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I had a shitty night of starcraft 2 and I figured I'd rage somewhere real quick.
First off, I've been practicing real hard over the last few days to get over this little "hump" I have encountered in the gold - platinum transition. Lots and lots of zerg practice was on the menu as that was consistently my worst match up. It was quickly discovered by my clanmates and through analysis that I needed to "macro better", consistently throughout the game.
Anyways, long story short, I feel I have improved on the macro incredibly to the point where I feel like a much better all around player. However tonight whenever I queued it felt like I was just practicing against the master players in my clan again. One zerg (platinum only) had creep half way across abyssal caverns by the 12 minute mark, a couple different protosses were repetitvely wiping my 3/3 mmm clean with 1/2 and 2/2 upgraded armies. Anyways, I dropped like 8 games in a row at one point. While I know lots of those players were platinum players , I feel like the practice I put in was paying off (my macro wasn't slipping), but I was pretty much getting zero results. I made the comment in clan chat that I haven't been ranked this low for like a month, which is pretty sad considering how much better I feel I have gotten and how much time I have been spending in front of the computer.
Anyways, I just needed to bitch and moan a bit, QQ more some might say. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some wins under my belt
  
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fuck ranks, did you learn anything from your losses and are you actively trying to correct your mistakes
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Maybe you just need to change your attitude.
"I had a pretty bad night of StarCraft 2 and I figured I would find somewhere to talk about my emotions.
First off, I have been practicing very hard over the last few days to get over this little "hump I have encountered in the Gold-Platinum transition. I know that I have not been practicing to the best of my abilities, but sitll, I think I practiced adequately. On second though, maybe I should have simply practiced more then played ladder. Oh, hmm, give me a moment here. I have just started trying to get over this hump that I have found and I'am probably still in the process of getting over it. I'am pretty sure I have made some slight improvements and I will probably continue to improve. Yeah man, all I need is more practice. After all, ladder is a place to practice right? I can always learn from the mistakes that I have made also. I have now realised that losing should not make me mad, but make me happy because it gives me an opporunity to improve myself as a gamer."
I always think like that. That's why I never rage.
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You may have gotten better on macromanagement, but that doesn't mean you have gotten better in decision making (Proper build order to counter your opponent, knowing when to engage, deciding on which unit compositions to have) and micromanagement.
You should be able to improve these two skills by analyzing each of your losses. Assuming you did have a good macromanagement, then that would mean you had a good economy to support a great army. Question would be how did you use that army against the opponent, whether the army was appropriately used, and if you could've done anything else for better results.
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Man, if I could get over all my learning plateaus with just a few days work I'd be the smartest man in the world. Don't sweat it, just remember in the long run, a few days of practice is nothing. If you practice hard for 2 months and get no results, that's when you need to start worrying. When frustrations like this come up just try and have some perspective, look at your long term goals.
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You what else it may have been? You started macroing better, which should have completely changed your timings/game plans etc. It's possible that you just need time to adjust to your new production timings etc, or you just had an off day. Gl in any case
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i just got a 35 on my calc test (35/100) and I have a big smile on my face. Can't tell ya why though
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The reality of it hasn't set in yet. You're still in shock.
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On December 30 2011 21:13 Divinek wrote:
fuck ranks, did you learn anything from your losses and are you actively trying to correct your mistakes
wise words to note
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EPT
