XiaoT shares his thoughts on playing orc

[gbtl]

http://news.replays.net/page/20080714/1387810.html

-translated by me (some parts may be a little weird)

Blog: I hope to be able to fight with Sky and Infi

Night has arrived. Yet I am unable to fall asleep. The thought of so many upcoming competitions make me feel nervous and excited at the same time. ESWC 15-17 Wuxi. CIG 17-19 Shanghai WCG 25-27 Shanghai. The top 3 players in ESWC and WCG can represent China in the grandfinals. I hope that I have the chance to do so in both of these competitions. Currently the competition level in China is becoming stronger. I am most worried about Orc mirror - Fly, Wulin, Like, the humans - th000 and infi, as well as the numerous solid elf players - sai, suho and lyc. The domestic competition is really difficult (as high as the clouds). It can be said that it is even more difficult as the grand finals. I believe, if I can have self-confidence to improve and work harder, I will be able to get what I want.

These few days I have been specially training for the Human Matchup and prepared some tactics against strategies such as the MK expansion and the AM quick creeping?. It's not that I cannot fight, actually the MK expansion is not imba. Just that the tactics of the human players are more advanced. I feel that orc has a lot of inadequecies which can be changed. Although I have improved a little, whether I can win remains to be seen until the games are played. I'm looking forward to playing against Infi, 000 and Sky.

As for the orcs, it is still very difficult to play. Basically in orc mirror matches, I feel that you cannot innovate. You can only use minor details and self-confidence to defeat your opponent. In the past I always liked to come up with new tactics. However against Orc, I am unable to do so. I have to face my opponent with a straightforward style of play. The feeling is alright, it's not that I cannot win with the normal strategies, but that I never thought of training with them. My training with the cookie-cutter strategies has produced decent results. My micro, macro, timing, decision making, situation awareness have improved.

Actually I have always been a person who improves by analysing and thinking about my games instead of just merely practicing. It can be said that it is a happy and relaxed attitude towards the game. However, times have changed. The competition has been rising steeply, thus I have increase my training too. However from my experience now, analysis is more important than practice. Practicing only allows you to see for yourself the results of your analysis. I like to use the most rapid way to improve, that's why I prefer taking shortcuts. This is my strength as well as my weakness. In the past thinking I spent more time thinking about strategies and my competitive side becomes stronger? Adding to the fact that orcs have less variety in playing style, unlike Humans and Nightelves who have so many different ways of playing. I have come to the conclusion that Orc cannot be innovative. Orc can only play with a standardised style. Especially with their attitude, they must be aggressive. However, if one is overly aggressive they will lose their rationality and become rash. With aggression there must also be a path for retreat. This comes from adaptability, good judgement, management of resources. With the mastery of the forementioned factors, during practice, you must find the most effective way of fighting the different races. This is the way to bring out the strongest in Orc which is the aggressive race.

These is merely my personal opinion on the subject matter, it does not mean that everything is correct for sure. ~ok orcer, after reading this, I hope all of you will be inspired.

[日志] xiaOt:我非常期待和Sky、Infi交手

晚上了.还是难以入睡,想起这么多比赛就很紧张，也很兴奋. ESWC 15-17无锡.CIG 17-19上海 WCG 25-27上海 ESWC 和 WCG前3名可以代表中国去世界参加总决赛,我希望我这俩项比赛都能有机会出线,现在国内的竞争力越来越强 了.我最担心的ORC内战.FLY WULIN LIKE还有人族的新星000 infi 还有很多优秀的NE选手sai suho lyc.恩恩.国内真的高手如云.可以说比世界的总决赛还要难打.恩..!我相信,只要自信加油,努力会得 到我想要的东西.

这几天专门练了下打人族,也分析了一些战术,比如打MK开矿.和AM速敲的.也不是不能打,其实MK开矿4 9没有IMBA.只是人族选手的战术比较先进.我觉得ORC还有很多不足的地方.可以改进,我虽然改进了一 些,是否能赢,还是在比赛上分晓吧.很期待在比赛中和INFI 000 SKY交手.

