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the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
Hi all,
I’m not sure if you guys know who I am, but I’m kind of hoping that within the next few months you’ll come to recognise my name and associate it with some really high quality posting. For now though, I really need your help TL, the big question is: How do I break it to my parents that I’m planning on becoming a proposter?
I’ve been spending a lot of time on TL, getting a feel for the way other people post and making a real effort to up my WPM (it’s not just spam either, I like to think I’ve been building my effective WPM rather than just sitting here typing away and deleting things without posting them). I think I’ve finally got it all figured out now. I’ve been laddering pretty hard, and I’m starting to see some results on the Blog Ladder.
I know what you’re going to say when you read this:
SirJolt, there’s a lot of good reasons you’re not a pro already; you haven’t put in the time. You just can’t match the output of other long-term posters. You’re a Bronze Poster at best.
You’ve got me dead to rights on all counts, but what you don’t understand is that I’m already theorycrafting at a high Masters level. The problem is that I keep getting undercut by all this Bronze-level cheesecraft (mostly sarcasm rushes and I sometimes don’t scout an early one-star rating). If it weren’t for the jerks in my Bronze-League cheesing me with accusations of plagiarism, allegations that I’m lying about my solid adjective micro, my intense preposition control and my totally sick syntax build-orders, I’d be Masters already.
I’ve uploaded a first person VOD/hype video of me playing on the Blog Ladder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiycnioAFQk
I’m pretty sure I’ve got it all figured out now though; I’ve dropped out of college and quit my job so that I can finally dedicate all of my time to honing my skills. I feel like I’m on the verge of something huge, like I’m about to figure out a new way to write. We’re looking at a total upset here, a big shift in the metapost.
This is where I need your help though TL; my parents aren’t happy with the idea of my being a proposter. They’re convinced that I can’t make enough money off it to sustain myself. I tried to explain to them that I’d be streaming myself posting on TL for upwards of eight hours a day, and that I’d be able to get sponsorship or join a team fairly soon [seriously guys, if you’re looking to fill a spot on your team, just PM me], but they’re just so closed-minded about it all 
So TL, this is your chance to make a difference in the life of one aspiring proposter: watch my stream*, PM me and add me to your buddies list. I’m always up for a bit of a 1v1 PM session to keep myself sharp for the ladder (big thanks to my man LemonWalrus for schooling me via PM when I needed the practice most). If anyone wants to see some shots of me in action, I’ve recorded a replay of me typing this blog as a .DOCX so you can see how my overall strategy works and maybe provide some feedback on my blog-order.
Thanks in advance,
SirJolt
*+ Show Spoiler +And if you really like it, buy me some things from my Amazon wishlist, if you can find it, teehee.
 
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Watched the VOD you need to work on your macro.
Only 1 in like 10, 000 people become professional posters.
Do you think you have what it takes?
Good start quitting your job and dropping out of school.
Put in the hours and anything is possible.
Maybe you should go to Korea to learn how they train to post there.
I believe in you SirJolt Ive enjoyed your posts so far.
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My hero... good luck on your adventure.
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You should consider looking into lessons from proffesional posters.
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So this makes me like one of those people who plays 10,000 games but still can't get into Silver?
I like it.
5/5, you have my support!
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United States11637 Posts
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oh god i was so relieved at the end of the first paragraph...
what are those toaster icons on your desktop?
5/5
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I think you need to get your head out of your ass and face facts. There have been people writing far longer than you. They have more experience, more speed and more dictionary knowledge. Unless you bust your ass practicing (sitting all day) you shall never even come close to the likes of Haji. Don't let this post get you down, you can still make it but it's a long shot. Just switch to the greeting card business, you'll still be writing and chasing your dreams on a smaller scale. Good luck!
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Great blog. To show my appreciation I have given you one star to help you on your quest to save the princess.
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This is an awesome post and debute in your proposters carreer. We can see a lot of your potential. But remember to constantly make "e"s and "a"s during the entire blog posting.
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It took me far too long to actually read what you're saying while I scratched my head and thought, I didn't think SirJolt was in bronze league...?
Oh wait.. reading. Yes, one of my better traits after being awake 36 hours.
Then it was hilarious 
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United States10328 Posts
Why do I feel like I've read a number of very similar blogs though?
The video is great though.
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I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me.
:/
For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
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Even though you're focused entirely on working on your posting, you'll never get anywhere without the correct practice schedule. As soon as you can, try to get on a team, so you can practice in a focused environment with other proposters. Having a coach who can recognize small faults in your posting and who can give you information about your future opponents and matches is simply integral to your success. While you could go through their posts and replays on your own, having someone who can give you a general idea of their strategy is just a huge advantage that can't be overlooked.
Do you feel like you'll be ready to compete in time for MLP Anaheim?
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As long as you keep posting straight up and keep learning from your mistakes you can do this, trolling might get you some easy fame, but once you get up there you'll hit a wall and it'll stop working altogether.
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I've got one thing to say to you, SirJolt. 3-0.
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I'm pretty sure Hot_Bid has talked about opening a proposter house, get in contact with him.
Also, I was extremely disappointed to see that you aren't streaming at the moment
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This is just golden. Every time I see you're name I can't help but click the thread link. Bravo and encore!
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
What does that have to do with this blog?
5/5 OP, great post
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Just letting people know I offer tutoring services for posters hoping to get climb higher in the TL blog ladder. We can discuss rates, but be prepared to pay at least 2000 ESPORTS Dollars per hour.
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Give it up bro. Even if you get to grandmaster the Koreans are still genetically better at posting. They'll just come over here and take all the readers.
This is why we need a North American-exclusive forum where Koreans AREN'T allowed. Obviously if someone like Select is here living in North America that's ok, but we can't have Koreans just post cross-server and steal all our hard-earned readers.
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
Stop thread hijacking and attention whoring, it's so damn pathetic
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Every time someone reminds of the buddies list I get sad, I was gonna give you a 10/10 but now its just a 5/5
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You'll never make it, give up now
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On July 14 2011 01:19 Milkis wrote:
Just letting people know I offer tutoring services for posters hoping to get climb higher in the TL blog ladder. We can discuss rates, but be prepared to pay at least 2000 ESPORTS Dollars per hour.
Maybe you could give us your rank and some link to replays so we know who you are. Not everyone want to spend half of their ESPORTS salary on a coach without references oO
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you'll never make it without a proposting house.
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I see you've already moved to Ireland to focus on your writing, foreigners ain't got nothing on us. Have you moved into a writing house? That way you can spend all your time grinding, it does wonders!
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i love the music sirjolt
:D
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On July 14 2011 01:19 Milkis wrote:
Just letting people know I offer tutoring services for posters hoping to get climb higher in the TL blog ladder. We can discuss rates, but be prepared to pay at least 2000 ESPORTS Dollars per hour.
Whatever he offers, I'll beat this guy's price.
TL Blog Grandmaster here.
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I just wish we had some good Post Casters, all the noobs right now are always mispronouncing big words, and not pausing in the right places for punctuation. Their voices all suck, and the analysis is terrible. The community will never get anywhere as long as the Post Casters are this terrible.
