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+ Show Spoiler + I did a search for season 8 lock and found no topics, and seeing as the season is coming to a close and we always make one of these I decided to make one, if this is wrong however feel free to delete this topic.
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Season 8 is finally coming to a close, and it has been quite a long season I must say.
What does a season lock mean? For starters it means that you will be locked to your current league, (say you are in plat now you will not be able to advance to diamond, you can also not be demoted either). Your bonus pool will also stop growing. So if you have any plans on getting promoted before this season ends, now is the time to do it!
So to end this topic, did you make your goals this season? What are you happy with and what did you feel did not meet up to par with your standards set for this season?
If there is anything wrong with the information provided or information I left out feel free to tell me in a comment and I will edit it in.
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Is the screenshot from a new map? It looks like the low ground base on Cloud Kingdom, but the low ground has a grass texture.
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Yay! Finally a new season. Finally a new chance to get into Grandmaster 
Maybe this time I'll do it
(if I'm realistic I don't think I will but meeting 3 or 4 GM players in the last few days in the ladder still gives me some hope)
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So this was my first full season in SCII. After finishing last season in mid bronze I worked myself up to (at one point) high platinum. I've really hit a slump lately and have fallen down in my plat division. It's been frustrating, but I tell myself to be happy with the progress I made this season.
Hope to reach Diamond in season 9.
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On August 31 2012 05:59 Dynamo44 wrote:
So this was my first full season in SCII. After finishing last season in mid bronze I worked myself up to (at one point) high platinum. I've really hit a slump lately and have fallen down in my plat division. It's been frustrating, but I tell myself to be happy with the progress I made this season.
Hope to reach Diamond in season 9.
Mid-bronze to platinum is good. You've already overcome the biggest hurdles.
The longer season has been pretty good; if not a bit disorganised.
It's given me a chance to go through all my bonus pool worth a month's inactivity at least.
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I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D
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On August 31 2012 06:08 roym899 wrote:
I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D
How much you play per day? 10h or?
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I started Sc2 during mid season 7 and finished 4th of Platinum, then this season im currently sitting in the top 10 of Diamond, which was my goal. Im starting to play with master from time to time in ladder so I guess that achieving Master during season 9 is an easy goal.
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this season has felt longer than any recent ones for sure.
i met my goal to get 3 accounts into top 10 GM. /brag
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On August 31 2012 05:56 Kmatt wrote:
Is the screenshot from a new map? It looks like the low ground base on Cloud Kingdom, but the low ground has a grass texture.
its probably one of the really old ones, like lost temple or something.
if you go to ladder and click on current season this is what you look at.
it amuses me that there are naked collossi and the toss player decides to use them to harass.
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I have not reached my goal yet (Plat), but I'm ridiculously close. I've been close several times, so it's kind of frustrating. If I don't reach Plat by season lock, though, I will definitely get there by next season, and maybe even Diamond too.
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On August 31 2012 06:12 Nawe wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 06:08 roym899 wrote:
I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D How much you play per day? 10h or?
I have an average of 6 games per day. So maybe 2 hours or so. I'm just in my last high school year, so I'm in school until 3 o'clock most of the times. So I can hardly play much more.
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On August 31 2012 06:16 roym899 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 06:12 Nawe wrote:On August 31 2012 06:08 roym899 wrote:
I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D How much you play per day? 10h or? I have an average of 6 games per day. So maybe 2 hours or so. I'm just in my last high school year, so I'm in school until 3 o'clock most of the times. So I can hardly play much more.
erm... that seems hardly possible. You must be some kind of Wunderkind.
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Hit 1000 Master the other day. Get at me
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On August 31 2012 06:15 snively wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 05:56 Kmatt wrote:
Is the screenshot from a new map? It looks like the low ground base on Cloud Kingdom, but the low ground has a grass texture. its probably one of the really old ones, like lost temple or something. if you go to ladder and click on current season this is what you look at. it amuses me that there are naked collossi and the toss player decides to use them to harass.
It's a tileset that hasn't been used in any ladder/comp 1v1 maps.
I believe Twilight Fortress is the only Blizzard map that used it? And it's not that as far as I can tell.
Also there is no notable community map with this tileset atm.
So yea... I fear it might be a new Blizz map...
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Confirmed, this is legit.
Also this ss how EU looks like
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On August 31 2012 06:28 Anvil666 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 06:16 roym899 wrote:On August 31 2012 06:12 Nawe wrote:On August 31 2012 06:08 roym899 wrote:
I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D How much you play per day? 10h or? I have an average of 6 games per day. So maybe 2 hours or so. I'm just in my last high school year, so I'm in school until 3 o'clock most of the times. So I can hardly play much more. erm... that seems hardly possible. You must be some kind of Wunderkind.
nah just dont play mindlessly, watch reps and study good builds will do you more good than just playing twice the amount without analyzing
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On August 31 2012 06:12 Nawe wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 06:08 roym899 wrote:
I've finally made it into Master league after really starting to play as a Silver player this January. Let's see when I'll hit GM. :D How much you play per day? 10h or?
It is very easy to get to master league, it just depends on your play style.
I've never played an rts game online before, and I've never been lower than diamond since the game released, and now I am mid master, and i didnt have to analyze replays or have high apm to do it either. I'd say one of the keys to getting master league, if you really really want it, is to play cheesy and aggressive. The longer the game goes, the more decisions you have to make, which makes playing a longer game more difficult than palying a shorter one.
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i think 3 month seasons are better than 2 months. just my opinion.
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