Straight to ladder 1v1, skipped practice league and campaign. Got angry because people trolling me in bronze league, went super saiyan mode and got master league after a year :D.

ishyishy

United States826 Posts

October 23 2012 22:12 GMT

#22

high diamond on release, 3 more seasons of being high diamond, then 4 seasons of being low master, and now i play LoL because sc2 is the most boring game ive ever played in my life

Fatam

1986 Posts

October 23 2012 23:03 GMT

#23

high diamond on release, 3 more seasons of being high diamond, then 4 seasons of being low master, and now i play LoL because sc2 is the most boring game ive ever played in my life

Really? I tried LoL and found it miles less interesting than SC2. Some of the mechanics such as last hitting and creeping in general are really boring. Different strokes I guess

Striker.superfreunde

Germany1120 Posts

October 23 2012 23:11 GMT

#24

On October 24 2012 02:48 Nerchio wrote:
SC1 UMS -> SC1 Big game hunters/ PHANTOM -> a little bit of ladder 1v1 in SC1 but i had ladder fear -> dreamhack champion

haha, that's good!

Now, our hopes will live a little longer!

I'm one off the 99% who's at the stage of ladder fear! Our time will come!

snively

United States1159 Posts

October 23 2012 23:18 GMT

#25

On October 24 2012 02:48 Nerchio wrote:
SC1 UMS -> SC1 Big game hunters/ PHANTOM -> a little bit of ladder 1v1 in SC1 but i had ladder fear -> dreamhack champion

LOL
LOOOOOL

k me:
sc1 single player campaign -> no rts for 10 years -> sc2 1v1

Ethoex

United States164 Posts

October 23 2012 23:28 GMT

#26

I started with BW when I was 8 I only played story and single player (mostly with cheats). Then in sc2 I played a lot of customs and team games before laddering.

Pucca

Taiwan1280 Posts

October 23 2012 23:32 GMT

#27

I do love some BGH... Honestly though I feel like you need a drive to play competitive, I'm naturally p
Competitive in SC2 because I like the game. But in BW I don't feel like I can improve as much so I play more casually

Sky101

United States1758 Posts

October 23 2012 23:42 GMT

#28

I guess I'm the only one that goes like: FMP > Low money maps > UMS/FMP :D

cosineInfinity

United States178 Posts

October 24 2012 00:01 GMT

#29

Started out with the WC3 demo 1v1 -> singeplayer -> customs (mostly DotA) -> 1v1s -> SC2 beta -> SC2 1v1s :D

StayPhrosty

Canada406 Posts

October 24 2012 00:25 GMT

#30

while i dont think those inbetween customs (bgh, fastest) really helped my 1v1 skill much, the various UMS games had me playing sc/wc3 for YEARS, and therefore when exploring my talent at competing 1v1, i was amazed at this entire new level to the game(s) i had loved for so long. i think over the years i definitely got a feel for how the unit animations worked in bw, and although it took a little more time to learn how fast things died or which army was winning an engagement, i still caught on quicker because i was building on intrinsic understandings of the units and the game. sc2 has a much more fluid style, but it still has many years to go for players to be able to really get a 'feel' for the game, and i think this will be a factor down the road.

i think as the map marketplace/arcade improves, more players will stick with the game longer, and as the 1v1 environment improves, more players will feel comfortable taking those first few steps, or continuing those steps after reaching masters. and yes, with 2 expos to go i'm quite confident the game will improve. and if it doesn't (hypothetically)? well in that case games like DotA2 or LoL or other future titles from other genres will learn from the mistakes that lead to the decline of starcraft as an esport. the industry is entering an amazing place right now, and it's only just getting started.

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

October 24 2012 01:09 GMT

#31

On October 24 2012 07:12 ishyishy wrote:
high diamond on release, 3 more seasons of being high diamond, then 4 seasons of being low master, and now i play LoL because sc2 is the most boring game ive ever played in my life

Then why are you still in the forum? this is a sc forum.

Ah and for me it was watching family plays W2 and SC1 -> playing SC1 campaign -> playing SC1 with family -> playing UMS in W3 -> 1v1 ladder SC2.

Ettick

United States2434 Posts

October 24 2012 01:12 GMT

#32

On October 24 2012 02:48 Nerchio wrote:
SC1 UMS -> SC1 Big game hunters/ PHANTOM -> a little bit of ladder 1v1 in SC1 but i had ladder fear -> dreamhack champion

LOL, at this rate, I'll win a dreamhack in SC3!

Penecks

United States600 Posts

October 24 2012 01:14 GMT

#33

Company of heroes team games > CoH 1v1 > sc2 1v1 > sc2 3v3 before my friends quit > sc2 1v1 now masters/bored > dota2

Ophe

Sweden388 Posts

October 24 2012 01:15 GMT

#34

I come from the fps scene and started to play "competitively" there.

q2 -> ut99 -> ut2k4 1v1 (Here I start to play "competitively") -> dota -> hon -> sc2 (not competitively from here on) -> lol -> sc2.

oZe

Sweden492 Posts

October 24 2012 01:35 GMT

#35

In bw I almost exclusively played melee vs ai except some lan with friends. Took forever to get a game online and then some asshat just disconnected. Think I finished the campaign once.

In sc2 I started with 1v1 playing one race with the intent of becoming good. Tried some team games and found out how much more fun they were. Then I saw that my friend. Who was on one base with 20 units when I was on six with supply max broodlords. Had more achievement points than me and something in my brain broke. Started grinding like a madman custom, coop, ladder & got all achieves except win X ladder/FFA games but am close on team games ^^ OMG the pain of getting 750 coop wins, don't do it kids. Wish that blizzard would reset the win farmers who use software to get ladder wins.

Lately stuck on a custom map "HavenForces" like a fukin heroin addict ;-) Will probably play 1v1 when I run out of wins in team games. Maybe even ffa even though I hate it when my 1v1 wins run out...

walklightwhat

Australia752 Posts

October 24 2012 01:38 GMT

#36

Oh wow.

I started in age of empires 2, in team games 4v4 mostly --> deathmatch 1v1 (basically you started at the end of the technology tree with massive resources) --> competitive standard 1v1 ---> custom games --> competitive deathmatch 1v1 ---> aom competitive 1v1 and team and then a huge break before SC2 with a mix of customs and competitive 1v1.

ShatterZer0

United States1843 Posts

October 24 2012 02:11 GMT

#37

Naruto Hokage Battle/MILES Laser tag/Snipers bald locks -> "1 vs 1 me bitch!" -> Miserable loss -> Discover Proscene -> B- Protoss who would Zealot/Goon/arbiter every game, every match up.

WombaT

Northern Ireland26992 Posts

October 24 2012 02:37 GMT

#38

Unreal Tournament, the original was my first proper foray into online play. Played some BW BGH and the likes before that, massed a lot of WC3, both ladder games and customs as well as 2v2 games. In SC2 pretty much just ladder, and enjoy pushing myself in the game.

Holytornados

United States1022 Posts

October 24 2012 02:48 GMT

#39

I jumped straight into the ladder 1v1.

It's all that ever attracted me for SC2.

I played Fastest back in the original SC days. Never really liked BW as much as the original game. ( I know, burn the heathen)