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Starcraft: Daily Training Time?

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anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
December 03 2008 13:53 GMT
#1
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Poll: How much do you practice daily?
(Vote): Less than 1 hour
(Vote): 1-2 hours
(Vote): 3-5 hours
(Vote): 6+ hours



I've read a few posts lately such as this:
On November 30 2008 13:24 ilistis wrote:
You don't have to play on iccup, I'm sure you want to improve but with like you said, you don't have enough time. Maybe you want to get to C level but an hour a day? I don't think that's going to cut it.


and it got me wondering, how much you guys play starcraft each day? I figure that C is a pretty average rank, and although the majority of players are in lower ranks, there are quite a few TL.net members that are C+ to A- level. Have all of these people been playing for several hours a day for years? Personally I play probably less than 1 hour daily, I'd say 5-6 hours a week if that.

Azrael1111
Profile Joined July 2008
United States550 Posts
December 03 2008 13:57 GMT
#2
Depends how long you've been playing too, I'm sure at 1 hour a day if you've played the full 10 years you would be damn good.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-03 14:11:21
December 03 2008 13:57 GMT
#3
With one hour a day you will need months to get to D+ level. Even if you have a mentor or friends to play. Mass playing ( like 4-6 hours ) some days will really help you. Start with 3v3 hunt / 2v2 LT and when you get used to units and basic 2v2 bos you can try to 1v1 ( you will have to change a bit your bos ).

Atm i play 0 hours/week because i don't enjoy the game anymore ( always the same stuff and i don't have time to train mechanics ). I'm probably a bad D+ now.

edit: but when i was "active" i tried to play like 10 hours / week ( i mostly played during weekend ), nevertheless i didn't really get better because i was playing way too much UMS.
Then i had a period where i really wanted to get better and i started to play like 3hour/day and to really focus on serious games ( 1v1 / 2v2 ) and i was like D+/C- 1v1/2v2 and i improved a lot. Too bad it didn't lasted for a long time. ( like 2 months ? ) My 2v2 mate left and i had no more fun playing because my main problem to get higher ranks was my awful mechanics and i was too lazy to train hk/apm.
So i left and sometimes i play few Ums / 2v2 / 3v3 but overall it is < 1 hour /day.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-03 14:41:47
December 03 2008 14:41 GMT
#4
0-1 hour a day does almost nothing, but maybe I'm a slower learner. Plus I'm like 0-1 hour a week on a good week.
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Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
December 03 2008 14:45 GMT
#5
I voted 3-5 hours. Although, at this point I don't enjoy just playing the game. I like competing with friends and playing iCCup with friends; but I am bored and no one else is online, Starcraft is usually one of the last things I play.

I love my chat craft I suppose.
StalinRusH
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States734 Posts
December 03 2008 14:54 GMT
#6
hmm maybe a BO7 with the same person every few days.3 out of 7 days
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Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
December 03 2008 15:31 GMT
#7
Changes alot, like May - august I played less than 1hour BW a day, since september and during the last iccup season I probably played 5ish hours a day on average and will probably play much less once christmas gets closer.

During the wintertime I usually play way more than during summer generally, we have snow 6 months and no sun for like 2months here during the winter so playing computer games comes more naturally in the wintertime.

Theres been times iv played up to 10hours BW a day for weeks and months iv played less than 1hour or even nothing, all depends of the time of the year and if I want to play. So I voted 3-5.

As for the amount of time you need to use at BW its like anything else you wanna be good at it takes time and practice, and if you play less than 1hour a day getting better will take a long time. With 2-3 hours of good practicing a day I think one would improve fast, and by good practice I mean 1v1s vs same or higher skilled players. + If you really want to improve (not just have fun) don`t waste your time on chatting/ums/obsing whatever ect, just go massgame iccup or vs friends\practice partners.
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3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
December 03 2008 15:40 GMT
#8
It really varies for me. Some weeks I'll only get a couple hours play time in (spend most of my time playing UMS with friends or watching progamers), but some days I'll get really motivated and play 10+ iccup matches.
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
December 03 2008 16:16 GMT
#9
as much as mumyung does
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Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
December 03 2008 16:48 GMT
#10
On December 04 2008 01:16 ilovejonn wrote:
as much as mumyung does


Mummyung is a winner.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
December 03 2008 16:59 GMT
#11
it really depends. on days where i mass mass game, it can go up to like 10-15 games, which is a lot to me since i on average play 3-4 a day.
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
December 03 2008 17:06 GMT
#12
3-5 hours daily but its not straight. i play half an hr and do something else for an hour or two then i play for 2hrs straight etc.
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
December 03 2008 17:20 GMT
#13
Varies, I don't play every day... but when I play I usually play a couple of hours. So about 2-3 hours average a day.
I'm taking whatever coverage I can get, because frankly, I'm busy working on this million dollar deal at my job. Early retirement is a good thing brotha man. - MessengerASL
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
December 03 2008 17:21 GMT
#14
I think a better question would be how many games do you play a day? I can be on Starcraft for hours without really getting anything done. Sometimes I think that if I could actually suck it up and play consistently during this time, I would improve quite quickly.
Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
December 03 2008 18:14 GMT
#15
I made it to C playing 1 hour a day.


For ten years.
It felt like gravity.
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
December 03 2008 18:51 GMT
#16
i used to play 3-5 hours a day with about 2-3 hours intensive practice time.
but in the moment i just don't have enough time i maybe play 1 hour in 2 days
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poilord
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Germany3252 Posts
December 03 2008 19:31 GMT
#17
I don't play at all
PePe QuiCoSE
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Argentina1204 Posts
December 03 2008 20:19 GMT
#18
only playing on weekends.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
December 03 2008 23:42 GMT
#19
come to think of it i chat on bnet more than i play.
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