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alone
Poland410 Posts
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
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OnceKing
United States939 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On January 14 2013 01:48 Lylat wrote: Dude you're overrating the ICCUP ladder so much lol.. First of all it really depends on what time do you play, if you play at korean time it's much more harder to climb. Secondly, there were a shit ton of foreigners reaching A-, maybe you're confused with A+.. Thirdly I reached B one season back when I played (~2007) and I never reached GM nor top master in SC2 (I played less than BW but still...), and D+/C- = master ? lol nope.. Great blog btw, make me miss the good old days The later you go the tougher it got, I'm not sure if you remember, but during TSL2, Nony, the winner of TSL2, was going 50/50 against B/B+ Koreans. No foreigners EVER got A+ except Idra when he was living in korea AND during the TSL. In TSL the highest ranked foreigners were A- with the exception of Mondragon who was A. Back in 2008 I played B-, and probably if I translate the level I was able to play in SC2, I was mid/high-masters after putting a few hours a day into the game for a month or two, just remember iccup is only getting tougher, since there really isn't any new blood that is "bad". And if you try and tell me I'm confusing it, I'll leave you with two pictures: This years season ladder: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/IVQBs.png) Last-years season: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/jtzHp.png) Generally the end of the season points are more important as there is a build-up of points, so 5 people hit A-, which like I said "rarely achieved by foreigners". | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On January 14 2013 01:48 Lylat wrote: Dude you're overrating the ICCUP ladder so much lol.. First of all it really depends on what time do you play, if you play at korean time it's much more harder to climb. Secondly, there were a shit ton of foreigners reaching A-, maybe you're confused with A+.. Thirdly I reached B one season back when I played (~2007) and I never reached GM nor top master in SC2 (I played less than BW but still...), and D+/C- = master ? lol nope.. Great blog btw, make me miss the good old days Everyone has different experiences with this from what I have read, but for me it definitely seems correct. I'm around D+/C- level in BW and just got a better PC and can now dabble in sc2. I literally have no idea wtf I am doing, I've watch very little and have played maybe 10-15 lifetime games of sc2. I read the very basics of some builds (i.e. I know I that in PvT 1 gate expand is common), and am easily rolling through plat/diamond players right now just making shit and a moving basically. It's hard to imagine that if I learn some builds, how to transition, and a better grasp of the micro I won't easily be masters. Most people I know that were C/C+ in BW are now mid-high masters players in SC2 as well. As far as the Korean time thing...that is a thing of the past. There are so few Koreans it doesn't really matter much when you play anymore. EDIT: As far as the whole BW -> SC2 rank thing, although you can't ever say X rank = Y league it's worth noting the difference in ICCup playerbase skill. While there might be 25% C- and up on iccup, the playerbase that remained is strong. There are the occassional new players trying BW out from SC2, but not many. So what you have is a playerbase composed of people essentially diamond and up, so being in the top 25% of that is much stronger than 25 percent of a population containing tons and tons of super casual players. | ||
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rauk
United States2228 Posts
On January 13 2013 11:50 Emzeeshady wrote: wow, there are less then 200 people in B and above? thats insane when i played iccup i was C- and towards the end of the season there were fewer than 800 NA players with a rank greater than C-. i was pretty comfortably top 900-700 masters when i averaged about 1.5 hours of SC2 a day and when i ramped up to 30+ games a day during break i played some GMs. also during release/beta i knew a couple of people who were C/C- and top 200 NA. i think pretty much everything from C and up gets compressed into GM. | ||
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ghrur
United States3786 Posts
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thezanursic
5498 Posts
Ohh and can you link us to your profile? | ||
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thezanursic
5498 Posts
http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/gamingprofile/pjyhwaiting.html 61% o.O I'm pretty sure you could get to B with that unless you just played like a billion C-'s players. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On January 15 2013 19:18 thezanursic wrote: Never mind found it! http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/gamingprofile/pjyhwaiting.html 61% o.O I'm pretty sure you could get to B with that unless you just played like a billion C-'s players. He actually got B- by beating a Korean who's currently B with 57 - 8 ! Makes it so much sweeter :D | ||
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Lumire
United States607 Posts
Congrats on B-, you deserve it | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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Sayle
United Kingdom3685 Posts
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ffswowsucks
Greece2297 Posts
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thezanursic
5498 Posts
On January 16 2013 22:08 Sayle wrote: I'm going to start laddering again since apparently my obs'ing sucks now. I'll race you to B. Stream it? | ||
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pigmanbear
Angola2010 Posts
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