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VPVanek
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada238 Posts
August 31 2012 13:09 GMT
#61
So the lock is now on the 4th?..
FoXer
radscorpion9
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada2252 Posts
August 31 2012 13:11 GMT
#62
I think I played 7 games total this season. I'm proud on improving the number of games I normally play . Plus loads of customs of course, like watching people play on that observer map I forgot the name of.
roym899
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany426 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-31 19:25:55
August 31 2012 19:24 GMT
#63
On August 31 2012 19:44 imPermanenCe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 06:28 Anvil666 wrote:
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.

Having bad luck with initial players, while not actually being on silver level?

No. I was Gold Terran, switched to Zerg, dropped down to Silver and now I'm Master. But actually I don't think it's that hard. And I think it's definitly possible to do it much faster. It's just important to think what you do, and watch streams. I'm always watching Stephanos vods taking notes.

On August 31 2012 14:33 FataLe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 14:30 marcelluspye wrote:
Reading this thread makes me feel pretty stupid, it took me two seasons to get through both gold and plat

It's possible! Plat to GM in one season here.

Hardly can believe this. You would need to play like 20 games every day, and only do some pretty good cheese.
Adonminus
Profile Joined January 2012
Israel543 Posts
August 31 2012 19:33 GMT
#64
On September 01 2012 04:24 roym899 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 14:33 FataLe wrote:
On August 31 2012 14:30 marcelluspye wrote:
Reading this thread makes me feel pretty stupid, it took me two seasons to get through both gold and plat

It's possible! Plat to GM in one season here.

Hardly can believe this. You would need to play like 20 games every day, and only do some pretty good cheese.

The skill difference between a low master and a grandmaster is already like the difference between bronze and platinum. And let's not forget that in between high master and grandmaster it's already hard to learn because it's mostly not the bad macro and micro that's holding you back but actual strategy and decision making which is much harder to master and usually you need some natural talent in there too.

So Plat to GM in one season is really hardly hardly possible especially with no previous rts experience.
scypio
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland2127 Posts
August 31 2012 21:09 GMT
#65
Something strange happened this season for me. Starcraft became kinda bad to watch. Yeah, the top tournaments still delivered, but the entertainment quality of the daily / weekly cups became really poor.

So I played more. I've won 195 games this season and it payed off. After 20+ months in platinum league I've finally moved up. And now I'm diamond terran on EU :D

Finally! I was begging to have strange ideas like getting US account or going the ezmode
I play random | I like Hots | INnoVation | sOs | Tefel TOP1!
TerranTechie
Profile Joined August 2012
24 Posts
August 31 2012 23:16 GMT
#66
On August 31 2012 07:31 ishyishy 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?


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.


Spoken as a true NA server player. :D
Mothership Core. Good idea Blizz. Kappa
sCCrooked
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1306 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-31 23:26:22
August 31 2012 23:25 GMT
#67
On September 01 2012 04:24 roym899 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 19:44 imPermanenCe wrote:
On August 31 2012 06:28 Anvil666 wrote:
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.

Having bad luck with initial players, while not actually being on silver level?

No. I was Gold Terran, switched to Zerg, dropped down to Silver and now I'm Master. But actually I don't think it's that hard. And I think it's definitly possible to do it much faster. It's just important to think what you do, and watch streams. I'm always watching Stephanos vods taking notes.

Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 14:33 FataLe wrote:
On August 31 2012 14:30 marcelluspye wrote:
Reading this thread makes me feel pretty stupid, it took me two seasons to get through both gold and plat

It's possible! Plat to GM in one season here.

Hardly can believe this. You would need to play like 20 games every day, and only do some pretty good cheese.


After seeing my own progress, I can't really squash the idea of plat to GM in 1 season. Although, it is certainly quite the accomplishment. I started playing last season and went from silver to plat, then this season I went from plat to 1400+ masters. Next season, I will be aiming for GM since the momentum is in my favor.

Now, I really did play about 12-16 games per day however there wasn't a single cheese. No pools ever before 14, and never a 14/14 build. I never went for any speedling or ling/bane busts. I would not recommend cheesing to gain rank because you will hit a brick wall much more than someone who simply got really good at macro and timings in a very short period of time.

