EPTThis past weekend I received an invitation to compete in a 16man tournament with a bunch of professional players. They released the brackets a few days before the games were played, so I had time to practice the matchup and maps. I got matched up against a Zerg and the first map was Daybreak. I played a super standard TvZ and won in a nice long macro game, but then for some reason I decided to try and cheese him the next two matches, going for a quick win instead of sticking to my gameplan. I lost both games and the series, 1-2.
I was pretty bummed about being knocked out in the first round, but that feeling quickly went away as I took my frustrations out on the ladder, defeating every Zerg I came up against. I had never practiced before, or even focused on one matchup more than the others, but now that I have I think I’ll keep doing it. Playing on the ladder is fun, but it’s hard to improve unless you play the same matchup doing the same build over and over again. In one of Day9′s recent dailies, he explained that in StarCraft 2, Depth beats Breadth every time. When I heard him explain why, it made sense, but now I have first hand experience with it.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: Preparing for this tournament has made me a significantly better player, and the improvements are making my ladder experience more enjoyable. Therefore, I’m going to continue to practice and encourage others to do so. Especially my teammates, who are all ladder warriors >
That’s all for now, again sorry I haven’t been updating this recently, I’ll try and get some better posts coming in the near future!
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