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NesTea Fan Support Group (spoilers)

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whatthefat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States918 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-13 13:47:15
December 13 2011 04:32 GMT
#1
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This is a support group designed to assist victims of the recent Blizzcon, GSL and MLG tragedies. For many, these events were simply too much to compute. Seeing Nestea, the Father of Kerrigan, collapse so absolutely, was unfathomable to those caught watching. Some fans even confabulated stories of match fixing to try to make sense of the horror.

Nestea had stayed strong through the increasingly Terran-dominated GSL, with only the best Terran (MVP) seeming to be clearly ahead of him. So how could this happen?

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Or this?

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Or THIS?!

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There didn't seem to be any answers. Or any hope. If the greatest Zerg in the world can lose like this, then what faith can the rest of us have in our own abilities? The next ladder game could be the one where I go crazy and suicide 30 brood lords.

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But thankfully, there is hope. The NesTea Fan Support Group is here to help you make sense of the tragedy, and overcome the serious trauma. And you are not alone. Victims of Nestea maltreatment are thought to number in the tens of thousands. Hear the stories of others who have made it out of the darkness to find the light in life once again.

Survivor Stories

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"For the last 12 months, Nestea had been my world. He was so caring, so intelligent. And he never let me down on finals night. But then at Blizzcon, I saw a different side to him. It was like he was a different person. Sure, there was that one time something happened against GoOdy, but I had considered that a one-off. After Blizzcon, I forgave him and tried to forget about it, but it wasn't long before he was abusing me again. I couldn't cope. Leenock was such a great support to me, but he was just wasn't Nestea. I went off the rails. For thrills, I started watching players like CrazyMoving. Thankfully, I found this support group just in time."

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"When Nestea turned on me, I just felt so lost, I didn't know what to do. Everytime I tried to make a Broodlord, the memories came flooding back. At night, I would hear Ghosts sniping and wake up in a cold sweat. For a while I even switched to Terran. I'm not proud of it. But I needed to feel like I had control. I shudder to think what might have happened had I not found this support group. But now things are looking up in my life again. Sure, Tier 3 is still too much for me, but one day at a time I'm healing."

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There is Hope

So don't give up. Come share your pain with others who have experienced the same loss. And if you know somebody who has suffered at the hands of Nestea but is too frightened to come forward, send them here. They will thank you for it. Together, we can make it. There is hope.

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SlayerS_BoxeR: "I always feel sorry towards Greg (Grack?) T_T"
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
December 13 2011 04:37 GMT
#2
Yet again

Pro-poster as always! poor Nestea, that was some fall from grace. He will return!
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Ciraxis
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia400 Posts
December 13 2011 04:39 GMT
#3
Blizzard Cup will be my last hope, or else I will join this support group.
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
December 13 2011 04:43 GMT
#4
Great post 5/5
RIP MBC Game Hero
Abort Retry Fail
Profile Joined December 2011
2636 Posts
December 13 2011 04:44 GMT
#5
Did you post this in the Nestea fan club?
BSOD
chocolatebunny
Profile Joined September 2011
301 Posts
December 13 2011 04:47 GMT
#6
well done
5/5
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
December 13 2011 04:50 GMT
#7
Nestea is delicious.
5/5 Kerrigan be sad.
strava.com/athletes/zhaodynasty
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 13 2011 04:50 GMT
#8
This support group is going to be redundant with Alcoholics Anonymous once Naniwa destroys Nestea in the Blizzard Cup LOLOLOLOLOL

Either that or the loss will send Artosis into a coma.
Logic is Overrated
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
December 13 2011 05:02 GMT
#9
lol I found this so funny for some reason. Good write up, I hope he does well in his group for blizz cup
Greed leads to just about all losses.
CoolSea
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States236 Posts
December 13 2011 05:06 GMT
#10
I'll always be a fan of him because almost everything I know about Zerg I have learned from him, because he reminds me so much of a certain other progamer whom I used to idolize, and finally because he is mother fucking NesTea.
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
December 13 2011 05:21 GMT
#11
Lol very nice post 12 step program is necessary!

Great post!

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InTheFade
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1721 Posts
December 13 2011 05:23 GMT
#12
Good ol' Zergbong.
... Knowmsayin'?
Freeheals
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States488 Posts
December 13 2011 05:23 GMT
#13
brought a tear to my eye, and last pic made me smile and have faith in our world again
5/5
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monkeii
Profile Joined November 2011
United States56 Posts
December 13 2011 05:25 GMT
#14
Amazing post. <3
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13th Marine
Profile Joined January 2011
United States344 Posts
December 13 2011 05:28 GMT
#15
Quality. 5/5. Lets hope Professor Tea is back from sabbatical, after rewriting the book on ZvX.
Bomber | BoxeR | Dear | Flash | fOrGG | HerO | INnoVation | Jaedong | Life | MarineKing | Maru | MMA | MVP | NaDa | Polt | Taeja
omisa
Profile Joined January 2011
United States494 Posts
December 13 2011 05:36 GMT
#16
Glad I'm not the only one to feel this way.

