I know you were just joking about becoming low tier masters chef, but you really do underestimate how hard it gets past platinum. Lets imagine its something like this:

Bronze: You can put stuff in the microwave
Silver: You can boil water, use frying pan and the oven.
Gold: You can chop veggies and they are actually of the same size.
Platinum: You are well versed in different food cultures.
Diamond: You can create new delicious foods from any materials including intestines and exotic veggies.
Master: You can make cake castles at competitions.
Grandmaster: You are top200 chef in your continent.

Still feeling like you can become master in less than a year? And i'm talking about minimum requirements here.

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

January 01 2013 03:41 GMT

#25

Hahaha I love this ^

By this league scale I would be very happy to be top 8 plat by years end

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 01 2013 04:12 GMT

#26

I hope you do some writing, analysis in SC2 (:

KawaiiRice

United States2914 Posts

January 01 2013 06:38 GMT

#27

I forget a lot what its like to have fun because lings of liberty is so depressing. Playing ff9 last week was most fun I've had playing games in a while D;

Gl running bro

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

January 01 2013 09:49 GMT

#28

<3 I hope you'll still be coming to events because mafia just won't be the same without ya!

GoShox

United States1847 Posts

January 01 2013 20:23 GMT

#29

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=390936

I expect to see you there.

KingDime

Canada750 Posts

January 01 2013 23:45 GMT

#30

Good luck with your running goals Luckyfool! Sounds a bit like myself except that I am getting back into swimming rather than running.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

January 02 2013 01:04 GMT

#31

On January 01 2013 15:38 KawaiiRice wrote:
I forget a lot what its like to have fun because lings of liberty is so depressing. Playing ff9 last week was most fun I've had playing games in a while D;

Gl running bro

Well at least now you know how zergs felt for a lot of wings of liberty when it was hardcore terran/toss favored :D

a9arnn

United States1537 Posts

January 02 2013 06:07 GMT

#32

Good luck dude! For cooking, if you're ever looking for recipes at night and you can't get to a supermarket, may I suggest http://www.foodily.com/ because then you can look for things you have ingredients of and ignore things you don't have!

CatNzHat

United States1599 Posts

January 02 2013 07:18 GMT

#33

Cooking is a great thing to do, I do it every morning and every night of every day I'm at home.
Learning to cook is much less about gaining new skills or techniques, and more about consuming knowledge and concepts such as how to make a sauce thicken, or pan sear a steak. The rest is all about discipline, you have to pay attention and make sure everything is going according to plan, and if it's not, you have to react instantly or things will most likely turn bad quick :D

If cavemen could cook, then so can you!

I too lost interest in sc2, almost at the exact same time, happened somewhere between day1 and day2 of that MLG. I realized I just wasn't excited to see the matches. I also lost interest in playing, it started with moving into a new place and not having a desk setup so mechanically it wasn't enjoyable, but even after I lost that excuse I just didn't ever find myself playing. I picked up Dota 2, have been playing a lot of that lately, it feels fresh and exciting, where each game is unique to some extent, but all the constants stay the same.

As far as keeping in touch with old friends goes, it was very interesting that you brought this up, the company I'm working for is developing a desktop and mobile website for the purpose of helping people stay in touch via IRL get togethers. Looks like great minds think alike after all :D

I hope one day Starcraft will return to its former glory, but until that day I will continue to spend 45+ minutes alone cooking myself gourmet meals every night :D

Slardar

Canada7596 Posts

January 02 2013 17:05 GMT

#34

Nice resolutions LuckyFool, wish you all the best in 2013, and good luck in running! Catch ya later, alligator.

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

January 02 2013 20:05 GMT

#35

good luck in 2013 Rob :D

My new years resolution was to stop dodging. I'm not even kidding LOL.

QuanticHawk

United States32160 Posts

January 02 2013 20:13 GMT

#36

cooking is only as difficult as you make it. there's plenty of delicious things that are really easy to make. it's winter time, so learn to make some real chili or some good stew. super easy, and very easy to modify, so you can easily experiement and learn what flavors certain ingredients add. plus unlike if you were to cook chicken on a sat for the week, chili is awesome (arguably even better) when it soaks up flavor in the fridge!

good resolutions all around.

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

January 02 2013 21:43 GMT

#37

Hawk knows some shiet about cooking. Look him up.

They ate well at Quantic with him around.

TelecoM

United States10888 Posts

January 03 2013 06:01 GMT

#38

Good luck with your future, I hope you play broodwar and you decide to play in the T L S .

Good luck.

Zaranth

United States345 Posts

January 03 2013 18:01 GMT

#39

Happy 2013! GL with running, it's a great thing to do. I will try to learn to play the guitar this year! Fun new activities :-) I hate cooking, but hope you have lots of tasty success in that area. Post some blogs about it!