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  • shittttttttttttttttttttttttttt­ttt\

    i meant to figure out how to use the number pad as my hotkey instead of the numbrrs abuv letters

  • Very helpful video i subscribed ! (;

  • Very helpful. I had no idea you could put all the buildings on a control group and tab through them.

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  • Didn't know that you could select the different type of units with 'tab', thanks for these guide m8 really appriciate it! :)

  • Thats a very helpfull video. I like how you can hotkey all your buildings to one number and then you can tap through them, so if i hotkey 4 barracks to 1 and press 1 to go to my barracks to build marines does it build my marines evenly at all 4 of my barracks??? or does it build 5 marines at one barracks and then go to the next one? Sorry if thats confusing.

  • @TheTremayne1 It distributes them evenly.

  • but if I got a army with like 4 stalkers and 1 zealot and I have all these 5 in a control group. How do I remove/unselect a unit from this group? if I want him on another location and dont want to follow the stalkers if I click for ex. 1 and click on the map? :)

  • thnx

  • This. Changes. Everything.

  • Is there any way to build supply depots away from the base?

  • Lol thanks man used this strat and managed to counter those really annoying drops

  • Finaly some one tells me how to play lol

  • Brilliant!

  • thanks so much!

  • great video, i knew 90% of it allready but even small hotkey "tricks" are a great boost in the long run.. - Now what i dont understand is that with protos you can simply hit W and get all of your gateways (witch i love) but i dont see that feature with zerg or terren - what is up with that?? they should also have an "hit A - get all rax" or zerg "hit i dont know lets say Q and get all larvae" or have i just missed that in soe way?? plz help! ;)

  • @Airblaster9000 its included within the warpgate tech, so you can warp in units. terrans can queue up so they dont need it. it would make sense for zerg though

  • This helped me alot!

  • good video man. cudos. i did learn 10% more than what i needed overall. now if i could just be the stupid Haven Fall on brutal. that would be GREEEEAT.lol.

  • Thanks for these videos. I've watched videos from about 5 different channels today and these are the only ones I've understood. In all the other ones everyone is using hotkeys and moving so fast I can't understand what is going on...

  • hey man man small question , when u select youre whole army , with wich button do you put youre medivacs in other grp because when i use my tab and select the medivacs and then ctrl+2 them then the whole grp is in grp 2 instead of only my medivacs ! thks alot infront ;)

  • Very helpful. Thank you!

  • guys like you make me so happy, good work.

  • Question, say that you put three Command Centers in one control group. To instantly go to your control group, you would double tap the control group number. But how do I choose which Command Center I go to?

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  • Tnx alot mate, you ve been a great help!

  • I really wish I had gotten this game earlier on. Luckily these videos are really helping me get a jumpstart on my SC2 game.

  • good help here, thanks muchly :D

  • TTG thanks for this video. Even though I don't have SCII, this works for Warcraft III. Funny thing though, is that it doesn't work in SC/BW x-pan, :( . I couldn't link my buildings together, But I'm still learning SC anyways.

  • Helps out a lot, thanks dude

  • You know sometimes I wonder the actual REASONING behind dislikes. Like seriously, why, or HOW could somebody dislike this... just a thought ;) They must just suck at grouping...

  • i never knew about the tab key. holy crap that simplifies my hotkeys. i was so obsessed of the oldschool SC/BW 1-0 hotkey and splitting everything up. now i can do everything with 4 keys lol.

  • good explanation, but is there also something like a button# and that the unit is being removed from the group instead of that u actualy have to select the units u want excluding the ones u don't want in it and recreate it with Ctrl.

    also wondering if theres a hotkey to instant equal split yer group, example,2 equal devided ling bane groups. instead of shift clicking till u think its equal and then create a new group + making sure its also out other group. pain in ass, especialy as zerg :P

  • Excellent video, I have been a super casual player of RTS and have known about ctrl groups for a while. The tip to tab through buildings in a ctrl-group is awesome and very helpful.

  • Are you Michael Shermer? You sound just like him atleast =P

  • Amazing tips, thanks a lot!

  • Great vid, +1 gg sir

  • i have a good understanding of control groups, good video, but my question is how do i clear a control group?? because as a zerg im constantly hitting my control group to select all my hatcheries but my problem is that sometimes i missclick and add other units to the hatchery control group and that severely interferes with my macro and microing abilities.

  • @theunderman23 Reselect only the things you want in the group and then hold shift and right click the control tab. This should replace your current hotkey tab with the things you have currently selected. GLHF!

  • @theunderman23 Select your control group. Hold shift and select your unwanted building or unit. When its gone hold Ctrl and click the control group you want. Using Ctrl+# overwrites the current control group where Shift+# adds to it. Shift+Click Removes a unit from your selected group

  • @theunderman23 I don't believe you can. What you can do however is override a current control group with new units.

