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Challenge: Run to Grandmaster in 2,5 Months - Page 4

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Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-02 17:21:42
July 02 2013 17:21 GMT
#61
wrong thread
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
July 02 2013 17:22 GMT
#62
I'd be more impressed if u made C on ICCUP in the same amount of time.
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Shantastic
Profile Joined October 2011
United States435 Posts
July 02 2013 17:23 GMT
#63
I will join you in that challenge.

I won't be aiming for GM, but definitely for mid-master. I am a high-plat/low-diamond Zerg (though massive under-activity has put all my accounts in Gold). I will set up my computer and start a practice regime immediately, and see if I can get Masters post-purge. If I can do that in the next 2.5 months, maybe I can continue an equally efficient practice schedule to be in a good place for the next MLG.

Good luck!!
"My grandpa could have proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, but he's also dead." -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 02 2013 17:26 GMT
#64
I didnt started 1on1 yet since i got exams in the next week. Ill start right after I m done so I can focus on my goal.
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
StarMoon
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada682 Posts
July 02 2013 17:27 GMT
#65
Should be a blog.

GL tho.
willstertben
Profile Joined May 2013
427 Posts
July 02 2013 17:27 GMT
#66
On July 03 2013 02:22 Cele wrote:
I'd be more impressed if u made C on ICCUP in the same amount of time.


i made c- in a month in 200.....6 i think? with no real competitive RTS experience except i played wc3 at decent level, but that's more like a moba than like a RTS.
eXwOn
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada351 Posts
July 02 2013 17:28 GMT
#67
On July 02 2013 23:28 Ler wrote:

I appreciate some help, but its not mandatory to achieve my goal.

You should consider playing 1v1
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fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
July 02 2013 17:30 GMT
#68
Very very hard, but very cool goal.

In all honesty, you will probably just start facing low GM players at most. But that would still be cool!
Mongoose
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom190 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-02 17:37:01
July 02 2013 17:31 GMT
#69
I would say possible - Flash came over to SC2 and was easily GM within a month or two.

But will this guy do it? I doubt it. Seems a bit bizzare to post this in SC2 general especially since he has no previous pro gaming experience.

If you had been already trying for 2.5 months and made it to top 8 masters before challenging yourself to reach grandmasters in 2 months, it would have been something worth watching.

PS: Reaching grandmaster level and actually being placed in grandmaster are two different things. For example look at streamers like Painuser - a top masters player, MaximusBlack, currently rank 30 in masters, and a bunch of others, and they've all been playing for a long time.
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Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 02 2013 17:36 GMT
#70
On July 03 2013 02:31 Mongoose wrote:
I would say possible - Flash came over to SC2 and was easily GM within a month or two.

But will this guy do it? I doubt it. Seems a bit bizzare to post this in SC2 general especially since he has no previous pro gaming experience.

If you had been already trying for 2.5 months and made it to top 8 masters before challenging yourself to reach grandmasters in 2 months, it would have been something worth watching.


I have plenty of "pro gaming experience" - Just in other games, I also was 1k games 80% N811 in Wc3 ;D

As I read through the comments, the odds seem kinda bad. This gonna be interesting.

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FosTA
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada154 Posts
July 02 2013 17:36 GMT
#71
I believe in you! If you put your effort in to the game and grind out all the cheese and BS builds that you will find I'm sure you can make it. Getting into GM at this time maybe hard since there is the 200 person cap.
I feel getting top X master's would be a much more realistic goal.
http://www.sc2ranks.com/ranks/all/master
Currently the top place is ~1500 points. Aim for that!

GL HF!
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IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
July 02 2013 17:49 GMT
#72
Doubt very much you can do this but prove me (us) wrong. Good luck.
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NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-02 17:58:34
July 02 2013 17:54 GMT
#73
On July 03 2013 02:14 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2013 02:11 NarutO wrote:
Impossible, good luck.

