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Well, Stephano structures his practices so he only does around 4-5 hours per day, while on the other end of the extreme you have Koreans who practice the entire day. Then you have other pro players which span the entire spectrum, although most seem to practice around 8-12 hours per day.
It really depends on what you are practicing and whether you have specific goals while you practice. Structuring your practice with clear goals on what you are trying to practice is extremely helpful. I would guess 5 hours is about the bare minimum though.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=285603
The article pretty much covers everything i just said; although its more of a debate over the value of a team house, but it does examine how pros practice.
And a useful read for practicing: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/How_to_Practice
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max is 16 i think, i remember huk saying that if they lose gstl they practice 16 hours, if they win (round) they get treated to a dinneer 
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It depends on who your talking about. If its someone thats currently in school I wouldnt expect more than 5-8 hours. Anybody else and it can be anywhere from 10-6 depending on what they are doing and what they are planning to get accomplished. Im not pro but I have goals to get there someday and I practice on smurfs between 6-8 hours a day. on weekends i may get 8-10 if nothings going on.
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korean in teamhouses 8+ hours.
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Depends on the professional and their innate capable of precise decision-making.
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probably 30-50 games per day to maintain mechanics. other than that alot of analysis, alot of practicing one certain thing (my marine splits are weak, im going to practice them until it's perfect then practice it even more.) alot of certain build practicing vs and doing. etc etc...
quality of practice counts alot to.
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On April 09 2012 16:40 Corsica wrote:max is 16 i think, i remember huk saying that if they lose gstl they practice 16 hours, if they win (round) they get treated to a dinneer
NesTea has said he's done some 16 hour practice sessions at PC bangs (with smoke breaks of course)
The average seems to be 20 ladder games and 20 custom games a day. (source = bnet profiles)
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On April 09 2012 16:37 DMZ wrote:Well, Stephano structures his practices so he only does around 4-5 hours per day, while on the other end of the extreme you have Koreans who practice the entire day. Then you have other pro players which span the entire spectrum, although most seem to practice around 8-12 hours per day. It really depends on what you are practicing and whether you have specific goals while you practice. Structuring your practice with clear goals on what you are trying to practice is extremely helpful. I would guess 5 hours is about the bare minimum though. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=285603The article pretty much covers everything i just said; although its more of a debate over the value of a team house, but it does examine how pros practice. And a useful read for practicing: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/How_to_Practice
Stephano has said he plays more then 4 hours a day awhile ago. He used to but then started playing more once he went to korea.
In general koreans probably practice 8+ hours easy, and I imagine foreign pro's do 5-6 hours.
Even if foreigners practice as much as koreans the koreans would still be a lot better imo just because of team house + coaches.
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On April 09 2012 16:51 Cassel_Castle wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2012 16:40 Corsica wrote:max is 16 i think, i remember huk saying that if they lose gstl they practice 16 hours, if they win (round) they get treated to a dinneer NesTea has said he's done some 16 hour practice sessions at PC bangs (with smoke breaks of course) The average seems to be 20 ladder games and 20 custom games a day. (source = bnet profiles)
its nestea, he probably altered the fabric of time so he could play more games than its possible in 16 hours, and 16 hours turned in 24 hours...
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You can average games per pro by looking at the profiles and it breaks down to 20-30 games a day with about 24 being average.
semi pro or not big pro names sometimes play around 12-15 sometimes less (this is on NA)
All in all NA pros done play as much as they claim as reflected in both custom game counts and ladder games (taking away smurf accounts and other servers) so I would say 10 games a day will show great progress 20 a day if you really want to go far.
I have tested this myself and it proves to hold true (8 hour challenge for a week straight)
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I think marineking practices 14 hours a day.
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i know thorzain doesnt play much at all but still manages to be on top, same with ret... like said before it varies alot from player to player
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They have pretty set schedules and I'd love to get my hands on one. We can say they spend their entire day improving. May that be grinding out PvT games, Watching reps, discussing the game. They dedicate 100% of their time to practice. They'll take breaks for food but the highest level pros sneak in as much time as possible. I would say it's more realistic to say 10 hours a day of just SC2 improvement. The main question you should ask yourself is what tier of pro? MKP has practised up to 18 hours in a single day and now he's winning damn near everything. A player like HuK who is one of the most dedicated foreigner players puts in roughly 8-9 hours and is mid-high code S level. Results vary between the players. Some people get to fatigued playing 11 hours straight and that ammount of practice isn't right for them. I myself put in 11 hours a day and don't mind sitting the entire time and taking minimal breaks. My practice partners have to take several breaks through-out our practice sessions. Everyone is different, Play as long as you feel comfortable and what is efficient for you.
P.S. Sorry for the wall of text/ 2:15 AM here and haven't slept in a while.
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Khaldor once said that many foreign pros say they practice alot, but in REALITY they don't practice that much. Lazy bastards.
Of course there are exceptions.
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I think most of you overestimate how much pros practise. I also think its more important to be happy and healthy and just feel good in general, than to practise as much as humanly possible.
edit: This is talking about foreigners, koreans practise more in general.
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I've read that most BW teams have like 12 hour mandatory practice, and some people will add 3 hours on top of that. Most sc2 practice isn't that intense, but anything over 8 hours a day is basically standard.
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On April 09 2012 18:07 DarKFoRcE wrote:
I think most of you overestimate how much pros practise. I also think its more important to be happy and healthy and just feel good in general, than to practise as much as humanly possible.
edit: This is talking about foreigners, koreans practise more in general.
Yup, foreign pro's don't practice as much, koreans practice a ton it's why they so gosu :D
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MarineKing said he pra tices 18 hours a day, dunno if it's a mistranslation be ause he can't get enough sleep like that.
Other pros it probably depends, 8-10?
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On April 09 2012 18:05 Coeus1 wrote:Khaldor once said that many foreign pros say they practice alot, but in REALITY they don't practice that much. Lazy bastards. Of course there are exceptions.
I don't doubt him. If NA pros were playing 10 hours a day or whatever like they claim, they wouldn't be so bad  .
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