  • @TheThinkingGamer Hey! I just wanted to thank you for your efforts. They've largely improved my game!! I also wanted to ask you if you put reactors in your upgrade control group. Thanks!

  • @Clarkd87 I don't believe reactors have upgrades. Reactors allow you to train 2 units at a time off of a building, while Tech labs allow you to train better units and have some special upgrades. Reactors should not be hotkeyed.

  • @TheThinkingGamer In a control group, Shift + Click on the unit/structure icon on the unit bar to deselect out of your group... Then re-Ctrl the group again...!!

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  • @theunderman23 If you add a unit to a control group just shift click that unit and restart the control group with control+#

  • @theunderman23 hold shift and click the units you put my accsident :) it takes them off :p your welcome.

  • This enhanced my gameplay drastically.

  • aha nice vid dude thats just enhanced my gameplay that extra bit ta for vid :) was well explained :D

  • very nice

  • Thx man! :D finally a vid I can understand

  • I always make a mess with my groups because i often add troupes by mistake in the wrong group and I don't know hot to change them in the group that I want properly! So I'd like to know how can you avoid problems like that or solve them if necessary! Thank! Grate videos by the way!

  • nice video ;-))) do you know any taktik about how to build fast Mutalisks?

  • You just improved my gameplay by like 150% man.. thanxx soo much

  • finally a SC2 video that makes sense... thanks!

  • This is exactly what i was looking for!! Thank you very much, awesome guide really.

  • You deserved my subscribe :)

  • dude. i love you ;0 awesome

  • Thank you, this was a huge help for me. A revelation really!

  • Great tips man. Kudos to you!

  • What are the pros and cons of tabbing through just one group instead of having seperate groups for each different type of building?

  • ffs no wonder why i am so slow in this game. thanks!

  • Very informative video, knew most of the things except for pressing tab in a group.

  • wow thanks man. i never used to use the keyboard on this game, i had no idea u could do that

  • Lol use hotkeys when producing units. 5aaaadddd 4ss should be something you are hitting as a Terran. Same goes for abilities.

  • How do you delete a certain group control ?

    To use an example iv got 2 SCVs on 1 but I want a group of marines on 1 instead how do I get rid of the SCVs with out say killing them?

  • @SHADOWRENEGADE826 just overwrite the old control group and your new control group number wil be replaced with the new units.and if u still want to have the two SCV's hotkeyed chose another controul group that is free.

  • @SHADOWRENEGADE826 just overwrite the old control group and your new control group number wil be replaced with the new units.and if u still want to have the two SCV's hotkeyed chose another control group that is free.

  • Control centers are always set to backspace key

  • top quality. nice work

  • That tab was the answer to all my micro and macro questions... THNX

  • i subscribed and liked it very very helpful thanks.

  • never knew you could do that...thanks.

  • Perfect. Exactly what I was looking for.

  • Thank you so much, I've been looking everywhere for basic tips like these and you have made by far the most useful videos/documents I have come across!

  • Holy Crap THANK YOU. I had no idea you press tab to chance units in 1 army because for me to micro i had to make sure i had multiple tabs for just 1 army but now i dont have too, and your video about hotkeys also helped

  • Awesome Guide Dude!!!

  • How do you make newly created units, which you queued up, automatically append themselves to groups? If that's not possible, then how do you make newly created units follow a certain group without depending on a specific target unit on whom you set the rally point and the rally point disappears if that target dies?

    Blizzard should explain stuff like this in the tutorials section of the game... I bet half of the players don't know they can even queue a series of actions with shift...

  • I have been looking for helpful vids like these! Not talking to fast and its straight to the point thanks dude!

  • ty for the help im starting to win more games

  • this is good stuff, all new players should see this

  • Thanks!!! Really help t me!!! very thanks

  • How do you remove a unit from a hotkey?

  • @unclvinny I figured it out. You can't remove a unit from a control group, but you can redefine the control group to not include that unit. For example, if 11 marines are currently in control group 4, but you only want 10 in the group, do this: Select 10 of them, and hit Control-4. (I need to do this sometimes when I pull a few units out to go scout or do some small job.)

  • @unclvinny Press shift and click unit, same way like you select them.

  • this is incredible, thank you so much for helping beginning players

  • Wow thank you so much this is the first hotkey video that actually explains how tht tab is used for multiple units and building on one hotkey. I was watching pro videos and they used the multiple building in one hotkey but I couldnt figure out how to make my factory build tanks and starports build banshees. Thank you for explaining the Tab key! Also kudos on the shift + [num] to add units/buildings into a current hotkey, this video is by far the most helpful on youtube!

  • THE FACTORY DIDNT GO DOWN!

