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Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
January 16 2009 15:28 GMT
#1
Saddles: Iccup is easy?

keep in mind this is just my FIRST NIGHT back, my hands still feel like rocks compared to what they used to feel like, I'm sure I wont regain everything until at least a few weeks of playing... but when you easily get to C- on my first night playing in 3 years has the competition really improved all that much OUTSIDE of Korea as you guys say?

in a few days Ill be B ranked....


SaddleS on Iccup...


Now he cleared his stats and is now 9-2, perhaps getting to C rank was too hard (you can see his old games from game list).

But perhaps he will still get there:

It's because I have much better micro and macro than the person im playing, and I just impose that advantage on them as early as possible in the game... I KNOW that when I get to playing some sick B Koreans I will have to play a more conservative style.....


Perhaps those C- Korean gamers were too much.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
January 16 2009 15:31 GMT
#2
He's just ignorant really. Nothing more to say about it.
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Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
January 16 2009 15:41 GMT
#3
So your going to jock him about his performance. I feel as if I am jocking him posting in this thread. I read his posts but didn't dare to post b/c I don't wanna assume something I probably could be wrong about. A bit over confident more then ignorant is what I think about him.
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Straylight
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada706 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-16 16:00:30
January 16 2009 15:43 GMT
#4
If he can't make it out of C- this late in the season then there's no way in hell he can make B as quickly as he says. If he practices for a month or two, then fine whatever.

The difference between C- and B is fucking ginormous.

e: And his retarded brag about "easily" getting C- is a joke. Last season I've hit C- going 15-0 around this stage of the season. If I was retarded I'd immediately extrapolate and say that I'm B rank easily. But no, I max out in around C.
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JudgeMathis
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Cuba1286 Posts
January 16 2009 16:02 GMT
#5
Who cares? He's always been cocky. Lol.
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36379 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-16 16:04:59
January 16 2009 16:03 GMT
#6
On January 17 2009 00:41 Kennelie wrote:
So your going to jock him about his performance. I feel as if I am jocking him posting in this thread. I read his posts but didn't dare to post b/c I don't wanna assume something I probably could be wrong about. A bit over confident more then ignorant is what I think about him.

well, its already pretty much too late, he said he'd be "B ranked in a few days" a few days ago. he's nowhere close to that, especially after the reset. we still have no idea if he'll ever make C+, let alone B, especially with that mediocre win-loss ratio.
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sprawlers
Profile Joined June 2007
Norway439 Posts
January 16 2009 16:11 GMT
#7
..in a week he will stall at the low C rank is my guess, though everyone has said that all ready. He doesn't know how good B rank is but yeah, better to just wait and see if he is still playing in a week or so.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
January 16 2009 16:21 GMT
#8
The thing is, from the few replays I saw of his iCCup games, his apm averaged around 150, which is nothing special, and I doubt he has either the micro or macro to crack into the B levels. Also, when I checked his games a day or two ago, a large portion of his recent PvZ games that he won ended within 5:00 minutes, which probably means that he's unable or too afraid to get into long games because he probably doesn't know how to pull off the modern FE Protoss builds, and he probably gets grossly outmacroed as the game progresses.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
January 16 2009 16:31 GMT
#9
On January 17 2009 01:21 koreasilver wrote:
The thing is, from the few replays I saw of his iCCup games, his apm averaged around 150, which is nothing special, and I doubt he has either the micro or macro to crack into the B levels. Also, when I checked his games a day or two ago, a large portion of his recent PvZ games that he won ended within 5:00 minutes, which probably means that he's unable or too afraid to get into long games because he probably doesn't know how to pull off the modern FE Protoss builds, and he probably gets grossly outmacroed as the game progresses.


I wonder if he 2 gates, and his opponents don't know how to deal with it. Most zergs face FE, which means that they don't get very much practice against 2 gates.
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3684 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-16 16:36:43
January 16 2009 16:36 GMT
#10
On January 17 2009 01:31 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2009 01:21 koreasilver wrote:
The thing is, from the few replays I saw of his iCCup games, his apm averaged around 150, which is nothing special, and I doubt he has either the micro or macro to crack into the B levels. Also, when I checked his games a day or two ago, a large portion of his recent PvZ games that he won ended within 5:00 minutes, which probably means that he's unable or too afraid to get into long games because he probably doesn't know how to pull off the modern FE Protoss builds, and he probably gets grossly outmacroed as the game progresses.


I wonder if he 2 gates, and his opponents don't know how to deal with it. Most zergs face FE, which means that they don't get very much practice against 2 gates.


I don't think so. It's probably 25% 2 gate and 74% FE for me. I left the 1% for all the crazy one gate tech builds that I roll over.

