If you are able to join, it is not due to the restriction of incoming connections.
Three main possibilities:
- The latency of your network connection is to high (ok, that is what lag means). This might be due to some filters in the university (i.e. they scan for P2P packages) which would increase the latency, or you are playing on servers very far away from you. (other possibilities are also possible of course)
- Your computer is too slow.
- The bandwidth provided for each client is not enough to play (ok, this is pretty unlikely)
+1 for the dream analogy!
Like dreams, there is a good explanation of why you are living your game in slow motion, there is always one thing slowing down everything else. In the case of dreams, it is your brain, that actually dreams faster than your perception. That's why you seem to be slow, because the dream is actually faster than what you perceive.
For StarCraft, this is another problem. I discovered by studying replays that faster players remove one very large part of the time you may take in your game: controlling the army.
As an unexperienced player, you might not be familiar with unit balance. So when sending your 12 zerglings againts those 4 zealots, you don't yet know the outcome. I'm sure you expect some victory, but can you trust this expectation enough to actually leave your zerglings do the work without you?
I often find myself microing too much when dealing with large overpowered army. Yeah, I have 24 zerglings and they meet 1 zealot. Really, no need to micro them, just return and take care of your base!
Your problem may be the same...
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I think your trying to go online if so.. Have you tried putting your full email address in as such:
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