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L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 04:52:14
February 04 2011 04:48 GMT
#1
Finally did it, made it out of the accursed rank of D!

WARNING: The following chronicles how I got into SC and my journey this far. Its long. Enter at your own risk. If you're lookin for the good stuff, skip to the pictures.

My BW journey began seriously about a year and a half ago. I had of course played the game before (campaign with every cheat known to man type stuff)but decided to reinstall it one day when I was bored back in like Aug 09'. I didnt really want to play vs computers so I read about where to play online. Enter ICCUP.

From my first two games I quickly learned that everyone on ICC uses resource hacks and that my one base 50 cannons -> carrier strategy is inadequate, so I find liquipedia (or maybe just on TL) a build for each matchup, and I heard it mentioned that knowing builds and having solid play could get you to D+/C-. So i learned a build and practiced a bit and a short while later me and some friends got together for some SC LANing. Long story short, I couldn't really beat them (no scouting, ZERO macro, no understanding of MU, etc. I knew in PvT that i should do 8 pylon 10 gate 11 gas 13 core 15 pylon. Thats it. Taking my nat at 100 seemed reasonable enough. So after I got brutally owned especially after some smack talk of how I would beat them I decided I wanted to get alot better (the game was still really fun).

Around that time I found TL. I started to read a little bit and learn a bit more about the matchups. I continued to play on ICCup, but with my no macro and refusal to hunt for terrible D- (e didnt exist) I went 2-89 my first season (my two wins were DT's where opponent had no detection)Around beginning of 2010 I came across an article that basically explained the most fundamental things, namely the importance of macro and how having those could get you to D+ or C-.

So, I embarked upon the quest for macro. I played about 200 games vs the CPU with the commandments. Always make probes. Keep your gates producing. Expand correctly/pylons on time/sufficient gateways. One took precedence over 2 and 2 again over 3. I wasn't allowed to do anything else if i wasn't making probes. It was a struggle but by the end of those games I could keep my money around 500 or less left to my own devices and I had about 120 APM now (up from 25 before). However, when I went ti play online again it became obvious that I couldn't really manage my army and maintain that focus, so I again played games where I focused on maintain macro but also moving my army around as much as possible. After another 50 CPU games i had a feel for it and could somewhat defend and maintain macro and I would get around 150-200 APM depending on game length.

I was still pretty bad though, this style had made me absurdly passive, I had zero game sense, and no concept of positioning or anything of the sort. But I could hold D rank. To me getting out of D- is a huge jump, but its also one you can make extremely fast with correct practice of the important things. I didn't play a whole lot the rest of the semester though so I stayed stagnant.

A little later in the semester I discovered TSL. I was blown away. The matches were amazingly fun to watch, micro was crisp, and the skill was impressive. I got really into the BW scene pretty much with/after TSL. I'd seen how awesome it was. Wasn't long after TSL until I started really watching proleague regularly and was again blown away, as Korean play was on a whole nother plane from foreigner play.

SC2's arrival saddened me though because of how quickly it snatched the life away from the BW foriegn scene and how most of the TL community's focus shifted completely and BW became a footnote. I had nothing against SC2, but as someone who as just began to appreciate BW and TL for what it really was I was bitter at having alot of it snatched away. In fact I even ended up drifting away from BW over the summer playing more SC2 than BW because there was a much more vibrant community feel.

Didn't take me long though to decide that SC2 community felt too big and too impersonal for me, and that I found BW as both a game a spectator sport far more fun and fascinating. While I enjoy some games of SC2 here and there, I'm continually drawn back to BW. I just happen to like it more. Once I saw that BW wasn't going to collapse in Korea (the match-fixing + lawsuit sure scared the shit out of me though), and that there is still an awesome community of close nit BW players, I was able to put aside my bitterness for SC2 and embrace the new reality. SC2 may be the new game on the block, and it certainly draws people into the community and can only be good for e-sports. I was threatened by it at first but BW is fine: it's going strong in Korea, there is close knit foreign group on TL and that there is a resurgence of BW streamers have all convinced me of the games health.

BW people stop hating on SC2. SC2 people stop hating on BW. It just ain't necessary; and doing so divides the community and drags it down as a whole.

Well that got a little off topic but it was an important issue for me to discuss my experiences and get that monkey off my back. I really was extremely bitter for quite some time.

Anyway, enter fall of 2010. I start playing a little more. Started to work on understanding the game as a whole, especially after Ver's truly outstanding guide. Played a ton on gameranger though, which is like 85% E-, 10% D-, and 5% D-C; so most of my games weren't super helpful for getting betterm though I did get used to alot of wierd as hell (read: awful) builds and i developed my multitasking a little more. By Christmas break it was obvious I wasn't going to get much better playing on gameranger. So i switched and started playing primarily ICCup and only playing known D or better players on GR.

And here I am now. I've improved quite a bit in the last two months. My understanding of the basic concepts like positing, threat, timings, are notably improved (but still bad lol). My macro is so hit and miss. Some games, its really good. I'll have games where I barely touch 500 minerals at any point in the mid and lategame. Then I have games where I try to build pylons but let go of shift too soon, only to find out 1 minute later that I have been supply blocked the whole time and have 1.5k minerals of 2 base. Or I forget to add gates. Those seem to be the main ways I get shitty macro. Most of the time my production rounds are reasonably crisp and my probe production is usually some where between okay and reasonably good. But, it seems I am now able to do often enough, well enough, to get to D+.

WOW...that got long. Like really long, for those of you that read it hopefully it wasn't too terrible

Of course, since this is a rank up blog it wouldn't be complete with out le battle report.

