• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:14
CEST 06:14
KST 13:14
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy9[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call8[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End9
Community News
Weekly Cups (Sep 13-20): herO scores triple1BSL Season 235Weekly Cups (Sep 7-12): SHIN, ByuN, MaxPax double down1StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon101Weekly Cups (Aug 30-Sep 7): herO thrives amid growing schism10
StarCraft 2
General
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool How do you feel about the StarCraft shooter announcement at BlizzCon 2026? The Death of Cheese: From a Professional Cheeser Weekly Cups (Sep 13-20): herO scores triple
Tourneys
Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament 2026 GSTL Announcement RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
Mutation # 544 Double Trouble The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 543 Enhanced Defenses Mutation # 542 The Ascended
Brood War
General
an AI researcher's take on the ladder bot BW General Discussion screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool Bot on ladder [ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy
Tourneys
[ASL22] Ro8 Day 2 [ASL22] Ro16 Group D [ASL22] Ro8 Day 1 [IPSL] IPSL is Back With Winter 26-27!
Strategy
Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Replay Review Process - What do you do? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation
Other Games
General Games
Diablo IV Nintendo Switch Thread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread EVE Corporation
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25! Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine All you football fans (soccer)!
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The Creator Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Gaming Intensity, Problemati…
TrAiDoS
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
[meme] I finally understa…
LUCKY_NOOB
Regacy Esports:Our Goa…
regacyesports
Dreaming of BW patches (mod…
c3rberUs
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7218 users

B- and higher Terran players

Blogs > Loser777
Post a Reply
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-27 06:00:42
June 27 2010 05:55 GMT
#1
How long did it take you to get there?

(In response to 1 star): This is a serious question... SC2 isn't very appealing to me and I'm considering spending some time this summer to get past D+ -.-;

***
6581
Tenryu
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States565 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-27 06:10:04
June 27 2010 06:07 GMT
#2
Ive been playing SC:BW since around 99 or 00' and i got B- first season of ICCup. Sadly even after like 10 seasons of on and off ICCup play i focused much more on 2x2 then 1x1 so i was still only around high B-'s. But i still tend to be able to reach it in about a week of serious play.

I havent played SC2 yet due to certain circumstances but i pretty much have the feeling that alot of competition will be gone once its released, so going B- in ICCup shouldnt take too long. Just take your time and focus on your builds and timed attacks imo.

Edit: Well i suppose your multi-task should prolly get better before u start learning timed pushes and shit. But just knowing ur timed pushes can help u win alot of lower level games even if ur multi task isnt up to par.
http://myanimelist.net/profile/Understar
ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
June 27 2010 06:31 GMT
#3
It took me about 3-4 years to get to B-/B rank. But I never put any real effort in, I just watched replays and played when I was bored.
HitEmUp
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
June 27 2010 06:57 GMT
#4
4 seasons when I really cared. and B- meaning B- HIGH.

But that took like seven years of playing on Bnet prior.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2057 Posts
June 27 2010 07:04 GMT
#5
yeah it takes many years to increase rank that much if you dont focus on it/played casually since forever. However, nowadays there are tons of resources available so if a determined player is willing to learn and practice hard they can gain multiple ranks per season. A friend of mine recently started playing low money (used to play fastest maps alot) and went from c-/c to b- in 1 season. I gave him some advice and he already had decent handspeed from playing fastest, but you get the idea. The harder you apply yourself the faster you will improve.

I say go for it man, theres nothign like achieving a goal that youve thought out of reach for so long. Since you are a terran player, youll have to focus on mechanics alot but its definitely doable.

5starred bcuz bw > sc2
aka DragOn[NaS]
unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
June 27 2010 07:12 GMT
#6
im with fyre_dragon on this one, though i may not be B- or a terran player there are the resources to learn out there such as liquipedia and they help a lot, personally though i believe that if you diligently practice with the intent to improve and watch your replays regularly then you can do it ^___^

5starred bcuz of a awesome goal ^___^ and bw > sc2 atm (sc2 still fun though just not as good as bw)
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-27 07:21:36
June 27 2010 07:19 GMT
#7
On June 27 2010 15:07 Tenryu wrote:
Ive been playing SC:BW since around 99 or 00' and i got B- first season of ICCup. Sadly even after like 10 seasons of on and off ICCup play i focused much more on 2x2 then 1x1 so i was still only around high B-'s. But i still tend to be able to reach it in about a week of serious play.

I havent played SC2 yet due to certain circumstances but i pretty much have the feeling that alot of competition will be gone once its released, so going B- in ICCup shouldnt take too long. Just take your time and focus on your builds and timed attacks imo.

Edit: Well i suppose your multi-task should prolly get better before u start learning timed pushes and shit. But just knowing ur timed pushes can help u win alot of lower level games even if ur multi task isnt up to par.


