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randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
December 14 2009 22:48 GMT
#1
So I just hit B- with stats of 87-78 and its pretty awesome, the best I've ever gotten before was C, and that was season 7 where I played 250 games so this is a huge jump from my previous rankings.

However, I did dodging most games vs T, so if I stopped, I would probably be a lot lower.

Surprisingly, my best matchup was TvP. I thought my TvZ was better. With TvP at 63-43 59% and TvZ at 26-33 44%. It's obvious my Vp is better, probably because I played so many games vs P and I've simply had more practice.

A TvT record of 1-3. My all v T is 13-15. My PvT being almost 50%. I guess protoss being the easy race is somewhat true in my case.

Things to work on:
1. Speed, I'm pretty slow hovering around 180 apm, although none of this is spam so maybe that's fast enough for me?

2. Macro, It's not surprising to see my resources climb to 2k/1k off two base when I spend too much time with 4 vultures picking off probes. Although I've made up for this by adding 2-3 more production facilities than the pros would.
I also get stuck at 34/36 and 44/46 supply alot, that's no good.

3. Base placement, I lost alot of games cause my units couldn't get around while I died to mutas or recalls.

4. Anti-Cheese, In particular 3hatch mass lings. I suck vs cheese in general, and I don't think I survived vs an 3 hatch ling once. I think my vs cheese record would be under 30%

Onto noteworthy maps

Python- my most played map, I ended up with a 22-23 record not counting off races, and used it a total of 28% of my games.

Othello- 12-4 as Terran. Not too surprising I guess since its a T favored map and suits my vult heavy harass style really well.

Rush hour- A 4-0 100% win map for me. Another Terran favored map, so I guess map balance effects me a lot.

Outsider- God do I hate this map, I went an awesome 1-9 or 11% on this map. My apm's pretty low and I'm not that used to dropship play, so it's not too surprising that I did bad on this map before giving up and just avoiding it.

Destination- 11-7 61%, People say its T favored and I guess its true, although I didn't play that many games on it compared to its popularity.

HBR- 2-9 18%, like outsider, another Horrible map for me. My base always feels crowed and haphazard so recalls really hurt me. Not to mention the always available counter attack keeping my stuck in my base while opponents take the whole map.

Fighting Spirit- I think only C+ games were on this map so the 12-8 60% record isn't bad in that sense. Although almost all my victories on this map come from pushing to the opponents bridge and containing him to 3 bases, and lost when I couldn't do this.



*****
foppa
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada451 Posts
December 14 2009 22:50 GMT
#2
awe too bad seasons over; I could have taken some of your points away
i can take you
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
December 14 2009 22:53 GMT
#3
good job! a lot of upper-rank success stories on TL lately o_o!
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
December 14 2009 22:58 GMT
#4
Awesome job man. It feels great to be able to actually see the results of great improvements. Gratz!
Oh no
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 14 2009 23:11 GMT
#5
Heh, I beat you TvP on Colo on my journey to B-. nice job!
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
December 14 2009 23:13 GMT
#6
Lol poke, I was really tempted to leave when you switched to T and started the game. I made a face when I saw that during the countdown. Then I was like w/e I can learn something from this only to get rolled by a great timing push.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 14 2009 23:53 GMT
#7
gratz on teh Blue. And u did it with a winning rec too unlike some other skilless newbies. LOOOOL.
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
December 15 2009 00:12 GMT
#8
good job man :D
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
December 15 2009 00:16 GMT
#9
gj!
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 15 2009 00:27 GMT
#10
When I saw you switch race I figured you play terran/pvt and therefore play greedy (most people do that) so just predicted your build =p
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
December 15 2009 01:46 GMT
#11
Grats! I hit B- for the first time this season as well.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 15 2009 02:12 GMT
#12
On December 15 2009 08:53 LuckyFool wrote:
gratz on teh Blue. And u did it with a winning rec too unlike some other skilless newbies. LOOOOL.


wow eff you
;__;

On December 15 2009 10:46 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Grats! I hit B- for the first time this season as well.


we should have a party in ladder a-b to celebrate
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
sS.NuB
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Angola107 Posts
December 15 2009 02:49 GMT
#13
And I'm stuck at D rank -_-
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
December 15 2009 05:45 GMT
#14
I didn't play this iCCup season, so my comment is entirely speculation, but considering the ranks some TSL players got and the abundance of B- blogs, I am just going to assume this season was much easier than previous seasons.

Either way B- is B-, so GJ. For next season, I would advise that you try to hit B- again asap and just keep playing. So many players hit B- and stop, or smurf two-three accounts to B- so that they won't have to deal with a losing B- record and take a hit to their ego, I was guilty of this at one time. GL.
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
December 15 2009 06:00 GMT
#15
You're about to reach the top and I am still camping out on the ground!
XK ßubonic
randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
December 15 2009 07:11 GMT
#16
Salv, its probably because of the extended season. Since you can get to b- with a negative record its not entirely too difficult if you are C+ level player other C+ people. Because there is more time, the people who get past the C+ level with positive records are already in the B ranks, so its less likely to play somebody good who is just going though C ranks into the A-B ranks. So yea, it probably was easier this season.

Still getting B- for the first time felt noteworthy to me, and I used it to take a look back at my season so far and figure my greatest weaknesses.
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
December 15 2009 13:28 GMT
#17
On December 15 2009 11:12 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2009 10:46 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
Grats! I hit B- for the first time this season as well.


we should have a party in ladder a-b to celebrate

Totally. Who's bringing the booze?
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 15 2009 13:30 GMT
#18
On December 15 2009 11:12 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2009 08:53 LuckyFool wrote:
gratz on teh Blue. And u did it with a winning rec too unlike some other skilless newbies. LOOOOL.


wow eff you
;__;

I'm just mean to ya poke cuz u > me TvT.

=p
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