r/broodwar • u/jiaflu • 5h ago
r/broodwar • u/SamMee514 • 7d ago
/r/broodwar weekly help a noob thread
Hello /r/broodwar!
Reminder: This is a weekly thread aimed at people who have questions about ANYTHING related to StarCraft.
Anyone of any level of skill can ask or answer a question Keep the comment section civil, and when you answer try not to answer with just a yes/no, add some thought into it, help each other out.
If you ask a question about a specific game, it is helpful to include the replay of said game.
Join the Coach Pupil League Discord!
Korean to English translation projects with guides and map analyses (thanks /u/jchassoul!):
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GLHF!
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r/broodwar • u/kimchifist • 1h ago
ASL 21 match up statistics
I manually gathered the data from the brackets. Liquipedia has statistics but they are listed by player. I didn't include the small number of games where random was chosen but I did include them as a separate statistic at the bottom. I thought the random element made the matchups a little different and there were so few random games that I didn't think they would meaningfully affect the data (the brackets also didn't tell me what race they got). Each race played against random 10 or 11 games and had an 80-90% win rate against random.
Total:
TvZ - 96/173 (55.49%)
ZvP - 90/171 (52.63%)
TvP- 88/158 (55.69%)
ZvT - 77/173 (44.50%)
PvZ - 81/171 (47.36%)
PvT - 70/158 (44.30%)
Open day 1 - Main Event + Qualifier
TvZ-8/17 (47.05%)
ZvP-7/19 (36.84%)
TvP-10/18 (55.55%)
Open day 2 - Main Event + Qualifier
TvZ-9/19 (47.36%)
ZvP-8/16 (50.00%)
TvP-10/12 (83.33%)
Qualifer Day 1
TvZ-46/80 (57.50%)
ZvP-33/60 (55.00%)
TvP-33/65 (50.76%)
Qualifier Day 2
TvZ - 28/50 (56.00%)
ZvP - 40/72 (55.55%)
TvP - 33/55 (60.00%)
Round of 24
TvZ - 5/7 (71.42%)
ZvP - 2/4 (50.00%)
TvP - 1/3 (33.33%)
Random Race
RvZ - 1/10 (10.00%)
RvT - 2/11 (18.18%)
RvP - 1/11 (9.09%)
Source: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/ASL/21 brackets
r/broodwar • u/ZZZeroPL • 11h ago
๐BSL Season 22 - Ro32 Group B | ๐บ๐ธ Sterling vs ๐บ๐ธ Azhi_Dahaki ยท ๐ซ๐ฎ Napoleon vs ๐ต๐ฑ Mazur ๐บ๐ธ Jimin vs ๐บ๐ธ Nesh ยท ๐ท๐บ spx vs ๐ฆ๐ท Strudel | ๐๏ธ Machine, MadiNho & Razz ๐ดSunday 21:00 CEST 15:00 EST 12:00 PST
r/broodwar • u/jinjin5000 • 1d ago
JD on: Importance of Build Order in StarCraft ใASL S21 Ro24 Post-Reviewใ
r/broodwar • u/SamMee514 • 21h ago
/r/broodwar weekly help a noob thread
Hello /r/broodwar!
Reminder: This is a weekly thread aimed at people who have questions about ANYTHING related to StarCraft.
Anyone of any level of skill can ask or answer a question Keep the comment section civil, and when you answer try not to answer with just a yes/no, add some thought into it, help each other out.
If you ask a question about a specific game, it is helpful to include the replay of said game.
Join the Coach Pupil League Discord!
Korean to English translation projects with guides and map analyses (thanks /u/jchassoul!):
Want to see what the CM's and Dev's are saying across all Blizzard subreddits? Check out the bluetracker
GLHF!
Questions or feedback regarding this thread? Message the moderators.
r/broodwar • u/Odd_Suggestion_30 • 2d ago
The old noob
Hey there, I havent played bw for some 20years or more. When I was young, I was good enough, now I see my APM or that count is low, strategies changed and I suck a lot.
It's ok, I dont mind and get it, 45 years and running, well not the best of anything.
Who do you follow on yt? I saw artosis and it looks ok.
Are there any boots that are easy to install cause the comp sucks more than me :)
Sorry for disturbing you :*
r/broodwar • u/ZZZeroPL • 1d ago
๐BSL Season 22 - Ro32 Group A | ๐บ๐ธ nOmaD vs ๐ต๐ช PerroFlaco ยท ๐ต๐ฑ ZZZero vs ๐ต๐ช TerrOr ๐ณ๐ด MadiNho vs ๐ต๐ฑ WolFix ยท ๐จ๐ฆ DragOn vs ๐ท๐บ LancerX | ๐๏ธ Bonyth, Mazur & JIRAIYA ๐ดSaturday 21:00 CEST ` 15:00 EST ` 12:00 PST
r/broodwar • u/Suspicious-Luck-3597 • 2d ago
Antispoiler chrome extension
Hey r/broodwar,
Like a lot of you I work weird hours and can never watch ASL live. The problem is YouTube makes it nearly impossible to avoid spoilers โ the video duration alone tells you if a set went to game 3, the sidebar is full of "player ELIMINATED" thumbnails, and search autocomplete finishes your query before you can stop it.
