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bri9and United States246 Posts July 07 2011 16:39 GMT #1 I think that all of my off-racing has really been enjoyable, but it has left me stuck in Platinum division.. I played over 1500 games of beta, mostly random, and wanted to get Zen Master on my retail account.. What a massive undertaking! I Finally got my toss 250 last night and I'm asking myself, what am i doing?! I really want to be diamond, but i can't stop offracing long enough to do it.. If I played Zerg 100% I'm confident I would be diamond, but is it worth it? I get bored and want to try the other races.. I'm decent, but definately only Platinum level with the other two.. Does anyone else have this "problem"? I know most Pros stick to one race and play it 24/7, but I'm not sure I can do that non-stop.. What is everyone elses thoughts on this? I know I'm not alone..

Mattchew United States5684 Posts July 07 2011 16:44 GMT #2 I'm in plat because of off racing random and zerg... i was in diamond and winning a lot as protoss but wanted to switch it up... I guess you could get a new acct to just play zerg on?

Yurie 11971 Posts July 07 2011 16:44 GMT #3 Are you playing for fun or to reach a set ladder goal? Once you decide which of those that matter more to you then pick the option that corresponds to that.

BatCat Austria630 Posts July 07 2011 16:53 GMT #4 If you have more fun offracing, go and do it. No discussion.

dbosworld United States317 Posts July 07 2011 16:58 GMT #5 I don't think pro's play their main race 24/7. I know that a lot of pro's play offrace to stay intouch with what the other races are doing.

Tatari United States1179 Posts July 07 2011 17:01 GMT #6 ST_Squirtle offraces as Terran from what I've seen through streams, HuK's commented that MC's Zerg looks OP'd, CatZ plays as Terran/Protoss once in a while, and in that recent MLG interview with IdrA he commented that he dicks around with his teammates by playing Protoss. I've also tried offracing to get a feel of what the other races are thinking of in different situations vs my race (P).

LovE- United States1963 Posts July 07 2011 17:14 GMT #7 I bought a new acct "for practice" and ended up placing into diamond and then getting to Masters with it. (I was already masters on my main acct.) Then decided I wanted to learn toss, so I used that acct to play toss. Continued to stay in masters. Then I decided to learn zerg, again, played several games ~25, and stayed masters. So I don't think offracing is as big of a deal as people think it is. But if you want to truly go up, then just go with your most understood race, and for you that's zerg.

MacroNcheesE United States508 Posts July 07 2011 17:32 GMT #8 I was a masters Protoss and wanted to switch to Terran. I bought a new account. I knew that if I just switched over to Terran on my Protoss account I would rage hard, get discouraged, and go back to Protoss. I really needed to work my way up with Terran to build confidence and a good foundation. I dl'ed a bunch of reps, read a bunch of strat guides, and just grinded out games. I made it back to masters in a week and a half or so.

bri9and United States246 Posts July 07 2011 17:41 GMT #9 A lot of really good replies, thanks folks.. I guess I haven't ever decided what I want to do.. advance up the ladder or have fun.. some days I want to advance, others I just want to have fun. I also feel that given the fact that I've had SOOOO many games, advancing to diamond may be impossible for my account.. I've been 300-400 pts ahead of people in my division and its not from Ladder Pool, I play every day and never let it get over 1 days accumulation. I see guys with like 7 wins in 1v1, in diamond.. and get ticked off.. I've had 15 game winstreaks as zerg and have not been promoted once.. I sometimes think that my account might be bugged or something as its basically forever platinum.

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