And the female posters shouldn't get their own leagues. They should have to compete with us, it's discrimination that the female posters can tell people they're female and get more views than males.
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You have to realize there are a lot of people out there who want to became proposters, do you really think you have what it takes?
My advice is that you should enter some tourneys first and if you get some results, go talk to your parents.
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
You should make a blog about it.
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I'm glad to see that people are still interested in joining the proposting scene. With the introduction of posting 2 sites like twitter, the foreign posting scene has slowly been dying. I'm glad to see that there is still new blood with the appreciation and determination to step in and fill in the gaps. BLOGGING4LIFE.
5/5
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SirJolt is already climbing the ranks. You're like mid-masters rank right now, but I think Fuddx is sitting comfortably at the Rank 1 Grandmaster ProBlogger.
Your training is obviously going well, but you need to push yourself even harder. Maybe set up a prohouse and get some of the worlds top pros together and have 14 hour practice sessions. Only then will you break into Grandmasters.
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Good luck SirJolt I believe in you! I watched you in the SC2 Assistant thread and beasting through the girl blogs and loved your variety of play. You can go far :D!
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ROFL so amazing... Best blog ever.
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i don't know why you'd want to go pro at TL, the skill level is not high compared to oldschool bbs
the proscene for telnet bbs is way more established
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Braavos36372 Posts
I charge for coaching if you want blog writing lessons.
I am Top 50 blog ranking page 1 division.
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On July 14 2011 03:01 Hot_Bid wrote:
I charge for coaching if you want blog writing lessons.
I am Top 50 blog ranking page 1 division.
What team are you on, because it sounds like you have some serious skills.
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On July 14 2011 00:56 boesthius wrote:
Best blog I've ever read.
I don't think I've ever agreed with a statement more in my life.
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Best of luck in the TBL, SirJolt!
I expect the competition to be real fierce this season, have you seen Trozz's syllable micro? But I think you can take it. Just don't let Glider draw on your blogs and you'll be fine.
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On July 14 2011 03:15 Kanil wrote:
Best of luck in the TBL, SirJolt!
I expect the competition to be real fierce this season, have you seen Trozz's syllable micro? But I think you can take it. Just don't let Glider draw on your blogs and you'll be fine.
I actually heard a rumour from some Korean pro-bloggers on Twitter that Glider is opening up a completely new style this season.
They call it "sketchblogging" - essentially, he just freehand draws an image of your blog, but perfect in every possible way. It's a pencil sketch that shows off features other people might not have even noticed your blog even had. The only difference is that where it once said "SirJolt" it now says "Glider." I'm not sure how to even approach it yet.
+ Show Spoiler +I only really need to worry if other players emulate it. I wouldn't put it past FuDDx to make an entire blog out of balloons... What hope is there left for me then?
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A few things:
a.) Your multitask is a little weak. I'd recommend opening several more browsers while working in Word - and if you can't juggle multiple documents simultaneously, you're not going to do very well in the face of early Flame War aggression. Most low Silver and Gold players like to come out the gate with quick flames and if you aren't able to have multiple responses developing at once you're going to get run over around the 2-page mark.
b.) It looks like you are trying to develop your own gameplan - you are very focused on shifting the metapost. The truth of the matter is that proposting is going on 12 years now and the meta has been largely developed; there are set openings with intricate grammar windows that you really need to learn first. From there it is more a function of refining the message and developing unique headers, instead of trying to build a post from scratch when the reality is you really can't compete with the established templates.
c.) You're spending a bit too much time on risky, one-dimensional all-in posts. You commit everything to the page in the opening post and if the other posters deflect or flame it, you're basically done. While you can rack up a lot of cred posting rapid-fire in short threads, you're also not going to learn a lot and when you find yourself in a 10 or 20-page postwar, you're going to be outclassed time and again.
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You're using Cambria? If you ever plan on going pro you're gonna need to switch to a much more standard font. I would suggest Times New Roman or Calibri. If you really wanna change it up then a Comic Sans maybe once for a bo5 but Cambria is just a bad strat.
Also there were like 15 to 20 seconds at the end of your video of you doing nothing. 0 WPM. It's not over until you hit post my friend, and even though you think you may have it you gotta keep going til the very end.
I'm not gonna lie, with the fierce competition and the Koreans your chances are slim, but good luck to you nonetheless.
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I'm brand new to the blogging ladder, and I'm wondering if I could get any advice for holding off one sentence run-on all-ins? I'm an art-blogger but have been thinking of switching to Starcraft since Webster refuses to nerf verbs and I just don't know what to do. I know you're supposed to wall-in with commas and semi-colons, but no matter what I try, they always manage to find a hole, and once they're in, it's just a matter of time before they follow up with expletives.
Am I doing something wrong or do I really just need to switch subjects?
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good luck in your endeavours, but truth be told whats your plan on beating the boxer-flash-jaedong-bisu-iloove-MC-all in one personification that is know as the "Fuddx"
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fucking retards in this blog, all of you. proposting doesn't exist because it isn't a sport, it's a hobby. the only way to even break even off of it is to go to korea and get on a real team.
and WTF @ 2000 ESPORTS$ per hour? idiots like you are killing esports. i hope that's not the average for this kind of coaching.
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Typical kids who can't hack it in the real, old school blogosphere. I remember back when the text field didn't have spellcheck, auto hyperlinking, and everything was a single font size: Impossibly Small. Blogging is so easy now, there's no skill required to be a pro-blogger.
Any of the current old bloggers would disintegrate these new ones.
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On July 14 2011 03:36 phantem wrote:
You're using Cambria? If you ever plan on going pro you're gonna need to switch to a much more standard font. I would suggest Times New Roman or Calibri. If you really wanna change it up then a Comic Sans maybe once for a bo5 but Cambria is just a bad strat.
Why don't I just go the whole hog and start fingerpainting my blog posts with my own semen?
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Damn it, you forced me to spent one of my precious remaining post before the thousand.
Well played. I too are hard at work on the poster ladder, and only recently advanced to the "TL writer" league. Now that you have earnt your first "featured thread" achievement, it's only up from here!
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I dont know what to say, probably the funniest blog I've ever read! (ok i didnt read too many)
Good job!
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Need more pictures. Pictures = 1000 words, so with that you can boost overall WPM and effective WPM together. What a noob mistake.
On July 14 2011 03:48 SirJolt wrote:
Why don't I just go the whole hog and start fingerpainting my blog posts with my own semen?
Or this. That's going above and beyond. You may be able to get a 10x multiplier for the effort--well worth it to show you're a serious contender. Best of luck.
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I found out something.
If someone gets themselves banned,
Their votes are undone.
You're already pro.
You even hit the spotlight!
Blog rank top 10 soon...!
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I am just in bronze and didn't watch the video but that is because blogs have been nerfed so bad I didn't need to see your flawed method. You are better off posting in general where more people see it and then having mods move it to blogs l8r after it already has exposure. SC2 General is so OP.
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This is hilarious, well done.