Actually all you need to do is one good well-timed push and you can reach B-, srsly. I used to get FD wins until C+... Sadly there's not that many foreign players anymore (thx SC2) so B- is harder to get...

Edit: Lol I completely didn't address the question. Uh. At least a year? Maybe two years?
@KawaiiRiceLighT
MaRiNe23
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States747 Posts
June 27 2010 07:21 GMT
#8
3 seasons. However, I learned how to play TvP the wrong way and to this day I still suffer from it. In TvP I would just do 4 fact timing push when protoss gets his third nexus every single game and it would work until you get to B-. But this was when timing pushes were still popular in the pro scene and protosses didn't know how to react to it properly.

But I also hate the TvP matchup so much which is the reason why I even did timing pushes in teh first place so that games would only be about 15 minutes~..it is almost as boring as TvT to me and makes me wonder why I even picked terran in the first place.

I mean do you really want spend 30++ minutes on every TvP u play using the Flash Build? It's gets really discouraging when you spent the last 20 minutes turtleing waiting for that 2-1 upgrade and then when you finally move out, he comes in with storm, stasis and a ton of zealot goon before you have time to react and 8 tanks aren't in range to shoot his fukin units. Once that's over, he is remaxed from his 50 gateways in less than 2 minutes with the support of 5 expos. You start a new TvP game and then you do that all over again..turtle for 20 minutes.
We have competitive ladder, strong community, progaming in Korea going strong, perfectly balanced game..why do we need sc2? #1 ANTI-SC2 fan
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 27 2010 07:23 GMT
#9
ICCUP is actually a LOT more difficult now, because there are very few foreigns (as Kawaii said). Late 2009, I was able to easily reach C+ (did it with 4-5 different accounts in a season) , but now I'm barely at C- , and I have about 50% rate...

reason being, you're much more likely to get games vs a lot of Koreans, and the average skill is higher (because it's about a ~6 month increase in skill of the general population and a ~6 month decrease in skill to the SC2 people who haven't been playing BW) .
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5758 Posts
June 27 2010 07:26 GMT
#10
don't listen to tenryu...hes just a monster!! :D
FreshVegetables
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Finland513 Posts
June 27 2010 07:48 GMT
#11
On June 27 2010 16:23 Xeris wrote:
ICCUP is actually a LOT more difficult now, because there are very few foreigns (as Kawaii said). Late 2009, I was able to easily reach C+ (did it with 4-5 different accounts in a season) , but now I'm barely at C- , and I have about 50% rate...

reason being, you're much more likely to get games vs a lot of Koreans, and the average skill is higher (because it's about a ~6 month increase in skill of the general population and a ~6 month decrease in skill to the SC2 people who haven't been playing BW) .


I pretty much agree with this. You could obviously dodge koreans and learn a couple of solids builds, this should be able to get you to C+ pretty quickly (couple of months, if you really spend time on it)
yummy tomatoes
dRaW
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada5744 Posts
June 27 2010 08:15 GMT
#12
On June 27 2010 16:23 Xeris wrote:
ICCUP is actually a LOT more difficult now, because there are very few foreigns (as Kawaii said). Late 2009, I was able to easily reach C+ (did it with 4-5 different accounts in a season) , but now I'm barely at C- , and I have about 50% rate...

reason being, you're much more likely to get games vs a lot of Koreans, and the average skill is higher (because it's about a ~6 month increase in skill of the general population and a ~6 month decrease in skill to the SC2 people who haven't been playing BW) .


I generally play during korean hours, I don't think they are too much better they just play differently. I got B- in first iccup season (with protoss though, clearly it's imbalanced) and it took 2 seasons to make B- with terran. I think the most important thing to practice first is just get your standard build to follow up to around the 10minute mark, play for shorter games (as your mechanics will improve over time you can practice more long term games) and play as much as you can with the same builds, deviate as you improve.

Also, the korean-foreigner thing I don't buy one bit because the opponents you face will generate your skill improvement, so if the opponents are better and you are playing the same amount of games you should improve just as much, if not more.
I don't need luck, luck is for noobs, good luck to you though
Oddysay
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada597 Posts
June 27 2010 13:19 GMT
#13
playing since the game out , but i played money map for 2 year first . 1-2 year stop for come back later in low map . maybe 3-4 year for get B- and after , up till now many year for get from B- to A- .

but im playing this iccup season and im stuck at C+ rank lol , not sure if iccup become like twice as hard since sc2 or because you only play korean 99 % of the time now.

most people right now are not B- or better curently , maybe in the past but right now im pretty sure the best foreigner cant get A- curently unless he restart play the game seriously and try hard .

