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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9251 Posts
September 04 2011 19:03 GMT
#1
Yeah, I know it seems sad. My best friend is a video game. Mhm. But the time that this video game has given me, whether it would be rage or glowing in pride, I've grown close to it. Starcraft will forever be my best friend.

September 7th, 2011 will be the day that I uninstall this beautiful game. A game that has brought me to this glorious website we all know... as teamliquid.net. Now most of you are wondering... If it is your best friend... Why are you leaving it? Two words. Asian Parents. Joking aside, I'm going into 10th grade, or a sophmore, at my high school. 10th and 11th are the toughest and most important years of your education to get into college. I've already messed up my frosh year, with a low GPA of 93.5 (unweighted. Weighted is 95.3) And seeing how I want to become a ENT doctor (ear, nose, throat) when I grow up, it's time to set my distractions aside.

I'm an indecisive person when it comes to Starcraft... First I mained Protoss... then I did a mix of PvT, PvZ, and TvP... then I mained Zerg... and now... well I don't even know what I want now... What I want is not to lose this game. Not to lose something that has comforted me every time I double click that little icon sitting in the center of my screen.

Does this mean the end? No. I will be back. After the torture of 11th grade (hopefully a high SAT score with that), I will finally run into the calm... The calm known as the "Who Give a Fuck I'm a Senior" year. I will pick up this game again. But 2 years... 2 long endless years without Starcraft... It will probably feel like eternity.

The game that has brought me so much happiness, well what can I say. It is my best friend.

-FlaShFTW

P.S. As I am quitting, I'm going to play like crazy these last few days I have. So for those people who would PLEASE play me, I will be located at op teamliquid on ICCup with the alias of KT.FaTe[BSG]. I want desperately to do at least one RACE WARS with other TLers. I will be on almost all the time. Thank you for reading.

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Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
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pStar
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
994 Posts
September 04 2011 19:05 GMT
#2
Everything in moderation dude. Just play at weekends?

I dont understand why you have to uninstall it completely? You can't be working all the time?
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom885 Posts
September 04 2011 19:08 GMT
#3
We'll see you in a few weeks.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Arcanefrost
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium1257 Posts
September 04 2011 19:13 GMT
#4
Man, you're not even in uni yet. Enjoy these years, you can play a couple of hours a day np.
Valor is a poor substitute for numbers.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9251 Posts
September 04 2011 19:18 GMT
#5
wat do you guys mean??? i cant play a couple hours a day... and not even weekends pstar. its gona be study, study, study.
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Ingenol
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1249 Posts
September 04 2011 19:35 GMT
#6
Do you actually want to be an ENT or do you just project the desires your parents have for you onto your own?
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2012 Posts
September 04 2011 19:37 GMT
#7
doesnt seem like a good idea to me. how much studying can u do in gr10?? obsessing about 1 thing at the expense of others is a recipe for disaster
aka DragOn[NaS]
sYnRoscoe
Profile Joined April 2011
United States149 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-04 19:38:44
September 04 2011 19:38 GMT
#8
Just play starcraft 2. That doesn't take practice.
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9251 Posts
September 04 2011 19:44 GMT
#9
On September 05 2011 04:38 Manacakes wrote:
Just play starcraft 2. That doesn't take practice.

lol word bro.

i want to actually be an ENT. my parents wanted me to be a doctor, but i wanted to be an ENT. i had a fantastic ENT doctor, really nice guy and always made me feel better back in california (NJ residence) and he was an ENT. kinda like a role model.

as for the studying, im gonna be in 2 AP and 2 honors. AP chem, AP us history, pre-calc honors, LA grade 10 honors. and mandarin chinese 4 which i can really screw cause i already know chinese (grade booster trollololol). I want to get into johns hopkins university because i love the campus and the CTY programs ive attended are pretty good. so its my goal so far. ivy league wouldnt be bad either.
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Shifft
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada952 Posts
September 04 2011 19:49 GMT
#10
95 average is high enough to get into any program anywhere...I fail to see how that is you fucking up.
=O
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
38843 Posts
September 04 2011 19:50 GMT
#11
meh, if you're serious about your studies, videogames won't get in the way of your success b/c you know what you gotta do to get the grades.

Speaking from experience.
MountainGoat
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States507 Posts
September 04 2011 19:54 GMT
#12
What about vacations and summer?
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6796 Posts
September 04 2011 20:00 GMT
#13
On September 05 2011 04:18 FlaShFTW wrote:
wat do you guys mean??? i cant play a couple hours a day... and not even weekends pstar. its gona be study, study, study.


Which is ridiculous. There is absolutely no reason to put that kind of effort into your school work until you're at least into your undergraduate years. You can get into a good enough college to do whatever you'd want without devoting your entire life to school.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-04 20:03:51
September 04 2011 20:03 GMT
#14
What's the point of an education if it completely compromises your actual interests?
If you're not THAT interested in this education, I can only see two possible outcomes here:
1. It won't work out...back to normal.
2. Your parents force you, and you end up getting depressed.

Anyway, it's your life - Do whatever you want.
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meguca
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States77 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-04 20:09:00
September 04 2011 20:05 GMT
#15
Listen to me.

93.5 is more than enough to get into a good undergrad, which isn't even necessary for you to get into a high-ranked med school. Johns Hopkins is fairly straightforward to get into, and after a certain point it's your ECs and SATs that matter, not whether your GPA is 93 or 95 or 97. 2 APs and 2 honors? You think that's a *hard* schedule and you want to go to med school? If you think that's tough, you may as well give up right now, because you're going to die in med school. Take it easy, relax, and don't continually stress about college admissions. They are barely relevant to med school admissions, anyway. What you *should* be doing if you want to get into a good med school is starting volunteering, doctor shadowing, and research in a lab. Those are the ECs that med schools want to see and it's best to accumulate as much time doing those as possible, instead of worrying about a few minute points in your GPA.

High school is easy, no matter how many APs you take. Enjoy it.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany30668 Posts
September 04 2011 20:05 GMT
#16
The guy who says moderation is right. What he didn't detail is that literally everything is in moderation.

Some studies, some video-games. Sacrificing one, doesn't mean the other improves.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Varpulis
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2357 Posts
September 04 2011 20:14 GMT
#17
What they hell are you studying in 10th grade that takes all of your time? 93.5/100 sounds a good deal above average to me, i don't see how that's "messing up." Your choice, i guess, but why not just leave it installed and play a game or two on the weekends?

Hell, you could make it an incentive ("if I finish this essay, i can play starcraft for a while.")
For he is the Oystermeister, lord of all the oysters.
Sorter
Profile Joined July 2011
170 Posts
September 04 2011 20:14 GMT
#18
Good luck in school.
eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1292 Posts
September 04 2011 20:17 GMT
#19
On September 05 2011 04:50 thedeadhaji wrote:
meh, if you're serious about your studies, videogames won't get in the way of your success b/c you know what you gotta do to get the grades.

Speaking from experience.


Agreed.
http://www.starcraftdream.com
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada16858 Posts
September 04 2011 20:21 GMT
#20
I'd personally keep it anyway as a stress reliever. You need these things man!
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