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3 things for now.
1. I just suck at LoL. 3rd attempt at getting into gold V now. I suck dick, I need to be carrying these games T.T. Any advice on winning these matches? I went from 1k elo to 1500 elo in about 2 months since I've been able to play on a regular basis. I'm dedicating today to not reading, but to pretty much getting into gold at all costs LOL. It's my goal to get into diamond within the year since that would be about a year of playing League. I'll get better while I'm college since my college has a weekly LAN party, and I'll be participating in the inhouse helper games now that I have the time to... or once we get another one going since I missed the first 2 T.T, anyways I fucking suck.
2. I figured out what to do about the blog situation earlier. The first thing is, as Farv suggested, read more, and the second is to basically have 3 blogs and a tumblr. The tumblr is for the Andre Gide-esque style of adding clippings and a notebook for the making of a book. The two blogs are two wordpresses; one is for exemplary writing, the other is for me to dick around. One is in my name, the other, once I make it, is going to be in the name of my online handle. The TL blog is where my heart and soul will always be though, and I'm not going to stop posting here <3.
3. I'm starting to lose taste for reading 100 pages a day. It's getting harder to will myself to read that much since it takes me like 4 hours now (distractions happen T.T). I need to read faster, but I don't know how, that and idk what to do about books on the book list that I don't necessarily enjoy, but I read anyways to learn from why they are considered great. Those books, compared to Kafka on the Shore, Infinite Jest, etc. are the ones that I have the hardest time reading 100 pages a day of. I need help for this one, all the advice I've been given doesn't seem to help. I read about 30 pages an hour, I need to double that and make it a page a minute depending on the book. I don't know how to go about this.
Thanks guys. That's all for today.
 
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1) Play dota
2) Never leave <3
3) How do you have time to read? I haven't had time to read since Highschool.
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3. dont read when you dont enjoy it, or when you cant motivate yourself.
and why exactly do you have to read 100 pages a day?
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On August 03 2013 07:47 krndandaman wrote:
1. what role do you play? I can give some specific advice from getting over that hurdle. just got into gold and about to get into gold III (was silver I a week ago and went from 1000 elo to 1600 elo in ~2months as well)
Mid or top or jungle. I suck at everything else but I have really bad or really great games as jungler as well. I'm gonna grab that gold, I'll just use TF to do it, that's how I win at every other game LOL. I love TF <3.
Also, Jkirby, I just do. I've had a lot of time to read, and I want to be a better writer, and publish at least one novel in my life time, so yeah I just read.
Also, I can force myself to read, usually I have to, to get through the boring parts of the novels I read. I'll eventually enjoy the books or hate them, too, which can make things cool or not cool haha. The 100 pages is a set amount that allows me to read about 2 novels a week. I want to be able to read about 120 pages in 2 hours, which is my goal, 1 page a minute. My gf is a crazy fast reader and can do about 300 pages in 2 hours T.T
EDIT: Also, I'd like to play DotA, the only issue is that the only competitive game my friends play is LoL and the ones that play sc2 are like worse than bronze, so it's no fun. My friends in LoL, some of which are as good as me, some are worse, a couple are better, so it's an easier fit. If I had friends that played DotA instead of LoL, I'd be playing DotA.
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How to get better?
What I do for dota2 and did for LoL:
Never be satisfied when things doesn't go as you want them to, figure out why and fix that.
