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This morning I had a dental appointment early in the morning. As I was waiting in the lobby, I was bored of waiting and I had my smartphone, so I went on TL. I browse TL from my phone, my PC, and my laptop. On my laptop and PC, my accounts are signed out but on my phone, I was still logged in. I was so used to seeing the (banned) sign right next to my account name in the top left that I had to look twice. Suffice to say, now instead of sleeping for an hour before I have to pick my brother up, I am going to be blogging a bit 
I think the most important thing after the introduction should be my apology. Who am I apologizing too? The community. When I got banned, after my initial 5 minutes of wtf then another minute of anger, I decided to find out what makes a quality poster and how I can contribute to the community. My original idea was that I would give back to TL by creating some Terran instructional in depth tutorials of creative idea's that came to me during laddering or analysis of a gom code s vod or replay. I mean there is so much stuff that can be done in 90 days, thats almost 3 months, or a quarter of a year of someone's life.
Even though I could no longer post on TL, I still browsed it from time to time. The only difference was that the multiple times a day I visited TL became multiple times a week. Then about a week ago, I pre-ordered hots on amazon and got a beta key! Currently in platinum right now with about 50 games, I have explored all of the new units except for the zerg mid-late game units because I either win or lose before hive tech LOL
Terran HOTS Thoughts
Terran as a race has been given a HUGE "tech upgrade". I mean that because instead of bio balls, you can make massive mech balls. Terran mech is now a threat and I am excited about it
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TvT
This is the matchup that I have played the most because it's what pops up on matchmaking (love the new interface btw). It seems that expanding behind widow mines makes it almost impossible to apply pressure. The other tvt opening is the reaper opening (have NOT done anything regarding reapers except kill them so I will not say anything about them). I am loving widow mines though. They are like a heavier cannon-turret that can be moved around as well. It lets you transition easy into siege tanks mid game and that sets you up to play a very solid macro game regarding mech. The map sizes sorta favor this kind of play too.
TvP
This is my favorite matchup. I have a couple macro builds and a couple of pressure builds as well. I like to widow mine expand. Then I make a starport and do some widow mine harassment (only make 1 medivac), then switch into siege tank production, take a third, and start +1 +1 This is a pretty solid anti-cheese macro style that I enjoy using. It gives you a great ground based army of siege tanks, you have widow mines and marines to prevent early game aggression, AND you have a starport already made so that you can transition into reactor/2nd starport vikings against any tempest switch as long as you scout it fast enough.
I don't like the tempests...One mistake I made during a tvp was to sit back and let this guy max out on tempests. He had like 25 of them on 6 bases. I learned the hard way that mass vikings don't beat that LOL I am gonna be looking around for a kind of late game army based on ghosts/vikings/siege tanks/thors. I think ghosts play a pivotal role in this matchup, but the skill level to execute ghost usage properly along with a mech army is something that I am still getting used to.
TvZ I like to mech. But in tvz, I like to do a hellion expand and then pressure. The fact of the matter is that with the addition of spider mines, it is stupid easy to hold any early aggression. Here is an example. I will do a widow mine expand, but instead of making widow mines I make hellions, get a reactor and a 2nd factory so that I am making 3 hellions at a time. Then I just harass the fuck out of the zerg, its very micro intensive style. If the zerg tries to make roaches to counter the hellions, you just make a round of mines and you can hold just about any counter attack....lol Free pressure with defense to fall back on? Hell I could probably even be greedier by getting +1 +1 started AND starting my third before I start siege tank production and do some sort of powerful 3 base +2 +2 timing attack or something, but I haven't played enough to know the specifics other than broad ideas like that
I DID have some pictures of myself, but they are on my phone and I cannot seem to get them OFF of my phone for the moment..can't navigate through the stupid folder system...here is what I have to share though.
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There are a lot of things that I have learned. One of those things is that the more you learn, the more you find out that there is SO MUCH MORE to learn. I decided that I am not going to pursue a career in the medical field. After this first semester at college, I do NOT have good enough study methods nor the discipline to go to med school either. So that's what my parents originally wanted me to do...but what I really want to do is to do something like being an accountant and get a degree in business/finance/administration. I am taking the classes that I WANT to take because I enjoy the subjects and learning about them.
I also made an almost 360 circle in my social life too. In a pool of desperation filled with pessimism and wreaking of failure, I was doing this all wrong. If I didn't like to hang out with my "friends", why keep those friends if they don't make me happy right? A lot of people would come up to me and mooch off of me such as free hits of weed or wanting a beer or just something small like that. It isn't bothersome, but when it starts happening 2-3 times a day, something needs to be done.
