A platinum update...

imjorman

United States580 Posts

April 28 2011 02:29 GMT

Well I told myself I would post here weekly and today I'm regretting that decision. I'm doing awful in platinum league. After getting promoted I have been getting steam rolled. I take coaching from TrumpSC and he has helped me with a solid opening and now my TvT, but I cannot, for the life of me, seem to get a win anymore.

I plan on doing some replay analysis tomorrow of some games I have played lately and throw one or two up in the strat section, but it's pretty hard to stay motivated when your constantly getting roflstomped.

Here's my sc2ranks.com graph for my 1v1: http://sc2ranks.com/team/9180146 So you can see I'm slumping and don't know what to do.

What do you all do when you've "plateaued" in your game play?

Vlare

748 Posts

April 28 2011 02:51 GMT

I don't think plateau is the right choice of words. You've just had some bad luck / played bad most likely. If you're in platinum then the only way you are at a plateau is if you genuinely suck balls at rts.

Just either 1) keep playing 2) do customs to practice or 3) take a short break

Practice will help you improve though =)

imjorman

United States580 Posts

April 28 2011 03:02 GMT

On April 28 2011 11:51 Vlare wrote:
I don't think plateau is the right choice of words. You've just had some bad luck / played bad most likely. If you're in platinum then the only way you are at a plateau is if you genuinely suck balls at rts.

Just either 1) keep playing 2) do customs to practice or 3) take a short break

Practice will help you improve though =)

That is some good advice my friend. Might just have some fun in 2v2's and work on my builds and timing perfection. Gotta always work on that macro :D

Thanks man.

numLoCK

Canada1416 Posts

April 28 2011 03:22 GMT

Practice more than study.
At that level you can brute force games with poor strategy as long as you have good mechanics. So as long as you keep playing games and put a large emphasis on mechanics you'll be fine.

When I hit a wall of sorts in my practicing, I usually either:
a) Play more games (works well)
b) Play way less games, or play fun games like customs or team matches (not the best plan

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Turgid

United States1623 Posts

April 28 2011 03:30 GMT

you just keep practicing when you plateau. I read somewhere(probably in Infinite Jest, come to think of it) that skill comes along as a series of plateaus anyway. If you're getting good at something you have to be content to make seemingly no progress for long periods of time.

Basically your procedure for getting better(constantly practicing standard play, watching replays especially those of pros and your own, studying vods, in that order) doesn't change at all.

R1cE

United States59 Posts

April 28 2011 03:42 GMT

Im at the same spot you're at. I feel like I've plateu'ed with my timings. Im taking a break by playing some team fortress 2 and watching starcraft instead of playing. Just got to take a break to take the pressure off myself

imjorman

United States580 Posts

April 28 2011 03:56 GMT

On April 28 2011 12:42 R1cE wrote:
Im at the same spot you're at. I feel like I've plateu'ed with my timings. Im taking a break by playing some team fortress 2 and watching starcraft instead of playing. Just got to take a break to take the pressure off myself

I feel like this is me exactly. I just need to chill. I'm not gonna be a pro gamer anytime in this life, so I might as well just enjoy it. My goal is to get to masters and a goal (although unrealistic) is to get advertising money off my justin.tv stream

.

But yeah I just need to enjoy it and make getting better something fun.

ValiantGood

56 Posts

April 28 2011 06:06 GMT

Hmm, platinum... No offense, but at that level I could win 100% of the time with just good macro and timely bunker or two. I hope you are not paying for the coaching, because there is nothing he can do unless you decided to work on your macro yourself.

So, you want to get masters? Here are some tips:

Macro
-make constant scv's
-stay under 500 for first 11 minutes, afterwards, move that goal to stay under 1,000 (this is very lenient, but is rarely broken by masters players.) (except zergs)

Seems obvious right? Make scv's and make units? Well, to be 100% honest you wouldn't be plat if you did just this.

Micro:
-practice hotkeys (i do 5= cc 1234= units 6=barracks)
-practice f2f3f4 (normally f5f6f7) This is a minor deal but you can set screen locations using the F keys.
-practice unit control (very simple, but needed, micro, such as marauder kiting zealots)

Decision making:
-know what counters what and how much it takes to counter it.
(void ray in your base? know 4 marines and a viking is cheapest solution.)
-understand what you scout.
(I see two fast gas from protoss. So: DT's or voidray? 1 turret at my ramp counters/stalls them both for when i get my viking out)
-Reacting to what you scout
(I've got to be honest, sometimes what seems to be the right answer isn't, this is easily solved by asking a higher player or your own experience)

Ok, well that is a long post. But seriously, stop the coaching. I will answer any questions you have and I will watch replays if you want to send them to me.

Add me if you want: Bluapex.473

Rank if you care (I don't plateau, I just dont play enough games to reflect my skill in my rank.): http://sc2ranks.com/team/3806342

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