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something is rotten in the state of iccup D rank

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Amaroq
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States59 Posts
June 30 2009 22:30 GMT
#1
so, my last 5 games on iccup have been against cheese, and I would say on average 3-4 out of 5 games I play on average are against cheese. If I wanted to become B at fighting 2 port wraith and proxy 2 gates Id be fine with that, but I want to become B at fighting standard play that (I hope) will become more common as I get higher in iccup ranks.

I understand that cheese is a part of the game and that I should learn to fight it, but I would much, much rather get my standard play up to par first and then work on that kind of thing with specific counters memorized.

all that being said, Id really like to find some D/D+/C-ish practice partners that I could play against that wouldn't cheese me 100% of the time to get some good practice! so PM me or add me on iccup (Amaroq) for some games

****
effort, savior, and JD hwaiting
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
June 30 2009 22:33 GMT
#2
2 port wraith is standard.
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Amaroq
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States59 Posts
June 30 2009 22:34 GMT
#3
if youre leta
effort, savior, and JD hwaiting
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 30 2009 22:34 GMT
#4
it's midnight at the castle elsinore went HARK
brood war for life, brood war forever
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-30 22:36:27
June 30 2009 22:35 GMT
#5
Welcome to the real world.

You actually don't have a choice (besides finding regular training partners) than to learn how to deal with cheese, and work on late game management/multitasking etc later on. Learn micro and either some aggressive BOs or very defensive ones, so you can start stopping unorthodox players dead in their tracks.

Then you can work on standard/ideal macro play, after you get really used with responding to messy situations.

Do remember that in your situation and at your level, proper and extensive scouting will make or break any game 95% of the time.
AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
June 30 2009 22:36 GMT
#6
yeah I understand you

But now that Wraiths / early factory T builds are so common in TvZ, Terrans do it because their cheese just lets them transition to their build and don't get punished as severely as much for it

For example, a Terran might proxy vulture, lift the fact into the back of your main, and IF his cheese is blocked, he can just transition to mech. Lets say that Z went for early lurker drop and it gets blocked. You've given up on muta timing which lets T safely expand, and he has map control at that point

Try to get a friend who plays slightly better than you and practice all day with him

It really helps
Terrans who whine: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=107788
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-30 22:42:42
June 30 2009 22:39 GMT
#7
Sounds like your making up excuses for your loses tbh. someone cheesing you doesn't mean you automatically lose. In fact, if people are cheesing you all the time it should be easy to adapt and easier to play against cheese as you have more experience. I envy the amount of cheese you get to play against.

I advise you look at your matchlist and cry when you see all the people you played who were B rank last season.
hi
beetlelisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Poland2276 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-10 21:44:47
June 30 2009 22:40 GMT
#8
OP IRC @ ICCUP
Many ppl idle there but window mode / stealthbot is the solution.
+ Show Spoiler +
lol stealth- not spybot


edit: have you seen this?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81706

edit2: How to set up stealthbot on ICCUP:
http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/forum/general_forum/9/55672.html
wwww
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
June 30 2009 22:41 GMT
#9
Another solution is to join a clan where you can ask people to do certain builds to practice against.
Official Entusman #21
Amaroq
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States59 Posts
June 30 2009 22:41 GMT
#10
On July 01 2009 07:39 stroggos wrote:
Sounds like your making up excuses for your loses tbh. someone cheesing you doesn't mean you automatically lose. In fact, if people are cheesing you all the time it should be easy to adapt and easier to play against cheese as you have more experience. I envy the amount of cheese you get to play against.


Im not complaining cause I lose every time... I beat cheeses a fair amount. one of the games where I got cheesed today turned into an epic game that I won, a lot of fun. Im complaining because I cant learn proper mechanics when every game I get rushed one way or another
effort, savior, and JD hwaiting
Amaroq
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States59 Posts
June 30 2009 22:43 GMT
#11
On July 01 2009 07:40 beetlelisk wrote:
OP IRC @ ICCUP
Many ppl idle there but window mode / spybot is the solution.
I can't find thread how to setup bot on on iccup on iccup's site because something is wrog with search thing now ><.

edit: have you seen this?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81706


On July 01 2009 07:41 infinity21 wrote:
Another solution is to join a clan where you can ask people to do certain builds to practice against.


thanks and thanks.
effort, savior, and JD hwaiting
armed_
Profile Joined November 2008
Canada443 Posts
June 30 2009 22:44 GMT
#12
On July 01 2009 07:41 Amaroq wrote:
Im complaining because I cant learn proper mechanics when every game I get rushed one way or another

Yes you can.

And even if you couldn't, there's no reason to insist on learning standard play before defending cheese if your training environment is much better for the latter than the former.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
June 30 2009 22:48 GMT
#13
Last week i decided to give up on Iccup. I'm just gonna wait until sc2 now because for some reason this season just doesn't seem the same as the last few. Maybe you should do that too.
U Gotta Skate.
Lucktar
Profile Joined July 2008
United States526 Posts
June 30 2009 22:49 GMT
#14
ICCUP D = cheese, pretty much. Just gotta get through it.
NaDa, much, ZerO fighting!
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
June 30 2009 22:52 GMT
#15
Iccup D cheese is not that hard to stop. Just scout well and play it safe.
Better than Pokebunny
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-30 23:02:54
June 30 2009 22:53 GMT
#16
On July 01 2009 07:41 Amaroq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2009 07:39 stroggos wrote:
Sounds like your making up excuses for your loses tbh. someone cheesing you doesn't mean you automatically lose. In fact, if people are cheesing you all the time it should be easy to adapt and easier to play against cheese as you have more experience. I envy the amount of cheese you get to play against.


Im not complaining cause I lose every time... I beat cheeses a fair amount. one of the games where I got cheesed today turned into an epic game that I won, a lot of fun. Im complaining because I cant learn proper mechanics when every game I get rushed one way or another


define "proper mechanics"

if you get cheesed all the time then cheese becomes standard. And standard becomes cheese.

You said you got cheesed alot but you win a fair amount against cheese. A 33% win rate is all that is required to get to C- rank

You need good mechanics to fight both cheese and standard, so i'm not sure why you'd want to only practice against standard play.

people still cheese a lot in the higher ranks. maybe even more so than the lower ranks
hi
pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
June 30 2009 23:07 GMT
#17
along with the cheese, D iccup is also filled with C's still i'm getting raped here and there by guys with win percents > 80. i feel so helpless playing against these guys. i even played a previous season A- for goodness sakes D;
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
June 30 2009 23:16 GMT
#18
5/5 cause I like the title
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Numba
Profile Joined March 2009
United States76 Posts
June 30 2009 23:19 GMT
#19
omg, I've noticed the exact same thing. I'd actually like to practice some "standard" zvt (which I feel is my worst match-up) once in a while, but lately all of them have consisted of all-in bunker rushes, proxy raxes, and of course, 2-port wraithes (all of which I've recently been able to adapt to and subsequently beat).
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
June 30 2009 23:22 GMT
#20
you dont become more solid by playing vs solid builds all day, you become more solid when you can fend off every kinds of cheese
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