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East Gorteau22261 Posts
I've always enjoyed writing. When I was a kid, I used to write short stories and articles that my mother put on the walls all around the house, probably more to make me feel good than for their actual quality. English became my preferred language almost as soon as I learned it, and I think I was pretty much fluent by the time I was in the fifth grade, and I do believe I have my mother's boundless enthusiasm for language (and also, I was sick for three weeks and had nothing to do but read books).
When Teamliquid announced that they were looking to expand their writing roster, I was almost unreasonably excited. I've loved Starcraft since sometime late 2009- early 2010, watching both Brood War and Starcraft II but never really diverting all my free time to the e-Sports scene until mid-2011. Originally I was planning on writing regular tournament recaps to put it in my blog, and while I did write a lot of recaps (I think I have 40-something stored on my laptop), I never ended up posting them. I'm a very critical towards my writing and everything I do, and I never felt that my writing could even hold a candle to the content regularly put out by TL.
Anyway, when the announcement came I figured "Whatever, stranger things have happened" and sent in an application, to which I received a positive response from Waxangel two-or-so weeks later. Knowing Wax' post history, I was almost sure it was some really mean joke (which actually would still be my first reaction today as well), but for some reason, someone had actually liked what I'd sent in. I was put in touch with monk, and he suggested starting my trial with writing Proleagie recaps along with Pokebunny.
With GSL starting up, there was suddenly a lot of things to write. Everyone on the TL writing roster is really dedicated and put huge amounts of work into churning out quality previews/recaps/articles, with very few benefits. But that's alright for all of them, because (I don't know about Fionn, he might just be too lazy to quit) Starcraft is their passion and they really (maybe) like the community and want to give something in return, which is really great. And although they all (I think I'm the worst) whine a lot, the job usually gets done and great, quality content is put out.
In between Proleague, GSL, the MLG showdowns, foreign tournaments and other articles (and school/work for most of us), it's really insane that a handful of writers can put out as much content as TL does on a regular basis with the level of quality that is maintained, and it's what has impressed me most so far about writing on Teamliquid. I'm not a veteran of the scene or the site for that matter, but it feels great to know that I (help others) add something to the site and the community in return for everything us Starcraft fans learn to take for granted.
Lastly, if you love Starcraft and writing - send monk or Wax a PM. There is a lot to write about, and there is still room for more dedicated writers. kollin and I came in pretty late in comparison to the other writers, but you learn how things work pretty quickly. They're a friendly bunch (except Wax, fuck that guy - he even likes RorO -.-) with a burning passion for Starcraft - and I can say with complete honesty that so far this experience has been one of the best and most entertaining experiences in my life.
But no blog of this sort is complete without a few dirty facts, so here you go:
Fionn is probably the laziest guy on the writing staff, showing up at weird times or really late because he forgot that France is not in the same timezone as Los Angeles; but that doesn't really matter because he puts out the best content out of all the writers on Teamliquid with (seemingly) no effort.
Waxangel is really bad mannered. And also, he likes Roro so fuck him.
"monk has so much knowledge" was my first reaction when I began writing Proleague recaps. Things about players, early tournament results, tendencies in playstyles and various other things - most of the time he knows most of it. Most of the time he also knows when I've forgotten about something.
kollin doesn't know anything about this game because he thinks Mvp is cooler than Life
Pokebunny has time management that is roughly as bad as mine. Meaning it's really terrible. But that's allright, because he's a gosu and pretty good at Starcraft.
TheEmulator is the friendliestest guy on all of TL, probably
heyoka is that guy who shows up when Wax disappears and doesn't really know what's going on, but it's okay because he has a cool twitter feed. But seriously, he doesn't put brackets around write-up titles which means he probably doesn't know much about how things work around here
 
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Katowice25012 Posts
Finally, someone that gets me.
Glad to have you around Zealously!
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
No writing team is complete without a grumpy lazy editor.
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United States11390 Posts
Roro is a qt.
How dare you.
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TheEmulator is really nice isn't he :O
Awesome blog, deciding to send in an application was one of the best decisions I've made. Also last I checked 4 GSL's > 1 
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Also that Heyoka guy seems to be a real newb to this website :/
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Nice blog, 1 starred on accident 
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I'm glad that your only significant impression of me is that I'm lazy and never do things on time...
Unfortunately, it's well-deserved T_T
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On March 08 2013 01:14 Harem wrote:
Roro is a qt.
How dare you.
I discover there are people who don't like RorO.
How can they
Also, I'm a bad person, I just read the fun facts at the end so far. 5/5 for them !
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Italy12246 Posts
monk knows EVERYTHING starcraft related it's crazy.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 08 2013 03:28 Pokebunny wrote:I'm glad that your only significant impression of me is that I'm lazy and never do things on time... Unfortunately, it's well-deserved T_T
I only noticed because we're so alike in that sense, don't worry you're awesome anyway <3
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I actually thought about maybe applying to be a writer for TL, but I realized that I have bad work ethic and not enough writing talent. :/
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 08 2013 04:33 Grumbels wrote:
I actually thought about maybe applying to be a writer for TL, but I realized that I have bad work ethic and not enough writing talent. :/
You should talk to me or Poke (I'll never miss a chance to poke you like that, mate) - we know all about bad work ethic! Anyway, it's worth a shot - the worst thing that could happen is being turned down, which is infinitely better than not trying at all in my book =)
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On March 08 2013 04:50 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2013 04:33 Grumbels wrote:
I actually thought about maybe applying to be a writer for TL, but I realized that I have bad work ethic and not enough writing talent. :/ You should talk to me or Poke (I'll never miss a chance to poke you like that, mate) - we know all about bad work ethic! Anyway, it's worth a shot - the worst thing that could happen is being turned down, which is infinitely better than not trying at all in my book =)
you missed where I said I have no talent :o
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I was seriously considering applying and was planning out what to write, but since I work a 9-5 job, I don't feel like I have enough time to truly dedicate to watching enough tournaments (IEM, GSL, PL etc.) with their times. Is there anyway I could do something smaller like grammar editing or fact checking?
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United States8476 Posts
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When are you getting one of those fancy pen things next to your name?
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We haven't sacrificed enough cows to the heathen gods
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United Kingdom14464 Posts
At some point when I get my life together I'ma try to apply to be a writer.
until then I just have to wish I had regular access to Fionn.
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On March 18 2013 05:03 MCDayC wrote:
At some point when I get my life together I'ma try to apply to be a writer.
until then I just have to wish I had regular access to Fionn.
if you know what i mean.
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Kollin also losses all the games we play in DotA.
Replace please!
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100% win rate with Pholon ;;
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Vancouver14381 Posts
On March 18 2013 07:06 kollin wrote:
100% win rate with Pholon ;;
Wait, didn't we lose a game together with Pholon?
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Dota buff tells me I'm 4/4 with him.
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On March 08 2013 01:14 Harem wrote:
Roro is a qt.
How dare you.
I think it's mostly just the new guys who don't like or understand KeSPA who don't like RorO for being that guy to win a GSL when he's been doing it in PL all this time regardless of the game lol.
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In terms of knowing everything, Harem > monk
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I want to apply being a writer, but I can't stay up that late cause of 8am bio class. FML
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TLADT24920 Posts
nice blog and of course, all the dirt lol. I wanted to apply to write as well but I wasn't sure if there is enough time to even try to do so. 24 hours in a day is not enough ><
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