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MachuPicchu
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States47 Posts
March 28 2011 21:46 GMT
#1
My history with StarCraft is not incredibly interesting, up to this point... I am in my late twenties, so I was ending middle school/starting high school when SC1 came out. I played it, and I loved it. It started a season in my life where I played strategy games almost exclusively. However, I never really played online.

Besides strategy games, I have always loved RPGs (not MMOs). So, I've always been very comfortable playing games offline, by myself. I played for the experience and story, which is why the competitive scene never drew me in.

However, between 3 and 4 years ago, I found the SC Pro scene via YouTube (as many do), and I've been watching ever since. Some months, I would watch several games a day, some months I would only watch a couple games a week, but it's still been an ever-growing passion, when I have time to devote to it.

I got SC2 when it came out and played the campaign, and I've been following the competitive scene, but I haven't played online yet. However, I want to change that.

Now, I am motivated to start playing SC2 online, expand my knowledge of the game even more, devote more time to this passion, and to get more involved with the community.

I want to start making connections with other SC players/fans. I've been reading forums like TL for the past 4 years, but I never really got involved (falling into my single-player mentality).

So, I'd like to start by asking if there are any other people out there in the NYC area, or within a one to two hour radius of Stamford, CT, where I live.

I know that places like Toronto and northern CA have had groups get together to watch tournaments, and I'd love to be a part of something like that in my area. Unfortunately, I missed PAX East (due to moving that same weekend...).

I'd also like to make friendships online. So, feel free to PM me or post here no matter where you are, if you'd like to chat.

I'm not putting any age limits on this, of course, but I mentioned my age at the beginning of this post just in case there are any other folks out there that are my age and wouldn't mind communicating with another chilled, aging gamer without attitude or ego.

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to contributing more to the community soon!

ggofthejungle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Romania392 Posts
March 28 2011 22:13 GMT
#2
Try the "TL Community" section, there are a couple of NYC threads:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/search.php?q=nyc
SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
March 28 2011 23:03 GMT
#3
GOOD JOB BUDDY!
POWER OVERWHELMING ! ! ! KRUU~ KRUU~
MachuPicchu
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States47 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-28 23:46:12
March 28 2011 23:45 GMT
#4
On March 29 2011 07:13 ggofthejungle wrote:
Try the "TL Community" section, there are a couple of NYC threads:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/search.php?q=nyc

Thanks! I have done some searching around, but I guess I wasn't looking in the right place!

On March 29 2011 08:03 SuperJongMan wrote:
GOOD JOB BUDDY!

Thank ya.
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