At this moment, i am focusing on work - projects. At the same time, I found my passion to play RTS games again. I have been playing Command & Conquer starting with 13 and winning my first big offline lan events with 18. Later I started to play the Starcraft 2 Beta. I was quite good and played against White Ra, and other top tier players. Well most of the times I lost haha. And back in the days I was very "immature" :D
Back in the Beta was no Grandmaster to be introduced yet. I was never in one and I would feel very excited to do my best to reach higher master or even GM level of Protoss play in EU Ladder the next seasons to come. I installed SC2 and play the 10 free days of matches now to be able to start ranked 1v1 games.
The downside is - i did not play any games for 7 years + as I focussed on business and investing. I never played the two add ons of Starcraft 2.
Since a week, I began to play some games and it is very exciting. I am also guiding and blogging about the mindset of humans and how to change our behaviors. I know my conditioning in Starcraft 2 is really bad to reach GM - so i have to change my whole Game - Play.
Who would be interested to get updates from time to time? I could think about doing a blog in English, which I post a weekly update. Also while playing, i may be open to stream Twitch.
Anyway thanks for reading those words. I am 30 years now - a lot of people mention that it is not possible to reach those ambitious goals at this age, while having a full time job and family. I would love to prove people not "wrong" however I would love to show our humans full potential.
All the best - Dominik , on the ladder now DENEB should I ever reach GM, that would be super exciting and I would have loved to help a lot on the path to their better gameplay and personality expansion.
Let me know your thoughts - and ideas
UPDATE: I started streaming my Games on: https://www.twitch.tv/fazinate Watch my rise or fall, rage and fun commentaryand more - like GSL commentary of Games to analyze and more.
Wish you luck. What's your current league? I'm diamond so if you are below that or the same maybe you could share your friend code and we could practice.
If you played against pros maybe you'll be able to make it. GM is not for everyone. I know for example that no matter how much I try I will never get GM, I'm too inconsistent in my play for that, but that doesn't mean I won't stop trying getting at least to master.
On October 02 2020 03:46 [Phantom] wrote: Wish you luck. What's your current league? I'm diamond so if you are below that or the same maybe you could share your friend code and we could practice.
If you played against pros maybe you'll be able to make it. GM is not for everyone. I know for example that no matter how much I try I will never get GM, I'm too inconsistent in my play for that, but that doesn't mean I won't stop trying getting at least to master.
GL!
I have not been in a league 1v1 yet - only 2v2. 1v1 ladder is still 5 days of games away because my account is new. Sure you can add me here - Deneb#21122
Best Of luck, whould like to read a Blog of you. Had to google your name, because i didn´t remembered it completle but instantly found a game of you vs satinii casted from khaldor. <3 good old german esl times
Anything is possible if you set your mind to it. I haven't played SC2 in years, but I imagine EU / KR is still more difficult than NA GM, not sure though. You can do it either way though!
32 years here and recently commited to reach Masters for the first time. currently stuck at D2/D1 for a few months though. feeling like i hit a hard wall, even though i practice every day. having time to play only at nights doesn’t help either. but not giving up yet! would be nice to follow updates from you dude!
I'd say - and that's valid for every game / activity - most people try to improve by just playing a lot. That only gets you so far. To become good at something - whether it's chess, poker, SC2, playing an instrument, dancing, whatever - you must study and isolate the elements you need to work on.
The problem with fixed goals especially on ladders is that it makes you focus on winning instead of making you focus on improving.
So my two pieces of advice would be: don't try all the time to get higher on ladder and spend a big portion of your time studying replays, practicing your mechanics, learning builds orders until they are absolutely immaculate, and so on. And from my experience in my domain of activity (I'm a musician) I would recommend spending far more time practicing than playing.
I am a 31 year old woman (well, 31 in november :D) and I am occasionally GM (4.9-5.3k range). I don't think age has a lot to do with it. I may not be as fast as I was 10 years ago but I have a lot more experience to go off of. Heck, White-Ra is 39 or 40 IIRC and when he comes back for a few days he hovers right below GM just fine.
It isn't impossible by any means. Just gotta work at it.
