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Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
September 08 2011 06:42 GMT
#41
Red, you are trying to get into watching BW and need some hand holding, and you haven't prodded me on Skype about it???


I am disappoint.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 12:14:11
September 08 2011 12:13 GMT
#42
I don't like playing games too much unless I can play them well so I often end up uninstalling games. Got to plat from placements tho woot(?) You just need to macro. I play toss so two forcefields is enough to give you an early defence at a location of your choosing. As long as you chrono probes or drone up and expand when saturated,you'll be smacking so much ass you'll get arrested for molestation.

As for the social issue. Getting out more is definitely a good thing. I think I have troubles with being sociable as well. I would like to add to the getting out more that you should get a guy friend to comment on your weaknesses. When you go into a job interview, and you don't get hired for a job, you should try to learn why they didn't hire you, because chances are you did something stupid that made you unnatractive. I think a similar principle can be applied to guys. If you're either perceived to be too clingy or want too much attention, guys won't tell you that unless you ask them to, Guys will still factor this into whether they want you though. At least I do :p
RedJustice
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1004 Posts
September 08 2011 12:26 GMT
#43
Because I feel bad peppering anyone with a million zillion questions darling! XD Especially about basic things. -.- Like-- hey what's that building next to the nexus thing? No... I mean the one further right... no down.

I have asked my guy friends. They tell me just be patient, or, go meet people. /impatient
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
September 08 2011 13:33 GMT
#44
On September 08 2011 11:32 conTAgi0n wrote:
As an undergrad performance major in viola, I commend your taste in instruments. Viola FTW!

Show nested quote +
On September 07 2011 14:01 RedJustice wrote:
Been lurking about BW too, but a bit off-put by the community and the fact that there's not a lot of very newb friendly stuff out there, lol. Just want to be able to watch and appreciate it, but not really interested in playing.

lol we're not that bad, are we? The BW community is going through a bit of a rough patch right now to be sure, but they're a lot more welcoming than you might think. As for noob friendly stuff, a lot of these threads are still really helpful even if they aren't on the cutting edge of pro Korean strategy anymore, Day[9]'s podcasts are still awesome, Liquipedia BW has excellent articles on every matchup, and like Kiante said, Sayle's stream is highly entertaining.

If you wanna play but are intimidated by the high starting skill level on competitive servers, make a post in BW section asking for noobs to practice with, and trust me they'll come out of the woodwork.

Tsk tsk, another Viola player...

Shall I unleash the mandatory Viola jokes?

+ Show Spoiler [Short Ones] +
How is lightning like a violist's fingers?
Neither one strikes in the same place twice.

How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.

What's the definition of a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison.

How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune?
The bow is moving.

Why is a viola solo like a bomb?
By the time you hear it, it's too late to do anything about it.

How do you get a dozen violists to play in tune?
1) Shoot 11 of them.
2) Shoot all of them.
... then again, who the hell wants a dozen violists?

+ Show Spoiler [Longer One] +

Once there was a violist playing in the Winnipeg Symphony. He wasn't that wonderful a player, so he sat at the back of the section. One day he was cleaning out his attic and discovered an old lamp. He gave it a rub and out popped a genie.

"For letting me out of my lamp I'll grant you three wishes!" he said.

The violist thought for a moment and replied, "Make me a far better musician than I am now."

The genie told him that this would be done. He was to go to sleep, and in the morning he would be a much better musician. The next day he woke up to find himself the principal violist of the Symphony. Well, this was just great, he thought! But he knew he could do better. He rubbed the lamp again, and out popped the genie.

"You have two more wishes!" he said.

"I want you to make me a better musician than I am even now!"

Once again, the genie told him to go to bed, and when he woke up it would be so. When the violist awoke, he found he was now the principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Well, the violist thought this was pretty grand, but knew he could do better yet. He rubbed on the lamp again, and once more out came the genie.

"This is your last wish." the genie said.

"I want you to make me yet a better musician still!"

Yet again, he was told to go to sleep. The next morning, he woke up to find himself back in Winnipeg, sitting in the last desk of the second violin section.


XD

Disclaimer: I didn't make these up, these are real popular and I've heard each of them (except the long one) like every rehearsal. Also when I was with the youth orchestra, I had my fair share of bass jokes (I played the double bass).
[TLMS] REBOOT
Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 13:40:39
September 08 2011 13:39 GMT
#45
reading your rant I really relate to alot of it(except for the fact that Im a dude).
I was a heavy nerd in high school(still am) and didnt really break out into the social scene until junior/senior year. gosh it was so easy back then. just like talk to the billion people that you see all the time in all your classes.

in college I met a TON of people in the dorms and made alot of "friends" or rather aquaintences. but after freshman year when I moved out of the dorm it because harder and harder to meet new people. I think Im pretty decent when in a group I know, but I just REALLY hate going to dumb frat parties and trying to meet people there.

what really sucks is that because I skipped a grade earlier, I didnt turn 21 until after senior year, so I missed all the bar hopping that my entire social scene moved to. so I feel like I missed a part of the college experience, and now that I am 21, Im not terribly excited about going to bars alone.

lol sorry for ranting in your blog, but I really related to what you said, and I think there are a fair amount of people who are in this in between zone where they know how to socialize really well in situations where they are experienced, but are kind of lost when its just aimless and awkward. idk my roommate was far better at that than I was because he lived in new york and had alot more occasions to practice and actually forced himself to.

Im worried about when I graduate and get a real job. gotta find some hobby or something to meet new people.

also, I totally agree with you on viola over violin. violin is just abit to trebly and high. I would say go for the cello, but the size is abit cumbersome. viola is probably a good middle point.
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
September 08 2011 15:01 GMT
#46
On September 08 2011 21:26 RedJustice wrote:
Because I feel bad peppering anyone with a million zillion questions darling! XD Especially about basic things. -.- Like-- hey what's that building next to the nexus thing? No... I mean the one further right... no down.

