Geoff, have you considered competing more casually and practicing fewer hours to give yourself more time to work on things like your Youtube channel/content outside of playing? Just a thought

HeeroFX

United States2704 Posts

November 20 2012 16:48 GMT

#322

Nice read. You may not be moving the Earth with your gameplay, but you move it in other ways. You have a great personality, and you are a good front man. I am glad EG has you on the team, and I am glad you are happy with what you are doing. Everyone should be happy with what they are doing. While I am kinda sad that you aren't showing great tournament results anymore because I honestly want a victory speech with you holding up a trophy, instead of a awkward korean smile lol.

Aterons_toss

Romania1275 Posts

November 20 2012 16:56 GMT

#323

I always hate over enthusiasm, than again you are a good caster/host in many ways, kinda like Artosis is... and hes the only caster I listen to nowadays. So GL casting in the future, we really need a second caster that knows how to play the game, in practice not only in his mind. ( guess Tasteless is that as well, and maybe Day, but those 2 are often play-by-play kinda guy )

waylanderm

Netherlands118 Posts

November 20 2012 18:04 GMT

#324

i hope you and your wife have an awesome wedding dude and i love your casting

eNtitY~

United States1293 Posts

November 20 2012 18:19 GMT

#325

Always been one of my favorite Pros, always will be, I hope your wedding & honeymoon are everything you want it to be.

QxGRockEr

United States191 Posts

November 20 2012 18:20 GMT

#326

I know i would never have played Starcraft if it wasn't for geoff! Reallly is so awesome to see how years of hard work and love for a game can turn into a never ending career.

MCXD

Australia2738 Posts

November 20 2012 19:20 GMT

#327

Thank you for sticking with us, Geoff! Good luck with everything!

DKM

Australia9 Posts

November 20 2012 20:11 GMT

#328

I like you and your casting.

But mate you are fucking kidding urself with "I am not a full time progamer".
Walking dogs, showering, eating, browsing the web, hanging with the missus, watching gsl, going to the gym is shit that working people can't even fit into a single day after work. Most people spend their entire lives at work and dream of coming home to do that stuff.

U have a ton of time, play more b4 ur wrists start to fuck up like mine.
GL mate

Innovation

United States284 Posts

November 20 2012 20:59 GMT

#329

You're the reason I discovered TL back when replays were introduced and became a good way of studying professional play. I was searching for replays of pro-games and stumbled upon the TL replay section. Nobody, and I mean nobody posted more replays than you and I always appreciated that because I could rely on the fact that every day there would be a great new set of replays supplied by you. Ultimately it has led to a 10 year love affair with the TL community. Even though I don't post much I have always benefited from the community and TL has basically become my home on the web. I have you to thank for that and I'll bet so do many other people.

Thanks for always being and continuing to be a top contributor and advocate for our community and I wish you the best in your life and your marriage. GL HF!

MrF

United States320 Posts

November 20 2012 21:15 GMT

#330

Well I suppose you may not read this but I think you are a great caster and personality, yes it's too bad you haven't had spectacular results in SC2 but really who has, a whole lot of Koreans and a handful of foreigners its a tough game and success or failure can be decided by the smallest of margins.

I can't imagine how hard it is to have to read all the hateful things people say, as with most, I care about what others think about me, sure lots of people will say they don't care but they do, it's human nature. So to have to read peoples small minded, petty and childish comments would be unbearable for me, I would probably just stick my head in the sand. Props for keeping yours up and staying in the spotlight despite the trolls.

Know this, however, for every person posting some trollish comment there are hundreds of people who are fans and support you, and the more haters you have the more successful you are, and vice versa.

Stay strong keep doing what you do and thank you for all the entertainment.

You da man!

PS grats on getting married all the other shit isn't really important when it comes down to it, being with people who make you happy is what really matters.

Qwyn

United States2781 Posts

November 20 2012 21:16 GMT

#331

Wow this was nice

. How did I just find this.

Go go iNcontroL! I'll never forget you <3.

RevaNKD

United States6 Posts

November 20 2012 21:17 GMT

#332

You are fantastic inControl. Definitely one of my favorite casters nowadays in a market over-saturated with either the monotonous or uninformed. You provide a high level commentary mixed with humor that never fails to make me laugh. I hope you continue what you are doing and don't let the trolls and assclowns get you down.

Thank you for your post and I look forward to watching your career in the future ^^

-The BuddhaZerg

Winterfell

United States170 Posts

November 20 2012 21:22 GMT

#333

Glad to hear you're still going strong! Keep up the good work. Your casting, your streaming, and your tournament presence all add up to a critical piece of EG and of our whole community.

Ignore those that envy your success so much they try to tear it down. Ignore those who define 'progamer' or 'success' as some pure function of current tournament results. Keep playing, keep casting, keep fighting.

iNcontrol Hwaiting!

HoLe

Canada183 Posts

November 20 2012 21:25 GMT

#334

Seems a bit dramatic for what it is. Everything said is essentially already public knowledge.

Very heartfelt though. Cheers, dude.

Danchou

Italy37 Posts

November 20 2012 21:56 GMT

#335

Beautiful article, thank you iNcontrol!

darthcaesar

United States475 Posts

November 20 2012 21:57 GMT

#336

The future is bright.

Surili

United Kingdom1141 Posts

November 20 2012 22:06 GMT

#337

Number 1 best guy in the starcraft community. No idea what there is to hate.

Tuxedo

United States134 Posts

November 20 2012 22:48 GMT

#338

I wish you luck good sir. You are hilarious, and you bring great content to this community, that is why I've always been a fan!

Noro

Canada991 Posts

November 20 2012 23:12 GMT

#339

I think the comments in here have said it all. But this was a great read. I haven't always agreed with your positions with some topic's/players (like you mentioned with Destiny etc.) but I've always respected you as a prominent member of the community.

You do a lot of good, and the community will be lucky to have you in the years to come. Thanks for all you do man, keep fighting. Good luck on your wedding!

FridgeLogic

Austria19 Posts

November 20 2012 23:16 GMT

#340

I always liked the content you put out, no matter whether as caster or host, as insightful, eloquent and fun personality in all the shows you take part in, or as one of the few streamers with decent music. You just keep going strong, Sir! And all the best for your marriage and honeymoon!

By the way: Even if you want to reduce the number of what you call 'brainfarts', please don't stop ranting or being cynical at times. You usually are able to do so in an very entertaining way