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Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-15 04:15:41
October 15 2010 04:11 GMT
#1
Hi TL!

I am Peanut, and I love StarCraft.

I am starting this blog to chronicle and provide motivation for a personal project: I'm going to make it my job for the next 4-8 weeks to get into the North American Diamond League (1v1).

I am not a particularly good StarCraft player - I started playing SCBW in high school but mostly played with friends on money maps/fastest or, later on, WWI UMS simulations (thanks Cholera). I was ranked D- on iCCup about 2 years ago and I think that was the high point. I played a bunch of 2v2 matches in the SC2 beta with a friend, but I think I could count the number of post-release games I've played on two hands. Most of those have been 3v3 so I haven't even been ranked 1v1 yet.

My involvement with StarCraft has so far been as a fan, promoter, tournament organizer, community site mod, journalist, evangelist, and entrepreneur. It's been really fun and all, and I definitely intend to keep doing it, but I also often catch myself saying "I wish I were better at StarCraft." And then I keep on doing what I'm doing and laugh ruefully when people challenge me to games because I know I'd never win.

This ends now. I want to stop shaking my head and start exchanging Real IDs so that I can pin down a date and a time to lay the smackdown on someone. I want to be able to win.


Further Background Info
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I'm currently unemployed after having two intense gaming industry jobs back to back over the past year. I was the Community Manager for a f2p MMORPG called Aika Online and then did a stint at a social game developer/publisher as an Online Content Manager (kind of like a marketing manager but more community/player-oriented). I had some great times at these companies, and I got a lot of great experience, but I want to step back and do something for myself for a while instead of working my butt off to make other people's products better.



The Setup

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Place: Temporal's apartment in Mountain View, CA (where I am living rent-free )

Rig: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU, 4GB RAM, Radeon HD 4890 GPU, Windows 7 Home Premium, Logitech G110 keyboard and MX518 mouse



The Plan

- Devote at least 7 hrs/day to StarCraft II Mon-Fri
      - At least 4 hrs/day of this will be spent playing
      - Vacations for events such as BlizzCon and job interviews are acceptable

- Write 1-3 blog entries/day about the experience Mon-Fri
      - The first blog entry in a day must contain a summary of the previous session's activities, including win/loss record

- Evaluate progress at the end of 4 weeks
      - If in Diamond League --> GREAT SUCCESS!
      - If in Gold/Platinum League --> Keep going
      - If in Bronze/Silver League --> Crawl back to real life


Misc Goals

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- Cut back on red meat, junk food, simple sugars

- Jog in the mornings 3+ times/week before training

- Keep the apartment reasonably clean and organized

- Give back to the StarCraft/TL community in some way



What It's All About

This thing isn't just about getting better at a (really awesome) game - it's about training myself to be better at something I'm bad at, namely pursuing independent projects.

I think I rely too much on having other people around to motivate myself to see a task through to the end. I tend to put other people's needs above my own and do things because I want to make other people happy instead of because I want to make myself happy. This is a trait that's valuable in a team-based environment (like at work), but I think in the long run it's good to offset it with the ability to plan and execute projects which enrich yourself.

This is what it comes down to: when I'm on my deathbed with all my progeny around me or whatever, I want to be able to look back and say that I trained hard and hit 1v1 Diamond League in StarCraft 2 because I thought it would make me a better person. I think now is the time.


Why This Blog (and You) Is (Are) Important

I'm a very community-minded and social person (when it comes to games in particular) and I enjoy getting feedback about things I'm doing. I think I'll be much more likely to stick with this project if I can feel like there are people out there I'm entertaining or benefiting in some way with it instead of it being a purely private thing. I really hope that people will read this and find my story interesting enough to keep up with what I'm doing, even if they're just trolling the comments section or whatever.

I hope Chill trolls me. Chill, I love your trolling the best <3. Miss you, bro (no homo).

Anyway, I also want to use this blog to give back in a more concrete way to the StarCraft community, but I have to figure out what that way is. And anyway, it won't be any use if people aren't around to read what I'm writing. So, we'll get to that part later.


First Steps
First I'm going to go back to SCBW and finish the single player campaign, because I love the story and I meant to go through the whole thing (SC + SCBW) before SC2 hit but ... didn't happen.


I start tonight. Wish me luck!



Major shoutout to Temporal for making this possible.


