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PiGStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia987 Posts
August 09 2013 06:58 GMT
#1
Hey guys!

Just wanted to write a quick brag blog! Some people may remember the first blog in a series from about 18 months ago titled "Path to Korean GM" (http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=309898) which was all about me taking my training, including exercise and balanced lifestyle, a lot more seriously.

In the time in-between I've been right at the top of masters almost permanently, and practically built a mental block for each time GM came out I'd go on horrible losing streaks. The last few seasons I was confident I would make it in no matter what, and instead was caught travelling each time it was released. By the time i got home it would be full.

So here I was laddering last night, surprised to notice I was almost only playing top 100GMs and then I wake up today, lose my first ladder game, hop into another, win a comfortable macro game vs a Protoss and BAM!

I couldn't believe I would hit this goal that had been worked up in my head so much, in the middle of the season of all times. I know that it's always ridiculously harder to get GM mid-season so I almost fell out of my chair. It's built up into such a huge goal over this time that I'm just bursting with happiness right now.

I know in real terms its just a ladder ranking, and part of me KNOWS that I was already at this level for quite a while... but somehow that gold icon makes me so DAMN HAPPY!

Haha!

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Thanks for reading guys! Hope to see some TLers at ACL Melbourne this weekend!

*****
Progamerwww.twitch.tv/x5_pig | pigrandom88@gmail.com | @x5_PiG | www.facebook.com/pigSC2
P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
August 09 2013 07:01 GMT
#2
Thats amazing dude! good job keep it up
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
August 09 2013 07:01 GMT
#3
yay!
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Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
August 09 2013 07:05 GMT
#4
holy crap, good job! This is an amazing achievement.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
August 09 2013 07:12 GMT
#5
dude congratz i can't even get gm on NA lol
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Rickyvalle21
Profile Joined July 2012
United States320 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-09 07:19:40
August 09 2013 07:17 GMT
#6
Wow getting korea gm is very very impressive. Its mostly esf and kespa koreans in kr gm right? I hear any kr gm can get easily get rank 1 on NA and EU server. You should try to aim for those too now that ur kr gm.


Gogo rank 1 gm on kr? Lol thats probably damn near impossible even for a kr gm.
people say practice is perfect but if nothing is perfect whats the point in practicing?
VelJa
Profile Joined October 2011
France1109 Posts
August 09 2013 07:23 GMT
#7
wépé
ANGRY_KOREA_MAN. -- Giff WC4 plz
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
August 09 2013 07:24 GMT
#8
Please provide replays. Not interested in your gameplay, but those of your Terran opponents, haha sorry ! Congratulations
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
NexCa
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany954 Posts
August 09 2013 07:28 GMT
#9
win a comfortable macro game vs a Protoss and BAM!

no wonder ... Zergs ...

congratz anyways
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JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
August 09 2013 07:29 GMT
#10
--- Nuked ---
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
August 09 2013 07:35 GMT
#11
yes congrats pig! well deserved, come across as such a nice guy
MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
Graphix
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States208 Posts
August 09 2013 07:40 GMT
#12
Gratz dude. if ur playing from SEA and that ridic ping. im even so much more impressed.
either way
really good job dude
~Jaedong Forever~
Salivanth
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1071 Posts
August 09 2013 07:41 GMT
#13
Holy shit, congratulations! Love to see you competing for Australia :D
<@Wikt> so you are one of those nega-fans <@Wikt> that hates the company that makes a game and everything they stand for <@Wikt> but still plays the game <@Wikt> (like roughly 30% of blizzard's player base, maybe much more...)
ElusoryX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Singapore2047 Posts
August 09 2013 07:41 GMT
#14
congratulations!
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Fishriot
Profile Joined May 2010
United States621 Posts
August 09 2013 07:43 GMT
#15
Congrats!! You guys down in Australia are so badass <3
Meow-Meow
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Germany451 Posts
August 09 2013 07:45 GMT
#16
Wow, congrats.

Time to go pro, maybe?
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NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
August 09 2013 07:47 GMT
#17
Congratulations man! Aussie hwaiitiiing^^
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
August 09 2013 07:52 GMT
#18
wow! grats!!! :D
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28090 Posts
August 09 2013 07:53 GMT
#19
I'm so jealous. Barely got like mid master on KR myself, if that.
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Brownic
Profile Joined June 2013
Australia69 Posts
August 09 2013 07:55 GMT
#20
Congrats PiG! As an aussie, it's great seeing more australian talent shine through
We make expand, then defense it.
2ezy
Profile Joined October 2012
Australia17 Posts
August 09 2013 07:56 GMT
#21
Gratz Pig, Aussie Fighting >.<
Twoezy.
ChickaChuckWally
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia85 Posts
August 09 2013 08:14 GMT
#22
Gratz PiG, good to see more and more Aussies stepping it up!
:^) Puppy is love, Puppy is life
Devon
Profile Joined August 2013
Australia1 Post
August 09 2013 08:32 GMT
#23
Congrats PiG! It's awesome to see the Aussies do well.
gasmeter
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
August 09 2013 08:35 GMT
#24
Well done Pig! You've been a favourite player of mine for some time, glad to see you've hit this goal!
Polt | MMA | MarineKing | Flash | Mvp | NesTea | INnoVation
v0rtex
Profile Joined November 2011
123 Posts
August 09 2013 09:06 GMT
#25
congrats PiG! That's an incredible achievement but don't stop there you can easily make it into top 32!!
JD, Snute, TLO, Soulkey, $o$, HerO, Suppy, Hendralisk, MKP, Maru
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
August 09 2013 09:06 GMT
#26
Grats Pig
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Kaasstengel
Profile Joined July 2012
Netherlands15 Posts
August 09 2013 09:46 GMT
#27
Awesome PiG. Have been following you a few months now, great progression! Maybe talk with TLO for some tips and advice
SayfT
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia298 Posts
August 09 2013 09:49 GMT
#28
Big props PiG! that is an amazing achievement.
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Hollandrock
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom158 Posts
August 09 2013 09:55 GMT
#29
That's just incredible!

