• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 22:21
CEST 04:21
KST 11:21
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting7[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent11Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced!3[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Holding On9Maestros of the Game: Live Finals Preview (RO4)5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO65.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8)79Weekly Cups (Sept 29-Oct 5): MaxPax triples up3PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition325.0.15 Balance Patch Notes (Live version)119
StarCraft 2
General
Revisiting the game after10 years and wow it's bad 5.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8) TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting How to Block Australia, Brazil, Singapore Servers The New Patch Killed Mech!
Tourneys
SC4ALL $6,000 Open LAN in Philadelphia Crank Gathers Season 2: SC II Pro Teams LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2)
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 495 Rest In Peace Mutation # 494 Unstable Environment Mutation # 493 Quick Killers Mutation # 492 Get Out More
Brood War
General
Question regarding recent ASL Bisu vs Larva game BW General Discussion [Interview] Grrrr... 2024 BW caster Sayle Map with fog of war removed for one player?
Tourneys
[ASL20] Semifinal B [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Semifinal A SC4ALL $1,500 Open Bracket LAN
Strategy
Relatively freeroll strategies Current Meta BW - ajfirecracker Strategy & Training Siegecraft - a new perspective
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Dawn of War IV Nintendo Switch Thread ZeroSpace Megathread Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640} TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Men's Fashion Thread Sex and weight loss
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Series you have seen recently... Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
SC2 Client Relocalization [Change SC2 Language] Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Inbreeding: Why Do We Do It…
Peanutsc
From Tilt to Ragequit:The Ps…
TrAiDoS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1157 users

Two Weeks In

Blogs > kezz_
Post a Reply
kezz_
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia25 Posts
November 22 2012 13:19 GMT
#1
Hello again,

Two weeks ago I wrote my first blog entry, and I've got to admit that about 3 days later I had completely forgotten about it. It wasn't until yesterday morning that I remembered that I was meant to be writing at all. I have decided that 2 weeks is an appropriate interval for enough things to have happened that I can blog about them in a substantial manner. In the last 2 weeks my laddering has been sporadic to say the least. I have put much more time into other games (Terraria and Heroes of Newerth) and watching streams (WCS/GSL/regular ladder streams) than I have into playing StarCraft 2, and I feel like this happens to me every couple of months. It is sometimes caused by a small loss-streak on ladder, and sometimes happens when I'm playing well and feeling like I'm improving. Regardless, I am not afraid of these occurances as I know that at this stage my happiness and enjoyment of what I'm doing online is the most important thing. I am not anywhere near the stage, yet, where I would have to push through these feelings and grind ladder games/practice games even though I don't feel like it.

My win rate for the season is just over 50%, and I feel that if I get back into gear with frequent laddering I will be pushing up towards the top of my Platinum division and possibly into Diamond. When I made the jump from Bronze up to Gold I was playing, at minimum, 10 games per day (5 on SEA server and 5 on NA). On weekends and the occasional Friday I would play more than double that. I was able to pump out game after game because I was winning 80% of games, and all of them ended between 12 and 15 minutes. Now that I am in Platinum and my win rate is down around 50-60%, I find it a fair bit harder to string together more than 3 games at absolute maximum without needing to take a sizeable break. At this stage these are just observations, and I am not looking to adjust anything to make myself play more. I am solely looking to
play when I feel like it and when it is fun for me.

With that said, I have found that I find inspiration to enjoy the game from watching high-level players compete in the GSL and WCS, and watching regular high level players stream their practice. I am not the kind of person to sit with Notepad open on my 2nd monitor, copying down build orders and the like while I watch these games. I like to do a little theorycrafting in my head, but that is as far as I take it. The main enjoyment I get is from understanding the extreme speed, intelligence and skill that goes into games at the top level, and getting to watch players execute this is a thrill. It is so much more easy, when StarCraft 2 is all I can think about, to open up and stream and relax and be entertained than to open the
game client and play some intense ladder matches.

I have been competing in my clan's Internal Tournament over the last couple of months, and on Tuesday night I was knocked out in my Round of 8 games against Diamond Zerg player hEGemOni. I am very happy with how I performed all the way through the tournament, and I'm a little suprised at how far I progressed through the bracket. In the next couple of weeks I will look to possibly get more SC2 games in than I did in the past 2 weeks, because I feel that once I start putting in more regular practice I will improve a bit more quickly and start winning lots more games. Thanks for reading, and if you have any comments or questions, feel free to post them!

Yours in StarCraft,

Kezz

SC2SEA Profile | Twitter: @_kezz | Fusion Slugs Website

*
Just do it.
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 8h 39m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 116
Nathanias 91
StarCraft: Brood War
Noble 6
Dota 2
monkeys_forever446
PGG 365
League of Legends
JimRising 601
Counter-Strike
fl0m1175
Stewie2K425
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox276
Other Games
summit1g8362
gofns3052
PiGStarcraft417
C9.Mang0277
Maynarde141
Models2
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick4685
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 82
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV510
League of Legends
• Doublelift4175
Upcoming Events
Wardi Open
8h 39m
CranKy Ducklings
1d 7h
Safe House 2
1d 14h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
Safe House 2
2 days
Tenacious Turtle Tussle
5 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS2
WardiTV TLMC #15
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
EC S1
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual

Upcoming

SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Offline Finals
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
CranK Gathers Season 2: SC II Pro Teams
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.