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On July 14 2011 03:38 SecretDoves wrote:
I'm brand new to the blogging ladder, and I'm wondering if I could get any advice for holding off one sentence run-on all-ins? I'm an art-blogger but have been thinking of switching to Starcraft since Webster refuses to nerf verbs and I just don't know what to do. I know you're supposed to wall-in with commas and semi-colons, but no matter what I try, they always manage to find a hole, and once they're in, it's just a matter of time before they follow up with expletives.
Am I doing something wrong or do I really just need to switch subjects?
Sentence run-on all-ins are actually not that hard to hold with some good punctuation micro. The idea is to hold back the sentences with semicolons and commas while stalling until you have period tech out. Once you have period tech its easy to target-slice large clusters of words. The tricky part is holding out waiting for periods, you'll have to work hard on you comma-splitting micro. If one good run-on sentence splices a large group of commas its gg.
Just my two cents.
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On July 14 2011 00:55 Dusty wrote:
You should consider looking into lessons from proffesional posters.
Good idea! He should definitely ask Rekrul for tips.
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this is too good. but seriously, i urge you to set up a team house so you can really develop in a competitive environment. maybe move to the united states, where blogging is like a national sport.
gl man
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Northern Ireland2557 Posts
On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
you're last now :o
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I laughed. Great post, your masters at least
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You can finally see that the Koreans are imbalanced; their language makes it easier for them to have such a high WPM average.
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Don't quit school man. If you keep working hard at your posting, it will just all come along together. GM at life > GM at sc2 > GM at posting, don't forget.
If you do want to improve though, study pro's BOs and always look at your post, see what you could have done/worded better, edit the post to perfection, and do it constantly until you can perfectly refine your posts without submitting.
PS you need to study from this guy http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=136804 ...maybe one day you can have your own fanclub too!
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You definiately need some pro post partners if you really want to increase you WPM and postmechanics. Also you can develop some really good OP and grammar builds together. This is what all the Koreans do and it's why their posts way outclass any foreign poster.
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Love it, it's like entering a world of TL I had no idea existed. Love it! :D
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By the way does anybody know how much ESPORTS$/hour Idra charges for coaching? Ive heard he recently developed a counter to the feared PERMABAN all-in and he some of the best troll-mechanics in the whole world.
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I was barely chuckling at the beginning. Haha, ok, kind of cute parody. Then laugh a little more, then a little more. The sheer volume of your little metaphors (is that the right word? O well) had me really going by the time I got to the bottom Thanks for that.
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I'd rather watch some koreans post on tl...
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Great blog...
but what was the SONG? It sounded like something remixed by Fake Blood. Looked at your iTunes at the end of the video but it was a part of a mix.
Edit: Nevermind, just looked at the actual YouTube page instead of just watching the embedded video.
Song is Any Way You Choose to Give It (Fake Blood Remix) - The Black Ghosts.
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This and your blog ladder both get 5/5 from me :D
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the Dagon Knight4002 Posts
On July 14 2011 00:57 chomsky wrote:
oh god i was so relieved at the end of the first paragraph...
what are those toaster icons on your desktop?
5/5
I actually have a huge problem with themed and custom icons, I have stacks set up in my dock that splay folders of what I'm watching/reading/playing lately across my desktop and I feel the need to theme those too...
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This post disgusts me. It is a forum. Speak your mind regardless whether or not you are recognized in some stupid posting pre SC2 caste system and be done with it. I hope you never get your stupid star, regardless of what the quality of your posts are.... you sir are a hipster on the internet. Sadface.
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...and then I realized you could go pro at anything.
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On July 14 2011 03:48 SirJolt wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On July 14 2011 03:36 phantem wrote:
You're using Cambria? If you ever plan on going pro you're gonna need to switch to a much more standard font. I would suggest Times New Roman or Calibri. If you really wanna change it up then a Comic Sans maybe once for a bo5 but Cambria is just a bad strat. Why don't I just go the whole hog and start fingerpainting my blog posts with my own semen?
There are very, very few times when "whole hog", "fingerpainting", and "my own semen" should be used in the same sentence. I don't think this is even one of those times. But then again, I'm a just a hasuposter and know nothing.
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How does one find these blog rankings?
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Canada5155 Posts
As someone who averages 5 stars per blog, but seldomly blogs, I can tell you that the only way you're gonna make it is if you move to New York and live close to TLHQ.
You simply can't make a living off of proposting outside of NY. I tried it once and nearly beat courage to get my proposter license, but I couldn't live like the other proposters in NY. You really have to be the kind of person that can spend up to 12 hours a day doing 1v1 PMs.
Best of luck to you, I hope you're up to the task.
EDIT: Just in case you think I'm actually a Bronze leaguer pretending to be Masters:
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On July 14 2011 04:17 Maliris wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed... you're last now :o
If I had to guess, that specific post may have contributed to that.
Much as it'd be cool to have a high ranked blog, I think I'd prefer to be known for my posts elsewhere more.
Forum dropdown menu, select Blogs there. I went looking after seeing the pic too.
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): Sir Jolt, are you forming a team?
Need that Microsoft Office Paperclip to help us though!
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Best of luck to you! Maybe TL will recruit you!
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idk about you but this sounds like the worst worst worst (fucking) idea i have ever heard. I know that ideas are laughed at like the lightbulb but cmon, the lightbulb actually did shit...Im not gonna say anything bad about this except gl hf and....ya hope you dont end up in the streets after this fails
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On July 14 2011 04:47 Vansetsu wrote:
This post disgusts me. It is a forum. Speak your mind regardless whether or not you are recognized in some stupid posting pre SC2 caste system and be done with it. I hope you never get your stupid star, regardless of what the quality of your posts are.... you sir are a hipster on the internet. Sadface.
Do not belittle the authors dreams. You sir are a gamma if ever I have seen one. Just crawl into the corner of your bubble and stay there protected and safe while others dare to dream big and post with their lungs full of life.
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Wow someone started 1starring all my blogs
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Man, I believe that you cannot do it. All of those people dedicate themselves endlessly to this, and what are you doing but saying you can? If it was that simple, anybody could become a professional poster. What a troll.+ Show Spoiler +I laughed so hard at your post, you have talent!
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How do we find our blog ranks?
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
IM WITH YOU. SO IS PLATOREPUBLIC~!
hi5
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On July 14 2011 05:23 Kenpachi wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed... IM WITH YOU. SO IS PLATOREPUBLIC~! hi5
I'm 5-starring you right now D:<
Were your blog entries that bad?
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Wow even after they one starred 70 of my blog posts i only went from 4.76 -> 4.65
:p
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On July 14 2011 05:24 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 05:23 Kenpachi wrote:On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed... IM WITH YOU. SO IS PLATOREPUBLIC~! hi5 I'm 5-starring you right now D:< Were your blog entries that bad?
yeah they were pretty terrible ;3
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On July 14 2011 05:25 Milkis wrote:
Wow even after they one starred 70 of my blog posts i only went from 4.76 -> 4.65
:p
It's always about you Milkis, isn't it?