Then again, I'm an old BW player so that probably helped out a lot.

*edit* I switched the very day KeSPA officially switched. I clung on 'till the end~
Enlightened in an age of anti-intellectualism and quotidian repetitiveness of asinine assumptive thinking. Best lycan guide evar --> "Fixing solo queue all pick one game at a time." ~KwarK-
Malokium
Profile Joined July 2012
14 Posts
September 01 2012 01:09 GMT
#68
Went from Top Silver to 1k Pt master in one season - So happy )
SolarJto
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States260 Posts
September 01 2012 03:53 GMT
#69
Either I'm blind, I thought new season started tomorrow and we were already in ladder lock haha. Did they change it?
-University of New Mexico CSL Coordinator-
CT Legacy
Profile Joined April 2011
United States57 Posts
September 01 2012 03:59 GMT
#70
On September 01 2012 08:25 sCCrooked wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 04:24 roym899 wrote:
On August 31 2012 19:44 imPermanenCe wrote:
On August 31 2012 06:28 Anvil666 wrote:
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.

Having bad luck with initial players, while not actually being on silver level?

No. I was Gold Terran, switched to Zerg, dropped down to Silver and now I'm Master. But actually I don't think it's that hard. And I think it's definitly possible to do it much faster. It's just important to think what you do, and watch streams. I'm always watching Stephanos vods taking notes.

On August 31 2012 14:33 FataLe wrote:
On August 31 2012 14:30 marcelluspye wrote:
Reading this thread makes me feel pretty stupid, it took me two seasons to get through both gold and plat

It's possible! Plat to GM in one season here.

Hardly can believe this. You would need to play like 20 games every day, and only do some pretty good cheese.


After seeing my own progress, I can't really squash the idea of plat to GM in 1 season. Although, it is certainly quite the accomplishment. I started playing last season and went from silver to plat, then this season I went from plat to 1400+ masters. Next season, I will be aiming for GM since the momentum is in my favor.

Now, I really did play about 12-16 games per day however there wasn't a single cheese. No pools ever before 14, and never a 14/14 build. I never went for any speedling or ling/bane busts. I would not recommend cheesing to gain rank because you will hit a brick wall much more than someone who simply got really good at macro and timings in a very short period of time.

Then again, I'm an old BW player so that probably helped out a lot.

*edit* I switched the very day KeSPA officially switched. I clung on 'till the end~


unless you are protoss then you can just 2-base your way to GM if you are good enough.
With Zerg I feel is more of a defensive race. Always being macro and less cheese. There are always opportunities though to be aggressive when you see a weakness (a third not being protected or runbys) So I feel Zerg takes a lot more skill. I know i'm only Gold league but I feel i'm pretty decent and have come a long way this season. But seriously I play some tosses and terrans and I think how did you get into gold league just making mass marines?
Twitter @CT_Legacy
Rassefrasse
Profile Joined May 2011
18 Posts
September 01 2012 08:11 GMT
#71
On September 01 2012 12:53 SolarJto wrote:
Either I'm blind, I thought new season started tomorrow and we were already in ladder lock haha. Did they change it?


That's what I'm also wondering. I'm sitting on rank 1 in diamond wanting a new season and placement match, haha.
scypio
Profile Joined December 2011
Poland2127 Posts
September 01 2012 10:16 GMT
#72
On September 01 2012 17:11 Rassefrasse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 12:53 SolarJto wrote:
Either I'm blind, I thought new season started tomorrow and we were already in ladder lock haha. Did they change it?


That's what I'm also wondering. I'm sitting on rank 1 in diamond wanting a new season and placement match, haha.


Well, your both blind. Just go to first page of this thread and look at the images.

US: Lock September 4, season ends Semptember 11
Eu: Lock September 5, season ends Semptember 12

So no there is no lock (yet).
I play random | I like Hots | INnoVation | sOs | Tefel TOP1!
Catatafish
Profile Joined April 2012
75 Posts
September 01 2012 10:57 GMT
#73
On September 01 2012 12:59 CT Legacy wrote:
unless you are protoss then you can just 2-base your way to GM if you are good enough.
With Zerg I feel is more of a defensive race. Always being macro and less cheese. There are always opportunities though to be aggressive when you see a weakness (a third not being protected or runbys) So I feel Zerg takes a lot more skill. I know i'm only Gold league but I feel i'm pretty decent and have come a long way this season. But seriously I play some tosses and terrans and I think how did you get into gold league just making mass marines?