I am a nice person in general. If I have excess of something, I don't feel bad about sharing it because I have more than enough for my needs so why should I horde it when I can make other people happy by sharing with them? Well turns out not everyone sees it that way. Some people really did take advantage of my kindness. I was even aware when I started this "relationships" with these people and I really wondered if they WOULD take advantage of my kindness or not. Turns out they did. Now I don't talk to them because they are honestly douchebags and assholes. I mean at one point they would just ask for something then leave without even saying thanks or bye. True friends right?
That sort of left me with...not a lot. I lied to myself for a really long time that these people were actually my friends and that I liked to hang out with them because they were cool people. Now that my disillusion was broken, I kind of felt stupid for even putting up with this for a whole semester..
I was going down a self-destructive path which I am glad I am not on anymore. Without all these people who I thought were my friends, my next step was to find out who really was my friend and who wasn't; who I wanted to be friends with and who I didn't. Well, since pretty much all the above friends^ were male and partiers. I sort of find it a bit excessive to go out EVERY WEEKEND and spend EVERY WEEKEND drinking and basically doing the same thing, getting really fucked up and acting like a fucked up person and then spending all of their money to get fucked up even more. So, what did that leave me with? Well now I was pretty much left with just my female friends. After spending more time with females than males, I had another realization (ya i have a fuck ton of these). What differentiates a female friend from a male friend and a female friend from a girl friend?
Well, I honestly don't think there is any difference in female friends vs male friends except that I find females tend to take their hygiene a BIT more seriously than males. Between a female friend and a girl friend, I just have to say that a girl friend is someone you spend more time with than a regular friend. You are not life partners together, but you choose, for the moment, to walk the same path in life. together. You want to spend time with them because of who they are, not because of physical qualities or materialistic possessions such as how rich they are. In general in healthy relationships, these feelings are reciprocated back because they enjoy spending time with you just as much you do with them (win win situation).
Why was I so afraid for so long from denying myself happiness? I can't be mad with the outcome or why I was on this self destructive process for so long. I can only look on to the future with anticipation, hope, and confidence because the future is, after all, unpredictable.
  
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I used to call you Soar, like SoR, as if you were not yet worthy of your full alias. Now, in my mind you are knighted StateOfReverie. You are born to the new phase!
I sincerely enjoy getting to know you through your blogs. I enjoyed reading your writing about Heart of the Swarm tactics and all of it really.
I especially like where you explain what a female friend is. That is very important to me because i have gone sweet on a loyal female friend of mine. I found psychic dissonance because it felt unfair to do that to a friend. Here I have learned that friendship is deeper than what I thought was romantic love.
I happened to be listening to a song I have never heard when i read it. It really fit the mood. The sonic image of someone who seeks Reverie with all his will. (in the spoiler if someones interested) + Show Spoiler +
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On November 22 2012 01:06 meteorskunk wrote: I used to call you Soar, like SoR, as if you were not yet worthy of your full alias. Now, in my mind you are knighted StateOfReverie. You are born to the new phase! I sincerely enjoy getting to know you through your blogs. I enjoyed reading your writing about Heart of the Swarm tactics and all of it really. I especially like where you explain what a female friend is. That is very important to me because i have gone sweet on a loyal female friend of mine. I found psychic dissonance because it felt unfair to do that to a friend. Here I have learned that friendship is deeper than what I thought was romantic love. I happened to be listening to a song I have never heard when i read it. It really fit the mood. The sonic image of someone who seeks Reverie with all his will. (in the spoiler if someones interested) + Show Spoiler +
My hots handle is actually SoR because StateofReverie didnt fit LOL
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Nice blog yo. Female friends are fun to have for a period, in my opinion. They have given me a sweet friendship that was filled with fun and all, but a common happening was misinterpretations of signals. One of the pieces in the two-piece puzzle called friendship just started thinking he or she has a chance, and it was an easy way to friendship destruction. I mean, I really don't give a fuck if she's okay, but people in general find it awkward to forget the past and continue forward.
(I also have a tendency to take some jokes a little seriously, and my mental eruption turns into a small war which ends with a draw and a lost friend for both sides (This also happens when someone's attracted to me and I don't notice anything, for some reason (No, this is confirmed after the happening, I'm not a cocky douche, just an awkward nerd)))
Besides, they are so touchy touchy. :<
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Darn it, your old blogs were a lot more fun. I hate it when people grow up.
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With how many of these female friends do you currently desire to procreate?
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On November 22 2012 02:16 Tommie wrote:
Darn it, your old blogs were a lot more fun. I hate it when people grow up.
