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Hey everyone!
In what seems like an eternity ago, November 21st to be exact, I was approaching my 40th iCCup win. I was some like 36-49(all PvT besides 3 races switchers) with a 65% win rate on Heartbreak Ridge. I was riding a 5 game win streak, and had 2600+ or so pts. All those games are.
Than for whatever reason I tried to start playing in ways that did not make sense for the matchup I was playing, I started playing PvP in PvT. For example I started delaying my post-Core tech until I killed the scout, and if one got in while my citadel (or w/e), was warping in I would cancel it. Doing these dumb things I than went on an awesome 2-14 run....
I realized I had to get out of this rut, so I decided to play a random D- player. Slump buster per se lol! So I stomped the D- player with DT's and felt a little stress come off my shoulders. But I needed to win another to get back into proper PvT mindset. Luckily for my morale I caught an offracing Zerg whom played a very unorthodox game. I ended up being about a in away from mining out his min only 3rd on Destination and had like 6 bases to his 3 or so.
That win vs. the offracing was my 40th win, now I hold a not sweet record of 40-67 but am looking foward to getting to win 50! It'll take some time but than again this is my first season playing SC (well, playing it the right way), so I am shooting for that C by next season! I was so close to a C- too  !
If you want to see any of my games (theLastZerg one is really wierd and wild game lol!) they are ALL on repdepot!
Thanks!
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hi5! Now for your 100th win :D
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Well I just picked up a win on Tornado and got my D+ Ranking back.
It was a game I controlled except for like 5 mins of it. I actually ended up having a double set of tech. he destroyed my natural and I THOUGHT was bout to destroy my main. luckily i had taken the top left base and expansion unbeknownst to him so I thru down another set of tech and ended up saving the main. but i basically switched bases and made my gateway farm at the new main. had a cool moment too where i took the top-right natural with him just starting in the main. he didn't know about my base but i knew about his so i ended up taking the mian too.
when he left he had one base he hadn't even finished the cc with and I had 5 in use. he tried to dorp my 2nd main with like 7 dropships but i had a ton of zealots and goons w8ing for em.
so 3-0 in my last 3, maybe i got my groove back  ! lol
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Congrats! You should play way more games tho :p
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On November 28 2009 19:11 wok wrote:
Congrats! You should play way more games tho :p
lol i would love to. but with 2 jobs and a small businesses i have been starting time is short.
hopefully i'll hit 200 by the end of the season!
i got to admit I like PvT, it's such a dynamic and aggressive match. i think i'm just going to play PvT for the rest of the season and start either PvZ or PvP next season.
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When did you start learning to play sc?
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On November 29 2009 05:36 TheAntZ wrote:
When did you start learning to play sc?
I started in 1.00. But up until December last year I did not know micro/macro/bo's even existed. All i played was FMP/BGH with no micro or macro whatsoever. Me and my friends would build 100 turrets/cannons (litreally sometimes) and just mass carriers/bc's 1a2a3a and just watch it happen. So I am working on getting rid of 10 yrs of bad habits. For example my APM was like 15-20, now I'm at 90-120 APM.
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Ahhh just got another win, 4-0 in the last 4 now I think the curse is over! It was a D- player tho, so I'm not too sure yet  !
Going to mass some games 2night after I get baked outm oddly enuff I play better, just at a lower APM when I'm mad baked. It's sort of funny tho my APM drops like 15-20 when I'm high, but I make better decisions and play "my-style" game.
What's my-style game? Where I contain the Terran at his natural or 3rd until hes out of mins while I turbo expand all over the map. I love it !
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The very first time I played on iCCup was hilarious. Lost my first 6 or 8 games straight, and ended with a record of something like 28-63 or something like that, hahaha. I just remember being so shocked at the beginning.
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On November 29 2009 11:57 koreasilver wrote:
The very first time I played on iCCup was hilarious. Lost my first 6 or 8 games straight, and ended with a record of something like 28-63 or something like that, hahaha. I just remember being so shocked at the beginning.
I actually had a reverse shock in that sense. i cam to iCCup preparing to go like 0-20. Instead I went 3-3 in my first 6 including a win over a offracing C player. I was in total awe I could win lol!
