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sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-31 15:41:38
March 19 2011 05:33 GMT
#1
So let me just start by saying if you havnt checked out the first portion of my blog you can check it out right here.

Throughout this blog I am just going to talk about our plane ride, first impressions of the country of Romania, the people, our practice schedule and any experiences we have here so enjoy! =)

RaNgeD and I had left Washington on March 15th and were headed to the other side of the world. We had a full 13 hour flight ahead of us and couldn't be more excited for what was in front of us. Myself not being the best gamer, saw this opportunity and jumped on it. I had a chance to focus on playing Starcraft for 8+ hours a day and pursue my dream of being a progamer. The best part was it was in another country and we were getting paid for it =)

We flew out of Seatac and were nervous as hell for what was lying ahead of us. The plane ride turned out not being as bad as we thought because of the company we had from the drunken little old man and tipsy old lady next to us. We were able to hear stories from the old man's past and laugh at his sense of humor. Shortly into the flight (after a glass of scotch and a beer) the old man was cracking jokes, hitting on the stuardist, bumping his food tray in the back of a mans heads while calling him a "lady". We didnt get much sleep, especially myself, being afraid of heights. We hit quite a bit of turbulance over greenland and it scared the hell out of me haha. We finally landed in Frankfurt, Germany and had a 90 minute overlay to Romania. Nothing too special from the overlay to Romania.

Finally we were so happy to have landed and get off the plane once again. Andrei (CEO of Newrosoft) picked us up and showed us our apartment, where we werent too sure what we thought of it at first. After dropping off our luggage he brought us to the companies office, which I can say for myself I absolutely love. We have a solid setup and i believe like 27' monitors. I personally use a basic dynex keyboard and a cheapy $10 logitech mouse. The PC I am currently on has 4GB of RAM, an AMD Phenox II x4 965 processor, and an ATI Radeon HD 4600 series gfx card. (should be streaming within the next few days here). The other employees at the office here are really nice and outgoing. No one appears to be shy here in Romania. and beer is the way of life!!! haha. They have beer at mcdonalds, gas stations, malls, anywhere you can think of. Driving is off the wall. There's honking, cars passing by you on the other side of the road a few inches away, trams everywhere, people running in the road (also it appears cars have the right of way vs people). All the locks on doors are upside down compared to the US, cars park on the sidewalk as well haha. The women here are absolutely beautiful. It's pretty much a dream come true in how many beautiful girls walk the streets here. In Cali, it is said we have the "hottest" or the most amazing looking, I would have to argue this with the beauty of these girls. WoW is all I can say! =) Getting used the language barrier is the hardest part of living in another country. Not knowing the actual language makes it rough and not very many Romanian's know English, now I know how it feels for all the hispanic people in California hehe ^,- RaNgeD keeps trying to buy water and every bottle he gets seems to be carbinated since we cant read labels haha.

Monday through Friday we show up at the office at 9am and leave around 6pm. Right now our practice schedule isn't really anything in particular other than getting used to the EU servers and mass laddering, watching replays and watching each other play while giving suggestions. Although we have only been here for two days I have already noticed a shift in my play for the better. Small things here and there that I am learning and changing. Team NrS currently only consists of 2 players, being myself Justin "sLeEpy" Peterson and Austin "RaNgeD" King. Both RaNgeD and I were able to get in the same Masters division together and will be working our way to the top of the EU ladder. Last night we were talking with Andrei in regards to adding players and we'll be looking for additional teammates as well as practice partners, 2 for each race. In addition to this chat, we were able to eat dinner with NightEnd at a pizza joint. NightEnd is a very awesome guy, let alone an amazing player, be sure to check out TSL games today. The pizza is absolutely AMAZING here! As well as the beer we had (Skol), which I would have to say was somewhat similar to a lighter flavored Heiniken.

The city of Bucharest appears to be quite a bit economically lower than what I am used to in California, however it gives the city alot of character and it's colors. Stray dogs run rampant on the city streets looking for food and fighting for survival. Being an animal person it's a little bit sad but then again, I think it beats being put down in the pound!

Stay in tuned as I will be posting more and more blogs. Get to know Team NrS and watch our progression as well as results in tournaments.

