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MethodSC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States928 Posts
February 03 2012 00:58 GMT
#41
For improvement at least 10, really depends though, but never less than 10.
ViRii
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States826 Posts
February 03 2012 01:07 GMT
#42
I voted for 1-2 hours because I really shouldn't play more than that (I have other obligations stupid adulthood) but right now I'm playing 3-4.
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
February 03 2012 01:11 GMT
#43
Where is the 8+? Op is weak. :D
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Dissonance23
Profile Joined September 2010
United States259 Posts
February 03 2012 01:13 GMT
#44
When I actually play, 6+, but I don't even play once a week. =(
alpinefpOPP
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States134 Posts
February 03 2012 01:14 GMT
#45
1 to 2 hours a day when i'm serious, i want to do more though, i have the time i just lack the ability to play any longer than that.
imyzhang
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada809 Posts
February 03 2012 01:15 GMT
#46
during the beta, i used to play 40 games a day over the summer break... now, the max i've done during reading week is like 30 games in a single session and that's very occasionally. not really sure how long that is in hours though.
bleh
MuATaran
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada231 Posts
February 03 2012 01:24 GMT
#47
I always do this thing were I will play a lot of games a day for like a week streight and then I will burn out and not play for 2 weeks. It really sucks because it is really hard to get better when I keep taking such long brakes from playing. What I want to do it get to the point were I can play like 3-4 hours a day and do that at least 4-5 days a week.
"Our Banshees will blot out the Sun! ... Then we shall Stim in the Shade." - Doa
ch4ppi
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany802 Posts
February 03 2012 01:27 GMT
#48
Well I think it might be 1-2 hours only, because I really need free time to have an open mind about the game and Im currently pretty busy with work, university and my GF...
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
February 03 2012 01:27 GMT
#49
I'm limited by my parents, who only let me play 2 hours MAX a day, and not every day.

but sometimes they let me play more. 6 hours straight is my record so far (i think) on the new year.
(...or maybe it was 8, i'm not sure when i started)
My religion is Starcraft
Nus5
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany46 Posts
February 03 2012 01:33 GMT
#50
it depends like in weeks i play 3-4 hours ladder with breaks, but on weekends i play like 8+
Arkias1002
Profile Joined March 2011
United States32 Posts
February 03 2012 01:57 GMT
#51
Do you guys find that playing like 10 hours a day actually helps? When I do play 2-3 hours I feel like I'm hardly improving.
Mario1209
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1077 Posts
February 03 2012 02:03 GMT
#52
when i actually am looking to get into the next league cuz i feel that i am ready, i will at least 5 hours a day, 20-30 games a day, not counting breaks.
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
February 03 2012 02:08 GMT
#53
when i can, 6+ but thats not often anymore -_-
User was warned for too many mimes.
Sajaki
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada1135 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-03 02:19:32
February 03 2012 02:19 GMT
#54
3-4 but am currently upping that to about 5-6 minimum. (much more on weekends, ofc) Creating a practice schedule...
Inno pls...
sjcomp
Profile Joined January 2012
United States8 Posts
February 03 2012 02:45 GMT
#55
I guess "how long do I play?" and "how long would I like to play?" would be very different and then there is "how long would your wife like you to play sc2?"
RibsNGibs
Profile Joined January 2011
64 Posts
February 03 2012 02:49 GMT
#56
Usually less than an hour, 2 max. I find laddering so stressful and mentally draining that I actually can't make myself play once I have a long, close game. So... fight off a 4 gate or lose to it, then do a quick ling/bling war, then a 45 minute macro war.... boom, quit, Skyrim. I honestly don't know how you guys can keep playing after a really long nailbiter of a game. I guess if I lose a close game, sometimes I'll be jacked up enough to want to play more, but any close game that I win = quit, play something, anything single player, let my heart go back to a reasonable rhythm.

SockArms
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States591 Posts
February 03 2012 02:50 GMT
#57
Depends on how I'm playing but I'll do about 10 games when I have the free time. But days like today where i get 2 zvz's lose then get bunkered in on megalopolis I just stop there.
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NoctemSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States771 Posts
February 03 2012 03:47 GMT
#58
On February 03 2012 10:11 KawaiiRice wrote:
Where is the 8+? Op is weak. :D

I'm sorrrrry! I knew I was forgetting a sixth option but so many people had already voted that I didn't want to change it.
The results are interesting though, over 20% Grind pretty hard core.

http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times
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