| Wardi England. December 20 2011 20:56. Posts 185 | Profile # |
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Our old channel is now back up and running! Head on over to sc2improve to join in the fun!
Hello and welcome to the SC2Improve thread here on TL.
SC2Improve is an EU group which started up from me and a couple of other players who really enjoyed playing a lot of games together and became really good friends through the game. As time went on we went through numerous new players who would stick around and play for a day or two and would then never play with us again. As our skill levels began to differ we decided we really needed some kind of group with a variety of skill levels, not only to help each other improve but also to socialise and to meet more people interested in the game. I started this post one morning after getting bored of having to continuously scroll through the Practice Partner thread searching for new people to play with. The idea was apparently love and the channel on Battle Net began filling up more than I ever could have expected.
These days we hit 80 players every day at peak times, and having seen so much interest in a community/group such as this I have tried my best to form a community for this group, introducing weekly tournaments, a team, practice sessions as well as a website, forums and a Ventrilo server. So that's a bit of of background on us, but what do we actually do, and what is the point in coming to join us?
We are a group which now ranges through all leagues of play. Having started as Gold to Diamond we now have players hitting masters as well as newer players hearing about us and joining us in bronze. By providing forums and a VoIP server I feel we allow the players to communicate and get to know each other while having fun playing the game that we all love, Starcraft 2.
This is the most important aspect to me: meeting new people. Meeting new people and having a group of friends to motivate me encouraged me to ladder, play a lot of games and got me promoted from Gold to Diamond. By having such a great social atmosphere there are also often fun custom games such as Star Strikers played in the group, as well as the possibility to play other games with the people you meet here. Most recently a few guys have started playing League of Legends together and it is just amazing to see this friendship being created in the group.
Improving at the game is obviously another main point of the group and we do numerous things to encourage this such as offering a place on the forums for your replays to be analysed, a tournament each week where your games could be casted and also the chat channel in game is full of players who are always willing to help out and discuss strategies, compositions and ways to improve. Often players well spectate each others customs which again allows for discussion and advice to come out of every game.
By running a weekly tournament, which now has a $5 prize, it gives something that everybody can aim to improve in. By setting a target of making it into the third round next week I feel it motivates players to play more and improve. It is also amazing to see rivalries being formed after tournaments each week and it also allows you to play with people you may not usually get to play with; you never know, maybe the guy who knocks you out in the first round this week will be the perfect practice buddy for you! Frequent King of the Hills also occur, not neccesarily made up by me, but just by the players who decide they want something to do, and PeepModes are an awesome way of getting a group of players together to observe and play.
Recently we introduced a team to SC2Improve, appropiately named "Team SC2Improve". By giving the group a team to get behind it really brings us together as a group and also something that players can strive to be a part of.
The group is also a great place to find things to do when you are a bit too tired to hit up that ladder or to try out your new build. Clan wars of our team are going to be frequently casted, on top of our weekly tournament which is also already casted each week so that you guys can enjoy the tournament even if you get knocked down early. It's also a great way to encourage players to play their best and to get support from the group.
By being around the group you will also find numerous player streams to watch. Sometimes the best way to improve is not to copy the Pro's, but maybe watch someone a league or two above you and see what they do that you don't. Team Practice is also streamed fairly frequently allowing everyone to join in and see what the Team gets up to and be a part of it, while at the same time learning from the discussions and advice given in games.
So that's what we do and why you should come and join us. To finish off I'll just say this is ran by me, Wardí.142 on EU, and only me. This allows me to get very involved with your suggestions and feedback on what you want to see out of the group which will make it a better place for you to practice. I love it when people come back to me and say "Hey, I love what you're doing, but do you think you could do a bit more of this?" - because it gives me something to improve and look into and it will probably end up being beneficial for everybody.
So if you're interested in checking us out please drop by our chat channel on EU: sc2improve
Or drop me a PM on here or ingame Wardí.142 for more info regarding the website/forums etc 
Hope to see many new faces joining us soon and having some fun!
Glhf!
Wardí
TLDR:
All league practice group.
Weekly tournament.
Great fun + Great People
EU Chat Channel: sc2improve
Old Post:
+ Show Spoiler +ChatChannel: sc2improve Just join the chat - people will be in there Didn't know if this is the right place for this thread, but having seen the "Diamond+; come practice" thread I assume it is alright to put this here. New Edit: We currently hit over 80 members in the channel every day at peak times; run a weekly tournament and also frequent practice focused custom games where players are encouraged to join the Mumble Server for discussion and analysis of games. We now have a range of players from Bronze through to Masters/High Diamond, so please if this sounds like something that you're interested in come by and say hello! OP: So for the last few weeks me and a couple of other starcraft friends, who met through the practice partner thread in these forums, started expanding our practice partner group so we had a variety of players to practice with etc. We now have a website and a forums of our own that we are trying to make use of to best thrive as a group aswell as a mumble server that can be used when practicing to discuss strategies and games, as well as just for general use when playing fun customs or chatting while laddering. We also have a chat channel, sc2improve, in starcraft. There are a range of skill levels from gold through to now low diamond (we recently expanded up to low diamond due to some of the higher plats meeting diamond on ladder) however if you're above this and are just looking for some guys to play some games with anyways you are also welcome to join. We woud like to include anybody who is well mannered, up for a laugh and also up for improving at starcraft. So if you're interested give me a shout ingame Wardí 142, note there is an accent on the i!! I can give you the website details and so on from there, or even just jump into our starcraft chat channel (sc2improve). Really hoping that I can boost our little practice group/mini community with this thread .
