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My Intro into Starcraft

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dnld12
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States324 Posts
November 11 2011 07:30 GMT
#1
E-sports or the starcraft section of e-sports can be explained in a long description.


It is an extremely large, loud, funny, humiliating, exhausting, invigorating, empowering, heart pounding, ridiculous, immense, unidenish and crazy sport.

I was introduced to starcraft by HuskyStarcraft. I first heard of starcraft 2 from its announcement trailer. When i searched starcraft 2, I looked up husky. In general, during the beta, i followed starcraft as something flashy. I didn't bother with the names or score. I watched to laugh and say 'cool'.

Then, I came across Day[9]. It can be said that this handsome, awesome, nerd baller can make anyone passionate about anything. But what really took me by surprise was the detail. I watched Daily # 127 White-ra vs Maka. It was the very first Daily i ever watched. It was a vod, since I did not know when the live stream was. When i watched it, I was hooked. It was tantalizing, incredulous, to think that so much detail, refinement, thought process went into pushing buttons. It was perplexing how 'good' people got by simply clicking. I took the time to watch vods and kept watching.

At this time, I liked Day[9]'s analysis but I still went back to Husky's action paced commentating. I found myself disinterested in the play, only wanting action. The detail, the analysis felt overwhelming. That was when I came across Daily #100.

Now I must plug forward to how I feel about Sean (Day[9]) Plott now. If I were to meet the man in real life, I would forgo hand shakes and head nods and just give a man the biggest bear hug I can. The man has helped me through so much by just being happy. Its kind of strange yet 'cool' how high of a pedestal I put figures of E-sports. For some reason, I feel like that they are 'gods'. I feel like I am obligated to just give them all hugs and say thank you for being awesome ballers. I know their personality, I know their tendencies. All because i follow e-sports. You don't get that anywhere else.

But back to Daily #100. I was perusing the vods, looking for videos to watch. I still did not bother watching live because I felt it was not necessary. It was around Daily #138 when i found Daily #100. I opened it up and saw how it was an extremely long one. I thought it was some super analysis so I saved it for the weekend. When that weekend did come, I can tell you i was surprised.

I sat through the whole entire thing and did not get up or move once. It is so strange to empathize with a man who miles away, doesn't know I exist, and has his own life. It is so strange that i teared up when he did, that I laughed at his jokes so hard, that i just felt i was right next to him, listening to his story.

I have watched the whole entire thing twice. From there, I watched almost all of the Day[9] Daily live. I groan when its not up. I laugh when it is.

But what does this say about E-sports? Is it a one on one thing. Is it just a small tiny sect of people sitting in their rooms? Not at all. And once again, My previous passions lead to something new.

State of the Game.

At this point, I started to learn names of the 'famous' players. Idra, White-ra etc. But than when Day[9] told me to watch SoTG after the show, I did so. I was so surprised when i saw the players.

I didn't know who the hell J.P. Was. Idra was really smaller than i thought he would be. Who the hell was incontrol? Who the hell was Tyler? And surprisingly, That was when I discovered liquidpedia. Yes, i did not even know about that yet.

I spent more hours reading liquidpedia than studying for my midterm. I spent more hours watching streams than in classroom lectures (for college.. usually because i watch the streams during the lectures).

But as i kept watching, as i kept learning about this already growing e-sports, i felt connected. I started being biased, rooting for players to win. I started rooting for Idra. I started rooting for White-ra.

It was this kind of Bias that made me 'invest' something into e-sports. I put a weight into my opinion.

The next big thing or the next step, was the release of starcraft 2. I got my starcraft 2 by driving to two different locations, due to receipt errors.

Sadly, I did not play till 3 weeks later after my exams. I can tell you how good it felt to log on. How good it finally felt to see what players were seeing. And this was when I gained my ultimate bias, I choose protoss as my main race.

Now I re-watched Daily's for protoss. I watched husky videos for protoss. I looked up good protoss players. I looked at memes for toss. I watched vidoes. I looked up builds. I played. I practiced. And i watched tournaments.

Tournaments, the growing and maturing teen of E-sports. Starting off not weak or insecure, but strong willed but inexperienced. Every tournament, every growth. I watched IPL. I watched MLG. I watched Dream Hack. I watched Home story cup. I even watched Day9 daily funday monday.

And than i realized. I was part of the community. Some how, along the way, i was initiated into the starcraft community. I didn't know when but i could tell you some other things. I could tell you Day[9] looks like JP at times. I can tell you Incontrol has some of the funniest jokes and Idra likes to rage a lot. I could tell you the personalities of those players. I could tell you the rivalries. I could tell you about the koreans. I could tell you so many things about starcraft 2 and I was new to it.

I was a little initiate in a growing world. But that's ok. I'll grow with E-sports. I'll grow with these players, casters, teachers, people, and communities.
Because every change in E-sport, every news. From Day[9] playing Amnesia to Artosis having a kid. From MC's slumps and returns to Idra's rages and awesomeness. From rising starts to old ones. From a fan at home to the a sport in the world.

I am affected by E-sports. And I'm proud of it.

****
When life gives you Stalkers, Get blink.
sebsejr
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
213 Posts
November 11 2011 08:03 GMT
#2
I could see myself reading this. Really alot like my journey into eSports! thanks alot! <3
warhawk224
Profile Joined August 2011
United States11 Posts
November 12 2011 00:00 GMT
#3
Bro I must say you have had literally 95% of the same experiences I have 0.0. I think it is one of the coolest things too when you find out that not only are you part of the community, but other people have had the same experiences as me :D
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