    YOU LOSE!

    hahaha jk thnx for the help!

    liked!

  • Nice, very usefull, ty for help :)

  • hey guys im geting a desktop for christmas and i wwant to start playing this game i know which computer im geting and i was wondering if any of you guys can tell me if it will work on it. its at the bestbuy website and its the cheapist desktop for $309 with 2gb memry and a 500gb harddrive please tell me!

  • @MyTheBoyWonder you need to tell look up the graphic card it has. plus you can use the specifications of the graphic card and see if the numbers are matching the game requirements or higher.

  • @bozobuddy thank you i will do that and im probly going to buy a sound card and a graphic card

  • I never played SC1 and have not been playing SC2 for a short time now. I am currently platinum level player and have always used these control groups. 1 - cc's 3 -barracks, 4 - Factory - 5 starport. I never used a control group for my units. I have been having a hard time getting into diamond level because my apm was too low with the current hotkeys. I have been looking for a long time now and have finally found the perfect control groups for the terran race. Thank you for your video!

  • I was wondering. If u make control groups for one game. Does that stay for other games?

  • @Sharkfirez no

  • I would of added.. Ctrl clicking one unit or building will select all units or buildings of the same... Maybe it's common knowledge but I sure as hell didn't know lol. This vid and that little (ctrl click one tank, Z for siege) has amped my game maybe 40 percent. Thank you! :)

  • Thanks this was very helpful.

  • I always windered how people get the mules to harvest so damn fast! Click them on the Minerals!? (facepalm)

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  • Thanks a bunch! I did not know you could append or cycle.

  • can someone please tell me how to get the hp bar above the unit or structure .

  • @StarCraftIIReplays in game you hold alt. but if you go to the menu you should be able to find it in the gameplay section i think. just click around and youll find it. thats what i did. but you can just hold alt if you need them and have them off for the rest of the game.

  • @888peanut888 thx man i was looking for this very long time but thx

  • Hey TTG, as usual I love watching your vids. Just wanted to point out one thing that I keep seeing in my replays is that Protoss players always seem to control group their warpgates. This is great for when they are gateways but really becomes redundant when upgraded to warp as the 'w' key is an automatic internal hotkey for them (picked this up from the challenges). This frees up a control group - which I use on a pylon to quick-jump for warping! Keep up the good work! *thumbs up*

  • Thank you, real helpful for me as a beginner!

  • Man, I cant tell you how much i got from this video, ive been stuck on top 10 platinum since launch simply because my APM is so low. THe tab thing is key. thanks again for taking the time to make it.

  • How do u video sc2 replays

  • Thank you for sharing :D zerg has been bending my mind, these tips are a massive help

  • good good shit

  • Thanks alot, best beginner videos!

  • thanks a lot, keep up the good work :D

  • the tutorials you've made, I just watched today and I tried your map to practice my skills.(still need to figure out counters better) and I can already see an improvement in what my game will be at when I use these skills in a real game. Easy to get the hang of it too. Thank you sir. Hope to see more from ya in the future. I'm subscribing.

  • This is VERY helpful! Thank you so much! (:

  • You are amazing!

  • omg so i get SC2 after playing SC1 since it came out.

    And i saw you can add all barracks and factories to one group, but i saw i could only build from the barracks, i did NOT know about the TAB key...

    This is coming from a rank 1350....

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  • This is very handy. Some things i knew and some thing i did not.

    BUT...

    I have 1 question. To me putting all the miltary building to 1 hotkey sounds very logical. But why do pro players still put them to different control groups? (baracks 4, fac 5, star 6).

    I mean, there has to be a reason why they do not put them on the same key right?

  • @YamiAvater its VERY quick to change through a number rather than pressing tab if you see what i mean?

  • I like being able to put multiple Nexus on the same hotkey but how do I move from one to the other on the map? I think somewhere I heard you say you use the backspace key? Problem is this is not in a good position, you would think using the Tab key should work, as it does with army composition but doesnt seem so.

  • @petecabrina space bar centers your screen to the last "ping" that was sounded. The AI sends you an audio message whenever something happens (units under attack, something was done being constructed, upgraded, somebody else pings the map, etc).

    If you want to switch through nexus like that you either click on the nexus to isolate it and click on the picture, or keep the nexus on separate hot keys and double click the # corresponding to the nexus you want or click on the mini map.

  • Thanks alot mate! :D I used to give one key to each CC; one key to all barracks, one key to all factory, one key to all starports and it was quite taxing. Your method is so much better. Love the idea of grouping CCs so you can rally them all at once; and love the idea of grouping upgrades. Never thought of any of that. Thank you a lot mate! :D

  • OMG thank you soooo much man... I had NO IDEA you could just tab units !!!! SPECIAL UNITS I SHALL NO LONGER HAVE TO DOUBLE CLICK DURING BATTLE!!!!!! PLATINUM LEAGUE IS GOING DOWN NOW!!!!! ZERG FTW!!!!!

