/her toes.

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    #17  Edited By Tasus

    You must construct additional pylons!   Actually, always keep your supply count high, getting stuck because you forgot to raise your supply cap sucks.

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    #18  Edited By George1St

    pro tip. The gear is in the rear! Macro management is just as important as micro. Never get tunnel vision and the minimap is your friend

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    #19  Edited By ISuperGamerI
    @Mikemcn said:
    " Pro Tip- If your relaxed, your opponent has already won. "
    Rofl this is the best tip and another would be to prepare in advance if you have to eat, shit or sleep lol.
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    SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS

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    #21  Edited By Juvarial

    Always remember that no matter how much you know about the game people are dumb. And sometimes that dumb can beat you- I.E.-Flying a command center next to you and upgrading to plan. Fortress, Building a bunker in front of your choke, 6 Pooling, Teching up banelings, roaches, hydras and then building muts, ETC.  

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    #22  Edited By nicolenomicon

    Protip: Block your fucking choke.

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    #23  Edited By neozephyrox

    Protip:  Void Rays are NOT OP.   1 Viking can snipe out 10 Voidrays if micro'd properly.

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    #24  Edited By Addfwyn

    As a Zerg player, ALWAYS have a queen at each Hatchery spawning larva every time it's ready.  If your queens are accumulating too much energy, you are failing at zerg macro.  Preferably hotkey each hatch/queen combo to it's own control group.  Zerg macro is hell, but you need those larva.

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    #25  Edited By KaosAngel

    More units don't promise a victory.  Better mirco will beat the guy massing units.

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    #26  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Wall your ramp against Zerg or GG. Unless you rush to a sentry or something.

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    #27  Edited By finstern

    If rushing marines set the barracks rally point on your group heading to the enemy base, keep pumping out to replace those who get killed

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