Nice post BaekHo. I remember seeing you in an obs game with one of my friends in season 1 and I was gold back then. I've dealt with that frustration one major time really.. then decided to analyze my play and try to better myself. I started season 2 in platinum and now I'm a decently ranked diamond.

As time allows I'm aiming to hit masters (at least low) to assure myself that I'm not stupid and put my Korean powers to use

I'ts true though, if you don't want to deal with frustrations in a game, just play this game for fun. This game can be extremely fun too even if you're not playing at a competitive level. There are custom games too

eXtremophiLe

United States22 Posts

May 16 2011 17:34 GMT

#148

Thank you for this post, truly appreciated the sincerity in which it is written. Much respect.

galtdunn

United States977 Posts

May 16 2011 17:47 GMT

#149

Haha awesome post. Might make me actually watch my replays. If i ever actually play 1v1s...

Good job BaekHo.

g0G0RandOm

Switzerland80 Posts

May 26 2011 08:11 GMT

#150

Awesome read , I for myself when i lose and watch my replay it's like i'm watching a football match i get mad when i see what i did wrong ( micro, macro, Bad BO etc... ) and after that i try never to make the same mistakes.

PS : sorry for my bad english writing

londoahv

Estonia6 Posts

May 28 2011 21:31 GMT

#151

Great post... considered quitting SC2 a little back (merely platinum with mid-gold skills), but this post keeps bringing back the motivation :D

ps: shouldnt the quote "Not everyone who succeed struggled, but those who did succeed definitely struggled and worked hard."

be

"Not everyone who struggled succeed, but those who did succeed definetely struggled and worked hard"

Limownade

Germany17 Posts

May 28 2011 21:52 GMT

#152

I dont think that you need talent for become a pro-gamer in sc2. I guess you have to be motivated and not total stupid. Great post anyways.

Engelgeddon

United States8 Posts

August 04 2011 10:54 GMT

#153

Also in all aspects of the game if you struggle to improve on your game. You also become a better person improving on how you take the critizism and other avenues of improving.

NewbieOne

Poland560 Posts

August 22 2011 18:18 GMT

#154

Thanks. I'm one of those people who don't improve so much with time. People I've taught to play (and those they in turn taught) end up being better than I. But this is probably because I don't really commit and maybe I expect things too early and worry too much about stats etc. Anyway, it's nice to hear it's okay to need a lot of practice to go up the ladder, rather than 100 games and you're plat/master or you suck.

Beneather

Canada451 Posts

August 27 2011 04:59 GMT

#155

Really, good post. It's inspired me and want to play starcraft and learn. I just got back in to and I'm plat and I was losing a lot thinking of different builds but then I watched MLG. Got some builds that are really solid that I saw Nada use and other players use in their match-ups and they've been helping me a lot lately. Now I'm going to play starcraft 2 and try to become better. I think they thing that made me want to quit sc2 before was that it was so hard and that I struggled so much and now I am learning and enjoying it much better than before. :D Thanks for the amazing post.

rGgiraffe

France6 Posts

September 04 2011 16:17 GMT

#156

i have a doubt.
Does this mean that i wont be able to get to grand master and play tournaments just because i lack of skill? because thats my objective not only on sc2 but games beyond sc2.

i really dont know if im skilled or not. but from my point of view i am not skilled. I really want to become better i sacrifice myself for becoming better. But what if i just cant to grand master because i dont have that natural way of playing better. would be better to just throw everything out of the window?

VanillaDay

4 Posts

September 04 2011 20:07 GMT

#157

Watching a game you won to study why your opponent lost is worthwhile. Your opponent will study the game to find out why they lost so next time they play against you they'll be better prepared. If you study why they lost and see how you could have improved your game then you'll be one step ahead. I've watched games that I've won just to discover that I only got lucky, and had my opponent not made certain mistakes then I would have clearly lost.

ThatGuy89

United Kingdom1968 Posts

September 04 2011 20:25 GMT

#158

On September 05 2011 01:17 moroo wrote:
i have a doubt.
Does this mean that i wont be able to get to grand master and play tournaments just because i lack of skill? because thats my objective not only on sc2 but games beyond sc2.

i really dont know if im skilled or not. but from my point of view i am not skilled. I really want to become better i sacrifice myself for becoming better. But what if i just cant to grand master because i dont have that natural way of playing better. would be better to just throw everything out of the window?

as most things in life, you need natural talent to play this game.

anyone can probbaly get to the top of GM with the right time and resources and stuff. But to be a really top progamer, and compete with the koreans and the likes of idra, HuK, select and all them you need more then just time and pracice imo

noggster

Sweden37 Posts

September 05 2011 00:07 GMT

#159

Everyone can get good at anything with training, doesn't matter if it's Math, Rocket Science, Soccer or StarCraft. It's all about learning your mind and body to do the thing you want it to do. Some people will learn slower then others, but it is still possible for ANYONE to get into masters, if they put their mind to it, put in the time and effort.
The talent part doesn't start to kick in really untill you start playing against a player that play the same amount as you. See a day only has 24 hours, if you play 12hours and he play 12hours, the talent will separate you from each other. If you are able to play more then a person with talent you can overcome his talent advantage, but because how our bodies work with the need to for food and sleep, and other factors it just isn't doable.

TLDR, anyone can get good at anything. To become the absolute top tier you need talent.

Nimbl3

Australia49 Posts

September 05 2011 01:12 GMT

#160

After a weekend of starcraft 2(ing) i played pretty poorly, i had just come off a 1 month break due to IRL stuff and i knew i wasn't in the best play state of mind.

After every loss id rage at myself and just wanna get on with the next game to smash the next noob, although i was the noob getting smashT.. I basically sat the exams without the study and failed.

Reading this post has now changed the way i will go about my game play and losses accordingly.

Ty for the post i know ill be better for it