Points , rank , leagues ? Doesn't matter. Your skills is the most important.

Many ppl may cheese all the way to Diamond, but once there, prepare to suffer the wrath and as well as get demoted

This post has been edited by AndyNoobie: Oct 5 2010, 06:34 AM

i never expected to be promoted also. looking at my skills, i think i'm really far behind when it comes to strategy.

i have a friend who plays custom with me BUT he hasn't done his placement!

I think APM is important but sometimes its not always the deciding factor on who wins the game... they might have low APM but at least they know what they are doing.. anwyays.. havent seen the vista lasik replays yet.. they're on youtube rite?

the silver one.. i think i could have gotten gold with 5 games if i didn't lose one match... lost cause i didn't scan his base earlier to see a nidus cannal in his base..

anhyways.. thanks.. when i saw that diamond sign came out.. i was stunned a while... i think i'm a so so player only.. i play alot but less 1v1.. more 2v2 and 4v4.. thats why i have diamonds for these 2..

theres a replay pack download on the thread.

and of course apm isnt the be all end all, however if you're say, diamond, you should have at least a certain level of apm as its a way of showing how much action you do at a given time.

ps: the bads i mentioned, almost or definitely 90+% of them play terran. goes to show how OP race is wwwwwww

uh... gonna download the replay when i get back home..

My average apm is around 80+ - 100.. sometimes it goes below that.. depending on how serious i take the game.. but when i start to macro up.. it jumps to 200+..

i guess terran is really robust compared to the rest.. but still.. it still comes down to who is playing it.. i'm a terran player myself.. guess i just like being human.. XD

My APM is just below 40. Being old and fingers are stiff. That's how the cookie crumbles. =s

press T and everything melts...
heck even on desert strike MMG-balls are ghey >.<

as the pros mentioned it, MMM is like the 4 gate of toss which every average terran can pull it off to get to diamond

desert strike old version: banelings x scourge

desert strike newest version: WTF IS THAT ABBREVIATION SHIT WHAT THE f*** SLIME FAT THINGY.

the fatty is awesome k >.<

how to get to diamond easily:
- toss: 4 gate the hell out of everything... if he tech? u win
- terran: MM timing push or MMM
- zerg: 6 pool -> baneling if ur lings didnt kill him LOL (if ur opponent is a toss, its almsot a 80% win)

yeah speak frankly, i did cheese to diamond, but afterthat i suffer alot, and i learned and improved my skill there.

i skipped the 50 training games after finishing story mode..

lose 4 out of the 5 placement games...

placed into a bronze..

my first 5 bronze games is 3 lost 2 win..

demoralized for being so noobs...

stopped playing league.. then play 200++ custom games for 2 weeks straight...

then play 3 bronze games.. all win and got to Gold straight.. hahaha...

played about 20-30 games in gold about 80% win ratio then got into plat..

now in plat.. stress man... so geng... starting to see 60% win rate only.. i think i'm at the right league now finally.. hehehe..

win 3 games after 5 placement games can go to gold???

not surprising. i just bronze out a while. +2 win, then +2 win. then 5 losses in a row. then +1 win = go into Silver already.

what more exshige case where he won straight 3 in a row. it's all good.

there was 2 times i won 3 times in a row... but still in Bronze

leh, i won 4 times in a row but still bronze also mah. even if i won 5 also may not reach there. they have their ways of deciding on where you're worthy to be placed.

I won 7 streak still same league, but it's the case coz most of the opponent were not really worthy =(

i think the internal system not only track your win or lose.. they track other metrics that measure your skill.. maybe they track your final winning score and apm..

so if u win by a minor win or a close call game.. u are actually at the ideal league... winning 20 games here also means is expected difficulty for you.. if they promote u after only 5 win due to luck.. then u just gonna be sad losing at the next lvl..

but if u win by a big margin as u in devasted your oponent every games.. after a few games the system sense it and let you jump league.. so that you won't continue demoralizing other lower league player hahaha..

so we stay at this league and if we dont improve.. we forever here...

This post has been edited by exshige: Oct 5 2010, 05:53 PM

put it simple, if you don't get promote yet mean you're still not good enough lor.

as long as we play and learn and have fun, it's all good.

thats what i stand by too as during beta, i was promoted to diamond by losing. LOL (with screenshot to prove too!)