http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/dromar en-us Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:43:17 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84972 Dromar I've been playing a reasonable amount of ICCup lately, but I've been practicing even more. Last episode, I realized that I have no plan when I play, resulting in me sucking worse than I otherwise would. Unfortunately there aren't many BOs like this or stuff like for Zerg. I think partially, Zerg players really hate to confine themselves to strict build orders like that, and partiall... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:22:26 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84972 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84236 Dromar So a new season has started for ICCup, and just in time for my winter break. Last semester was my first semester back after over a year off of college and studying, and also my first semester as a teaching assistant, so it was pretty busy, and didn't give me much time to play SC. Though I did manage to keep up with proleague and the individual leagues. Anyways I'm gonna get right into it. I'... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:05:18 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=84236 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82912 Dromar Watch it. Zero vs Flash In unrelated news, lately in my ZvP games I've been forgetting to send my overlord into his main to scout his stargate timing, and as a result have had to play safe and get a den just "whenever it feels right." Of course, time flows differently when you're ingame, so I end up getting it early. Like, hydra-break early. Or at least that's what my oppon... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:01:14 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=82912 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=80686 Dromar So I've gotten a couple friends into Starcraft lately. The first one really likes playing, but really hates losing, so basically only plays one or two games at a time, and only once or so a week. Mostly hosting 1v1 noobs only on bnet west. The other one is a more hardcore competitive player (like myself). The problem is that I've been playing for almost a year now, and so I'm quite a bit better... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:17:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=80686 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=79758 Dromar Watch it here! On an unrelated note: I've been trying something out in my ZvT's lately. I quickly take a hidden third with my third hatch. I use my scout drone so the scout SCV doesn't notice a drone leaving. As a result, the Terran scouts what appears to be a 2hatch build, and I look like a relative noob, since my gas is late (if they're even good enough to pay attention to something... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:23:07 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=79758 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=77103 Dromar A good match. In other news, any of you who may have been anxiously awaiting my ICCup report 4 may have to wait a while. I've played many games, although only about 12 or so on ICCup. I got busy with real life, got rusty, and then got swept up in the world of 3v3 hunters. Terran is pretty damn fun lately too, and I'm trying to get a few of my friends into starcraft. They already watch... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:41:02 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=77103 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=75425 Dromar I'm gonna just get right to it: My rank is now 1839, and I'm about to get to D+, and I honestly don't feel I deserve to be called a D+ player. I can only win like 1/3 of games against D players, so why should I be considered D+? I should actually be D- I would think. I guess that's just not how the iCCup ranking system works. This update is a little small (only 20 games played since the last), ... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:06:10 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=75425 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=74700 Dromar Well, I played some, got busy and stopped playing for a couple weeks, then played a bit more, and here's where I am now. I'm at 1490, and I've played a few 2v2s, which always are either really fun or really shitty, depending on whether I win or lose, and my 2v2 rating is now 1130 after 4 games. A quick 2v2 recap: So apparently everybody loves to go PP in 2v2s. Of my 4 games, 3 were PP, an... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:32:42 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=74700 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=73074 Dromar So all my games will be played on ICCup from now on. I'm currently hovering just below 1000, which doesn't include the 260 points that I haven't recieved from drophacks. And I don't know if they're gonna do anything about it or what. Apparently my first day happened to be the same day that the site got overloaded or something, and they aren't gonna be able to handle all the complaints from that... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:12:34 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=73074 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72825 Dromar Ok, so I dl'ed the stuff to play on iCCup, and I thought there was a problem because the site is down, but apparently I can play fine in THE ABYSS, so I did. I played 8 games: 2 ZvP, got raped 3 ZvZ, got raped 3 ZvT, which I'm 2-1, one of the wins was a drophack. So I took a bunch of screenshots, and I've got autoreplaysaver on, but I'll have to wait until the site is back up to read wh... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:35:36 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72825 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72584 Dromar If you've been keeping up with my blog you know that I have the most difficulty against Protoss. My frustrating losses to all but the noobiest of players has caused me to reexamine my play... Fortunately, since I've been keeping written notes of my progress (ie. this blog) I was able to notice that, as I played more games, got better in general, faster, more multitasking ability, and more st... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:43 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72584 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72291 Dromar ZERG (50 games) ZvZ (11 games) 2- 9 18.1% ZvT (16 games) 7- 9 43.7% ZvP (23 games) 5-18 21.7% Winrate 28% I'm gonna stop keeping track of my APM since it's basically a waste of time to average it out. My APM is between 150-170 vT and vP, and between 100-120 vZ. There really doesn't seem to be a whole lot to do in ZvZ usually. I'm 14-36 in the last 50 games I'm 8-17 in the last 25 g... Thu, 29 May 2008 18:44:13 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=72291 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71761 Dromar First off, I'm gonna list some info that people may find useful (and I don't want to lose for future use). I couldn't find this info from a google search, and honestly didn't really know what to type in to try to find it anyway. Zerg Build Timings (in seconds) (24fps@Starcraft): 12 Drone 15 Zergling 18 Hydralisk 24 Overlord 75 Hatchery 63 >Lair 24 Extractor 26 ... Tue, 20 May 2008 14:36:23 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71761 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71358 Dromar So I don't suck as much as I used to, but I still suck. I'll just get right into it: I'll on occasion warm up before a session with a practice game, usually a 1v1 on blood bath or something. Something quick to get me into the correct mindset. This last time, I played a ZvZ on blood bath, and the guy turned out to be a min hacker. But I beat him anyway. I feel happy about that, but I'm not in... Wed, 14 May 2008 09:45:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71358 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71017 Dromar Watch it: OversKy vs Jaedong May 7th 2008 In other news, I haven't played SC as much lately. I had a busy couple weeks with work, and then I got a new computer. I've played a few games recently, but I'm having a bit of trouble adapting to the new keyboard. All the games I played in the past were on my laptop, so I'm used to a flat, relatively condensed keyboard layout. Now, when I tr... Fri, 09 May 2008 05:27:51 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=71017 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=69239 Dromar This set of 50 games went much better than the last set, with me getting as many wins as my earlier sets combined. I'm still having some troubles though, and sometimes run into players that are vastly better than me. Protoss is infuriating as always. Anyway, the stats: Protoss (1 game) PvZ (1 game) 0-1 APM 132 As I was gaming one night, I seemed to only run into zerg players, so after l... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:57:28 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=69239 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=68117 Dromar First off, I should mention that I'm not overvaluing APM as was mentioned before. I realize that APM is not congruent to skill. It's pretty easy to realize when I get utterly owned by people with half my APM. However, APM and skill are positively correlated. A player with 200 APM may or may not be good, whereas a player with 60 APM couldn't possibly be very good. I assume that generally APM com... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:45:19 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=68117 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=67241 Dromar Here's some stats from my first 50 games played on bnet. TERRAN (3 games) vT ( 0 games) vZ ( 3 games) 0-3 0% vP ( 0 games) Average APM 107 Winrate 0% ZERG (39 games) vT (21 games) 5-16 23.8% vZ ( 4 games) 1-3 25.0% vP (14 games) 2-12 14.2% Average APM 129 Winrate 20.5% PROTOSS (7 games) vT ( 5 games) 1-4 20.0% vZ ( 2 games) 0-2 0% vP ( 0 games) Average ... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:49:38 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=67241