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[DoB] And After 40 Games - Platinum

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Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-07 08:05:36
December 07 2010 08:03 GMT
#1
Greetings TL!

Today, I played 40 ladder games. I woke up around 9, got on battlenet, started playing, said goodbye to Temporal as he went off to work, and finished my 40th game just as he got back. 29 wins, 11 losses.

It was worth it, though, because now I'm platinum ^^. I'm division rank 2, 1870 points.

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I guess I know what it feels like to be "in the zone," now. I was calm, and confident, and my fingers flew across the keys and moved the mouse like it was something I was born to do. It felt like flying. Game after game, opponent after opponent (especially zerg after zerg), there was a flow and a harmony to the unfolding drama on each battlefield that felt natural. I eliminated possibilities, calculated the merits of expanding versus building production facilities, turned on a dime as new information presented itself - all in the blink of an eye. Even when I was 6pooled, cannon rushed, bunker rushed, or proxy gated, I felt at peace (although, by and large, I didn't win in those situations).

At the beginning of the day, I was ranked 13th in my division. I started the day off with a loss to an 8pool, struggling a bit against mass banshees shortly after, but then things began to pick up. I hovered around rank 9-10-11 for about 10 games, then leaped up to rank 5 after a trying TvT on Lost Temple. I kept climbing for about 9 more games, dropping one after my mouse started spazzing out, and then I hit rank 1 in the division. I felt like I was on the verge of rebirth - like I was on the edge of enlightenment. Platinum, I knew, was just around the corner.

Then I played 20 more games.

After my mouse spazzed, I went on a 14-game win streak where I grew more and more impatient after every "gg" (or lack thereof).

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Kaiz and another friend told me that I had to lose a game in order for the system to properly place me. Well, all right, I said, and kept going. I lost a game, and then another ... and noticed after the games that my opponents had been 1500+ diamond ... and wondered what was going on. My confusion subtly amplified my feeling in those games of the situation slipping away from me - a sinking feeling where I was clawing tooth and nail for any kind of advantage, but ultimately could not compete with the skill of my opponents.

I won two more games, and also noticed that they were against diamond level players. Kaiz was just as puzzled as I was, but we figured it was at least a cool story - how many gold leaguers get to play diamonds on ladder?

I lost three more and was ready to call it a night after the score screen of the final game brought me no epiphanies. I counted up the day's games on my scratch paper: 39. 39 seemed like such a unsatisfying number to end on. "One more," I told Kaiz, "and then I'm calling it a day."

The map was Steppes of War, and my opponent a Zerg named Vinco. He made the mistake of taking an early expo. I heard the apartment door open (irl) and Temporal came in. I danced through the poetry of polygons and programming and brought the hammer down with a marine-marauder timing attack. My opponent gg'd, and I took off my headset, ready to throw in the towel. The screen went dark, and I saw the light of my new league.

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I think I'll take a couple days off (for work and real life stuff) before I start training seriously again. With a little more work, I know I'll get into diamond - even if it takes me another 20 games at rank 1 to do it.

Thanks very much to everyone who's supported me and offered me advice, practice partnering, build ideas, and more. We're almost there! Special thanks, as always, to Kaiz.


Shoutout to Temporal and his serendipitous entrance in my moment of triumph.

***
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
hazelynut
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2195 Posts
December 07 2010 08:20 GMT
#2
congrats you're diamond in all but name now! peanut hwaiting.
Zerg | life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery | www.cstarleague.com <3
tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
December 07 2010 08:24 GMT
#3
congratulations

keep on fighting - with that attitude and perseverance you should be diamond in no time!
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
December 07 2010 08:27 GMT
#4
On December 07 2010 17:20 hazelynut wrote:
congrats you're diamond in all but name now! peanut hwaiting.

