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Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 02:36:33
July 15 2011 02:33 GMT
#1
Hi guys. I am 20 and I used to play quite a lot of Broodwar, yet I never broke past D+ on ICCup. I played quite a bit of Nexus Word Wars and Sotis in SC2, but I just never got into the game like I did BW.

I was very active in the TL Maplestory guild for a while, but now I just loosely associate with the Kpop and HoN threads. (Though I do not speak a word of korean beyond kimchi and saranghae and I am <1200 MMR). You've probably also seen at least one or two of my condescending posts in political threads.

I have done many cool things in my life, such as travel and study. Expectedly, I have been to many places in the world and have read many textbooks. I like to sing and play guitar, but I don't dare do these things with my musical shower-passion in front of other people, since my vocals and fingerstyle precision are above-average at best. Sometimes I work up the courage to upload a music video to youtube, but I always get too embarrassed at how I look or how I sound that I very quickly stopped. I think I have problems with vulnerability.

I used to love close-up magic, but so few people were close enough to me to read through my sarcasm that I felt the art of illusion simply furthered my being from the goodness of human contact. While I still keep my my manual dexterity and can pull as good a sleight as any, I haven't performed in years.

I like to write poetry, but many who have read my poetry comment that I sound more mechanical than expressive... that I focus too much on the form in hopes that it might somehow compensate for my lack of heartfelt content.

My life is neither extraordinary nor tragic. My talents are many, but modest.
All-in-all, I'm a pretty mediocre person and probably not somebody you'd be proud to claim as an acquaintance.

So why do I bother to offer my hand in friendship?

Well don't you feel better about yourself in comparison already?

+ Show Spoiler +

Don't get your hopes up. I'm a dude.


****
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
July 15 2011 02:39 GMT
#2
At the very least, Kritty/Kamille would love to read your poetry.
Moderator。◕‿◕。
masami.sc
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States445 Posts
July 15 2011 02:41 GMT
#3
Don't be too hard on yourself, man! You sound like an interesting person, and I'm sure many people would love to have you as a friend ;]
mmmmm...
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 15 2011 02:44 GMT
#4
On July 15 2011 11:39 Harem wrote:
At the very least, Kritty/Kamille would love to read your poetry.


Kritty is awesome! I don't think we'll ever agree on our taste for K-Pop idols, however.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
July 15 2011 02:48 GMT
#5
C- is doable as long as you know some solid build orders and raise the mechanics. You should hang out in op teamliquid on iccup sometimes, although most are afk most of the time...
Mayor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States472 Posts
July 15 2011 02:49 GMT
#6
Sure, I'll be your friend!

Oh, nevermind, I read the spoiler.

Just kidding, of course, don't get down on yourself, you're more interesting than me!
"You can be creative but I will crush it under the iron fist of my conservative play." - Liquid`Tyler
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 15 2011 02:51 GMT
#7
On July 15 2011 11:48 ilovezil wrote:
C- is doable as long as you know some solid build orders and raise the mechanics. You should hang out in op teamliquid on iccup sometimes, although most are afk most of the time...

In terms of mechanics I was totally capable of 220+ apm and had super solid macro. I just had a massive psychological problem of sabotaging myself with worse-than-horrible micro, throwing away entire armies into tank lines, getting my units caught while a ling backstab nabs my 3rd. It was just too stressful to stay cool and not feed my shuttle + reavers in the heat of the moment
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 03:12:54
July 15 2011 03:12 GMT
#8
Yo come back and chill with us on TS lol theres so much lovely friendship~
*edit: and we thought you were 37 years old wtf
[TLMS] REBOOT
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 15 2011 03:21 GMT
#9
On July 15 2011 12:12 OpticalShot wrote:
Yo come back and chill with us on TS lol theres so much lovely friendship~
*edit: and we thought you were 37 years old wtf

Nobody thought I was 37 years old. I said it as a joke once. I guess it caught on -___-
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 03:38:29
July 15 2011 03:37 GMT
#10
You sound so sad....

On July 15 2011 11:33 Gummy wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

Don't get your hopes up. I'm a dude.

Even better
+ Show Spoiler +
joking ofcrs
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
XXGeneration
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States625 Posts
July 15 2011 03:50 GMT
#11
I'll be your friend [image loading]
"I was so surprised when I first played StarCraft 2. I couldn't believe that such an easy game exists... I guess the best way to attract people these days is to make things easy and simple." -Midas
GigaFlop
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1146 Posts
July 15 2011 04:15 GMT
#12
I'm also mediocre! and on SC2 NA server, Gigaflop.263 if you ever wanna chat! I also play other videogames, though, so I haven't been on that much recently. But if you have Terraria, I'd be glad to start a new worldand do stuff!