I remember seeing your original post when I hadn't heard of you and I just dismissed the possibility of it... I'm very impressed now.
BLZ Rel
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia29 Posts
August 09 2013 10:27 GMT
#30
PiG I am so god damned happy for you :D!! I met you at a random sc2 lan in Sydney a while back and when I saw you win that last game vs Mafia you became my favourite player. Now seeing you get to GM... I now know I was seriously on to something.
Congratulations PiG, you deserved it :D!
Improvement comes from enjoyment of the game and practice.
BarackHusseinObama
Profile Joined November 2011
United States15 Posts
August 09 2013 11:12 GMT
#31
Congratulations Pig! I've had the same goal except for NA GM and i'm in the same position you've been in for a while XD hope i can get it too! Congrats!!!!!!!!!
"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it. "
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
August 09 2013 12:04 GMT
#32
you're the man!
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Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
August 09 2013 12:13 GMT
#33
Congratz dude! Well earned im sure.
Useless wet fish.
E.L.V.I.S
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium458 Posts
August 09 2013 12:20 GMT
#34
wow impressive!
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Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
August 09 2013 12:52 GMT
#35
That's actually really impressive! WP and better than many of us could ever do.
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CursivE
Profile Joined February 2012
Australia317 Posts
August 09 2013 14:03 GMT
#36
Well done man! Would be there in Melbourne if I could. Unfortunately QLD is too far away. Aussies Fighting!
MC || HuK || MMA || Squirtle || TLO || Sea || HerO || MarineKing || MVP || NesTea
curlfry
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia103 Posts
August 09 2013 14:43 GMT
#37
congrats! you'll be on EG in no time, taking that aussie flag all the way to the of korea!
the French are effectively gypsies with a steady income
biology]major
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2253 Posts
August 09 2013 15:19 GMT
#38
boss mode, kr gm is no joke. Congrats
Question.?
Wpcwe
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Russian Federation126 Posts
August 09 2013 16:19 GMT
#39
fratz man!
<3
everybody hates wpcwe*
Fuchsteufelswild
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2028 Posts
August 09 2013 16:27 GMT
#40
Excellent! Wicked! Wonderful!
I'm so happy for you!!
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
August 09 2013 16:30 GMT
#41
Congratulations man!
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MarinePrince
Profile Joined October 2011
United States101 Posts
August 09 2013 16:36 GMT
#42
Sick, PiG!!! KUTGW!!
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." - Albert Einstein
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
August 09 2013 16:47 GMT
#43
Great job PiG . Seriously awesome that you succeeded.
User was warned for too many mimes.
tns
Profile Joined June 2011
1054 Posts
August 09 2013 16:49 GMT
#44
Time to try GSL prelim x')
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fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
August 09 2013 16:58 GMT
#45
Woooooh, damn, someone that succeeds!

Shit man, you're good!
Sokrates
Profile Joined May 2012
738 Posts
August 09 2013 19:13 GMT
#46
Wow congratz and you even did it with zerg. That makes it a lot more valueable, zergs do not have a good time on KR .

StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
August 09 2013 19:25 GMT
#47
congrats PiG, keep plugging away.
mothergoose729
Profile Joined December 2010
United States666 Posts
August 09 2013 20:02 GMT
#48
Good job PiG! Change your ID to "notkorean" so everybody knows. We, meaning the rest of the world, need some representation in that ever so prestigious GM over there in korea.
Abstinence
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States328 Posts
August 09 2013 22:44 GMT
#49
congrats man!
quebecman77
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Canada133 Posts
August 10 2013 01:51 GMT
#50
That's really hard get GM in Korea , I'm happy for you and hope you can enjoy the game for a lot more time

You need a new goal now , pro gamer ? Top 100 gm ?? , win a tournament offline ?

Pick one because if not you can go bored or even stop the game , at this point you really need bigger goal for stay in shape and become better

Good luck with your pick , I'm always happy when someone reach this level
Mothra
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1448 Posts
August 10 2013 05:21 GMT
#51
Wow congrats... tough achievement.
JaYbOc
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia97 Posts
August 10 2013 06:53 GMT
#52
Gratz Jared!
dot89
Profile Joined February 2012
81 Posts
August 10 2013 06:57 GMT
#53
On August 10 2013 10:51 quebecman77 wrote:
That's really hard get GM in Korea , I'm happy for you and hope you can enjoy the game for a lot more time

You need a new goal now , pro gamer ? Top 100 gm ?? , win a tournament offline ?

Pick one because if not you can go bored or even stop the game , at this point you really need bigger goal for stay in shape and become better

Good luck with your pick , I'm always happy when someone reach this level


He's already won a few Australian offline tournies (ACL Melboune, WCS Australia) and is considered one of the few true pros Down Under
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Brownic
Profile Joined June 2013
Australia69 Posts
August 11 2013 03:47 GMT
#54
Hope to see him in WCS America alongside moonglade. Australia fighting!
We make expand, then defense it.
Eben
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States769 Posts
August 11 2013 04:38 GMT
#55
Excellent job! Quite the accomplishment!
MinKi
Profile Joined September 2010
Korea (South)151 Posts
August 12 2013 15:17 GMT
#56
Nice work pig
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