Than I went 1-8 . I was pretty down until I went 6-2 after that. My whole time on iCCup has been up and down. But it's my first real season and I've always been upper D level to a high D+ at times. I'm 12-0 against D- players, and never hit D-, I got to skip it lol!
Playing SC wrong for 10 years sux cause my keyboard mechanics are god-awful. But I know alot of little details that helps big time at the low levels. I can look at an enemy army and know I can run it over or not. I know where the best flank angles will be, etc...
Now I just need to get my mechanins on the keyboard up to my gamesense and i'll be able to hit C- in no time! I was so close b4 this losing streak too, 1600+ pts !
Edit: WHOO HOO! Make it 5-0 in my last 5!!!
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On November 29 2009 06:28 Diamondback2 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2009 05:36 TheAntZ wrote:
When did you start learning to play sc? I started in 1.00. But up until December last year I did not know micro/macro/bo's even existed. All i played was FMP/BGH with no micro or macro whatsoever. Me and my friends would build 100 turrets/cannons (litreally sometimes) and just mass carriers/bc's 1a2a3a and just watch it happen. So I am working on getting rid of 10 yrs of bad habits. For example my APM was like 15-20, now I'm at 90-120 APM.
Sorry i should have been clearer 
I meant when did you start trying to get better at low money sc? Also from the time when your apm was 20 till now, how much time has passed? What did you do to improve yourself at the very beginning?
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On November 29 2009 14:17 TheAntZ wrote:Sorry i should have been clearer I meant when did you start trying to get better at low money sc? Also from the time when your apm was 20 till now, how much time has passed? What did you do to improve yourself at the very beginning?
O ok got ya.
I wrote alot so I hope u got some time lol!
I was at about 20 APM in GOMTV Season 2. I saw a Starcraft thread on Penny Arcade and picked a Bisu game and watched. I was blown away I had no idea this kind of gameplay existed.
so i started by watching alot of vod's from GOM. after seeing all the things i never knew needed to be done (ie: goon micro, macro, maynarding, etc...) I played against Entropy for about 20 games. Than started on iCCup.
One thing I did was choose and stick with only one matchup. I started PvT. I am currently 110 games in now, and have only played 1 PvP, 0 PvZ and have had 3 race switchers. SO I am understanding the matchup as a whole. I'lll prolly switch to PvP or PvZ next season. But for the rest of this one I'm an all PvT player.
Another thing I did i think that helped alot is for about the first 50-60 games I reviewed the shit out of every game I played. I also payed attention to every SINGLE LITTLE thing I did wrong. I casted it in my head with a very critical eye, as if tasteless was casting. that way by reviewing my wins i can still see the things I fail to do when I'm ahead.
Also I play a style that suits me being a mainly mouse player by playing a contain based game. I use early DT or Dragoon aggression (my units I'm most proficient with) to delay the Terran's expansion. I try to control the nat until I have at least 4-5 bases than about that time they get it back. But the key is at that point my mechanics aren't as glaring as a hole because I'm so far ahead economically it's more or less impossible for them to win.
I use lots of nasty tricks too: multiple manner pylons, dt rushes, hold position under the CC landing spot with DT, expanding while under heavy attack, tech switches, fake tech (ie: researching air weapons on the Cyber Core and than switching to DT's when I kill the scout), ninja expansions, stealing opponents expansions (ie: 3rd and 4th on HBR, min only on Dest, etc) are all regular parts of my plan when I play.
If you want to see my ideal game watch my last game, I play very poorly, but being I staved off an huge bunker rush it didn't matter. Like I said, a bad mechanics game, but that's my ideal way to win a game. An endless contain and expansion denial. Normally I have alot more gates and a whole tech pattern, but i was trying to take the whole map lol!
Ne ways all my replays are on RepDepot. I mean ALL of them, even my first games vs. the CPU. SO if you want to see it in action just pick some random replays and see me progress.
Rep Depot Replays (Alot)
My iCCup Profile
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I opened 9 pool gas fast lair in a ZvP, FML
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