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The noble protoss hero spawns top left

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The evil terran opponent spawns top right

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Everything normal here

Wow. I is sux. Choke all day.
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The next Jaehoon?

3 guys on gas. 2 factory terrifies me.
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I scared

Seriously, I wish i knew how to block the ramp with a zealot. It's like playing the damn lotto.
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Yep. D+ and still don't know how to block ramp with 1 zealot

2 gate goon obs expand after 6 goons usually keeps my safe from 2 fact. Usually. Overkill in this case though cause its not two fact.
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Playin it safe

Siege Tanks > Dragoon
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Run Away!

Man, I hate vultures. Is there a more annoying unit that the vulture? (Okay, maybe DT's if your terran. or Zerg)
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Sneaky sneak


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Something is wrong with this picture...

Only lost like 4 probes for 5 or 6 vultures, not the end of the world, especially since...
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Oh... =(

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Here comes le terran timing attack!

Terran was nice here and decided to push very slowly. Whats scary is when they have enough to keep on marching. And know it.
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Why so friendly?

3.5 ctrl group Protoss army vs 12 tanks; I got dis!
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Charge!!

Victory, sweet victory!!
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Steamrolled -> D+!!!

Really felt great to graduate from the D rank, I guess its like my certificate of having the most basic RTS concepts down.

As good as D+ felt though, C- gonna feel that much better. Btw, I'm comin for ya Mr. Yellow Rank, you best be scared.





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swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
February 04 2011 04:55 GMT
#2
Nice Blog

I feel all nostalgic now
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Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
February 04 2011 04:58 GMT
#3
You could also title your blog "Master's League at last!", because it has essentially the same meaning

I hope you enjoy your accomplishment very much--I remember how proud I was when I got above 50% winrate on iccup
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emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
February 04 2011 04:58 GMT
#4
I was so happy when I hit D+ good job!

ps, irfanview is a good image converter/all around image program to use for converting the images.
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ohN
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1075 Posts
February 04 2011 04:58 GMT
#5
Congrats.
I remember hitting D+ for the first time. It felt great.
seRapH
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9756 Posts
February 04 2011 04:59 GMT
#6
lol gameranger. that sounds fun, i should start doing weird as hell (read: awful) builds ^_^

GRATZ ON D+
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unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
February 04 2011 04:59 GMT
#7
you remind me of when i got D+, C-, C ranks...GJGJGJGJGJGJGJ!!!!!!! best of luck in the future man
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
February 04 2011 05:02 GMT
#8
Yay!!!! Great battle report, great accomplishment. You should feel proud, best of luck on reaching c- 5/5
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Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
February 04 2011 05:03 GMT
#9
This game looks familiar...but it could very well just be how all my TvP games go. >.> Who did you play against?

Congrats though! I know how it felt when I reached D+ for the first time. It was amazing. ^^
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geetarzero
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States217 Posts
February 04 2011 05:07 GMT
#10
Dude, congrats to you mean, i could never make it before.
sKyHigh? him? don't worry about it. (–_–)
LightningStrike
Profile Joined February 2011
United States14277 Posts
February 04 2011 05:08 GMT
#11
I must say congrats to you but the problem is that after getting D+ you willl face harder people but i msut say gl to you getting C-
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Archaeo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States397 Posts
February 04 2011 05:12 GMT
#12
Congrats, don't lose your D+ though. C- gogo!
Yo my chingu!!!
Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
February 04 2011 05:12 GMT
#13
good luck finding games at d+ that isn't

1. a smurf
2. a korean
3. 2800+, or basically c- rank

:<

grats on the rank!
Raii
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Philippines194 Posts
February 04 2011 05:13 GMT
#14
Woah Congrats dude! :D This reminds me of the first time I beat the comp on bw LOL
Interesting comeback. How long did it take you make one?
knightpraetor
Profile Joined October 2008
United States180 Posts
February 04 2011 05:21 GMT
#15
yeah getting to C- is soooo hard...i think as a zerg i have to be able to pull off drops while managing my army to consistently beat D+ toss, and D+ terran..i can't seem to beat them in the late game bio war...though i can with 2 hatch muta..it's just too hard to manage multiple defilers to attack expos while still managing the defilers and defense at my own base

but anyways, congrats on D+, the true proof that you can occasionally macro...though D+ in korean hours is different than D+ in american hours..which i think you'll find out pretty quickly
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27149 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 05:31:11
February 04 2011 05:30 GMT
#16
Congratulations. Spotlighted!

About the zealot, position him on the joint of the "Y" in the terrain of the ramp and you will be ok.
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Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
February 04 2011 05:38 GMT
#17
Man I remember the ridiculously awesome feeling I got when I first got to D+.

Actually, scratch that, the first time I beat this korean hyung, that was probably the happiest starcraft victory of my life. I had lost 50 times in a row (yes exactly 50) and finally, on the 51st match, I cannon rushed him (we were both random) on paranoid android and barely eeked out a win in a 15 minute long game. Ahhhh! nostalgia!

you should PM me if you want to get a game in sometime!
<3 BW
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Chimpalimp
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1135 Posts
February 04 2011 05:40 GMT
#18
Grats on D+, you have achieved the rank of being able to stop most cheeses! Onward to C- where you can confidently stop most cheeses! Geez the Ds are generally filled with lots o cheese!
I like money. You like money too? We should hang out.
Slivered Skin
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada347 Posts
February 04 2011 05:42 GMT
#19
Congrats on reaching D+!! I never got higher than D myself, as it seems like every time I would try to play a game I would get stomped by 300+ APM freaks of nature. At least I can brag about getting absolutely demolished by ForGG and Pure before their smurfs reached the unobtainable A+ (I used to love those who's who threads back in the day).

