The most important thing about "Display Experience Points" is that it even gives you this indication when you kill something which is in the fog of war. Just imagine that you bile a canon on the high ground. The XP indicator will tell you if the canon got destroyed or not. Great video, thx for creating so much SC2 content.
I remember reinstalling Starcraft 2 a couple of years ago and being so damn confused that I could not select enemy units until I remembered why :D liked and commented.
@@snowdrop9810 Um. Yes? My keyboard had 3 keys, one to shut it off, another to put it on rest and the third I don't remember now. Ofc I'm going to take these stupid ass keys off when I kept accidentally pressing them lol
One option I quite like is to use player colours for the health bars (with them always showing). It may be stupid but it helps me to identify easily how many allied/enemy units are in combat.
I love geography, and spent 5yrs in Europe for the army, and this moment hurt me so much. But I'd also like to give the benefit of the doubt, and guess he just didn't hear himself make the mistake, or he would've corrected it. I hope he isn't one to truly believe Europe is a country while he isn't trying to get through a speech.. Hopefully. 😅
Not only scout but watch more replays online. Stick to a couple of builds, practice Vs Ai (to hone in those build timings), and you will get to platinum/diamond in no time. Also press f12 for unit description
Good thing about making tutorial videos, guides and such for sc2 these days is that they will probably remain pretty accurate/relevant for the next 3 decades. :'(
Played like a mad man between release and late 2015, got to 5k mmr quite a few times with random, constantly watch winter videos on the side screen while working now including the 5 hours marathons of angry coach; still check's a video for newbies lol Maybe I should get back into playing again.
Can you make a new Terran build order guide? Lol I remember an Angry Coach where you yelled at a guy for following the last one so I’m wondering if the last one needs updating.
Actually there are very good reasons to enable XP: you can get confirmation of unit kills even if you can't see the unit (think DTs, Observers, burrowed lurkers or cloaked ghosts). XP is also visible if the unit dies in the FoW.
@@PatricioBenavente I did it a year ago. You lose time when you want to go to an specific base. Clicking the minimap is faster. Using camera locations is even faster and can be used for other things.
@Haakon Løtveit well, thats a good, different approach to the same thing: using camera locations. Personally, I still prefer the F keys because I play guitar and it feels more natural to me to use all 4 fingers instead of keeping the pinky in a modifier key. Also, for some reason I find easy to move my hand in y axis but hard in x axis. That's why F keys aren't hard for me to reach.
Windows mouse / keyboard settings - enable pointer precision off / repeat delay short - respectively. Then the three basic hotkey changes - move everything off of letters past h (especially building fly). Make a "spam key" for Ghost snipe, Ravager bile, Warp Zealot, Transfuse, Spawn Creep Tumor, anything that you usually otherwise have to click a lot for. Make the "spam key" also be the "select ability target" key (which still allows you to use your mouse) and there you go, settings accomplished. (Where is "select ability target"? IDK. Do you think I play Starcraft? If you can't find it look at Winter's hotkey guide from forever ago)
@@jimmydawson5509 Watch Winter's old hotkey guide. Basically, you just hold down the button and it has the same effect as clicking very rapidly with the mouse, so you can just drag your mouse with the button held down to, say, warp in a line of zealots.
Okay, so it's actually "Choose Ability or A.I. Target", not "select ability target" and it can be found under "unit management" in the global hotkey settings.
I would have expected rapid fire to have been mentioned as well. I guess that is perhaps a bit more advanced, but it sure would help new players as well.
I don't think new player can even do rapid fire. Nor do they even try without it Also not advisable as ghost, since they would sniping 1 unit with 10 ghost and don't know how much ghost need to take a certain unit down
For low mechanical players or ex/league of legends players, set all the abilities and building hockey’s on QWER or somewhere you can easily go with one hand without looking. Made the game so much easier for me.
enemy unit selection is off by default so new players know that is not their unit to control.. to stop confusion for dummies.. i noticed lots of things were added to SC2 to make it more accessible to newer players..
What about ghosts and marines in the same group? How to steam fast? I know u can tab and then press t but u lose 1 sec that is so important in the middle of the fight.