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On July 14 2011 03:44 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Typical kids who can't hack it in the real, old school blogosphere. I remember back when the text field didn't have spellcheck, auto hyperlinking, and everything was a single font size: Impossibly Small. Blogging is so easy now, there's no skill required to be a pro-blogger.
Any of the current old bloggers would disintegrate these new ones.
It's not comparable! Things were different back in the day, you can't compare strategies from the old blogosphere to today. There have been so many patches that changed blogging since. Can you really compare the geocities and livejournal days to the TL of today? Plus, there are so many more foreigners going for it that the gap between the Koreans and the foreigners is much smaller now. I think SirJolt has a shot.
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On July 14 2011 05:19 Milkis wrote:Wow someone started 1starring all my blogs
You should have expected some backlash, 2000 ESPORTS Dollars is scandalous!
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This is Proposterous! 
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On July 14 2011 05:19 Milkis wrote:Wow someone started 1starring all my blogs
Probably Riku trying to take out the competition. I got the same treatment, but I think it's just funny. I'm mean enough of a person, and opinionated enough, that I wouldn't expect a high rated blog anyways. So I'm good with it if I drop like a brick.
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This is really really confusing. It's like an inside joke where there is no joke. I don't get it.
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There's just a lot of trolls who 1 star all blogs. Sonuvbob was cleaning up too I believe.
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Either I'm having a huge deja vu or I've read this before.
Anyways, don't even bother. Posters on PlayXP or fomos have long formed blogging houses training 10-12 hours/day. Think you can match that?
You can't really be considered a pro imo if you don't hack it in BSL.
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On July 14 2011 05:37 JingleHell wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 05:19 Milkis wrote:Wow someone started 1starring all my blogs Probably Riku trying to take out the competition. I got the same treatment, but I think it's just funny. I'm mean enough of a person, and opinionated enough, that I wouldn't expect a high rated blog anyways. So I'm good with it if I drop like a brick.
I haven't ever rated a blog below a 5. If I think it deserves less than a 5, then I don't vote.
I know, I know, it's probably a joke.
I think I'm going to hide from my blog from a while, though, it just exploded in an unintended way. :/
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I support you with a 5/5.
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man, the blog section of TL is the best <3
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Original! Love it. 
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Now I must live through the rest of the day knowing I won't do anything as cool as you.
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Great to see that someone aspires for the high leagues of posting. I used to want to do it myself but I've been reluctant after the patch. I feel that early caps, especially when paired with BM, are highly imbalanced at the moment. They void any build order variant in the argumentative post, the reflective post or just about any damn post.
Like in my last post matchup, I was advocating the ice fisher build. I had a post plan in which I wanted to start off with a quick exposition of some of the drawbacks of current "standard" Zerg build, move into the thesis statement game, trade pro/con-arguments while denying any rhetorics, and then finish off with refuting tech to take out my opponent's main counterargument by proving it irrelevant. But halfway through even the exposition, my opponent hard-countered me with caps.
Replay:
Me: "While the current meta-game favors the 14 pool 14 gas opening, a delayed gas could well serve the-"
Opponent: "YEAH WELL YOU SUCK LOL"
Me: "I don't thinks thats a valid point really eh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
Opponent: "HAHAH OMG GG APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THAT POST"
As you can see my posting really fell apart after that. My contraction apostrophes slipped, my verb-person agreement micro was sub par... my post just got generally flawed. In desperation I tried mass commas but got crushed.
I seriously see no way to deal with caps early post. Any suggestions?
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I'm a mediocre blogger, but I'm bm as fuck so I still get attention. Either way, nouns are fucking op and relying solely on superlatives is a useful skill toi have.
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Theoretical Anaheim LR posting champ here. You're going about it all wrong. You don't become a proposter by posting. You should be watching streams of other posters, finding ways the current proposters are doing it wrong, and reading reddit/r/ESPORTS-POSTERS (I was the first person to comment about the guy that made that anagram.)
You're new to this, so I'll let it pass, but I didn't come up with the "Sheth you should have made Hydras" argument overnight.
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How do you guys see the blog ladder? That's pretty hilarious rofl.
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This blog is proposterous.
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I think if we as a foreign community want to step up and compete with the Koreans in posting, we are going to have to start taking it seriously. No more whining about them taking our spotlights, we need to get it together. The better posters win.
Look at the posters who have gone to Korea and improved simply by being there. It's not a genetics thing, it's a work ethic thing.
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if ur zerg, and on the NA ladder, i would be happy to help you get out of bronze and be more established!
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first I was like "wtf" but then I was "hehe funny stuff".
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This blog is solid, no cheesy moves here folks.
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This might be the only blog involving high aspirations that I actually believe can and will come true.
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TBH you should start out by streaming your post practice in your time off work, etc., and see where that goes. I've never seen you streaming so maybe if you built up a bit of an audience they would help you get a feel for whether you could really go pro?
If you commentated your TL posting it would help drum up a larger audience, btw.
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Good luck to you sir! I'd compete but i have blog ladder anxiety =[
you should stream!!
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Is this supposed to be a joke? I dont get it.
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Brilliantly e done, an inspiration for all those bronze posters like myself who are looking to make it some day.
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United States10328 Posts
hi,
my english level beginer. how learn become good poster? i try ofen but somtimes it dosnt work out to well. i think it because i enjoy balance wine too much? but mybe after a few years i can learn become good poster??????
and maybe then i can begin compete on blog lader. that is my dream.
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DUDE, I feel you man, I've been dreaming to become pro and having the perfect topic ideas, so many in my head. I don't have the skills to go trough with it... My macro and micro is failing so hard. I have given up becoming a pro, it consumes time, planning the post, thinking about it all day, then finally spending hours on setup, what words to use, pictures, edits, photoshops etc etc. It's way to much work, and I figured I'd lend it over to younglings that have more drive and energy becoming the best. I've grown old and slow, and my micro has capped. My 70wpm is slow, and sometimes I peak at 90wpm, and then I'm so psyched. Then I watch people like you writing 100+wpm without typos, I give up, I will never reach that pro level you are going for. My generations time is over... SirJolt! As a forum veteran, slacker and idealist, GO FOR IT! YOU CAN DO IT! Finish the dream, so many of us low posting veterans have had. I will cheer for you. Foreigners Fighting ~~ SirJolt Fighting ~~
edit: 3 typos was found after posting this, man is it hard to keep up
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On July 14 2011 01:19 Milkis wrote:
Just letting people know I offer tutoring services for posters hoping to get climb higher in the TL blog ladder. We can discuss rates, but be prepared to pay at least 2000 ESPORTS Dollars per hour.
Fantastic! This made me smile You could start supergosucoaching!
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This is win in its purest form lol
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On July 14 2011 07:53 .Mthex- wrote:
This is win in its purest form lol
I am an alchemist; it can be refined.
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If you're really going to become a proposter, you have to move to Korea and become Korean. It's a cultural thing: Koreans always try to do their best and focus on their blogging, but I've seen so many foreigners who have such a sloppy style, using abbreviations like "idk" or "afaik" and so on and quite frankly, if you practice with those guys it's just going to drag you down. I mean, how can you get the most out of your practice if every other blog you post is responded with "in b4 joke about starcraft" or something like that. It will totally ruin your threadsense.