Now I'm getting demolished by Diamond brats on battlenet, and I can guarantee you that they aren't smurfs. Ahh, how I miss the good ole' days.
Those most oft mated find love’s motive in a word: inebriated - Get well Violet!! And sC!! T_T
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
February 04 2011 05:53 GMT
#20
Nice work getting to D+ dude Glad to see other people doing battle reports when they rank up.
Seems like even with the little errors(letting the scv/vultures in etc) you're playing the overall game really well. Taking the third and doing a mass gate + shuttle play is really strong against 4-6 fac timing attacks.

Congrats
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dangots0ul
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States919 Posts
February 04 2011 05:57 GMT
#21
"Seriously, I wish i knew how to block the ramp with a zealot. It's like playing the damn lotto."

Word. I can usually block it, but the times i don't i'm like wtf that was exactly where it was last time.

Damn u Aiur!!! send me a fatter z-lot next time
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
February 04 2011 06:12 GMT
#22
5 stars for a Brood War blog, I'd give more if I could because I just love Brood War battle reports

Congrats on D+, it really does feel great to finally be getting somewhere
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Versita
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada1032 Posts
February 04 2011 06:16 GMT
#23
delicious. every time i see a battle report, i want to get on iccup again.

congrats on d+!
Mazer
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada1086 Posts
February 04 2011 06:23 GMT
#24
Actually kinda makes me wanna go back but I'm too scurred about how badly I'd be after 600+ SC2 games. I had a similar struggle getting to C- that lasted over the course of several seasons. Totally felt awesome reaching that goal. Much more satisfying than anything I've accomplished in SC2 although I'm still shooting for a move into Masters.

Gratz man!
BROverlord
Profile Joined January 2010
United States80 Posts
February 04 2011 07:00 GMT
#25
I bet getting into D+ is actually so much harder now that most of the bad people have migrated to sc2, and only the truly dedicated have stuck around with bw.
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
February 04 2011 07:09 GMT
#26
On February 04 2011 16:00 BROverlord wrote:
I bet getting into D+ is actually so much harder now that most of the bad people have migrated to sc2, and only the truly dedicated have stuck around with bw.

seems to be quite true in my experience
grats OP! it feels great to have that mental progression
Selth
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States469 Posts
February 04 2011 07:13 GMT
#27
Oh man. The way you talk about how you got into the BW scene reminds me of how I've only started so recently too. Hope I can follow you up with my first D+ as well (in a few seasons probably @_@ I suck lol). Congrats my Protoss brethren and GL HF GG. Go for the gold! (well yellow since that what C icons are xD).

Our life for Auir! Starcraft!
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
February 04 2011 07:18 GMT
#28
Why don't they combine the firebat suit with the medic, so you have to make less units?
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Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
February 04 2011 07:35 GMT
#29
On February 04 2011 16:00 BROverlord wrote:
I bet getting into D+ is actually so much harder now that most of the bad people have migrated to sc2, and only the truly dedicated have stuck around with bw.

Nah, there are still plenty of bad people at D.

It's just a random crapshoot of who you get to play.
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GoShox
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1837 Posts
February 04 2011 07:35 GMT
#30
Congrats!

Moving up a rank on iCCup always gives off a good feeling of extreme satisfaction. Enjoy it! It's neat to see Brood War blogs like this.
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
February 04 2011 07:50 GMT
#31
On February 04 2011 16:18 Steelflight-Rx wrote:
Why don't they combine the firebat suit with the medic, so you have to make less units?


Not sure if this has anything to do with this blog, but man that would be a scary thought for zerg. Medic's that can rape lings, I think i might find myself with a large increase in PvT's on ICCup


On February 04 2011 16:13 Selth wrote:
Oh man. The way you talk about how you got into the BW scene reminds me of how I've only started so recently too. Hope I can follow you up with my first D+ as well (in a few seasons probably @_@ I suck lol). Congrats my Protoss brethren and GL HF GG. Go for the gold! (well yellow since that what C icons are xD).

Our life for Auir! Starcraft!


You can do it man! I know whats helped me the most is making sure my macro is tight and builds are good, plus watching vods/reps/ making sure i understand how to use and position my army correctly. Coming to large fights well and keeping up the macro is pretty effective against D/low D+ players.

On February 04 2011 14:03 Zergneedsfood wrote:
This game looks familiar...but it could very well just be how all my TvP games go. >.> Who did you play against?

Congrats though! I know how it felt when I reached D+ for the first time. It was amazing. ^^


This game was against Tenhou

yeah getting to C- is soooo hard...i think as a zerg i have to be able to pull off drops while managing my army to consistently beat D+ toss, and D+ terran..i can't seem to beat them in the late game bio war...though i can with 2 hatch muta..it's just too hard to manage multiple defilers to attack expos while still managing the defilers and defense at my own base

but anyways, congrats on D+, the true proof that you can occasionally macro...though D+ in korean hours is different than D+ in american hours..which i think you'll find out pretty quickly


good luck finding games at d+ that isn't

1. a smurf
2. a korean
3. 2800+, or basically c- rank

:<

grats on the rank!


I say bring it! On the plus side I dodge nothing and have a tendency to join D/D+ games. About half of my current games are vs KR, and alot of my games are vs various people who are D+/C-/C high.

For just getting to C- I'll probably beat the weak D+ players, and lose vs actual C- or better people + smurfs.