Last edit: 2012-04-18 23:17:20 |
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| Paulio Netherlands. December 20 2011 21:14. Posts 60 | Profile # |
Nice initiative!
Add me to the list: Paulio.417
High Plat Terran on EU
PS. I'm kind of busy playing SWTOR right now, but will log onto sc2 between lvling sessions as well >=D |
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| AmericanUmlaut Germany. December 20 2011 21:17. Posts 2255 | Profile # |
| Hey, this is fantastic! I'd love to meet up with you guys and practice some. Capybara.179, lowish diamond Protoss. |
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| Xeron_EU Austria. December 20 2011 21:34. Posts 1 | Profile # |
Xeron 321
Plat on all races i suppose.
Currently playing mostly Protoss
I'd like to do some informal training games. I am also a smartass and like giving advice to worse players. |
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| lazy-jay December 20 2011 21:35. Posts 7 | Profile # |
hey i want to join!
i was looking for some kind of this group today and didnt find any.
lazy.636
high plat protoss on eu |
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| Yes.We.Can December 20 2011 21:41. Posts 7 | Profile # |
I'd also like to join:
Nick: Can
ID: 481 |
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| StarcraftNerd1547 Sweden. December 20 2011 21:42. Posts 270 | Profile # |
I would also love to join, i need to improve my TvP and TvT.
Been looking for this for awhile:D
BallsOfSteel.377
High plat terran, EU. |
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| MonDeW Denmark. December 20 2011 21:48. Posts 368 | Profile # |
Sounds good! Sign me up!
DnutSquirrel 610
Needs to improve TvP
High plat - low dia. |
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| Plague1503 Croatia. December 20 2011 21:54. Posts 432 | Profile # |
Plague.266
Diamond
Terran
TvZ mostly fine (except vs. Stephano style, need some more practice), TvP and TvT definitely need some targeted, specific BO practice. |
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| Tobberoth Sweden. December 20 2011 21:56. Posts 4539 | Profile # |
Good idea.
NADtobberoth 722 (I think, will update when I get home)
Low plat Zerg, my MMR is insanely vague though since I've played so little on the ladder. |
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| Birchling Finland. December 20 2011 22:07. Posts 11 | Profile # |
Birchling.273
lowish gold
Terran --> main race
All match ups need to be worked on but especially TvT needs to worked on as i have no idea how to react to different builds. |
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| LexKaiba Ireland. December 20 2011 22:09. Posts 22 | Profile # |
LexKaiba.542
Add me, top 8 gold Zerg
All match ups wanted especially ZvZ for starters |
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| aendi Germany. December 20 2011 22:21. Posts 41 | Profile # |
hi,
high plat P here, will definitely check out the channel after work tonight
i can also play Z at about a high gold level.
add me: aendi.759 |
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| cloudascris Italy. December 20 2011 22:21. Posts 16 | Profile # |
Cris.170
Add me, high plat toss.
All matchups needed. Specially Pvz and Pvt |
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| WairiaM France. December 20 2011 22:24. Posts 4 | Profile # |
You can add me on your little fellowship 
FausT.100
Protoss gold
I want to improve my macro and micro.
I'm French I hope it's not a problem for you !
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| Laserist Turkey. December 20 2011 22:40. Posts 418 | Profile # | |
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| Hadland Norway. December 20 2011 22:42. Posts 4 | Profile # |
Add me on aswell please!
Hadland - 320
Top gold ( high plat mmr sometimes low diamond )
Playing both zerg and protoss, depends on matchup. Same level with both.
ill be online anytime after 16:15 norwegian time today.
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| huehuehuehue Estonia. December 20 2011 22:54. Posts 451 | Profile Blog # |
bunkerjunker - 830
500 points gold Terran, want to improve all of my matchups. |
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| xvDiSablOvx Germany. December 20 2011 22:56. Posts 1 | Profile # |
Hey guys! Sounds sweeeet
You can add me, noodish Top8-Gold Terran/Toss if that still helps you to improve^^ - to me for sure!
xvDiSablOvx.105
Usually online after 18:00 CET
cya |
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| Xion_Protoss Sweden. December 20 2011 23:05. Posts 13 | Profile # |
Awesome idea!
Xion 165
Online most of the day but almost always from 18-01 |
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