On October 02 2020 18:42 Biff The Understudy wrote: I'd say - and that's valid for every game / activity - most people try to improve by just playing a lot. That only gets you so far. To become good at something - whether it's chess, poker, SC2, playing an instrument, dancing, whatever - you must study and isolate the elements you need to work on.
The problem with fixed goals especially on ladders is that it makes you focus on winning instead of making you focus on improving.
So my two pieces of advice would be: don't try all the time to get higher on ladder and spend a big portion of your time studying replays, practicing your mechanics, learning builds orders until they are absolutely immaculate, and so on. And from my experience in my domain of activity (I'm a musician) I would recommend spending far more time practicing than playing.
Thanks a lot! I am super happy that i was able to re'activate my Twitch Account. And since I am very deep into mindset, emotions and mentality from my works perspective as a blogger and from life's experience, I will include the mental aspect a lot in my play/stream. At the same time, I would guide and provide insides of how I improve - step by step.
I feel quite motivated to start streaming in some days. Currently waiting for my new equipment to arrive, should be some days for my laptop - keyboard and monitor to arrive. I also have to test if my "upload" rate is high enough to stream fluidly.
Will keep you updated all thanks so far for this great feedback!
On October 02 2020 19:05 LHK wrote: I am a 31 year old woman (well, 31 in november :D) and I am occasionally GM (4.9-5.3k range). I don't think age has a lot to do with it. I may not be as fast as I was 10 years ago but I have a lot more experience to go off of. Heck, White-Ra is 39 or 40 IIRC and when he comes back for a few days he hovers right below GM just fine.
It isn't impossible by any means. Just gotta work at it.
Is it NA ladder? I think EU GM is more like 5500, and it's hard to stay there. (Plus the EU ladder is the fiercest compared to KR where only the top top ladder is strong afaik, and NA which is the weakest among the 3) Since the op seems to be from germany, I'd say he has a better shot at GM playing on NA server even with ping once he is like 5.2k on EU ladder, rather than pushing from high master to GM on EU.
All in all it should be possible but you'll plateau along the way.
Knowing how others have fared with similar projects, I think there is only an extremely slim chance you can reach GM after not having played games for 7 years. The only way IMO would be going full time for a whole year with very good coaches.
If you are patient and dedicated, my guess is that you will platau out somewhere between 4000 and 5000 MMR, but climbing even to high Diamond is a stiff challenge.
On October 02 2020 19:05 LHK wrote: I am a 31 year old woman (well, 31 in november :D) and I am occasionally GM (4.9-5.3k range). I don't think age has a lot to do with it. I may not be as fast as I was 10 years ago but I have a lot more experience to go off of. Heck, White-Ra is 39 or 40 IIRC and when he comes back for a few days he hovers right below GM just fine.
It isn't impossible by any means. Just gotta work at it.
Is it NA ladder? I think EU GM is more like 5500, and it's hard to stay there. (Plus the EU ladder is the fiercest compared to KR where only the top top ladder is strong afaik, and NA which is the weakest among the 3) Since the op seems to be from germany, I'd say he has a better shot at GM playing on NA server even with ping once he is like 5.2k on EU ladder, rather than pushing from high master to GM on EU.
All in all it should be possible but you'll plateau along the way.
Good Point for NA and EU Ladder. I will only play/compete in the EU Ladder.
I just came back to the game after not playing since 2013 and have been sitting around 5100 MMR. Came back in April immediatley hit 4200 and worked my way up since then, but just can't get into GM. I think it's do-able but it's really not easy.
On October 02 2020 23:20 Slydie wrote: Knowing how others have fared with similar projects, I think there is only an extremely slim chance you can reach GM after not having played games for 7 years. The only way IMO would be going full time for a whole year with very good coaches.
If you are patient and dedicated, my guess is that you will platau out somewhere between 4000 and 5000 MMR, but climbing even to high Diamond is a stiff challenge.
Good luck anyway!
I don't know, I just got back into sc2 after stopping sometime around late WoL and I'm 4.5k atm. If the guy played against pros back in the day it shouldn't be too hard to get into GM regardless of the server he's on.
