Many players attempt to play online without a fundamental understanding of what it takes to successfully win a game. Playing against a human opponent is infinitely harder than playing against the computer due to the horrendous AI found in the game. Human players will not attack you piecemeal, they will attack in force. They will not waste money on items that cannot be used and serve little to no purpose especially during the onset of the game (think Engineering Bay here guys); they will purchase items prudently either for the purpose of attack, or the purpose of defense. In order to defeat another human opponent, at a bare minimum, a player must understand how to generate money, how to fight, and at least one good build order. Players that do not understand these concepts are simply rolling the dice hoping for lucky 7. These players might win every once in awhile, but odds are they are going to lose most of the time. Players that build a foundation upon these three concepts will find their win percentages increase.