Congrats on reaching D+!! I never got higher than D myself, as it seems like every time I would try to play a game I would get stomped by 300+ APM freaks of nature. At least I can brag about getting absolutely demolished by ForGG and Pure before their smurfs reached the unobtainable A+ (I used to love those who's who threads back in the day).


Dude, thats so awesome, and yeah those threads were super fun. I'm almost considering getting into the hotkey analysis stuff to continue those threads because they were so cool. Awesome that you have played two progamers!
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 07:58:14
February 04 2011 07:57 GMT
#32
Hitting D+ was the happiest moment of my sc career(moreso than c- or C), I was so mad though because I was going on a vacation, so I couldn't ladder for a whole week!

Glad to read about people still playing and improving on bw .
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Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
February 04 2011 08:00 GMT
#33
On February 04 2011 16:57 Megaliskuu wrote:
Hitting D+ was the happiest moment of my sc career(moreso than c- or C), I was so mad though because I was going on a vacation, so I couldn't ladder for a whole week!

Glad to read about people still playing and improving on bw .


was the worst getting 2-0'd by me?
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Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 08:03:27
February 04 2011 08:01 GMT
#34
Yes because I was c- and you were a less than 50% d player, so i figured you didn't know how to build anything, and made nothing but drones. Its too bad you dodged the 50 times I asked you to play though, those would have been fun games.
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CooDu
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia899 Posts
February 04 2011 08:10 GMT
#35
It was great to see some epic screenies from the great game. Thankyou for sharing your experience and congratulations on your achievement!

Team Liquid and an evening coffee makes for a nice Friday night!
Just a simple guy, going wherever this journey takes me.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
February 04 2011 08:26 GMT
#36
If you wanna take more screenshots you should get Ducklink

http://www.ducklink.com/p/free-screen-capture-tool/

Its freeware and does everything with no watermark
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Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
February 04 2011 08:26 GMT
#37
On February 04 2011 17:01 Megaliskuu wrote:
Yes because I was c- and you were a less than 50% d player, so i figured you didn't know how to build anything, and made nothing but drones. Its too bad you dodged the 50 times I asked you to play though, those would have been fun games.

Your angst only feeds my personal enjoyment
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Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 08:40:17
February 04 2011 08:38 GMT
#38
I got D+ 3 times before as protoss, but then I started playing zerg. Ever since, I've been unable to play well enough to actually say I played a good game(even with mistakes). So I probably won't reach D+ again for a while. Oh well, back to trying to learn zerg. Hopefully I'll reach it again someday.
Also, I only play decent against TL members. That's something interesting.
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Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
February 04 2011 08:58 GMT
#39
On February 04 2011 17:26 Kiante wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 17:01 Megaliskuu wrote:
Yes because I was c- and you were a less than 50% d player, so i figured you didn't know how to build anything, and made nothing but drones. Its too bad you dodged the 50 times I asked you to play though, those would have been fun games.

Your angst only feeds my personal enjoyment


Your lack of skill feeds mine .
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Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
February 04 2011 09:20 GMT
#40
When I got D+ as Terran I didn't feel like I earned it even though I didn't cheese any of my games. It was so hard trying to hold on to D+ for me >,<

Grats on D+ though! Good luck on C-
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meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
February 04 2011 09:26 GMT
#41
Yep, D+ was quite a tough barrier to break through for me too.
Brood War loyalist
Cr4zyH0r5e
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Peru1308 Posts
February 04 2011 09:29 GMT
#42
Glad you made it to D+ with a PvT nonetheless!
npnl.H0r5ey at your service :D I hope we get to play lots of TvP this weekend ^^!
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don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
February 04 2011 09:39 GMT
#43
This is awesome!
Congrats on reaching D+
After 40 games, I managed to get 500 points, so I'm sitting at 1500.

I can only imagine how awesome it would feel to actually get to D+.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
gamecrazy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States421 Posts
February 04 2011 09:45 GMT
#44
Congratulations man. It feels so incredible to just have a + next to the rank everyone starts out as. Shoot for the sky and get rid of that red letter now!!

Unfortunately, I hit D+ around the same time as when SC2 beta came out and just moved on How nostalgic
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
February 04 2011 09:57 GMT
#45
Congratulations on your promotion! Now you can say "I'm better than 90% of the SC2 players if i were to switch" =P

Its good to see someone stick to BW and enjoy it for the game it is instead of just lampooning it cause of its dated graphics.
StutteR
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1903 Posts
February 04 2011 10:18 GMT
#46
Jesus you went 2-89 your first season? And the game was still fun for you? That's dedication!
`~` | effOrt Movie sKyHigh forever & SEn
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
February 04 2011 10:25 GMT
#47
On February 04 2011 19:18 StutteR wrote:
Jesus you went 2-89 your first season? And the game was still fun for you? That's dedication!

As a sub 50% D noobie, I can say this: the more you lose in BW, the more unbelieveably awesome it feels when you finally win a game.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
February 04 2011 11:11 GMT
#48
now it's time to graduate from imageconverter plus to irfanview. there's no reason for a watermark on images
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4779 Posts
February 04 2011 11:31 GMT
#49
Great read
Taxes are for Terrans
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
February 04 2011 11:36 GMT
#50
On February 04 2011 14:12 Conversion wrote:
good luck finding games at d+ that isn't

1. a smurf
2. a korean
3. 2800+, or basically c- rank

:<

grats on the rank!



I may have just been lucky this season, but I didn't really run into any smurfs. Ran into a lot of people who are now C-, and a few Koreans, but the Koreans I played tended to be a lot worse than I remember.

