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Hey everybody. I usually do an eSports-related essay every 50 posts for a blog, but today I have a special treat for Team Liquid. I want to introduce you to my best friend in the whole world:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/efZgf.jpg)
This is Newton the Newbie Newt, and he loves Starcraft II almost as much as I do.
He's not very good because he doesn't have any thumbs. He also has to crawl across the keyboard and use his tail to control the mouse when he plays.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/frTjJ.jpg?5122)
He wants me to do this AMA because he's ready to embrace the public community. Right now he's feeling kind of vulnerable though because he was recently shut out of the Team Liquid Mascot Oligarchy by Elly. He understands her position though, and he respects everything she's done for StarCraft 2 -_-
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Some day :'(
He lurks on Team Liquid and /r/starcraft all the time, and he watches the professional players stream all the time, so he has a pretty good understanding of the game. He's mostly held back by the fact that his body is only about 3 inches long.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/N2zwH.jpg)
Damn, he's good.
So, get to it. Ask him anything :D
 
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On January 14 2012 02:43 Inz` wrote:
Seriously?
Yes. Newton is ready to open up to the public about everything-- his past, his plans, his goals and dreams, you name the gut, and he'll spill it.
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What does he wear when going to bed?
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Newton vs. Elly showmatch please.
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On January 14 2012 02:47 dbosworld wrote:
What does he wear when going to bed?
This is actually a great question. After he came to America, Newton had nothing but a poncho, a pair of old, home-made leather shoes his father gave to him, and a dream. Now that he's in the US, he's worked hard to get himself a better life. He bought himself a striped linen pair of pajamas about a month ago. He alternates wearing that and a flannel pair he got for his birthday.
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APM?
league?
Is he on a team?
From the screen shot it seems he plays terran, but I'd expect a newt to play zerg. How come he picked terran?
What does Newton think about the new 1on1 maps on the blizzard ladder?
that was all for now. Maybe you can link to his stream/facebook/twitter/fanclub so we can all join and support him. Thanks.
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On January 14 2012 02:49 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Newton vs. Elly showmatch please.
Newton has nothing but the utmost respect for Elly-- and he's the first to admit that he's not very good at the game. His goal for 2012 is to improve his apm from 8 to 30 and to get to silver league. He's taking reptile-tap-dance lessons in order to achieve this lofty goal.
If TL demandeth it though, Newton is ready to lose for eSports.
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On January 14 2012 02:51 mbr2321 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 02:49 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Newton vs. Elly showmatch please. Newton has nothing but the utmost respect for Elly-- and he's the first to admit that he's not very good at the game. His goal for 2012 is to improve his apm from 8 to 30 and to get to silver league. He's taking reptile-tap-dance lessons in order to achieve this lofty goal. If TL demandeth it though, Newton is ready to lose for eSports.
Elly is too preoccupied with Endymion at the moment. Have to take a rain check.
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Some more questions:
Does he suffer from ladder fear? Cold blooded and all.
How is his metagame and mindgames? With a significantly smaller brain, I'd expect him to be a bit lacking there (no offence).
In general, what are the benefits/drawbacks of being a newt in sc2?
I guess his reaction speed is very fast?
Which is his favourite player/streamer?
Does he ever suffer from racism (in the most literal sense) from other players?
Does he have a background in any other RTS or computer games? He must be crazy good at FFR.
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Has Newton ever been tempted to maphack or other hacks? What is his opinion on hackers and cheaters?
What did he think about the Naniwa probe-rush drama?
What playstyle does he have? macro, agressive, harass, cheese? Or the more bronze-style 30 min 10 BC rush from one base?
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On January 14 2012 02:51 Cascade wrote:
APM?
league?
Is he on a team?
From the screen shot it seems he plays terran, but I'd expect a newt to play zerg. How come he picked terran?
What does Newton think about the new 1on1 maps on the blizzard ladder?
that was all for now. Maybe you can link to his stream/facebook/twitter/fanclub so we can all join and support him. Thanks.
His apm right now is extremely low, but he's working on that (see last post). He hopes to be in silver by the end of 2012 (see last post), but right now is on a pretty bad losing streak in bronze (about 25 games now). His hopes are still high. He is not yet on a team, but he hopes that some day he'll be good enough to play for a team like Empire (Beastyqt is his favorite terran).
He actually plays Random. The shot to which you're referring is him watching mouzThorZaIN streaming. Newton likes a lot of the maps, but mostly because he doesn't win a lot anyway. He doesn't have a particularly good MU/map yet, so I'll keep you posted.
He doesn't stream because he doesn't play all that often. Follow him @Newton_the_Newt -- no fanclub yet (it would be imprudent of ME to create one), and he doesn't have a FaceBook yet.
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On January 14 2012 02:57 Cascade wrote:
Some more questions:
Does he suffer from ladder fear? Cold blooded and all.
How is his metagame and mindgames? With a significantly smaller brain, I'd expect him to be a bit lacking there (no offence).
In general, what are the benefits/drawbacks of being a newt in sc2?
I guess his reaction speed is very fast?
Which is his favourite player/streamer?
Does he ever suffer from racism (in the most literal sense) from other players?
Does he have a background in any other RTS or computer games? He must be crazy good at FFR.
He doesn't suffer from ladder fear, he's just a very busy newt so he doesn't have a lot of time.
Right now he's still trying to master the basics of StarCraft II. Speed is a real issue too. He's watched a lot of Day9 Dailies, so he's feeling a lot smarter about the game, and he has high hopes for 2012.
His favorite players by race:
Terran: EmpirBeastyqt
Protoss: MouzMaNa
Zerg: BboongbboongPrime.WE
Most players on the ladder, he says, are very friendly. A few people just call him a faggot because they're probably insecure about playing a newt and they've spent too much time on /b/. For the most part though, he's unaffected by silly comments like these.
He's just recently come into the country, but he's retroactively gotten into the BW and W3 scenes. He hasn't played them very much because he's focused on SC2, but he tells me he beat the BW campaign (I think he used power overwhelming, personally)
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On January 14 2012 03:02 Cascade wrote:
Has Newton ever been tempted to maphack or other hacks? What is his opinion on hackers and cheaters?
What did he think about the Naniwa probe-rush drama?
What playstyle does he have? macro, agressive, harass, cheese? Or the more bronze-style 30 min 10 BC rush from one base?
Newton never has used maphacks or anything of the sort. He jokes that it's because he's so bad it wouldn't help him. I think that it's because he loves the game too much. He doesn't like hackers and cheaters-- they're taking the easy way out. Why waste your time and effort in playing a challenging game like StarCraft II if you're just going to cheat?
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I expected a real newt.
3/10.
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oh i thought your best friend was the Newt Gingrich of eSports. the elly pic was funny :D
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On January 14 2012 03:23 Jerubaal wrote:
I expected a real newt.
3/10.
What are you talking about that newt looks real to me
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Does he tend to relate more to Zerg than the other races? In other words, is he racist towards the other two races and complain about imbalance because the Zergs are clearly underpowered?
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On January 14 2012 03:23 Jerubaal wrote:
I expected a real newt.
3/10.
He is real. Technically he's a Western Banded Gecko, but he likes the term Newt better-- his name is Newton afterall. His whole family is full of Mexican Bearded Lizards, although he thinks one of his cousins is an Axolotl
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On January 14 2012 03:31 HeliosFlame wrote:
Does he tend to relate more to Zerg than the other races? In other words, is he racist towards the other two races and complain about imbalance because the Zergs are clearly underpowered?
His favorite unit is the Carrier because when it shoots out interceptors, they look like a bunch of little flies that zap his enemies to death. He relates to the Zergling though.
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