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leadphyc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States99 Posts
February 01 2012 08:48 GMT
#1
hello, I recently have gotten back into startcraft seriously, It has been about 6 months since I have played because i did not have a computer that could play it without frame rate issues.

anyways, when i first started my placement matches I got placed into plat. when I was previously diamond and it was not long till i made it back to diamond. I have a question though, does it seem that the average skill level for each of the leagues has gone up? it seems to me that diamond is a lot rougher than it used to be.

well now I am on the path to get into masters again and hopefully I can soon because I recently moved into the dorms at school and was able to quit my job so now I only concentrate on starcraft and school which right now I honestly could not be happier with my life, well if i made it to be a pro that would be awesome. even though i don' t think that will ever happen I will still try.

But for now my goal is just to get to the top of my diamond division then make it to masters.
so thats where I am at now

if anyone would like to practice with me, my id is sold.679 could always use some good zergs and terrans to practice against. pvp just seems to be all four gate, cannon rush, and proxy gates atm.

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always go for the win!
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
February 01 2012 09:01 GMT
#2
It's gotten harder because more people have quit, driving the skill level at all leagues up as people playing more casually/rarely have largely dropped out, and most people at any skill levels (low bronze not included) have at least some idea of what they should be doing.
leadphyc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States99 Posts
February 01 2012 09:02 GMT
#3
yea it seems that in diamond now you really have to have good multitasking and not just good macro which i guess means you have t be really good to get into masters now.
always go for the win!
crappen
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway1546 Posts
February 01 2012 09:20 GMT
#4
I've been offracing a bit, on a smurf account, and man, people have really started playing good in Gold even, some Gold's are way better then top platiunum players. I even had a friend who recently started up, and he got wacked in silver/bronze, and as I saw the replay, these players know what they are doing actually, they have good builds, a very good understanding, they just lack on mechanics.

Saying that you only need to macro and a-move your army into plat/diamond, was true 6months ago, not anymore.
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