When The Universe Steps In: And slaps you with a fish.

Sometimes we get distracted from our goals. My goal is to improve my ladder play while steadily rising up the rankings and I got distracted. I have actually been distracted by a myriad of things.

Everyone Loses

It's true. Everyone loses. Some more than others but eventually, they all do.

Anyone who's been around video games for any amount of time knows the highs and lows that come with playing. When you have a lot invested into the game in terms of practice time and the feeling of competition, emotions can run high both during the match and after it's over. At least, I know mine do.

Operation Diamond: Step 1 Complete

Finally, after 150+ games, I have been promoted to Silver.

I guess there's not a lot of movement in this division, as I was plunked into a new one(only 79 members). Still, they started me at 9th, so that's a bit of a time saver. Or so I thought until I looked at the score board; the top 20 or so people were only a few points from each other. By the time I had changed from the Promotion screen to the ladder screen and then started a game, I was 14th.

It's too early to tell if the competition is much different, but I'll let you know what I find. In either case, Step 2 of Operation Diamond(nice name, eh?) has begun: push from Silver to Gold.

I'm Making the Push!

After sitting in and around the 30th spot in my particular Bronze division, I decided to focus on one or two strategies/goals in each game and try to break into the Silver division. So far, I've played 13 games today and won 10 of them; apparently, deciding to win is all it takes. As of this writing, I've hit rank 10 and that's enough for me for the day.

Tomorrow I'll post a few things that I'm noticing about both my play and that of my opponents and maybe you too can make that push into the next division, whatever one that might be.