And sure, you may be thinking that there are lots of other opportunities to blog outside Korea, but don't kid yourself: Foreigners are shite, as simple as that. Whenever Koreans come blogging outside Korea, they totally own all the foreign bloggers. In fact, the only times a Korean blogger loses is if 1) he competes against another Korean blogger, or 2) some foreigner has a lucky joke or unexpected grammar that throws the Korean off. More often than not, however, the Korean will figure it out pretty quickly and own the foreigner with ease afterwards. Sure we have a couple of good foreign bloggers as well, but they simply grack under the pressure, leaving out parts of their posts because they expect that the Korean poster is posting perfectly and countering it, basically giving away the blog to the other guys. And besides, they've been to Korea for prolonged periods of time, so that's why they're so good.
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I heard GM is only platinum on playxp. Don't let that discourage you, work hard and learn from May[9]
![[image loading]](http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg100/g103/g10342ias5r.jpg)
ps: sweet pronoun micro
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I think this is going to hurt E-sports.
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I'm still in bronze too, but I have moved up from last time...
Last blog:
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This Blog:
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Thanks SirJolt for encouraging me to make better blogs
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On July 14 2011 07:39 ]343[ wrote:
hi,
my english level beginer. how learn become good poster? i try ofen but somtimes it dosnt work out to well. i think it because i enjoy balance wine too much? but mybe after a few years i can learn become good poster??????
and maybe then i can begin compete on blog lader. that is my dream.
Holy shit, this is really funny.
Good luck, SirJolt! I'm counting on you to get to the top.
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WHAT?! This is like, for real stuff? There are professional posters?! This is crazy! I have never heard anything about this before. I don't ever plan on being anything of the sort, but goodness, I better look into it anyway so I actually know what's going on here.
I can't offer any advice than to just work hard for it and don't let people scare you away from what you love and want to do. Best of luck to ya!
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You shouldn't aim to be a proposter on TL, PlayXP is where the real competition is at. They have proposting houses set up there and TL is behind and only going to get further behind. Also the PlayXP proposters are realising that they can come to TL and out post all the proposters here, as you can see by this post. You need to aim to go to PlayXP or in a few years you won't be able to compete with the proposters on PlayXP when the TL proposting scene dies out.
That said I'm interested in setting up a British and Irish proposting house. My parents have a house in Ireland we can use, and then we'll get maybe 7 or 8 guys, who seriously want to become proposters on PlayXP, and we'll practice posting for 12+ hours per day. Remember that posting on TL will only give you a certain amount of improvement, you need to practice with the PlayXPers or do some 1v1 PM practice with other people who want to become proposters. Jolt if you ever want to practice some 1v1 hit me up.
Finally a tip to the bronze-league posters who feel they're better than the other bronze league posters around them, and want to improve. A lot of bronze league posters make nonsensical posts that don't make sense. They will not pay attention to your post or try and counter it, instead they will just keep trying the same post strategy again and again, which may or may not be cheesy. Just remember that their posting mechanics aren't very good, so if you improve your mechanics enough and rely on them, they will not be able to beat you if you do. Staying away from topics such as religion and race is also a good idea.
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Never give up, never give in, never surrender. I believe in your cause. You will succeed. Eventually... one day...
edit: holy shit i'm in masters!
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Your WPM and writing mechanics are too low of a level but if you work hard at it, you can be a problogger.
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I pray for your success... and that your lash scar heal from when your parents beat some sense into you ;_;
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You should be able to do it if you post in the SC2 forum.
The skill ceiling there is so much lower... pretty much anyone can go pro.
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Absolutely outrageous. This should never be allowed.
How dare he mock everything we hold so dearly?
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I'd seriously recommend against taking a cheesy posting strat such as ad hominem attacks or similar quick burns. Likewise, you don't want to post image macros time after time - while it's important for a pro to mix in image macros and iceburns during a long thread series (in order to keep readers guessing from post to post and force them to scout your username instead of jumping to conclusions based on content) for a rookie it's much better to start out by quoting established posters who have shown solid replies over the years and work off that proven base.
By starting with an established, successful quotation, you're really just concerned with the mechanics of your language and line breaks - you've already got the content, as long as you don't fuck up the supporting message. You can even work in some cheeky play, like a G-Chizzle reference or a Grack joke, as long as it's backed by a proven big-name poster's prior work ironing out any kinks in the word order.
I'd recommend having one primary quotation prepared and practiced for each of the 3 major thread matchups: blog posts, live reports, and balance discussions. Knowing how to transition into the late thread is more a matter of practice and constant repetition than anything else - it's impossible to have a prepared quotation carry over into the later pages, but you can transition into a general post strategy. For example, in a balance thread you should be prepared to transition into late-thread options like QQ, Post VODs, or Quote Pros.
Start with the fundamentals and practice in single player - I recommend notepad or similar training programs. Good luck!
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This blog is golden I love it! So meta, so with it, so clever.
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are you gonna start streaming? i'd like to watch some high level posting
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You should try lose that reputation of being a dirty stream poacher.
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On July 14 2011 03:36 phantem wrote:
You're using Cambria? If you ever plan on going pro you're gonna need to switch to a much more standard font. I would suggest Times New Roman or Calibri. If you really wanna change it up then a Comic Sans maybe once for a bo5 but Cambria is just a bad strat.
Are you kidding? I can't think of one use of Comic Sans in professional posting. Maybe that shit will fly for your bronze-league lemonade stand signage, but you can't cheese your way to any real results.
I agree with switching away from Cambria, though. It's such a standard opening that any competent opponent can counter in his sleep.
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This gave me a good chuckle. Good blog lmao.
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SirJolt is the future poster bonjwa!!!
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You're only high on the ladder because you use the OP font.
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Give us some replays and live casts mate
is Day[J] casting?
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On July 14 2011 09:53 bakesale wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 03:36 phantem wrote:
You're using Cambria? If you ever plan on going pro you're gonna need to switch to a much more standard font. I would suggest Times New Roman or Calibri. If you really wanna change it up then a Comic Sans maybe once for a bo5 but Cambria is just a bad strat.
Are you kidding? I can't think of one use of Comic Sans in professional posting. Maybe that shit will fly for your bronze-league lemonade stand signage, but you can't cheese your way to any real results. I agree with switching away from Cambria, though. It's such a standard opening that any competent opponent can counter in his sleep.
I used Helvetica before it became standard. Just saying..
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I applaud your enthusiasm. I have considered the same, but decided to keep my amateur status to preserve my Olympic eligibility.
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I think that you might need to adopt the Korean training method of becoming a proposter. I suggest going over to Korean forums to learn their ways, as well as adopting their language. Bring that back here and use them for your advantage.
Practice is always good, just keep it up and set a goal for yourself everyday.
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I don't know what's funnier. This blog or some of the responses its getting.
Question to the 'serious' bloggers: why do you care about your rating?
