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A motivation blog for Terrans.

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NoctemSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States771 Posts
June 21 2012 01:22 GMT
#1
Hello TeamLiquid,

To start off this blog, I'd just like to say that this is in NO WAY a balance whine thread, the whole reason I've made this is purely motivational, I'm not going to be talking about the current state of balance, I've talked to quite a few Terran players who have been discouraged from playing lately and I'd like to try my hand at a motivational speech.

Now, to start this off, listen to this before reading, it will get you pumped and ready.


Times seem hard don't they my fellow Terran? Do not dispair, you may think you're in a rut, you see your rank plummeting, you're discouraged, you're and and most of all, your competitve spirit is starting to fade.

You can't quit and more importantly, you can't complain. Do not make excuses for yourself, you get knocked down? You don't complain and make excuses for getting knocked down, you get your ass off the ground and come back fighting even hard than before. You're better than that, as Carter says, "our deepest fear is not that we are weak, it is that we are powerful beyond measure" Live by this saying, breathe it, feel it in the very fiber of your being. You are just barely SCRATCHING the surface of your potential, do not let something block your sight of that. You CAN be better, you CAN win, you CAN make a name for yourself.

Instead of making excuses, get up and do something about It! You are not weak, you are not a coward and most of all, you are not someone who quits at the first sign of losing ground. You are a TERRAN, we expand and we conquer. People tell you that you're a whiner? Chances are, they're telling you that for good reason, so stop whining and do something about it.



An old song but it still gets me pumped.

-Noctem.

**
http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
June 21 2012 01:31 GMT
#2
Actually, I'm playing better than I ever have atm. Since tanking my rating in s4 to switch races (and then deciding not to switch race lol) I've been stuck in plat. Atm I'm rank 1 plat, playing and stomping high diamonds again and have gone 16-4 in over the last 2 days.

I found that during these hard times for terran players that I just have to play a little less standard and I can take wins easy. Hoping this is my rise to master league, atm I am playing very solid. I feel like everything from my macro to my micro have improved dramatically and I am actually getting better at SC2 again!
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
June 21 2012 01:32 GMT
#3
I play zerg. I hope all terrans feel like this. :D
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
NoctemSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States771 Posts
June 21 2012 01:34 GMT
#4
On June 21 2012 10:31 emythrel wrote:
Actually, I'm playing better than I ever have atm. Since tanking my rating in s4 to switch races (and then deciding not to switch race lol) I've been stuck in plat. Atm I'm rank 1 plat, playing and stomping high diamonds again and have gone 16-4 in over the last 2 days.

I found that during these hard times for terran players that I just have to play a little less standard and I can take wins easy. Hoping this is my rise to master league, atm I am playing very solid. I feel like everything from my macro to my micro have improved dramatically and I am actually getting better at SC2 again!


That's awesome man, I'm glad you're having success
http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times
Lokk
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada635 Posts
June 21 2012 01:53 GMT
#5
Not unbalanced just takes time to adjust....
@Lokk_2/Go Woori 우리
Fission
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1184 Posts
June 21 2012 03:56 GMT
#6
I just came back to the game after watching the Kespa invitationals. Every time I get frustrated, I look at how many games I've played in the day (usually less than 20) and think "What would Flash do?".


Flash would keep practicing, and so will I.


+ Show Spoiler +
Hugest flash fanboy here
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44116 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 04:17:37
June 21 2012 04:15 GMT
#7
This is my favorite motivational video:



Stay strong, to anyone thinking their race is too weak.

This one too. Blast this shit:

"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Fission
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1184 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 05:14:44
June 21 2012 04:56 GMT
#8
I fucking love it darkplasmaball

I'm gearing up to practice 6-8 hours a day to get into GM. I'm confident I can do it, even tho only 18% of gm is T atm or something. I'll be one of the 18% then.
Antylamon
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1981 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 05:49:26
June 21 2012 05:47 GMT
#9
Now that people are sharing motivational videos, time to share my personal favorite.

Anyways, I'm switching to Zerg anyways. I've always felt like the Swarm mentality fit my style better, especially because of fast units. I just sucked too much at ZvZ to get motivated before. I tried to switch before in around season 2/3 btw.
Angel_
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1617 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 05:57:35
June 21 2012 05:57 GMT
#10
I thought about writing one of these from the perspective of a drill sergeant talking to his de-motivated, sad, shitty recruits. I then realized I simply cannot.

I feel like a lot of terran have stopped thinking about WHY terran play like they do (in a helpful way), and have really fallen into a "I 1 rax expo into 2 medivac stim push because it's good", and have forgotten the WHY it's why, and WHEN it's good, or a lot of them are/were players that just knew it was good because it was working and people told them to, and it was good solely because they learned a build/their macro was better than their opponents and stim/medivacs will actually carry a lot of gaps. or, same thing with 1 1 1, or tank marine pushes, or 2 base tank medivac marine pushes.

In short, I feel like a lot of terran specifically have forgotten why they do what they do and have fallen into automatic, monotony and are now complaining because they don't realize how much adaptability they've lost sight of. So um. cheer up other terrans and go to war!
Cramsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1100 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 07:43:31
June 21 2012 07:42 GMT
#11
When my games look like this;
http://i.imgur.com/s0QTh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gQXYA.jpg

I'm just leaving games as soon as it hits 20 minutes. I couldn't be more de motivated right now. I can't micro or macro like the pros so I'm just stuck in diamond/plat. I can't see my self getting better because I have no idea what else to do
"give me 20 minutes and I'll make them quiet" - MVP
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
June 21 2012 09:48 GMT
#12
I thought statistically terran was still the most succesful race or am I dead wrong there?
Angel_
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1617 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-21 11:58:21
June 21 2012 11:33 GMT
#13
On June 21 2012 18:48 B.I.G. wrote:
I thought statistically terran was still the most succesful race or am I dead wrong there?


ask yourself a serious question: what does that do for literally everyone else, and is that in any way, shape or form indicative of anything below the absolute top level of players?
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
June 21 2012 11:50 GMT
#14
I mean if Ray Lewis is telling me to do it, I guess I kinda have to
Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
June 21 2012 12:28 GMT
#15
Or be like me, switch to Zerg
HeeroFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2704 Posts
June 21 2012 12:40 GMT
#16
I just play the game, I want my Nova icon. But I may switch in HOTS, I think I will play Random to see if I like the other races at first.
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
June 21 2012 15:47 GMT
#17
as an update to my earlier post in this thread... after stomping 17-4 over the last 3 days, I played 1 game today and got my promotion back to rank6 diamond.... master league next ;p
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
NoctemSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States771 Posts
June 21 2012 23:17 GMT
#18
o.O did not expect so many replies.
Stay strong and remember, never make excuses!
http://www.twitch.tv/noctemsc <--Most epic fun times
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
June 21 2012 23:18 GMT
#19
These are dark times my friend Terrans need all the motivation they can get.
PiGStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia987 Posts
June 22 2012 09:32 GMT
#20
i like this blog. If you want to succeed gotta take life by the balls
Progamerwww.twitch.tv/x5_pig | pigrandom88@gmail.com | @x5_PiG | www.facebook.com/pigSC2
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