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Belgium9950 Posts
I had a school deadline for a group project yesterday at midnight. We had to actually physically turn in a copy on the science campus before midnight. Mannered as I am, I sacrifice myself to do the 20 minute bike ride in the cold at 11.30PM on my own.
20 terrible minutes later I arrive at the computer sciences building. I put my bike in the stalls and walk past the windows to the door, when suddenly a horse gets my attention.
No kidding, a horse. All I could see from behind the window was 3 guys sitting behind their laptops and a TeamLiquid logo covering the replay bar of a TSL game.
I print off the assignment and turn it in and stop by the 3 supposed SC2 players and start a conversation. One of them was playing WoW (i think) by now so I started feeling a bit cocky and challenged them to a 5 euro game. I think he felt confident, but my confidence scared him away for a brief second. I threw him a bone saying he could pick my race. He snapcalled, added my account and I think smiled when he saw my terrible ladder record.
I biked home to my computer, logged in, was forced to play TvP and 2-0ed him. Yay 5 euros!
We talked a bit more, apparently he was an ex wc3-player, a huk fan and in my class lol.
This is the first time I encountered TL in my direct environment, and considering this website was just a playground for bw fans back when I first joined, it kinda confronted me with how sick big TL became.
Just thought I'd share, since I've always liked reading the "yo dude from xxx, i saw you in a tl shirt, who are you?" blogs.
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United States2095 Posts
Nice.... I need to get me a TL shirt! Hopefully more of this sort of thing will happen!
Also GJ winning 5 EU : )
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
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My lab assistant (ph.d. has to supervise labs and doesn't seem to enjoy it) is always really tired and sometimes even falls asleep, so I asked him why he's so tired once and found out he's a SC2/BW player. Apparently he was in the habbit of watching proleague at 5 in the morning and catching all the GSL vods in the evenings. :D
Same in my last workplace, I found out 2 people play sc2 and we've been playing a lot of team games.
And in my classes like 5 people I got to know later turned out to be playing sc2.
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lol infinity u can do taht too at the library 
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i hustle kids like that, but in sc...and they were ex-clanmates ^_^
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On March 23 2011 00:18 Antimage wrote:lol infinity u can do taht too at the library
Nah they'll dodge if they find out that I'm Korean :p
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On March 23 2011 00:23 infinity21 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2011 00:18 Antimage wrote:lol infinity u can do taht too at the library Nah they'll dodge if they find out that I'm Korean :p
ok fine i'll do it.
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At my old job I was frequently visiting TL. And one day I walked around and saw that almost everyone had TL open as well. Only one of them played Starcraft the rest of them was just here for the "Random pics that make you laugh"-thread
:D
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On March 23 2011 00:25 Jayson X wrote:
At my old job I was frequently visiting TL. And one day I walked around and saw that almost everyone had TL open as well. Only one of them played Starcraft the rest of them was just here for the "Random pics that make you laugh"-thread
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hahaha that is so cool i wish the office i work in was cool like that. it's just a bunch of girls/women who have parez hilton etc. open talkin about what happened on the jersey shore and bethany something or other? btw wtf is "PLL"
ah what i'd do for a tl'er here
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This is the proper way to handle the situation when you find out that classmates play SC as well and need to get stomped. Money Money Money
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That's hilarious you hustled him like that! Props to meeting more SC2 players and TL members!
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Semi-related to your blog, I've encountered many TL/BW players in real life, but 1 sticks out. At my university in ENC1102 (2nd english class), this guy was always eying me. After a while it was annoying, yet I said nothing. So the 4th week of class comes along and he says "are you Game?" which I interpreted as "Are you game?" so I was like "wut?". At this point he asked me if I was Game from Starcraft... This would've not been creepy or awkward at all if he had not just looked at me all f*cking day in class. But, it sticks out to me because it was indeed very awkward.
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how dare you beat a huk fan, all the same thats pretty cool to see ^.^;;
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On March 23 2011 02:36 Liquid`HuK wrote:
how dare you beat a huk fan, all the same thats pretty cool to see ^.^;;
Take revenge, get the 5 euros back! lol
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
Rage vs huk grudgematch gogo
rage picks huk's race.
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On March 23 2011 02:36 Liquid`HuK wrote:
how dare you beat a huk fan, all the same thats pretty cool to see ^.^;;
If you're sticking up for one of your fans huk, I think you should be sticking up for the rest of them. XD
Go get them! Show them mommy huk doesn't let anyone beat his fans >:U!!!
^_~
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Getting a TL shirt has been the first thing on my list whenever I have extra money available for a pretty long time now, in hopes that someone will recognize it and speak with me! But I'm a really poor student... the last two things I bought were a new mouse & keyboard because my old ones were really bad (mouse) and really broken (keyboard).
I can't wait for the 2nd of next month when I get some more money!
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My math TA asked for our CSL team's rep pack. Maybe I should have hustled some grades from him...
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Belgium9950 Posts
On March 23 2011 02:36 Liquid`HuK wrote:
how dare you beat a huk fan, all the same thats pretty cool to see ^.^;;
He played a passive 2 Gate Void Ray in to expand against my 1rax cc. Not a true HuK fan imo.
On March 23 2011 03:34 heishe wrote:
Getting a TL shirt has been the first thing on my list whenever I have extra money available for a pretty long time now, in hopes that someone will recognize it and speak with me! But I'm a really poor student... the last two things I bought were a new mouse & keyboard because my old ones were really bad (mouse) and really broken (keyboard).
I can't wait for the 2nd of next month when I get some more money!
I just proved meeting TL people can be profitable. A TL Shirt seems like a worthy investment to me if you live in a student-rich area 
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You seemed so ambitious and l ike a pretty obvious hustler, did you at least even bait them in or did you just say OH HEY YOU'RE ON TL WE SHOULD MONEY MATCH 5 BUCKS GOGO lol
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Belgium9950 Posts
Of course I baited him a bit. After he accepted I mentioned being a TL staff member and having played a lot of BW.
He was 3200 diamond though, so it's not like i was picking on the completely helpless and I don't feel guilty about it.
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I don't play either BW/SC2, but I still follow the BW scene and I do have a TL shirt. I wear it pretty frequently, as I do my MBC hoodie/Oz jacket and shirt. Haven't had a single person come up to me yet, or even nod in my direction.... though I have gotten a dirty look or two from some Koreans.
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( reopening old posts, but was surprised to see this blog)
There are actually quite many Starcraft2 enthousiasts in our faculty Rage
Always nice to see blogs about your buddies and self on TL.
edit: typos * shame *
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Belgium9950 Posts
Oh nice that I happen to see this. Like who? Explain please, I'm curious!
edit: rofl, hi stijn!
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A bunch of first and second year bachelor students
I know of around 8-9 playing SC2, and I've seen some people watching streams as well.
Starcraft just keeps growing it seems
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United States4796 Posts
TL shirt is totally capable of netting the wearer profit. Doubly true for an ESPORTS shirt.
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Okay, okay - I'm convinced. Buying a TL shirt after I post this...! Awesome story. I live in Columbus and haven't encountered too many TLers. MLG was really my first chance to experience being in a room full of them! I'd be super excited if someone noticed me playing/wearing it. I do have a few SC2 shirts from jinx. I've only once had someone say "cool shirt." The kid was maybe 14 and with his mom at Kroger.
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