***
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9616 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-15 04:19:47
October 15 2010 04:17 GMT
#2
I think im more impressed by how much work you put into your post than i might be when you get there. Either way, good luck.

That is a hefty schedule you laid out though. I wish you even better luck on working that one out.
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
October 15 2010 04:18 GMT
#3
I'd totally help you out if you were europe! good luck ^_^
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
October 15 2010 04:20 GMT
#4
you sound so motivated haha!
good luck have fun!
Hey! Listen!
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
October 15 2010 04:21 GMT
#5
lol

good luck peanut
RIP Aaliyah
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4332 Posts
October 15 2010 04:22 GMT
#6
Go get'em girl!
So wait? I'm bad? =(
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
October 15 2010 04:28 GMT
#7
JWD
But soft! What text through yonder browser window breaks?
It is this ridiculous topic, and Peanutsc is the subject!
Arise, fair Peanutsc, and kill the envious Chill
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou his maid art hooking with me.
Be not his maid, since he is envious.

On May 21 2009 12:58 Peanutsc wrote:
OMFG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This has Kennigit written all over it.

JWD, if only I were worthy of you. KnightOfNi, yeah, you kinda suck.

Hey Mogwai, sup?

It is my lady! O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks, yet she says nothing.

With love's light wings did I o'erperch this inter-site drama;
For consistent trolling cannot hold love out,
And what love can do, that dares love attempt.
Therefore thy SC2GG affiliation is no stop to me.

Felt like this should be here. lol
beach beers buds beezies b-b-b-baaanelings
TheMunkey
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada470 Posts
October 15 2010 04:48 GMT
#8
Oh Hai Peanut!
I remember you from some kind of Idol hosted by Cholera. Well good luck have fun!
Never give up
neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
October 15 2010 04:50 GMT
#9
Gogogo. Good luck.
jon arbuckle
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada443 Posts
October 15 2010 04:53 GMT
#10
This reminds me: where is that image macro that plots noted TL.net females on the Chaotic/Lawful/Good/Evil axis?

Oh and uh good luck!
Mondays
Aylear
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Norway3988 Posts
October 15 2010 04:53 GMT
#11
Good luck, Peanut! Will read your blog over the coming days. I think the most important thing for you is to keep to your schedule, especially jogging and eating healthier (arguably more important than StarCraft!) so you have the energy to persevere. Good call: stick to a training schedule. Time management is important when you do this kind of stuff.

Glhf!
TL+ Member
Nayru
Profile Joined April 2010
United States87 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-15 05:08:02
October 15 2010 05:00 GMT
#12
Wow. I'm in basically the exact same situation as you are. I haven't played a lot of games either since the beta because I fear doing too many wrong things that soon become bad habits. 0 1v1s as well for me. But I truly want to be good at the game. I spend so much time in the starcraft world watching videos, listening to podcasts, reading forums, trying to learn strategies and I'm not sure where to being and choose what I need to improve upon first. I will very anxiously await your posts as I feel we have quite a love for this game and have approached it in a similar fashion. You may show me how to improve if I follow in your footsteps. Maybe we can learn this game better together. I would love to play some matches with you. Seriously.

(also, I never finished the sc or bw campaign either...heh)
White-Ra: "I miss reaver, he so stupid but he kill 20 SCV!"
Murderotica
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Vatican City State2594 Posts
October 15 2010 05:05 GMT
#13
Lol I forgot you were that bad at BW until I remembered the day at Culture's house haha
ǝsnoɥ ssɐlƃ ɐ uı sǝuoʇs ʍoɹɥʇ ʇ,uop || sıʇɹoɟ ɹǝdɯǝs
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15325 Posts
October 15 2010 05:09 GMT
#14
So envious. I'd love to follow a strict schedule of practicing for a while. I am sure you'll see substantial improvement in your game.

Go GL FH!
ModeratorI know Teamliquid is known as a massive building
Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
October 15 2010 05:10 GMT
#15
You will be diamond by the end of next week. I believe in you!
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11549 Posts
October 15 2010 05:23 GMT
#16
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
October 15 2010 05:26 GMT
#17
Good luck.

I am racing you to diamond.

When I lose my excuse is school.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
October 15 2010 05:27 GMT
#18
On October 15 2010 14:23 FragKrag wrote:
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???


