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How much Starcraft 2 means to me

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llKenZyll
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States853 Posts
January 11 2012 01:35 GMT
#1
I would like to say right now that Starcraft 2 is the only thing keepin me sane in life. Im not really accepted to a huge extent in my school (12th grade) since I don't do sports or anything like that, I'm pretty skinny and to top that off I have Pectus Carinatum, which is a minor deformity, causing kids to pick on me which warrants me to punch them in the face.
Anyway, this entry is not about that. It is about how much Starcraft means to me. Its good to know that I have a place to resort to at the end of the day and not give a fuck about anything else in life, and just have fun. You may expect to see a lot from me in the future, tournament-wise. I beat GrandMasters all the time and im #3 in my masters division.
Anyway, this game alters my life completely and I can say that without a doubt, I have no idea what would occupy me without StarCraft 2. It's great to see a communtiy based off such a great game, but it also makes me cringe. It makes me cringe because I realize that the people who make this game dont care about us, they care about our money. As bad as that sounds, its relatively true. You may be fooled by the illusion that they care about the people that play StarCraft 2, but by caring for us, they care for our money.
So anyway, I'm 18 and I started playing Brood War around the age of four, when my brothers showed me. I beat the whole campaign at the age of four by myself, lol. I'm still impressed by that, in retrospect. I started playing multiplayer around age six and I would never win, but I kept playing. Around the age of 8, i was winning almost consistently against the noobs on USWest. I moved onto iccup around the age of 9, and I achieved C- at THE AGE OF 9. LOL. Anyway, I stopped playing a whole year when I was 10 years old for whatever reason, and when I was 11 i came back to playing. I maintained C- and I peaked at C+ until starcraft 2 came out. I remember watching Bisu play and studying every aspect of his gameplay and trying to copy him. I idolized him and I wanted to be a progamer. So I started to mass games (like 8 a day, 15 on weekends) until I was 15. I was still only C+ but I kinda gave up around the age of 16, since I heard of StarCraft 2. Now in starcraft, all I look forward to is going the fuck home in order to play SC2 and mass games. I play about 20 games a day (on school days, and I do my homework O.o) and on weekends I do 35 games a day. I get #1 masters all the time, but I havent played in the last 3 days, so I dropped down to #3. I beat vVvRuff, Demuslim, I beat idra once a while back lol and I beat lots of other grandmaster people. I take pride in that, and people buy my coaching. I also win lots of tournaments. In total, I have made around $800 from SC2 alone. The majority of that is a $150 dollar tournament I won a month ago.
When you get so attached to this game and you lose a game or go on a loss streak, it seriously makes your entire LIFE shitty. I remember I was on a pretty bad loss streak (about 12 or so) and I was just not into real life. I only wanted to go home, mass more games and WIN.
I get huge inspiration from the pros. I'm a huge fan of IdrA, White-RA, MC, losira, NesTea and Leenock. I see Leenock, a young pro-gamer. That could be me, certainly. I expect myself to be a pro-gamer, I swear to god. I was invited to check-six already, which really made me happy. I can become a pro-gamer, go to korea and start winning tournaments and becoming the best of the best there. Because if anything, I will tell you right now that I have a dream to become a pro, and theres nothing that can stand between me and that dream.
BESIDES FUCKING MARINES

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dmasterding
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States205 Posts
January 11 2012 01:40 GMT
#2
haha rated 5/5 good read

on your point that they only care about our money, thats definitely true to an extent, but im sure theres a big part of them that seriously loves the concept of something they made going so large. they havent turned out like EA, being extremely rude to customers or trying to milk every penny out of DLC or anything.
No tears now, only dreams.
heha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia425 Posts
January 11 2012 01:41 GMT
#3
Hey, just came from your [Q] So how the fuck do I kill this thread in the strategy section. Well it looks like you're investing a lot time-wise and emotionally into the game. While it seems that you're certainly successful, may I suggest stepping back for a day or two and taking a good look at your life? It sounds almost as if you're using Starcraft as an escape tactic. How do you do in school academically? Starcraft is definitely a great hobby to pursue, but you should also consider your future post pro-gamer.

All the best to you
Random for life! phoneheha
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
January 11 2012 02:02 GMT
#4
Looking back on my life in view of your last paragraph (basically "imma become a progamer" ) , I'd be just about the same thing, except for one big thing.

I didn't have regular access to play BW online 'till I was 15 (18 now too, hi-5 ), and I firmly believe that IF I'd been able to get into the scene around that time when I would spend ALL my time dicking around in single-player and making UseMaps, when I was 9 (say 3rd grade), I'd be in exactly the same situation as you.

But that has consequences, and though I'm thankful I never lived it to know for sure, this is how I believe it would have turned out for me:


Getting into the ProScene in 2003 would have been huge. Dude, registering on TL, then ... wow. On a more serious note, I would have been much more serious about competitive BW. This is just theory-craft but still... I would have spend even more time gaming (though I just did prettymuch only that already), I wouldn't have read the cool books I did as a 10-year-old like Robinson Crusoe and my language skill would surely suffer from it. Then it gets more serious. I wouldn't have done nearly as many after-school-activities, meaning much less social exposure and encounters, and being generally much more socially inadept. Hell even as it is I'm akward as fuck sometimes.
I would have been serious about going Pro, maybe a trip to fight in Courage (ultimately to be dissapointed I'm afraid), and that would be all I tick for. And here's the kicker: I'd have been so overly focused on BW I honestly believe I wouldn't have passed my Baccalaureat, i.e. not graduating from high-school.


But now I'm in college and I feel I owe that to not getting lost in it. My prospects are SO much better, and looking back, I'm gald I didn't have internet access 'till I got it, because I'm much happier with my current path than the very real alternative.


The point of writing all this in your blog, when you can't even respond for a week (hint: history of frustration in Strategy fourm + nerg-rage thread = likely ban, jus sayin) is to beseech you, to dearly beg, that you reconsider, and at least do well enough in school that you're guaranteed higher education that you're satisfied with.

If it's really your passion there's nothing I can say to detract from that, but please, don't make the MISTAKE I almost did of letting it prevent you from doing stuff you really want later in life (i.e. college). Pick up some kool skillz like sub-20 Rubik's cube or breakdance and get good at those too; sadly you do get to meed more ladies with those I've found.
In any case, GL HF and grats on the $$£$, that's VERY good money (stream? <: ).


[I'm sorry but C- Terran speakin here: C+ is quite good ... but with Toss? I'll say no more q: ]
BW4LYF . . . . . . PM me, I LOVE PMs. . . . . . Long live "NaDa's Body" . . . . . . Fantasy | Bisu/Best | Jaedong . . . . .
Lewan72
Profile Joined April 2011
United States381 Posts
January 11 2012 02:33 GMT
#5
rank 3 on which server? NA?KR? EU?
MC / Hero / MMA / Bomber / Coca / Suppy
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
January 11 2012 03:45 GMT
#6
It's always good to see young, dedicated aspiring gamers. Lord knows we need more people like you in the foreign scene. Good luck to you young man, when you win the GSL I shall be bumping this thread in true hipster fashion.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 11 2012 04:27 GMT
#7
I am curious what he got Temp banned for.
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Neo27
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States154 Posts
January 11 2012 05:51 GMT
#8
On January 11 2012 13:27 FinestHour wrote:
I am curious what he got Temp banned for.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=302222#1
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=13095915
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