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Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
January 14 2011 05:57 GMT
#1
To be honest, I have no idea how I came across Team Liquid. If I recall correctly, I think a friend of mine linked me this website back in 2006, but I hadn't thought much about it, and closed the window after looking through five minutes. I always beat my friends in 1v1, but I was bad overall as I didn't know what I was doing back then. I would like to share my thoughts while I was here on Team Liquid.

2007

When I moved into Binghamton University in September 2007, I was bored one day, so I was trying to recall obscure websites and try to look how things have changed. I lurked through the website, as any newcomer would, and saw that the GOMTV MSL S3 was going on, and that the Round of 8 Brackets was posted. I looked through the other forums as well, and felt that this community suited me well, with intelligent posters. However, I felt that I couldn't contribute to the community, so I didn't register.

As the Round of 8 progressed into the Finals, I saw that there were much more Bisu fans than Mind, the newcomer who took the tournament by storm, so I decided to cheer for Mind. This was my first series of live Starcraft that I was going to watch, and it did not disappoint, as Mind took the series from Bisu 3-1. The game on Loki II was nail biting, as Mind made cloaked wraiths against Bisu's carrier force that didn't include an observer to win the finals.

I don't remember much from 2007 for Team Liquid in my perspective.

2008
Wonder why I created my account on July 14, 2008? This was due to my stupidity as the Facebook picture thread popped up, and I saw myself. I was shocked, but later learned that this was just how Facebook sourced images. I was certainly made a fool that day, and I vowed myself never to be duped by the Internet again.

I watched games constantly while in school; in fact I was watching games late at night, and causing me to wake up 5 minutes before my final. At this point, I thought I probably should scale back on the amount of games I watched.

I still maintained myself mostly as an observer to the website, as I didn't log in every time I surfed, and made very few posts. I think the reason is that when I read the Ten Commandments, I felt obligated to not spam one-liners. (I still try not to write one-liners and contribute to discussion, if possible.) I did go to the website everyday, and find interesting threads to read throughout the day.

2009
I guess the addiction of Team Liquid started this year. In the Spring, I participated in our school's SC 1v1 tournament, and talking with people who have the same interest in Starcraft that I do. We wanted to play more games after the tournament was over, so we exchanged information and train with each other. I did notice that CSL was undergoing their first season; we had decided if there was a next season, our school would play, but I knew that our skill level would probably not match other schools.

As my sophomore year ended, I recalled the failed meet up in NYC by another member. I wanted to meet some local players, and the meetup threads started for various locations. With New York City, I thought that there would be plenty of Team Liquid members. Gathering information, I decided to initiate a meet up. There would be no prizes, the meet up was only for playing games of Brood War.

The meet up consisted of Fanatacist, Clazziquai, masami.sc, NeVeR and I. You can read more about the LAN adventure here, by masami.sc.
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Junior Year started, and I had signed our school to be on the Collegiate StarLeague. Also, in the works was trying to get the Starcraft Team started in our school. Although our school only had one win, there were many good moments throughout the season.

This is DragonDefonce's battle report of the ACE match for the only win for the year. I was selected for the ACE match primarily because I was Random, and that I would have to cheese in order to win. However, I never did biomech much so the execution was sloppy; fortunately, we got a lucky break.

For those who haven't seen, on the ace match, our random spawned as Terran on HBR against a protoss. Tried bio mech push, but Protoss scouted it and started cannoning up. We thought we lost for sure, but terran moves out anyways. About 6~7 dragoons come and try to snipe the tank, but protoss forgot goon range upgrade. The goons just walk around trying to get past the marine medic to get to the tanks, but by the time protoss realizes it, all the goons are dead, terran pushes and wins.


I became a manager for the now-defunct Liquid Kickball League. At this point, I wanted to be something more, so I participated in community events. Although it was short, the league was a lot of fun.

To cap 2009, I wanted to meet as many members as possible. Thus, I organized two meet ups in separate locations (one in Manhattan and one in Flusing) so that I would have the chance to meet them. In the Manhattan meetup, I met SLoG and ThisIsJimmy, which made the meet up more fun than usual. In Flushing, I finally got the chance to meet Micronesia in real life. Also, everyone that came to dinner was amazed on how much I can eat on Korean BBQ.

Recap of Flushing LAN on December 26th, 2009:
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2010
In regards with the Starcraft Team, we finally got approval with funding! The downside was that no one actually contacted the E-Board whether we could do promotions and advertisements. Although we didn't get our message on campus, we did find a few Koreans during the middle of the Collegiate StarLeague, which allowed our team to make the playoffs, but ultimately lose to Duke.

When the beta for Starcraft 2 was released, I started to play a lot in the beta. I got my beta key via a Twitter contest that I first saw on TL. Once I got the beta, I played as much as possible; waking up and playing against IdrA was certainly not a fun experience.

At this point, I believe I broke my final barrier of being shy that I had exhibited. I participated in a lot more threads in 2010, as I played Fantasy Baseball, and played a round of mafia. Those were great times.

In regards to NYC meet ups in 2010, there were a lot of things that happened. There was finally a conclusion between the grudge of QuickStriker and Pokebunny as both were present. In a best of 3, Pokebunny won the series 2-0 in a convincing fashion.

Koreatown in Flushing was full of disappointment in the next meetup due to South Korea losing the day before; we were having fun with Korean BBQ, having a cake, and playing billiards after the LAN.

When Starcraft 2 was released, the number of people attending these LANs increased a lot. I never knew that SC2 would garner so much attention and participation within the community. It was hard keeping track of newcomers! Also, these meet ups were fun enough that I spent money on bus tickets just to go to one of them! I never knew how much a Carnivorous Sheep could eat; we will have to settle this contest one day.