It's all about preference. If you feel that you just simply can't get used to press tab in the middle of a fight, then use different control groups. As a zerg, I put Vipers and Infestors in different control groups for that exact same reason
@@atata2000 I use tab... a lot! You can actually put multiple different units in the same control group and count the tabs then if you program your brain you automatically tab the amounts of time to get the spell you want. It's not conventional but it;s what i do
I don't know in rank, yet the Prefered Game Server works best on Custom Games. I'm from SEA and not having the best of Internet so we change Servers from time to time on whats the best latency for us that time during Customs...
It has been years and this entire time, I’ve had the flyer helper turned off. I have never successfully landed a fungal or bile, and I always waste extra storms because I could never aim them correctly vs air. Units glow red when you’re aiming below them, so that’s how I managed this whole time…
"North America extends all the way from the beautiful shores of the east coast..." yeah, I know what he's gonna say "...to the beaches..." of California "of Singapore"
Umm... you didn't even rehearse this... Why does it matter? the 10 settings, should be renamed to 4 settings. 6 of which you don't know how to explain, don't fully understand (even though you've been plaaying this game for a very very long time), and can't demostrate properly. This is a terrible video,
Winter, thank you. Not only has this been another educational and hilarious video that I stumbled along two years late but it also helped me avoid something huge. Logging on to ladder and seeing just constant hate and bigotry in the general and arcade chat has made me uninstall the game as a teenager multiple times. Now I am free. Thank you. 🏳⚧💞
my brain: why are you watching this, you don't even PLAY SC2 YOU ONLY WATCH
me: but it's Winter content !
Ten years ago I planted a tree. I should've played sc2 instead.
The most important thing about "Display Experience Points" is that it even gives you this indication when you kill something which is in the fog of war. Just imagine that you bile a canon on the high ground. The XP indicator will tell you if the canon got destroyed or not. Great video, thx for creating so much SC2 content.
XP drops can be seen through fog of war, nice for confirming corrosive bile kills etc
I remember reinstalling Starcraft 2 a couple of years ago and being so damn confused that I could not select enemy units until I remembered why :D
liked and commented.
I literally accused a guy of hacking because I couldn’t select his units XS
Returning to the basics. Thank you for creating the tips and tricks video. It is very helpful to know you still put out some guides for us!
Overcoming his guide-phobia :)
Disabling windows key is important and can save you frustration
If you are like me that has a "turn pc off" key on your keyboard, removing them will have the same results
@@MegaOgrady wait, you physically ripped out your keys from your keyboard?
@@snowdrop9810 Um. Yes?
My keyboard had 3 keys, one to shut it off, another to put it on rest and the third I don't remember now.
Ofc I'm going to take these stupid ass keys off when I kept accidentally pressing them lol
My kb has a gaming mode that i can toggle that disables keys of my choice while enabled, love that feature XD
Jokes on you, my Windows key is on the right
One option I quite like is to use player colours for the health bars (with them always showing). It may be stupid but it helps me to identify easily how many allied/enemy units are in combat.
9:40 "The beautiful country of Europe"... I'd say that's on par with most American's geographical understanding.
I love geography, and spent 5yrs in Europe for the army, and this moment hurt me so much. But I'd also like to give the benefit of the doubt, and guess he just didn't hear himself make the mistake, or he would've corrected it. I hope he isn't one to truly believe Europe is a country while he isn't trying to get through a speech.. Hopefully. 😅
Also disable mature language filter.
aka dont be a bitch
THANK YOU I still play 2 or 3 games a day I am trying to get out of Silver into Gold.
Oh my gawd you're way better than that dude!!!
Keep it up man! You got this!
You and me both buddy
Scout more. Honestly, if you understand the mechanics of the game, and what is good against what, scouting is all you need to move forward.
Thats a healthy count of games per day. You will get to gold soon
Not only scout but watch more replays online. Stick to a couple of builds, practice Vs Ai (to hone in those build timings), and you will get to platinum/diamond in no time. Also press f12 for unit description
I like the way you say "Get a gauge", Mr. Winter. It sounds nice and professional. Thank you.
Feeling inspired after the intro to this video
Good thing about making tutorial videos, guides and such for sc2 these days is that they will probably remain pretty accurate/relevant for the next 3 decades. :'(
Hey Winter! I'm enjoying a new play through of the campaign! Keep up the great content!
Wait, did You just say 'from beautiful country of Europe'? Great tutorial, wanna game some SC2 after 10 years and needed some settings. Glhf
Played like a mad man between release and late 2015, got to 5k mmr quite a few times with random, constantly watch winter videos on the side screen while working now including the 5 hours marathons of angry coach; still check's a video for newbies lol
Maybe I should get back into playing again.