You've never met most of these people in person. Stop worrying about superfluous things.
lmao
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Wow, I'm so envious of your amazing blog skills, I wish I could hit the blog ladder like some of the greats out there, but hitting that post button is a little intimidating . Good luck on your journey though, I'm sure you'll be great in no time!
PS: Super entertaining read, great video too :D
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On July 14 2011 02:04 Torenhire wrote:SirJolt is already climbing the ranks. You're like mid-masters rank right now, but I think Fuddx is sitting comfortably at the Rank 1 Grandmaster ProBlogger. Your training is obviously going well, but you need to push yourself even harder. Maybe set up a prohouse and get some of the worlds top pros together and have 14 hour practice sessions. Only then will you break into Grandmasters.
wtf is that page, how do you get to it?
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I never write a blog before, but reading this blog might shed my fear of blogging :D
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On July 14 2011 12:28 waxypants wrote:Show nested quote +On July 14 2011 02:04 Torenhire wrote:SirJolt is already climbing the ranks. You're like mid-masters rank right now, but I think Fuddx is sitting comfortably at the Rank 1 Grandmaster ProBlogger. Your training is obviously going well, but you need to push yourself even harder. Maybe set up a prohouse and get some of the worlds top pros together and have 14 hour practice sessions. Only then will you break into Grandmasters. wtf is that page, how do you get to it?
Here
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Believers in the One True Blog must make a pilgrimage to Arizona at least once in their lifetime.
Follow the balloons.
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I heard you weren't the writer to the KOTAKU article. I think that's a great way to open your speech.
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You have won my heart, SirJolt. From the first words of yours that I read, I was sucked in, and soon I was giggling to myself in the glow of my monitor. It wasn't long before you had me in stitches, and this post is sheer genius. Good luck, I hope you make it as a proposter (the similarity to preposterous is not wasted on me).
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I seem to be missing something. Is a proposter just someone who can create accurate and precise blogs in forums in a shortly timed manner??
But really wouldn't it be better to be a journalist or a secretary?
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On July 14 2011 13:41 DtorR wrote:
I seem to be missing something. Is a proposter just someone who can create accurate and precise blogs in forums in a shortly timed manner??
But really wouldn't it be better to be a journalist or a secretary?
Are you actually not getting it?
+ Show Spoiler +The punchline is that normally these blogs are about becoming SC2 Progamers.
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You are amazing SirJolt :D
Where is this man's star...
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Hey OP, can you upload your desktop wallpaper? I'm craving it (tehe).
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need to switch to windows, its like trying to become a pro rally car racer in a toyota
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Yo feel free to hit me up if you're ever looking for a practice partner. I'm not quite on your level but I'm still top 50.
Just a thought. ^^
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As a former A- ranked philosoposter I suggest to you: work on your fundamentals. Effective WPM is something nice to look at, but it's not something you should be focusing on as a Bronze level poster. Rather, you should work on your understanding of the posts and of the metapost itself; I recommend to you to find some reposts of Arthur Schopenhauer and Leon Tolstoi--many of today's great posters studied their reposts carefully and spent long hours exercising their posting skills. Just take some time to look at: TheDeadHaji, Konadora (on hiatus), Saracen, and the up and coming Ilovekittens.
I also suggest to you to get the Iphone app 'vocabology', as it's designed to increase your vocabulary and accelerate the process of becoming a proposter.
I will be following your posts closely and hope to see you as the next great writer of a TL Final Edit.
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WHAT THE FUCK is proposting
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On July 14 2011 15:14 ShootingStars wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK is proposting
A job Flash wish he could handle.
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On July 14 2011 14:01 Eurynomos wrote:
Hey OP, can you upload your desktop wallpaper? I'm craving it (tehe).
Try using google.
Luv the irony of the blog, and even more the people who don't get it ♥
Makes me feel really smart.
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Kind Sir,
I'm terribly sorry but I just cannot let this be. There are still quite a few absolutely key elements missing in becoming a pro-blogger, and there's just no way the TL community can help you unless we receive more information.
First of all, replays. Any request for progress must have an appropriate replay background. You've submitted one (!) replay. This means you can request help for one specific match-off, perhaps even only one specific build order. There is no way you can receive help to get up to the pro level if you only choose de perfect one very specific match-up.
Also I have no idea as to what race you post! As we all very well know, there are very different posting races with different mechanics and posting styles. Let me just name a few:
The e-peen poster
Perhaps, and sadly so, one of the more famous posters we find here on TL. The e-peen profile is typically a multimillionnaire docter/lawyer/economist/progamer who's dating a supermodel, with 46-inch masculinity, the body of a professionnel boxer and the sense of logic of a chess grandmaster. This poster is always right, whatever he says, no contradiction is acceptable. Behind the scenes, these posters run the world in disguise. Did you know that Deezer is actually president of a small eastern European republic?
The weakness of these posters is what makes their strength, their ego. I'd suggest walling off with one rax of simply ignoring him and two depots of sarcasm. Humour and wit are quite imba against the e-peen, still hoping TL will nerf that to make the MU more interesting.
The troll
A very solid aggressive race. The troll is the swarm of TL. They bombard with useless, sometimes witty, ofter times unpleasant posting. They live by trying to provoque you to leave your base and engage in the open, so that they can out-mass you. They have no typical profite, as they have no personnality. A troll feeds off of his opponent.
The easiest way to beat a troll is, as Day9 would say, to simply not engage. Play defensive, make him come to you. The troll will starve on ressources and his production capacity will ultimately go down for the win. The troll will then ragequit without a "gg" and move on to his next game.
The Holy Lord of Emo
This is a very particular sort of very cheesy player. The emo will wait for you to attack, always, and then will try to counter with the splash damage of profound depression. He will kill your posts by repeated fungal growth of the uselessness of life and suicidal ideology. The typical emo is a teenager, pretty wealthy and privileged by global standards but who will make himself miserable, who goes up to girls saying "hey, wanna see me cut my veins?" and the writes songs about how he got turned down.
The best way to counter the splash damage of emo is by a good spread on your happiness. Make sure you don't cluster your joy. Emo usually have decent sacrasm detection, so I would suggest a quick sarcasm rush. If you can outmacro the Emo and overwhelm him with joy of leaving, the emo will leave the game "because anyway it's all pointless, nobody understands how everything is just misery".
The witty poster
This is perhaps one of the more annoying races, because of their versatility. The witty poster can do many things. He can try to steal your resources by out-macroing you in your own base, he can go for a fast sarcasm rush, he can go for a straight-up deathpost push, etc. The profile of this poster is generally a student, rather geeky, pretty smart but has no friends to demonstrate just how witty he is to. So this person will compensate with excrutiatingly long games.
The way to deal with this race depends very much on your scouting information. If you see a big deathpost push, the easiest way is to not engage. Use the lack of mobility to harass. However a good witty poster will be able to counter with good army spread. It can then turn into a legitimate macrogame which requires a lot of multitasking. This race is pretty OP in my opinion, and usually gets top ladder seats.