Ending the year with the Dave & Busters meetup turned out very well, as I got career advice along with meeting new people. When we tried to exchange for prizes, the group didn't know what to get; I suggested 4 horses for the TLHQ. Eventually, we got a gray horse to complement the brown horse; the horse is safe with Sheep. You can read more about it via Kibibit's blog.
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2011
What will 2011 bring for me? I wish for a bright future, as I'm trying to look for a job once I graduate from school. In fact, members of TL have helped me with my job search, and what I need to do.

In regards to the D&B meeting today, I will stop by Barnes and Noble in Union Square. An unusual habit of mine is to go to Barnes and Noble and look at books/listen to CDs; I usually do this biweekly when I'm back in NYC. I wonder if other members of this forum share the same habit as mine. This time, I will look for The Starcraft Bible, look for recommended books in the book thread on TL, or go back to...

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I want to say thank you to the Team Liquid community for making this place fun, as well as getting through the boredoms of college. Hopefully, the career advice that I got would help me land a job in the future.

Cheers


****
Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
January 14 2011 05:59 GMT
#2
When I opened this, I was confused by the title. Now I understand. You meant lurker in the sense of Rekrul spelled backwards. Not in the sense of the tier 2.5 unit that was removed in SC2 that is given as an icon for veteran zerg posters.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27148 Posts
January 14 2011 06:09 GMT
#3
Great story, spotlighted.
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HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 14 2011 06:45 GMT
#4
That is an awesome story, hope to meet you at the D&B meeting today.
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DOMINOSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada345 Posts
January 14 2011 07:05 GMT
#5
very cool i only wish i could have exp like that but i live on a island in canada and im the only tler i know of from here though i do have friends who play sc2 i would love to meet some tlers.
Sen Fighting!!! / JulyZerg Fighting!!! / Ret Fighting!!! / Reach Fighting!!! / well intentioned people of average intelligence
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
January 14 2011 09:12 GMT
#6
cheers Phelix
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NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
January 14 2011 09:54 GMT
#7
Good read. I wish I wasn't sick so I could hang with you and the others at the NYC meet-up today. Sadly I think I'm gonna have to stay home.. T___T
Silver_Thor
Profile Joined January 2011
United States18 Posts
January 14 2011 10:19 GMT
#8
Awesome read! i just started following TL a few months ago and hope as time passes I can have at least half the good times you have!

GL in 2011 and hope to read more posts by you and maybe even a 1500 thread later this year!
Gleve
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States206 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 11:52:08
January 14 2011 11:51 GMT
#9
Cheers man!
I remember a friend telling me about MSL S3 and started watching, haha. I was routing for Bisu though .

Thanks for the read!
♞
DarkGeneral
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada328 Posts
January 14 2011 14:34 GMT
#10
My account says Ive been with TL since 2003, jesus thats 8 years now...

Though I only have a few posts, I love to lurk and learn from TL more than posting hehe
"Everybody gotta die some time, righ'?" - Wraith Pilot
annul
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2841 Posts
January 14 2011 14:41 GMT
#11
On January 14 2011 14:57 Phelix wrote:
we did find a few Koreans during the middle of the Collegiate StarLeague, which allowed our team to make the playoffs, but ultimately lose to Duke.


for some reason this line made me laugh pretty hard. all three clauses, in fact.
Quasimoto3000
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States471 Posts
January 14 2011 14:51 GMT
#12
Can anyone dig up that facebook thread for me, cant find it anywhere ^^

Congrats Phelix!
Every sunday a nun lays from my gunplay
Joroth
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States318 Posts
January 14 2011 15:48 GMT
#13
Gj always good to see people giving back to tl
"you have buildings that are better than my race go fuck yourself" -IdrA
Kibibit
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1551 Posts
January 14 2011 16:48 GMT
#14
Hahaha, and cheers to another 1000+ posts, Phelix. And 1000 more meetups.
R.I.P. 우정호 || Do probes dream of psionic sheep?
Boule
Profile Joined November 2009
Turkey11 Posts
January 14 2011 18:09 GMT
#15
teamliquid.net is the most entertaining web site i know, many thanks for all those people who founded.

and btw good write up.
ChaseR
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Norway1004 Posts
January 14 2011 18:18 GMT
#16
A very nice summarization of your TL experience, Cheers Phelix! May you live until computers go obsolete.
Life is not Fucking Fair and Society is not Fucking Logical - "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
Rabbitmaster
Profile Joined August 2010
1357 Posts
January 14 2011 21:18 GMT
#17
On January 14 2011 23:34 DarkGeneral wrote:
My account says Ive been with TL since 2003, jesus thats 8 years now...

Though I only have a few posts, I love to lurk and learn from TL more than posting hehe


4.5 posts/year on average is pretty impressive imo :D


God is dead.
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
January 14 2011 21:37 GMT
#18
Great story and congrats on the 1000th post!
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
Kazragore
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States369 Posts
January 14 2011 23:52 GMT
#19
Great write up, I would say that right now I am similar to you in 2008- I come to the website all the time, but 80% of the time I don't even log in. Trying to be more active though haha. Congrats on 1000 Phelix!

Also,
On January 14 2011 23:34 DarkGeneral wrote:
My account says Ive been with TL since 2003, jesus thats 8 years now...

Though I only have a few posts, I love to lurk and learn from TL more than posting hehe


Holy crap, 2682 days and only 36 posts - a true lurker!
Imagine if i had a REAL weapon
Raeleigh
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada902 Posts
January 14 2011 23:53 GMT
#20
I absolutely loved reading this, good job. Enjoyed the thought and work put into it.
5/5
you are perfect porcelain.
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