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ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-01 15:31:36
March 01 2010 15:30 GMT
#1
So 2 days ago, I got myself a beta key as a present from a very close friend of mine who knows how much I love starcraft

Started the game and played 10 games in the easy mode (ye I know im such a noob) and then the system put me in a league. currently in the bronze league.

Here is what happened next:
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Then I started playing some more games and here is where I currently am:
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Some thoughts till now are that I dont think starcraft 2 will be better than sc1 hell I think sc1 is the best RTS game ever created (and the best game ever created) and there is no way another game, starcraft 2 or not is going to change that. Second of all I was a C+ high on iccup and my apm was always around 180, nothing I could do no matter how many games I ve played to change my APM or become a "pro". In starcraft 2 I think I have potential to rise and be a known player. Also I switched from Zerg to toss (in sc1 also! achieved C- with decent stats) so I am in for some new strategies and stuff. So far starcraft 2 i really enjoy playing it and stats dont matter my goal is to just mass games and see how that goes. Tho playing with better opponents always makes you a better player and in bronze league everyone has crap stats except me and 1 more guy. really hope i can make a switch to a better league just dont know when that will happen. Will continue writing more, so hyped right now and I wanna play more games. Will also upload some replays for whoever cares :/

Some strats ive been doing are:

PvP -mass zealots from 1 base 4 gateways. (got stopped once by a guy that went 2 gate mass zealots tech and cannons)
my last game I scouted my opponent he went gate-forge-expand so I went gate-core-expand-forge etc and ended up really well for me.

PvZ -I try and do an early push, such of IdrA's vs Oversky where he went Immortal/zealot/stalker
BTW Immortals (at first I thought they suck ass) but really if you make like 3-4 + they own! especially vs zergling/roach/hydra dunno vs mutas yet...

PvT -I try and cheese with proxy cannon-zealots :D works like a charm :D lol

*
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
March 01 2010 15:44 GMT
#2
I am very surprised that you were not able to get platinum league.

Almost everyone who is on TL.net that has reached around C- high got platinum fairly easy (I'm an example of such a player).
next week on Everybody Loves HypnoToad:
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 15:49 GMT
#3
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Well as you see I keep getting wins... Its not that im in bronze and get losses.. Just dunno what to do to get to platinum...
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
March 01 2010 15:51 GMT
#4
hm I guess you just got unlucky with your 1st 10 evaluation games :D

I started in platinum, so I'm not sure how many wins it will take to move up the leagues; my guess is a lot.
next week on Everybody Loves HypnoToad:
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 15:53 GMT
#5
In my 10 first evaluation games I went 9-1 or 8-2

also here is a replay of my latest rep if anyone wants to comment on anything: http://www.sc2replayhub.com/upload/dl_PvPexpanding8.SC2Replay
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
fadeless
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
38 Posts
March 01 2010 16:20 GMT
#6
hm can you reset the record and play the first 10 evaluation games again?
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 16:32 GMT
#7
Some other thing that I noticed is that in sc1 my apm should be around 160 and now in sc2 its 60-70. IdrA (dunno if its really him) had the same which seems odd.
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 16:32 GMT
#8
On March 02 2010 01:20 fadeless wrote:
hm can you reset the record and play the first 10 evaluation games again?


Dont think so...
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
March 01 2010 16:35 GMT
#9
On March 02 2010 00:53 ffswowsucks wrote:
In my 10 first evaluation games I went 9-1 or 8-2

also here is a replay of my latest rep if anyone wants to comment on anything: http://www.sc2replayhub.com/upload/dl_PvPexpanding8.SC2Replay

wtf? going 9-1 puts you in bronze league? that can't be right. Otherwise, how could anyone be in silver or gold league? I assume going 10-0 puts you in platinum, right?
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 17:14 GMT
#10
When u r about to get the evaluation games started the game asks you and you have 3 options:

Are you a noob in rts? Are you an "ok" player in rts? Are you a pro?

i chose the noob option since I havent played starcraft 2 before and wanted to see how it looks in the beginning then thought i could go up ^^ maybe thats the case??


ALSO it really frustrates me that SC2 will have this silly WoW achievement thing.... why do they have to do this anyway?? its an rts! damn it!
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-01 17:24:35
March 01 2010 17:23 GMT
#11
Dunno why but I just now entered silver league and placed at 9th place ^_^ woohoo!!

maybe it had something to do with play 10 games vs protoss 10 vs terran 10 vs zerg and then u get evaluated. Cause I wasnt playing lots of games vs zergs... and I got the promotion after I lost to a zerg! lol (zealots are shit against all in speedlings)
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
March 01 2010 18:06 GMT
#12
On March 02 2010 01:32 ffswowsucks wrote:
Some other thing that I noticed is that in sc1 my apm should be around 160 and now in sc2 its 60-70. IdrA (dunno if its really him) had the same which seems odd.


Is all of CJ playing SC2 or only Idra? And how come he gets to play that much SC2. I don't get it, he is a paid professional
I know that deep inside of you there's a humongous set of testicles just waiting to pop out. Let 'em pop bro. //////////////////// AKA JensOfSweden // Lee Yoon Yeol forever.
citi.zen
Profile Joined April 2009
2509 Posts
March 01 2010 18:21 GMT
#13
Not like he's missing out on tournaments or anything. Growth & development efforts are better spent on SC2 now I guess.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Viledica
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada361 Posts
March 01 2010 19:47 GMT
#14
That's kind of strange about the 10 evaluation games, I went 7-3 on my evaluation games and got into Gold League.
I guess it depends on who you play and how you play?
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28877 Posts
March 01 2010 20:00 GMT
#15
I ended up in gold :p
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ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 20:35 GMT
#16
On March 02 2010 05:00 Liquid`Drone wrote:
I ended up in gold :p

One of the old school zergs I used to bow. Lets play together!
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
March 01 2010 22:06 GMT
#17
anyone else feels like carriers are sO imba!!! ? !

replay: http://www.sc2replayhub.com/index.php?a=viewreplay&id=12
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
March 01 2010 22:09 GMT
#18
He says he did the easy mode (slow game speed, anti-rush maps, etc). That's probably why he ended up in a low rank.
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TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
March 01 2010 23:00 GMT
#19
On March 02 2010 00:44 BlasiuS wrote:
I am very surprised that you were not able to get platinum league.

Almost everyone who is on TL.net that has reached around C- high got platinum fairly easy (I'm an example of such a player).

I've hit C- pvz and im a bronze player, cant get out of bronze, was ranked 5 and never higher
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
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