Just your regular guy
This is a tricky race to play against. Just your regular guy will use weapons other races don't have, such as flattery and gratitude for making the SC2 community better. Do not be duped! If you go for a smart deathball push, they'll splash you with "great write-up, want sum more!" and other such. This will neural parasite your main army, so you no longer have control over it. You then tend to overcompensate by macroing up another decently sized post, just to get NPd again. This person has no defined profile. It's just your regular guy.
It's hard to play out against this race. I would suggest just waiting for the Neural Parasite to end. It has a pretty short cooldown, but "just your regular guy" has complicated mechanics and few of them really micro to their greatest potential. I've seen countless players of this race just leave the game after the end of their Neural Parasite, and try it again against a different poster. Their macro is extremely pityful, so they only rely on this one deadly weapon to make you pretty much kill yourself with hours and hours of endless posting. "Just your regular guy" is perhaps the most malicious opponent, and yet the most common, of those you will face.
So what race do you play? Which matchups do you have trouble with? Basic build orders should vary quite a bit from one MU to the next. I personnaly only play custom games, so I'm not ranked. But I have excellent mechanics and theorycrafting if you never need it.
Best of luck in all your endeavours.
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FREEE POSTING LESSONS DIAMOND AND BELLOW $$$
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On July 14 2011 05:19 Milkis wrote:Wow someone started 1starring all my blogs
I fear that I too have been struck by the one-star bandit. He's a shadow, a spectre that seeps through time and space.
Doesn't he know that he's messing with lives here? This is my career D:
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Malyce's post is brilliant. And so is this blog. Well done SirJolt :D
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You have my sword!
Greetings from the north, glad to see you in the spotlight again!
Keep the wpm in shape, if u got a paypal account, keep it up on your stream and I'll donate my sword!
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Very nice 5/5
But geez, funny posts like this always seem to spawn walls-of-text addition jokes (from readers) that are never funny. Often the funniest replies are short anyway. I like:
On July 14 2011 04:32 DennyR wrote:
I'd rather watch some koreans post on tl...
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No, seriously, what is proposting? I guess it stands for "profesional posting", right? I really dont get it, can you get paid for just posting stuff about SC2? I even have something like a fan page in FB and i post stuff there, can i get paid for that? And what is exactly what you post? Game analysis, theorycrafting about the game and stuff? I dont want to be rude but i dont know WTF is a proposter, can you name one? Please link it
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Team Liquid needs a "Best of TL" read-only section for threads like this.
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The OP was awesome, then the replies took it to a whole 'nother level. Kind of strange that some people are missing the joke >.>
Anyways, SirJolt, you and many of the fine folk adding to this hilarity have earned your five stars
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So your hate was all a lie?
You were just practicing when you PM'ed me?
I'm gonna send you angry PMs about this.
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Good luck in your journey SirJolt, I wish you the best of luck.
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I know a good site for word builds. Check out dictionary.com
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On July 14 2011 01:19 Milkis wrote:
Just letting people know I offer tutoring services for posters hoping to get climb higher in the TL blog ladder. We can discuss rates, but be prepared to pay at least 2000 ESPORTS Dollars per hour.
Which IRL costs absolutely zero because Esports players never get paid! :D
Loving the blog, 5/5
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On July 15 2011 01:45 Jathin wrote:
Keep your post count low imo. There is a lot of prestige in (time since starting account in days)/(total # of posts)
Fuck man, I can't believe I just lost prestige typing this.
You lost prestige awhile ago. Almost 3,000 posts, psh. Nasty.
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i dont recommend anyone dropping out of school. if you would like to pursue your dreams that is fine, but finsihing school is very important since you can then have something to fall back on, if your first plan fails
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Amazing post. So tired of all these 'I'm gonna go pro but i'm silver' threads.
Nice way of poking fun =)
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You appear to be well on your way, but you must not slack in your practice.
For example, I have concerns about your apparent lack of experience with the use of ellipses...as they are all the rage of the current metaposting trend as excessive use of acronyms and other abbreviations all have well-defined countermeasures.
GL HF GG.
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sfw pics thread posting is OP. Blizz, nerf plz...
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This is literally the best blog I've ever read on Teamliquid.
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There are people that didn't get it.....WOOOOSHHHHHHHHH.
Right over their heads.
This was pretty fucking awesome 5/5
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
hey I rated you a 5. Same as this guy :D
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Gratz. Your video just let me waste several minutes watching someone typing. Yet somehow enjoying it.
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GLGL!!! I'll be cheering!
Nice tunes btw.
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What's your key layout? While there are still some old pros that use QWERTY, it would definitely be worth your time to switch to Dvorak.
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Absolutely inspiring video, I have to say that I enjoyed it quite a lot. Although, I guess you will have to work hard and continuously if you want any chance to be at the top. Good luck on your posting endeavors
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Where dat snitch at?36937 Posts
Ummm....... I'm sorry for asking, but what exactly is a pro poster? And how is such a profession obtained?
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On July 15 2011 06:57 StarCraft64 wrote:
What's your key layout? While there are still some old pros that use QWERTY, it would definitely be worth your time to switch to Dvorak.
I can't believe you would even suggest this at the pro level. He might as well set up a clipboardhack and just copy-paste all his content if he's going to stoop that low.
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Are you working on any sponsorships? I know you will be hardcore blog laddering but maybe you should join a team so you don't have to worry about that kind of thing.
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On July 15 2011 08:18 DrivE wrote:
Are you working on any sponsorships? I know you will be hardcore blog laddering but maybe you should join a team so you don't have to worry about that kind of thing.
At the moment, I'm afraid that there are no teams. As such, I am playing Charles Xavier to TL and assembling my own team of highly trained probloggers. Once the team has been assembled, I'll make an announcement.
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Can you keep up with the Romanian contingent? They are very famous as proposters.
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Loved the post, especially the video. Pronoun micro rofl.
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FuDDx
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Did not read the op....Just got back bragging to Eve (sc2 female pro ya know) about how high I am in the bloggosphere here. When one of my practice partners (wont name this person though high GM blogger) told me about some noob trying to get to the top.
Ever here of Nextel vs Hovz? well just imagine me as a Hovz+ Idra that is all.
I really do not want to beat you in front of your mom but I will if this goes any further.....How can you blog with broken fingers sir???? How?
Good day
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
Honestly speaking, I think you post blogs way too much
@OP: contact baller, he'll tell you everything you need to know
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On July 15 2011 08:28 SirJolt wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2011 08:18 DrivE wrote:
Are you working on any sponsorships? I know you will be hardcore blog laddering but maybe you should join a team so you don't have to worry about that kind of thing.
At the moment, I'm afraid that there are no teams. As such, I am playing Charles Xavier to TL and assembling my own team of highly trained probloggers. Once the team has been assembled, I'll make an announcement.
make sure you have a showmatch with the announcement.
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I've registered gosuposting.com. If you are interested in buying it from me, I require $1000 (USD) in advance to my paypal (gosuposting@gmail.com)--which you can buy from me too for another $500.
In all seriousness though, I think your effort is hurting ePosts.
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There's no way.
I spend countless hours on Blog Ladder, and I'm so far from GM. You're quite close to me, but I think you need a something special. Some call it Starred-sense.
