EPTI made it my goal to get to Masters. Not only that, I am trying to raise awareness in my school about the awesomeness of StarCraft 2. Right now, most of the people there reek of League of Legends. Don't hate me on this, it's just my opinion, no one else's. After about three months of bugging the owners of the nearby gaming room to install StarCraft 2, they finally did it. I was so happy. Two of my friends and I had been waiting for that moment for so long. By playing the game, people started to get curious so they started to observe us playing StarCraft.
At first, everyone started to compare it to League of Legends and DotA and all that crap. I got so pissed everytime they said that. You don't fucking qwert for a fucking hour hoping that you get more minion kills and that you remember a build god damn it! It takes a great deal of dexterity and mental gymnastics to even play the game at the lowest levels. The time it takes to gain a good enough muscle memory to competently play StarCraft II is beyond the imagination of these MOBA fools.
I was too stupid to realise how many great opportunities I had to introduce these people to StarCraft. As time passed people started to appreciate the complexity of the game. I felt proud to be able to play StarCraft II. It was such an honour to bring a new level of gaming to the scene. Yet the very thing that attracts me to StarCraft II, it's depth and skill requirements, pushed the others away. I felt torn apart, beaten, my pride exchanged into nothingness.
I couldn't let myself be defeated though. I didn't do justice to StarCraft II nor did I represent the eSports community as I should've so I embarked on my mission yet again. This time I took a different road. I started to explain what was going on in the game as I played, not caring whether I lost or not. I left my hurtful pride behind me. I crept back into a shell of humility. The process was going on much smoother. Complexity still turned people off but as I became more friendly with spectators they started to get interested themselves. From one, to two, to three, to six. It has become an exponential increase.
This is where I'm at right now. Last time I pitted two total noobs to the game against each other while my friend and I explained to each of them what to do. The bitter sweet taste of victory and defeat would set on a fire within them that I still do not know what it will consume.
I still have to keep my skill up myself ofcourse. I have started to practice PvZ exclusively specifically against mutalisk builds. Fortunately the TL Practice Partner thread is an awesome way to meet the right people. All of my practice partners have been extremely helpful and it also takes away the waste of time on Ladder.
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The bane of my existence.
I am ofcourse hopeless in PvZ. My last 14 matches I have won only 2 but every loss has been a learning experience be it a tweak in my build or a sudden realisation of new opportunities. The reason I suck against Zerg opponents is probably due to the drone/army mechanic. It feels very random yet if I gain enough experience I can predict certain things, know when to take certain risks, know when and where to attack, what tech I need, how to defend my expansions, how to make efficient use of harassing techniques. This will all come to me in time, with practice.