On October 02 2020 23:20 Slydie wrote: Knowing how others have fared with similar projects, I think there is only an extremely slim chance you can reach GM after not having played games for 7 years. The only way IMO would be going full time for a whole year with very good coaches.
If you are patient and dedicated, my guess is that you will platau out somewhere between 4000 and 5000 MMR, but climbing even to high Diamond is a stiff challenge.
Good luck anyway!
I don't know, I just got back into sc2 after stopping sometime around late WoL and I'm 4.5k atm. If the guy played against pros back in the day it shouldn't be too hard to get into GM regardless of the server he's on.
Remember this was in Beta, and many players he will have to beat even to get to 5k now have played seriously and regularly since, then and have aquired very strong mechanics and a deep understanding of the game.
No it is not possible. Just kidding of course it is! But it will be very hard and time consuming the real question is will it be worth it to you? Will require long term time devotion guaranteed
On October 02 2020 23:20 Slydie wrote: Knowing how others have fared with similar projects, I think there is only an extremely slim chance you can reach GM after not having played games for 7 years. The only way IMO would be going full time for a whole year with very good coaches.
If you are patient and dedicated, my guess is that you will platau out somewhere between 4000 and 5000 MMR, but climbing even to high Diamond is a stiff challenge.
Good luck anyway!
I don't know, I just got back into sc2 after stopping sometime around late WoL and I'm 4.5k atm. If the guy played against pros back in the day it shouldn't be too hard to get into GM regardless of the server he's on.
back in the day, mid masters didnt knew what "BUILD" was, just doing build properly you could get into high masters, i didnt play for about 7years, after being high master terran back then, but when i came back i struggled even against diamond players, i eventually reached 5k (that was 2019) and stopped playing, now im back again and struggling at 4.6k, players seems to be even better, its crazy.
A pointless question. Theoretically there is nothing stopping anyone from achieving anything in particular, short of a caste system, or basic laws of physics; in practice even for something like reaching GM in SC2, you are competing against all the other thousands of people who are trying to reach GM, and have been trying to do so with years of experience and attempts behind them.
Instead of just forging ahead with determination like all the other thousands of anonymous players, if you have to ask such a question, you probably aren't capable of doing so.
The level of active players in diamond and above has risen a lot. You just can't compare nowadays low master to 2012 master league. GM always has been very hard to reach, you need serious determination, talent and grit to even get close.
On October 04 2020 01:12 virpi wrote: The level of active players in diamond and above has risen a lot. You just can't compare nowadays low master to 2012 master league. GM always has been very hard to reach, you need serious determination, talent and grit to even get close.
Yeah just makes sense after years and years of a game. I look forward. In some days I start laddering the first time. Keep you updated.
On October 04 2020 08:10 dUTtrOACh wrote: Good luck on your quest.
As someone who's been playing since release, and never passed D1 in 1v1, I sincerely mean it. What you are proposing will be no small task in 2020.
no disrespect, but you must doing something horribly wrong, i have seen plenty of sub 80 apm masters players with 1-2spm...
When? the lowest I ever see in masters nowadays is 150 and that is in specifically slow matchups in slow opening games like pvp when both players sit on 2 base and turtle generally I never see players with less than 200, for zergs never less than than 230. Granted apm does not equal skill and also depending on how you play the game you will artificially increase or decrease your apm, camera keys don’t count towards apm and things like rapid fire hot key and producing units from larva give a massive amount, I play with 260 apm or more as Zerg 230 with Terran and 198 with toss but I think I have about the same speed with all the races. The differences are due to how they play and apm inflation.
On October 04 2020 08:10 dUTtrOACh wrote: Good luck on your quest.
As someone who's been playing since release, and never passed D1 in 1v1, I sincerely mean it. What you are proposing will be no small task in 2020.
no disrespect, but you must doing something horribly wrong, i have seen plenty of sub 80 apm masters players with 1-2spm...
