• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 23:14
CET 05:14
KST 13:14
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12Intel X Team Liquid Seoul event: Showmatches and Meet the Pros10
Community News
BGE Stara Zagora 2026 announced2[BSL21] Ro.16 Group Stage (C->B->A->D)4Weekly Cups (Nov 17-23): Solar, MaxPax, Clem win3RSL Season 3: RO16 results & RO8 bracket13Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge2
StarCraft 2
General
BGE Stara Zagora 2026 announced SC: Evo Complete - Ranked Ladder OPEN ALPHA When will we find out if there are more tournament Weekly Cups (Nov 17-23): Solar, MaxPax, Clem win Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge
Tourneys
Tenacious Turtle Tussle [Alpha Pro Series] Nice vs Cure RSL Revival: Season 3 $5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 501 Price of Progress Mutation # 500 Fright night Mutation # 499 Chilling Adaptation Mutation # 498 Wheel of Misfortune|Cradle of Death
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Which season is the best in ASL? Data analysis on 70 million replays sas.vorti stream [BSL21] Ro.16 Group Stage (C->B->A->D)
Tourneys
Small VOD Thread 2.0 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL21] RO16 Tie Breaker - Group B - Sun 21:00 CET [BSL21] GosuLeague T1 Ro16 - Tue & Thu 22:00 CET
Strategy
Game Theory for Starcraft How to stay on top of macro? Current Meta PvZ map balance
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread The Perfect Game Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason Should offensive tower rushing be viable in RTS games?
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Artificial Intelligence Thread YouTube Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NBA General Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Where to ask questions and add stream? The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Esports Earnings: Bigger Pri…
TrAiDoS
Thanks for the RSL
Hildegard
Saturation point
Uldridge
DnB/metal remix FFO Mick Go…
ImbaTosS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2006 users

I don't really know what to put here.

Blogs > Blaize
Post a Reply
Blaize
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States91 Posts
January 16 2012 09:18 GMT
#1
About a week and a half ago I took a break from Starcraft 2, I was trying to get better and work my way up towards Masters during this season because I had gained mid Diamond from low Plat last season. I figured it would be a cake walk put the same amount of time in, and my progression should be linear. So I set out on my journey, Masters by season 6. About 200 games in I realized that I wasn't getting better, I was getting frustrated because my goal was Masters, not improving in gameplay. After about two or three days of playing and having this nagging feeling that I need a break a post pop'd up on TL here that led me to think about my practice schedule, was grinding 8-14 hours really benefiting my play, or was I just practicing the same mistakes making them more engrained in my play and harder to fix when I finally find them.

That night I was cruising Reddit I think and I found something about Studying titled "If you're busy you're doing something wrong the surprisingly relaxed lives of elite achievers." and after reading this my mind was made up. I take a break until a set date when I return I will set a strict schedule that only consists of SC2 for a certain number of hours twice a day, that takes full benefit of the amount of focus I can put into it for that set amount of time with no distractions.

Then during the time off I played some MMO's, some LoL, and watched the entire Batman Animated Series awesome show by the way. I brought this up because during this time I remembered something I heard, I forget exactly who said it but I can't help but think it was on one of the SC2 pod casts that are a plenty, or maybe the last episode of SoTG, maybe someone who reads this can tell me. The comment that I heard was "Cast your Replays from a neutral stand point." Now I've always watched my replays but I've never casted them, I've never taken a Neutral stand point and tried to figure out how both parties were thinking on each side. My replay watching is rather biased being the loser of the game or the winner.

So I've told you all of this story to say this, I will be casting my replays of the games that I was dumbfounded on every day during the week Monday through Friday on my stream. I am mainly going to chose losing replays of myself so that I can take an objective approach to them. This I feel will help me improve, aswell as help me be dedicated because I said I was going to do something.

Here I will put the information if anyone would like to join me in practice, or watch the stream:
Practice Schedule:
7AM - 10:30AM EST
1PM - 4PM EST
Casting Schedule:
11AM - Noon EST

Any tips, suggestions, or just general feedback will be greatly appreicated. I love talking to people.

*
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-16 10:44:16
January 16 2012 10:43 GMT
#2
i enjoy your enthusiasm to have a practice schedule and work hard at becoming pro, but i do suggest you to NOT play when you don't want to. if your not enjoying yourself your time is not being spent wisely. you learn much better in these conditions

also forget about masters. you haven't gotten it because you have not aimed to improve your play, you said so yourself. aim on your weaknesses and nothing more.

also, taking breaks can be good. ive taken many throughout my journey in the SC world, and most of the time i come back feeling refreshed and i jump leaps ahead. but the same can be said with hard practice
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
2025 KFC Monthly #3 - Day 1
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiLiPiLi 121
trigger 42
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 5762
ggaemo 251
Snow 109
Noble 43
NaDa 37
Icarus 6
NotJumperer 4
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm119
League of Legends
JimRising 743
Other Games
Mew2King73
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream301
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 9
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• Ler276
Other Games
• Scarra1722
Upcoming Events
OSC
12h 46m
LAN Event
13h 46m
Replay Cast
18h 46m
Replay Cast
1d 4h
WardiTV Korean Royale
1d 7h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Korean Royale
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
Wardi Open
3 days
Monday Night Weeklies
3 days
[ Show More ]
StarCraft2.fi
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Wardi Open
4 days
StarCraft2.fi
4 days
Wardi Open
5 days
StarCraft2.fi
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
The PondCast
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

SOOP Univ League 2025
RSL Revival: Season 3
Eternal Conflict S1

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 4
YSL S2
BSL Season 21
CSCL: Masked Kings S3
Slon Tour Season 2
META Madness #9
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2

Upcoming

BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
HSC XXVIII
RSL Offline Finals
WardiTV 2025
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026: Closed Qualifier
eXTREMESLAND 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.