It's only been a month, and he's bemoaning how his generosity hurts him. I would expect a return to form shortly.
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On November 22 2012 03:39 marttorn wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 02:16 Tommie wrote:
Darn it, your old blogs were a lot more fun. I hate it when people grow up. It's only been a month, and he's bemoaning how his generosity hurts him. I would expect a return to form shortly.
You don't think change can happen in a month?
On November 22 2012 03:06 farvacola wrote:
With how many of these female friends do you currently desire to procreate?
4/5
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Hi SoR. I'd say it's nice to see you back, but with EA gone, now I can't make jokes about you being the same person.
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For a minute there I actually thought he made a blog without mentioning "girl" or female. Then I did a CTRL + F to see a girl reference in his blog.
Welcome back! Also choose a university degree that you will truly enjoy. Obviously you'll regret it if you start taking core classes and hate every minute of it in a major you don't really want.
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On November 22 2012 04:21 StateofReverie wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 03:39 marttorn wrote:On November 22 2012 02:16 Tommie wrote:
Darn it, your old blogs were a lot more fun. I hate it when people grow up. It's only been a month, and he's bemoaning how his generosity hurts him. I would expect a return to form shortly. You don't think change can happen in a month? Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 03:06 farvacola wrote:
With how many of these female friends do you currently desire to procreate? 4/5
I don't think you can 'grow up' in a month. At least I wouldn't trust your ability to do so, based off of your previous blogs.
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On November 22 2012 04:21 StateofReverie wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 03:39 marttorn wrote:On November 22 2012 02:16 Tommie wrote:
Darn it, your old blogs were a lot more fun. I hate it when people grow up. It's only been a month, and he's bemoaning how his generosity hurts him. I would expect a return to form shortly. You don't think change can happen in a month? Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 03:06 farvacola wrote:
With how many of these female friends do you currently desire to procreate? 4/5
I fully expect the next blog post to be about how you used 3/4ths of a pie to lure those four girls into a fivesome in your room while the fifth girl masturbates furiously in envy of your skills.
No pressure though...
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Good to see you back, StateOfReverie! Hopefully you can lengthen the maturity you seem to have picked up and extend that to be permanent.
I won't comment on the SC section because I don't play.
There are a lot of things that I have learned. One of those things is that the more you learn, the more you find out that there is SO MUCH MORE to learn. I decided that I am not going to pursue a career in the medical field. After this first semester at college, I do NOT have good enough study methods nor the discipline to go to med school either. So that's what my parents originally wanted me to do...but what I really want to do is to do something like being an accountant and get a degree in business/finance/administration. I am taking the classes that I WANT to take because I enjoy the subjects and learning about them.
Definitely a step in the right direction. You don't want to be stuck in a faculty you hate just because your parents say you should. Plus, there is decent-good money in business and it doesn't take ~forever in school, so it's definitely a good alternative.There are quite a few kids in Engineering with me who are almost failing. They originally took it because their parents wanted them to. They never liked it, so they couldn't motivate themselves to do work. Now they feel like they're stuck because of all of the time they sunk into Engineering(where quite a few credits don't transfer). Good thing you realize earlier than they did.
I also made an almost 360 circle in my social life too. In a pool of desperation filled with pessimism and wreaking of failure, I was doing this all wrong. If I didn't like to hang out with my "friends", why keep those friends if they don't make me happy right? A lot of people would come up to me and mooch off of me such as free hits of weed or wanting a beer or just something small like that. It isn't bothersome, but when it starts happening 2-3 times a day, something needs to be done.
No offense, but from reading your earlier blogs I had also got this vibe. It's alright to be generous to a certain point, but once they come to expect it and they don't seriously need it, it's probably gone too far. For example, my friend often gives me rides to/from places, so much that I've come to expect it. While I do thank him every time(profusely), I haven't given him gas money in a while. If you're in that situation you probably should ask for gas money or stop letting me mooch off of you.
I am a nice person in general. If I have excess of something, I don't feel bad about sharing it because I have more than enough for my needs so why should I horde it when I can make other people happy by sharing with them? Well turns out not everyone sees it that way. Some people really did take advantage of my kindness. I was even aware when I started this "relationships" with these people and I really wondered if they WOULD take advantage of my kindness or not. Turns out they did. Now I don't talk to them because they are honestly douchebags and assholes. I mean at one point they would just ask for something then leave without even saying thanks or bye. True friends right?
That sort of left me with...not a lot. I lied to myself for a really long time that these people were actually my friends and that I liked to hang out with them because they were cool people. Now that my disillusion was broken, I kind of felt stupid for even putting up with this for a whole semester..
