Great read, loved it.

I remember being at i43 when you played fargo, i was on the front seat of the crowd, and there was an intense 1hour+ game on Tal'derim. When fargo pulled it back to 3-3, everyone in the crowd was rooting for him, and it takes some serious metal control to play your best when the crowd is going against you. Kudos for that, and for an epic series. It was my first LAN and that series pretty much was the cherry on the fucking-awesome cake.

GL and HF in you future endevours good sir !

CryMeAReaper

Denmark1135 Posts

January 03 2012 01:22 GMT

#146

O_O. Wow, just wow. Very inspiring and a rare glimpse into the life of a (semi or w/e you call it

) programer. It really opens your eyes and make some of the hate given by the community seem so utterly stupid and ignorant. Very well written aswell!

I hope you take a year off, I really wanna see how far you can go after reading this xD I've always kinda liked you for being so fast ^^ hah. And Dignitas seems like an awesome team to be with.

5/5

iNfeRnaL

Germany1908 Posts

January 03 2012 01:48 GMT

#147

great read tim.
keep fighting~ ^^v

SuperaddE

Sweden132 Posts

January 03 2012 02:18 GMT

#148

Amazing read. Good luck with everything.

Clazziquai10

Singapore1949 Posts

January 03 2012 09:50 GMT

#149

What a great blog! Good luck in all your future endeavours - law school, sc2 and everything :D

I'll still rmb you as the guy with BY FAR the highest apm at dreamhack summer 2011!

Nightleaf

United States7 Posts

January 03 2012 10:47 GMT

#150

Amazing blog, read the entire thing and I am glad I did. Good luck!!!

mrscheng

Sweden658 Posts

January 03 2012 12:51 GMT

#151

was really happy seeing you posting something like this. i myself always considered you someone who could upset anyone, and thats exactly how you think/thought of yourself. i think thats prettyc ool =)

i think u shud def. stay at it, keep the dream going. i started studying recently but am taking 1 year off now to persue the my poker career, as i havent posted 'great' results either lately.

hare bra

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

January 03 2012 13:24 GMT

#152

On December 31 2011 14:55 FabledIntegral wrote:
Pfft. I was grandmasters, not just masters! And my opening build wasn't necessarily super greedy, I just thought you were going 2port cloakshees since you took your natural super late and were continually targeting my queens with hellions instead of drones. I made like 4-5 spore colonies when your bust hit!

Glad you remember my name though, the games actually ended up getting casted. I've watched out for you in particular ever since those games, through the rest of your MLG Anaheim run and whenever you stream or are in tournies.

My games vs you were also the very first time I ever used ling/infestor, I had heard it was picking up popularity due to Destiny but never had used them myself, even on ladder. Rather, I only got infesters super lategame for the sole reason I had like 1k minerals/3k gas at one point and couldn't think of anything better to get

.

I know we made a lot of mistakes each side at MLG, but I remember distinctly THIS here being the reason I didn't manage to take you out in game 2. It still haunts me til this day...

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vv_rn37Tdo&t=21m0s

For some reason I can't get it to start at the time I want, event in question is at 21 min.
You had something like 60 or so SCVs there, massively oversaturated!

LOL, ahahahahah you must feel angry at yourself :p
Sick blog and well written !

TAAF

Switzerland226 Posts

January 03 2012 14:23 GMT

#153

Thanks Merz! I read the whole thing and it's so awesome! I felt like reading day9 daily 100 the Merz edition!
All the best in the future

woreyour

582 Posts

January 03 2012 15:31 GMT

#154

On December 31 2011 14:16 Antoine wrote:
wow sick blog, i'm only halfway through but i must mention that the word is "hubris" and not "hybris"

hybris is also acceptable. same thing.

Twistacles

Canada1327 Posts

January 03 2012 16:01 GMT

#155

You're a baller! you remind me a lot of myself in the way you view yourself and react to failure

Markwerf

Netherlands3728 Posts

January 03 2012 22:10 GMT

#156

I like the honesty and self reflection in this blog. Many of us think they are quite something till they are put down but not many admit it later on with such honesty.
Good read and good luck to you. Unfortunately it seems that with the level of sc2 progressing so much still it gets harder and harder to get back from a hiatus due to university. It's not like 1 month of training will automatically get one back if you haven't played enough for a while.

Bart

494 Posts

January 04 2012 03:43 GMT

#157

Nice blog post. Thanks for sharing.

Detri

United Kingdom683 Posts

January 04 2012 19:35 GMT

#158

Wow, 400 APM and a full time student. Well played.

kusu

Sweden440 Posts

January 04 2012 21:05 GMT

#159

omg <3 this brings back some memories even tho it was only <2 years ago. dont stop playing merz please!

gplayer

Romania106 Posts

January 05 2012 15:08 GMT

#160

Great write-up. I think that going to law school while also doing this is a great accomplishment, but if you would quit the law school now it would be quite a waste of resources. Finishing the law school while also competing at a high level in SC2 is an awesome accomplishment. Keep it up and good luck!