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snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
November 06 2012 22:36 GMT
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I made masters 1v1 today. I started sc2 in bronze league, christmas day 2010. I've gone from bronze to masters in less than two years. I spent more than half that time in diamond, and for a while I had been afraid that I had hit my plateau, that I wouldn't ever get better. But I guess I was just getting better at a slower rate than before. I never really worked too hard on improving. I only rarely watch my own replays, and I don't watch tutorials or how-to guides or anything. I've always watched the pros and tried to emulate them, though, and I guess it's to them that I owe my success. Even in bronze league, I would try to do what I had seen in pro games. I would try to use their builds and their unit compositions, and I would try to do their micro tricks (with disasterous results, of course). But I kept getting faster and faster, and I know that my game sense gets better every time I play. I love starcraft and everything about it, and I'm happy that my dedication has finally paid off. I feel like I've reached the top of a mountain, and I can look back and see how far I've come.

Next stop: GM

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My religion is Starcraft
sOvrn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States678 Posts
November 07 2012 00:03 GMT
#2
Nice man! Congrats. Keep up the good work!
My favorites: Terran - Maru // Protoss - SoS // Zerg - soO ~~~ fighting!
Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
November 07 2012 02:22 GMT
#3
Well Diamond is a really hard league to get out of. Think about it:

To reach Diamond, you need to make the top 20% of a community that includes every SC2 player who ladders.

To reach Masters, you need to make the top 10% of a community where nearly everyone shows some level of competence. (Diamond+ leagues)

Diamond -> Master seems harder than Bronze -> Diamond, when you look at it.

Congrats on your accomplishment!
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
ktimekiller
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States690 Posts
November 07 2012 02:29 GMT
#4
Relative population per league does not accurately represent the skill difference from each tier. ^ is wrong
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
November 07 2012 03:47 GMT
#5
Gratz! Good luck on your quest for GM!
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