Don't worry, that happens to a lot of people first semester. Everyone wears plastic versions of themselves for the first while, and then eventually the true selves reveal themselves.
I was going down a self-destructive path which I am glad I am not on anymore. Without all these people who I thought were my friends, my next step was to find out who really was my friend and who wasn't; who I wanted to be friends with and who I didn't. Well, since pretty much all the above friends^ were male and partiers. I sort of find it a bit excessive to go out EVERY WEEKEND and spend EVERY WEEKEND drinking and basically doing the same thing, getting really fucked up and acting like a fucked up person and then spending all of their money to get fucked up even more. So, what did that leave me with? Well now I was pretty much left with just my female friends. After spending more time with females than males, I had another realization (ya i have a fuck ton of these). What differentiates a female friend from a male friend and a female friend from a girl friend?
Guy vs. girl friends serve different roles/purposes. You need some of both. Guy friends are great for broing out with, working out, etc. Girl friends are generally better emotional support and a lot more polite.
Well, I honestly don't think there is any difference in female friends vs male friends except that I find females tend to take their hygiene a BIT more seriously than males. Between a female friend and a girl friend, I just have to say that a girl friend is someone you spend more time with than a regular friend. You are not life partners together, but you choose, for the moment, to walk the same path in life. together. You want to spend time with them because of who they are, not because of physical qualities or materialistic possessions such as how rich they are. In general in healthy relationships, these feelings are reciprocated back because they enjoy spending time with you just as much you do with them (win win situation).
Why was I so afraid for so long from denying myself happiness? I can't be mad with the outcome or why I was on this self destructive process for so long. I can only look on to the future with anticipation, hope, and confidence because the future is, after all, unpredictable.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you really bought into the pushed American belief of partying/drug usage and materialism to bring yourself happiness.
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What happened? I used to be able to 1 star without even thinking.
My whole world is changing...
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On November 23 2012 13:51 WarSame wrote:Good to see you back, StateOfReverie! Hopefully you can lengthen the maturity you seem to have picked up and extend that to be permanent. I won't comment on the SC section because I don't play. Show nested quote +There are a lot of things that I have learned. One of those things is that the more you learn, the more you find out that there is SO MUCH MORE to learn. I decided that I am not going to pursue a career in the medical field. After this first semester at college, I do NOT have good enough study methods nor the discipline to go to med school either. So that's what my parents originally wanted me to do...but what I really want to do is to do something like being an accountant and get a degree in business/finance/administration. I am taking the classes that I WANT to take because I enjoy the subjects and learning about them. Definitely a step in the right direction. You don't want to be stuck in a faculty you hate just because your parents say you should. Plus, there is decent-good money in business and it doesn't take ~forever in school, so it's definitely a good alternative.There are quite a few kids in Engineering with me who are almost failing. They originally took it because their parents wanted them to. They never liked it, so they couldn't motivate themselves to do work. Now they feel like they're stuck because of all of the time they sunk into Engineering(where quite a few credits don't transfer). Good thing you realize earlier than they did. Show nested quote +I also made an almost 360 circle in my social life too. In a pool of desperation filled with pessimism and wreaking of failure, I was doing this all wrong. If I didn't like to hang out with my "friends", why keep those friends if they don't make me happy right? A lot of people would come up to me and mooch off of me such as free hits of weed or wanting a beer or just something small like that. It isn't bothersome, but when it starts happening 2-3 times a day, something needs to be done. No offense, but from reading your earlier blogs I had also got this vibe. It's alright to be generous to a certain point, but once they come to expect it and they don't seriously need it, it's probably gone too far. For example, my friend often gives me rides to/from places, so much that I've come to expect it. While I do thank him every time(profusely), I haven't given him gas money in a while. If you're in that situation you probably should ask for gas money or stop letting me mooch off of you. Show nested quote +I am a nice person in general. If I have excess of something, I don't feel bad about sharing it because I have more than enough for my needs so why should I horde it when I can make other people happy by sharing with them? Well turns out not everyone sees it that way. Some people really did take advantage of my kindness. I was even aware when I started this "relationships" with these people and I really wondered if they WOULD take advantage of my kindness or not. Turns out they did. Now I don't talk to them because they are honestly douchebags and assholes. I mean at one point they would just ask for something then leave without even saying thanks or bye. True friends right?