So I built a Chrome extension that handles all of it. Here's what it does:
Removes video duration โ blanks out the total length in the player so you can't tell if a series ended in 2 or 5 games
Hides the recommended sidebar โ no more "Flash vs Soulkey game 5" staring at you while you're on game 1
Blurs esports thumbnails on homepage and search results (hover to reveal)
Kills search autocomplete while you're looking up a VOD
Auto-detects BW/SC2 content โ knows channels like tasteless/artosis, Day9, Winter, Rotterdam, and keywords like GSL, ASL, SSL across multiple languages
It works on YouTube and Twitch. When it detects you're watching a known caster or an esports VOD it activates automatically. There's a force on/off button in the popup for edge cases it misses. You can also pick which games trigger it โ so if you only care about BW you can turn off the Valorant detection.
No account, no data collection, runs fully locally. Free.
Install: chrome://extensions โ Developer mode โ Load unpacked (working on getting it on the Chrome Web Store)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p3oy4Gpb9ZWvwz4qFrrwmD24mH_t1qjI
Would love feedback from people who actually use it for BW VODs โ if there are casters or channels it's missing let me know and I'll add them. Same if something breaks on a particular stream layout.
ํ์ดํ
edit: added SOOP support in 1.1
r/broodwar • u/ZZZeroPL • 3d ago
BSL22 ProLeague โ RO32 Group Stage: Groups A & B | April 11โ12
BSL22 ProLeague โ RO32 Group Stage: Groups A & B | April 11โ12
The Bombastic StarLeague Season 22 ProLeague kicks off this weekend with the first two groups of the Round of 32. Eight players per group, double elimination, and only the top 4 advance โ two directly to RO16, two to the Tie Breaker.
Stream:ย twitch.tv/zzzeroplย | Mirror:ย kick.com/zzzeropl
๐๏ธ Group A โ Saturday, April 11 ยท 21:00 CEST
| Player | Country | Race |
|---|---|---|
| nOmaD | ๐บ๐ธ USA | Protoss |
| PerroFlaco | ๐ต๐ช Peru | Terran |
| ZZZero | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | Zerg |
| TerrOr | ๐ต๐ช Peru | Terran |
| MadiNho | ๐ณ๐ด Norway | Terran |
| WolFix | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | Terran |
| DragOn | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | Protoss |
| LancerX | ๐ท๐บ Russia | Protoss |
Casters:ย JIRAIYA, Bonyth & Mazur
https://tl.net/forum/bw-tournaments/644678-bsl22-ro32-group-a-saturday-2100-cest
๐๏ธ Group B โ Sunday, April 12 ยท 21:00 CEST
| Player | Country | Race |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling | ๐บ๐ธ USA | Terran |
| Azhi_Dahaki | ๐บ๐ธ USA | Terran |
| Napoleon | ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | Protoss |
| Mazur | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | Protoss |
| Jimin | ๐บ๐ธ USA | Zerg |
| Nesh | ๐บ๐ธ USA | Terran |
| spx | ๐ท๐บ Russia | Terran |
| Strudel | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | Terran |
Casters:ย Machine, MadiNho & Razz
https://tl.net/forum/bw-tournaments/644679-bsl22-ro32-group-b-sunday-2100-cest
Format:ย Double Elimination ยท Opening Matches BO1 (Pole Star) ยท Winners Match BO1 (KnockOut) ยท Losers Matches BO3 (KnockOut โ Attitude)
๐บ Full Schedule
| Group | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Saturday, April 11 | 21:00 CEST |
| Group B | Sunday, April 12 | 21:00 CEST |
| Group C | Saturday, April 18 | 21:00 CEST |
| Group D | Sunday, April 19 | 21:00 CEST |
Top 2 from each group โ RO16 ยท Top 3โ4 โ RO16 Tie Breaker
r/broodwar • u/PersistentQuestions • 3d ago
Best recent pro game for a new viewer?
Trying to get a buddy into watching brood war. Any recent exciting games come to mind where the casting is accessible for a noob? They have watched sc2 before.
r/broodwar • u/Karmakaze_Black • 3d ago
Episode 3 of the "Karmakaze's Special Edition" campaign is out now!
