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FINALLY, AT LONG LAST, AFTER A YEAR OF PRACTICING, WORKING HARD, WAKING UP AT 8 AM, WATCHING REPLAYS, AND ALL THAT GOOD JAZZ....
I MADE IT....
![[image loading]](http://starcraft-2-strategy.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/starcraft2league.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/vPbtN.jpg)
It was one hell of a road, I played on iCCup for like a year or so, didn't play that much since the ladder was really scary ;_; but I managed to get C- (I think its something like high diamond/masters in terms of skill).
I switched to SC2 on October last year, got placed in gold but I got into diamond fairly quickly, then when masters was released all I did was mass games for pretty much 3-4 days straight and I got promoted (something like 40 ladder games + lots of practice games with friends ^^).
I always dreamed with the day I would get that one next promotion, I have no school atm because of a lot of stuff going on in my country, students are protesting for better and free education ;;, I'm 15 and in high school so I've been off school for around 4 months because of this, lots of time to play ^^. Hopefully, things go back to normal soon because otherwise I will have to give some sort of giant test by the end of the year which will decide if I get promoted or if I have to do this year again and I don't think thats the best way to do it ;;.
I put a lot of time and efforts trying to get better, when I reached 3.4k points in season 1 I realized that there were just many really good players out there and that If I wanted to be one of them I had to give my best. I didn't (and still don't) really know anyone that plays starcraft here in my city (I live in Chile, ESPORTS isn't that big here) so it was really lonely until a fellow named nuCLEAR found a thread I wrote about trying to find practice partners and he sent me a message on B-net (nuCLEAR I love you btw <3 no homo tho).
Just wanted to make this blog (to brag obviously...) so that other people know that you don't need to be a pro, or have 10 years of BW experience, to get Grandmasters, all it takes is practice, a good mindset, lots of efforts and of course never giving up! (and coca cola, lots of coca-cola, no I don't wanna call it coke >_>).
gl hf guys!, btw I'm still looking for a high masters/GM team or practice partners so I can get better and start playing on tourneys ^^.
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Congrats!!!!! That's awesome 
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Congratulations sir, you have attained what hundreds and hundreds of people dream of. You should be proud of yourself. You have the skills, so to speak.
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wow dude, awesome congrats! Keep on with playing, sc2 is awesome
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Gratz!! That's a nice achievement!
Nice dedication
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I first thought this was one of the "finally gold!!" thread, and was hoping for a cute story at best, but GM!!! :D
Congratulations and well done! We need more toss in GM.
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Dawg...AWESOME. Haha, I also expected a FINALLY PLATINUM!!! story.
Good job!
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Canada13389 Posts
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Wow, rank 8 in America, very nice.
Are you going to start entering tournaments?
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Congrats. See you there one day? :p
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United Arab Emirates874 Posts
CONGRATS!!! I hope i can make it there someday too 
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On November 01 2011 23:20 motbob wrote:
Wow, rank 8 in America, very nice.
Are you going to start entering tournaments?
lol that screenshot was taken when there were only like 50 players (there are like 100 now and i'm 20 something ;; ) and yeah I'm hoping to enter into some tournaments but I don't really know many of them besides the TL opens T.T.
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Congrats! Very inspiring.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
On November 01 2011 23:54 Darkness2k11 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 23:20 motbob wrote:
Wow, rank 8 in America, very nice.
Are you going to start entering tournaments? lol that screenshot was taken when there were only like 50 players (there are like 100 now and i'm 20 something ;; ) and yeah I'm hoping to enter into some tournaments but I don't really know many of them besides the TL opens T.T.
http://www.teamliquid.net/tournaments/
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oh shit grandmaster is open this season for NA? I wont have a chance to play till I get home in 6 hours...It'll be full by then probably, gg no re me?
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On November 02 2011 00:32 LuckyFool wrote:
oh shit grandmaster is open this season for NA? I wont have a chance to play till I get home in 6 hours...It'll be full by then probably, gg no re me?
lol!, nah last season it took like 3 days for GM to get full so you should be fine ^_^...
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
Since this is a brag thread. I got 2 accounts in GM.
On November 01 2011 23:20 motbob wrote:
Wow, rank 8 in America, very nice.
Are you going to start entering tournaments?
Rank doesn't mean much right now. If you spent all your bonus pool, you start out with 163 pts. If you ladder after you got promoted, you're top 15 GM.
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ok that makes me feel a little better. Still first thing I do when I'm getting home is queuing a 1v1.
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EPT
