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slmw
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Finland233 Posts
June 30 2011 13:34 GMT
#1
Sup TL.

I did my placement matches back in August 2010. Got into bronze. Then I saw the Day[9] Daily "Probes and Pylons", and I improved pretty much constantly and finally got into diamond in December by out-pyloning and out-probeing (supply and scv actually) opponents. That's about 7 months ago. Still, here I am even though I play a decent amount of games each week.

http://sc2ranks.com/team/5803091#alltime

I've been top diamond ever since masters league was announced. Sometimes top 10 in EU, currently top 100. Sometimes my rating goes down when I'm on a tilt, but then on the next day, after I install SC2 again (yes I do rage uninstalling a lot), the rating goes up again. But never into masters.

I was trying to get masters before season 2 started, so this shameful memory of being only diamond wouldn't stay in my profile forever. Now season 3 is about to start, and I'm in the same situation.

Does season 3 start next week? I still have time. Never give up, never surrender!

*
FoFo
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands207 Posts
June 30 2011 14:21 GMT
#2
don't see what the problem is, if you aren't advancing, you're not good enough.
advancing or not is not based on your MMR or even your rank in your league.
it's about how consistently you win
if you start winning against master league players you advance, so unless you're winning all your games but still not advancing i don't see the problem.

if it's the getting better that's the problem, read this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=209871
"we must avoid balancing SC2 by making everything suck equally hard."
drooL
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2108 Posts
June 30 2011 14:36 GMT
#3
same here dood. i feel you. but i started making the excuse that i just don't have enough time to play. lol.
@nowSimon
boon2537
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States905 Posts
June 30 2011 14:58 GMT
#4
Keep playing. You will eventually get there.
I'm rooting for you, man. GLHF
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
June 30 2011 15:44 GMT
#5
Same boat 6 wins 2 loss one day 8 loss 4 win the next thanks to tilting
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
slmw
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Finland233 Posts
June 30 2011 16:38 GMT
#6
On June 30 2011 23:21 FoFo wrote:
don't see what the problem is, if you aren't advancing, you're not good enough.
advancing or not is not based on your MMR or even your rank in your league.
it's about how consistently you win
if you start winning against master league players you advance, so unless you're winning all your games but still not advancing i don't see the problem.

if it's the getting better that's the problem, read this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=209871


It's the getting better. I have read a lot of stuff, watched a lot of streams and played a lot. I know if I decided to get better, I would use all my free time to playing ladder, playing customs and analyzing my games, but I've been mostly just mass laddering to avoid watching the replays of my own failure. I'm a casual gamer.

For the last few days I've been beating 1200-1300 masters, so the promotion could be close. I just have to stay calm and somehow not tilt even once before the season ends, and I'll get promoted soon! (That's what I've been saying to myself for the last 4 months.)

Also I just hit 1640 points, which would make me number 10 in EU atm based on sc2ranks.com. Hurray \o/
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