Watching replays or casts from proGamers is a very essential way to improve your starcraft 2 overall strategy and will give you a better insight of the different matchups. Pro Gamers has practiced thousands of games, practicing the same strategy over and over until they fully grasp the in and outs of every strategy. A new strategy or perfecting ones took countless of hours of afford and sweat.
I know most of you watch pro replays as well as video casts done by casters. However, I wanna ask how many of you watch the replay at a Faster Speed or at x2, or x4 or even x8 speed. I realize that most of us even including me, sometime watches replays at very high speed thus, just breezing through the game to catch some main battles and outcomes of any engagement.
I will admit that this way is totally wrong if you plan on learning from replays. What do you generally want to gain from watching the replay? If your just planning to look for the outcome of the match, feel free to speed through the replay.
The best way best way that I would recommend you will be as follow.
I) You can watch the replay at any speed you prefer if you are just looking for the outline of the whole game such as unit composition from each player as well as the flow of the game. You will learn builds and general strategy using this option.
II) Watching the replay at a faster speed (x1) from a Player's point of view. Say a game between a Terran and Protoss (PvT). If your a Terran player, watch the game from the Terran's perspective. This will give you an insight of the Terran's 'In game Decision' being made. Try to compare what you will do if your at his position.
For example, pay attention to what general strategy is being used, units trained, when does the Terran engage a battle and any haressment being done. You will learn from the mind of the individual himself and decisions made which is very important if you plan to mirror your play style to this pro Gamer.
III) This way of watching replay is a very essential one being pointed of by Day9 in one of his casts regarding how to learn from watching replays. Day9 daily cast no 231 and 232. Do search for his this cast where the game being pointed out is OgsMc against LiquidRet's matches. What is generally being pointed out here is watch the replay from an observer's point of view where you get to see what both players are doing.
Pay Attention to the timing. For example, from the OgsMc's game against LiquidRet (PvZ), MC started the game by a Forge Cannon Nexus Gateway build. Pay attention to what your opponent has when you first put down your Forge, Nexus etc and Ret doing a 14 Pool Gas first and then expansion build. What generally means here is at 5 minutes what do you have comparing to what your opponent has.
A clearer explanation is when your Forge is completed at say 4:00(all the timing here is just my estimation) at in game time. If your opponent is doing a fast Roach build, he will put down a Roach warren at 4:00. Thus, what you want generally to do here is scout with your Probe to his base and see if whether is he planting down a Roach Warren. The list goes on when your first Gateway is done, pay attention to what your Zerg opponent is building and units he has when hes using a specific strategy. This option of watching replay will gain you invaluable knowledge of each matchups and strategy opponent used. If seems that, its kinda hard to explain this option in words. Thus I recommend you to just search for day[9] OgsMc on Youtube for Cast 231 and 232.
The information gained through this way is invaluable. Scouting information is generally deemed the very most important aspect of any Real Time Strategy Game. If you can play with Maphack, you will be so far ahead using this information gained. I seriously do not encourage you to maphack as your risking your account being banned. Hacking are for losers.
Thats it for now.
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