how can you be in diamond without being in diamond?
Moderatorhttps://soundcloud.com/castlesmusic/sets/oak
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4198 Posts
December 07 2010 08:35 GMT
#5
Congrats! It shouldn't be too long now, keep it up!
~ \(ˌ)im-ˈpər-vē-əs\ : not capable of being damaged or harmed.
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
December 07 2010 08:50 GMT
#6
How many games did u play vs diamond ? If it were the majority of the 40 games then shouldn't you be diamond (assuming u won more than 50% of them)?
At the end of the OP I thought u then made it into diamond lol. Grats for making it into platinum! Keep it up and u'll be in diamond in no time.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
December 07 2010 08:51 GMT
#7
Whoah!!! that's awesome, i remember reading your first blog where you stated you were going to go diamond. I offered you good luck but i didn't actually think you would go all the way from bronze to diamond! Shame on me for doubting you, of course you will make it
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
December 07 2010 08:52 GMT
#8
chances of getting diamond: 0%
why so 진지해?
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
December 07 2010 08:53 GMT
#9
ANYONE can and will get to diamond if they play hard enough. GLHF!~
|BW>Everything|Add me on star2 KR server TheMuTaL.675 for practice games :)|NEX clan| https://www.dotabuff.com/players/183104694
hazelynut
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2195 Posts
December 07 2010 08:53 GMT
#10
On December 07 2010 17:27 intrigue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2010 17:20 hazelynut wrote:
congrats you're diamond in all but name now! peanut hwaiting.

how can you be in diamond without being in diamond?


diamond in skill level/mmr/whatever without being promoted yet O_O

...or diamond, metaphorically, in all of our hearts.
Zerg | life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery | www.cstarleague.com <3
Nayru
Profile Joined April 2010
United States87 Posts
December 07 2010 09:10 GMT
#11
Fantastic job. It's rather impressive how quickly you have been climbing the ranks. You can probably taste diamond now.
White-Ra: "I miss reaver, he so stupid but he kill 20 SCV!"
Metalwing
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Turkey1038 Posts
December 07 2010 09:30 GMT
#12
Wow, congratulations! I'm sure you can get to the D very soon, if you're not there already. I wish I had some free time and mass game on the ladder till the D.
#1 CheckPrime fan // Terrans gonna Terran
wrags
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States379 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-07 09:49:29
December 07 2010 09:47 GMT
#13
maybe her determination is MADE of diamonds

also, what does DoB mean?
Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
December 07 2010 09:49 GMT
#14
Congrats!
I am still working my way back up, I got horrible luck in placement matches, since I had not played SC2 since the beta, which was like 4 months or so ago. Ended up in fuckin Bronze. EVERY opponent I faced though was at least silver, then gold. For now I am in silver, I feel like I am getting back into it again, my games have been going alot better. TvT is still gay though.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." I run the Smix Fanclub!
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
December 07 2010 09:59 GMT
#15
On December 07 2010 18:47 wrags wrote:
maybe her determination is MADE of diamonds

also, what does DoB mean?

Diamond or Bust if I recall.

Congratulations! I remember thinking in one of your previous blogs... "Oh my god, she's compiled a build repertoire and is methodically drilling them. Her only barrier to Diamond league now is # games played." Good luck finishing the climb.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
December 07 2010 10:18 GMT
#16
Wow reading that makes me want to just sit down and play 40 games on Bnet but I always cannot be bothered whenever I get on.
BabyToss!
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Czech Republic588 Posts
December 07 2010 10:22 GMT
#17
Congratulations.
Your determination is really inspiring. 40 ladder games a day, that's truly impressive. I have no doubts you'll be diamond in no time.
Nowadays a Filthy Casual | Follow your dreams |
drooL
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2108 Posts
December 07 2010 10:42 GMT
#18
nice writeup. gl in you ladder rise :D
@nowSimon
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
December 07 2010 14:41 GMT
#19
You are sick good, you'll definitely get to like 1600 + diamond when you are promoted.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36374 Posts
December 07 2010 14:54 GMT
#20
Congratulations, you'll be diamond in no time!
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
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