The Climb: The StarCraft Ladder Experience

A lot of work goes into coaching lower league players, from discovering their playstyle to crafting a lesson plan to help guide them up the ladder.  Vindicta joins Will and Dan to talk about coaching from his perspective.

While climbing through the ladder, it’s very natural to reach walls that seem nigh impossible to cross by ourselves.  Even with extensive replay analysis, we reach a point where we’re just not sure how to carry on.  Is it our macro?  Our decision-making?  Is our micro not good enough?  To get over these barriers, we need to ask for help from more experienced players.  Will and Dan will be talking about getting coaching and how to use these insights to continue our climb.

Will and Dan take the opportunity to discuss one of the most infamous and frustrating strategies to deal with:  cheese!

Will: linktr.ee/l0rdcranial

Dan: linktr.ee/capt_hapa

Think back to the first 10 games you played on the ladder.  You had no idea what to do or what was going to happen to you.  Now think about your 100th game, or your 1,000th game.  How much better could you read each situation and execute your plan.  Experience is a cornerstone of growth, and Will and Dan will be talking about how to gain it and how to use it.

Will: linktr.ee/l0rdcranial

Dan: linktr.ee/capt_hapa

With 2022 Season 3 in full swing, Will and Dan have an extended discussion of their laddering experience, ranging from the new maps to the current meta they have been experiencing.

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If you've ever felt completely overwhelmed by the laddering experience or feel like you can't go another day losing over and over again, you are not alone.  Every other player has experienced that feeling.  But when the going gets tough, the tough get going.  Join Will and Dan as they talk about how they persevere on the ladder and how to deal with the strain of laddering.

Will:

linktr.ee/l0rdcranial

Dan:

linktr.ee/capt_hapa

If you want to climb the ladder, you have to practice, practice, practice!  Will and Dan revisit the topic of practicing and share some of their insights on how you can improve you own practice sessions.

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X unit is OP!  Y strategy is IMBA!  Z is so stupid to play against!  We've all heard the complaints, we've all been lectured about how our units are so much better, and maybe some of us have done the lecturing in the past.  Join Will and Dan as they talk about the ever-present balance whine within the community and how it can affect your game if you buy into it too much

Will:

linktr.ee/l0rdcranial

Dan:

linktr.ee/capt_hapa

Keeping a healthy mindset on the ladder can be the difference between improving on the ladder and stagnating as a player.  Will and Dan talk about their own experiences with their laddering mindset, from getting frustrated to trying to keep positive.

Knowing the state of any StarCraft match is vital in any match.  In this episode, Dan and Will discuss game sense as a lower level player.