Well It has been a while but I am updating the blog again. So just as a recap I am still playing as Protoss sitting at the #4 rank at the moment which is quite satisfying . I had a week or so of varying ranks anywhere between rank number 4 all the way to something like 29th. But now I've settled in at the top of my division and I plan to stay there. I have been playing my couple of games a day and have come to realize a common problem with my play. In the matchups of PvZ and PvT the games that I lose come because of poor macro. I will notice I will be dying and see my mineral count sitting somewhere around 700-1300 I will be constantly warping in but I'm not getting enough units because I am not making enough unit producing structures. I can support the structures, I just don't build them. I feel like this is something I need to pay more attention to and eventually I will get the feel for when I can and can't make more structures. PvP however is another story. Let me say PvP is my least favorite matchup. I suck at 4 gating and this is why. I have the econemy and I can be winning for a bit but one of two things happen I either get supply blocked or I mess up the initial build order because I'm not paying attention and trying to either scout out a proxy or kill a probe or something like that. that matchup needs the most work of all.

Aside from all that negativity on why I lose, I have some good news and that is that I have been starting to win games much more often. I'm starting to go on 2-3 wins per every loss I get (there is the occasional losing streak) but aside from that I'm doing much better with winning games. My execution of build orders and not getting supply blocked is not what I would like it to be. However, those will be my goals and I will be working to focus on those flaws in my play in order to get up to a higher play level.

Last piece of news is that this past Monday I competed in my first Starcraft 2 tournament. I entered in the Clan Infinity Diamond League Tournament and it was a fun time. I was nervous going into my first game but I must say I like the buildup, It's exciting and I enjoyed it. My first game was against a Protoss player named Lloyd and I lost. Granted I did lose but like I said PvP is my worst matchup and I played badly. Also I felt better because the guy I lost to, won the whole tournament. So hopefully next time, (And I plan for there to be a next time) I will make it past the first round.

Here is a link to the brackets in case you wanted to see
http://www.clan-infinity.net/cig/tournaments/eventpage.php?id=53

End Of Day Stats
Rank - 4th
Points - 573
Wins - 129

I'll be working on getting my build orders down in the opening of games so that way it will be like second nature for me so that will be my goal in the coming weeks.