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Aphetto
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States17 Posts
October 28 2011 06:14 GMT
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I never gave Brood War a chance. I loaded it up, played the single player, struggled, threw my arms up in disgust and said "and these graphics are TERRIBLE!". Then I uninstalled it. I only bought WoL to waste my time until D3 was released. I found Day9's stream and thought he was the funniest nerd on the internet. It's over a year since launch and I'm still play SC2, because I love competition. I played sports all my life, I watch ESPN almost exclusively, the story lines are more compelling than any drama, the people are Real. I constantly struggle with the fact that I'm middle of the road at best, I'm a platinum Zerg, I lose to concise, intelligent build orders. I win on mechanics alone. Its fucking torture.

I have 4 active players on my Friends List, 2 are buddies and 2 are other Zergs whom i met through ladder matches and never really talk to. Ultimately I understand that laddering at this point is futile, every victory is a silent reaffirmation of my abilities, every loss is an indictment on my lack of experience. There is no GSL notebook, there is no Pro-coaching, there are no days full of 1v1s, honing my mechanics and tweaking my strategies to compliment my play and ascend the ladder. I learn more from custom games against the computer than real matches against my "equals". They are not my equals, i just know how to capitalize on a stronger players mistakes.

To get better. A non-gamer would never understand it. They never looked up chain combos on gamefaq.com. They never MF ran Act 3 Hell. They get killed by the same camper in Crossfire then crawl to bed and fuck their girlfriend. Like another woman will solve their problems.

And ultimately this is why I'm beginning to blog, because I like to write, I don't mind losing, I have limited play time and the words come out better after $30 dollars worth of beers at Croxley's and a frustrating drive home to nothing but a fast computer and nothing to do with it. Because too many drugs have left this brain unable to tell this heart that That Girl might not be the stupid self-centered bitch she sounds like. For once I crave the attention. The attention I crave is from those who play a game that is too hard for them. Aphetto.406

Tomorrow is a Halloween party, I'm dressing as a chef because I already own that outfit, I wont be online. Saturday I'll be hanging out with the only other waiter at my restaurant, we're going to a Halloween block party, he never played and doesn't care about StarCraft, he has children and a wife and a schedule. Needless to say I wont be online. Sunday I'll be covering at the sister restaurant to the one I manage Monday through Friday. No breaks, cheap shithead customers, and 12 hours later I'll be too tired to remember my second overlord.

It's all there in front of me, it's screaming "This is not the game for you!" My life is calling me, but I turn a shoulder to it, because I want to become great at SC2, I want to move to Korea, ALONE, and be mediocre, because im 5' 10', 205 lbs and this is the only Sport I have a chance with. So if you need some cannon fodder, get at me, I love losing.

Darren McFadden lives in a Twilight Council, that's why he starts every game with leg upgrades =P
bangT.T
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States15 Posts
October 28 2011 06:24 GMT
#2
I like your writing style. I feel the same way with sc2, bangTT.776
The only easy day was yesterday.
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
October 28 2011 06:33 GMT
#3
I think BW has better-looking graphics :T
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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
October 28 2011 06:34 GMT
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I love BW graphics.
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FraCuS
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1072 Posts
October 28 2011 07:04 GMT
#5
BW graphics <333333
Apink/Girl's Day/miss A/IU/Crayon Pop/Sistar/Exo K :D l Kpop and Kdrama Enthusiast
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