Edit: I'm not saying he doesn't 2 gate, in fact he probably does if he wins in 5 minutes, I just meant that I don't find 2gating to be uncommon on iccup.
sprawlers
Profile Joined June 2007
Norway439 Posts
January 16 2009 16:36 GMT
#11
It's not just that they don't know how to deal with it. At some positions its really hard to defend a 2gate on LT, plus those who plays on LT in the first place are generally worse than the average iccup players of their rank. He seems to have changed to newer maps now though, props to him for that.
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
January 16 2009 16:38 GMT
#12
He is protoss after all...C- isn't really hard.
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
January 16 2009 16:40 GMT
#13
On January 17 2009 01:03 Hot_Bid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2009 00:41 Kennelie wrote:
So your going to jock him about his performance. I feel as if I am jocking him posting in this thread. I read his posts but didn't dare to post b/c I don't wanna assume something I probably could be wrong about. A bit over confident more then ignorant is what I think about him.

well, its already pretty much too late, he said he'd be "B ranked in a few days" a few days ago. he's nowhere close to that, especially after the reset. we still have no idea if he'll ever make C+, let alone B, especially with that mediocre win-loss ratio.


Who cares though honestly. People say a lot of things they can't back up that is nothing new. The same people keep giving this guy attention for no reason at all bringing his name up continually.

Hot_Bid do me a favor and file an OST, take a depo, and then settle this outside court (aka close this thread).
Hi
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
January 16 2009 16:57 GMT
#14
I have 2 replays of SaddleS, didn't think they are thread-worthy, but since you made this blog, here, you can include them to your opening post if you wanna:

http://www.repdepot.net/replay.php?id=7111&key=bc71f7

http://repdepot.net/replay.php?id=7103

It seems he's an average C- gamer. And it might get questionable once he starts playing courage maps.
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
January 16 2009 17:08 GMT
#15
On January 17 2009 01:31 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2009 01:21 koreasilver wrote:
The thing is, from the few replays I saw of his iCCup games, his apm averaged around 150, which is nothing special, and I doubt he has either the micro or macro to crack into the B levels. Also, when I checked his games a day or two ago, a large portion of his recent PvZ games that he won ended within 5:00 minutes, which probably means that he's unable or too afraid to get into long games because he probably doesn't know how to pull off the modern FE Protoss builds, and he probably gets grossly outmacroed as the game progresses.


I wonder if he 2 gates, and his opponents don't know how to deal with it. Most zergs face FE, which means that they don't get very much practice against 2 gates.


Yes he does. I even found a replay in the complaint forum of him doing a PvZ.

He 2gates, nothing really special about it, doesn't even micro that well, and his opponent is just so terrible (how he found an 85 apm zerg in C- is beyond me) that even after seeing the initial zealot implying a lack of FE, he continues going for a three hatch build, not getting a single sunken until it's way too late.
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Ghardo
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Germany1685 Posts
January 16 2009 17:10 GMT
#16
*chuckle*
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
January 16 2009 17:13 GMT
#17
On January 17 2009 01:40 kidd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2009 01:03 Hot_Bid wrote:
On January 17 2009 00:41 Kennelie wrote:
So your going to jock him about his performance. I feel as if I am jocking him posting in this thread. I read his posts but didn't dare to post b/c I don't wanna assume something I probably could be wrong about. A bit over confident more then ignorant is what I think about him.

well, its already pretty much too late, he said he'd be "B ranked in a few days" a few days ago. he's nowhere close to that, especially after the reset. we still have no idea if he'll ever make C+, let alone B, especially with that mediocre win-loss ratio.


Who cares though honestly. People say a lot of things they can't back up that is nothing new. The same people keep giving this guy attention for no reason at all bringing his name up continually.

Hot_Bid do me a favor and file an OST, take a depo, and then settle this outside court (aka close this thread).


Of course it's nothing new.

1. Someone says something stupid "it's so easy to kill a lurker with 1 marine".
2. They try to prove their point and fail.
3. They're laughed at.
4. The end.

If you don't find step 3 entertaining (I don't blame you, it's childish to find so much satisfaction in proving someone wrong, especially over the internet) then just ignore the whole thing and let the kids have their fun.
No I'm never serious.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
January 16 2009 17:30 GMT
#18
But then again, a quick check of random games revealed a bunch of losses to C+ and above, with one guy being 32-2 and another 38-13 or something like that, and some wins over C+/B- from last seasons =O

Maybe he has a chance! :D
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-16 18:26:17
January 16 2009 18:16 GMT
#19
Even I've beaten a former B- player... and I'm a middling D+ player (when I can arse myself, which is usually late in the season). There seems to be a lot of former C-'s in the D/D+ ranks at the moment (I swear, like every one of games is against one.. at least I'm coming close to beating them) for whatever reason. I doubt he'll come even close.

Edit: Also I find it hilarious he makes it a big deal about rushing D+ level players and winning. Low level players have somewhat crappy micro against 2 gate sometimes... it isn't like you're Bisu all of the sudden. Good luck winning games against C- players that aren't bottom feeders.
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
January 16 2009 18:16 GMT
#20
On January 17 2009 02:30 EtherealDeath wrote:
But then again, a quick check of random games revealed a bunch of losses to C+ and above, with one guy being 32-2 and another 38-13 or something like that, and some wins over C+/B- from last seasons =O

Maybe he has a chance! :D


He's definitely not getting to B.
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