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Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 01:01 GMT
#1
So, TL, this is it. Praetorial reaches his 1000th post. This may be such a small event, and indeed this will probably end up being a self-congratulatory blog that praises the TL mods for their hard work and dedication.

But I digress.

It's been an interesting year. Just a month ago, I received my first warnings and bans, courtesy of Pholon, who is an awesome mod. I was making a number of statements, derailing threads, so I deserved it. But nothing was more frightening then logging in at home only to find that I had gotten a two-day. That nearly gave me a heart attack. At the time, I thought my bans to be an injustice, but now I see that I was in the wrong.

I lurked TL for quite a while prior to that, and only recently began posting again. I've accumulated about 50 posts in the Mass Effect 3 thread, and a few more in the League of Legends subforum. Team Liquid has displaced Reddit for me; I've finally cast it off for good.

I'm training myself to be an insomniac, setting my alarm clock 15 behind every week. At this point, I'm getting to the point of being able to get about 5 and a half hours of sleep per night. My goal is to get it down to at least five. While it may not be healthy, it would be very convenient.

School has been fun. I've made friends, nearly failed a class, and overall felt very satisfied with myself. I managed to realize that math was not the way I wanted to be spending my life(I'm a freshman, and was on Calculus AB). I instead joined the Speech and Debate team, and my oh my Extemporaneous Speaking is fun.

Unlike my last milestone blog, I don't have any shoutouts. But if you've seen me around and acknowledged me, thank you.

Oh yeah, and having a corsair as my portrait feels awesome. But I won't know the feeling till I post this, so here we go!

*
FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Bans for the ban gods!
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 01:06 GMT
#2
Oops.

Not 100th post. 1000th post. Darn keyboard.
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CyDe
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1010 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-28 01:39:57
March 28 2012 01:27 GMT
#3
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.

Congratulations though

EDIT: Wait, are you in college or in high school?
youtube.com/GamingCyDe-- My totally abandoned youtube channel that I might revisit at some point
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 01:51 GMT
#4
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.

Congratulations though

EDIT: Wait, are you in college or in high school?


High school. A freshman actually.
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Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11370 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-28 02:16:35
March 28 2012 02:14 GMT
#5
Fixed it for you. I was going to say, 100 posts? They're celebrating everything now.

Congrats by the way.
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Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-28 02:18:16
March 28 2012 02:15 GMT
#6
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.


You're thinking of polyphasic sleep. And OP, you're not "training yourself to be an insomniac", you're training yourself to wake up earlier. Imsomia means you are unable to fall asleep when tired, and isn't really a goal you'd strive for.

Edit:
On March 28 2012 10:01 Praetorial wrote:
Oh yeah, and having a corsair as my portrait feels awesome. But I won't know the feeling till I post this, so here we go!


Interesting. I was under the impression that the table of "X posts with race Y gives you Z portrait" wasn't freely available data...
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
March 28 2012 02:29 GMT
#7
Haha nice op fix : ) gratz on 1k sir!
Greed leads to just about all losses.
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 02:32 GMT
#8
On March 28 2012 11:15 Iranon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.


You're thinking of polyphasic sleep. And OP, you're not "training yourself to be an insomniac", you're training yourself to wake up earlier. Imsomia means you are unable to fall asleep when tired, and isn't really a goal you'd strive for.

Edit:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2012 10:01 Praetorial wrote:
Oh yeah, and having a corsair as my portrait feels awesome. But I won't know the feeling till I post this, so here we go!


Interesting. I was under the impression that the table of "X posts with race Y gives you Z portrait" wasn't freely available data...


Thanks for the correction, and after lurking TL for five years, you tend to learn what portrait people get after a certain # of posts.
FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Bans for the ban gods!
Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
March 28 2012 03:09 GMT
#9
On March 28 2012 11:32 Praetorial wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2012 11:15 Iranon wrote:
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.