Congrats on D+! I know it felt great for me. Kind of makes me wish I had written up when I hit C- a few weeks ago... which I kind of blame on Starcraft 2 a bit. :>
Kage
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
India788 Posts
February 04 2011 11:51 GMT
#51
What a lovely recounting of your experience dude. Very happy to read this, thanks for posting.
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11841 Posts
February 04 2011 12:48 GMT
#52
This makes me want to start playing BW and not simply watching the Korean scene.
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
February 04 2011 12:56 GMT
#53
Congrats for reaching D+, C- is harder :D
I hope to see you reach it so we can have another battle report !
5/5
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HudsonK
Profile Joined December 2009
China172 Posts
February 04 2011 13:42 GMT
#54
Grats! hitting a higher rank is one of the best feelings. great read from your blog too.
XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
February 04 2011 13:43 GMT
#55
On February 04 2011 17:58 Megaliskuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 17:26 Kiante wrote:
On February 04 2011 17:01 Megaliskuu wrote:
Yes because I was c- and you were a less than 50% d player, so i figured you didn't know how to build anything, and made nothing but drones. Its too bad you dodged the 50 times I asked you to play though, those would have been fun games.

Your angst only feeds my personal enjoyment


Your lack of skill feeds mine .

GRUDGEMATCH! :D
화이팅
Shana
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Indonesia1814 Posts
February 04 2011 13:45 GMT
#56
The Joy of reaching D+ on iCCup

It can't be described by words alone.
Believing in what lies ahead. | That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
Welmu
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Finland3295 Posts
February 04 2011 14:14 GMT
#57
Gratz! Now you are better than me :>
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kawoq
Profile Joined November 2005
Guatemala357 Posts
February 04 2011 14:57 GMT
#58
Congrats!!! now I want to play some BW and see if I finally can get the C- xD I never played enough to get there...
"It is not a shameful thing to be unable to reach the goal. It's becoming afraid and running away, even before considering the fact that the road is long and rough, that is truly cowardly." by - Lim Yo Hwan aka SlayerS_Boxer from "Crazy as me"
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
February 04 2011 15:34 GMT
#59
gj man

about the zealot positioning, don't feel too bad. Even progamers position them wrong during live games sometimes!
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
frozt_
Profile Joined January 2011
United States234 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-04 17:03:23
February 04 2011 16:32 GMT
#60
+ Show Spoiler +
On February 04 2011 13:48 L_Master wrote:
Finally did it, made it out of the accursed rank of D!

WARNING: The following chronicles how I got into SC and my journey this far. Its long. Enter at your own risk. If you're lookin for the good stuff, skip to the pictures.

My BW journey began seriously about a year and a half ago. I had of course played the game before (campaign with every cheat known to man type stuff)but decided to reinstall it one day when I was bored back in like Aug 09'. I didnt really want to play vs computers so I read about where to play online. Enter ICCUP.

From my first two games I quickly learned that everyone on ICC uses resource hacks and that my one base 50 cannons -> carrier strategy is inadequate, so I find liquipedia (or maybe just on TL) a build for each matchup, and I heard it mentioned that knowing builds and having solid play could get you to D+/C-. So i learned a build and practiced a bit and a short while later me and some friends got together for some SC LANing. Long story short, I couldn't really beat them (no scouting, ZERO macro, no understanding of MU, etc. I knew in PvT that i should do 8 pylon 10 gate 11 gas 13 core 15 pylon. Thats it. Taking my nat at 100 seemed reasonable enough. So after I got brutally owned especially after some smack talk of how I would beat them I decided I wanted to get alot better (the game was still really fun).

Around that time I found TL. I started to read a little bit and learn a bit more about the matchups. I continued to play on ICCup, but with my no macro and refusal to hunt for terrible D- (e didnt exist) I went 2-89 my first season (my two wins were DT's where opponent had no detection)Around beginning of 2010 I came across an article that basically explained the most fundamental things, namely the importance of macro and how having those could get you to D+ or C-.

So, I embarked upon the quest for macro. I played about 200 games vs the CPU with the commandments. Always make probes. Keep your gates producing. Expand correctly/pylons on time/sufficient gateways. One took precedence over 2 and 2 again over 3. I wasn't allowed to do anything else if i wasn't making probes. It was a struggle but by the end of those games I could keep my money around 500 or less left to my own devices and I had about 120 APM now (up from 25 before). However, when I went ti play online again it became obvious that I couldn't really manage my army and maintain that focus, so I again played games where I focused on maintain macro but also moving my army around as much as possible. After another 50 CPU games i had a feel for it and could somewhat defend and maintain macro and I would get around 150-200 APM depending on game length.

I was still pretty bad though, this style had made me absurdly passive, I had zero game sense, and no concept of positioning or anything of the sort. But I could hold D rank. To me getting out of D- is a huge jump, but its also one you can make extremely fast with correct practice of the important things. I didn't play a whole lot the rest of the semester though so I stayed stagnant.

A little later in the semester I discovered TSL. I was blown away. The matches were amazingly fun to watch, micro was crisp, and the skill was impressive. I got really into the BW scene pretty much with/after TSL. I'd seen how awesome it was. Wasn't long after TSL until I started really watching proleague regularly and was again blown away, as Korean play was on a whole nother plane from foreigner play.

SC2's arrival saddened me though because of how quickly it snatched the life away from the BW foriegn scene and how most of the TL community's focus shifted completely and BW became a footnote. I had nothing against SC2, but as someone who as just began to appreciate BW and TL for what it really was I was bitter at having alot of it snatched away. In fact I even ended up drifting away from BW over the summer playing more SC2 than BW because there was a much more vibrant community feel.

