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Retrospect after the GSL Final

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Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-26 05:47:57
September 26 2013 05:46 GMT
#1
Prologue
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3

Thanks for reading my blog once again and special thanks to @ HaRuHi for fixing my grammatical mistakes and also thanks to TL Manager for putting my post on Spotlight.
I actually finished writing stories about the final.
However I have decided not to post stories about my Final because there is so many sensitive stories which can give bad influence to my friends and me.



After The Final.
Okay. I felt desperate all day after losing the Final.
Christmas was coming I was supposed to go out with my friends.
but GOM TV operated some event it was 5v5 Zerg vs Terran vs Protoss on Christmas for event.
I was very annoyed because I eventually finished my all tournament and I really wanted to have vacation.

Since I felt so desperate I didn't practice a lot(If I tried harder at this moment, I would have more successful gaming career)
And My Code S match was coming my opponent was Trickster , Choya , Kyrix
Actually I didn't practice a lot.

I played against Choya on Scrap station. played very safely and I won with long macro game.
And second game was against Kyrix map was metalopolis and I played mech and game was disconnected during the game due to internet problems. And I thought he didn't know what I was going to do but apparently he knew what I was going to do and he just counter attacked me so I lost the game.

Third game was against Trickster and he knew much about me because he sit right next to me.
He knew what I was going to do and I lost
Due to the winner-winner ? something rule, I lose to kyrix. Thus, I took 4th place in my group and placed in the worst place for up down matches.

Up down match was Kyrix vs July and loser vs me.
Kyrix beat July and I lost to July I practiced a lot and my strategies were good when I was practicing. However I played very stupid at the tournament.
and I dropped out from the Code S.
After this I had one last chance. one of the player who is in code S had to do military service so there was one spot in code S so Gom TV made Wild card matches for 8 players who demoted form Code S.
At that moment there weren't many good players and I thought I can get through this.
my first opponent was Moon I saw lot of his VODs and I thought he won't be hard opponent.
I underestimated him and I also played really bad and I lost 2:0

Due to the losing 7 official matches in a row I was tremendously disappointed to myself.
I was also depressed everyday, spending most time alone sitting at the staircase and thinking about my future plans and I thought I must give a change to myself or else It will be end of my career.

So I had to start playing in Code A, I was planning to quit if I got dropped to Code B.
my first opponent was "YeaH" a zerg player we both played very weird I think he was nervous as well I almost lose the series but I got luck and I advanced to Ro.16

My next opponent was Zenex.Jjun and he won again moonglade in Ro.32.
after winning against moonglade he said something about me at the interview the question was your next opponent is Rain how do you think about next match up? and he said like ah he is anticipatable player so it would not be tough.
I was so mad when I saw his interview and I practiced a lot and I beat him black and blue(In game)

And I played against hyperdub for the up down match, I won 2:0 and I made in to Code S once again. there were 5 Codes players in our team out of 8 players.

for the next Code S match ups. I lost to Julyzerg I made my special CHEESE but my micro control was bad and I lose the game. and then I played against oGsInca I won the game in crevasse.
and I had to play one more game and I was so so ahead but I lost to a couple of DT's (many people might remember this game)and I couldn't get into Ro.16 again.

So I took 3rd place which means I have two chance to survive in up down match.
I lost my first game against MvP but I won my last match against Rainbow so I was able to survive in Code S.



Okay, Actually my stories after the Final is boring and depressing.
thanks for reading my blog, I'll comeback with better stories later!

Since my last post had so many attentions and positive comments, I had some pressure writing my blogs, I felt like I'm a novelist lol

Grammatical corrections would be appreciated !
Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Twitter : @rainpsy






****
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
September 26 2013 06:16 GMT
#2
Thanks for the blog! I enjoyed reading it as usual.

When players say things in interviews about other players, do they get offended? Sometimes it is hard to tell if it is a joke or an honest insult.
AdministratorYOU MUST HEED MY INSTRUCTIONS TAKE OFF YOUR THIIIINGS
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33553 Posts
September 26 2013 06:33 GMT
#3
thanks, really love your blogs :D
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
-ZergGirl
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
United States54 Posts
September 26 2013 06:34 GMT
#4
haha black and blue, dat korean anger
twitch.tv/zerggirl
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
September 26 2013 06:37 GMT
#5
On September 26 2013 15:33 Waxangel wrote:
thanks, really love your blogs :D

Same !
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
September 26 2013 06:39 GMT
#6
Amazing blog!

I would love to hear some boring stories you have in your life or team house. GSL stories are very exciting, but you are very interesting as well, and we hope that you can share any small stories.
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
September 26 2013 06:56 GMT
#7
@lichter If two players are close enough you can make some funny provokes but in this case I've never met him or talked him before so It looked offend to me
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
aslejoh
Profile Joined July 2012
Norway96 Posts
September 26 2013 08:01 GMT
#8
Great blog Rain!
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
September 26 2013 08:13 GMT
#9
Keep writing and we'll keep reading! Thanks.
SkullZ9
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium2048 Posts
September 26 2013 12:52 GMT
#10
Nice to hear from you Rain Do you watch SC2 tournaments at the moment ?

