Thanks, this will help a lot. I didn't know about aggressive stance, or how soon I should expand. Or the correct way to get to 5 and 2, I always thought I should build the 3 harvesters straight away.
I do still have three questions though. 1) How do I scout? I always end up with my rifleman dead because I wast paying attation. Should I focus on it rather than my base? (micro wise) 2) How to I protect my engineers when heading for tib spikes? 3) YOu mentioned that a flame rush could I finished me off because I didn't scout. What are the signs that one is on the way that you can see from your opponents base.
1. You should scout by using rilemen, you sent 1 right now the middle, when you need to send at least 3 squads to your enemy base, 1 to the bottom, 1 down the middle, and 1 at the top, to keep all areas clear.
2. To protect your engis, you must built a barranks, train an engi first follow by 2-3 riflemen, then keep 1 sqaud beside your engi, and 1 scouting ahead of them to see if any enemy scouts are attempting to kill your engi, if so, then select both squads to take them out.
3. To find out if there is a flame rush coming, you need to scout either way, send scouts in all directions to get to your enemy base, if you find a Operations Center, then either a flame tank is coming or rekoner with BH sqaud, also find the War factory, to see which one it is.
