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Hey guys I'm back with my first weekly blog about my laddering on SEA.

After being promoted on Friday with a very good record of 15-5, I ended up wasting my weekend doing assignments as I am in Grade 12 this year and I really want to get good grades.

Anyway after a few all nighters I hopped onto SC on Tuesday. I ended up going 2wins to 3 losses. after a forfeit win I lost twice in a row, coming back to win a PvP where I got phoenix to lift my opponents immortals. I lost again, and after raging, got off as I feel I wasn't playing well.

I got back on the next day hoping for a fresh start before going 2wins-6 losses, losing to a lot of Terran and Protoss all-ins and just failing to react to my scouts. After raging once again i played some 2v2s with some mates before getting off for the night.

I took a break on Thursday as I had screwed my back up and I didn't feel up to playing, so I got on today to play some more ladder. After my all nighter I got off to a good start with a win on Talderim Alter PvP with a proxy 2gate. My next game i happened to be matched against the same opponent, who this time tried to 2gate me, but i already had cannons down in anticipation for his zealots. up2-0 I felt pretty good after I managed to find the same guy for the third time in a row. This time I attempted to cannon rush, but after a base race I was forced to gg. I went onto a PvZ on Talderim, where I managed to roll through my opponents base and win the game. My second loss of the night occurred in a PvP on Shakuras, where I had decided to 4gate, but i was held by forcefields at the ramp. with my army at his natural and my horrible ability to scout my own base for pylons, i was hit with three zealots and i was forced to retreat. with the loss of my probes and my inability to scout without a robo, my opponent teched into dt's and it was gg from there. This game was followed by a PvR(andom) where my opponent was protoss, and decided to hide his 4gates. anticipating a 2gate i had cannons down but when i failed to scout a proxy pylon in my main again i left the game after an offensive "gg" from my opponent. I then ended up losing a couple more games before I once again rage quitted my computer for a few hours.

Problems this week are also recurring from my last write up with my bad ability at scouting, except for in PvZ. Another problem was not getting enough sleep, which I feel made me more short tempered, as I would normally not rage at the game.

Anyway after a fairly negative week of 7-15 I feel i should be able to come back next week and shrug off those losses fairly easily if i just clear my mind and play smarter.

Anyway thank-you for reading again,
until next Friday
Larotac.