2. WHAT IS STARCRAFT ?
• An RTS (Real time strategy) game developed
by Blizzard Entertainment.
• 11 million copies sold world wild.
• It is professional in Korea and Europe.
3. Real Time Strategy
• An complex game where you have to manage
your armies while developing the economy.
• Type: 4X, Strategy, MMOG
– 4X: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate
– Strategy: The win based on your strategies
– MMOG: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
8. How to be a good player ?
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
• SCOUTING
• MICROMANAGEMENT
• MACROMANAGEMENT
9. I. Resource Mananagement
• Making the right decisions how to invest the
resource in game.
• Types :
1. In game resource ($$$) : the money you
gather in game.
2. Off game resource : player skills.
10. II. Scouting
• Purpose : To know what the opponent’s
strategy.
• Every information is very important.
• Minimize your risk and maximize your
advantage.
11. III. Micromanagement
• Controlling the individual unit and your whole
armies.
• It is all about putting your armies in the
advantageous positions.
• Purpose : Minimize the loss of your armies in
the battle.
12. IV. Macromanagement
• Managing your base.
• Decision making :
1. Research ( improving your armies)
2. Recruiting more soldiers.
3. Building more bases for more resource.
13. Typical bad player ( NOOB)
• Bad decision making.
• Play thousand of games but still bad.
• Always caught of guard.
14. How to improve ?
• Play less, study more.
• Watch your own game to acknowledge your
mistakes.
• Practice what you have studied.