Often the second stage is the hardest to me
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On August 03 2013 08:10 docvoc wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2013 07:47 krndandaman wrote:
1. what role do you play? I can give some specific advice from getting over that hurdle. just got into gold and about to get into gold III (was silver I a week ago and went from 1000 elo to 1600 elo in ~2months as well) Mid or top or jungle. I suck at everything else but I have really bad or really great games as jungler as well. I'm gonna grab that gold, I'll just use TF to do it, that's how I win at every other game LOL. I love TF <3. Also, Jkirby, I just do. I've had a lot of time to read, and I want to be a better writer, and publish at least one novel in my life time, so yeah I just read. Also, I can force myself to read, usually I have to, to get through the boring parts of the novels I read. I'll eventually enjoy the books or hate them, too, which can make things cool or not cool haha. The 100 pages is a set amount that allows me to read about 2 novels a week. I want to be able to read about 120 pages in 2 hours, which is my goal, 1 page a minute. My gf is a crazy fast reader and can do about 300 pages in 2 hours T.T EDIT: Also, I'd like to play DotA, the only issue is that the only competitive game my friends play is LoL and the ones that play sc2 are like worse than bronze, so it's no fun. My friends in LoL, some of which are as good as me, some are worse, a couple are better, so it's an easier fit. If I had friends that played DotA instead of LoL, I'd be playing DotA.
You should join in the TL inhouses, everyone's friends there!
Or see if you can grab a few people from TL and talk on teamspeak, that'll make it more fun.
I do agree that playing a game like Dota or Lol is not fun without friends though.
As for reading, I just picked up 1984 which is something I've been meaning to read for a while, I feel really bad about reading because I basically went from reading every moment I had spare time to not reading at all, so best of luck!
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You do kinda suck. What's the point of any of the stuff you're doing and where do you hope to go?
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When you make those blogs please PM me the links 
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What are your reasons for wanting to read more?
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In my opinion, it is just stupid to read hundred pages of Kafka a day.You just miss the message of the book. These require deep analysis. We analysed "The Process" for about 3months and still found a lot of new things each day. And if you force yourself to read it, you will neither enjoy nor really profit from it..
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On August 03 2013 10:18 Bentus wrote:
In my opinion, it is just stupid to read hundred pages of Kafka a day.You just miss the message of the book. These require deep analysis. We analysed "The Process" for about 3months and still found a lot of new things each day. And if you force yourself to read it, you will neither enjoy nor really profit from it..
100 pages a day isn't really a lot.
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On August 03 2013 09:42 Jerubaal wrote:
What are your reasons for wanting to read more?
3 reasons
The top reason: I want to be a better writer, great readers tend to spawn great (or at least better than average) writers. The best way to become a great writer other than writing daily is to read often.
Secondary reason: I didn't get to experience books I necessarily loved in highschool, and while I learned how to read effectively enough and write in an ok manner, I didn't get to experience everything I wanted to book wise. That's more than true for more modern novels (i.e. the modernism and post-modernism that I read now)
Final, more selfish reason: It makes me feel smart in a way. When I conquer books like Infinite Jest or For Whom the Bell Tolls, or other books that are considered difficult reads, I feel like I achieved something. Even though the feeling is ephemeral, mostly because I realize that I'm not the only one to have conquered that mountain, it still feels nice to know that I was able to do it. This isn't what keeps me going though, it's a nice after-taste.
Bisuever, yeah I do suck, LOL.
Azera, I'll probably do what Haji does and link my wordpress at the bottom of my blog if I ever cross post, but more than likely what I will do is link something I wrote on there at the bottom of my blog and say something like, "here's my other blog." I'll pm you the links for sure though . If you make a blog like it, I wanna read yours too haha.
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I guessed as much, but I wanted you to say it first.
You're right. It seems that great writers usually start off as people who love reading. That's the catch though. You have to love reading. I don't think any great writer forced themselves to read like they were doing pushups.
What sort of writing do you have in mind?
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On August 03 2013 10:55 Jerubaal wrote:
I guessed as much, but I wanted you to say it first.
You're right. It seems that great writers usually start off as people who love reading. That's the catch though. You have to love reading. I don't think any great writer forced themselves to read like they were doing pushups.
What sort of writing do you have in mind?