Chill is obviously sometimes female. Ribbit!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reed_Frog


mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
October 15 2010 05:30 GMT
#19
lol this is so adorable

GL!!!
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boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
October 15 2010 05:40 GMT
#20
--- Nuked ---
green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
October 15 2010 06:04 GMT
#21
Cut the blogs, get more playing time.
Inputting special characters into chat should no longer cause the game to crash.
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
October 15 2010 06:20 GMT
#22
O wow you were a CM for a gpotato game lol, used to play Flyff t.t

basically thats my way of saying I feel bad for you, being a CM for gpotato.

hope to see you around ladder ;o will be waiting

~Zlasher
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
October 15 2010 06:47 GMT
#23
On October 15 2010 14:05 Murderotica wrote:
Lol I forgot you were that bad at BW until I remembered the day at Culture's house haha


Yeah I'm really good at covering up how bad I am at StarCraft by saying things like "the Bisu build is so 2007" and "OMGWTFBBQ why is Flash going 14-CC?" and "remember to always irradiate defilers first!" It's amazing how far that kind of thing gets you.

Although, to be fair, Flash going 14-CC against Jaedong in the GomTV finals summer of 2008 was really dumb.
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
javiskefka
Profile Joined May 2010
United States26 Posts
October 15 2010 13:25 GMT
#24
So shobon :D
ImSkeptical
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia51 Posts
October 15 2010 14:45 GMT
#25
Good luck! My advice would be to make sure you keep making even smaller goals like 'this game i'm not going to be supply capped' as to not get discouraged. Give it your all!
EG is a great example
azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
October 15 2010 15:14 GMT
#26
I'm sure there'll be great interest in your progress
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25977 Posts
October 15 2010 15:22 GMT
#27
Hahaha. SC players love to say what they're going to do, don't they? I wish I hadn't seen this formula repeat a millions times before:

- Post what you're going to do
- Receive praise as if you did it
- Don't do it

I guess we're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything.

That being said, I will soon be hosting weekly TL:Attack! episodes and a 120,000 USD starleague sponsored by Microsoft in the next month. Keep your eyes open for it.
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Murderotica
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Vatican City State2594 Posts
October 15 2010 16:32 GMT
#28
On October 16 2010 00:22 Chill wrote:
Hahaha. SC players love to say what they're going to do, don't they? I wish I hadn't seen this formula repeat a millions times before:

- Post what you're going to do
- Receive praise as if you did it
- Don't do it

I guess we're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything.

That being said, I will soon be hosting weekly TL:Attack! episodes and a 120,000 USD starleague sponsored by Microsoft in the next month. Keep your eyes open for it.

Make sure to blog 1-3 times a week about the progress of the negotiations and the prep work for the TL:Attack, including special features, solutions to minor problems, and in-depth flow chart on your prioritization of the various aspects of each project you undertake. Then make a blog documenting the progress of your blogs, and release this once a week, where you will review viewership statistics and give response to feedback.
ǝsnoɥ ssɐlƃ ɐ uı sǝuoʇs ʍoɹɥʇ ʇ,uop || sıʇɹoɟ ɹǝdɯǝs
pathy
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Taiwan619 Posts
October 15 2010 16:59 GMT
#29
D- high?, gl
you're gonna need it
Graphicscolosi suck
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
October 15 2010 19:42 GMT
#30
On October 15 2010 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2010 14:23 FragKrag wrote:
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???


Chill is obviously sometimes female. Ribbit!

+ Show Spoiler +
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reed_Frog




Chill isn't a girl?!?!?!?!

Well, there go all my eSports fantasies.
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4198 Posts
October 15 2010 22:36 GMT
#31
On October 16 2010 04:42 Peanutsc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2010 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
On October 15 2010 14:23 FragKrag wrote:
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???


Chill is obviously sometimes female. Ribbit!

+ Show Spoiler +
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reed_Frog




Chill isn't a girl?!?!?!?!

Well, there go all my eSports fantasies.

lol

On a serious note - find someone who is already diamond to give you some help. Getting to diamond only takes like 40 apm, a basic understanding of the game, and the capability to multitask to some extent..... I'm sure you can do it in a month.

GL
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ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
October 15 2010 23:02 GMT
#32
On October 16 2010 07:36 Impervious wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2010 04:42 Peanutsc wrote:
On October 15 2010 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
On October 15 2010 14:23 FragKrag wrote:
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???


Chill is obviously sometimes female. Ribbit!

+ Show Spoiler +
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reed_Frog




Chill isn't a girl?!?!?!?!

