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candlejackisgonn
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States159 Posts
March 15 2009 02:30 GMT
#1
They are the sole reason I am D-/D and cannot break D+ I live in the west coast, so when I play at night or after school around 5-9 PM or so, lots of Koreans are on. Yet I reach D- after every two nights or so and people don't want to play me because of my bad record. I /clearstats YES every week, but it doesn't really help. What to do, what to do. Theoretically I should be improving, right? I mean, playing during US morning/afternoon hours is easy enough, but at night it's time for the rape. This happen to all of you or just me? >_>"

*****
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
March 15 2009 02:33 GMT
#2
happens to me too, and because of that, I only play at those hours.
TaP.Nuada
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States428 Posts
March 15 2009 02:38 GMT
#3
Whether or not you're improving depends on you really, because you might not be. Just have to think about the games you lose and actively think about improving mechanics, etc while you play.

It sometimes helps to watch your replays. I usually wait a couple days and go back and watch a few so I forget what happened in all of them. That way I can look at my games with "fresh" eyes.
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
March 15 2009 03:13 GMT
#4
I used to be like this but i kept playing and now i can finally reach d+ fairly easily
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
March 15 2009 03:32 GMT
#5
Later in the season, all of the Koreans will be playing others around their level. All of the rankings tend to even out later on so you can be playing real Ds.
candlejackisgonn
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States159 Posts
March 15 2009 03:58 GMT
#6
Yeah, last season when I first started to play Brood War (around Oct-Nov) I was close to making it to D+, even when playing on these late hours. I didn't think it would take this long for the ranks to settle though =/ How long do the seasons go for anyhow?
d1v
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Sweden868 Posts
March 15 2009 04:10 GMT
#7
If you're on ICCUP to ladder up and gain points, it's annoying, I agree. If you're looking for good practise games, it's good to play during the Korean hours. I find that they play more standard than foreigners and most of them are very gm.
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Ellis
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
247 Posts
March 15 2009 04:17 GMT
#8
My reason for not getting to D+ is that I suck.

I wish I had Koreans to blame it on ;_;
TaP.Nuada
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States428 Posts
March 15 2009 04:26 GMT
#9
On March 15 2009 12:58 candlejackisgonn wrote:
Yeah, last season when I first started to play Brood War (around Oct-Nov) I was close to making it to D+, even when playing on these late hours. I didn't think it would take this long for the ranks to settle though =/ How long do the seasons go for anyhow?

I believe each season is 3 months long.
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imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
March 15 2009 04:27 GMT
#10
On March 15 2009 13:10 d1v wrote:
If you're on ICCUP to ladder up and gain points, it's annoying, I agree. If you're looking for good practise games, it's good to play during the Korean hours. I find that they play more standard than foreigners and most of them are very gm.

blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
March 15 2009 04:29 GMT
#11
On March 15 2009 13:17 Ellis wrote:
My reason for not getting to D+ is that I suck.

I wish I had Koreans to blame it on ;_;


oh cheer up ^^ just stick with it. once you start to understand the game a little bit more, it's really great. i never realized starcraft was this complex;; then you get to appreciate a lot of the progamers.
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
krazymunky
Profile Joined June 2008
United States727 Posts
March 15 2009 05:13 GMT
#12
i was playing some guy and he asked where i was from. i said socal and he said NY.

3 mins into the game he says " sry from korea" and then he destroys me with 350 apm...compared to my 130 lol
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candlejackisgonn
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States159 Posts
March 15 2009 05:52 GMT
#13
On March 15 2009 13:10 d1v wrote:
If you're on ICCUP to ladder up and gain points, it's annoying, I agree. If you're looking for good practise games, it's good to play during the Korean hours. I find that they play more standard than foreigners and most of them are very gm.


It's not that I only want to rank up, but it's kinda hard to find good games when no one wants to play because of my rank. It is good practice, yes. I will have to disagree with you on the standard part though. I just recently switched to P because when I was Z, no matter what hour it was, I would get bunker rushed by T or 2 gate by P maybe 1 in every 10 or so games. It's become really annoying. I don't seem to experience that as P however. I never get cheesed anymore
vAltyR
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States581 Posts
March 15 2009 06:12 GMT
#14
On March 15 2009 14:52 candlejackisgonn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2009 13:10 d1v wrote:
If you're on ICCUP to ladder up and gain points, it's annoying, I agree. If you're looking for good practise games, it's good to play during the Korean hours. I find that they play more standard than foreigners and most of them are very gm.


It's not that I only want to rank up, but it's kinda hard to find good games when no one wants to play because of my rank. It is good practice, yes. I will have to disagree with you on the standard part though. I just recently switched to P because when I was Z, no matter what hour it was, I would get bunker rushed by T or 2 gate by P maybe 1 in every 10 or so games. It's become really annoying. I don't seem to experience that as P however. I never get cheesed anymore



Funny. I'm P, and the last two games on ICCup I played was a proxy 2-gate against toss and a bunker rush (don't ask me why he bunker rushed against a P, but he won!)
내 호버크라프트는 장어로 가득 차 있어요
Llamaz
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Australia90 Posts
March 15 2009 06:29 GMT
#15
On March 15 2009 11:38 TaP.Nuada wrote:
Whether or not you're improving depends on you really, because you might not be. Just have to think about the games you lose and actively think about improving mechanics, etc while you play.

It sometimes helps to watch your replays. I usually wait a couple days and go back and watch a few so I forget what happened in all of them. That way I can look at my games with "fresh" eyes.


Fuck...I completely forgot about actively learning, rather than passively...

Back when I used to play warsow, before each game I used to decide on one key aspect of gameplay that I would improve. I eventually got good at warsow (not one of the best, as the best have been playing for 2 - 4 years or something, but competent), before quitting because of the small community, and SC2 being announced (Warsow is dying).

Thanks alot for reminding me :D
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
March 15 2009 07:26 GMT
#16
On March 15 2009 14:13 krazymunky wrote:
i was playing some guy and he asked where i was from. i said socal and he said NY.

3 mins into the game he says " sry from korea" and then he destroys me with 350 apm...compared to my 130 lol


Most Koreans are gm. So far I've met one (1) bm korean, the rest have all been mannered
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 15 2009 07:40 GMT
#17
I was 26-14 last season D+. 3750.

Right now I am 18-33, D 1360 or something equally miserable.
Peace~
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-15 07:52:58
March 15 2009 07:52 GMT
#18
ouch
Do you play pretty late at night?
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 15 2009 08:26 GMT
#19
On March 15 2009 16:52 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
ouch
Do you play pretty late at night?

2-6 am EST lol.
Peace~
LRM)TechnicS
Profile Joined May 2008
Bulgaria1565 Posts
March 15 2009 08:29 GMT
#20
notice that it is the begining of the season so it is even harder imho

and probably you get better and are improving a lot... for instance when i play opponents who rape me really bad i understand a lot of my mistakes and am a better player somehow the next game - micro-macro-timingwise^^
Enjoy the game
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