Thank you so much winter❤️
Hell yea another winter guide
Can you make a new Terran build order guide? Lol I remember an Angry Coach where you yelled at a guy for following the last one so I’m wondering if the last one needs updating.
he also saying how day9 guides from 2010 will work up to masters. im pretty sure you're not masters yet
Inspirational intro is the best part.
5:43 show flyer helper also helps me when I try to find the pervert pillar on the maps.
Actually there are very good reasons to enable XP: you can get confirmation of unit kills even if you can't see the unit (think DTs, Observers, burrowed lurkers or cloaked ghosts). XP is also visible if the unit dies in the FoW.
If you play zerg switch the keys from “base camara” to space and “Jump to Last Alert” to Backspace
It is good, but I think is better to get rid of F2 and rebound F1 to start using all F Keys for camera locations
@@atata2000 easier to just press the space bar.
Just try it
@@PatricioBenavente I did it a year ago. You lose time when you want to go to an specific base. Clicking the minimap is faster. Using camera locations is even faster and can be used for other things.
@Haakon Løtveit well, thats a good, different approach to the same thing: using camera locations.
Personally, I still prefer the F keys because I play guitar and it feels more natural to me to use all 4 fingers instead of keeping the pinky in a modifier key. Also, for some reason I find easy to move my hand in y axis but hard in x axis. That's why F keys aren't hard for me to reach.
@@atata2000 for inject is faster
Windows mouse / keyboard settings - enable pointer precision off / repeat delay short - respectively.
Then the three basic hotkey changes - move everything off of letters past h (especially building fly). Make a "spam key" for Ghost snipe, Ravager bile, Warp Zealot, Transfuse, Spawn Creep Tumor, anything that you usually otherwise have to click a lot for. Make the "spam key" also be the "select ability target" key (which still allows you to use your mouse) and there you go, settings accomplished.
(Where is "select ability target"? IDK. Do you think I play Starcraft? If you can't find it look at Winter's hotkey guide from forever ago)
What’s a spam key? And how does it work?
@@jimmydawson5509 Watch Winter's old hotkey guide. Basically, you just hold down the button and it has the same effect as clicking very rapidly with the mouse, so you can just drag your mouse with the button held down to, say, warp in a line of zealots.
Okay, so it's actually "Choose Ability or A.I. Target", not "select ability target" and it can be found under "unit management" in the global hotkey settings.
@@Beardedlizzy oh thanks!
I think this is a little more advanced, but is good anyways
Helped a lot
Leaving a like for optional mute setting for global chat, and for "Inspirational outro"
SO do we get the new build guides as well?
Can confirm I secretly enjoy Starcraft general chat and lose a little faith in humanity every time I read it 😈
Thank you for the video, this helped a lot :)
I would have expected rapid fire to have been mentioned as well. I guess that is perhaps a bit more advanced, but it sure would help new players as well.
Id recommend new players to not use rapid fire for ravagers as zerg yet. Just keep popping one or two at a time. I
I don't think new player can even do rapid fire. Nor do they even try without it
Also not advisable as ghost, since they would sniping 1 unit with 10 ghost and don't know how much ghost need to take a certain unit down
First setting to change: SC2 music -> OG SC MUSIC
Imagine if you could fix it to terran theme only
@@snowdrop9810 that would be a beautiful thing. Time for petition!
ayy Winter i'm back into sc2 glad to see u still making sc2 content!! Anways gg BUck Flizzard
Thank you Winter. :D
"beautiful country of Europe" 😂 That being said, great video, thanks
Yay, reached diamond 3 with WinterStarctaft standard build guide
Very nice
For low mechanical players or ex/league of legends players, set all the abilities and building hockey’s on QWER or somewhere you can easily go with one hand without looking. Made the game so much easier for me.
that should actually be a default hotkey profile option imo, i personally don't use it but it's very common in many games including other full on rts'
I must be missing something because I didn't have the game speed slider in the gameplay options menu the last time I changed something.
I think the colorblind mode is also a nice to have.
enemy unit selection is off by default so new players know that is not their unit to control.. to stop confusion for dummies.. i noticed lots of things were added to SC2 to make it more accessible to newer players..
I have a friend that in the middle of fights accidentally selects enemy units and find that option turned off useful
And the server region ingame is different from the login region too!