Depends on where I'm at haha. Seriously though, I'd like to write a novel before I'm 30 and have it published. I don't necessarily want to be a career writer by any means, but I'd like to write well so I can write a novel. More future minded though, I'd like to have a portfolio of professional looking writing to show to a prospective employer also; though it's mostly the novel thing. Also, it's not really forcing myself after I begin to appreciate the book, though I'll admit that some books are definitely forced because of how poorly translated they are, or how much I end up disliking them/how boring they are, but I refuse to not finish them (the only exception being Proust).
I had a life-changing moment reading Man's Fate by Andre Malraux, the book made me love reading. I didn't think of really being serious about being a novel writer until I read Infinite Jest, until then it was this thing that I kinda wanted to do, but had no idea how to go about. After Infinite Jest, I felt like I had to do this, I wanted to do this, I wanted to write, and after reading Infinite Jest and Man's Fate, I kinda realized that I wanted to be able to express myself effectively as a writer. I don't want to be a career writer, but using words to express novel thoughts just sounds too awesome to not learn how to do.
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On August 03 2013 10:41 docvoc wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2013 09:42 Jerubaal wrote:
What are your reasons for wanting to read more? 3 reasons The top reason: I want to be a better writer, great readers tend to spawn great (or at least better than average) writers. The best way to become a great writer other than writing daily is to read often. Secondary reason: I didn't get to experience books I necessarily loved in highschool, and while I learned how to read effectively enough and write in an ok manner, I didn't get to experience everything I wanted to book wise. That's more than true for more modern novels (i.e. the modernism and post-modernism that I read now) Final, more selfish reason: It makes me feel smart in a way. When I conquer books like Infinite Jest or For Whom the Bell Tolls, or other books that are considered difficult reads, I feel like I achieved something. Even though the feeling is ephemeral, mostly because I realize that I'm not the only one to have conquered that mountain, it still feels nice to know that I was able to do it. This isn't what keeps me going though, it's a nice after-taste. Bisuever, yeah I do suck, LOL. Azera, I'll probably do what Haji does and link my wordpress at the bottom of my blog if I ever cross post, but more than likely what I will do is link something I wrote on there at the bottom of my blog and say something like, "here's my other blog." I'll pm you the links for sure though . If you make a blog like it, I wanna read yours too haha.
I feel Infinite Jest is the other perspective of DoctorHelvetica's blog. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=113012
Thoughts?
Do you feel good about yourself when you've destroyed these books?
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On August 03 2013 11:06 BisuEver wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2013 10:41 docvoc wrote:On August 03 2013 09:42 Jerubaal wrote:
What are your reasons for wanting to read more? 3 reasons The top reason: I want to be a better writer, great readers tend to spawn great (or at least better than average) writers. The best way to become a great writer other than writing daily is to read often. Secondary reason: I didn't get to experience books I necessarily loved in highschool, and while I learned how to read effectively enough and write in an ok manner, I didn't get to experience everything I wanted to book wise. That's more than true for more modern novels (i.e. the modernism and post-modernism that I read now) Final, more selfish reason: It makes me feel smart in a way. When I conquer books like Infinite Jest or For Whom the Bell Tolls, or other books that are considered difficult reads, I feel like I achieved something. Even though the feeling is ephemeral, mostly because I realize that I'm not the only one to have conquered that mountain, it still feels nice to know that I was able to do it. This isn't what keeps me going though, it's a nice after-taste. Bisuever, yeah I do suck, LOL. Azera, I'll probably do what Haji does and link my wordpress at the bottom of my blog if I ever cross post, but more than likely what I will do is link something I wrote on there at the bottom of my blog and say something like, "here's my other blog." I'll pm you the links for sure though . If you make a blog like it, I wanna read yours too haha. I feel Infinite Jest is the other perspective of DoctorHelvetica's blog. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=113012Thoughts? Do you feel good about yourself when you've destroyed these books?
When I thoroughly enjoy a book, I get a great feeling at the end; a feeling that my time was totally worth it . When I finish a really difficult book, I get a powerful feeling at the end; I just accomplished something difficult. Even more so for this if I enjoyed it. If I don't enjoy a book and I finish it, I get an ok feeling at the end; it's like, fucking hell, I just finished that, glad I did it, not reading it again unless I really want to lol.
