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Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
August 04 2010 21:02 GMT
#21
Probably due to foreigners moving to SC2 and a large portion of the Koreans staying on BW. It's like the whole "I got X rank in foreign hours, but got X-2 rank in korean hours" thing that people have been talking about for the past many years, except now there probably aren't any non-korean hours
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Firien
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland115 Posts
August 04 2010 21:12 GMT
#22
i lose frequently, but i very rarely get owned hard. Im at D+, most of my losses are entirely cus of my fault not because of outmicro better scout or something. I mostly just fail at some part of the build, forgetting about 5th hatch, not transitioning from one unit composition to another, not using the effing scourges to snipe observes (not like i make spire in a zvp anywayz).
I think the key to improvement is realizing you are terribad at this game xd
2 days ago i rewatched chills stragic fpvods for zvp, shit really helped me understand a few things that i thought i know already. I suggest you try rewatching some fpvods on youtube nevake account, some stylish ones or read some liquipedia, im pretty sure most of the times its not your speed what is stopping you.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
August 04 2010 21:13 GMT
#23
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Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
August 04 2010 21:15 GMT
#24
Yeah, I played on Iccup at about D+, SC2 comes out, bam, im barely a D. This is really wierd since my APM rose. I have decided to play SC2, but still watch the SC1 pro scene
gmsts
Profile Joined January 2010
England61 Posts
August 04 2010 21:28 GMT
#25
I love the new iccup a lot less cheesers which means I can actually focus on improving my macro and mechanics. Last season averaged 130 apm this season + 190amp.
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
August 04 2010 21:29 GMT
#26
On August 05 2010 06:02 Purind wrote:
Probably due to foreigners moving to SC2 and a large portion of the Koreans staying on BW. It's like the whole "I got X rank in foreign hours, but got X-2 rank in korean hours" thing that people have been talking about for the past many years, except now there probably aren't any non-korean hours


i think this is the problem here ; lower level players are hurting because theyre forced to play more koreans, while higher levels dont really notice because theyve always done so.

Anyway an important thing in times like this is to think more about your skill and less about rank. Having a rank is nice, but knowing inside that you are better than you were before is worth more imo.
aka DragOn[NaS]
SchOOl_VicTIm
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Greece2394 Posts
August 04 2010 21:57 GMT
#27
Wow, the op makes me want to start playing iccup again for the challenge
Floophead_III
Profile Joined September 2009
United States1832 Posts
August 04 2010 22:08 GMT
#28
Oh man, I played a little BW while beta was down before release. I got creamed by D koreans. The only people who play that game now are people who are hardcore enough about it to not consider migrating yet. I'm impressed that you're even in the C's at all. I played some D+ players who I swear were B level or better. There were always smurfs, but these guys didn't have amazing records! I feel your pain.
Half man, half bear, half pig.
Nivoh
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Norway259 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 22:12:24
August 04 2010 22:11 GMT
#29
How do I delete a post? Sorry ...
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
August 04 2010 22:17 GMT
#30
On August 05 2010 05:36 Xeris wrote:
skill level isn't higher, it's just that there are way less newbs to inflate the ranks of people :p

Yup! Only the hc bw players stayed so there arnt any free wins anymore. Any rank you get now you RIGHTFULLY deserve ^^
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
August 04 2010 22:21 GMT
#31
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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
August 04 2010 23:10 GMT
#32
I can't even reach D+ now, and I was C high T_T
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
zenMaster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada761 Posts
August 04 2010 23:12 GMT
#33
All the skill-less noobs went to SC2.
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
August 04 2010 23:52 GMT
#34
Yeah, I seem to be experiencing this too. Every single person I have played on ladder in my last 20 games has been D+ (6) or higher (12), except two, in previous seasons.

Don't really care about the rank, though getting to D- is kind of annoying since it becomes harder to actually get games with people that are D or better, and I really don't want to play people worse than me.
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H.k[D]
Profile Joined April 2010
United States260 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-04 23:53:12
August 04 2010 23:52 GMT
#35
same, I finally made D+ barely and then just couldn't climb
No point dodging koreans tho.

goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3519 Posts
August 05 2010 00:20 GMT
#36
You play terran at B level in starcraft 1, can still hit C, and think your not doing good? I could hardly hit C rank before starcraft 2 came out lol.
say you were born into a jungle indian tribe where food was scarce...would you run around from teepee to teepee stealing meat scraps after a day lazying around doing nothing except warming urself by a fire that you didn't even make yourself? -rekrul
Chaos
Profile Joined July 2009
United States772 Posts
August 05 2010 00:48 GMT
#37
[B]On August 05 2010 06:29 FyRe_DragOn wrote:

i think this is the problem here ; lower level players are hurting because theyre forced to play more koreans, while higher levels dont really notice because theyve always done so.


This is a good point. Definitely explains why some people notice and some people don't. I didn't really think about lower ranks being affected more, I just still don't really notice it ^__^
FruitMarket
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
August 05 2010 00:55 GMT
#38
I noticed it got a lot harder, but I still somehow managed D+ earlier this season.
Then I got a 30 game losing streak and dropped back to D. Ugh.
But yeah, I noticed that there's a bit less cheese than usual. Plenty of 2 fac and FD though.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
August 05 2010 01:03 GMT
#39
On August 05 2010 05:44 imBLIND wrote:
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On August 05 2010 05:42 JohannesH wrote:
Yes, might be harder than before to get a high rank. But why worry about your rank so much? It only tells about your skill relative to the other people playing atm. As long as you don't lose every single game, and find games relatively fast, I don't see what's so bad about this.


im losing every single game without learning a thing =(.....which is the worst kind of loss


you might have to learn how to learn then
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
August 05 2010 01:06 GMT
#40
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