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kitaman27 *
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9245 Posts
January 14 2010 05:13 GMT
#1
After playing starcraft for as long as I remember, I've finally managed to shred the default rank as protoss ^_^

*dances

Last season I went 9 - 30, which barely kept me out of D-. I finally realized massing games really was the best way to improve. Joining the CPL definitely helped out too. Thanks to coaches and teammates who gave me a hand. At this rate I'll be C- by 2022 :D

Now if only I could raise my apm above 70 or beat a zerg :p

I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff.
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
January 14 2010 05:17 GMT
#2
grats! use hotkeys more to improve your speed/apm ^^
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
January 14 2010 05:26 GMT
#3
if your apm is -80, your not fully using your alphabetical hotkeys and barely using numerical. Force hotkeys into your gaming and watch yourself improve quicker. Takes time, for me took around a month for me to get my 70-80 APM to 90-99s. Now im 95-130s. just need to include your hotkeys.

70 APM is ridiculously low and you wont accomplish much but NEVER think that your biggest problem is APM unless you know everything and your too slow to execute something.

how did i improve? well uhh im not really sure. i play against my friend constantly and he helped me fix my mistakes and gave me tips, a mindset for buildorders, and stuff and stuff

As protoss, you want to macro. and macro. and macro. especially in PvZ and PvP. PvT requires more micro but yet easy.
Just have some one 200x better than you play against you a couple of times each day and youll see your improvement ^_^
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Arrian
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States889 Posts
January 14 2010 05:41 GMT
#4
congrats. iccup is your oyster
Writersator arepo tenet opera rotas
hyst.eric.al
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2332 Posts
January 14 2010 05:50 GMT
#5
congrats! same for me :D

still depresses me greatly, since i play terran so my apm's like 150-200 and i barely hang onto D+
Leta , BeSt, Calm fan forever! 김정우, I am sorry I ever lost faith in you.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
January 14 2010 05:54 GMT
#6
congrats!
Sharp-eYe
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada642 Posts
January 14 2010 05:57 GMT
#7
nice. hey dont focus on apm :/ focus on what you need to do, and focus on how efficiently and speedy you can do it
Are you truly so blinded by your vaunted religion, that you can't see the fall ahead of you? - Zeratul III AKA WikidSik ingame (anygame)
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
January 14 2010 06:00 GMT
#8
haha i'm low D with like 140 eapm, i suck so don't sweat apm too much :D

congrats
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
January 14 2010 06:11 GMT
#9
congrats!

make sure you actually think about what you're doing and why, and analyze your play. you get better like 10x than just mass gaming.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
MorningMusume11
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3490 Posts
January 14 2010 06:26 GMT
#10
good job :D
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
January 14 2010 06:28 GMT
#11
nice =]
i finally got D+ too! creeping for that C- now, i want that shiny gold status i have never yet achieved
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
ThunderGod
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
New Zealand897 Posts
January 14 2010 08:44 GMT
#12
On January 14 2010 14:50 hyst.eric.al wrote:
congrats! same for me :D

still depresses me greatly, since i play terran so my apm's like 150-200 and i barely hang onto D+

I've hit D+ and I'm an 80apm Terran.
"Certain forms of popular music nowadays, namely rap and hip hop styles, are just irritating gangsters bragging about their illegal exploits and short-sighted lifestyles." - Shiverfish ~2009
Glaucus
Profile Joined June 2009
479 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 09:52:51
January 14 2010 09:52 GMT
#13
On January 14 2010 17:44 ThunderGod wrote:
I've hit D+ and I'm an 80apm Terran.


You cheese on non-courage maps during non-korean hours? Or just played vs friends. Otherwise, I won't believe you.
Razt
Profile Joined January 2008
United States97 Posts
January 14 2010 09:58 GMT
#14
I think i'd be D+ if i just quit playing during Korean hours T.T
thez
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada65 Posts
January 14 2010 16:40 GMT
#15
i'd just like to clear up your statement, saying that becoming familiar with all the details, building times, units attacks, range, watching reps of the best and thinking about strategy, and implimenting those ideas into games over and over again is the best way to improve. you could play for years with marginal improvement. you could also watch replays and read tutorials for years with marginal improvement.
DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
January 14 2010 16:46 GMT
#16
On January 14 2010 18:58 Razt wrote:
I think i'd be D+ if i just quit playing during Korean hours T.T

Yeah dude, I am sort of C-, but at the start of the season I was massing games vs koreans, like 10-20games a day for 2 weeks! It was so painful but man it helps shitloads, I was on a 20 loss streak against koreans but now I can play solid C-/C players and win! Seriously dude, my advice take them head on!
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4222 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 20:34:08
January 14 2010 20:33 GMT
#17
On January 14 2010 18:52 Glaucus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2010 17:44 ThunderGod wrote:
I've hit D+ and I'm an 80apm Terran.


You cheese on non-courage maps during non-korean hours? Or just played vs friends. Otherwise, I won't believe you.


I hit C- last season with 107..... I can see D+ at 80.

Btw, congrats! I hit D+ for the first time last season as well. Just keep playing, you might get even higher!
~ \(ˌ)im-ˈpər-vē-əs\ : not capable of being damaged or harmed.
virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
January 14 2010 21:02 GMT
#18
congrats!
I've hit D+ today, too.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
January 14 2010 21:08 GMT
#19
agh the koreans are always a rank or two higher than it says
would be C- if wasnt for them
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
January 14 2010 21:26 GMT
#20
Nice to see the results of CPL and mass gaming.
All candles lit within him, and there was purity. | First auto-promoted BW LP editor.
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