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YALB - Yet Another Ladder Blog
Hey guys,
since my last blog post my life has changed to the positive in a lot of areas (job/finances, girlfriend, family, ...) all is fine and dandy except one thing, i really wanted to accomplish in 2013:
Get into motherfriggin MasterLeague in Starcraft, or at least Diamond.
So, beeing the genius that i am, i figured what is the best way to give this another shot? And i came up with this answer:
=> PLAY THE DAMN GAME.
So from this day on, i will play AT LEAST ONE LADDERGAME per day, unless there are valid reasons not to so (e.g. beeing on a business trip or sth.) I used to have ladder axienty, but at this point, i am like "Fuck it. Its just points."
Mondays and Wednesdays will be the core playdays of the week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays i won't be able to play alot, because i work long shifts and then do some sports, and on the weekends it will depend if there are events happening or not.
I will use this blog as a ladder-diary for the rest of 2013, and then see how far i got.
Yesterday i played my one replacement match and i think due to the mysterious MMR-Deterioration i was put in Bronze. That's fine, i haven't played for a long time so i think Bronze is a valid place to start from. I heard due to deflation the ladder has gotten a lot tougher, so we'll see how far i can go. Maybe Gold or Plat are more realistic goals, we'll see...
Let's do this!
 
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The Game Diary
- 2013-11-26: 5 Games, 4 Wins - Already promoted to Silver! :D
The loss was against a friendly former diamond guy, who also just started playing again.. was pretty close
- 2013-11-27: 7 Games, 3 Wins - Silver is harder than expected
Woah.. had pretty intense games and got raped by former diamond guys twice. One of the wins does not really count, because the other guy lagged out, so i am more like 6 and 2 tonight.
- 2013-11-28: 1 Game - 1 Win - Promoted to Gold! :D
Played a couple of games against a really nice guy i found in the Practice Partner Thread. Then played a single ladder game, which i won and got promoted in gold. 2 promotes in 3 days, if it goes on like this i'll be in diamond on sunday :D
- 2013-11-29: 1 Game - 0 Win - Damn Steam Sales!
I snagged "Game Dev Tycoon" from a Steam Sale and was stuck with it for like 5 hours. Was really tired after that, so i just 7pooled a guy, didn't work. Thats all
- 2013-11-30: 1 Game - 0 Win - Lot of shit to do.
Having a huge ToDo List for today, i busted out the infamous 7pool again. Almost killed the guy, but forgot an overlord and he finally held. Tomorrow serious games again!!
- 2013-12-01: 6 Games - 2 Win -
Had my games streamed today.. a single viewer dropped by. Played pretty horrible today, lots of oracle harrass that fucked me over. But i learned a lot!
- 2013-12-01: 0 Games -
OHNOES! I worked 11 hours today and then helped my gf with her studies for another 2 hours. Way to tired to pull off even a 7 pool. It sucls that this happen on a monday, which is supposed to be my "playday", but i can't help it.
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What are is your highest league ranking and how many games you played prior? Sorry to be harsh but, your silver… my guess is that it will take you like 500-2000 games, if you play 1 game p/day to achieve master it will take 1-2years lol. You'll prolly stop 1week-1month after posting this blog. In other words, your most likely to end at gold before you quit.
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Just points!? Those numbers are the key to your legacy; the story of your life hangs in the balance if you lose those points. Protect them, and cherish them always.
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Man I wish I was you. If only getting into diamond/masters was my only problem lol
edit: By the way I like the innovation with the YALB acronym. Its so weird, I like it
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yeah, the mrr decay put me in bronze too since i havent played in like... a year
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On November 27 2013 10:32 ruiyang wrote:
What are is your highest league ranking and how many games you played prior? Sorry to be harsh but, your silver… my guess is that it will take you like 500-2000 games, if you play 1 game p/day to achieve master it will take 1-2years lol. You'll prolly stop 1week-1month after posting this blog. In other words, your most likely to end at gold before you quit.
I used to be Platinum for numerous seasons in WoL and was pretty active during 2012, played around 500 Games that year. In HotS i maybe have played 10 Laddergames overall prior to writing this blog, so i am pretty rusty. You are probably right, that i need a lot of games to shrug that rust off, but thats what i have in mind.
The "at least one game a day"-rule is a bare minimum rule, on regular days i'll go for more. The evaluation point for my "mission" will be new years eve. Then i'll see how far i got and will have a much better sense if i am on a lost cause or if its worth to go on. 
*Edit*: I consider streaming my games and give a little commentary... would any1 watch?
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I would watch, I could give you some advice if you want, although I'm as rust as one could possibly be, I used to be masters in HotS before I quit. My improving technique consists in not playing the game: I got to top masters with 80ish ladder games in my pocket. It hurts the mechanics/multitasking a bit but it's effective
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Yeah, i downloaded OBS today and set it up as good as i could reading some guides. Framerates look good both in game and on stream - so that worked out pretty fine.
It's http://www.twitch.tv/reapsen of course, i have no webcam and no overlay and stuff.. so it's pretty raw. But i'll talk and tell what i think. Can't stream tonight tho, but tomorrow evening i'll give it a shot - of course i will run no ads or whatever.
As written in the diary, i already made it to gold today and played a couple of custom games.
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Streaming now for an hour or two, link in the post above
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EPT
