Sully907 Posted April 10, 2011 Scrobbs said: Most of you guys are in the US I see. Damn, that sucks that they've split the servers by continents. Yea that is really lame Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
endquote Posted May 2, 2011 CanadianRyan - 752 - North America Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted June 15, 2011 Been trying to get my skill back by working on my mechanics in observer games. I added you canadianJohn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Illykai Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) I'm performing thread necromancy because I'm always on the lookout for people to jump into some team games with. I'm a Platinum level Zerg player and am always happy to give pointers to new players or help people test builds as a practice partner. Feel free to friend me on Battle.net: Illykai #120 on NA. Edited April 26, 2012 by Illykai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sententia Posted May 13, 2012 Sententia.180 NA Feel free to friend me! I'm always up for some team games and prefer to chat on Skype while playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted June 7, 2012 I wish I still knew how to play this game. I feel like it was all muscle memory and rhythm I stole from watching replays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted June 10, 2012 Slowly getting it back, replaced due to a whole seasons break into Gold EU. I haven't got game plans back yet, and I'm losing a lot. My micro has suffered a lot, where it used to be the strongest part of my game, my macro is getting better, taking bases left right and centre. The game is about to hit an interesting point when the Kespa players go full time, Flash is showing some of the best micro I have ever seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted June 11, 2012 man I really need to get back into this game, but the stress of losing in ladder kills me heh. I was platinum at one point, but if I started again now id probably get placed in silver lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donk Posted June 12, 2012 I find no game gives me adrenaline like the SC2 ladder. Most other 1v1 games have broken matchmaking because nobody plays the game anymore, the dudes who are still playing absolutely annihilate anyone who gives it a try. SC2 still has a huge number of players and always matches me against similarly skilled opponents, even though I'm in foreverBronze. Also what really helps is having a friend who you can share replays with and go over games, wins or losses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted June 14, 2012 YES! Got a scheduled monobattle game tomorrow night. Manchester Barcraft Vs Derby Barcraft best of 3, I'll follow up later!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sententia Posted June 14, 2012 On 6/12/2012 at 3:07 PM, Donk said: I find no game gives me adrenaline like the SC2 ladder. Most other 1v1 games have broken matchmaking because nobody plays the game anymore, the dudes who are still playing absolutely annihilate anyone who gives it a try. SC2 still has a huge number of players and always matches me against similarly skilled opponents, even though I'm in foreverBronze. Also what really helps is having a friend who you can share replays with and go over games, wins or losses. Exactly! I tried to get into competitive chess and even went to some tournaments, but playing online feels too weird to me and there wasn't anyone in the neighborhood with an even skill level. With Starcraft 2 I get the same competitive 1v1 feeling I got from chess and tennis, but there's a structured ladder that's built really well for competition unlike the Battle.net of Starcraft 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donk Posted June 15, 2012 On 6/14/2012 at 9:24 PM, Sententia said: I tried to get into competitive chess and even went to some tournaments, but playing online feels too weird to me and there wasn't anyone in the neighborhood with an even skill level. I've thought about chess too, I find it mildly fascinating but you say online is weird? I thought there were millions of players online and it was all ELO ranked and you would always have similar skilled opponents, is that not the case? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sententia Posted June 18, 2012 There are tons of online services for chess that have completely fine matchmaking, but I just don't enjoy it when I don't have physical pieces to move in front of me. If you want to do it go for it, but I can't until they come out with hologram services, or some sort of set that connects to a computer and translates the physical pieces moving into actions in the game. I wonder if they have that already... edit: I'm also just not very excited about chess any more, once I got to a sufficient skill level to really understand how the game has been completely figured out for optimal moves, and the implications of that in gameplay, I lost interest. I could look below me and see how much I'd improved in interesting ways, and look above me and see that the only way to improve is to continue being able to predict more and more moves into the future. With RTS games in general and particularly starcraft 1 and 2, execution plays so vital a role that I can improve in a ton of different ways, and the real-time movement brings such a huge weight of tactical nuance. To put it another way, in Chess I was a competitive runner sprinting through the same course over and over, and I could see that if I kept practicing more and more I could bump my mile speed down to 3 minutes. It's not that it wouldn't be rewarding to put in that effort and reach that goal, or that it's a meaningless task, but I just wasn't enjoying it any more. In starcraft 2 I'm an ant climbing up a skyscraper; I can look up and see a hundred paths to keep climbing, and the top is obscured by clouds (and korean men inside onions). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takhea Posted July 19, 2012 Hi guys! Trying to get back to playing some Sc2 again. Available for practice, tournys or anything really. Can be found at Strider, code: 771, EU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted July 23, 2012 Playing fairly consistently now, i.e. I'm getting better. playing mostly solo and 2s, The EU ladder makes the US one look like a joke. I still play on it when friends are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takhea Posted July 30, 2012 Will be a weekly tournament starting soon aimed towards people in bronze/silver/gold league. Anyone is welcome to sign up and their their skills, there will be a 5 dollar price to the winner. http://scvrush.com/tournaments/145-sc2improve-weekly-25 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sententia Posted August 1, 2012 That link leads to an event that's already over, I had to search around the site to find the Next Tournament section only to find it's EU. If you're reading this thread and thinking about entering a tournament, there are online tournaments for all different leagues going on all the time. You can find them in the TeamLiquid SC2 Tournaments forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted August 1, 2012 I really need to just force myself to get back into laddering, it's so fun when you're in the moment, but the anxiety of losing(even though you win just as much thanks to the good matchmaking) is just a lot to deal with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irishjohn Posted August 4, 2012 I just got back in after a LONG time. Now, prepare your ears, because I am truly awful. Back when I was playing regularly, I learned how to use hotkeys and how to produce a few troops at a time (Terran) without having an aneurysm. I went on ridiculous winning streaks (like, 30 in a row) before finally making it to silver where things went back to normal. I'd found my level. Now, for some reason, I wanted to give Zerg a shot. Yeah, I can't play Zerg. Now I know why I stopped playing all that while ago. Just absolutely clueless. I just got placed in Bronze after playing a few Terran games. Obviously I'm not great at Terran either, but at least with Terran I feel comfortable creating a Ball and wandering over to a dude. That's the limit of what I can do, really. With Zerg, I could get to a point where I was spreading creep, keeping up with the larvae, but ultimately just producing a lot of zerglings and then being crushed. So yeah, nice to be back here in the lower levels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted August 4, 2012 It's been so long since I played a legitimate game, I'm probably just as bad as you John. The great thing about starcraft 2 though is that matchmaking system actually works really well. You never feel like you're getting matched against someone just completely out of your league, both ways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irishjohn Posted August 4, 2012 On 8/4/2012 at 6:16 PM, Sully907 said: It's been so long since I played a legitimate game, I'm probably just as bad as you John. The great thing about starcraft 2 though is that matchmaking system actually works really well. You never feel like you're getting matched against someone just completely out of your league, both ways. I agree completely. I have a ton of fun with that game because they do a great job matching me up with people. I'm happy playing Bronze matches for weeks, it's still fun being up against people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted August 9, 2012 If anyone on EU wants to play a tournament tomorrow then I am admining this: http://fridaynightcup.tumblr.com/ should be really fun. SIGN UP!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takhea Posted August 9, 2012 Sure! I'll be there if I can. Might get some others to join too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Irishjohn Posted August 10, 2012 What's the deal with tournaments? I've seen some that talk about all being welcome, but I am REALLY bad. Like, "I built a ton of marines and didn't win inside ten minutes, now I'm boned" bad. Bronze bad, to clarify. I did get to silver once, trying to re-train my brain to get back to those dizzying heights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patters Posted August 10, 2012 The ones I'm doing are all friendly ones where everyone is welcome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