Hilarious 5/5!
\m/
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
December 13 2011 06:13 GMT
#17
great blog.. wouldn't bet a cent on nestea coming back though i do hope from the bottom of my heart i am wrong ^^
TickTockBoom
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada185 Posts
December 13 2011 06:32 GMT
#18
Haha, hope Nestea makes a return after this blog post ^_^, really miss that guy.
IGN: Cupine Char: 945, Sometimes we have to let BW go, and proceed on.
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
December 13 2011 06:36 GMT
#19
Sucks that he's having a rough spot lately, but he'll find a way to come back, I'm sure. ^_^
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Sanz
Profile Joined December 2010
150 Posts
December 13 2011 07:35 GMT
#20
Great post. Thank you for sharing :D
Tortious_Tortoise
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States944 Posts
December 13 2011 09:59 GMT
#21
whatthefat?

Why are your posts always so good? I can't even fathom it o.O
Treating eSports as a social science since 2011; Credo: "The system is never wrong"-- Day9 Daily #400 Part 3
whatthefat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States918 Posts
December 13 2011 13:47 GMT
#22
On December 13 2011 14:21 bkrow wrote:
Lol very nice post 12 step program is necessary!

Great post!

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Aha, thanks, done.
SlayerS_BoxeR: "I always feel sorry towards Greg (Grack?) T_T"
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
December 13 2011 13:52 GMT
#23
I legitimately feel bad for anyone that became a fan of nestea because of Artosis and did not know the skeletons he had in his BW closet, he's just being zerg bong without Reach to drag down with him.
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
December 13 2011 14:55 GMT
#24
On December 13 2011 22:52 Count9 wrote:
I legitimately feel bad for anyone that became a fan of nestea because of Artosis and did not know the skeletons he had in his BW closet, he's just being zerg bong without Reach to drag down with him.


I wish he was still called ZergBong. Nestea is a crappy name.

Also he beat Naniwa, nuff sed.

;P
whatthefat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States918 Posts
December 14 2011 04:40 GMT
#25
On December 13 2011 22:52 Count9 wrote:
I legitimately feel bad for anyone that became a fan of nestea because of Artosis and did not know the skeletons he had in his BW closet, he's just being zerg bong without Reach to drag down with him.

I can't speak for others, but my appreciation for Nestea is due simply to the fact that he plays Zerg far better than anyone else in the world (even taking his recent form into account). Artosis' hype is amusing, but kind of irrelevant. As is his BW career.
SlayerS_BoxeR: "I always feel sorry towards Greg (Grack?) T_T"
DMaster
Profile Joined April 2011
Romania61 Posts
December 18 2011 20:40 GMT
#26
On December 14 2011 13:40 whatthefat wrote:
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On December 13 2011 22:52 Count9 wrote:
I legitimately feel bad for anyone that became a fan of nestea because of Artosis and did not know the skeletons he had in his BW closet, he's just being zerg bong without Reach to drag down with him.

I can't speak for others, but my appreciation for Nestea is due simply to the fact that he plays Zerg far better than anyone else in the world (even taking his recent form into account). Artosis' hype is amusing, but kind of irrelevant. As is his BW career.


i came here looking for help after i ve gotten so dissappointed with nestea results lately ... and i find members picking on each other ... this is not helping ppl,

also ... thats a real mean thing to say about Artosis, shame on u.
mTwDimaga - I have zerg in my blood !
whatthefat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States918 Posts
December 20 2011 00:18 GMT
#27
On December 19 2011 05:40 DMaster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 13:40 whatthefat wrote:
On December 13 2011 22:52 Count9 wrote:
I legitimately feel bad for anyone that became a fan of nestea because of Artosis and did not know the skeletons he had in his BW closet, he's just being zerg bong without Reach to drag down with him.

I can't speak for others, but my appreciation for Nestea is due simply to the fact that he plays Zerg far better than anyone else in the world (even taking his recent form into account). Artosis' hype is amusing, but kind of irrelevant. As is his BW career.

i came here looking for help after i ve gotten so dissappointed with nestea results lately ... and i find members picking on each other ... this is not helping ppl,

also ... thats a real mean thing to say about Artosis, shame on u.
Perhaps you misunderstood me. I have tremendous respect for Artosis, he's a pillar of the community and a great commentator. I enjoy his hype, and its partly what makes the GSL such a great experience. All I am saying is that my carnal love of Nestea is not contingent on Artosis' hilariously hyperbolic descriptions of Nestea's intelligence.
SlayerS_BoxeR: "I always feel sorry towards Greg (Grack?) T_T"
vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
December 20 2011 01:21 GMT
#28
Nestea was way ahead of the metagame and this was his edge.

Unfortunately for him, he revealed a lot of strategies to win his GSLs and his peers caught up to him and figured them out. Now it's up to players with great strategies and great execution as well.

I think it's hard for Nestea to compete with young guys like Leenock or DRG on a mechanical level. So although he's still great strategically, SC2 progamers are becoming good enough that you need to be excellent mechanically as well.

MVP knows how to counter Nestea's strategies. MMA can out-multitask him. Leenock can outmicro him. etc etc.

The final thing is motivation. After you've won 3 GSLs, you can get complacent. When your competition is young kids who practice hardcore with the immense desire to win a championship and make a name for themselves, it's hard to beat them all. Especially when you have too much footage out there to be analyzed.
Marines > everything
Chamgi
Profile Joined October 2011
United States11 Posts
December 26 2011 22:19 GMT
#29
Interesting, thanks for the post
Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
December 27 2011 00:40 GMT
#30
He needs to change his name back to ZergBong.
strava.com/athletes/zhaodynasty
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
December 27 2011 01:00 GMT
#31
He still has 1000000 IQ
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
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