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Xsoild
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States121 Posts
May 24 2011 01:06 GMT
#1
I have been making good progress so far but i feel like i hit a wall. i play and play but i just cannot get any better. I am at 3rd diamond in my division but i just cannot get any better. i fie to cheese and i die to mass mauraders mainly and my pvp is not very good i cannot seem to figure it out. i just got a new job as a waiter for the summer so maybe i can hire a coach to get into master.

who is the best coach? who would you guys suggest for a protoss coach?

Keep on trying
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
May 24 2011 01:07 GMT
#2
I would recommend you just keep playing, and don't worry so much about a coach. I'm in the same boat as you. I don't feel like I'm getting much better, and my ZvZ is terrible. Just keep playing I'd say.
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
phfantunes
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil170 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-24 01:53:27
May 24 2011 01:51 GMT
#3
You won't improve by blindly playing the game. Watch your replays and try to find the reasons you lost, even the strategy forum can help you with that provided you put some effort beforehand.

So basically, ask yourself about your losses. Did you scout poorly? Did you have a poor engagement and lost the entire army? Caught with your pants down while waiting for Storm to finish? Each of these questions has a different solution for improvement. For instance, you losing to cheese and pure marauder seems like poor scouting, so I'd say work on that or refine robo timing for Observer.

I'd also reccommend watching 12 weeks with the pros, where known players provide a lot of insight into their thinking process, and watching streams, but trying your best not to be passive, and instead trying to think what you would do in that situation and why you think the programer did X. I know watching IdrA play helped me a lot in this sense...he can tell stuff by the amount of Marines he sees, gas timing, etc.

TLDR: Conscious practice to overcome your flaws.
Venomsflame
Profile Joined February 2011
United States613 Posts
May 24 2011 01:59 GMT
#4
On May 24 2011 10:51 phfantunes wrote:
You won't improve by blindly playing the game. Watch your replays and try to find the reasons you lost, even the strategy forum can help you with that provided you put some effort beforehand.

So basically, ask yourself about your losses. Did you scout poorly? Did you have a poor engagement and lost the entire army? Caught with your pants down while waiting for Storm to finish? Each of these questions has a different solution for improvement. For instance, you losing to cheese and pure marauder seems like poor scouting, so I'd say work on that or refine robo timing for Observer.

I'd also reccommend watching 12 weeks with the pros, where known players provide a lot of insight into their thinking process, and watching streams, but trying your best not to be passive, and instead trying to think what you would do in that situation and why you think the programer did X. I know watching IdrA play helped me a lot in this sense...he can tell stuff by the amount of Marines he sees, gas timing, etc.

TLDR: Conscious practice to overcome your flaws.


This is right. You can't just mass ladder/play tons of games and expect to improve. When you play you have to FOCUS ON IMPROVING. Watching replays and seeing your mistakes. Making a mental effort to say "I am playing this game to become a better player." Just playing the game without any emphasis on what you need to work on or a good mental focus on improving will not result in any change of skill.

Murderotica
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Vatican City State2594 Posts
May 24 2011 02:05 GMT
#5
Usually when I hit a wall or a losing streak even I'd take 2-3 (you can take more if you don't play that much or aren't feeling the desire as strongly) days off until I am really eager to play, then I watch my last 10 replays and feel like a total noob because I see it with fresh eyes that are not affected by the recent memory of those games. I take a few mental notes like "macro more" "engage better in this situation" "don't do this build" etc. then dive right into mass gaming (: I got from C- to C in BW this way more or less n_n
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Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
May 24 2011 02:33 GMT
#6
You've just got to just bite the bullet and break it - no point in delaying when he's got manlands and you're the beatdown
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