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ICCUP day vs night hours

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Poly325
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States99 Posts
March 11 2010 00:45 GMT
#1
Man, ICCUP during day American hours is so much easier than during night Korean hours.

I have been mass gaming for a about a week and have about 60 games down, roughly 50% win ratio. Hit D+ a while ago, but am only now solidly keeping it, which is pretty nice, but I'm shooting for at least a C before school starts in August.

ICCUP during the day time is MUCH easier than during the night time. To illustrate, my PvT and TvP is definitely my best 2 matchups. During night hours, I can hardly take out a D+ player. During day hours, I just easily won against a D+ player and I think I'm already C material. During night hours, C games are like, @_@.

So for all you ICCUP players, if u wanna get up there, I advice you play during the day . hahaha

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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27154 Posts
March 11 2010 00:48 GMT
#2
I live in the Korean time zone... so my iccup life is
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Poly325
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States99 Posts
March 11 2010 01:02 GMT
#3
On March 11 2010 09:48 Manifesto7 wrote:
I live in the Korean time zone... so my iccup life is


if you ever get a chance, try signing on during American Iccup time. You'll pwn everyone in your rank. Hahaha
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ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
March 11 2010 01:06 GMT
#4
Too bad I usually only play at night on weekends... and I suck.
I mean, god, I'm at that craptastic range between D- and D, lol.
darkness overpowering
HeyitsClay
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada336 Posts
March 11 2010 01:07 GMT
#5
I used to think this, But i have come to realize that these players are not "better" so much as they are "different" and this makes it more challenging but once you play night lots u will get used to it.

Altho when u get to the C ranks and higher i think it may get harder but the D- to D+ is just a different style of bad players lol
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 01:10:04
March 11 2010 01:09 GMT
#6
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.
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CynanMachae
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada1459 Posts
March 11 2010 01:20 GMT
#7
Yea I do notice a huge difference in players during night time and daytime (at the C- level)
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Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
March 11 2010 01:29 GMT
#8
On March 11 2010 10:09 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.

hahhah saying that out of experience i see.
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Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
March 11 2010 01:43 GMT
#9
On March 11 2010 10:29 Polar_Nada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2010 10:09 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.

hahhah saying that out of experience i see.


I made the mistake of trying to improve my mechanics and game sense at the D levels... all it earned me was a fat number of losses to DT rushes and 4 pools and a heap of nerdrage
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
March 11 2010 01:59 GMT
#10
On March 11 2010 10:09 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.

Lucky peoples. ive only been cheesed 2-3 times in 70+ games.
when i get cheesed, my mind is telling me "fuck yea free win" unless its a PvP
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
March 11 2010 02:01 GMT
#11
At night it's like...
(Insert name here) has joined the game.
[KR] (1x1: 1000, 2x2: 1000)
...Uh oh.
Proceed to get rolled.

Solution:
Kick?
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
March 11 2010 02:14 GMT
#12
On March 11 2010 11:01 flamewheel91 wrote:
At night it's like...
(Insert name here) has joined the game.
[KR] (1x1: 1000, 2x2: 1000)
...Uh oh.
Proceed to get rolled.

Solution:
Kick?

lol. just play him and try your best
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
March 11 2010 02:20 GMT
#13
I find that Korean Terrans are *much* better than non-Koreans, others not so much. My best MU is PvT ([insert 1a2a3a jokes]) against non-Koreans, and PvZ against Koreans.

They just seem to have much better mechanics (at C/C+ lvl) and timing than non-Koreans.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
March 11 2010 02:50 GMT
#14
It's true.
I admit that I have no idea what timings are good and my mechanics are pretty nonexistent.
Sullifam
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 03:57:52
March 11 2010 03:57 GMT
#15
I live in Korean timezone minus one hour, damn, those Korean scare the shit out of me.
My solution is create a game with motw, wait for people to join, if [KR] I kick him...
Before I play all players that come to my game, only to found out that [KR] people kick my ass 90% of the time.
Terran
Poly325
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States99 Posts
March 11 2010 06:48 GMT
#16
On March 11 2010 10:43 Navi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2010 10:29 Polar_Nada wrote:
On March 11 2010 10:09 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.

hahhah saying that out of experience i see.


I made the mistake of trying to improve my mechanics and game sense at the D levels... all it earned me was a fat number of losses to DT rushes and 4 pools and a heap of nerdrage


ROFL ya. i remember finally deciding to start playing iccup instead of bnet... and waiting weeks before starting so i can be ready. I started my first few games expecting to be beaten badly by pros. Instead, i died to shit like proxy gates and zergling rushes and dt rushes. I was like wtf.

luckily that shit dont work no more since i just keep my scout alive longer.
Live life with all of your heart
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
March 11 2010 08:35 GMT
#17
On March 11 2010 10:43 Navi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2010 10:29 Polar_Nada wrote:
On March 11 2010 10:09 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
getting out of the D+ range is like learning how to defend against every cheese on the planet.

then you can finally start working on learning how to improve your mechanics and understanding of the game.

hahhah saying that out of experience i see.


I made the mistake of trying to improve my mechanics and game sense at the D levels... all it earned me was a fat number of losses to DT rushes and 4 pools and a heap of nerdrage


I think you just don't understand what mechanics and game sense are. A game with a non-standard opening doesn't suddenly throw all macro concepts out the window. Sure you can't do your 110 supply push any more, but it's the relative timings that matter rather than the absolute time.

To fight off cheese you usually need good micro, a perfect opening and good scouting. This IS mechanics and understanding of the game.
No I'm never serious.
OhThatDang
Profile Joined August 2004
United States4685 Posts
March 11 2010 09:53 GMT
#18
ive been cheesed every single game that ive ever started playing on iccup now!! I get free time around 11pm which is dead time basically for starters on iccup =D
troi oi thang map nai!!!
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
March 11 2010 10:04 GMT
#19
Honestly, I haven't found cheese to be all that bad in the D range. I'd say maybe 1 in every 15-20 games is a cheese, maybe 1-10 v Z if you count stuff like ling all-ins/2-3 hat hydra.

As far as playing goes, I pretty much take all comers, if its some Korean thats 1000 D you bet I'm playing him, hoping that he turns out to be some progamer, even if hes just a good player I really enoying seeing just how the better players can pick apart the little mistakes in my build or play.
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