You can cheese your way to GM with any race. There's even a guide to 6-pooling to GM in the strategy section. You can get into gold league by making mass marines because the scouting and macro in gold league is subpar. Zerg is more reactionary, but I don't think there is a good case for arguing that it is harder to play than the other races on any level. If anything, playing terran at the low level is probably the hardest.
rbarreira
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden6 Posts
September 01 2012 12:37 GMT
#74
On September 01 2012 19:57 Catatafish wrote:If anything, playing terran at the low level is probably the hardest.


As a Bronze (soon Silver) terran, I feel that playing TvZ and TvP at this level is not too hard, but TvT makes me pull my hair out. Those siege tanks...
PXEnTei
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States209 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-03 02:27:45
September 03 2012 02:26 GMT
#75
I made it out of bronze this season, and have been killing most silver players recently. Im like 9 for 10 in my last games. And the one game i lost, i was acedentally playing zerg. ( i play terran) my Apm is also way up. i usually get to 120.

Im rank 3, and hope to get gold next season, i have beat all the gold i have played
"Sue me, dickhead!" -Thor
Dagan159
Profile Joined July 2012
United States203 Posts
September 03 2012 03:05 GMT
#76
How many points do you need to guarentee a promotion next season?

Right now im standing at rank 1 diamond, with 935ish points, I play mostly high diamond and masters players, think ill have a shot?
The ultimate weapon. nuff said.
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4512 Posts
September 03 2012 03:29 GMT
#77
On September 01 2012 04:24 roym899 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 19:44 imPermanenCe wrote:
On August 31 2012 06:28 Anvil666 wrote:
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.

Having bad luck with initial players, while not actually being on silver level?

No. I was Gold Terran, switched to Zerg, dropped down to Silver and now I'm Master. But actually I don't think it's that hard. And I think it's definitly possible to do it much faster. It's just important to think what you do, and watch streams. I'm always watching Stephanos vods taking notes.

Show nested quote +
On August 31 2012 14:33 FataLe wrote:
On August 31 2012 14:30 marcelluspye wrote:
Reading this thread makes me feel pretty stupid, it took me two seasons to get through both gold and plat

It's possible! Plat to GM in one season here.

Hardly can believe this. You would need to play like 20 games every day, and only do some pretty good cheese.

Yes, I left out that I was once mid master but took an 8 month break and came back at plat level T.T
True Plat --> GM in one season would be really sick but I suppose I cheated a bit with prior experience + game knowledge.
hi. big fan.
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4512 Posts
September 03 2012 03:30 GMT
#78
On September 03 2012 12:05 Dagan159 wrote:
How many points do you need to guarentee a promotion next season?

Right now im standing at rank 1 diamond, with 935ish points, I play mostly high diamond and masters players, think ill have a shot?

Just play your heart out, leave nothing to chance.
hi. big fan.
Dagan159
Profile Joined July 2012
United States203 Posts
September 03 2012 04:02 GMT
#79
On September 03 2012 12:30 FataLe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2012 12:05 Dagan159 wrote:
How many points do you need to guarentee a promotion next season?

Right now im standing at rank 1 diamond, with 935ish points, I play mostly high diamond and masters players, think ill have a shot?

Just play your heart out, leave nothing to chance.


Well I was considering playing badly, but your post saved me!

I have seen in the past some numbers blizzard provided for near guarenteed promotions, but I cant find them -.-, are all seasons the same length/ will old numbers be applicable to this season?
The ultimate weapon. nuff said.
trias_e
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
September 03 2012 04:11 GMT
#80
Diamond for 8 seasons now. At least I played 400 games this season which is decent but could have played more. Don't think I'll ever get to masters no matter what I do though. Even without time constraints I don't know if I could ever make it. I think starting RTS at 26 really limits how good you can get at it.
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