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Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-06 03:06:33
August 06 2009 01:33 GMT
#1
I've finally hit D+!
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http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/athos[ra].html
What makes my achievement different from any other noob? The amount of games it took me to get there.

After 150 games of struggling I've finally broken through the wall. A big reason why I suddenly got there is because 2 days ago I fixed my router so that I am now able to host games. Believe me, playing the map you want and getting the map of the week points make it much easier.


I still have a long way to go to improving my play. I'm still fucking terrible. But this seemingly impossibly high wall is broken, and I've realized that a lot of D+ people are just as bad as D players. :O

Also this is my 1000th post, yea!

Oh, I also want to thank Ret and LzGameR. Because of their streams I've been able to get a lot better



Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 06 2009 01:37 GMT
#2
Congrates! I think you also mean 1000th post haha
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
August 06 2009 01:39 GMT
#3
what a badass wallpaper.
Congrats on the D+ as well
wiesel
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany727 Posts
August 06 2009 01:43 GMT
#4
Congrats!
GrimAngel
Profile Joined September 2008
United States416 Posts
August 06 2009 01:46 GMT
#5
congrats on getting to D+ ! Must be motivating having JD stare at you all the time x_x
Wan step ahead!
hcliff454
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada127 Posts
August 06 2009 01:59 GMT
#6
holy fucking shit, +10 windows open? your computer must run slow as hell
gj on D+ though
dworn it -lz
ocoini
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
648 Posts
August 06 2009 02:01 GMT
#7
Congratulations ! =)
Street Vendor Crack Down Princess-Cop!
Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
August 06 2009 02:07 GMT
#8
You have the same wallpaper as me!
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
imperfek
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia160 Posts
August 06 2009 02:07 GMT
#9
congrats !
now aim for c- ^^

btw how long have u been playing?
UNBOWED, UNBENT, UNBROKEN
SkY)CosMoS
Profile Joined July 2006
Dominican Republic106 Posts
August 06 2009 02:11 GMT
#10
Another D+ thread.

*head implodes*
Do it beautifully
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
August 06 2009 02:12 GMT
#11
GRATS.

Working my way there as well :D
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8161 Posts
August 06 2009 02:13 GMT
#12
Ah I remember when I 1st got to D+. My record was like 49-131 and I was literally only 1 win into D+ when I got there (it was at the end of the season). 2 Season's later I'm still stuck here lol.
Free Palestine
saikeraku
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada2933 Posts
August 06 2009 02:16 GMT
#13
Grats.

NIce wallpaper =p.
Cube
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Canada777 Posts
August 06 2009 02:17 GMT
#14
yay

\o/
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
August 06 2009 02:22 GMT
#15
Good job, now get c-!
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
Refrige
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States179 Posts
August 06 2009 02:28 GMT
#16
congrats :D keep it up
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
August 06 2009 02:36 GMT
#17
Congrats! I just reset my D+ today, haha. Don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I was disappointed with my 13-10 record. But on the other hand, congratulations. I remember when I first hit D+.
tobi9999
Profile Joined April 2009
United States1966 Posts
August 06 2009 02:41 GMT
#18
90% of the players at D+ cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! watch out man.

congrats though, the key is to keep going.
"tobi is ur iq 9999? cuz i think it might be u so smart wowowow." -Artosis
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
August 06 2009 03:07 GMT
#19
150 isnt too bad for your first time. I remember making a similar blog the first time I pulled it off. Congrats!
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
August 06 2009 03:18 GMT
#20
Congrats! I'm almost to D+ too for the first time. about 30-35 games in so far. Hopefully i'll reach it tonight
I don't have mono anymore. Woooo!
duckett
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States589 Posts
August 06 2009 03:23 GMT
#21
http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/dthoms.html

i'm in almost exactly the same boat...congrats!!!
and this is my second season of massgaming...first time it took ~200

at some point you have to stop playing the game to rank up and start playing because its really fun =) and you get better eventually
funky squaredance funky squaredance funky squaredance
Perguvious
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1783 Posts
August 06 2009 04:13 GMT
#22
yay! I remember when I first hit C-, it was pretty awesome since I'm not that great of a player. Then I lost tons of games and slumped and reset my stats xD

gj :D
GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 06 2009 04:27 GMT
#23
ahah JD wall nice =)
gl for the next.
#1 olleh KT 팬 http://sports.kt.com/ | #1 김택용 선수 팬 | 좋은 선수: 송병구, 이제동, 도제욱, 정명훈, 이성은 | KeSPA 한국 e-Sports 협회
A3iL3r0n
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States2196 Posts
August 06 2009 04:47 GMT
#24
On August 06 2009 12:23 duckett wrote:
http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/dthoms.html

i'm in almost exactly the same boat...congrats!!!
and this is my second season of massgaming...first time it took ~200

at some point you have to stop playing the game to rank up and start playing because its really fun =) and you get better eventually

haha, just played you yesterday.

gg
My psychiatrist says I have deep-seated Ragneuroses :(
mysticism
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada124 Posts
August 06 2009 04:59 GMT
#25
good job :D
deverlight
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Korea (South)463 Posts
August 06 2009 05:30 GMT
#26
Congratulations sir!
][-][eretic
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada395 Posts
August 07 2009 01:41 GMT
#27
Grats man, I got to D+ and didn't even really try to hit C-

I'm kinda torn between what race I wanna play now, because I used to play all 3 and sticking to just zerg seems impossible for me. Thinking of switching to Terran? :o
Hi :)
duckett
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States589 Posts
August 07 2009 01:50 GMT
#28
On August 06 2009 13:47 A3iL3r0n wrote:
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On August 06 2009 12:23 duckett wrote:
http://www.iccup.com/gamingprofile/dthoms.html

i'm in almost exactly the same boat...congrats!!!
and this is my second season of massgaming...first time it took ~200

at some point you have to stop playing the game to rank up and start playing because its really fun =) and you get better eventually

haha, just played you yesterday.

gg


oh god were you that really long TvT?

i had (i think) a pretty big midgame advantage and then lost it being stupid, and you transitioned to the late game really really well!

i am so awful at TvT =/
funky squaredance funky squaredance funky squaredance
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
August 07 2009 03:16 GMT
#29
good job

must feel good to hit a new letter

i've been stuck on the same letter for fucking 3 seasons now. i just reset again out of pure rage.
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
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