Well, there go all my eSports fantasies.

lol

On a serious note - find someone who is already diamond to give you some help. Getting to diamond only takes like 40 apm, a basic understanding of the game, and the capability to multitask to some extent..... I'm sure you can do it in a month.

GL


I don't know too many people who can reach diamond by making 2 actions per 3 seconds.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
October 15 2010 23:40 GMT
#33
gl! I'm sure if you play half as much as you are planning on playing you will reach diamond eventually with few difficulties. Especially if you have a friend who is a bit better review your replays and give you tips or have some people obs while you play some custom 1v1s.

On October 16 2010 08:02 ilovezil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2010 07:36 Impervious wrote:
On October 16 2010 04:42 Peanutsc wrote:
On October 15 2010 14:27 EtherealDeath wrote:
On October 15 2010 14:23 FragKrag wrote:
glgl peanut

why is it no homo to chill

???


Chill is obviously sometimes female. Ribbit!

+ Show Spoiler +
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reed_Frog




Chill isn't a girl?!?!?!?!

Well, there go all my eSports fantasies.

lol

On a serious note - find someone who is already diamond to give you some help. Getting to diamond only takes like 40 apm, a basic understanding of the game, and the capability to multitask to some extent..... I'm sure you can do it in a month.

GL


I don't know too many people who can reach diamond by making 2 actions per 3 seconds.


Is that a challenge? Come ladder reset TL should host a competition to see who can get diamond with the lowest amount of apm.

Personally, I think I could do it with 30.
hidoi609
Profile Joined October 2010
Austria2 Posts
October 16 2010 00:55 GMT
#34
day9 said it best on how to get into diamond... find a race you enjoy playing... find one build that works for one or two races... and master it... definately will get you into diamond... if u like terran, watch ogstop/into the rainbow... protoss: ogsinca/ssks (tester)... zerg: fruitseller...
Cutting up noobs into chewable pieces
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
October 16 2010 04:13 GMT
#35
or, later on, WWI UMS simulations (thanks Cholera).
lol I miss playing WWI with Cholera
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
Zeroes
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1102 Posts
October 16 2010 10:12 GMT
#36
On October 16 2010 13:13 Sentenal wrote:
Show nested quote +
or, later on, WWI UMS simulations (thanks Cholera).
lol I miss playing WWI with Cholera


Me too =[
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news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
October 16 2010 14:25 GMT
#37
On October 15 2010 13:11 Peanutsc wrote:
I hope Chill trolls me. Chill, I love your trolling the best <3. Miss you, bro (no homo).


Can it really be homo if one's a female?

I approve of mx518, this alone should be enough to get into diamond.
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
thezergk
Profile Joined October 2009
United States492 Posts
October 16 2010 16:22 GMT
#38
man im jealous i wish i could do this . . .
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Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
October 20 2010 05:39 GMT
#39
You can make it, I'm almost there and I've just awful.
NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
October 20 2010 06:06 GMT
#40
u can do it ! I believe you !
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
October 20 2010 06:44 GMT
#41
Thank you so much you guys!
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
MrJargon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom158 Posts
October 27 2010 16:05 GMT
#42
Just seen one of your placement matches vs McAwesome was quite a fun game to watch, good luck
HonestTea *
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
5007 Posts
October 27 2010 21:34 GMT
#43
Good luck, hope this goes well. Keep us updated!
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cowsgomoo
Profile Joined August 2010
7 Posts
October 31 2010 01:36 GMT
#44
I love you. A girl gamer that is dedicated to do something and not give up. At a RTS game too. <3
MazeMouse
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands3 Posts
November 02 2010 21:02 GMT
#45
Girl gamer or not... if you make it from bronze to diamond in those 4 weeks I have a goal!
Then again, maybe not...
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
November 04 2010 05:03 GMT
#46
On November 03 2010 06:02 MazeMouse wrote:
Girl gamer or not... if you make it from bronze to diamond in those 4 weeks I have a goal!


After much reflection, I really don't think I'm going to get to diamond in 4 weeks - I'll be lucky to get to gold lol. However, I will keep playing and writing about it until I get to diamond!
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
November 04 2010 05:41 GMT
#47
I remember when I first got into beta I actually had 5 TvP's and went 1-4 and was placed into bronze, I worked my way up to silver. Then there was a wipe and this time I placed into silver, and worked my way up to gold before the next wipe. Then came the next phase of beta where I placed into gold, worked my ass up to get to #1 platinum and stayed there for the longest time hoping I could finallyg et into diamond before release.

