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iDThePlayer
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Austria53 Posts
February 15 2012 07:53 GMT
#1
So, I am a scrub Zerg Player who bought Starcraft 2 during last summer and spent every day playing it with my friends. The reason for this was that my friends had found a caster known as Husky, who casted games from different events, tournaments and leagues, etc.

You all know him, and I don't have to explain his job, do I?

We were amazed. E-Sports, the dream of all gamers had taken a hold of us and we wanted to join the high leagues.
Soon enough we all had a role model. Though, unlike most people, who try to become like their role models, we had a completely different approach. We wanted to climb the ladders, find these players and beat them with their own races, showing our might to surpass them!

So my buddy Tails watched replays and casted games of HuK, my other friend "Arclight" went after WhiteRa, and I myself found myself following the play of Idra the most.

We all got together, said we want to make our own team and join the MLG! YES!

At the end of 2011 I was low Silver and both of my teammates had let go of Starcraft to try their success in League of Legends, and I am now practicing with two new partners.
It didn't go very well.

Now, I did not play at all during Season 5, because I was with the others in the LoL fever, where we still are practicing and ranking together in hopes to make our way up the ladders there too.
So, when I checked back on Starcraft today, telling myself I would get through this wall that was blocking me, get better at the game and fulfilling my dream, the game told me I had to go through 5 Placement matches in order to find the fitting league.

See, that is kind of like a slap in the face to me, after it took me so long to get past my fear of 1v1's and getting up into Silver.
Now I fear that once I do these five matches, I will be back in Bronze with no hope of ever getting out, making all these months I played and practiced and went on the Liquipedia a complete waste.

I have a dream I want to live for, but I am afraid of failure. This will be a rocky road, but I hope I can make it.

Wish me luck

There is no way we don't go this!
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
February 15 2012 08:12 GMT
#2
just click it! GL
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
February 15 2012 10:35 GMT
#3
If you were good enough to get to silver, why would you be stuck in bronze? You have to be realistic: There is a definite skillgap between leagues. If you're good enough to be in league X and start to play against players from the league below, Y, you will get a lot of easy wins since players in league Y are worse than players in league X.

So don't worry about the fact that you need placement matches, if your skill is actually in the silver league area, that's where you will be placed. And if not, you won't have a solid MMR anyway, so you can quickly get back up in silver.
zOula...
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States898 Posts
February 15 2012 11:26 GMT
#4
You'll be fine, and just remember, you could have only had one placement game to play if you had played just one game over the last 2 months ^^
getdeadplz
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States116 Posts
February 15 2012 14:47 GMT
#5

Click it click it click it

and remember they can steal your ladder points, league, but not your motivation or your skill.
lolz
iDThePlayer
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Austria53 Posts
February 20 2012 08:55 GMT
#6
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Thank you guys

I did the placement matches and have since then won all games I played.
Hopefully I can get higher soon!
There is no way we don't go this!
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