#009 Progress...

See it yeah? That star was awarded for PWNAGE in the line of duty!

Yeah as you can see I'm now in the top 8, so hopefully I should be vying for promotion. There is no way to know if and when you're going to be promoted, the system just automatically does it when you're good enough.

So 5 matches in the last couple of days, 3 wins for 2 losses, as follows:

Game 1 - Protoss, Dark Templar, should have won but lost. Fnnnggghhh...
Game 2 - TvT, win.
Game 3 - TvT, win!
Game 4 - TvZ, win!!!
Game 5 - TvZ, lose :(

More games to play (and maybe cast??) later.

#008 I casted a game!!!

Check me out! I casted the aforementioned 6-pool defence. Don't think my commentary skills are up to much, but it was fun nontheless. More to come...

#007 UPDATE!!!

Ok so I haven't been very active blogging over the past few weeks. The good news is I fixed my computer, and have been playing plenty of Starcraft. Bad news? Well I guess its not bad, but I am in exactly the same position I was in the league before, 10th.

Finding my way into this illustrious top 8 really shouldn't be too hard, but unfortunately everyone else in the league seems to be playing exactly as many games as me, therefore staying ahead of me on points.

In the last 2 weeks my record is P44 W29 L15. Its difficult for me to figure my total record for the season as they've decided to remove the 'games played' and 'games lost' from the league, so I only know how many I've won. Which is annoying.

Anyway, my game is definitely improving. Here's a replay of me heroically defending against a Zerg six-pool.

My graphics card broked

My pc is currently suffering from graphics card knack, which has seen me spiral down to the murky depths of the lower half of the bronze league! Never fear though, I should be back in action later this week, and if the bonus pool works properly I should be back in a reasonable position in no time.

#005 Pro match of the day

Absolutely amazing game here between TheLittleOne and Nada (TvT). Not often you see Battlecruisers used effectively.

#004 Ok forget about the hourly updates

I got a bit miffed at lunchtime after finding out that I have no idea when it comes to playing against Zerg. And I've just played/endured 2 REALLY long winded TvT games, am mentally exhausted. All in all though, a good days Starcraft! I'm 6 wins 3 losses, which puts me 10th in my division.

#003 - *smiley face*

Day off work......................Check
Shit weather outside............Check!
Awesome new mousemat arrived..............CHECK!!!

I think we all know what needs to be done...


08.45AM Booting up Starcraft, and what do we have? Another patch! I'm still on for a 9.00AM kick off. I wonder who else is playing at this time of day? Germans? Dutch? Ukrainians? Lets find out...

10.18AM 3 games down, and 3 wins!!! And unbeknownst to me, season 2 hadn't officially started until now, which was weird. I've been put in a new division, and had to play a placement match as my first game.

Game 1: Tinners (Terran) vs Andy (Terran)
Andy here went with mass marine, which didn't fare particularly well against my marines, marauders and siege tanks. He went for the old flying his base to the other side of the map tactic but I soon found him and destroyed him. A good start!
Game 2: Tinners (Terran) vs Robiwann (Protoss)
Fun game here on the new map, Tal'darim Altar. Robiwann set up about 20 cannons inside his base, i'm really not sure why as when i turned up with just marines and marauders they dissappeared in seconds. He did manage to keep me at bay by using cloaked dark templars, so i had to regroup and come back with a raven.
Game 3: Tinners (Terran) vs Televinken (Terran)
Televinken sounds Dutch. He played like a total boss, constantly harassing me with cloaked banshees, and he had complete map control. Somehow I managed to pull this one out of the bag though. I think his mistake was that he never really went for my main with any force. Also he invested a lot of money in high tech units like Battlecruisers. My economy was horrible, I was constantly running out of gas and had far too many minerals. Still, a wins a win.

I AM SEVENTH IN THE LEAGUE!!!!