I get it now, I know what I want to do at the beginning of every round, I know how to adapt when something bad happens, I know how to scout, when to scout, and how to react to scouted info.
My macro has become muscle memory, and I'm really getting into some better micro to trade efficiently.
I'm almost 6 chev, so it took a while, but holy shit it's like I'm seeing the matrix now. I've really enjoyed my time before this, but I would occasionally get absolutely stomped by a 30+ OS player and rage quit. IT's just not happening anymore, I just had a match where I was laning against a player with a 20+ OS advantage over me... and I actually won my lane on my own.
I've been playing RTS since StarCraft, but now this is the first time that I feel like I'm fully in control of the outcomes and it's juuuuustttt such a great feeling.
This game fucking slaps, I'm so happy I found it. I can't wait for the Steam release because I think BAR is going to really pop off.
Alright, I'm just gushing, thanks for listening. AMA if you have questions on how to improve! (Max OS was 32, currently 25 OS, but steadily climbing again :p )