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Do I really want to get promotion?

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Ariion
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Poland50 Posts
February 20 2012 16:43 GMT
#1
Do I really want to be in a gold league? For many bronze and silver players it's awesome to get that promotion. But is it really?

What happens with people minds when they got promoted or are forever gold? Especially with Zerg players, I don't know whats up with them, but they probably want to be friends with IdrA or something. They rage everytime I click A and later when I click T with my marines. Lately I had problems with my tank control and number of factories I have on 3 bases so I had pretty balanced army: 70 marines, 11 medivacs and 4 tanks. And something like 6-8 raxes, at least half with reactors.

What can You achiev with this composition is:
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I don't get it, I've won 3 games like that (one with pulled scvs and only mules minning because I decided "LOL BASE TRADE"), because I had at least +3 attack on marines. Very often I have 3/2 or 3/3 and I just reinforce with more marines and try to increase my tank count in base. When my first wave dies and his army is smaller (lol 1/0 lings are good vs stimmed and fully upgraded marines) I just throw another wave. This time his remainings are cleared and his reinforcements just pop from eggs and are running to waypoint.
I understand that marines may be overpowered, but maybe just MACRO BETTER? Silver player saying to gold opponents about macro? Yes! I had SCV lead on 2 bases vs 2 bases (hatch first) and had my planetary at 3rd running with stauration. After seeing it he JUST started his 3rd. But of course I'm a scrub and have to die, because I had too many marines and he had 20+ banelings and crushed them into 4 tanks.

Yup, I said to him "umad?" because I found him easily trollable. How can You be so upset about mass marines. I think that at about 20 minutes mark some Brood Lords and Infestors might be nice.
I've lost my TvZ before because my opponent was just better, he had better control and obviously macro. He caught me with some unsieged tanks, he kept my run back to my base etc.

I'm just not sure if I want to become one of those beasts that rage that much.

I have at least comfort of knowing that they lost vs silver player and they rage more because of this :D

By the way: playhem tomorrow! Expect some analysis after!

Have a nice day

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CreatorGX
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States122 Posts
February 20 2012 17:01 GMT
#2
Well, if you promote you might at least get people in Plat, though I'm guessing it's not too much better there either.

Really though, if you won well enough to force rage out from someone, you know you're doing something right (or cheesing). Just screencap it, make a folder, and make yourself a trophy room of rage. :>
http://creatorgx.blogspot.com/
Smurphy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States374 Posts
February 20 2012 17:15 GMT
#3
Generally, people play the same opponents in the few days before promotion as they do the few days after Promotion,
Generally, people rage the same amount in every league.
Stupid people say stupid things in every league,
Get over it.
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
February 20 2012 17:29 GMT
#4
If you're on the verge of getting promoted, then regardless of which side of the line the game places you in, you'll still be facing opponents of the same MMR, so you shouldn't really care about that.
aristarchus
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States652 Posts
February 20 2012 17:33 GMT
#5
Yeah, this stuff is a problem. I promise it gets better as you move up. (I'm in diamond, and it's pretty rare.)
starplayer35
Profile Joined January 2012
United States40 Posts
February 20 2012 17:36 GMT
#6
you will get promoted
starplayer35
Profile Joined January 2012
United States40 Posts
February 20 2012 17:36 GMT
#7
you will get promoted
UmiNotsuki
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States633 Posts
February 20 2012 18:27 GMT
#8
Just play however you want. If you get promoted and then you can't keep up doing what you were doing before, change it, and you might get demoted again. Either way, just practicing and learning what does and doesn't work at the next level is valuable and worth doing. Promotions aren't that big of a deal either way because it's just putting a title on the MMR you already have. Purely nominal.
UmiNotsuki.111 (NA), UNTReborn.932 (EU), UmiNotsuki (iCCup) -- You see that text I wrote above this? I'll betcha $5 that you disagree :D
SeeDLiNg
Profile Joined January 2010
United States690 Posts
February 20 2012 19:17 GMT
#9
Your league doesn't matter in the slightest. Your MMR will determine who you're going to be matched up against, not your league.
Sinensis
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2513 Posts
February 20 2012 20:42 GMT
#10
Hahahaha, good one. I got a couple really angry one's the other night. You can tell they're mad when they spell things (anything) right.
CreatorGX
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States122 Posts
February 20 2012 21:01 GMT
#11
That reminds me, you should throw this up on the Awesome/Confusing SC2 BM Thread, just for shits and giggles.
http://creatorgx.blogspot.com/
SOB_Maj_Brian
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States522 Posts
February 20 2012 22:30 GMT
#12
If it's any consolation, I get a similar type of message for every game I win in Masters, and for most of the games I lose too. I try to play in a non-standard way, which I feel may contribute to the angst.
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