I am very happy about being promoted into platinum however I am in a new league with better players. There will be a long journey to diamond which I hope is rather short, pending on how fast I improve but what do I have to work on in order to make that leap into a new league?

Also what can I expect in my new league?

Ty for reading!

Carapace

Netherlands128 Posts

September 13 2011 10:42 GMT

On September 13 2011 19:34 Legen wrote:
I am very happy about being promoted into platinum however I am in a new league with better players. There will be a long journey to diamond which I hope is rather short, pending on how fast I improve but what do I have to work on in order to make that leap into a new league?

Also what can I expect in my new league?

Ty for reading!

Nothing new really, since you already played a few games on platinum MMR.

Firesilver

United Kingdom1190 Posts

September 13 2011 10:42 GMT

Well, When I was in platinum I faced alot of all-ins personally, may not be the case for other people but then it was game after game of it. Just keep working on macro and scouting would be my advice, taking bases and also making sure you know what he is doing.

Congratulations though

Xaax

United States102 Posts

September 13 2011 10:43 GMT

same stuff in gold with slightly better mechanics. Plat is the best league to start working on a build and mechanics to get ready for diamond.

Mithriel

Netherlands2969 Posts

September 13 2011 10:43 GMT

Grats! A lot of the same, I recently got into platinum too and didn't notice to much difference. Probably because you already got matched vs platinum players before. People just seem to have a bit better mechanics and build orders

henery

Canada89 Posts

September 13 2011 10:47 GMT

I've found that getting to diamond is simply about making more units then your opponent. Doesn't matter what units, just units. You will lose some games to silly things like not having detection, but you learn and adapt. You don't really have to worry about specific "build orders" and reading your opponents play and reacting until diamond. That being said you still need to stay somewhat reasonable on your BO's. Obviously 8 gateways on one base isn't ever going to work. My favorite way to practice back in my gold days where to make only stalkers and try to pressure my opponent as I grew to 3 base. I never worried about army composition because I only ever made stalkers. Then as I got better at keeping my army active as I macro'd I started to add a robo for immortals/obs, then grew into cols. I got into diamond with stalkers only (not 4 gate stalkers too

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Most importantly your having fun. Enjoy this high and keep on truckin.

Salivanth

Australia1071 Posts

September 13 2011 10:47 GMT

Yeah: Platinum is just a line. You've been "in Platinum" for a while, your MMR has to increase to above the average of Platinum players for you to be promoted. So you'll still be up against the same class of people for a while.

Grats on your promotion however, I got there just recently.

EnvYStarcraft

United States58 Posts

September 13 2011 10:52 GMT

Ty you all appreciate the gratz and ty for the advice.

OmniEulogy

Canada6593 Posts

September 13 2011 11:09 GMT

gz on the promotion

Keep improving and you'll hit diamond in no time! hopefully. lol

Hassybaby

United Kingdom10823 Posts

September 13 2011 11:16 GMT

#10

Nice one dude. i can't comment about what plat is like, because I'm still in Gold, but i imagine its like Gold, but slightly better

synapse

China13814 Posts

September 13 2011 12:02 GMT

#11

Your opponents aren't going to suddenly be better because you're in platinum; your MMR has been rising continuously, and getting into plat hasn't made it jump up all of a sudden.

Shield

Bulgaria4824 Posts

September 13 2011 14:27 GMT

#12

Congrats on promotion.
It's not simple to say you need X and Y. You need to improve various parts of your game such as scouting better, reacting better, better micro & macro, possible build order fix, etc.

Good luck!

Azera

3800 Posts

September 13 2011 15:00 GMT

#13

Congrats dude. I'm stuck in Gold =X

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

September 13 2011 15:11 GMT

#14

Just macro like crazy and the journey to diamond will be easy.

MrStorkie

United Kingdom697 Posts

September 13 2011 17:03 GMT

#15

Grats!! you'll hit diamond in no time! Time to consider better/cleaner openings and timings. good luck have fun!

Pawsom

United States928 Posts

September 13 2011 17:26 GMT

#16

Congrats! Feels good huh?

Servius_Fulvius

United States947 Posts

September 13 2011 18:40 GMT

#17

Congrats. Getting promoted is awesome, isn't it? I'm climbing the plat ranks too. Perhaps we'll run into each other?

drgoats

United States310 Posts

September 13 2011 19:42 GMT

#18

Congratulations! I find that platinum players have some tighter builds and their macro is slightly better than the gold players. There is still a lot of work to go. I would personally concentrate on having some really solid builds, 1-2 per race, and concentrate mainly on maintaining solid macro. You can win games by just making a lot of units like others have said but it will not be as successful at this level as it was in gold.

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