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The year was 2010. The date July 18th. I'm on my way to a new apartment after having just graduated last month and in another month's time, I'm going to be unemployed. I was depressed.
Now in the past, I always cushioned the blow of shitty times through retail therapy. Some people have clothes - I had video games. When my girlfriend moved to New York, I bought a Playstation 2. On the New Year after I graduated high-school I was feeling bummed, and Metal Gear Solid got me through it. Super Mario Bros. 2, Spy Hunter, Contra, Life Force, Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Mappy Quest. So many games to get me through some hard times.
So in late July of 2010, I bought Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. Correction, I bought a laptop that I couldn't afford so I could play Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty.
(transition)
1998 was my first year out of high-school. I was young and lost, and trying to get out of my house. I made friends with another gamer from high-school, once rival turned friend after graduation. He was into Final Fantasy VII. I played Half-Life.
Then he introduced me to the original Starcraft. I ran out and bought a new copy and barely played it. I was intimidated, afraid I was too stupid to play the game, especially online against other people. My cousin remarks that Starcraft 2 is the hardest game he'd ever played. A woman once remarked that in describing Starcraft 2 as an "intergalactic, strategy game for the computer," I raised a series of red flags that go off when she's sizing up men.
While I never played the original Starcraft: Brood War seriously (he says flame-shielding himself), I regretted not doing so after playing the sequel.
This blog serves to entertain and enlighten both avid fansof the game, as well as total noobs who know nothing about Starcraft. You're maybe reading this and thinking, nah, I have no interest in this kind of thing. Cool. But to the other person who has maybe been morbidly curious, I entreat you to get a copy or try it at a friend's house where you'll either get bored or frustrated or both, giving up on it for all time in favor of games more pleasant and easier like Angry Birds or Farmville or League of Legends. Or relationships.
Or maybe, just maybe, you'll have the talent and the interest and the focus. You'll be awesome and quit your day job for the dream of going pro, never to see your friends ever again.
And that's what I'm here to talk about...addiction. It destroys lives.
Just kidding. I'm here to talk about Starcraft. And addiction. And how it almost killed me. And how it also kind of saved my life.
But enough of that sentimental, happy crappy stuff. This is the end of my introduction. In the next post, we'll talk about why Starcraft is awesome, so awesome that some people end up addicted to it.
 
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Just kidding. I'm here to talk about Starcraft. And addiction. And how it almost killed me. And how it also kind of saved my life.
But enough of that sentimental, happy crappy stuff. This is the end of my introduction. In the next post, we'll talk about why Starcraft is awesome, so awesome that some people end up addicted to it.
So is WOW... Just sayin
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I'm just getting warmed up people...I'll be expanding on this idea. Don't you worry. And this is going to be a blog mostly dedicated to noobs. I'm actually cross-posting all of this stuff on another blog site.
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People getting addicted to Starcraft doesn't sound awfully interesting. If they're prone to addiction, they might get addicted to Starcraft, or anything else.
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rated it a 5/5 just letting you know. You did put work into the op for a blog.
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On October 26 2012 02:43 HaRuHi wrote:
Just no.
i disagree with your "just no." I read TeamLiquid Blogs pretty regularly and I don't mind stuff like this.. so OP has at least one potential reader.
@ OP Personally I find your attitude toward starcfrat to be defeatist. I mean you are blaming a game for "everything" you had.. It seems to me some of this must be your fault. Also, it is much easier to say what you would like to talk about than to actually flesh out the ideas. I wonder if you will actually have much to say on the topics you intend to discuss or if it just feels like those are things you want to talk about.
Good luck
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Just to clarify, the title of the blog is a bit more tongue-and-cheek. For example, yes, I will be talking in the next post about SC addiction, but it’s really just a frame to talk about SC’s history a la Wikipedia but with more entertainment. I’m really starting this blog for my friends who don’t get my love of SC.
Then I thought, why limit it to that. I can turn this into a blog that’s a bit more humorous but also have some SC2-culture analysis and critique of the game both for insiders and people new to the game, both within the games purview and also why it might be significant to non-SC2 fans. The overall goal is to educate the noobs and entertain the fans and to enlighten all. And to have fun.
Anyways…thanks for ruining the surprise 
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That ain't addiction man. You ever suck some dick for some Starcraft?
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On October 26 2012 03:29 QuanticHawk wrote:
That ain't addiction man. You ever suck some dick for some Starcraft?
Rock bottom isn't the same for everyone.
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I don't think you become addicted to something because it is awesome. Whether it is drugs, sex, games, gambling or running, the underlying reason seems always to be that you are dissatisfied with your life and you've found something sufficiently distracting to stop you from thinking about it. Of course there are physiological factors with some addictions, which tend to train you through withdrawal not to quit, but if we are just talking about games... Don't blame the game. It's what I'd call a periphery factor. It could be a lot of things, and it's interchangeable. Many people hop from one addiction to another, just replacing something they did too much with another thing. If you want to fix the problem, it's not just a matter of not participating in your addiction anymore, it's a matter of fixing your life so that you are happy with it and don't need to escape from it. Not always easy, but that's basically the bottom line.
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On October 26 2012 03:29 QuanticHawk wrote:
That ain't addiction man. You ever suck some dick for some Starcraft?
Lord. The better part of me doesn't want to hear this story.... But I'm far too intrigued to say "no." >_<
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