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A short ladder story

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NoodleFish
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa198 Posts
October 10 2011 14:04 GMT
#1
This is just a short piece on how I found new inspiration for laddering in SC2.

Tuesday
I hate Tuesdays! Why? 9 hours of class and no breaks in between. Just class, class, and more class. And not having breakfast just made it that much worse. I blame the alarm clock. I swear I set it to go off at 6. The only thing that's gonna get me through the day now is that coffee shop between kinetics class and heat transfer. Funny how much of my money actually goes towards caffeine stimulation.

At least when I get home I can hit a couple ladder games. Sure, I haven't had a chance to play that much over the last 2 weeks, but how much effect can that really have? This is how it starts. The slow tilt that makes your wanna just quit this stupid game once and for all. 6 games and not even a single win. Well I guess that's what you get for having a bonus pool of 250. You can't get rid of it cos you never play. Did I mention I hate Tuesdays?

Wednesday
Give me more Wednesdays! A single class at 9:30 and only 7 hour practicals every 4 weeks. This is not one of those weeks, but Sarah wants me to spend the afternoon with her... Maybe I can rectify those losses before she gets back from Campus. I mean, 6 wins will make up for 6 losses... Oh wait, I might lose a few, so 9-10 games should cut it...
...
...
I guess not! Now I'm pissed. How the hell did I just lose another 7 games? WTF?! I macro'd like a king! Can't I just have 1 game?
...
Lemme just move my immortals here and... Oh hi babe, come in. I'm just busy here quick... Need to move around his army and... Why would you kiss me in the middle of a battle? Don't you understand how frustrated I am? My whole army is gone now! Where you going?

Thursday
Wow Sarah is pissed. Why can't she understand my point of view? I know she just wanted to see me, but seriously? She just needed to wait like 4 minutes. Maybe I'm just being a dick. Or maybe it's just Starcraft. I can't even beat golds anymore. Ya... Screw SC2!

Saturday
Matt, you don't get it. You're basically in masters, and you have time to play all week. I get a couple days if I'm lucky. I'm just over all this losing. And at least in DotA I can just have fun and not have to exhaust myself mentally... I don't care if Day9 says "Just click the Find Game button," all that's waiting for me is a demotion to gold... Wow you don't shut up do you? Fine, 1 game, but then you sit here next to me and help me.
...
6 pooling idiot. No wonder he's still in gold. No I will not shut up. Yes I'm placing a forge... Oh... Wow... I won. But he was bad, it's just luck. 1 more. It's a Zerg. Should I forge FE? Go for a 6 gate timing push? Um... never tried that but ok, just tell me what to do.
...
Hey... I won again. He had like no defenses at his 3rd and I caught all his drones on their way in.

Sunday
It's 3AM and I'm still playing. I've only lost 4 games out of 21. This feels so awesome! Can't believe I was playing so badly earlier this week. I'll go to bed if I lose another. By the way Matt... Oh, you're asleep. Can't wait to be able to play again next week!

TL;DR
Losses happen, and tilt happens. Just get back in with some decent support from a friend or practice buddy and have some good games ^^,

"He accidentally attacked his own nexus with a probe. Then half way through the game, poof! No more nexus. That's gotta suck!"
RubiksCube
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Germany259 Posts
October 10 2011 14:47 GMT
#2
I had that exact same situation with my girl. She comes up and wants to kiss me in the midst of a game. She got kinda pissed about my reaction, too.



mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
October 10 2011 14:52 GMT
#3
What about your non-class days?
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
October 10 2011 14:53 GMT
#4
Sounds like my every week! Except for the parts about a girlfriend and 9 hours of classes... mostly just the part about losing lots of sc2 games.
hiREvel
Profile Joined June 2011
United States80 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 14:58:01
October 10 2011 14:57 GMT
#5
On October 10 2011 23:53 Lexpar wrote:
Sounds like my every week! Except for the parts about a girlfriend and 9 hours of classes... mostly just the part about losing lots of sc2 games.

Haha! You and me both!! :D
edit: and plenty of other people id imagine
Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
October 10 2011 16:08 GMT
#6
what are your mondays like? kinda weird to start off on tuesdays.
interesting stuff, i just graduated from school recently so i kinda miss that lifestyle.
-Aura-
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States209 Posts
October 10 2011 16:13 GMT
#7
Don't complain about school. I have 14 hour school days. I also don't know a single person IRL who plays sc2. So my tilts are out of control. I just spam games when I get the chance and try to get better. It's depressing that I was rank 1 diamond for the first month of this season and now I'm struggling to stay top 25, due to time constraints and the fact that I suck. Masters seems so far away!

But I keep spamming games. You should probably do the same. Anyway, cool story xD
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Liquid get more Terrans please...
NoodleFish
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa198 Posts
October 11 2011 05:01 GMT
#8
On October 11 2011 01:08 Condor Hero wrote:
what are your mondays like? kinda weird to start off on tuesdays.
interesting stuff, i just graduated from school recently so i kinda miss that lifestyle.


Mondays aren't too bad. Still on campus from 7:30 til 15:30 but I have breaks in between. Usually working in the evenings though, so don't get any gaming in :-/
"He accidentally attacked his own nexus with a probe. Then half way through the game, poof! No more nexus. That's gotta suck!"
NoodleFish
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa198 Posts
October 11 2011 05:33 GMT
#9
On October 10 2011 23:47 RubiksCube wrote:
I had that exact same situation with my girl. She comes up and wants to kiss me in the midst of a game. She got kinda pissed about my reaction, too.





I don't get why they don't get it. Really frustrating I tell you. And then we seem like the douchey ones. But just try get in the way of one of their nail painting sessions or favorite tv show and we get ripped to shreds. Meh!
"He accidentally attacked his own nexus with a probe. Then half way through the game, poof! No more nexus. That's gotta suck!"
Raigeki
Profile Joined September 2010
Hong Kong207 Posts
October 12 2011 08:27 GMT
#10
lol this is nice blog =] keep it coming
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