[R] What do you think of it? Platinum League - Page 8

The problem really is that everyone feels ashamed to be in anything but Diamond because they read the forums here where people basically compare someone below diamond as a mental patient who has never played a video game and gets lost on his or her way to the bathroom...

In reality what most people in Diamond, that have been there since launch basically, don't realize is that as you play games in any division lower the competition is getting harder because everyone is learning this game at the same time. So even if you were in bronze in the beginning you might be now playing in bronze, but at the level of someone who was originally placed in platinum at launch.

Now in some cases this is not true. I'm in Platinum at around 1100 or something I'm not sure I haven't played in a day or so and I started in Bronze at launch. I'm not good, But I am a million times better than I was when I started. But going through each division and staying in each for quite some time (I think I'm like 215-190 or something) I have an idea of what people at each division play like.. I've played the lowest of bronze and I've played Diamonds up to 1700. And I think I can safely give a generalization.

Bronze: They know a build order, they have trouble executing it and it tends to make their resources climb high. They usually won't expand, and if they do they won't add more structures. They have the foundation but haven't been able to really smooth out what they have seen in replays.

Silver: They keep their resources down a bit better. And some have even learned to expand fairly decent. However most still don't add structures and usually only take the 2nd base when the 1st has mined out. They seemed to think sending their entire army was a harass technique.

Gold: The second base is going down on time and they are keeping their money low. They don't take map control and usually turtle blind the entire game moving out when they run out of room to keep their army in their base (an exaggeration but you get the idea). They can keep pressure on the opponent a little bit considering the other person has trouble defending harassment.

Platinum: The expo is a given (unless it's a one base all in) and now players have started experimenting with a third base timing. Harass is hit and miss and the macro usually suffers quite a bit from the attempt.

Diamond: Same as plat in the lower tiers but the harassment seems to be a lot more polished. Once you get around 1200-1400 it seems players are much smoother with their builds and harassment and the multitasking is on a whole different level compared to platinum. This is truthfully where I first started seeing people with APM near 100 without mindless spamming.

As for the 1700 level I've played a few (custom games with people trying to help me get better) and from what I see these people are just discipline and practice away from being 2000+.. Everything is about the same just not polished as the games you'll see in pro replays. As for 2000+ check replays and streams of major tournaments.