It's not impossible


From diamond with no experience beforehand as how to professionally train, yes, it is absolutely impossible right now. Especially midseason. If your only goal is to reach grandmaster aka you don't really care about being "good" , you could allin with a strong 2 base timing every game but as I understood, his goal is really being grandmaster as in actually good.
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Berceno
Profile Joined May 2012
Spain401 Posts
July 02 2013 17:59 GMT
#74
even if he gets the MMR high enough to GM ( which I doubt alot) he won't probably make it and he gonna stay in high master
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Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
July 02 2013 18:07 GMT
#75
Depends on "how" you are diamond. Like if you just play once in a while 1:1 and mainly play teams is alot different from someone mainly plaing 1:1 stuck in diamond. Team Master is is extremely wide in skill, from some 50apm voidray-kings that mysteriously stay in masters to some really solid players. The latter are usually Master 1:1 already or could get there if they only put a little effort in. If OP already have some top notch mechanics he could get GM in 2,5months with 14h/day. If he is just your average diamond it's unlikely he has the base skill for such a feat.
Also those 1700k games better be spread out since release or so.
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Eggi
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
478 Posts
July 02 2013 18:27 GMT
#76
these threads come up once in a while.
people debate whether he can or cant.
throw some flamage here and there, and he+thread disappear into the depth of the internet

98% chance you won make it. Youd have to get your MMR up before season ends. The easiest time to "level" up is between seasons. At that point your behind on games etc and have to make up the other 2 months you werent playing.

Whats the 2% you ask?
Find a very cheeky/cheesy P or T build and learn it and do it every match(honestly dont think you can pick up zerg right now and win with some bad all ins, theyre not as strong as P and T cant be)
Something that will let you finish a game fast so you can play X amount of games in a day with a decent win ratio.

Thats your only shot. Cheers
Kevin_Sorbo
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3217 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-02 18:31:31
July 02 2013 18:28 GMT
#77
On July 03 2013 02:26 Ler wrote:
I didnt started 1on1 yet since i got exams in the next week. Ill start right after I m done so I can focus on my goal.



loll

this is like quitting smoking or getting in shape. get your shit going before you start telling everyone about it. I wish you the best but a little reality check wouldnt hurt either.

glhf
The mind is like a parachute, it doesnt work unless its open. - Zappa
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
July 02 2013 18:53 GMT
#78
On July 03 2013 02:13 NarutO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2013 02:11 intense555 wrote:
On July 02 2013 23:43 Lorch wrote:
Unless you pick na/sea server or you literally play 10+ hours a day, this should not be possible. But have fun trying, it is still a way superior game compared to what you apparently played before, and 1 v 1 is about 500 times better than the silly team crap they put in.

lol? NA/EU are about the same, Ive been GM on both before......


Not it really is not the same..

No really it is. At the very very top of gm it might be a little harder but even then not by much.
When I think of something else, something will go here
SniXSniPe
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1938 Posts
July 02 2013 18:56 GMT
#79
On July 03 2013 02:54 NarutO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2013 02:14 Acer.Scarlett` wrote:
On July 03 2013 02:11 NarutO wrote:
Impossible, good luck.

It's not impossible


From diamond with no experience beforehand as how to professionally train, yes, it is absolutely impossible right now. Especially midseason. If your only goal is to reach grandmaster aka you don't really care about being "good" , you could allin with a strong 2 base timing every game but as I understood, his goal is really being grandmaster as in actually good.


It really depends. He has 1.7k games total, but the important question is how many of these are 1v1s? There's a lot of people who could be good who never put in time nor effort. If he can put in 8 hours a day and possibly even grab a coach (might not even need a coach, if he has like 50 1v1 games since the release of sc2 he could possibly have some talent), I can see it happening.
ApocAlypsE007
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Israel1007 Posts
July 02 2013 19:13 GMT
#80
Extremely tough target to reach, good luck.
I think that your best chance is to find extremely abusive builds which give you quick victories, I doubt that in macro games you will be able to learn fast enough to reach GM in 75 days, even if you just play, eat and sleep.
Or you could be a some kind of a prodigy and we will be hearing from you in few months taking games off Korean pros.
I'm playing the game, the one that will take me to my end, i'm waiting for the rain, TO WASH-- WHO I AM!!!
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