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you only have hope if you go to korea. the foreign posting scene is all shit talking and no game
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On July 15 2011 13:32 FuDDx wrote:
Did not read the op....Just got back bragging to Eve (sc2 female pro ya know) about how high I am in the bloggosphere here. When one of my practice partners (wont name this person though high GM blogger) told me about some noob trying to get to the top.
Ever here of Nextel vs Hovz? well just imagine me as a Hovz+ Idra that is all.
I really do not want to beat you in front of your mom but I will if this goes any further.....How can you blog with broken fingers sir???? How?
Good day
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*bows*
Teach me, take me under your wing, pleaseeeee.
I'll work as hard as I can!
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You PPM is too low. Get out.
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What you fail to understand is that pro posters didn't ONLY get that good through practice. In order to really post at the top level -- I mean the top level -- you have to be born with a certain amount of talent. You're either born with it or you're not.
And if you're not already pro, you don't have the blogging talent.
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Did you consider switching police ? Yours is quite hard to master, and if you want to meet quick success, another one should be better. Don't forget to polish your timing and typing by massing custom documents. I can email you some High Master Posters account if you want.
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I am generally good with posting but poll-cheese always defeats me
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Read this while drunk and took it seriously.... Read it again while sober and got a good laugh awesome post
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What? Posting full-time? That's proposterous.
Nah, but good luck to you
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On July 14 2011 01:06 Riku wrote:I've just come to the realization that the majority of TL people hate me. :/ For all of the callous I've built up against trolling and haters, I'm actually oddly hurt and depressed...
Oh god! LOL right above platorepublic and below Kenpachi XD
edit: I'm on page 9 D:
and now riku is last
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I don't even understand whats is this about??? What's a proposter and why that guy quit job and college for that??? Is it so hard to be that thing? And can he make a living from posting? I don't think that this guy is serius? Is he gona be paid for posting?
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On July 17 2011 04:01 CNSnow wrote:
I don't even understand whats is this about??? What's a proposter and why that guy quit job and college for that??? Is it so hard to be that thing? And can he make a living from posting? I don't think that this guy is serius? Is he gona be paid for posting?
Come on, don't be too hard on him. A lot of people try and fail at this, but it's not like they can't just go back to college the next year. If he makes a name for himself, he can make enough from post coaching, streaming, and maybe a small sponsorship to at least pay the rent and travel to a couple of LAN posting competitions.
Even if he doesn't make it as a pro poster, he can always look back on the experience and say that he gave it his best shot.
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I don't get this. Is it supposed to be some sort of comedy? Just write what you feel in proper English and I'd assume you would become a better 'poster'... not that there is any monthly pay or anything to it.
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I believe in you. Don't listen to the doubters. You can do it.
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Such blind optimism. Without the established Big Leagues (TM) such as those established in Korea, no proposter is ever going to be able to make enough money in prizes to live better than getting a typical 9 to 5. Anyone who thinks proposting can make its way to mainstream recognition and big TV deals is delusional.
I mean, how are you going to convince millions of rabid Nascar fans to even take a shot at watching a proposting tournament? And with the wildly unpredictable length of proposting matches, how can TV networks tailor traditional advertising models to suit? (Tailor & suit pun totally intended, though also totally not that funny).
Still, good luck in your endeavours, but I'll just be there to say "I told you so" when you win your $500 at Major League Posting which won't even cover your ticket from Ireland.
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Just remember, for every successful pro poster who quit his job to try to make it, there are thousands that haven't. Now they're all stuck on reddit. If you can live with yourself if that happens, then best of luck to you.
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On July 16 2011 12:34 ChristianS wrote:
What? Posting full-time? That's proposterous.
Nah, but good luck to you
Oh hell...
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On July 17 2011 09:29 Mobius_1 wrote:
Such blind optimism. Without the established Big Leagues (TM) such as those established in Korea, no proposter is ever going to be able to make enough money in prizes to live better than getting a typical 9 to 5. Anyone who thinks proposting can make its way to mainstream recognition and big TV deals is delusional.
I mean, how are you going to convince millions of rabid Nascar fans to even take a shot at watching a proposting tournament? And with the wildly unpredictable length of proposting matches, how can TV networks tailor traditional advertising models to suit? (Tailor & suit pun totally intended, though also totally not that funny).
Still, good luck in your endeavours, but I'll just be there to say "I told you so" when you win your $500 at Major League Posting which won't even cover your ticket from Ireland.
It's not about the money man, it's about doing what you love if he can make enough money in the pro posting scene to make a living even if its not better then a "9 to 5" then good for him... SirJolt is one of the best up and comming posters and I see success in his future!!!
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On July 15 2011 17:04 DueSs wrote:I've registered gosuposting.com. If you are interested in buying it from me, I require $1000 (USD) in advance to my paypal (gosuposting@gmail.com)--which you can buy from me too for another $500. In all seriousness though, I think your effort is hurting ePosts.
Dammit. I wanted to make the gosuposting.com joke :c
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Well after watching your skills for 4min and 44sec all i can say is; maybe your dad was right?
Hehe jokes :p but seriously if you want to make it in the world it is all about "Big League" experience. Where are the paragraphs of intellectual thought and decision proving religion does not exist? Or the cunning explanation of why SC2 may just be almost but not quite close to but really near the awesomeness of BW?
I look forward to watching your improvement SirJolt :p
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This works out great. I was just about to announce the first high-stakes live event for Proposters:
The Global TeamLiquid.net Posters League (GTPL). The winner... well, the winner doesn't get any cash, nobody would actually sponsor this kind of thing... but the winner can get a hug from me!
... well you'd actually have to fly out to Columbus because I don't want to come find whoever wins this thing... also we couldn't find any money to afford any plane tickets, but the winner will receive the best virtual hug we can give!
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for a moment there I thought we would have irelands first pro gamer...
haha
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get real ...
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is this guy and everyone in this thread trollin?
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I don't understand the use of sc2 analogy for proposting, like microing on documents? Masters league? Trolls and cheeses being a strategy to prevent your build?
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Easily one of the best blogs ever posted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pro TL Posters Hwaiting!
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I think your mid-post is your weakest point, i've observed a lot of your posts (as you were writing them. Don't look out your window) and your WPM (words per minute, for the newbies) usually falls at this point. You do a lot of good spamming early to get people interested and warm up, but you have to continue in the mid-post to make it continously interesting and attract long-time fans.
Sincerely, your stalker- Err, fan.
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On July 19 2011 07:43 Moose723 wrote:
What is a proposter??
Proposters are those 1 in 100,000 who don't just post for fun or recreationally. They breath it, eat it, dream it, and most importantly, they live it. They take posting to a whole new level, a cut above everyone else, to entertain, prove to themselves, or just facilitate ePosting itself. I think as a proposter you don't just rehash the same old stuffs over and over and hope to make a name for yourself, you deliberately and diligently create new stuff, bring something amazing and unexpected, a wow factor some would say. And the rest is history.
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<3 Sir jolt I am the proud head of your fan club!
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