When? the lowest I ever see in masters nowadays is 150 and that is in specifically slow matchups in slow opening games like pvp when both players sit on 2 base and turtle generally I never see players with less than 200, for zergs never less than than 230. Granted apm does not equal skill and also depending on how you play the game you will artificially increase or decrease your apm, camera keys don’t count towards apm and things like rapid fire hot key and producing units from larva give a massive amount, I play with 260 apm or more as Zerg 230 with Terran and 198 with toss but I think I have about the same speed with all the races. The differences are due to how they play and apm inflation.
last season, around 4.6k mmr... and the sad part, i lost to 1.76spm meching terran... i think this says a lot about being prepared and not needing to literally do anything to defend.
On October 04 2020 08:10 dUTtrOACh wrote: Good luck on your quest.
As someone who's been playing since release, and never passed D1 in 1v1, I sincerely mean it. What you are proposing will be no small task in 2020.
no disrespect, but you must doing something horribly wrong, i have seen plenty of sub 80 apm masters players with 1-2spm...
When? the lowest I ever see in masters nowadays is 150 and that is in specifically slow matchups in slow opening games like pvp when both players sit on 2 base and turtle generally I never see players with less than 200, for zergs never less than than 230. Granted apm does not equal skill and also depending on how you play the game you will artificially increase or decrease your apm, camera keys don’t count towards apm and things like rapid fire hot key and producing units from larva give a massive amount, I play with 260 apm or more as Zerg 230 with Terran and 198 with toss but I think I have about the same speed with all the races. The differences are due to how they play and apm inflation.
last season, around 4.6k mmr... and the sad part, i lost to 1.76spm meching terran... i think this says a lot about being prepared and not needing to literally do anything to defend.
Those players use very awkward strats that are tricky to deal with, doesn't mean this guy is doing anything way wrong to not be there
Interesting about the APM that most in Master wont have below 200. I am looking forward how it is going.Right now i started to do my placement matches. I have never been in a league so far. Lets see how it is going. 4 Games left, will do them tonight. Probably i am streaming. Tried it yesterday and it kind of worked with the internet. So you can have a look later here to follow my journey and ask some more questions or so - https://www.twitch.tv/fazinate
PS: besides SC2 i will also stream the new CNC Remastered which i have just started to play.
Hey! I recognize your TL name. Didn't you win one of the EA Masters tournaments in CNC back in the days? I think Master league in SC2 should be easy for you with your talent. You don't really lose that, even if you don't play for some years. I am not sure about Grandmaster but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if you would hit that as well.
On October 07 2020 20:32 Paragleiber wrote: Hey! I recognize your TL name. Didn't you win one of the EA Masters tournaments in CNC back in the days? I think Master league in SC2 should be easy for you with your talent. You don't really lose that, even if you don't play for some years. I am not sure about Grandmaster but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if you would hit that as well.
Yes I was quite good in CNC , i just started playing CNC Remastered and it is fun. Will stream some also next days. Never played it before. After years and years offline from gaming, i just feel it is a great time to integrate my new life learnings intio my games will see how it is going.
On October 04 2020 08:10 dUTtrOACh wrote: Good luck on your quest.
As someone who's been playing since release, and never passed D1 in 1v1, I sincerely mean it. What you are proposing will be no small task in 2020.
no disrespect, but you must doing something horribly wrong, i have seen plenty of sub 80 apm masters players with 1-2spm...
I am aware of my stylistic preferences and take a lot of risks to simply end games. My average APM as Terran playing marine-tank is around 180. Strangely enough, my highest rank achievement was with what I consider to be my worst race (Protoss). Frankly, I don't care to play the best way, nor to train one build. When I bought the game in 2010 I started out as Zerg, and started out as bronze. I'm actually quite happy with what I've done so far. Perhaps it has something to do with the thousands of bonus pool points that I have, or maybe everyone's just better.
EDIT: Not all soccer players get to play for Real Madrid, because honestly, they're just not good enough. My hands hurt after a couple of games, so I can't grind as many hours as I'd like. I'm just not good enough to be in GM (or Master 1v1), and I'm comfortable with it.
To bring this back to one the thread's about, I'm not sure if it's intentional, but your twitch channel doesn't [appear to] have any VODs. You're not going to pay-wall us are you? Is the channel just new?
On October 04 2020 08:10 dUTtrOACh wrote: Good luck on your quest.