So, i guess i can be your friend!
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ "Shift-Q oftentimes makes a capital Q" - Day[9] || iNcontrol - Alligator from heaven = ^
Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
July 15 2011 04:34 GMT
#13
Um....?
from the days of: TheMarine [NC]...YellOw [H.O.T.]-Forever99 OgOgO [_MuMyung_] ChRh PlayGrrrr.... SlayerS_`BoxeR` [Oops]Reach [ReD]NaDa [DF]zergboy..!! Pusan[S.G] Nal_rA GARIMTO SSamJJang ChoJJa JinSu Silent_Control iloveoov H_PauL_WII JulyZerg [DaK]JoYo
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
July 15 2011 04:39 GMT
#14
I just gave you a 5/5 because being mediocre is swell

Brutally honest to
In The Rear With The Gear .. *giggle* /////////// cobra-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!!!!
Kamille
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Monaco1035 Posts
July 15 2011 05:00 GMT
#15
Hi Gummy! Stop lying you are 37.
Priphea
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 05:45:26
July 15 2011 05:43 GMT
#16
On July 15 2011 14:00 Kamille wrote:
Hi Gummy! Stop lying you are 37.

Fine you caught me :/


On July 15 2011 12:50 XXGeneration wrote:
I'll be your friend [image loading]

<3
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
edc
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States666 Posts
July 15 2011 07:37 GMT
#17
On July 15 2011 14:43 Gummy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2011 14:00 Kamille wrote:
Hi Gummy! Stop lying you are 37.

Fine you caught me :/


Show nested quote +
On July 15 2011 12:50 XXGeneration wrote:
I'll be your friend [image loading]

<3

Wait... why didn't you post your true age? 37 years old?! I'm glad to see more 30+ year old people playing SC2.
“There are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” - Clint Eastwood
Riku
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1064 Posts
July 15 2011 14:26 GMT
#18
:3

Can I be your friend? I write bad blogs and tell everyone I'm learning to play the bass guitar, but I never practice... My poems can have lots of emotion in them, but never have good form! (except haiku) I spend my days playing video games and pretending like I'm completely independent, but I always get depressed when I'm alone. :/

Creative Director, CEO at Stumbling Cat, Writer for Broken Joysticks - Twitter: @RikuKat
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 14:33:36
July 15 2011 14:32 GMT
#19
On July 15 2011 23:26 Riku wrote:
:3

Can I be your friend? I write bad blogs and tell everyone I'm learning to play the bass guitar, but I never practice... My poems can have lots of emotion in them, but never have good form! (except haiku) I spend my days playing video games and pretending like I'm completely independent, but I always get depressed when I'm alone. :/



sounds quite a bit like my life story. Instead of blogs though I write bad posts all over the rest of the site.
Hassybaby
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom10823 Posts
July 15 2011 14:36 GMT
#20
I'll be your friend! I'm so addicted to TL that instead of checking my work e-mail, which is the first tab that open when I start Chrome, I go to TL and read blogs and join in the tourney LR threads :<
"These guys are mindfucking me into a sex coma" | "Mayonnaise is a must-have lubricant when performing necrophilia"
frogurt
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia907 Posts
July 15 2011 14:46 GMT
#21
Sometimes having the idea that "if you're going to do something, do it well" can be destructive. Some people weren't cut out to have a goal and reach it through painstaking practice and study. You're not doomed to mediocrity, you just have to let your skills/relationships develop naturally and in their own time. Sometimes I feel a certain pressure that I'm not living up to my full potential, that I'm squandering my chances and that my future will be bleak and fruitless. But I ignore that idea because it doesn't make any sense.

I'd rather be happy and complacent than strain myself over preconceived ideas of 'success.'


/That whole thing may be irrelevant regarding how you feel but I think it may help your state of loneliness.
"Koreans own white dudes" -Moon
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-15 16:35:19
July 15 2011 16:34 GMT
#22
On July 15 2011 23:46 frogurt wrote:
Sometimes having the idea that "if you're going to do something, do it well" can be destructive. Some people weren't cut out to have a goal and reach it through painstaking practice and study. You're not doomed to mediocrity, you just have to let your skills/relationships develop naturally and in their own time. Sometimes I feel a certain pressure that I'm not living up to my full potential, that I'm squandering my chances and that my future will be bleak and fruitless. But I ignore that idea because it doesn't make any sense.

I'd rather be happy and complacent than strain myself over preconceived ideas of 'success.'


/That whole thing may be irrelevant regarding how you feel but I think it may help your state of loneliness.

I think that is one of the toughest parts about modern life is finding where you fit in the grand machine!

On July 15 2011 23:26 Riku wrote:
:3

Can I be your friend? I write bad blogs and tell everyone I'm learning to play the bass guitar, but I never practice... My poems can have lots of emotion in them, but never have good form! (except haiku) I spend my days playing video games and pretending like I'm completely independent, but I always get depressed when I'm alone. :/


Haha yay! I will try to write more poems!

@edc

No I'm not really 37, man. -_________-
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
July 15 2011 16:56 GMT
#23
Troll.
God Bless
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 15 2011 17:02 GMT
#24
On July 16 2011 01:56 Roffles wrote:
Troll.

rofl(les)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
July 15 2011 17:05 GMT
#25
Attention seeker.
No I'm never serious.
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 15 2011 17:10 GMT
#26
On July 16 2011 02:05 Nytefish wrote:
Attention seeker.

Yes That is in fact, the point of this blog in case the title did not give it away!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
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