If yes, who is your favorite player at the moment ? And who do you think is the best foreigner? Just curious :D
strongandbig
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States4858 Posts
September 26 2013 17:46 GMT
#11
Haha, fun blog to read! I can't believe your special CHEESE lost!
"It's the torso" "only more so!"
FlukyS
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Ireland485 Posts
September 26 2013 17:57 GMT
#12
Did you think about coming back after HotS was released?
Kerence
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1817 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-26 21:56:50
September 26 2013 19:34 GMT
#13
Thanks for writing these blogs, they are really interesting.

On September 26 2013 14:46 Rain wrote:
after winning against moonglade he said something about me at the interview the question was your next opponent is Rain how do you think about next match up? and he said like ah he is anticipatable player so it would not be tough.

I think you mean predictable?

Edit:
Since you wanted some grammatical corrections and I like proofreading from time to time I took a shot at cleaning it up a bit. Please keep in mind I'm not a native English speaker, so there are still a few errors in there (there are a couple I can't figure out, and I it wouldn't surprise me if I made a few mistakes myself, I mostly did this for fun) but maybe you can use it as reference and/or maybe someone else feels like improving it. I marked a few of the changes with italic. Feel free to ignore if you don't like it.

+ Show Spoiler +

After The Final.
Okay. I felt desperate all day after losing the Final.
Christmas was coming and I was supposed to go out with my friends.
However GOM TV ran an event that was 5v5, Zerg vs Terran vs Protoss during Christmas.
I was very annoyed because I had finally finished my all tournaments and I really wanted to have vacation.

Since I felt so desperate I didn't practice a lot (If I tried harder during this time, I would have had a more successful gaming career) and My Code S match was coming. My opponents were TricKsteR , Choya and Kyrix.

I played against Choya on Scrap Station. I played very safely and I won with a long macro game.
The second game was against Kyrix. The map was Metalopolis, I played mech and the game disconnected due to internet problems. I thought he didn't know what I was going to do, but apparently he did and he just counterattacked, so I lost the game.

Third game was against Trickster and he knew much about me because he sat right next to me.
He knew what I was going to do and I lost
Since I had lost to Kyrix, he had the better head-to-head score and was placed in third place, despite us both going 1-2. Thus, I took 4th place in my group and received the worst placement for the up&down matches.

The up&down match was Kyrix vs July and loser vs me.
Kyrix beat July and I lost to July. I practiced a lot and my strategies were good when I was practicing. However, I played very stupid at the tournament and I dropped out from Code S.

After this I had one last chance. One of the players who was in Code S had to do military service so there was an empty spot in code S. GOM TV made Wild card matches for 8 players who were demoted from Code S.
At that moment there weren't many good players and I thought I can get through this.
My first opponent was Moon. I saw lot of his VODs and I thought he wouldn't be a hard opponent.
I underestimated him and I also played really bad and lost 2:0

Due to losing 7 official matches in a row I was tremendously disappointed with myself.
I was also depressed everyday, spending most time alone sitting at the staircase and thinking about my future plans and I thought I must make a change to myself or else it will be end of my career.

So I had to start playing in Code A, I was planning to quit if I got dropped to Code B.
My first opponent was "Yeah", a zerg player. We both played very weird, I think he was nervous as well. I almost lost the series, but I got lucky and advanced to Ro.16

My next opponent was Zenex.Jjun and he won against mOOnGLaDe in Ro.32.
After winning against mOOnGLaDe he said something about me at the interview. The question was: Your next opponent is Rain, what do you think about the next match up?
He said like “Ah, he is a predictable player so it will not be tough”.
I was so mad when I saw his interview, so I practiced a lot and I beat him black and blue (in game).

I played against Hyperdub for the up&down match. I won 2:0 and made it into Code S once again. There were 5 Code S players in our team out of 8 players.

For the next Code S match ups, I lost to JulyZerg. I made my special CHEESE but my micro control was bad and I lost the game.
Then I played against oGsInCa. I won the game on Crevasse, and I had to play one more game.
I was so ahead but I lost to a couple of DT's (many people might remember this game) and I couldn't get into Ro.16 again.

So I took 3rd place which means I had two chances to survive in up&down match.
I lost my first game against Mvp, but I won my last match against Rainbow so I was able to survive in Code S.
I am here in the shadows.
skipdog172
Profile Joined June 2010
United States331 Posts
September 26 2013 19:39 GMT
#14
Enjoyed reading this blog post. Don't think it's boring... us fans love to hear how you guys cope with setbacks and how you get motivated.

Thanks again!
T.O.P
Profile Joined December 2012
469 Posts
September 26 2013 19:46 GMT
#15
Thank you Rain!
I'm not the real T.O.P just a fan!
elmoDD
Profile Joined March 2013
89 Posts
September 26 2013 20:56 GMT
#16
Great blog, i really enjoy reading your posts!
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
September 26 2013 21:56 GMT
#17
sounds fucking stressful as all hell
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krooked
Profile Joined May 2011
376 Posts
September 26 2013 22:47 GMT
#18
HELL YEAH RAIN BLOG!

Keep em comin rain, we love you
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
September 27 2013 02:35 GMT
#19
Yea I forgot the word predictable!
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
September 27 2013 03:40 GMT
#20
These blogs are awesome.
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