Didn't take me long though to decide that SC2 community felt too big and too impersonal for me, and that I found BW as both a game a spectator sport far more fun and fascinating. While I enjoy some games of SC2 here and there, I'm continually drawn back to BW. I just happen to like it more. Once I saw that BW wasn't going to collapse in Korea (the match-fixing + lawsuit sure scared the shit out of me though), and that there is still an awesome community of close nit BW players, I was able to put aside my bitterness for SC2 and embrace the new reality. SC2 may be the new game on the block, and it certainly draws people into the community and can only be good for e-sports. I was threatened by it at first but BW is fine: it's going strong in Korea, there is close knit foreign group on TL and that there is a resurgence of BW streamers have all convinced me of the games health.

BW people stop hating on SC2. SC2 people stop hating on BW. It just ain't necessary; and doing so divides the community and drags it down as a whole.

Well that got a little off topic but it was an important issue for me to discuss my experiences and get that monkey off my back. I really was extremely bitter for quite some time.

Anyway, enter fall of 2010. I start playing a little more. Started to work on understanding the game as a whole, especially after Ver's truly outstanding guide. Played a ton on gameranger though, which is like 85% E-, 10% D-, and 5% D-C; so most of my games weren't super helpful for getting betterm though I did get used to alot of wierd as hell (read: awful) builds and i developed my multitasking a little more. By Christmas break it was obvious I wasn't going to get much better playing on gameranger. So i switched and started playing primarily ICCup and only playing known D or better players on GR.

And here I am now. I've improved quite a bit in the last two months. My understanding of the basic concepts like positing, threat, timings, are notably improved (but still bad lol). My macro is so hit and miss. Some games, its really good. I'll have games where I barely touch 500 minerals at any point in the mid and lategame. Then I have games where I try to build pylons but let go of shift too soon, only to find out 1 minute later that I have been supply blocked the whole time and have 1.5k minerals of 2 base. Or I forget to add gates. Those seem to be the main ways I get shitty macro. Most of the time my production rounds are reasonably crisp and my probe production is usually some where between okay and reasonably good. But, it seems I am now able to do often enough, well enough, to get to D+.

WOW...that got long. Like really long, for those of you that read it hopefully it wasn't too terrible

Of course, since this is a rank up blog it wouldn't be complete with out le battle report.

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The noble protoss hero spawns top left

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The evil terran opponent spawns top right

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Everything normal here

Wow. I is sux. Choke all day.
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The next Jaehoon?

3 guys on gas. 2 factory terrifies me.
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I scared

Seriously, I wish i knew how to block the ramp with a zealot. It's like playing the damn lotto.
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Yep. D+ and still don't know how to block ramp with 1 zealot

2 gate goon obs expand after 6 goons usually keeps my safe from 2 fact. Usually. Overkill in this case though cause its not two fact.
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Playin it safe

Siege Tanks > Dragoon
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Run Away!

Man, I hate vultures. Is there a more annoying unit that the vulture? (Okay, maybe DT's if your terran. or Zerg)
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Sneaky sneak


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Something is wrong with this picture...

Only lost like 4 probes for 5 or 6 vultures, not the end of the world, especially since...
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Oh... =(

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Here comes le terran timing attack!

Terran was nice here and decided to push very slowly. Whats scary is when they have enough to keep on marching. And know it.
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Why so friendly?

3.5 ctrl group Protoss army vs 12 tanks; I got dis!
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Charge!!

Victory, sweet victory!!
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Steamrolled -> D+!!!

Really felt great to graduate from the D rank, I guess its like my certificate of having the most basic RTS concepts down.

As good as D+ felt though, C- gonna feel that much better. Btw, I'm comin for ya Mr. Yellow Rank, you best be scared.


Suggestion: If you don't live in korea and you only play BW, you are basically throwing away your time and effort

User was temp banned for this post.
Practice and dedication reveals the greatness within a player
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
February 04 2011 16:39 GMT
#61
Congratulations dude.
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L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
February 04 2011 16:41 GMT
#62
On February 05 2011 01:32 frozt_ wrote:

Suggestion: If you don't live in korea and you only play BW, you are basically throwing away your time and effort


Lol. Throwing away time and effort eh? Cause its such a waste of time to do an activity purely for fun because you enjoy it.

Nice try though.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
February 04 2011 16:46 GMT
#63
On February 05 2011 01:41 L_Master wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2011 01:32 frozt_ wrote:

Suggestion: If you don't live in korea and you only play BW, you are basically throwing away your time and effort


Lol. Throwing away time and effort eh? Cause its such a waste of time to do an activity purely for fun because you enjoy it.

Nice try though.


On February 04 2011 19:18 StutteR wrote:
Jesus you went 2-89 your first season? And the game was still fun for you? That's dedication!


