EPTLately, I have been hovering around top 60 GM on EU ladder, not playing any cups and slacking in practice. It's time to change that. With the first half of my school finals ending tomorrow (the other half takes place in late May), I want to dive deep into practice.
My ultimate goal is Lancraft, a cz/sk LAN, probably the most prestigous event of the year for our local community, which takes place in six weeks. Right now, I can't even tell how good I am compared to other czech and slovak players. Top 5? Top 10? Or worse? God knows. But in six weeks, I want to say that I am the best around. In the last months of 2011 and in January '12 I managed to get multiple top 5 results in major cz/sk events and I know the potential to be the best is there. All I need to do is get to work.
This is where you, the TL community, come in. I would LOVE to show you as much of my practice process as possible. All I ask for in return is you letting me know if you like what I'm doing.
1. Starting on Friday, I will be playing 25+ games every day. I would like to stream most of them, you can find my stream at:
http://www.twitch.tv/Ladabaz
All ladder games and a part of my custom games will certainly be streamed. You will be able to see the development process of new builds, my approach to different problems that I come across and a variety of playstyles from both me and my opponents.
2. Somewhere down the road, probably next week, I will add commentary to my play. I love analysing games, I love talking about the game, I love pretending I'm smart. I just need to go buy a mic! :-)
Most of my viewership has been czech/slovak so far, so I might do commentary in Slovak. However, given enough interest, I have no problem switching to English. Just ask for it :-)
Doing some sort of replay-analysis "show" is in my plans as well, however, I would like to get some viewers first :-)
3. I will start releasing replay packs. FREQUENTLY. I'm not yet sure, if it will be on a weekly basis or when feel like it, but it will be happening often, probably in the form of "best games from the past days/week/etc.". I don't plan on releasing a reppack of all my games yet, if you want to see how my play is developing, tune into the stream.
4. I would love to blog every week about how I'm feeling, what improvements have I made, etc., as long as somebody is interested in seeing a practice-related thought process of a mid-GM player.
5. I will entering tournaments, probably starting on the first week of April. While I don't think I'm good enough to compete at an international level, I want to put myself under some pressure to make sure I am not nervous at all when the important matches come. Plus, I want to you bring the best games possible - and that is only possible with the best opponents.
I hope you will enjoy all the content that I will be putting out. Also, big thanks to my team eXtatus and our sponsors (Eizo, TT-Esports) for supporting me!
PS: I decided to upload two PvPs that I played today. The end of the game against Seiplo felt particularly good :-) You can download the replays at:
http://www.mediafire.com/?05ibsek969d0dk5,h54vt28ipv8pkvh
