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iccup feels utterly ridiculous at this point...

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OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
October 21 2010 08:51 GMT
#1
im whining and kind of ranting in this post; if you don't want to read any of that, you can skip this. but i really just wanna let some frustration out... anyways...

I can't run sc 2 on my computer and havent kept up with anything regarding it at all. I hadn't realized how many people left behind bw for sc2 until this week after my first batch of midterms were over, leaving me a lot of free time to play bw on iccup for the past few days.

as someone whos been c- for about 2 years, i find it really sad that im 6-18 in d+ games for the last 24 matches ive played. ive been stuck at mid d+ for like the past 50 games, and its just pretty fucking ridiculous how every other "d+" is like a b rank korean. recently, ive been playing a lot better.... i somehow jumped from my usual 180 apm to as high as 220+ apm without consciously trying to up my apm due to better harass and steadier macro than when i last got to play bw a lot... but its kinda sad and annoying to me that this obvious "progress" is manifested by a demotion to d+.

for the last 2 or so years, hitting C rank has been a goal ive really wanted to hit, because when i first played on iccup, i remembered how badly C's would kick my ass... and even when I hit d+ and then c-, the skill gap to C just seemed huge to me. I've come really close - last season i hit 3900s twice before getting knocked down. I feel that C/C+ rank is the transition rank from "noob" to "experienced". it just pisses me off that all this hard work and obvious improvement on my part from when i was first c- is actually backtracking in progress at this point.... i do realize that all these rankings are relative to whoever is playing, but ive just had my eye on C for such a long time that i want it the same regardless of what the situation is.

i played a ridiculous number of 39 games on sunday cuz i had absolutely no work and hadnt played sc in lieu of midterms... now i just feel i wasted a huge chunk of my time that could be dedicated to other things to further my life cuz im not even getting anywhere with all that effort. as a berkeley student, i question myself on how much time i wouldve had to be productive if i stopped playing starcraft.

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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
October 21 2010 08:56 GMT
#2
well then stop playing starcraft....you aren't doing it for anyone except yourself.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
October 21 2010 09:01 GMT
#3
I kinda know what you're saying. While I actually improved a lot so that I went up the ranks into D+, I feel like the D ranks are a lot more of a challenge than they should be. If I play like I used to, which still let me keep D rank, I would probably drop to E. To be honest, I also kinda 'slump' a lot of the times after D+, but sometimes I feel totally outplayed.
But more often than not, I think that I could do better. I stopped playing temporarily because I honestly don't feel like suiciding into mech and wondering why I play like shit every game.
Glad to know it's not just me who's suffering from the iccups.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
October 21 2010 09:13 GMT
#4
I hit C- a few seasons ago, and I'm struggling in low D+ ranks atm... I feel you pain. The fact I moved to China and thus playing at Korean hours doesn't help, but yeah the level dramatically increased on iccup.
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ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
October 21 2010 09:50 GMT
#5
Your D+?
THATS DAMN GOOD LOL SERSLY.

User was temp banned for this post.
IceCube
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Croatia1403 Posts
October 21 2010 09:59 GMT
#6
I find Iccup is the same skill level before sc2 or even easier. It's all about who you play or how you play it. Now with lesser player base to choose from I understand it's harder to find games at same rank but I don't feel like iccup's ranks are any harder than they used to be, just too few people play bw nowdays and thus it's harder/slower for high lvl players to reach higher levels, so you might run into them more often now.

*I do like the new change they made about tranfer/clear stats tho. I feel it did impact smurfing on ladder and all ranks are more balanced now.

I was C- 2-3 seasons ago with awful stats ~3300 points and more than 200 games played just one on one, now Im C- again with 22-9 with ~100 games played.

*you need to wait for 3 weeks to clear/transfer stats
Forever Vulture.. :(
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
October 21 2010 10:11 GMT
#7
On October 21 2010 18:59 IceCube wrote:
*you need to wait for 3 weeks to clear/transfer stats

You can't make a new account if you want to bash D players ?
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
IceCube
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Croatia1403 Posts
October 21 2010 10:47 GMT
#8
^ you can but it's easier to tell smurfs now, like if he have 1260 pts that means 2-0 new acc probably some good player...etc

and if he loses 1 and let's say he's 20-1 now he wants to clearstat it he will but he will lose interest now more often, or at least I hope
Forever Vulture.. :(
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
October 21 2010 10:50 GMT
#9
I just raped a D+ player and got raped by a D player, I love ICCUP! <33
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
alexpnd
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1857 Posts
October 21 2010 11:01 GMT
#10
op irc is empty all the time now adays I still play though
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66160 Posts
October 21 2010 11:04 GMT
#11
On October 21 2010 20:01 alexpnd wrote:
op irc is empty all the time now adays I still play though

op teamliquid now
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dongfeng
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
731 Posts
October 21 2010 11:06 GMT
#12
switch your goal to get C in 2v2
i guarantee much easier and easier on yourself too
SirGlinG
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden933 Posts
October 21 2010 11:09 GMT
#13
It's a letter that represents your skill according to the players wins and losses on iccup.

The western players have crossed over to sc2, therefore the skill inflation will work downwards instead of upwards.

Your skills are'nt different, it's irrational to hate on something u have no control over (western players switching to sc2).

(In my opinion)
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Yaqoob
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
Canada3323 Posts
October 21 2010 11:11 GMT
#14
My goal is to somehow reach B- this season. I need to play more this week since Tau Cross is one of my favorite maps and its motw right now.
김택용 Fighting!
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
October 21 2010 11:42 GMT
#15
My winrate vs foreigners: 60%, winrate vs koreans: 25%. And since a lot of foreigners switched to sc2...
funnybananaman
Profile Joined April 2009
United States830 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-21 11:48:28
October 21 2010 11:48 GMT
#16
stop playing koreans? thats what i do hahah
NotTheMonker
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States131 Posts
October 21 2010 12:38 GMT
#17
I think that's really funny, op. If you are concerned about your rank, you should drop the cash for the hardware to play sc2. You'll be high diamond in no time.
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Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
October 21 2010 13:16 GMT
#18
One of my clanmates just hit C- for the first time ever just a few days ago (non-cheese). It doesn't seem particularly more difficult than previous seasons.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
iSiN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1075 Posts
October 21 2010 13:35 GMT
#19
since SC2 the D ranks got harder. All the previous D players left for that game so there really isn't any easy competition left on ICCUP
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Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
October 21 2010 13:38 GMT
#20
I was C- in previous seasons, got SC2 and played tons of SC2. When I go back to ICCUP, I'm UTTER TRASH and I also do joke builds (TvZ 1 base BC, TvP nuke rush, PvT Scout/dragoon). I haven't played that much but so far the D ranks have been pretty easy. I doubt the jump from D to D+ is gonna be ridiculous as that has never been the case
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