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Youth, Dreams, and Everything In Between. - Page 13

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IsKas
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada23 Posts
August 29 2012 16:17 GMT
#241
ugh I wanted to read it too :[
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10095 Posts
August 29 2012 16:21 GMT
#242
On August 30 2012 01:17 IsKas wrote:
ugh I wanted to read it too :[


me too
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
OceanLab
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France505 Posts
August 29 2012 16:52 GMT
#243
so sad I postponed reading this
Liquid through and through
STY
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-29 19:35:32
August 29 2012 19:32 GMT
#244
So why is this in the spot light and it's deleted an cant read it ?
Kznn
Profile Joined March 2011
Brazil9072 Posts
August 29 2012 20:00 GMT
#245
oh wow.
I really wanted to read that.
antiq
Profile Joined June 2008
Slovakia191 Posts
August 29 2012 21:54 GMT
#246
Google cache newbs. But don't abuse it! There was a reason I would think. PM Pu.
Thereisnosaurus
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1822 Posts
August 29 2012 22:36 GMT
#247
At first I thought this was incredibly meta.

Like

youth, dreams and everything in between ultimately means nothing, this is one of the great truths and tragedies of life.


And everyone understood it! such brilliance!

Then the last few pages people commented that there was actually more than a dash there at some point
Poisonous Sheep counter Hydras
Priapus
Profile Joined March 2009
United States36 Posts
August 29 2012 23:17 GMT
#248
Was he asked to remove this or did he do it for some reason? Man I have been talking about this post with everyoine and was really relating a lot. Wish I had saved it now...
phantastron
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada21 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-29 23:27:45
August 29 2012 23:26 GMT
#249
rofl am i the only one that has this copy and pasted?

kekekeke
안녕하세요
Sliponza
Profile Joined April 2011
France6 Posts
August 29 2012 23:53 GMT
#250
Hey.

If you want it to be deleted, it's fine.

But let me thank you for writing this.
"Learn lots. Don't judge. Laugh for no reason. Be nice. Seek happiness." - Day[J]
jinisnotmyname
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
43 Posts
August 30 2012 00:57 GMT
#251
You're story inspired and moved me as well as thousands of others. I hope you find solace in that fact alone.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
August 30 2012 03:17 GMT
#252
why did you delete it??? (((
User was warned for too many mimes.
twomong3r
Profile Joined September 2011
United States36 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-30 03:22:45
August 30 2012 03:21 GMT
#253
The OP's dream of becoming a pro SC player and all the work he put in towards it was really inspirational and changed the way I try to follow my own dreams.

On August 30 2012 08:17 Priapus wrote:
Was he asked to remove this or did he do it for some reason? Man I have been talking about this post with everyoine and was really relating a lot. Wish I had saved it now...


This may have been the reason why he deleted all his posts. The "video games are for losers" mentality spewed by this poster completely missed the point of the blog and mocked the dream that the OP spent much of his youth trying to achieve.

On August 29 2012 18:53 pubbanana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2012 10:59 rogzardo wrote:
I have lol'd myself to sleep that so many people are 'deeply moved' by this.

It's a god damn video game. This dude actually left his house to go meet girls and go to parties. He made the right decision. If he had stayed in his apartment, by himself, playing starcraft all day, then he'd have a real reason to lament broken dreams and a wasted youth.


Now everyone can enjoy your perspective.



RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
August 30 2012 03:39 GMT
#254
On August 29 2012 18:53 pubbanana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 29 2012 10:59 rogzardo wrote:
I have lol'd myself to sleep that so many people are 'deeply moved' by this.

It's a god damn video game. This dude actually left his house to go meet girls and go to parties. He made the right decision. If he had stayed in his apartment, by himself, playing starcraft all day, then he'd have a real reason to lament broken dreams and a wasted youth.


Now everyone can enjoy your perspective.


Don't let one person get to you, I read most of the comments and wanted to read it :/
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
August 30 2012 12:34 GMT
#255

I'm sorry for deleting it, everyone. It's been a crazy few days for all of us here in the community. When I read what that fucking animal wrote about how "it's a goddamn video game", it sent me into a blind rage and I was wrong for deleting it because, in a way, I was taking it out on all of you instead of just that one individual.

Sadness and anger are never more than an arm's length apart.

I posted it back, by the way.
Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
meteorskunk
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada546 Posts
August 30 2012 13:07 GMT
#256
On August 30 2012 21:34 pubbanana wrote:

I'm sorry for deleting it, everyone. It's been a crazy few days for all of us here in the community. When I read what that fucking animal wrote about how "it's a goddamn video game", it sent me into a blind rage and I was wrong for deleting it because, in a way, I was taking it out on all of you instead of just that one individual.

Sadness and anger are never more than an arm's length apart.

I posted it back, by the way.


It is so apparent through your emotionally charged language that broodwar is much more to you than just a game, and it is to me too. i truly relate to the part where you say "it makes it easier to navigate my life". It is so comforting to mix onesself with the lights and electronic fervour that come to life in a VOD. And to know as well that all of this excitement is a video game, one of the best things on earth to a young person( usual male) of our generation. To appreciate true mastery and realize you can work towards that and have fun at the same time! what an opportunity!

I remember the first night i moved to a city away from my family for the first time and when i needed comfort i tried to find my bearings with broodwar. The same thing happened to me when i got too stoned one night, i tried to get to something that i know i can trust.. that was broodwar.

The truth IS just a game. I have heard a worker from blizzard say "we never anticipated stuff like hot key cycling." That does not change that Korea and the competitive scene made it into much more than a game. It became a way of life, a dream. In my opinion, it ought to be separate from real life. If you read the post clearly, its not about starcraft, its about a young man learning how to follow a dream and grow from it.

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norad2
Profile Joined July 2010
United States10 Posts
August 30 2012 20:24 GMT
#257
Thank you for sharing this part of you
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-30 20:28:20
August 30 2012 20:28 GMT
#258
Actually, I think most of us know.
rogzardo
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
610 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-30 22:20:13
August 30 2012 22:16 GMT
#259
Truth hurts? It IS a video game. No matter how significant it is to you doesn't change that.

I praised you for getting out of your apartment, being social, and generally living a healthy life. Obsessions and dreams are great, and we all watch ours fade as we get older and realize we won't attain them. The difference for you is, now you've also developed as a person, learned social skills, and experienced a broader view of life.

Think how shitty it would be if you hadn't done that, and had stayed home, alone, playing starcraft all day. Odds are you'd know a lot less about yourself, would have missed out on ever having a hope of having a healthy romantic relationship, and would be further behind on whatever career path you're currently on.

There is no inherent good in video games other than they are entertaining.

EDIT: And this is coming from somebody who plays a shit ton of starcraft.
pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
August 31 2012 01:53 GMT
#260
On August 31 2012 07:16 rogzardo wrote:
Truth hurts? It IS a video game. No matter how significant it is to you doesn't change that.


And your parents are just a bunch of molecules with a wet hole in the middle. How significant they are to YOU doesn't change that.

Can all of you SC2 reductionist idiots just stop posting in this blog? Thank you.

Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
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