Come release day, I immediately play my 5 placement games, place into Platinum, and a couple weeks later I got into diamond.

You can do it, I remember starting from the bottom up, just keep at it.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
November 04 2010 05:43 GMT
#48
Hey, good luck! I'm gonna try to ladder up too. ^^
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
November 04 2010 08:11 GMT
#49
If you're only concerned about the league rank, maybe you should just learn a few cheese builds and keep doing 'em. You only need to be, say, 30% as skilled as another random player to win 50% of the time with cheese. I know I got to ICCUP C+ with pure cheese in BW, and I got to platinum in a month (ranked 1 in my division) with rushing reapers or marauders every single game.
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
Peanutsc
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States277 Posts
November 04 2010 08:33 GMT
#50
I'm not actually just concerned about the league rank - I'm just using diamond as shorthand for "learning to play the game decently well." I'm not doing any cheese builds, unless 1-1-1 cloaked banshee for economy harass is cheese (some people say it is, some say it isn't).
"You only get one life on this earth, Tasteless, and if you're not spending the majority of it playing StarCraft, I would argue that it might be wasted." "I couldn't agree more, Artosis."
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 04 2010 20:09 GMT
#51
Cut back on red meat


why would you ever want to do this

hell on a good day i eat a steak for breakfast and two steaks for diner
Rising_Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States370 Posts
November 04 2010 21:38 GMT
#52
if you ever want to practice send me a PM... I'm not amazing diamond but I know what I'm doing, but I bet plenty of other higher level players could offer.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-04 22:23:47
November 04 2010 22:23 GMT
#53
If you don't eat enough meat you get that feeling where you're not hungry but you're never quite satisfied.

Look at artosis, he can never find any satisfaction.
diejule
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany416 Posts
November 08 2010 01:21 GMT
#54
hi Peanut! let me know how things are going! /Julia
Stay open minded. Always.
ccdnl
Profile Joined April 2010
United States611 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-10 16:56:12
December 10 2010 16:46 GMT
#55
On October 15 2010 14:40 boesthius wrote:
I am Kennigit.


He is Waxangel, don't let him troll you. X/David sent me here and gooooooddd luck Peanut.
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judochopaction
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States533 Posts
December 10 2010 17:16 GMT
#56
honestly i think the crafting of your post took more effort than it will take to get to diamond.. but good luck dear peanut
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
December 10 2010 19:27 GMT
#57
Today is the 8 week mark eh.
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LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
December 10 2010 19:31 GMT
#58
Prediction: Peanut in the GSL S6 Ro8.
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4198 Posts
December 10 2010 19:34 GMT
#59
With how fast she's improved, that may be a possibility (maybe not S6, but at some point in the future). Keep it up!
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VTArlock
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1763 Posts
December 10 2010 20:43 GMT
#60
PEANUT! I wish you the best of luck, I have only ONE request... Continue singing to us in German on the VT vent, its quite enjoyable!
Why?
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
December 10 2010 21:57 GMT
#61
On December 11 2010 04:31 LazyMacro wrote:
Prediction: Peanut in the GSL S6 Ro8.


Whats the line on this?
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LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
December 10 2010 22:26 GMT
#62
On December 11 2010 06:57 ZlaSHeR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2010 04:31 LazyMacro wrote:
Prediction: Peanut in the GSL S6 Ro8.


Whats the line on this?


I'd give it about a 1,000,000,000,000,000-1.
j0k3r
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States577 Posts
December 10 2010 23:04 GMT
#63
On December 11 2010 04:27 ZlaSHeR wrote:
Today is the 8 week mark eh.


She's rank 1-2 in her plat division. I got matched up with her a few days ago and she's really improved. A tough concussive timing push to hold back for a 1 gate FE P like myself. But macro wise, peanut, gotta kick it into high gear and spend more, expo faster, less all-in =p. GL hope you get promo in the next few weeks!
HandA711
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
202 Posts
December 11 2010 02:58 GMT
#64
What you're not a girl????!!!!. Because I can recall a girl playing SC by the name "peanut"...
hakuna matata
Urth
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States1248 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-30 09:30:17
December 11 2010 04:28 GMT
#65
How do you devote 7hrs a day for Monday through Friday without being a progamer? You look like Darcy.
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