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  • This tutorial is a beast

  • A+ video, i learned a lot. Stuck in bronze right now :(

  • @sharpezor same i hate being in bronze i find macro really hard :(

  • I had no idea you could tab between different buildings! Thanks!

  • casting units like idk the thor?

  • This video was real helpful! Thanks for making these! :D

  • great thx i was absolutely under-utilizing my control groups not anymore

  • this is a great help thank you, didnt even know about this, if you do it will it stay for the next match?

  • So how do you call down multiple mules at the same time? I tried and couldnt get it to work for me.

  • @dcolang420 To mass drop mules, press the CC control group #, press M, hold shift while mouse clicking the mineral patches. One drops with every click

  • I am a huge starcraft 2 fan and player, (having starcraft 1 the first day it came out) and see TONS of people post stupid stuff but thinkinggamer i like your vids. great for any type of beginner player

  • This is great, Thank you. I always used control groups but the benefit I got out of them was mostly capped at 1a2a3a4a. I can see myself having much better macro if I practice what youve showed in your video.

  • thank u thank u  thank u!!!! im sure my game will improve drastically now!!!!

  • Holy cow it's gonna take me years to learn this game lol , can't even work out what a control group is.

    DbD

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  • I have a Question... let's say

    you hot key

    4 cc

    on 5...

    but let say

    you are like at the view of your opponent's base. and you want the quick view of your

    main base..

    orginally you would push 4 twice right?

    to go to that location.. but since.. i have 4 cc on it.. ..i push the 4 twice..and it switces to my expo...

    so.. is tehre a way where you can choose which place of each cc ?

  • @thedayoftheday I would also like to know this.

  • this vid will show you all the best terran, zerg and protoss build orders and strategies - youtube.com/watch?v=SNMAYSP8ze­0

  • learn all the best SC2 strategies and build orders - youtube.com/watch?v=SNMAYSP8ze­0

  • this vid will show you all the best terran, zerg and protoss build orders and strategies - youtube.com/watch?v=SNMAYSP8ze­0

  • thank you dude, so helpful!!!

  • i wish this controll grps could have the same hotkeys as wow like use all letters and numbers ;( but ofc like the letter "B" its blink for stalkers will mess up

  • I really appreciate your videos, Im not really a huge strategist buff, My game of choice is usually horror/ first person shooters etc so for me starcraft was a refreshing change, though tbh Im getting it handed to me on multiplayer!

    Thanks for the tips.

  • Wait, so you can add units that immediately are built by pressing the shit 1 key to add to control group 1? (without highlighting the units?) Thanks for these posts btw. Also, another difficulty I have is how to get my fingers to reach to get CTRL & #'s 6-0...

  • @Catchafire2000 to add units you have to highlight the new units only and hit shift 1 (to add to control group 1). some ppl use the right hand CTRL to use the higher numbers, btw

  • Exactly the type of tutorial I was looking for, nice work man.

  • Gotta say all these videos are really helpful, I'm new to the SC franchise, not new to the rts genre though, and this is definitely helpful, when I first started I had absolutely no idea of what I should build and in what order and I didn't really keep unit strengths in mind but your videos have really helped with my understanding of all the units and how to build up early on, oh and most importantly scouting effectively, very helpful

  • Do you have to do this every game?

  • very useful , thank you very much

  • Dude.... you are seriously melting my brain with organizing the control groups... I am gonna have to watch this 50 times and practice a ton... Great video!! Thanks! Huge thumbs up!

  • TY!

  • Why are your units hotkeys different then mine are? If I select for expemple my racks and I want to build marauders I just press "D" but I saw yours on "W"..

  • @loladin100 That's because he uses 'grid' as keyboard settings. You can look for his other vid, where he explains this option...

  • thx 4 d gr8 vid im used to ctrl grp army buildings but not tech buildings.. :P

    one thing i think it's not there in sc2 is when u select a unit it doesnt show where in the minimap the selected unit is.. the other thing is if we could select a group not only with tabbing but also clicking say with a alt-click the unit(actually ihavent tried this one yet :D but i think it's not there)

  • useful info dude, in the video you should include a short 20 second thing on how to remove units from control groups, just a suggestion, good video!

  • This was very helpful. Thanks!

  • Do you have to do this at the start of everygame?

  • Very useful, thanks.

  • ive been playing quite well, but after seeing this, i am playing epically, i use to use mouse control for everything but after this i have like a carrier rush in minutes geat video

  • thank you for posting a very useful vid. Learned a lot from watching.

  • thank you :P