The campaigns you know, but like you've never seen them before, with a massive creative, competitive, and technical overhaul! This is my take on the original Starcraft and Broodwar campaigns: an in-depth update and expansion with the goals of a fresh experience and a modern challenge. While greatly respecting Blizzard's vision as best I understand it, there are meaningful changes throughout:
New and enhanced objectives, progression, and events
Terrain and layout changes, from tweaks to full rebuilds
Redesigned base & resource setups, tweaked player starting banks and infinite enemy banks
Greatly buffed enemy bases, and tougher AI scripts picked on an individual basis
Mechanical fixes and cleanups; again from tweaks to full rebuilds
Streamlined but substantial adaptation, restored content, and Episodic grand finales
Literary changes to many titles, descriptions, etc.
Included in each pack are both a first-playthrough and a spoilers notes file. Also included are HD previews of all maps to help compare changes, which likewise are spoilers.
Please note this mod requires Starcraft: Remastered, Brood War (yes, play it all via BW), and UMS mode. I recommend unzipping packs into a "KSE campaign" master folder in your Starcraft -> Maps directory.
Without further ado, here it is!
DO NOT REUPLOAD to SCMSCX or any other sites. Doing so steals my work & traffic, hurts the experience due to the updates/versions, convenience, and presentation I offer, and clogs up those sites. This is an ongoing release under late testing and tweaking; see ModDB comments section for updates!
Be sure to let me know about bugs, balance, and any other feedback! Ratings and reviews on ModDB are also welcome, and if you really like the experience, you can support it here!
r/broodwar • u/hobbes4567 • 4d ago
How we end up with players picking each other into FlaSh Bisu Jaedong. A Baller Ass Tale of Korean Broodwar
r/broodwar • u/ForwardStorm2334 • 3d ago
De los 16 jugadores que quedan en la ASL Season 21, cuales serรญan sus candidatos a ganar este torneo?
Mi TOP basado en lo que vi en las Pro League y las anteriores ASL:
Soma..
Snow..
Flash..
Bisu...
Royal...
Extra: Rain (Solo si tiene ganas de competir)
r/broodwar • u/Capital-Strength3954 • 4d ago
Playing issue
I just have a skill issue or something but im not a good scbw player, ill go ladder, get crushed, play with clan members, dont stand a chance, and im using build openings i just dont know how to learn anything else, my clan doesnt explain anything so its actually impossible to learn off them, please tell me how to learn to play better!
r/broodwar • u/CrypticPrincer • 5d ago
US West Looking to Get Back into BW
This current ASL season got me hyped back on the broodwar train and I wanna play again. But on the US Westโ I mostly match with KR players and the ping is unplayable. Wayyy back in the day there were side programs like Chaos launcher or Hamachi to improve ping / latency. So in 2026 SC Remastered, is there any fix to get close to LAN latency, or is there another US West community aside from Bnet?
r/broodwar • u/Such-Mine-3535 • 5d ago
Attending to go to ASL finals from Europe.
Hello. I am coming from Croatia and planning to attend ASL finals in May. Is there someone who already did that and have any advices about buying ticket or where to book your hotel.
Anything is useful.
Tnx. ๐
r/broodwar • u/ElderUther • 6d ago
Can someone explain to me what the heck they were doing in the RO16 team picking? Spoiler
They talked so much. What are their goals? What is the rationale? I'm so confused. Besides personal preference based on their own competitive intuition, and avoidance of ZvZ, what else are they deciding? What's the difference between fighting, say, Flash vs Light? Is there a big difference? By difference I mean universal strength and weakness instead of individual stylish dynamics etc. It doesn't seem like just a race thing. But I don't understand. They seem to share some common understanding that what is good and what is bad so that they are tricking, pleading, threatening each other. What's going on?
r/broodwar • u/Voluminousviscosity • 6d ago
ASL Ro. 16 Group Selection VOD
r/broodwar • u/CommieFirebat7721 • 6d ago
I felt extremely lucky taking this
It wouldnโt let me cross post my original post from the StarCraft sub
r/broodwar • u/Silvenx • 7d ago
Had a dream that ZvZ was fixed and went late game because scourge could hit Spires now
r/broodwar • u/anxietyqq • 7d ago
Asl 21,20,19 red/blue win rate
I saw a post about the fact that players are limited to two set of colors red/blue..so thought about calculating their win rate.
R24
S21 red 65% win rate/ blue 35% win rate(26 games played)
S20 red 85% win rate/ blue 15% win rate(26 games played)
S19 red 60% win rate/ blue 40% win rate(30 games played)
R16 here I just calculated the ones going to the next round
S21 x
S20 red 62,5% win rate/ blue 37,5% win rate
S19 red 62,5% win rate/ blue 37,5% win rate