I have asked my guy friends. They tell me just be patient, or, go meet people. /impatient


Don't know why you're so scared to ask me things.

I'll help ya out, poke me on Skype when I get home from work. :p
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Louuster
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2869 Posts
September 08 2011 15:54 GMT
#47
If youre ever awake at times where BW is streamed on TL, the chat is actually very welcoming to new viewers and will gladly explain whats happening if youre confused. Otherwise, nukethestars has good casts in english of OSL games but I dont know how "noob friendly" those are. Anyway, heres his channel http://www.youtube.com/user/NukeTheStars.
Time to get pumped for the OSL semi finals day2!
Kim Taek Yong fighting~
conTAgi0n
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States335 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-08 17:50:20
September 08 2011 17:48 GMT
#48
On September 08 2011 22:33 OpticalShot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2011 11:32 conTAgi0n wrote:
As an undergrad performance major in viola, I commend your taste in instruments. Viola FTW!

On September 07 2011 14:01 RedJustice wrote:
Been lurking about BW too, but a bit off-put by the community and the fact that there's not a lot of very newb friendly stuff out there, lol. Just want to be able to watch and appreciate it, but not really interested in playing.

lol we're not that bad, are we? The BW community is going through a bit of a rough patch right now to be sure, but they're a lot more welcoming than you might think. As for noob friendly stuff, a lot of these threads are still really helpful even if they aren't on the cutting edge of pro Korean strategy anymore, Day[9]'s podcasts are still awesome, Liquipedia BW has excellent articles on every matchup, and like Kiante said, Sayle's stream is highly entertaining.

If you wanna play but are intimidated by the high starting skill level on competitive servers, make a post in BW section asking for noobs to practice with, and trust me they'll come out of the woodwork.

Tsk tsk, another Viola player...

Shall I unleash the mandatory Viola jokes?

+ Show Spoiler [Short Ones] +
How is lightning like a violist's fingers?
Neither one strikes in the same place twice.

How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.

What's the definition of a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison.

How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune?
The bow is moving.

Why is a viola solo like a bomb?
By the time you hear it, it's too late to do anything about it.

How do you get a dozen violists to play in tune?
1) Shoot 11 of them.
2) Shoot all of them.
... then again, who the hell wants a dozen violists?

+ Show Spoiler [Longer One] +

Once there was a violist playing in the Winnipeg Symphony. He wasn't that wonderful a player, so he sat at the back of the section. One day he was cleaning out his attic and discovered an old lamp. He gave it a rub and out popped a genie.

"For letting me out of my lamp I'll grant you three wishes!" he said.

The violist thought for a moment and replied, "Make me a far better musician than I am now."

The genie told him that this would be done. He was to go to sleep, and in the morning he would be a much better musician. The next day he woke up to find himself the principal violist of the Symphony. Well, this was just great, he thought! But he knew he could do better. He rubbed the lamp again, and out popped the genie.

"You have two more wishes!" he said.

"I want you to make me a better musician than I am even now!"

Once again, the genie told him to go to bed, and when he woke up it would be so. When the violist awoke, he found he was now the principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Well, the violist thought this was pretty grand, but knew he could do better yet. He rubbed on the lamp again, and once more out came the genie.

"This is your last wish." the genie said.

"I want you to make me yet a better musician still!"

Yet again, he was told to go to sleep. The next morning, he woke up to find himself back in Winnipeg, sitting in the last desk of the second violin section.


XD

Disclaimer: I didn't make these up, these are real popular and I've heard each of them (except the long one) like every rehearsal. Also when I was with the youth orchestra, I had my fair share of bass jokes (I played the double bass).

Bah, like I haven't heard all of those before. This is something you're going to have to watch out for RedJustice, so much hatin' because everyone else is jealous that your instrument is cooler than theirs.

+ Show Spoiler [viola joke] +
A violist with the New York Phil gets back to his apartment late one night after playing a concert and attending the reception. Tired and a little bit tipsy from the reception, he makes his way up to his floor of the apartment and stops, sure he has forgotten something. He thinks for a moment: he has his keys, he locked his car, he has his music... finally he realizes to his horror that he left his viola in the back of his car parked on the side of the street. He rushes downstairs and out to his car. Sure enough, the back seat windows are busted, the doors left ajar, and there are five or six more violas piled up in the backseat of his car.


As for BW, it's even easier to get into if you don't want to play, in fact I'd say at least 1/2-2/3 of the people who follow it don't really play it competitively. If you just need to learn what buildings and units do what though, the most fun way is to just play through the SC1 vanilla campaign mode. If you're plat in SC2 you'll breeze through all the campaigns effortlessly, especially the vanilla ones, they're really really easy. Good supplement to harassing Torenhire.

On September 08 2011 14:41 palanq wrote:
learn this

That is actually a really fun piece to play.
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
September 08 2011 18:02 GMT
#49
On September 09 2011 00:54 Louuster wrote:
If youre ever awake at times where BW is streamed on TL, the chat is actually very welcoming to new viewers and will gladly explain whats happening if youre confused. Otherwise, nukethestars has good casts in english of OSL games but I dont know how "noob friendly" those are. Anyway, heres his channel http://www.youtube.com/user/NukeTheStars.
Time to get pumped for the OSL semi finals day2!


I know, I'm excited. :D

Gotta leave before it's over, most likely, though. Terrible day to have to be in super early for work. :/

Go go Jangbi!!
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
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