Yea. I've always been pretty good at being process driven and not results driven. I don't get too concerned if I win or lose ever, particularly if I felt I played a decent game.Even when I was that bad I still felt like I was improving, but it was negligible when you bank 10k every game.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
Firien
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland115 Posts
February 04 2011 17:03 GMT
#64
Suggestion: If you don't live in korea and you only play BW, you are basically throwing away your time and effort

i wont remember 90 % of blogs on TL i read, does that mean im wasting my time reading them ? ofc not rofl. Gratz on D+ !
nehl
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany270 Posts
February 04 2011 17:31 GMT
#65
grats!!
i never made it to D+.
well i didnot try heard eithe, but i tried for a while. and my win loss ratio was probably 10-90 in favor of losses^^
gj and keep on playing!
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
February 04 2011 17:41 GMT
#66



Grats!
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
February 04 2011 17:50 GMT
#67
Congratulations dude! I love reading these success stories. They're quite inspiring.
Even during difficult times, when I sat down to play the game, there were times where it felt like god has descended down and played [for me].
StifSokSamurai
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States120 Posts
February 04 2011 18:28 GMT
#68
I remember when I got to D+!!! First thing I did was tell my GF. I think that was when she realized that Starcraft is serious business.
Yodo
Profile Joined March 2010
Russian Federation327 Posts
February 04 2011 18:47 GMT
#69
Cool, keep going
dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
February 04 2011 19:04 GMT
#70
sometimes i wanna go back to broodwar

game was so damn fun
NR
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Romania109 Posts
February 04 2011 19:08 GMT
#71
It is always a good thing to see people still giving BW a go. I for one never managed to get past like 1500 D with protoss when I was playing, but the game was still incredibly fun for me. I guess for the most part I just couldn't deal with accepting those 10-90 seasons.

Anyway, congratulations for making it to D+, it's definitely quite a feat considering the level of people on Iccup nowadays. Good luck with getting to the yellow ranks, hope you won't forget to make a battle report then as well!
EcterA
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States949 Posts
February 04 2011 19:13 GMT
#72
This made my day. Congratulations!
swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
February 04 2011 19:28 GMT
#73
On February 04 2011 13:58 emperorchampion wrote:
I was so happy when I hit D+ good job!

ps, irfanview is a good image converter/all around image program to use for converting the images.

MS paint is TL's writers' favorite
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polgas
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1752 Posts
February 04 2011 19:49 GMT
#74
The captioned pics are lol.
Leee Jaee Doong
judochopaction
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States533 Posts
February 04 2011 19:51 GMT
#75
grats!! really nice post and pics, you deserve it!
CosmicHippo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States547 Posts
February 04 2011 21:17 GMT
#76
This is a really great blog, i feel about the same way about starcraft 2 as you do, goo to see sombodys feels the same way i do about it. Makes me feel good reading this, thanks.
Yeah i've got your zerg riiiight here! *gulps beer*
ToFu.
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
331 Posts
February 04 2011 22:26 GMT
#77
yeah got D+ myself a month ago and have gotten it on another account now (didn't play over break).

guess i sorta cheated by playing ZvP, PvT mostly ;P
Constipation Zerg Fighting!
Ookm
Profile Joined November 2007
Bolivia18 Posts
February 04 2011 23:16 GMT
#78
Congratulations ^^
It feels awesome. I my case.. it was really hard just to maintain that D+ I was up and down between 1800-2100. Until once (I dont know why exactly, maybe the tons of pro VODs that I've been seing) reach the 2500 with 5 victories straight. Sadly the season over at that time, and now I'm starting all over again with Terran

One thing that can help is playing with other races. As terran I'm discovering so many things (weak points, timings, etc) that I didnt know about that race when I was protoss.

So practice, good luck and have fun! ^^
"I didn't choose the career, the career chose me" LYH
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
February 04 2011 23:56 GMT
#79
Great writeup and congrats on D+! Onwards to C-
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3128 Posts
February 05 2011 00:01 GMT
#80
Your story is simmilar to mine in how sc2 had an especially negative impact for coming out just as you were in the thick of your broodwar love.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
February 05 2011 00:39 GMT
#81
envious right now! ((

i dont know how to micro that shuttle .. and vultures are the most annoying units ever .. period
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ilmman
Profile Joined September 2010
364 Posts
February 05 2011 00:41 GMT
#82
Have you watched Day 9's episode 100 video?

Sort of reminds me of it, where he was a total nub and learns lessons during his BW career. Like playing against map-hackers taught him that being cheesy is not the only way to play and the only way to beat them was to out macro them and that was his motivation..
knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
February 05 2011 02:07 GMT
#83
Ahh yes the D+ protoss. Know you are hated more then an sc2 terran
Congrats though iccup is brutal nowadays
mrblue182
Profile Joined April 2010
United States151 Posts
February 05 2011 03:11 GMT
#84
As someone who didn't get into the proscene of BW until after the release of the SC2 beta, I am in a similar situation as far as feeling late to the game. I wish I was around to see Savior fall to Bisu, must've been awesome =\
RebelMusic
Profile Joined January 2011
United States66 Posts
February 05 2011 04:18 GMT
#85
excellent read! anyone who lays out a goal and works diligently to achieve said goal deserves to feel the pride it appears you are currently enjoying. Kudos!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6592 Posts
February 05 2011 04:37 GMT
#86
congrats on D+ ^^ Always nice to see another Protoss winning games! lol and yeah I made it to C before I had to focus on anything other than Macro and hotkeys so keep at it! It works! lol
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17250 Posts
February 05 2011 05:14 GMT
#87
On February 04 2011 13:58 emperorchampion wrote:
I was so happy when I hit D+ good job!

ps, irfanview is a good image converter/all around image program to use for converting the images.

And freeware, to boot.

