Good luck.
 
Build SCV's.  If you have 1000 minerals sitting around, build more production facilities.  And upgrades are good!

Oh yeah, and use hotkeys!  Ever since they allowed the option to show hotkeys, I think it's been easier than ever to pick up the habit.
 
And control groups!  Not just units, but buildings, as well.  Before long, you should be able to rebuild armies without even looking at your base.  Remember that if you have a variety of things set to one control group, you can hit tab to scroll through em.  And that's my basic ass advice for now.

I'd love to actually follow someone's blog in their quest to climb up the leagues, but most of these threads just end with one entry. Hope you actually post more updates and don't be afraid to ask for tips. Also post replays so people can give you feedback.

Capitalization? Pictures? A signature? What is this madness?

About the placement, your hidden rating from that losing streak you went on carries over between seasons. The win here helped bring it up, but not enough to place you anywhere other than Bronze. On the bright side, your hidden rating also changes much faster than your visible points ranking, so if you put in a couple more wins in a row you can overcome your old losing streak quite fast and start moving up the leagues. As for the number rank drop, that's just because your points reset to 0 between seasons like everyone else. Win 1 game to get a nonzero score, and you'll jump up 50 places.

And in case you can't tell, people here want to give you advice. If you want some, post up a replay.

G'luck, mate. I just don't have the stomach for standard league play. I'm probably going to hit up my friend for some 2v2, get re-placed, and probably fall from silver to bronze. We'd played 4 games in S2, all were against diamond leaguers, and won, but haven't played in 8 or so days. I have no idea how rankings work (and am too lazy to figure it out), so I'm presuming we're going to get demoted for idle.

It may sound crazy but do what I did, set your mouse screen scroll speed to 1. basically when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen it doesn't move at all. It may sound dumb but if you use only hot keys and the mini map to navigate the battlefield you'd be surprised how much faster you get, also it makes you look at the mini map more, and you feel more aware of your surroundings, after I got up to platinum league I set the speed back up and I still barely ever use it.

Also dont' forget to use our screen location hotkeys.  
 
you want to get to gold? check this out: 
 http://blip.tv/day9tv/day-9-daily-252-secrets-of-hotkeys-apm-and-mouse-movement-4730506

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@Thule said:

I'd love to actually follow someone's blog in their quest to climb up the leagues, but most of these threads just end with one entry. Hope you actually post more updates and don't be afraid to ask for tips. Also post replays so people can give you feedback.

Was thinking the same thing - good luck man and keep us posted

I know people will be entertained by your blogs and what not, but if you want to get better, your time is best spent playing that game rather than talking about playing the game...

@JusticeCat said:

I know people will be entertained by your blogs and what not, but if you want to get better, your time is best spent playing that game rather than talking about playing the game...

Feedback can be helpful, too. He's already gotten some rudimentary advice and got linked to Day 9 here.

Plus, we demand more blogs!

Also, all who game should read this. 
 
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw 
i liked it anyway XD  

@JusticeCat said:

I know people will be entertained by your blogs and what not, but if you want to get better, your time is best spent playing that game rather than talking about playing the game...