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Lemonayd
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States745 Posts
May 20 2011 21:56 GMT
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I'm uncertain where I am going in my life, just as many people are...

Over nine years ago I received my very first computer game for my birthday, Starcraft. Ever since I can remember I have been playing video games. Starting off as my dad says "Playing Super Mario Brothers while still in diapers," video games have always been the one hobby that has stuck with me. I've never been gosu at any game, but I have always wanted to get there. Magic: the Gathering was the one game I had invested more time and money into over any other, but the cost of following that dream was a bit to much. I decided to move on from that dream as of last year.

I've never been good at an rts, but that didn't matter to me when I bought Starcraft 2. I work at Best Buy and I remember the day it came out and I was so excited about it, I would talk to customers who didn't give a shit about the game for minutes just because I was so excited to get home and play it. I'm still not very good at Starcraft, but since the day of release I am personally proud of myself for achieving diamond when I started out in bronze.

My first glimpse into the world of competitive Starcraft was back in 2009 when Tasteless started his blog on Gameriot.com. I remember reading his blog on game mechanics and specifically the section of the blog post where he talked about high end players actually removing keys off their keyboard in order to improve their gameplay and while in hind sight it's not that flashy, at the time it fascinated me.

Now I've been out of high school since 2006 and I'll be going to my first LAN in D.C. tomorrow @ cyberground. I'm actually pretty disappointed in myself for being so far into my life and having never competed in a gaming event before, but I'm finally making that next step. I know tomorrow my chances of winning are non-existant, but I'm going and competing for the sake of living out a dream. I want to go, play to the best of my ability. Regardless whether I win or lose I will be proud of myself for finally trying. I will keep playing until I physically cannot do it anymore. I have secluded myself from my own ambitions for far too long.

If you're going to the event, I'll see you there. Thanks for reading

~Lemonayd/Moxen

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Flexes
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany21 Posts
May 20 2011 22:17 GMT
#2
gl hf man
https://twitter.com/#!/Flexeslol
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
May 20 2011 23:03 GMT
#3
<3

I wish more ppl on TL would blog about dc lans :D !!!
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
May 21 2011 00:14 GMT
#4
You're moxen jaja?

GL!
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
May 22 2011 06:19 GMT
#5
so now we need to know how it went!
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
May 22 2011 06:22 GMT
#6
Yes, yes, updates! Blog about all your matches and tell us what everyone was like and what was good/bad.

Come on, we need TL quality battle reports and everything! Maybe even interview yourself! Hahaha.

Thanks for coming, hope to see you for all our future events!
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
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