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Velr
Switzerland10565 Posts
Masters? Why not. | ||
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kaisr
Canada715 Posts
On September 01 2011 06:24 SnowFantasy wrote: That's what people keep saying but it isn't true for everyone  I'm probably the only c+ bw - diamond sc2 player do u like never play sc2 or something? c+ is honestly super good in bw. | ||
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
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Sc2Requiem
United States121 Posts
If you're coming fresh off of BW I assume you're going to have stronger macro and multi-tasking than most Sc2 players so playing to those strengths is your best bet. Never ever give in to temptation and go for an easy cheese win. Walking into a tournament with no "Plan B" is a guaranteed way to lose. That said, I don't think you can pull it off. If it was that easy to bring yourself to such a high caliber in a single week we'd have a lot more people in the Sc2 scene right now. If you can prove me wrong then more power to you. | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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Antimatterz
United States1010 Posts
IMO, you have very little chance at beating him. Someone who is in GM is probably consistantly good, and there are VERY few players who could even get past diamond in less than a week of practice. | ||
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
On September 01 2011 06:53 Bloodyscissors wrote: If you're focusing solely on this GM player you're going to get knocked out by the lower leaguers you underestimated. A few people mentioned just learning a cheese or all-in and mastering that build, but everyone you face can easily do the same to you. Can you learn how to handle every situation in just one week and perform better than people who may have been playing since release? If you're coming fresh off of BW I assume you're going to have stronger macro and multi-tasking than most Sc2 players so playing to those strengths is your best bet. Never ever give in to temptation and go for an easy cheese win. Walking into a tournament with no "Plan B" is a guaranteed way to lose. That said, I don't think you can pull it off. If it was that easy to bring yourself to such a high caliber in a single week we'd have a lot more people in the Sc2 scene right now. If you can prove me wrong then more power to you. Lol Im trying to get the skill to beat him in straight up game. Not just to take a win. I want to be better than him to be sure I will go to f}France. Thats means my level will be higher than those lower leaguers. I think my mind set is the correct one. That been said the only thing that separates me from my goal is practice. The question is how much practice do I need? I hope 12 hours a day/7 days is enough. Also does anybody know how to cap the framerate? I used RICHs advice to write "frameratecap=60" on variables.txt but it seems it's not working. | ||
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Vlare
748 Posts
On September 01 2011 07:24 00Zarathustra wrote: Lol Im trying to get the skill to beat him in straight up game. Not just to take a win. I want to be better than him to be sure I will go to f}France. Thats means my level will be higher than those lower leaguers. I think my mind set is the correct one. That been said the only thing that separates me from my goal is practice. The question is how much practice do I need? I hope 12 hours a day/7 days is enough. Also does anybody know how to cap the framerate? I used RICHs advice to write "frameratecap=60" on variables.txt but it seems it's not working. I really don't think this is enough unless you have a GM'ish level players training you. There are SO many timings/builds that you need to be able to recognize. Maybe if youplay super safe every game you can take it to the lategame. Bunkers are pretty damn good.. But I would honestly be surprised if you even won a game | ||
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TylerThaCreator
United States906 Posts
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Zidane
United States1684 Posts
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
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knyttym
United States5797 Posts
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Impervious
Canada4166 Posts
I haven't cracked "Masters" yet (I've never gotten higher than Diamond, although I used to practice with Masters players), but I do have a winning record vs Masters level players in tournament settings (something like 60%), and I have 2 wins vs GM players in tournament games (actually, they were top 200 since GM didn't exist, and neither were high on the lists, but still there), and some of my losses were still some pretty close, hard fought games. Neither of those wins were "cheesy" games either, and one of them was an ace game in a CSL match :D. I wanted to play to the best of my abilities, so I could identify any flaws since I was pretty sure I would lose (in the CSL match, I had no idea that my opponent was top 200 until after I won, I only knew he was very high Masters). And my high rank in BW was C-. Plus, whenever I do try to "cheese", I seem to always botch it in some kind of dumb and embarrassing way. You have better mechanics than me, which will go a long way. If you play and practice with a bunch of really good players, and specifically work on that specific matchup, I think you could manage to pull off an unexpected win. Winning a best of 3 or 5 will be a much taller order, but at least you should give it a shot! All I can say is "Good Luck". Give it a shot, how well you do will be up to you and how much you want it. | ||
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SpriteLove
United States226 Posts
On September 01 2011 06:10 Pokebunny wrote: On SC2 names aren't limited, there could be 50 Zarathustra's - you have to give your character code. No, you definitely can't do it. Somebody forgot what happened after 1 week of spritelove playing eh? | ||
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
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supaplex
United States75 Posts
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
Good luck with your goal, I reckon you can do it if you learn how to hold off cheeses and timing pushes and then just overpower opponent with BW C+ macro. Also, just 1/1/1 Protoss players.  | ||
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Flaccid
8826 Posts
GM though... I dunno. Haven't played in GM myself so I don't know what the competition is like. I assume that your BW-hardened mechanics will need a good dose of strategic know-how to get by at that point. Anyways, good luck. | ||
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ketomai
United States2789 Posts
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Xyik
Canada728 Posts
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