I found hitting C- to be my most exciting BW achievement.
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Pippah
Profile Joined January 2010
Denmark353 Posts
February 05 2011 08:49 GMT
#88
GJ! I remember when I got to D+ it was epic. Nice blog.
Snipinpanda
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1227 Posts
February 05 2011 09:26 GMT
#89
On February 05 2011 11:07 kNyTTyM wrote:
Ahh yes the D+ protoss. Know you are hated more then an sc2 terran
Congrats though iccup is brutal nowadays


I dunno, it depends on their play style. I can respect macrotosses, but not DT/Carrier tosses -_-;
There's still a couple of those. Then again, for every guy you see macroing there is a guy 10/15 gating or DTing you >.<
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9505 Posts
February 05 2011 10:52 GMT
#90
This is an excellent mentality to play on ICCup, and one that is most required if you wish to really have fun while playing losing.
If you don't embrace losing with both of your hands, you'll find laddering really unsatisfying. But if you accept the mentality of losing and work diligently in becoming better, your every win will feel like winning an OSL!
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luckyseven
Profile Joined December 2010
179 Posts
February 05 2011 12:21 GMT
#91
getting out of d is hardest for protoss in my opinion (vullts and breaks/runbys), congrats indeed
iliera
Profile Joined January 2010
Estonia78 Posts
February 05 2011 15:06 GMT
#92
I felt nothing when I got to D+, insanely easy...
But I know some have better sense of the game than others, so it's nothing.
Great read, keep up the good work.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
February 05 2011 16:37 GMT
#93
On February 05 2011 14:14 Craton wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 13:58 emperorchampion wrote:
I was so happy when I hit D+ good job!

ps, irfanview is a good image converter/all around image program to use for converting the images.

And freeware, to boot.

I found hitting C- to be my most exciting BW achievement.


+1

C- was too, and I endured much frustration trying to get there.
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Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
February 05 2011 16:55 GMT
#94
Congratulations and nice post.
FlashIsHigh
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States474 Posts
February 05 2011 21:10 GMT
#95
haha good job hopefully you surpass my highest rrank(which was a d+ ><)
KT Flash// WhiteRa/Scarlett/Naniwa/MC/Huk/Nony
nOIZEbuddha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
164 Posts
February 05 2011 22:38 GMT
#96
Congrats! I will make it too as zerg...hopefully
I spoke to Flash's doctor, and apparently he got turrets syndrome
Oozo
Profile Joined December 2009
Finland432 Posts
February 06 2011 07:54 GMT
#97
Extremely nice blog. Congratulations for the D+!!
SKT for OSL!
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
February 06 2011 17:17 GMT
#98
Very nice blog post. I remember when I did this long long ago. Very proud achievement, until you realize that there are a zillion koreans better than you. Oh well.
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
February 06 2011 17:46 GMT
#99
Bout time man!
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
mikodrak
Profile Joined February 2009
Czech Republic78 Posts
February 06 2011 21:44 GMT
#100
Congratulations! Great post, It was just enlightening to read through it Great to see people still going for BW!
PylonBuilder
Profile Joined January 2011
United States59 Posts
February 07 2011 06:02 GMT
#101
:'( I never felt so inspired to play some BW.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4128 Posts
February 07 2011 16:25 GMT
#102
I really feel like playing bw now lol, but the colours always look distorted on my new monitor.
Well after I fix it gonna try to get back my c- rank.
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3128 Posts
February 07 2011 18:16 GMT
#103
you beat me to it by like 4 days
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
KasPra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Estonia983 Posts
February 08 2011 16:39 GMT
#104
Wish i wouldve posted my own story when i got D+. After all, it has been years!

+ Show Spoiler +
lawl beat you to it by 2 days
KenNage
Profile Joined May 2009
Chile885 Posts
February 09 2011 05:00 GMT
#105
I MISS BW :C
savagebeavers
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada108 Posts
February 09 2011 06:53 GMT
#106
This made me really curious about BW. I think im going to try it out and see if i like BW or sc2 better.
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
February 09 2011 07:49 GMT
#107
To all those saying reading this made you feel like playing/trying some BW...do it!

I mean whats the worst that happens? You spend an hour or two and decide the games not for you? Oh well, at least you tried something new and different; and who knows you might find BW very fun to play as well
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
Semtext
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany287 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-09 10:07:20
February 09 2011 10:06 GMT
#108
On February 04 2011 14:38 Xenocide_Knight wrote:
you should PM me if you want to get a game in sometime!



on a completely unrelated note, i read: "You should BM me if you want to get a game sometime" up there.

Gratz on the rank, I'd never become that good in SC:BW cause its really hard for me to play much more than 1 base BC on blood bath in the LAN against my dorm retro gaming friends. luckily they dont know much more, too :D
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Redunzl
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
862 Posts
February 09 2011 16:32 GMT
#109
sick dude, makes me wanna broodwar up.
nullmind
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
1303 Posts
February 09 2011 19:30 GMT
#110
Good read. Read the whole thing, including the battle reports.
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-10 21:16:18
February 10 2011 21:15 GMT
#111
Wow you are dedicated. Major props for sticking with it and grats on the rank!

You inspire me to play BroodWar again. But after playing so much sc2 it'd be hard to re-adjust.
BrenttheGreat
Profile Joined July 2010
United States150 Posts
February 11 2011 03:55 GMT
#112
I got stuck at 2800. The next step of making it to c- is harder than heck.
ZeroChrome
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1001 Posts
February 11 2011 06:11 GMT
#113
On February 11 2011 12:55 BrenttheGreat wrote:
I got stuck at 2800. The next step of making it to c- is harder than heck.


same here. A few days ago i needed just one single win to get my first C-. So of course i lost 5 in a row. Sitting at the brink is really frustrating.
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Eggm
Profile Joined September 2009
United States152 Posts
February 11 2011 17:46 GMT
#114
Makes me want to get back on iccup... its been awhile lol. I wanna get back to my max rank (C) or maybe further..
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