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Obligatory "I got C-" post

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Strayline
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States330 Posts
July 08 2009 18:18 GMT
#1
So I think it's safe to say that I am better at Starcraft than I've ever been at any other video game. I've been playing quite a bit since Feburary and have generally taken it more seriously than I usually do with most games.
Anyway, I think it's pretty funny that that translates into finally stumbling into C- on Monday--please, hold the applause, I know everyone is just thrilled at this news . Plus I'm sure I will bounce back and forth for months now (like I did with D+). I must admit, though, I am pretty happy about it.

I've been playing Zerg (advice in this thread about starting races be damned) and I felt pretty stuck at low D+ until I broke an APM wall at 120 a few weeks ago.

http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/strayline.html

*****
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
July 08 2009 18:25 GMT
#2
Took you quite a few games, but congratulations none the less.
AKA No can Dazzle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTpX7z3Pok
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K_ Takahashi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States203 Posts
July 08 2009 18:37 GMT
#3
Congrats, don't give up and make it a straight C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
July 08 2009 18:39 GMT
#4
Wow. That's a lot of games. With that sort of dedication, I'm sure you'll only improve. Nice job and keep going.
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
July 08 2009 18:40 GMT
#5
Play D+ to get to C-, why are you playing against D players. :[
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
ClockworkBlues
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada74 Posts
July 08 2009 18:42 GMT
#6
Congratulations! Playing with C players will improve your game a lot. I also have just achieved C-.

http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/themechanism.html

By the way, if your looking for a Zerg to help improve your ZvZ I could help your there. I noticed it's your worst MU. Just send me a message if your interested.
Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
July 08 2009 18:48 GMT
#7
On July 09 2009 03:40 BanZu wrote:
Play D+ to get to C-, why are you playing against D players. :[


At least he's not just playing Python.
Strayline
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States330 Posts
July 08 2009 19:20 GMT
#8
On July 09 2009 03:40 BanZu wrote:
Play D+ to get to C-, why are you playing against D players. :[


I host D/D+ games and play whoever joins pretty much no matter what. I will admit that I got a lot of non-korean Ds at the end there.
DrTJEckleburg
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1080 Posts
July 08 2009 19:32 GMT
#9
Good job man I remember playing you last season, glad to see you're improving!
Im pretty good at whistling with my hands, especially when Im holding a whistle.
Solinren
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2653 Posts
July 08 2009 19:42 GMT
#10
When do you play? I play 75% Korean's from 4 - 10PM PST
andiCR
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2273 Posts
July 08 2009 19:42 GMT
#11
great job man! :D

BTW, lol@opponent nick: MicroJackson
Nightmare1795 wrote: I played a guy in bronze who said he was Japanese. That was the only game I ever dropped a nuke, which was purely coincidental.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
July 08 2009 19:55 GMT
#12
korean or not doesn't matter.
it's strange how almost every one of your games is against D
you should play d+, the skill level really isn't that different and you will get more points.
Sullifam
NonFactor
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden698 Posts
July 08 2009 20:00 GMT
#13
I wouldn't be too proud. Just took a look at your match lists. There is an shit ton of games you played against D players.

There is a big difference between D players and D+.

Dunno, if I'm just hard on myself but I'd never consider myself C- unless I got there through beating only D+ players from 2000-3000.

Anyways, good job nevertheless, but expect to be knocked back in an instant, unless you plan on continue playing D's and D+'s.
Strayline
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States330 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-08 21:05:44
July 08 2009 20:59 GMT
#14
Oh I expect to be knocked back down and of course I'm going to play my 2 games against C- players immediately. Why wouldn't I? I don't think I'm a C- skill level player. It wouldn't really make sense if the first time was anything other than luck. I'm still just kinda tickled that I got it at all

Edit: I'm sort of interested though... what is the accepted standard? I've always just hosted games with the tile "mapname myrank/myrank-1" and never really thought much about it.
h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
July 08 2009 21:17 GMT
#15
On July 09 2009 04:55 ghostWriter wrote:
korean or not doesn't matter.
it's strange how almost every one of your games is against D
you should play d+, the skill level really isn't that different and you will get more points.


On July 09 2009 05:00 NonFactor wrote:
I wouldn't be too proud. Just took a look at your match lists. There is an shit ton of games you played against D players.

There is a big difference between D players and D+.

Dunno, if I'm just hard on myself but I'd never consider myself C- unless I got there through beating only D+ players from 2000-3000.

Anyways, good job nevertheless, but expect to be knocked back in an instant, unless you plan on continue playing D's and D+'s.


5 minutes apart :D

Seriously, low ranks are really inconsistent.
Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
July 08 2009 21:40 GMT
#16
Grats :DDDDD!!!! 5/5
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
NonFactor
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden698 Posts
July 08 2009 22:12 GMT
#17
On July 09 2009 06:17 h3r1n6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2009 04:55 ghostWriter wrote:
korean or not doesn't matter.
it's strange how almost every one of your games is against D
you should play d+, the skill level really isn't that different and you will get more points.

Show nested quote +

On July 09 2009 05:00 NonFactor wrote:
I wouldn't be too proud. Just took a look at your match lists. There is an shit ton of games you played against D players.

There is a big difference between D players and D+.

Dunno, if I'm just hard on myself but I'd never consider myself C- unless I got there through beating only D+ players from 2000-3000.

Anyways, good job nevertheless, but expect to be knocked back in an instant, unless you plan on continue playing D's and D+'s.


5 minutes apart :D

Seriously, low ranks are really inconsistent.


Lol. I always see huge difference. From D I often face people who have no idea what their doing, to some people with decent idea of their BO and mechanics. At D+ pretty much everyone has their BOs down and decent mechanics. So the amount of ''standard games'' and otherwise more challenging games will increase at D+, while at D the amount of free wins is usually big. And with free wins I mean that you really just play your game and follow your BO and just roll them over at midgame without any challenge at all.

Also for some reason, I very often run into C- to C+ players at D+ levels. But this should change as the season reaches it end.
Strayline
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States330 Posts
July 10 2009 21:23 GMT
#18
Wow pride cometh before the fall.
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