NrSsLeEpy.567

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sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1293 Posts
March 19 2011 05:39 GMT
#2
Progamers don't rock Turtle beaches. Gotta change that!
http://www.starcraftdream.com
GhostKorean
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States2330 Posts
March 19 2011 05:48 GMT
#3
Drink NesTea yeeeeeeeeeahhhhh
Response
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States1936 Posts
March 19 2011 06:23 GMT
#4
MISS YOU GUYS!
the REAL ReSpOnSe
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 19 2011 06:24 GMT
#5
Miss you too buddy! i miss being on skype! haha i hear Austin on it with you now
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
BGrael
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany229 Posts
March 19 2011 07:04 GMT
#6
GL with everthing you do there ! hope you find some non-carbinated water soon
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
March 19 2011 07:19 GMT
#7
good luck guys o/
Best of luck ranged ~~ GOGO FIND PRAETOR
@KawaiiRiceLighT
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 19 2011 11:09 GMT
#8
On March 19 2011 16:04 BGrael wrote:
GL with everthing you do there ! hope you find some non-carbinated water soon


thank you and hopefully water will come soon heh.
Thanks Kawaii ^,-
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
Cedstick
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada3336 Posts
March 19 2011 11:23 GMT
#9
Love the initiative. Have fun, work hard!
"What does Rivington do when he's not commentating?" "Drool." ~ Categorist
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
March 19 2011 17:09 GMT
#10
Congrats!! Zerg hwaiting!!!!!
i love you
Drizzt3
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States189 Posts
March 19 2011 17:09 GMT
#11
I can't say how much I wish I had that opportunity man. That's my dream too I'm at about the same ladder rating as you but I just don't have the time to play ~8hrs a day, wish I did. I feel like it's so hard to become a pro gamer because you have to practice for ~8 hours a day in order to get good enough to become pro, in most cases, and you don't have that kind of practice time until you already are pro. Any tips? I'd give up anything to be pro, and I know I could get there if I just had the time . anyway good luck man I'll be on your side in any tournaments I see you in
"Before my time is done I will look down at your corpse and smile."-Brad Pitt (Achilles)
NoMicroWin
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States688 Posts
March 19 2011 23:26 GMT
#12
Congrats guys, keep up the good work!

Did you guys fly first class? And also it looks like a glass of beer is floating infront of the old lady.
If she pulls out her stalkers, you pull out your mauraders and concussive all over her tits
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 20 2011 02:00 GMT
#13
@ Drizz, I totally hear you man. I gave up ALOT to get here including a pretty solid paying job. It was just chance that I landed this mate. Anything you want you can achieve if you pour your heart into it.
"I know I could get there if I just had the time" keep that mentallity and you can achieve it. Thanks for the support

@ Nomicro - thanks man. unfortunately we only flew economic but they treated us like kings hehe. Yea the old lady had a beer in front of her the whole time LOL.
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
Drizzt3
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States189 Posts
March 21 2011 19:03 GMT
#14
You said you were in need of players. How does one get recruited?
"Before my time is done I will look down at your corpse and smile."-Brad Pitt (Achilles)
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 21 2011 19:24 GMT
#15
The team might be holding an interview type deal at some point. I'll be sure to update it in one of my blogs or over at This Forum post here when we find out more
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
DoubleZee
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada556 Posts
March 21 2011 19:28 GMT
#16
Awesome. Keep up with the updates ^^
Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 21 2011 19:31 GMT
#17
On March 22 2011 04:28 DoubleZee wrote:
Awesome. Keep up with the updates ^^


should not be a problem, we got about 12 hours of actualy practice today so I am checking blogs throughout the day and what not
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
Drizzt3
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States189 Posts
March 21 2011 19:34 GMT
#18
On March 22 2011 04:24 sincerelysLeEpy wrote:
The team might be holding an interview type deal at some point. I'll be sure to update it in one of my blogs or over at This Forum post here when we find out more


k cool ill be trying to improve in the meantime and work on my deep seductive man voice so I have half a chance I guess lol
"Before my time is done I will look down at your corpse and smile."-Brad Pitt (Achilles)
sincerelysLeEpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States148 Posts
March 29 2011 15:56 GMT
#19
lol deep seductive man voice is might have the opposite effect.
sLeEpy - Do what you do for not for fame or to impress anyone, but for God and you will succeed.
Drizzt3
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States189 Posts
March 29 2011 23:10 GMT
#20
lol dammit T_T
"Before my time is done I will look down at your corpse and smile."-Brad Pitt (Achilles)
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