Build Order:
1. Build another SCV so you have 5 SCV's, continue to make more SCV's.
2. Once you have 100 minerals build a Supply Depot.
3. Once you have 150 minerals build a Barracks or two if you have enough Minerals.
4. Build Marines and once you have roughly 5-10 rush your opponent.

Hints:
To pull this off, you must build very quickly. You may also try bulding more than 10 SCV's if you want more Marines and want to rush with a lot more people. Build a few more Barracks if you plan to rush later in the game. Continue to have Supply Depot building ahead of the amount of people you have so you can get your Marines out the quickest. When you attack go straight for the Gatherers to stop their income. Keep on sending Marines until you break their main defenses or you realize this strategy will not work.

Build Order:
1. Build 7 SCV's and send them mining.
2. Build a Supply Depot and two Barracks and a Refinery.
3. Build 4 SCV's to mine from the Vespene Geyser.
4. Start buliding Marines.
5. Build an Academy and start building Firebats.
6. Once you have 10 marines and firebats you should be able to rush your opponent.

Hints:
If your economy is doing great build 4 Barracks. Don't forget to not stop building Firebats and Marines. Build a few Barracks and fill them with Marines for protection.

Build Order:
1. Build 7 SCV's and send them mining.
2. Build a Supply Depot and two Barracks and a Refinery.
3. Build 4 SCV's to mine from the Vespene Geyser.
4. Start buliding Marines.
5. Once you have 10 Marines and a Bunker or two full of Marines build a Factory and add the expansion to it.
6. Once the expansion has been built research Seige Mode then punch out Tanks and continue to build Marines.
7. Continue to build units until you feel you can overtake your opponent.

Hints:
If your economy can handle it build as many Barracks and Factories as you can. Continue to build units. Also, build Bunkers for defense early in the game.

Build Order:
1. Get a lot of SCV's and send them mining for Vespene and Minerals.
2. Build Bunkers and fill them with Marines for early defense.
3. Build a few Supply Depots and a Barracks.
4. Build a Science Facility with a Physics Lab and two Starports, start building Battle Cruisers.
5. Upgrade your Battle Cruisers and research the Yamato Cannon.
6. Build about 12 Battle Cruisers then attack your opponent.

Hints:
Try to fly your Battle Cruisers around their main defense. Have 2 SCV's per mineral field and 2 Vespene Gas mines. You will have to expand on Blizzard maps. Continue to build units to attack with.

Some other ideas of what to build are:
1. Nuke your opponent to a much warmer place (THIS IS THE FUNNEST STRATEGY IN THE GAME!!!!)
2. Mass Wraiths and cloak them (Weak ground attack, good for an all out air opponent)
3. One Tank rush (works well if opponent doesn't have many ground troops early in the game
4. Bunker Offense (This is a great one)
5. Valkyries to kill air (Brood War)
7. Dropping of any unit. 8. SCV rush (SCVs are strongest gatherers in game, use it to your advantage)

Some other helpful hints are:
1. Try not to take your opponents base by force (unless you can) otherwise, you will lose several costly units.
2. Try not to attack through their chokepoint try and get around it some way.
3. If you are rushing and they have units in Bunkers etc., run right by them and take out as many gatherers as possible.
4. If rushing, take your size of the map into consideration. Longer it take you to get there, longer they have to build.
5. If you are getting beat badly save as many units as possible and retreat to your WELL protected base.
6. Don't trap yourself inside your base, leave room for your units to get out of your base.
7. Don't forget to use Medics in Brood War.
8. Terran have the best defense around use it to your advantage!
9. Learn to use hot keys, you will learn to love them!!

The Zerg are extremely weak in a long game (unless in the hands of an expert player) but are very strong in the early game. You must be prepared for a rush. Try and get marines out as quickly as possible. One marine can take care of 2-4 of those cheap and easy to build zerglings. IF you get past the rush stage you have the advantage. Terran pack more punch unit for unit than the Zerg. If you are building Battle Cruisers, BEWARE, that a few cheap Scourge can take out one in a heartbeat. In Brood War, build a few Valkyries and kill their Overlords that wander to far. A Tank in Seige Mode can take out quite a few zerg units as they atack so close together. Remember Overlords can see cloaked units. One more thing, YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE!!

Be wary of Zealots because, they can take out quite a few Tanks in a snap. Try using a mass of Tanks and Wraiths to defeat your opponent, they seem to work well vs. Protoss. Dropping is the best thing if you can get through. If opponent is building only Photon Cannons for defense get some tanks and attack form afar. This is usually a long game, so be prepared!!

This game is when the best man, actually wins. You will just have to simply build quicker, be smarter, and simply overwhelm you opponent. Good luck, and have fun!!

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