You're thinking of polyphasic sleep. And OP, you're not "training yourself to be an insomniac", you're training yourself to wake up earlier. Imsomia means you are unable to fall asleep when tired, and isn't really a goal you'd strive for.

Edit:
On March 28 2012 10:01 Praetorial wrote:
Oh yeah, and having a corsair as my portrait feels awesome. But I won't know the feeling till I post this, so here we go!


Interesting. I was under the impression that the table of "X posts with race Y gives you Z portrait" wasn't freely available data...


Thanks for the correction, and after lurking TL for five years, you tend to learn what portrait people get after a certain # of posts.


That's true. I guess I just never paid that much attention in my lurking phase. I just have hazy memories of the monkeys. We probably shouldn't be talking about this, I'm concerned they can hear us. Oh god, the monkeys can always hear us.
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
March 28 2012 03:24 GMT
#10
On March 28 2012 11:32 Praetorial wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2012 11:15 Iranon wrote:
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.


You're thinking of polyphasic sleep. And OP, you're not "training yourself to be an insomniac", you're training yourself to wake up earlier. Imsomia means you are unable to fall asleep when tired, and isn't really a goal you'd strive for.

Edit:
On March 28 2012 10:01 Praetorial wrote:
Oh yeah, and having a corsair as my portrait feels awesome. But I won't know the feeling till I post this, so here we go!


Interesting. I was under the impression that the table of "X posts with race Y gives you Z portrait" wasn't freely available data...


Thanks for the correction, and after lurking TL for five years, you tend to learn what portrait people get after a certain # of posts.


Don't say that too loudly, lest the wizard be around...
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TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
March 28 2012 03:42 GMT
#11
On March 28 2012 10:01 Praetorial wrote:
Team Liquid has displaced Reddit for me; I've finally cast it off for good.


Good for you, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery

And gratz on 1k.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
EchelonTee
Profile Joined February 2011
United States5251 Posts
March 28 2012 04:03 GMT
#12
Gz! I wish I had done a 1k post of some sorts, used it on a mafia post instead xp.
aka "neophyte". learn lots. dont judge. laugh for no reason. be nice. seek happiness. -D[9]
RezChi
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada2368 Posts
March 28 2012 05:17 GMT
#13
Yay another protoss that joins the club ;D
Serejai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
6007 Posts
March 28 2012 12:36 GMT
#14
DID SOMEONE SAY RANK ICONS?

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I HAVE 5 TOAST POINTS
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 15:24 GMT
#15
On March 28 2012 14:17 RezChi wrote:
Yay another protoss that joins the club ;D


The corsair is just so much cooler than the vulture and whatever zerg has that it wasn't even a choice.
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TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
March 28 2012 15:41 GMT
#16
On March 29 2012 00:24 Praetorial wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 28 2012 14:17 RezChi wrote:
Yay another protoss that joins the club ;D


The corsair is just so much cooler than the vulture and whatever zerg has that it wasn't even a choice.


Zerg level 3 icon is a Lurker.

Pro tip, the icon files are actually numbered.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
March 28 2012 15:43 GMT
#17
On March 28 2012 10:27 CyDe wrote:
I don't know exactly what it is called, but there is some sort of thang where you lower the amount of time that you sleep by sleeping in different blocks of time. They do it in a very extreme manner in the army when they are in a combat environment. You should really look into that, could help you stay healthIER and still get away with more time.


its called the Uberman Sleep Cycle. its a 20-minute nap every 4 hours every day, giving you 2h of sleep per day. its soooo hard to do. Ive tried to do the Dymaxion Cycle, which is a 30min nap every 6 hours every day, but i gave up because my body began to reject it.

So off topic, but either way, congrats! Though I've only posted >20 posts, I've been lurking TL for years, and hope that one day i have the focus and ability to make it to 1000. GRATZ!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
March 28 2012 20:53 GMT
#18
Okay, lurker is actually cooler, thanks Toast!
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