would be fun to know how many top foreigner still play seriously
ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
June 27 2010 17:02 GMT
#14
On June 27 2010 22:19 Oddysay wrote:
playing since the game out , but i played money map for 2 year first . 1-2 year stop for come back later in low map . maybe 3-4 year for get B- and after , up till now many year for get from B- to A- .

but im playing this iccup season and im stuck at C+ rank lol , not sure if iccup become like twice as hard since sc2 or because you only play korean 99 % of the time now.

most people right now are not B- or better curently , maybe in the past but right now im pretty sure the best foreigner cant get A- curently unless he restart play the game seriously and try hard .

would be fun to know how many top foreigner still play seriously

Says sMi.Kira, a well known abuser, "Pro Team Practice Partner" poser, and scrub who couldn't break C rank last season. Also hacked when he was his "high rank".

To make this post a bit more helpful, I will say this. If you really wanted to get to B-, and took the time to study build orders, and mass game, it wouldn't take you too long if you put effort into it.
HitEmUp
laLAlA[uC]
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada963 Posts
June 27 2010 20:19 GMT
#15
I started SC 2 years ago but mainly practiced 2v2. Last season I got my first Blue rank 1v1. So for me.. 2 years? Though I only play on weekends/break days.
I'm an old man now
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
June 27 2010 21:24 GMT
#16
It depends when you started playing, it took me 3-4 years to hit B. But at my time we didn't have liquipedia or flash.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
June 28 2010 02:47 GMT
#17
On June 28 2010 02:02 ZZangDreamjOy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 27 2010 22:19 Oddysay wrote:
playing since the game out , but i played money map for 2 year first . 1-2 year stop for come back later in low map . maybe 3-4 year for get B- and after , up till now many year for get from B- to A- .

but im playing this iccup season and im stuck at C+ rank lol , not sure if iccup become like twice as hard since sc2 or because you only play korean 99 % of the time now.

most people right now are not B- or better curently , maybe in the past but right now im pretty sure the best foreigner cant get A- curently unless he restart play the game seriously and try hard .

would be fun to know how many top foreigner still play seriously

Says sMi.Kira, a well known abuser, "Pro Team Practice Partner" poser, and scrub who couldn't break C rank last season. Also hacked when he was his "high rank".

To make this post a bit more helpful, I will say this. If you really wanted to get to B-, and took the time to study build orders, and mass game, it wouldn't take you too long if you put effort into it.



LoL ...thats a gangster post
USER MIGHT BE WARNED FOR THIS COMMENT
gamecrazy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States421 Posts
June 28 2010 06:29 GMT
#18
On June 28 2010 02:02 ZZangDreamjOy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 27 2010 22:19 Oddysay wrote:
playing since the game out , but i played money map for 2 year first . 1-2 year stop for come back later in low map . maybe 3-4 year for get B- and after , up till now many year for get from B- to A- .

but im playing this iccup season and im stuck at C+ rank lol , not sure if iccup become like twice as hard since sc2 or because you only play korean 99 % of the time now.

most people right now are not B- or better curently , maybe in the past but right now im pretty sure the best foreigner cant get A- curently unless he restart play the game seriously and try hard .

would be fun to know how many top foreigner still play seriously

Says sMi.Kira, a well known abuser, "Pro Team Practice Partner" poser, and scrub who couldn't break C rank last season. Also hacked when he was his "high rank".

To make this post a bit more helpful, I will say this. If you really wanted to get to B-, and took the time to study build orders, and mass game, it wouldn't take you too long if you put effort into it.


^How to call someone out.
Yeah. But, srsly this thread as a whole makes me sad. I've played for two seasons and I still haven't broken in to C-. I practically play against only Koreans, but I don't think that's an excuse.
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 6h 46m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft526
-ZergGirl 138
Nina 63
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 4449
Rain 1978
GuemChi 1353
Dewaltoss 159
yabsab 31
sorry 3
Icarus 3
Dota 2
monkeys_forever498
League of Legends
JimRising 802
Counter-Strike
taco 432
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox663
Other Games
summit1g11153
Coldzera 772
C9.Mang0351
Livibee167
Maynarde162
Sick143
ViBE99
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick709
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 85
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP41
• davetesta20
• mYiSmile111
• Letter146
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• Pr0nogo 3
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Stunt467
Upcoming Events
Kung Fu Cup
6h 46m
The PondCast
1d 5h
Replay Cast
1d 19h
Korean StarCraft League
2 days
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
GSL
4 days
Yamato Cup
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
WardiTV Weekly
5 days
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Super Anchor Qualifying S3
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1

Ongoing

ASL Season 22
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
Acropolis #5 - GSA
Calamity Invitational
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSB
Acropolis #5 - GSC
BSL Season 23
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Custodian Cup
Copium Cup
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.