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The Journey to Grandmasters! #1

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Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
May 23 2011 17:17 GMT
#1
This is a series in which I document my time from Bronze league to Grandmaster. I want no replies from you "glass half-empty" folk saying, "You'll never do it." Say something constructive, or don't say it at all.

Anyway:

Bronze league, a barren land where only scum who cheese and 4gate remain. As I look around, I can see a desalect billboard that says, "You f***in' nub!" It is a tough place, I've spent months here. Traversing this treacherous land is dangerous, and I feel only I can brave it.

Game 1:

I have to get up and do something for 20 seconds, so I ask my opponent to pause please. He obliges with a smiley face. I return shortly after to find my base ravaged with zerglings. I tell him what a well-mannered chap he is and leave.

I was disheartened, and I felt exposed to the reality of what I was facing. Terror.

Game 2 did not happen that day, nor the next day, as I spent what felt like minutes rocking back and forth gently in the corner of my room crying.

*
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
May 23 2011 17:22 GMT
#2
So you wrote a blog to explain how a guy unpaused on you on bronze, causing you to play no more games that day? You have to play more if you seriously want to do this..
LaSt)ChAnCe
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States2179 Posts
May 23 2011 17:27 GMT
#3
the glass isn't half empty, it's twice as big as it needs to be

glhf
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
May 23 2011 18:18 GMT
#4
On May 24 2011 02:22 xmShake wrote:
So you wrote a blog to explain how a guy unpaused on you on bronze, causing you to play no more games that day? You have to play more if you seriously want to do this..


It was just a joke, you honestly thought I was in the corner of my room crying too? :p
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
May 23 2011 18:20 GMT
#5
On May 24 2011 03:18 Jedclark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2011 02:22 xmShake wrote:
So you wrote a blog to explain how a guy unpaused on you on bronze, causing you to play no more games that day? You have to play more if you seriously want to do this..


It was just a joke, you honestly thought I was in the corner of my room crying too? :p

Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
May 23 2011 18:33 GMT
#6
On May 24 2011 03:20 xmShake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2011 03:18 Jedclark wrote:
On May 24 2011 02:22 xmShake wrote:
So you wrote a blog to explain how a guy unpaused on you on bronze, causing you to play no more games that day? You have to play more if you seriously want to do this..


It was just a joke, you honestly thought I was in the corner of my room crying too? :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA


I found that hilarious.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Ydriel
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Italy516 Posts
May 23 2011 18:37 GMT
#7
In Ladder, a guy that actually waits more than 10 seconds waiting for you to come back is more rare than what you just described. Try harder
<3 SC2 <3<3 Dota 2. Steam ID: HellS
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
May 23 2011 18:46 GMT
#8
Will be hard to get out of bronze until they fixed the locked ladder bug. Unless they have done it today and I havent noticed it yet.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
May 23 2011 18:52 GMT
#9
It'll undoubtedly be tough, but I don't think it's impossible for you if you're motivated and stick with it. Didn't Machine say on SotG podcast that he coached a silver league player back in beta and now his student is in GM and beats him regularly?
gosublade
Profile Joined May 2011
632 Posts
May 23 2011 20:08 GMT
#10
If you don't want any criticism then don't post your blog on the internet. You are gonna have to play more than 1 game per day to get where you want. At least 20-30 games per day. Find a team/practice partners. I feel like you one night had an idea to blog about getting good rather than having the idea first and then thinking about blogging. Doesn't work like that.

Stop posting fail jokes and start posting fail games, fail battles, fail gameplans, fail micro, fail macro and everything you fail in. You will get answers that help you improve and fail less.

Not even death can save you from me.
TheAwesomeAll
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands1609 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-23 20:15:06
May 23 2011 20:13 GMT
#11
On May 24 2011 03:33 Jedclark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2011 03:20 xmShake wrote:
On May 24 2011 03:18 Jedclark wrote:
On May 24 2011 02:22 xmShake wrote:
So you wrote a blog to explain how a guy unpaused on you on bronze, causing you to play no more games that day? You have to play more if you seriously want to do this..


It was just a joke, you honestly thought I was in the corner of my room crying too? :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA


I found that hilarious.

it scared the freak out of me, i always imagined crickets to be this ladybug like lovely creatures. Now ill never listen to thousands of them with the same ears... D:
also, gl with gmaster. A lot of people settle with master but thats for noobs,
I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST LIKE NOONE EVER WAS
dr Helvetica <3
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-24 16:16:34
May 24 2011 16:14 GMT
#12
On May 24 2011 05:08 gosublade wrote:
If you don't want any criticism then don't post your blog on the internet. You are gonna have to play more than 1 game per day to get where you want. At least 20-30 games per day. Find a team/practice partners. I feel like you one night had an idea to blog about getting good rather than having the idea first and then thinking about blogging. Doesn't work like that.

Stop posting fail jokes and start posting fail games, fail battles, fail gameplans, fail micro, fail macro and everything you fail in. You will get answers that help you improve and fail less.



I want "constructive criticism", not "omg nub!", if you get me.

A reasonable idea, actually. It is better than my humour, which either no one gets, or I just find myself so hilarious I don't notice.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
May 24 2011 16:45 GMT
#13
Hey man, all power to you. If you think you can do it, then do it. I'd be willing to give you criticism, and constructive criticism at that. It's gonna be tough, heck yeah, but that doesn't mean you can do it. Keep at it and don't get discouraged, and good luck!
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
May 24 2011 18:56 GMT
#14
PS. Disclaimer/whatever:

This is not based on 100% reality, I am trying to get to GM, but the stuff I write may be exaggerated, or just not true. Don't take this too seriously.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
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