What about ghosts and marines in the same group? How to steam fast? I know u can tab and then press t but u lose 1 sec that is so important in the middle of the fight.
It's all about preference. If you feel that you just simply can't get used to press tab in the middle of a fight, then use different control groups.
As a zerg, I put Vipers and Infestors in different control groups for that exact same reason
@@atata2000 I use tab... a lot! You can actually put multiple different units in the same control group and count the tabs then if you program your brain you automatically tab the amounts of time to get the spell you want. It's not conventional but it;s what i do
put tab on the mousewheel!
Nice video
Cool, but how do i configure my mouse buttons.
General chat disabled! Thank you, thank you
thx bro
Bro the general chat is so hilarious I'm never turning that ofc
I don't understand the simple command card being the default option. It should be opt in and be an accessibility option for children playing
If you need the simple command card then you don't know how to turn it on. If you don't need it then you do know how to turn it off.
I just realized Winter is from the mid-west. That explains a lot.
Yup hes definitely got the arrogance accent down pat lol....No I dont think its a bad thing.
I don't know in rank, yet the Prefered Game Server works best on Custom Games.
I'm from SEA and not having the best of Internet so we change Servers from time to time on whats the best latency for us that time during Customs...
when WoL came out made to high dimond before i figgured out how to select enemy units. good think baneling busts where a thing then
I hope you make some minor updates to your old tutorials too, and another direct strike video
3:55 100% calculated.
I found that unclickable setting last night and praised the holy lord, no more accidental scvs in my command center control group lol
It has been years and this entire time, I’ve had the flyer helper turned off.
I have never successfully landed a fungal or bile, and I always waste extra storms because I could never aim them correctly vs air. Units glow red when you’re aiming below them, so that’s how I managed this whole time…
Hello from Greece
Video suggestion: Hotkey setup used by top pro terran, zerg and protoss.
Lowko has done this ;)
I've played for 3 years and I didn't know a lot of this WTF
Reduce mouse lagg helps if you have good PC. Clicks will be more responsive but FPS will drop
I’m from the “beautiful country of Europe” lol.
i wonder which shortkey allows Ravagers to shoot bile at once
Those are usually a repeat key setup
@@TritonTv69420 thanks
Only setting I change for SC2 is the video quality on youtube.
Lol
i have two hands, i can use those tips! :)
What is an optimum G-card to run ?
I think I still have the keyboard I removed the windows key from when I was like 12.. Warcraft 2 would get me going man
You forgot to set mouse speed to anything between 51%-54%. Else it is a little off.
I had no idea why I couldn't select an enemy unit! What the flip
I wondered why i could not clic enemy unit. Now I know why lol
Beautiful country of Europe? It's like saying beautiful state of America.
The info was useful so thanks.
7:55 scroll speed set at 69%
Evryone: Nice
bold of you to assume that I play the game : D
"North America extends all the way from the beautiful shores of the east coast..."
yeah, I know what he's gonna say
"...to the beaches..."
of California
"of Singapore"
He called Europe a country. xD
Good thing Europe is a country now xD
but it is beautiful for sure 😉
Is that you Kevin Spacey?
2024 and still helpful
Ah yes, the beautiful country of Europe
'country of Europe'... sigh
Beautiful country of europe. That sounds like the most American description of europe hahaha. Cheers from spain!
Yeah.. may or may not be one of those people that uses keyboard camera.. (with minimap clicking at least)
Game: Disable windows key Me: windows key Game: ok
Europe is a continent...
I can finally click my enemy... loose anyway lol
69%... giggity
obama?? what have they done to you
Umm... you didn't even rehearse this... Why does it matter? the 10 settings, should be renamed to 4 settings. 6 of which you don't know how to explain, don't fully understand (even though you've been plaaying this game for a very very long time), and can't demostrate properly. This is a terrible video,
Europe - country
commenting...
first
am here to confirm his win, am second
8th comment
EUROPE IS A CONTINENT
my girlfriend left me
Guess it was a setting she heard she should change in 2021.
that's rough buddy - Zuko
try stim, might help
No dude, you left her for StarCraft 2. Time to play
Winter, thank you. Not only has this been another educational and hilarious video that I stumbled along two years late but it also helped me avoid something huge. Logging on to ladder and seeing just constant hate and bigotry in the general and arcade chat has made me uninstall the game as a teenager multiple times. Now I am free. Thank you.
🏳⚧💞