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Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
August 03 2012 05:33 GMT
#1
What I’ve personally learned from Teamliquid.net in 5k posts

Firstly, congratulations to Suppy for Advancing into the Asus ROG second group stage. His group is brutal, but I’m sure he’ll get out :DD

I think frustration and ignorance characterized many of my posts to blogs. I wrote the parent rage blogs in an attempt to vent what I saw to be a huge injustice, my abuse by super authoritarian parents.

Yet I think after over ten of these blogs what I most learned was there is much to learn, and I was often in the wrong. Even though my parents might have propagated a poor reaction, it was my poor reaction, and I myself should have controlled my reaction.

1) Although my family lives a rather conservative, and boring on the whole way, as Chill aptly pointed out, who the hell am I to determine it. In a short period of time I’ll have more of a say in what occurs, and after my recent surgery I further realized how much of this was actually due to my health issues. Though it is in no way my fault that I had these issues, my parents reaction was to devote all resources to treating it, and attempting to ensure my success, no matter how embarrassing or counterintuitive it may be.

2) Simply stating that improvement should come will rarely yield it. While I repeatedly woed my academic failures, and at times tried to shift responsibility away from myself. I’ve suffered from Deep Procrastination. I simply didn’t want to do anything, and put it off. Then I did it poorly, I did poorly, I hated it, etc. I still haven’t really addressed these problems, but I do need to when I finally reach college. At that point, it is nobody’s fault but my own.

3) Either try to do things, or don’t. Much of what I did in blogs was complain about activities I knew I would like to do, never really asked to do, and then never did. Then I felt terrible because I never did them. As stupid as this sounds, it is a tendency I’m sure a fair few people have. I almost wanted to be able to blame my parents for not being able to do it, as I was almost scared of having more responsibility.

4) I thought I knew a lot more than I did. I seemed to think that I knew how to parent, and how scarring it would be. In some ways, if I did more of what they said I might be in a marginally better position. If I had had the guts to really challenge them, and discuss it, there might be differences. It is extremely hard to determine how exactly they should do things, but they were far from abusive. Although they were very strict, and really didn’t care how most of the community or my friends parents operated, in many ways an ability to simply operate by your own ethics and guidelines is extremely important to have. While I still disagree with the actions that were taken, many posts (Chill again…) were quick to rip into my short term stupidity. While I tried to defend myself at the time, they really were insightful, and attempted to bring me back down to earth.

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Chill looking at one of my more misinformed posts

5) The ability to vent really helped me keep it together. Teenage angst and all, I don’t know what I would have done without the support, the questions which inevitably asked if I was Asian, sharp critical and apt comments from some remarkable figures. Furthermore, my blogging to a certain degree further imbedded me in the TeamLiquid community, and the SC scene as a whole.

A couple of plugs.
I’m @Froadac on twitter, and I should be attending the IGN event in San Francisco. You can recognize me by my 5’4” height, and a fairly fresh looking scar on my neck


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Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
August 03 2012 06:49 GMT
#2
I don't have anything to say on topic. I enjoyed reading your blog though. But I'm posting because I hadn't read any of your blogs and through this one I stumbled on your typewriter rant. I had a good chuckle on finding that you were in fact, totally serious, and had typed it with a type writer.

Ah well, sorry I don't have anything more to add. Glad your doing okay post op.
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
August 03 2012 06:57 GMT
#3
On August 03 2012 15:49 Probe1 wrote:
I don't have anything to say on topic. I enjoyed reading your blog though. But I'm posting because I hadn't read any of your blogs and through this one I stumbled on your typewriter rant. I had a good chuckle on finding that you were in fact, totally serious, and had typed it with a type writer.

Ah well, sorry I don't have anything more to add. Glad your doing okay post op.

Thanks a lot. Yeah, typewriters feel srs.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
August 03 2012 08:25 GMT
#4
JangbiProbe's sentiments are echoed Cool to see you're up and running after your operation as well.

Didn't read all of your blogs but I went back and read some of the parent rage blogs I missed, and yeah, it's awesome to see how you've grown and whatnot from being a member of TL. #1 community, hands down~ reflection and introspection are good skills toi have ^^

Speaking of good skills toi have, mildly surprised but happy for Idra that he advanced. I'm not hugely anti or pro Idra, but it's good to see him do well. Honestly it will be a miracle if Suppy manages to get out of his group lol. At this point I hope MC advances (duh), but it would definitely be seriously cool if Suppy advances. I do like Hero though keke.
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
August 03 2012 09:29 GMT
#5
Good luck in all things in the future, and hopefully your 10k post doesn't echo the "mostly in the wrong" part of this one.

Although, really, I think one of the most important things to learn in life is that we are often wrong and that's neither good nor bad. It just is. It is an opportunity to learn, and we all know a lot less than we think we do. (And even the stuff we do know may be suspect.)

Also, too much Chill. I need to go put on a jacket.
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25551 Posts
August 03 2012 17:10 GMT
#6
Congrats on the 5k posts! TL is a great place and has taught me a lot. i'm glad you enjoy it here
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9153 Posts
August 03 2012 18:39 GMT
#7
On August 03 2012 14:33 Froadac wrote:
I’m @Froadac on twitter, and I should be attending the IGN event in San Francisco. You can recognize me by my 5’4” height, and a fairly fresh looking scar on my neck


Hey, I'll probably see you there then. Look for people with cameras with large things sticking out of them near the front.
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
August 03 2012 23:39 GMT
#8
On August 04 2012 03:39 itsjustatank wrote:
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On August 03 2012 14:33 Froadac wrote:
I’m @Froadac on twitter, and I should be attending the IGN event in San Francisco. You can recognize me by my 5’4” height, and a fairly fresh looking scar on my neck


Hey, I'll probably see you there then. Look for people with cameras with large things sticking out of them near the front.

I'll also be identifiable by a t2i with either a 18-55 of 50mm
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