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R1cE
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States59 Posts
May 05 2011 05:38 GMT
#1
Hey guys,

First blog post on team liquid. I've been playing Starcraft 2 since December of 2010, so Im just a Platinum level scrub . Im currently in my second year at Diablo Valley College, a community college in the bay area. The semester is winding down and lately instead of studying or doing homework, I have either been playing Starcraft or Team Fortress 2, which is a bit problematic. I've decided to give up playing video games until the last day of finals; which is May 25th-26th depending on which day my last final is. Watching VODs is ok, but no live streaming on week days, only on weekends.

I decided to write a blog about this to keep myself accountable and to interact with more people in the Team Liquid community. Im generally quite on internet forums, but I'd like to change that and get to know some of you all. You can add me on Battle net at R1cE.610 and if you see me on yell at me to get off. That would be much appreciated . Im also on twitter: twitter.com/riseofr1ce and Im pretty active on it talking about the latest tech gadgets and starcraft stuff.

So as a parting question I just want to ask if any of you have done something like this before, and how did it go? I'll be keeping this blog updated every couple of days so I'll talk to you all later.

The_LiNk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada863 Posts
May 05 2011 05:52 GMT
#2
I stopped playing video games in January because I was doing pretty bad in school. I'm in grade 12 and my first semester marks were low 80s and I needed get mid80s to get into the program I wanted to go in University of Toronto. I had go hard on school until just last week because that's when they send our mid-terms to the universities (which the universities use to give out conditional acceptances). It really helped that a blackout happened in January and I was on my comp. The blackout basically destroyed my computer (well I just need to boot disk it again really) so I'm on my work laptop which can barely play StarCraft.

So uh... I guess you should pull the plug on your computer while it's on. Can't play video games without a working computer.
R1cE
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States59 Posts
May 06 2011 05:26 GMT
#3
On May 05 2011 14:52 The_LiNk wrote:
I stopped playing video games in January because I was doing pretty bad in school. I'm in grade 12 and my first semester marks were low 80s and I needed get mid80s to get into the program I wanted to go in University of Toronto. I had go hard on school until just last week because that's when they send our mid-terms to the universities (which the universities use to give out conditional acceptances). It really helped that a blackout happened in January and I was on my comp. The blackout basically destroyed my computer (well I just need to boot disk it again really) so I'm on my work laptop which can barely play StarCraft.

So uh... I guess you should pull the plug on your computer while it's on. Can't play video games without a working computer.



Dood man sad times......well I guess not really since it got you to focus on school . What type of program you trying to get into? It would be pretty hard for a black out to ruin my laptop though, thank goodness for built-in surge protection. I did falter yesterday in my break, I played half an hour of tf2 after i finished my homework -_-.
gamecrazy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States421 Posts
May 06 2011 06:57 GMT
#4
I misread the title as Video Game FEAST. As a high school senior, that's what I've been doing ever since I already decided on the college that I would attend. However, I can see that you guys have priorities that are much more important than gaming. I temporarily quit gaming during junior year to make sure my grades stayed high for college apps. Keep your eye on the ball and don't play games until you know you can slack off.
R1cE
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States59 Posts
May 07 2011 23:07 GMT
#5
On May 06 2011 15:57 gamecrazy wrote:
I misread the title as Video Game FEAST. As a high school senior, that's what I've been doing ever since I already decided on the college that I would attend. However, I can see that you guys have priorities that are much more important than gaming. I temporarily quit gaming during junior year to make sure my grades stayed high for college apps. Keep your eye on the ball and don't play games until you know you can slack off.



Bahahaha. Yea I've been feating on vid games for the past 2 weeks >.<. Gotta deal with life first for now (sigh)
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