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

lazz

Australia3119 Posts

January 14 2010 05:17 GMT

grats! use hotkeys more to improve your speed/apm ^^

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

January 14 2010 05:26 GMT

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 ^_^

Arrian

United States889 Posts

January 14 2010 05:41 GMT

congrats. iccup is your oyster

hyst.eric.al

United States2332 Posts

January 14 2010 05:50 GMT

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+

Athos

United States2484 Posts

January 14 2010 05:54 GMT

congrats!

Sharp-eYe

Canada642 Posts

January 14 2010 05:57 GMT

nice. hey dont focus on apm :/ focus on what you need to do, and focus on how efficiently and speedy you can do it

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

January 14 2010 06:00 GMT

haha i'm low D with like 140 eapm, i suck

so don't sweat apm too much :D

congrats

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

January 14 2010 06:11 GMT

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.

MorningMusume11

United States3490 Posts

January 14 2010 06:26 GMT

#10

good job :D

Yogurt

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

ThunderGod

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.

Glaucus

479 Posts

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

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

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

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

Canada4200 Posts

January 14 2010 20:33 GMT

#17

On January 14 2010 18:52 Glaucus wrote:

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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!