The first category would be Man's Fate or The Stranger
The second category would be For Whom the Bell Tolls or Infinite Jest
The third hasn't happened often, but I guess the only book I can really say I didn't enjoy at all was maybe... actually I haven't finished a book and been angry I spent my time reading it yet, so if I get a book like this, I'll tell you haha.
I've seen that blog before, people tell me it was Jest-inspired, though I haven't had the time to read through it fully, but I'm guessing if everyone says so, I should respect that it probably is similar.
EDIT: Just read it, they are polar opposites lol, I can see what people are saying, though the one thing about infinite jest that made it so great was the layering of jokes, like naming the conglomeration of states O.N.A.N. or experialism, etc. that blog doesn't have that as much. The plot though, yeah, total polar opposite.
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On August 03 2013 11:15 docvoc wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2013 11:06 BisuEver wrote:On August 03 2013 10:41 docvoc wrote:On August 03 2013 09:42 Jerubaal wrote:
What are your reasons for wanting to read more? 3 reasons The top reason: I want to be a better writer, great readers tend to spawn great (or at least better than average) writers. The best way to become a great writer other than writing daily is to read often. Secondary reason: I didn't get to experience books I necessarily loved in highschool, and while I learned how to read effectively enough and write in an ok manner, I didn't get to experience everything I wanted to book wise. That's more than true for more modern novels (i.e. the modernism and post-modernism that I read now) Final, more selfish reason: It makes me feel smart in a way. When I conquer books like Infinite Jest or For Whom the Bell Tolls, or other books that are considered difficult reads, I feel like I achieved something. Even though the feeling is ephemeral, mostly because I realize that I'm not the only one to have conquered that mountain, it still feels nice to know that I was able to do it. This isn't what keeps me going though, it's a nice after-taste. Bisuever, yeah I do suck, LOL. Azera, I'll probably do what Haji does and link my wordpress at the bottom of my blog if I ever cross post, but more than likely what I will do is link something I wrote on there at the bottom of my blog and say something like, "here's my other blog." I'll pm you the links for sure though . If you make a blog like it, I wanna read yours too haha. I feel Infinite Jest is the other perspective of DoctorHelvetica's blog. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=113012Thoughts? Do you feel good about yourself when you've destroyed these books? When I thoroughly enjoy a book, I get a great feeling at the end; a feeling that my time was totally worth it . When I finish a really difficult book, I get a powerful feeling at the end; I just accomplished something difficult. Even more so for this if I enjoyed it. If I don't enjoy a book and I finish it, I get an ok feeling at the end; it's like, fucking hell, I just finished that, glad I did it, not reading it again unless I really want to lol. The first category would be Man's Fate or The Stranger The second category would be For Whom the Bell Tolls or Infinite Jest The third hasn't happened often, but I guess the only book I can really say I didn't enjoy at all was maybe... actually I haven't finished a book and been angry I spent my time reading it yet, so if I get a book like this, I'll tell you haha. I've seen that blog before, people tell me it was Jest-inspired, though I haven't had the time to read through it fully, but I'm guessing if everyone says so, I should respect that it probably is similar. EDIT: Just read it, they are polar opposites lol, I can see what people are saying, though the one thing about infinite jest that made it so great was the layering of jokes, like naming the conglomeration of states O.N.A.N. or experialism, etc. that blog doesn't have that as much. The plot though, yeah, total polar opposite.
What if your desire to read in itself is what encouraged something horrible to happen to someone? http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=113012 Would you feel as accomplished?
Something horrific like say this kind of thing. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=70473
Kinda a different spin on infinite jest. Like Soylent Green is people and you can't stop eating it.
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Becoming a faster reader means ntot reading every single word in front of you but still reading eniugh to know whats going on.
Willpower also gets exhausted, in other words it is a finite resource you have at your disposal.
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