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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by ktRolster on Saturday November 05, 2016 @11:30AM (#12880140)
The program would tell me to do things like make two extractors but put fewer than necessary probes on them, pull probes to extractors after X trips or at X time (can't remember which),

Pros actually do both of those things.

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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by rfrank on Saturday November 05, 2016 @01:39PM (#12880817)
This is true. I was on the higher end of the SC2 ladder (diamond 1v1) and still couldn't execute it consistently. One of many reasons I'm not a pro :)
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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by ktRolster on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:17PM (#12882445)
One thing that helps (fwiw) is to recognize a diagnostic.....for example, if at minute 4 you are unable to build a gateway, it means you messed up the probe count at minute 2. That gives you almost immediate feedback on where the problem happened, without having to watch the replay.
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