至于ORC.还是很难打的,ORC打ORC我觉得基本上不能投机,只能用细节和自信战胜对手,以前我老喜欢 跑.老喜欢有新的战术.但是呢,ORC嘛.没有办法.只有刚正面.最近练了一些正面,感觉还不错,不是打不 过,只是以前没想练正面.我练了练正面效果还不错,就是比个方面嘛.操作意识 细节 大局 判断 .

其实我一向都是一个分析总结比练的多的人,这也是我进步的方式.算是一种快乐轻松游戏的心态,但是现在时代 不同了.竞争越来越强烈.练习我也增加了.不过我现在体会了.总结分析比练习还是重要的多.练习只是去实践 自己的分析出来的结果.我喜欢用最快的方式进步,所以比较喜欢走近路,这是优点也是缺点拉. 以前想的战术比较多,感觉还是在竞技比较强和现在单一的WARCRAFT风格,在加上ORC这个种族的战术 体系比较单一,不象HUM NE那么多战术体系,我现在得出了个结论,ORC不能投机,只能打正面.特别是自己的心态,一定要刚猛,但 是过于的刚猛只会失去理智.会冲动.在刚的同时也要留后路,那就是临场应变能力,判断能力.综合的控制场上 的能力.只要把上面几点要素最好,在练习的时候对每个种族指定一套最有效的方法.那就会把ORC这个比较刚 猛的种族,打的刚中带柔,柔中带刚.

这些只是我个人的立场,不一定全部是正确的~ok orcer看到以后希望能给你们启发.

[gbtl]

ferfe help me correct any mistakes

[HuMaN.vkl]

T fighting!

BTW: He just told us what we all know about playing orc: it's not about inteligence, it's about skill.

[BoX]

thanks for translating

[KiWiKaKi]

orc is the true skilled race

[Squishy_Paladin]

^What he said

[feRfe]

Originally Posted by gbtl

ferfe help me correct any mistakes

._. good enough

anyway, like he says practice is only to test one's analysis

[BoX]

Originally Posted by feRfe

._. good enough

anyway, like he says practice is only to test one's analysis

that's for pros not normal people

[LowKeyLyesmith]

He`s 100% right. Orc is not about innovation in strategies but about perfect micro/macro, pressure and decision making.

[frozenfart]

I agree with xiaot, orc is so restricted to cookie cutting and innovation actually weakens orc. Orc mirror is so monotonous agreed.

[blizzind]

yeah, orc mirror is lame. I don't play it anymore. I don't even remember the last time I've ever played it.

[stacker]

thanks for the translation you're better than 90% of the idiots here who just post a thread with a single link in their post, just for the sake of posting a thread

[xTc.SS.Breeze]

idiots for linking to news? Sorry, next time you can find every piece of news yourself you ******.

yea, I've got bored of Orc recently.. I've started messing around with other races and stuff, not even sure if I want to keep playing wc3 seriously.

[eL_GaT0]

is that because of the sonic matter?

[LighT]SwiTcH]

Originally Posted by KiWiKaKi

orc is the true skilled race

BLAH!!

[baoluvboa]

Is it just me or he didnt care about the ud players at all?
xD ud vs orc is bleh

[fridginators]

And XiaOt doesn't exaclty have a strong UD matchup either...

[BenQDeltaBoo]

who cares about UD players, all they ever do is die.

[Aremys]

Originally Posted by BenQDeltaBoo

who cares about UD players, all they ever do is die.

Its true, and it breaks my heart </3 you did it too Boo.

[stacker]

Originally Posted by xTc.SS.Breeze

idiots for linking to news? Sorry, next time you can find every piece of news yourself you ******.

Looking at your post history, you're exactly the kind of kid I'm talking about. How hard is it to post a link, a quote of the article, then some some of your personal thoughts on the article?

If all your threads consist of posting a single link to some mym news article without any input from your own brain or a quote from the article indicating that you even read it, then yea, you should be called out on it.