EPTThat is, I'm owned.
When I wrote the first log, I was at 46-9, ranked B- with 6307 points.
As I am writing this log, I am at 81-45, ranked B with 7296 points.
How I Got Here
As with before, I played only ZvTs, my best matchup.
But certain things happened. MOTW kept changing, so I had to play Blue Storm for a week and then Colosseum. Supposedly, Blue Storm favors Zerg, but I couldn't tell. I got owned on that map. My rec is 8-9 on that map. Then Colosseum. Oh boy, did mech kick the shit out of me on that map. Went 14-15 on Colosseum.
Now the MOTW includes Destination again. Destination is my favorite map. Or so I thought. I went 46-9 on Destination till C+. Against B, B+ level players, I'm 4-10 TT.
Notable Foreigners
The coolest thing I'm getting out of this tournament is playing notable foreigners.
Tidy 2-2
Tarson 2-4
Napoleon 1-1
Advokate 0-1
Undergrounder 0-3 (don't know his aka, he was good and he's from Russia)
IFU.Lucky 2-1 (notable? maybe not)
AccordV6 0-1
SrControl 1-1
Gosu Koreans
They're freaking good, especially at B level. I ran into two or three that I deemed untouchable. I mean that I thought I had absolutely no chance even had things gone my way. The untouchables were superior in macro, micro, you name it. It was a feeling of hopelessness that told me to quit SC.
Here are some replays of me vs. Koreans:
odysseus (I'm 2-5 against this 16-year old. He 8-rax rushed me to death 3x though.
Me and my noob 8-rax defense.)EPIC WIN http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/notables/1096 odysseusT VALStRyKeRZ.rep
EPIC FAIL http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/notables/1094 odysseusT VALStRyKeRZ.rep (damn long game TT)
onesoldier (This kid is just sick. His multitask >>>> mine.)
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/notables/1088 VALStRyKeRZ onesoldieT.rep
NameAcademy8 (There's a bunch of these IDs. NameAcademyX. I think they're all part of some guild or clan or something. They're all pretty good. Amateurs in training?)
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/notables/1058 VALStRyKeRZ nameacadeT.rep
He does a mnm + fast valk for muta defense. I think this build has gotten more popular nowadays. I believe the correct counter is to take out the valks and score points with mutas. They'll have at most one group of marine+med and two valks, so if you know they're doing valks just make some scourge and harass with mutas like your life depended on it. If you leave them alone you're behind.
Oh, I did manage to beat an A- Korean Terran. I beat his cheese
Brag replay: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/4422/replays/notables/0909 worldfamouT VALStRyKeZ.rep
His rank: http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/worldfamous.html
Keep Going?
I don't know if it's worth my time to try anymore. The cutoff for top 32 in VAL is going to be like mid B+. If my win rate stays the same I'll barely get B+ by the end of the week. TT People are trying so hard :O Should I give up?
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