As someone who's been playing since release, and never passed D1 in 1v1, I sincerely mean it. What you are proposing will be no small task in 2020.
no disrespect, but you must doing something horribly wrong, i have seen plenty of sub 80 apm masters players with 1-2spm...
I am aware of my stylistic preferences and take a lot of risks to simply end games. My average APM as Terran playing marine-tank is around 180. Strangely enough, my highest rank achievement was with what I consider to be my worst race (Protoss). Frankly, I don't care to play the best way, nor to train one build. When I bought the game in 2010 I started out as Zerg, and started out as bronze. I'm actually quite happy with what I've done so far. Perhaps it has something to do with the thousands of bonus pool points that I have, or maybe everyone's just better.
EDIT: Not all soccer players get to play for Real Madrid, because honestly, they're just not good enough. My hands hurt after a couple of games, so I can't grind as many hours as I'd like. I'm just not good enough to be in GM (or Master 1v1), and I'm comfortable with it.
To bring this back to one the thread's about, I'm not sure if it's intentional, but your twitch channel doesn't [appear to] have any VODs. You're not going to pay-wall us are you? Is the channel just new?
No that would not make any sense. I played the last 2 days and tried out Twitch for the first time. I also wondered why my two lives did not "became" VOD's afterwards. I also recorded the first session in the Twitch Studio Beta. Since I am new, I have to learn a lot about Twitch and how it works - what is the best setup to keep a stable connection for me and so on.
Any ideas why my lives have not been added as VOD*s? There must be an option.
UPDATE: I found the option "Store past recordings and clicked it on" - So next streams should be available as VOD's
There's also a way to register your stream here on TL, so that the right side SC2 streams list (depends on viewer count, but it can expand) shows your stream there. It can be manually or automatically updated to reflect your online status (pick auto, it works fine).
On October 08 2020 23:36 dUTtrOACh wrote: Nice. Glad you were able to sort that out.
There's also a way to register your stream here on TL, so that the right side SC2 streams list (depends on viewer count, but it can expand) shows your stream there. It can be manually or automatically updated to reflect your online status (pick auto, it works fine).
thanks i did so. Hope its showing up. Streaming now - checking if the latency is okay too https://twitch.com/fazinate
My first update and resume after returning in SC2.
Diamond 2 and Diamond 1 is the new Master of 2010-2013. I am kind of stuck at that level right now at 3700 MMR. Maybe if I play a loot of Games, it is possible for me to get to Master 3/2. It is really fantastic that so many active good players are in SC2 and even Diamond is kind of a good level of Game. In 2013 I never lost vs Diamond and now i am kind of 60/40 or 70/30 depending on the matchups and my builds.
I have to say that i am completely new to lurkers and all other units in Legacy of the Void. Fights are not easy for me, because I am not experienced vs the newer units and unit composition.
I have several VODs, and you see how i am preparing to understand Legacy of the Void better. Also talking about life from time to time and just chatting what it needs to be great in life. All support in Twitch helps immense - it is very time consuming to build a fanbase. I do my best to stream as much as possible.
I also watch GSL,IEM games and highlight "react" to them.
On October 13 2020 17:31 FaZiNaTe wrote: My first update and resume after returning in SC2.
Diamond 2 and Diamond 1 is the new Master of 2010-2013. I am kind of stuck at that level right now at 3700 MMR. Maybe if I play a loot of Games, it is possible for me to get to Master 3/2. It is really fantastic that so many active good players are in SC2 and even Diamond is kind of a good level of Game. In 2013 I never lost vs Diamond and now i am kind of 60/40 or 70/30 depending on the matchups and my builds.
I have to say that i am completely new to lurkers and all other units in Legacy of the Void. Fights are not easy for me, because I am not experienced vs the newer units and unit composition.
I have several VODs, and you see how i am preparing to understand Legacy of the Void better. Also talking about life from time to time and just chatting what it needs to be great in life. All support in Twitch helps immense - it is very time consuming to build a fanbase. I do my best to stream as much as possible.
I also watch GSL,IEM games and highlight "react" to them.
EPT
should I ever reach GM, that would be super exciting and I would have loved to help a lot on the path to their better gameplay and personality expansion.
