EPTI've been playing Quake 3 (OSP) for 6 years on a reasonably high level, I have won a number of online tournaments and I attended QLAN 2 in Enköping, Sweden. I've never had the "progaming succes", nor have I ever won a big enought event to make me a very recognized name in the Quake community.
Like I stated earlier, I've never been involved in RTS gaming, except for a brief period of time when I tried out WC3. I liked the game but had zero talent which made me feel very bored with the whole deal. Now, older and perhaps more stupid than ever before, I've decided to jump back into the fire after not having played games seriously for a bunch of years, I'm starting to get the itch back.
My buddy BP, whom I've known all my life, got me interested in SC2. He had been my QW (Quake 1) playing-partner for years (We decided to play QW for fun every now and than since it's a ton of fun and nothing serious at all for us). But one day he had no interest in playing. He said that he had completley fallen in love with Starcraft 2. It made me feel sick to my stomach at first, but after a few days he had gotten me so focused and interested in the game that I had to buy me a copy.
We have been playing practise/custom games with each other ever since (September/October 2010) and slowly been getting a little better. But it wasn't up until season 2 that I felt confident in laddering. I got nervous and anxious every time I was playing, and if I was fortunate enough to win my first game, I would close the game down for the day because I didn't want to start losing, which is such a zero-logic move. BP had stormed through the ladder and made it all the way up to diamond (when diamond was the highest ranking) and I was a low level silver player, with no talent and no confidence.
Since then, two major things have changed;
a) Watching Day9's daily #100, where he talks about his whole life in Starcraft and what the game has ment to him. While watching it I started to think back on my years in Quake and how much they actually ment to me. But NEVER had I seen a guy, this involved and great for a community than Sean 'day9' Plott and it pleasently suprised me that here's this guy, giving a 100% for the fans of Starcraft, trying to help low level players like myself. I thought "What a fantastic guy and what a great community this is". It lit a fire inside of me and suddenly I started to feel the same things I felt back when I was 14-15 years old and my buddy Björn had just introduced me to Quake. Now, not only was my love for the game of Starcraft 2 really clear but I had made up my mind. I was going to improve as a player, and;
b) Season two hit. A fresh start.
Now together with my buddies, Gedwyn, boppe (BP), Smockan, WakaWaka and Rafner - I'm trying to reach the same heights as I did in Quake.
I have ~160 wins in season 2 (60-65% winnings) and is currently ranked 7 in platinum. I play zerg and I'm trying to use a lot of my own builds and strats. I feel I macro way better than most of my oponents.
Must improve;
Early preassure from Terran.
Understanding late game-timings better. When to go for a hive tech and when to push or not to push and maybe go for an expo instead? (Against all races in general)
Understanding mid and late game against zerg way better. If I don't manage to win early, I seem to most of the times lose my mirror matches.
Alright. That's that, as they say, for my first EVER blog post. I hope I can reach diamond real soon and I would just like to thank the Starcraft community for being a fantastic group of people, and of course a big thanks to Sean 'day9' Plott.
Peace. -,-v
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