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Preparing for CSL + Struggles with ladder

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KingDime
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada750 Posts
September 23 2012 21:01 GMT
#1
Another club's week has come and gone at the University of Calgary where students are preparing for another busy year. Our SC2 club execs are busy currently planning the yearly schedule which includes tournaments, events and CSL meetups for new and old members. We only received approximately 80 signups this time around (Compared to 130 last winter) but it was a given as WoL slowly comes to a close with HOTS around the corner.

Knowing full well that HOTS is at the center of attention we created a large section of our trifold solely for HOTS content. The outer segments were attributed to our CSL team and major club events. The final touch to the trifold included the addition of five high quality creep tumors spread across the zerg biased poster. (Oddly, none of the 8-10 execs in our club actually play zerg). Unfortunately due to a lack of time, I was unable to put a large red X through the warhound and replace him with a carrier!

The overall event schedule has not changed drastically from the previous year aside from the addition of more weekly and biweekly meeups for members. The plan is to use these as a chance to play 1v1, FFA, watch some GSL or dwell on the lack of a high quality helmsdeep custom map in sc2.

Last season ended up going amazingly well with Mkengyn finally becoming a student at UofC. This gave our team a strong 1-2 punch that allowed us to dominate schools quickly or at the very least force an ace match. Sadly, our team eventually succumbed to UCSD in the ro32. The ace match was a ZvZ rematch with iStop taking a decisive lead early and never letting go even as Mkengyn did everything he could to regain control of the game.

WCS qualification for myself and Mkengyn was just icing on the cake as it gave me the opportunity to meet many of the players I kept track of online whether it was LgnKane (my personal upset pick to win WCS initially), my teammate iSKoma, RootTT1, or the ultra chill Jakebake.

Sadly, all of the enthusiasm I have had for CSL and lans in the previous year, I cannot seem to translate this to my online ladder practice. Losses tend to end up with me not GGing, going on massive losing streaks or bming my zerg opponent knowing full well it was my own mistakes costing me the game. My excuses have ranged from being unable to sleep properly, not having air conditioning in the house, cold hands, boring Protoss matchups, not stretching before I play, koreans being genetically superior at SC2 and of course zerg being OP.

Hopefully I can stomp out my bad habits/excuses and finally break out of top masters back into GM. Before this has any chance of happening, I must change my attitude but am unsure how to proceed. My attitude has held me back from proper practice for ages and I have never been able to climb this hurdle since starting sc2 from release.

Here's to another amazing CSL season and maybe a better attitude towards practice this year.


Doom Guy
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
September 23 2012 22:11 GMT
#2
GL in the next CSL season Dime! Hopefully Calgary can win it, you guys got an amazing lineup.
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
September 24 2012 05:53 GMT
#3
Not GGing doesn't make you a bad player. Better to hate on something besides yourself imo. Are you on a team now since NrG seems to be no more?
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
KingDime
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada750 Posts
September 24 2012 14:15 GMT
#4
Currently playing on team underrated (UR). It's more of a comparison between RL sports and sc2 where after a loss I would be a little bit down but always learning from my faults in hockey or soccer.
Doom Guy
spbelky
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States623 Posts
September 24 2012 16:04 GMT
#5
Honestly, if you're mind isn't right for laddering, don't ladder. Custom game practice if the partners are available. When the season starts and you have a matchup/map to practice for each week, things will get easier.

Also, if you're getting frustrated on the ladder, you should stop focusing on trying to win during practice, and focus on trying to improve. "Trying to improve" can be a vague term, so I'd recommend making a more specific goal, such as improving specific scouting methods on maps A B and C. Or how to transition out of a failing 2base aggression build. Or how to micro / engage certain compositions optimally for your skill level.

IDK, just some thoughts. I only did CSL my final year and have only prepared for a few tournament games against pro's, so my experience isn't extensive by any means, but I can definitely relate to not wanting to ladder, but still wanting to prepare / better myself / practice.
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