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LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
February 16 2010 03:14 GMT
#1
There are these "rank walls" that I keep hitting, does it happen to anyone else? I'm not even close to my top rank, but still, a few days ago I hit a wall at C, having won a lot until 100 points away from C+, then started losing a lot. And then again today, while at C+, just a mere ~50 points away from B-, I went on another losing streak.

Rightfully pissed (not really), I decided to check who I had played in my 5 loss streak, and so here are the stats for those players that beat me: 34-2, 43-5, 44-9, 30-0.

Geez, apparently I'm not the only jackass who likes to reset to get better stats. Anyway, there are only a couple of weeks left in the season so I'm definitely gonna try getting as high a rank as possible. It all depends on how many walls I hit.

https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
..Slick...
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States202 Posts
February 16 2010 03:20 GMT
#2
Oh lord. And to think I'm getting decent when I can barley hold a positive ratio at D/D+
If any high level protoss is willing to train me please do it
it was written
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
February 16 2010 03:21 GMT
#3
i stopped caring about my rank, cuz i've beaten a lot of players outside of my rank ability, but i can't achieve that rank myself. Hey i notice on ur iccup stats you're pretty good at TvT, lets mass TvT xD! add me i'm smi.gladstone.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
February 16 2010 03:35 GMT
#4
Yeah sure, ppl willing to tvt are hard to find t.t
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
February 16 2010 03:35 GMT
#5
before i hit C- (1st time) i was within 150 pts 3 times
all 3 times i fell to D w/o winning a game...yea i know exactly what your going through
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
February 16 2010 03:47 GMT
#6
Sabbath, do you know when this season ends? I was asking an admin earlier and he told me it was March 1st but then my friend checked the website and sees March 17th. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I think you were an admin on iccup before??
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
KingFool
Profile Joined January 2008
Canada428 Posts
February 16 2010 03:50 GMT
#7
I don't have enough time for ladder, I look at it from a people perspective. You have those friends who are a little above you, and you slowly but steadily work past their ability's. Then there's those bastards that toy with you offracing.
Stimin myself on a daily basis
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
February 16 2010 11:07 GMT
#8
On February 16 2010 12:47 MaRiNe23 wrote:
Sabbath, do you know when this season ends? I was asking an admin earlier and he told me it was March 1st but then my friend checked the website and sees March 17th. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I think you were an admin on iccup before??

theres this sort of hidden page that usually has the right date unless they decide to extend the season
http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/sc_season.html

it ways march 1... usually admins dont know more than what is said there
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
February 16 2010 11:23 GMT
#9
These Rank walls..... i get angry. it happened to me atleast 4 times now while trying to get to D+
all 1800+
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
February 17 2010 02:11 GMT
#10
just as an update, i had lost 5 games yesterday before i made this thread, and today i lost another 10 games totalling 15 losses in a row before I reset and won vs a D player

god damn...
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
February 17 2010 02:44 GMT
#11
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
February 17 2010 02:45 GMT
#12
sometimes though i think ur play depends a lot on outside forces as well, like how well your life is developing, if you're stressed out or worried about something in real life you won't be able to concentrate as much, and would result in a bunch of nerdrages...

Thats why progamers gets free food/living place, cuz then they wouldn't ahve to worry about that stuff and can focus 100% on playing well.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
February 17 2010 02:53 GMT
#13
On February 17 2010 11:11 LG)Sabbath wrote:
just as an update, i had lost 5 games yesterday before i made this thread, and today i lost another 10 games totalling 15 losses in a row before I reset and won vs a D player

god damn...
did you shift your sleep schedule? more specifically, did you start playing vs koreans?
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
February 17 2010 02:57 GMT
#14
sabbath you're a lot better than that gogo !
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
February 17 2010 03:04 GMT
#15
Happens to everyone.
Just take it easy. If you lose a game, take a breath. There's no need to leave a game that you lost and then go back again and lose more. Mental state is pretty important when playing games and if losing impacts you that badly, it's better to just cut your losses and stop playing after a bad loss or two.

There's always tomorrow ^^
Sullifam
Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
February 17 2010 03:27 GMT
#16
The rank wall is so deadly... it happens... it gets you pissed... you decide to play more games... you lose more games... omfg. I remember when I got cheesed 4 times in a row... and once I SCOUTED the cheese and it still worked... /nerdrage.
Blah
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3024 Posts
February 17 2010 11:06 GMT
#17
On February 17 2010 11:53 redtooth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2010 11:11 LG)Sabbath wrote:
just as an update, i had lost 5 games yesterday before i made this thread, and today i lost another 10 games totalling 15 losses in a row before I reset and won vs a D player

god damn...
did you shift your sleep schedule? more specifically, did you start playing vs koreans?

No, the only thing that changed was that I played all day saturday and sunday and then on monday and tuestday I had to wait until around 7 pm to start playing (because of work). I won a lot on sat/sun and lost a lot on mon/tue.

I theorize that having been on the computer at work without doing much (apm-wise) all day long makes me slow and when I get home to play my game suffers. I'll probably get used to it. I'll put speed metal on my playlist on the trip home so I can get in the mood before I even get here. Heh.
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
February 18 2010 22:30 GMT
#18
C- To C was my first wall
still is actually
xD
cw)minsean(ru
Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
February 18 2010 22:34 GMT
#19
I don't know if you've seen "the last lecture" by Randy Pausch but he says something really interesting there I always think about when I do bad at something and feel like I've hit a (brick)wall:

"The brick walls in life are not there to stop you, they're there to test you on how much you want something"

Good luck with your playing.
AdministratorI'm dancing in the moonlight
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
February 18 2010 22:46 GMT
#20
On February 19 2010 07:34 Julmust wrote:
I don't know if you've seen "the last lecture" by Randy Pausch but he says something really interesting there I always think about when I do bad at something and feel like I've hit a (brick)wall:

"The brick walls in life are not there to stop you, they're there to test you on how much you want something"

Good luck with your playing.

great great book. I wanted to attend Carnegie mellon SOOOO BAD after i finished reading this book ( i had been accepted but was commited to Case via Early)
cw)minsean(ru
Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
February 18 2010 22:53 GMT
#21
On February 19 2010 07:46 DreaM)XeRO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2010 07:34 Julmust wrote:
I don't know if you've seen "the last lecture" by Randy Pausch but he says something really interesting there I always think about when I do bad at something and feel like I've hit a (brick)wall:

"The brick walls in life are not there to stop you, they're there to test you on how much you want something"

Good luck with your playing.

great great book. I wanted to attend Carnegie mellon SOOOO BAD after i finished reading this book ( i had been accepted but was commited to Case via Early)


Ah man, I haven't read the book, I've just seen the lecture online on youtube. Here's the vid if anyone is interested (it's REAAAALLY long but so worth watching)
AdministratorI'm dancing in the moonlight
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
February 18 2010 23:39 GMT
#22
I thought c- to c was the hardest.
I went like 30-50 in C- and c but at c+ i breezed through like 8-4 or something like that. It felt like c+ is just a continuation of C, so once you're a solid c player, it shouldn't be as hard to get to b- as it was to get through c. it's just my experience though, I might have just gotten lucky with opponents.
Sullifam
Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
February 19 2010 00:38 GMT
#23
Right when I was about to get from C- to C, I hit a wall and fell back to D+.

/nerdrage.
Blah
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
February 19 2010 00:39 GMT
#24
I love when a player is 1 win away from getting the next rank and I crush them. It makes me happy.
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