Hi yeah of course its doable!! Most important thing: watch and learn from ur own replays!! Especially if u lose!! And a bit of advice: keep making probes and spending ur money = plat league in no time! Glhfgg

Philosophy

186 Posts

July 25 2011 11:23 GMT

#222

On July 25 2011 02:47 Excludos wrote:

Show nested quote +

Little bit off topic..but how can the top 2% ranked in the region not be considered "good"?

Well, I'm masters and I think I'm really bad. It takes very little effort to get there.

BuNkEn

Sweden20 Posts

July 25 2011 13:12 GMT

#223

On July 25 2011 20:23 Philosophy wrote:

Show nested quote +

Well, I'm masters and I think I'm really bad. It takes very little effort to get there.

Define "really bad", compared to top GM you prolly are really bad but compared to bronze, silver, gold you are really good.

1.01

61 Posts

July 25 2011 13:20 GMT

#224

On July 25 2011 22:12 Figgeduni wrote:

Show nested quote +

Define "really bad", compared to top GM you prolly are really bad but compared to bronze, silver, gold you are really good.

You aren't directing this statement at me, but I am going to respond to it anyways.

Master players can not be considered "good" because one is allowed to play like this: http://drop.sc/20765 ...and be in Master League. Don't try to tell me that either players in this game are even close to "good". Personally, I hadn't played in 2 months, so I was bound to make atrocious mistakes in executing my build, in addition to mechanical slip ups. But, when I saw this guy, I thought "Wow, is there a hidden MMR decay in effect or something? How did I get matched against a gold player?"... Then I found out he was "mid" Masters.

Kuni

Austria765 Posts

July 25 2011 13:24 GMT

#225

Playing the game will automatically lead to you getting better and better and therefore climbing up the ladder up to masters. It's not like the masterleague is filled with progamers, so as long as you try to improve and play the game, you'll eventually get there and if not, then you're not trying enough.

BuNkEn

Sweden20 Posts

July 25 2011 13:34 GMT

#226

On July 25 2011 22:20 1.01 wrote:

Show nested quote +

I haven't watch the replay but i guess its way worse then average master player, but if you compare them to bronze/silver/gold players they would still be counted as "good".

Queldur

France26 Posts

July 25 2011 13:38 GMT

#227

Humm i can tell you to play team games with your friend just for improve your mechanics try some rush that requiere micro and a very little macro management like fast helion zergling who are extremely effective in case you didn't lose them just by try to doing this better and better your hand will be faster and your mechanics better (thats work for me :O)

Remember to utilise Hotkey, keep your money low, and make pylon and probes mothafucka !

Peace

PS : And ladder for see if you improve yourself at starcraft after doing this !!!

ZombiesOMG

United States282 Posts

July 25 2011 15:38 GMT

#228

I don't think there's anything I can say that hasn't already been said in the last 12 pages, except that I'm very interested in hearing updates on your progress if you can figure out a good way to share that with all of us. I'm happy to see everyone here being so encouraging and helpful.

There are a lot of us here rooting for ya, so do your best and keep this resolve even after all the losing streaks and frustrating moments sure to be in the future.

Copper(beta) -> diamond on the verge of masters here. It's definitely possible. Nom nom nom your way to Masters! :D

This should be filmed a la Nal_Ra's Old Boy. SeeFernando's New Boy!

eksert

France656 Posts

July 25 2011 15:41 GMT

#229

hey tyhere! of course it is possible mate! CoL.Minigun acknowledged that he started as a silver league player, look where he is now! he even takes games from EGIdra, who practices 10 hours a day for last 5 years

Also i started as a silver league but in 3-4 months even i became a masters player!

Just use your time wisely, take one player as an example, choose 1 or 2 builds for each match up and use them without modifying them for 50-60 games each. (morrow tactic in sc1)

On July 19 2011 16:53 seefernando wrote:
Hello everyone,

I'm kinda worried about making this post as TL seems very hardcore about irrelevant post and banning people...

Let me start with saying that I am a Noob. I Suck at SC2 and I suck at video games in general.

There is just something about SC2 that makes me want to improve. I want to be able to predict what my opponent is doing. The rush of holding off a 6 pool and walking in with colossus is amazing!

I want to get into the Masters league. That is my goal. I want my mechanics and macro so perfect that I never get supply blocked or miss a warp in.

I've read a lot of post and talked to a lot of people about my skill level and my abilities.

I want your input. I really want this to be a community experiment. Is it possible for a bronze leguer to get to Masters?

I'm not looking for a miracle. I know it won't happen overnight. But with your help it can happen efficiently.

Yes I have read http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208343 and numerous other posts on TL and B.Net, and I am willing to do whatever it takes to get me to masters. I don't want to cheese my way there. I genuinely want to change the way I think, play and act in SC2.

So basically, HELP ME!!!

<3

Thanks

NomNomNom

GosuSheep

United States119 Posts

July 25 2011 15:47 GMT

#230

It's been done before! Play hard!

DyEnasTy

United States3714 Posts

July 25 2011 15:52 GMT

#231

Well I can only cheer you on from the sidelines. Most important: HF!!

Garth

United States353 Posts

July 27 2011 02:45 GMT

#232

On July 25 2011 02:47 Excludos wrote:

Show nested quote +

Little bit off topic..but how can the top 2% ranked in the region not be considered "good"?

your normal master player makes too many mistakes to be considered good, when they macro they inevitably use BO poker aka they macro too greedily and won't be able to defend even badly executed 1-2 base timing attacks ( I can probably kill 90% of terrans that dont use a 2 rax reactor first with my 4 gate in high masters), most master players suckkkkk at micro because a lot of them have been taught that macro macro macro is the key to being good, but at masters you really need to start focusing on micro too.

I feel in masters that when I get all-inned a lot of the time is isn't rehearsed and I defend it easier than I should have because they don't know how to micro their pushes and don't know how to time them.

There are a lot of reasons why a lot of master players are bad.

tripledoubles

Australia213 Posts

July 27 2011 11:30 GMT

#233

Started playing May 2011 with NFI what I was doing, started in Bronze.

A LOT of Day9, The Next 12 Weeks TvX episodes with Mr Bitter, and a bit of practice (played total about 80 games during season 2).

Gold promotion 2 days before Season 2 lockout.

[image loading]

Aiming for Masters by end of Season 3.

Barkziee

United Kingdom138 Posts

August 07 2011 20:33 GMT

#234

Sorry to bring this backup but I wanted to give you a bit of hope:
Bought this game at release and didn't ladder 1v1 much till 2011. At which point I started working at it. I have climbed up every league one by one since then, today reaching masters:
[image loading]