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Challange: IntoGrandmaster in 2,5 Months

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Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 12 2013 00:06 GMT
#1
Dear Community,

as always, when I post on Teamliquid, I come up with a new gaming related challenge.
The last two times, Diablo 3 Hardcore Speed runs and Path of Exile Hardcore Speed runs were the results.

This time, it will be a challenge that will be for myself the last step to go when it comes to gaming. I was a competitive player in all games since I started playing video games.
Now it is time to compete in the hardest game out there: Starcraft 2.

As I speak, my Starcraft 2 game count is around 1,7k~ - Master in all Team-Brackets and Diamond in 1on1, but I never played it really hardcore nor aimed to be good at it.

The Challenge: Make it to Grandmaster in the next 2,5 Months.


If there are any people, that would like to support me, train with me or coach me - I appreciate some help, but its not mandatory to achieve my goal.

I will post every few days an update how my progress goes and in which ways my game play improves.
Some statistics I want to keep track of:
- SQ values
- APM
- Winratio
- Tactic related information

Schedule per day:
- 4x 2h practice
- 2h~ replay analysis
- 1~h Workout


From time to time my games will also be streamed on:
twitch.tv/gg_nore


Lets see how it goes

P.S. There will be rage, much rage


*
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
July 12 2013 00:16 GMT
#2
Ha, this sounded far fetched, but then I opened your stream.
Protoss, and NA? Doable^^.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
July 12 2013 00:27 GMT
#3
I suggest you get very good at cannon rushing/cheese.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
DanLee
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada316 Posts
July 12 2013 00:32 GMT
#4
My initial reaction was negative, but now, I actually want you to hit GM so I can document your progress and send it to David Kim once you hit GM
nty
Harajuku
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
150 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-12 01:02:19
July 12 2013 01:01 GMT
#5
Yes, yes, most excellent. This is one particularly intriguing casus - Leris Protossis Germanicus. I shall observe its progress with scientific curiosity to learn more about its behaviour within its natural habitat.
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 12 2013 01:21 GMT
#6
On July 12 2013 10:01 Harajuku wrote:
Yes, yes, most excellent. This is one particularly intriguing casus - Leris Protossis Germanicus. I shall observe its progress with scientific curiosity to learn more about its behaviour within its natural habitat.


this
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
July 12 2013 02:08 GMT
#7
You already posted this blog. Why are you posting it again?
Wahaha
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 12 2013 02:34 GMT
#8
On July 12 2013 11:08 aike wrote:
You already posted this blog. Why are you posting it again?


it got moved and i couldnt manage it.
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
sanddbox_sc2
Profile Joined October 2011
United States173 Posts
July 12 2013 08:13 GMT
#9
I guess it depends if up till now you've been focusing on solid play or just doing abusive builds. Frankly, though, I'll be very surprised if you can hit GM in 2.5 months, even if you do stick to your schedule (which looks very difficult to stick to). Good luck though.
Trufflez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia174 Posts
July 12 2013 09:03 GMT
#10
I highly recommend you don't have scheduled replay analysis. Do it while you play. Every time you lose just load up the replay at 4x speed and slow down for engagements maybe and just take a few notes on what you could've done better and what holes there are in your play that your opponent took advantage of in that particular advantage.

Even if it seems obvious, watch the replay. You'll pick up on things much better in review than what you figure happened while you were playing.

You should also definitely get other people to look at your replays, not even necessarily good people too, any second opinion helps.
The winnings in life go to the people who show up.
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 12 2013 14:12 GMT
#11
On July 12 2013 18:03 Trufflez wrote:
I highly recommend you don't have scheduled replay analysis. Do it while you play. Every time you lose just load up the replay at 4x speed and slow down for engagements maybe and just take a few notes on what you could've done better and what holes there are in your play that your opponent took advantage of in that particular advantage.

Even if it seems obvious, watch the replay. You'll pick up on things much better in review than what you figure happened while you were playing.

You should also definitely get other people to look at your replays, not even necessarily good people too, any second opinion helps.



Hard to find people who sacrifice their own time to help others improve in starcraft o:
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
BoggieMan
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
520 Posts
July 12 2013 23:06 GMT
#12
Seriously, you might not even make masters.
This is really disrespectful to people who have tried to make gm since 2010.
Everyone who takes sc2 seriously wants gm, none of the 15000+ people with mastersleague and double your games makes a blog about it.
scypio
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland2127 Posts
July 12 2013 23:33 GMT
#13
On July 12 2013 23:12 Ler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 12 2013 18:03 Trufflez wrote:
I highly recommend you don't have scheduled replay analysis. Do it while you play. Every time you lose just load up the replay at 4x speed and slow down for engagements maybe and just take a few notes on what you could've done better and what holes there are in your play that your opponent took advantage of in that particular advantage.

Even if it seems obvious, watch the replay. You'll pick up on things much better in review than what you figure happened while you were playing.

You should also definitely get other people to look at your replays, not even necessarily good people too, any second opinion helps.



Hard to find people who sacrifice their own time to help others improve in starcraft o:


You shouldn't really expect people to come here and give you tips, you should go into the strategy forum, read the stuff that is posted there and then post some questions / replays of your own.
I play random | I like Hots | INnoVation | sOs | Tefel TOP1!
doner0
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States233 Posts
July 13 2013 02:22 GMT
#14
i hope you do achieve this because it would be an incredible feat, but is somewhat flawed. Grandmaster has 200 spots. That means you may have the mmr to be a grandmaster and should be in that 200 but the system doesn't allow you in. You should probably have some sort of contingency plan for this. With that said, though, i don't think it is possible
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-13 07:10:40
July 13 2013 03:45 GMT
#15
On July 12 2013 23:12 Ler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 12 2013 18:03 Trufflez wrote:
I highly recommend you don't have scheduled replay analysis. Do it while you play. Every time you lose just load up the replay at 4x speed and slow down for engagements maybe and just take a few notes on what you could've done better and what holes there are in your play that your opponent took advantage of in that particular advantage.

Even if it seems obvious, watch the replay. You'll pick up on things much better in review than what you figure happened while you were playing.

You should also definitely get other people to look at your replays, not even necessarily good people too, any second opinion helps.



Hard to find people who sacrifice their own time to help others improve in starcraft o:


It's actually very easy, tons of people make [H] posts in SC2 strategy with replays asking for advice/tips, and tons of people are happy to help.
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 15 2013 01:59 GMT
#16
Day 10!
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 17 2013 05:28 GMT
#17
Day 12:
Mechanics practice
- > Playing without sound to improve map awareness.
- > New hot keys.
- > faster/more accurate boxing.
- > Less Scrolling / More Screen Positions.
- > Control Groups reworked.

live now
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 18 2013 15:19 GMT
#18
Day 13:
Macro Practice

live now
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
July 20 2013 15:54 GMT
#19
Day 14
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
scypio
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland2127 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-21 19:52:45
July 21 2013 16:43 GMT
#20
Two weeks... now that's a start. Will you give us a small recap maybe?

e: I took a look at your vod at twitch entitled "Day 14 macro practice"... it's 6 hours long.
>3hrs is you playing Diablo and fooling around with some Path of Exile stuff... and the one game I watch is you going proxy 4gate vs some other P who is actually trying to macro up and expand.

Wow... like what is that?
I play random | I like Hots | INnoVation | sOs | Tefel TOP1!
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