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BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 19:28:33
April 13 2011 15:12 GMT
#1
Its that time of year again and my exam week is looming in the distance at the end of april but season two has just begun and i need to ladder like a fiend!!! i assume a lot of people are also experiancing this problem as most SC2 players are in highschool or college so here are some tips that i have been using myself:
1. Season two has just begun make a resolution to keep your bonus pool empty! it isnt that hard after a few days of 4-5 games a day your pool should empty and after that just one or two games a day will keep it at that lovely zero.
2. ok now that your laddering can be minimized to just a couple games a day take an hour after you get home from your last class and set it as your "relaxing time" put on some TSL GSL dream hack and watch your favorite SC2 players duke it out while you eat some macaroni! enjoy this time and if your not up for watching SC2 read a book or take a nap just do whatever will help lower your stress levels for the rest of the day.
3. the hour after your realxing time should be used to get some studying in or to finish that assignment that is due next. this way you wont be doing it at 3:30 in the morning the night before its due.
4. this is the last tip: make sure your school comes first if you have a huge project that is due on friday spend monday and tuesday getting it done so you can enjoy the week instead of entering panic mode on thurday night

Hope this help anyone out there if you have any other tips that have worked for you leave them in the comments below!
*Edit*
a tip from the crowd:
On April 14 2011 02:28 cronican wrote:
Just uninstall sc2. It takes like an hour to install and you will usually think twice in that period of time.

This is a great idea if your really against a big deadline and you can't keep your little nerd fingers away from the keyboard!

Why so serious???
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46476 Posts
April 13 2011 15:18 GMT
#2
Definitely time management, and school needs to come first.

I have heard that you can request a temporary ban from the TL moderators until your exams are over, if you seriously cannot get your work done.

Although extreme, I suppose requesting your own ban may be worth it too.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
April 13 2011 15:29 GMT
#3
@darkplasmaball that is a little extreme i think the most important thing is to balance school and fun. The expresion all work and no play comes to mind. if yhou go all out on school for even the week during exams you can burn out really fast its important to have a little bit of fun ^.^ and btw i love your sig the daily is a religious institutuion!
Why so serious???
GunSec
Profile Joined February 2010
1095 Posts
April 13 2011 15:38 GMT
#4
I don't really understand how a temporary ban can stop you from laddering but yeah I hate fucking exams!
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-13 15:44:04
April 13 2011 15:43 GMT
#5
On April 14 2011 00:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Definitely time management, and school needs to come first.

I have heard that you can request a temporary ban from the TL moderators until your exams are over, if you seriously cannot get your work done.

Although extreme, I suppose requesting your own ban may be worth it too.

I have seen many people do this, but I dont see how it helps at all. With a temporary ban you are still able to read TL. The amount of time spent posting is only a small fraction of the amount of time one would spend on TL.
edit: especially considering the OP only has 4 posts so he doesnt really post on TL anyways.
Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
April 13 2011 15:49 GMT
#6
Study ALL day. Then play sc ALL night. Perfect balance.
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
April 13 2011 15:49 GMT
#7
On April 14 2011 00:43 Mastermind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2011 00:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Definitely time management, and school needs to come first.

I have heard that you can request a temporary ban from the TL moderators until your exams are over, if you seriously cannot get your work done.

Although extreme, I suppose requesting your own ban may be worth it too.

I have seen many people do this, but I dont see how it helps at all. With a temporary ban you are still able to read TL. The amount of time spent posting is only a small fraction of the amount of time one would spend on TL.
edit: especially considering the OP only has 4 posts so he doesnt really post on TL anyways.


Yeah i just started on TL.net but been a hardcore gamer since i was like 4 lol just trying to get on the SC2 sites and give a little advice i have picked up over the years. If you have any ideas again go a head and let us know the ban might help some (but definatly not all) of us so any advice is good advice to someone out there
Why so serious???
BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
April 13 2011 15:51 GMT
#8
On April 14 2011 00:49 Rotodyne wrote:
Study ALL day. Then play sc ALL night. Perfect balance.


hahaha then crash and burn and sleep all day monday? no one likes mondays anyways
Why so serious???
BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
April 13 2011 15:58 GMT
#9
Another big thing is if you have some spare money ($25-40) a nice treat for after your exam week is over is to buy an hour or two of coaching from someone like VTDesrow (streams right here on TL.net through justin.tv) that way your skill level can still increase even while you can't ladder all day!
Why so serious???
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
April 13 2011 16:22 GMT
#10
i have tried doing this, studying and playing games

didn't work for me =/
started playing diablo2 with my roommate like a week before exams..

that didn't go too well
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
BladeofHell
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada23 Posts
April 13 2011 16:25 GMT
#11
Just took a taste of my own medicine and booked VTDesrow for the saturday before my exam week to help me relax and prepare to run the gauntlet that is 5 examns in 4 days
Why so serious???
Vlare
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
748 Posts
April 13 2011 16:29 GMT
#12
I've been laddering more than usual and I'm on exam week.

I wrote an exam this morning that I studied a whole 20minutes-1hour for after pulling an all nighter of sc2. I think I got a B.

XD
Mass zerglings doesnt fail
cronican
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada424 Posts
April 13 2011 17:28 GMT
#13
Just uninstall sc2. It takes like an hour to install and you will usually think twice in that period of time.
Terranist
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2496 Posts
April 13 2011 17:35 GMT
#14
exams aren't hard if you paid attention in class. drop the end of the world mentality and take it for what it is - just exams. if you study, then you will pass. there is plenty of time for laddering if you really enjoy it.
The Show of a Lifetime
Murderotica
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Vatican City State2594 Posts
April 13 2011 18:18 GMT
#15
http://neddyy.net/docs/

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