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JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 12:43 GMT
#1
Hi. First let me introduce myself. (A Diamond Player) (Microsoft.182)
I have played Blizzard games since 7, Starcraft: Broodwar being my first game ever. I grew up in Korea for most of my life and I make videos on youtube and stream on justin.tv. Sounds very nerdy right? Well that's because I'm a Korean that has nothing better to do except to play games. Oh wait, I have a girlfriend so I guess I do have a life.. kind of..

Anyways, my friend 'qKz' told me about this site where many people hosts tournaments and give prizes. So we decided to join a 2v2 tourney. We won like 2 games and we just decided to rush the other team, which led us to our demise. It was not a big deal since it was just a 2 vs 2. I really don't take team games seriously.

After the epic matches, I decided to take a look at the site that my friend introduced to me. Then I got to figure out some epic tournaments that was getting hosted by the administrators every week. And of course, as a Korean, I couldn't help myself but just join the tournament.

I had a day left to practice before the tournament started. But as a guy who procrastinates everyday, I didn't really do any practice before the tournament.
And how unlucky am I! My first opponent was a pretty high ranked player. It was a ZvT and he tried some timing pushes, but I managed to block them all and counter attack. I eventually won the game and advanced to the next round.
I was really sweating by then because I was actually concentrated to the game.
Anyways, my second round was a gold ranked player. It was really easy to beat since (no offense) I think bronze to platinum players are easy to beat. And guess what? I advanced to the 3rd round.

BUT THIS TIME, I had no luck at all. I had to face a GM!!!
How unlucky am I? Before the game even started, I already felt like I was going to lose the game. I tried to focus and tell myself that I'm a pure Korean and I naturally have 'blizzard' blood inside me. But it was no use. I couldn't concentrate at all but I was super hyper to actually play against a GM in a legit tournament. So I quickly turned on my live stream and started the game against him!

It was a Zerg vs Zerg. In my case, I love the destiny's build so I just decided to go with that build. And I was actually ahead for almost half of the game! I was maxed first and our upgrade was almost the same. I harassed him with nydus and he did everything he could to harass me. At last, he won the game. But IT WAS THE BEST GAME I'VE PLAYED IN MY LIFE. It was just simply the best game.

I thank the player who played the game with me! BTW
The map name was iCCup Guardian!

I'll link my stream video. You can watch my personal screen when I versed the GM.
STREAM

And here's the replay!
REPLAY DL!

P.S. Tell me what you guys think about this game! I hope the casters cast this game haha.



*
JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 12:44 GMT
#2
reuploaded to blogs
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
July 16 2011 12:53 GMT
#3
On July 16 2011 21:43 currytub wrote:
. I grew up in Korea... I'm a Korean.... as a Korean.... I'm a pure Korean...


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223546

"da vietnamese domination"
JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 13:15 GMT
#4
On July 16 2011 21:53 floor exercise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2011 21:43 currytub wrote:
. I grew up in Korea... I'm a Korean.... as a Korean.... I'm a pure Korean...


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=223546

"da vietnamese domination"

I'm korean but my friend was viet. The other one is indian.
You can clearly tell that in a korean if you visit my youtube page, blog and my stream
Slivered Skin
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada347 Posts
July 16 2011 13:21 GMT
#5
Who was the player? I remember facing my first GM. I got wrecked.
Those most oft mated find love’s motive in a word: inebriated - Get well Violet!! And sC!! T_T
JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 13:23 GMT
#6
On July 16 2011 22:21 Slivered Skin wrote:
Who was the player? I remember facing my first GM. I got wrecked.


check my stream or replay! His name shows up in the beginning of the stream.
Slivered Skin
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada347 Posts
July 16 2011 13:44 GMT
#7
:/

Since it shows up at the very beginning, couldn't you just tell me and save us both a click on another link? I'm on a bus with shady internet, and TL is one of the few sites that doesn't lag when I have crap net.
Those most oft mated find love’s motive in a word: inebriated - Get well Violet!! And sC!! T_T
JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 13:51 GMT
#8
On July 16 2011 22:44 Slivered Skin wrote:
:/

Since it shows up at the very beginning, couldn't you just tell me and save us both a click on another link? I'm on a bus with shady internet, and TL is one of the few sites that doesn't lag when I have crap net.

I'm currently outside haha I'm on my crappy 3g ;(
I'll let you know once i get back home.
Theovide
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden914 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-16 14:14:39
July 16 2011 14:14 GMT
#9
That's why turnies are so fun! Facing GM's and the like is more than possible, in fact I'd say you'll do it eventually if you play enough of them.

I myself signed up to my first open turny a few months ago and ended up meeting BeastieQT in my first ever online turnament match. (High GM on europe, featured streamer here on TL and have been r1 GM on europe at times). I got wrecked, and he wrecked the rest of the turny aswell not losing one game.

JaeLee
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States33 Posts
July 16 2011 15:07 GMT
#10
On July 16 2011 23:14 Theovide wrote:
That's why turnies are so fun! Facing GM's and the like is more than possible, in fact I'd say you'll do it eventually if you play enough of them.

I myself signed up to my first open turny a few months ago and ended up meeting BeastieQT in my first ever online turnament match. (High GM on europe, featured streamer here on TL and have been r1 GM on europe at times). I got wrecked, and he wrecked the rest of the turny aswell not losing one game.



Haha yea but the GM couldnt believe that i was in Diamond because it was a super close game. I reccomend you to watch the live stream and the replay!!
TheGrimace
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States929 Posts
July 16 2011 16:41 GMT
#11
What an appropriately timed post. I just faced VPFaith, rank 3 Grandmaster. I'd love to tell you I won. But I can't. It just wasn't meant to be. I defended his banshee, but he hit me with a timing attack and I forgot I had probes I could pull. That's the kind of thing you don't forget when you make GM! It was a great experience though, he was super manner. Diamond Fighting!
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