It's Still Fun

I've played Fafner in the last two days, five games in all. In one, he spanked my ass all around the map. I'm feeling the improvement on his part. Before the games, I remind myself to experiment with spam, but it's difficult keeping it up for long. We have great games and I believe we will strengthen each other.

In the first couple of games, I see he gets many more minerals than I. He also loves to storm my workers. My gameplay had to adapt and I tried to use the map to my advantage.

Where do I go from here? I think I've reached the level I wanted in preparation for starcraft 2. I can actually enjoy the game and slowly get faster and better after each match. It's quite simple to calm down for the sake of learning and experimenting. I'm not even halfway with my mass TvZ (50) games.

Lately, each game (TvZ) I've won felt on the brink of a loss. I dislike that feeling. So:

1. Work on spamming, make changes where necessary, keep it up. My avg. apm is 150 (TvZ) but around 130 when losing.

2. Against zerg, atttack ASAP. I rarely go for a second expansion -spending all my money is already difficult enough, but I should work on it if the zerg tries too. I could always queue many tanks just so minerals go out faster.

Lastly, given the choice of D+ rank or beating FafnerX 4/5 games, I'd choose the LATTER! It's all good ;-)

GG

Ohooooo, I've looked at BWChart, and see the first game between Fafner and I. One can't help but smile at his 64 apm, followed by 79 in the rematch... and to think that was just in January. Map: Othello, the same map in our last 5 matches. Me: Impaired. FafnerX: Knows not WTF to do. I will save that replay for the rest of my life.

TomPhoenix, I may have to play one handed against you.

Entirely

Am I fucking crazy? There's no way I could have done that.

The Whole Day?

Time to experiment. Never in my life have I spent the ENTIRE day on the computer to play starcraft. Tomorrow, I'm going to give it a go. I'm going to squeeze as many games into that day as I can. Which means I'm going to wake up, get some breakfast and start playing.

I'll take a break when I feel necessary or when hungry.

Should be interesting. No?

New Goal #2

I've decided not to get to D+ anymore. I've chatted with a guy and he's convinced me that, for now, each game should be a learning experience. There should be no pressure to win or lose, for I am a grasshopper. Having a goal like D+ will not be a admirable goal. His recommendation was to play 1,000 games. 1,000... games. Playing is mostly instinctive, and mass gaming is most likely going to take me to the stars. Now, I believe I'm going to cut it down to 800 games.... and finally, I will be done with Starcraft for good.

There's no telling how long this will take. But, I've got the rest of my life to get there. I'll begin the count first game after this post.

I'll try to make each game a learning experience. Every 50th (or whenever I feel like doing it) game will result in a progress report. I'm going to count every single game with another person, doesn't matter if it's on iCCup. And I will also not discriminate. I will not ban anymore D- ranked people from my games and it has to be 1v1.

I'm contemplating playing ONE race for 50 games before changing to another. The first will be zerg, second will be protoss, third will be terran. Since I dislike playing terrans the most I may play them less.

Now, anyone that has kept in touch with my blog will know that I'm rather bipolar. After a loss, my internal switch goes to "FUCK IT ALL" which may last hours or even days. But, this may be a special case since my only accomplishment is to play a certain amount of matches.

I will NOT change my goal anymore! This is final.

What the @#$!

Oh mighty Zeus, god of thunder, please bless me with a win. Just... one is all I want. I've lost 11 games in a row. And.. now sure, it may SAY I won one of those, but the guy disconnected just as he was mutalating (get it?) me alive. Mutalisks are definitely a terran nightmare. Their spit is disgusting and movements are erratic and mind numbing. But oh holy Zeus, I am learning the way of the godlike vessel that contains the gas of 'mutannihilation'. They are precious and few, just as the few marines lain around my base.


I wonder if I would play better against a player I'm familiar with? I still need a zerg practice partner, one that is skilled with mutas. Here's a replay of my latest ZvT game. It's the closest so far of winning against mutas. Whenever it feels like I'm clear of enemy attacks, I feel the strong urge to push, but that's probably why I ended up losing. Pushes are lacking power.

Could I lose my sanity for playing this game?

I'm not even going to mention I've not won any TvT at all...

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Insect Problem

I've played 14 games on iCCup and find myself having the same amount of points as I did a month ago. A large number of my losses are from playing zerg. Right now, I'm 1-5 (EDIT: Make that 1-8) against them. I can see that I don't seem to spend all my minerals and hotkey my units very well. I think I'm going to settle with firebats + medics on 1 and marines on 2. The rest of my units will be grouped in no specific order, I think that would be best for me because having everything nice and neat takes a little too long. From now on I'm going to make sure my minerals are below 500 before I begin any kind of push when around mid-game. Keeping an eye on minerals is quite difficult when so many things are happening.

I've been cheesed three times and lost each one of them which is why I'm steaming right now. I figure I can muster up the courage for one more game today, see if I can do slightly better than usual. D+ looks so far away... it's maddening.