And We're Back

Went dark for a few weeks there as my video card blew out and it took a while to get replaced. The game's changed a bit while I was gone-- mostly, new ladder maps.

My intention with playing in general, and with the blog project in particular, was to play a few games, and then mindfully analyze them, rather than mass gaming.

Coming off a three-week hiatus, though, I found a couple of things:

• I needed several games just to get back in the swing of 1v1
• I was underranked and winning boatloads of easy games.

Between that and the ladder reset (after which I was still in gold), I think I'm going to hit a reset button on the blog as well. I'll go through some highlights of my games since my return, and then restart with the game-by-game tracking.

So, since the ladder reset:

• Record: 17-11
• Adjusted MMR (No bonus pool): 188

Pretty good, actually. What's more, my wins are bringing in 17-18 points (without bonus pool) while my losses are costing 7-8, so I should be moving up pretty rapidly until that equalizes.

So, let's pull out some educational moments from my warm-up period, shall we?