That sort of left me with...not a lot. I lied to myself for a really long time that these people were actually my friends and that I liked to hang out with them because they were cool people. Now that my disillusion was broken, I kind of felt stupid for even putting up with this for a whole semester.. Don't worry, that happens to a lot of people first semester. Everyone wears plastic versions of themselves for the first while, and then eventually the true selves reveal themselves. Show nested quote +I was going down a self-destructive path which I am glad I am not on anymore. Without all these people who I thought were my friends, my next step was to find out who really was my friend and who wasn't; who I wanted to be friends with and who I didn't. Well, since pretty much all the above friends^ were male and partiers. I sort of find it a bit excessive to go out EVERY WEEKEND and spend EVERY WEEKEND drinking and basically doing the same thing, getting really fucked up and acting like a fucked up person and then spending all of their money to get fucked up even more. So, what did that leave me with? Well now I was pretty much left with just my female friends. After spending more time with females than males, I had another realization (ya i have a fuck ton of these). What differentiates a female friend from a male friend and a female friend from a girl friend? Guy vs. girl friends serve different roles/purposes. You need some of both. Guy friends are great for broing out with, working out, etc. Girl friends are generally better emotional support and a lot more polite. Show nested quote +Well, I honestly don't think there is any difference in female friends vs male friends except that I find females tend to take their hygiene a BIT more seriously than males. Between a female friend and a girl friend, I just have to say that a girl friend is someone you spend more time with than a regular friend. You are not life partners together, but you choose, for the moment, to walk the same path in life. together. You want to spend time with them because of who they are, not because of physical qualities or materialistic possessions such as how rich they are. In general in healthy relationships, these feelings are reciprocated back because they enjoy spending time with you just as much you do with them (win win situation).
Why was I so afraid for so long from denying myself happiness? I can't be mad with the outcome or why I was on this self destructive process for so long. I can only look on to the future with anticipation, hope, and confidence because the future is, after all, unpredictable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you really bought into the pushed American belief of partying/drug usage and materialism to bring yourself happiness.
It's not that I was using that to create happiness on purpose, my parents just never let me be exposed to that kind of stuff so this was sort of a test run to see what that kind of lifestyle would lead to. I know a lot of people at my college where they just spend all their money on getting fucked up and I realized I don't want to go down that same path as them.
I do enjoy the better things in life, which usually cost money (200$ for a bottle of crystal LOL). I also realize that I need to find the RIGHT people to share these things with, otherwise the scenario of the lonely rich guy who uses money to buy friends comes to mind when I look at my future
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So have you been addressing your financial issues as well?
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On November 24 2012 12:10 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
So have you been addressing your financial issues as well?
yup. Gotta stop spending money on stupid shit. I sorta let myself get away with that coz hell, its my first semester of college and I'm allowed to live a little but now I gotta get serious and start making some long term solutions instead of temporary fixes
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On November 22 2012 05:31 Praetorial wrote:
Hi SoR. I'd say it's nice to see you back, but with EA gone, now I can't make jokes about you being the same person.
Oh yes you can
+ Show Spoiler +On November 22 2012 01:06 meteorskunk wrote: I used to call you Soar, like SoR, as if you were not yet worthy of your full alias. Now, in my mind you are knighted StateOfReverie. You are born to the new phase! I sincerely enjoy getting to know you through your blogs. I enjoyed reading your writing about Heart of the Swarm tactics and all of it really. I especially like where you explain what a female friend is. That is very important to me because i have gone sweet on a loyal female friend of mine. I found psychic dissonance because it felt unfair to do that to a friend. Here I have learned that friendship is deeper than what I thought was romantic love. I happened to be listening to a song I have never heard when i read it. It really fit the mood. The sonic image of someone who seeks Reverie with all his will. (in the spoiler if someones interested) + Show Spoiler +
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On November 24 2012 13:09 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On November 22 2012 05:31 Praetorial wrote:
Hi SoR. I'd say it's nice to see you back, but with EA gone, now I can't make jokes about you being the same person. Oh yes you can + Show Spoiler +On November 22 2012 01:06 meteorskunk wrote: I used to call you Soar, like SoR, as if you were not yet worthy of your full alias. Now, in my mind you are knighted StateOfReverie. You are born to the new phase! I sincerely enjoy getting to know you through your blogs. I enjoyed reading your writing about Heart of the Swarm tactics and all of it really. I especially like where you explain what a female friend is. That is very important to me because i have gone sweet on a loyal female friend of mine. I found psychic dissonance because it felt unfair to do that to a friend. Here I have learned that friendship is deeper than what I thought was romantic love. I happened to be listening to a song I have never heard when i read it. It really fit the mood. The sonic image of someone who seeks Reverie with all his will. (in the spoiler if someones interested) + Show Spoiler +
Hey. As a fellow blogger to another, if I may say superior blogger because you ARE a featured blogger, why do you post what you post in my blog posts? Isn't that below you?
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