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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-08 20:20:19
January 08 2014 20:01 GMT
#1
I've finally reached the last major post milestone recognized by TL, after five and a half long years. It's kind of interesting to think back to my early days of involvement in the competitive Starcraft community and realize how young and how much of a different person I was. When I first began watching TSL, GOMTV, OSL, MSL, reading the forums, and hitting the ladders of ICCup, I was 12 years old, still very much a child. Certainly I still am in a few ways, but over my time here I've become a totally different person. While in the last year or so the Starcraft community has been far less of a focus in my life than in the five years prior, I still claim that Starcraft and this community were things that greatly shaped my childhood. My biggest hobby, my biggest accomplishments, my most time wasted - all of these things were in Starcraft. When I retired from competitive Starcraft last April it was quite a milestone in my life, moving past a game that had defined me for many years. I'm proud to say that I think Starcraft and TL have been major positive influences on me as a person, and my experiences have been valuable and irreplaceable. Yesterday I stumbled upon some old chat histories from 2011 and reading through them I remembered just how closely knit I was in this community, and I ran upon a link to this quote:

You mentioned Pokebunny in your OP. This is an example of a young man who is the "one in a million," with both the talent, professionalism and history to warrant being on a professional team. For every one Pokebunny (and he may be one of a kind outside Korea), there are probably thousands or hundreds of thousands who aren't.
- v1dom, manager of Eleven Gaming

This post was in a thread (ironically made by a 13 year old Xenocider, who has ended up becoming more talented and successful than I ever was) that complained about the difficulties of young players making a splash in the Starcraft world due to age restrictions. Even after I quit SC2 I still got messages from people occasionally saying how I inspired them as a young gamer, and that really made me happy - that I did something that made a difference in people's lives, even if it was just doing something I loved. I'm not vain enough to think that I'm unique or better than others in this regard, there have certainly been people like me that have been even more successful and influential, but I'm proud that I did accomplish something, and there is proof of that still out there. Gaming is still a big part of my life and I hope to make it pro in Dota 2, but it's not something I particularly expect or rely on, I'm not going to drop out of college for it nor am I going to throw aside other important things in my life.

Anyway, this blog doesn't have much of a point, more just a personal reflection spurred by seeing the number 9999 next to my name.

To six years and 10K more! See you again when I'm 24.

Nick

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Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
January 08 2014 20:22 GMT
#2
pokeswag
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
January 08 2014 20:24 GMT
#3
Hurray, to 10k more!
AdministratorBreak the chains
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
January 08 2014 21:13 GMT
#4
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.
Moderator。◕‿◕。
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
January 08 2014 21:14 GMT
#5
Grats on your 10k posts! Many many more!
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
January 08 2014 21:28 GMT
#6
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Oh man, do you have the link to that? Totally forgot...
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
EJK
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States1302 Posts
January 08 2014 21:42 GMT
#7
happy 10! and may your next 10k be just as awesome!
Sc2 Terran Coach, top 16GM NA - interested in coaching? Message me on teamliquid!
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
January 08 2014 21:55 GMT
#8
On January 09 2014 06:28 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Oh man, do you have the link to that? Totally forgot...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=4431685
Moderator。◕‿◕。
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
January 08 2014 22:08 GMT
#9
Grats on the 10k! I remember playing some games with you on iccup in the 'sd' chat channel, I think we were both c- at the time, but I stopped playing a while after. I was surprised to find out later that you were so young.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
January 09 2014 00:25 GMT
#10
time to catch up mang ;o
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
January 09 2014 02:35 GMT
#11
more like slowpokebunny
AdministratorYOU MUST HEED MY INSTRUCTIONS TAKE OFF YOUR THIIIINGS
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
January 09 2014 02:55 GMT
#12
On January 09 2014 11:35 lichter wrote:
more like slowpokebunny


slowpoke has better stats than Buneary tho
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
January 09 2014 03:47 GMT
#13
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Not every 12-15 year old can also say that during a starcraft match, they said stuff like, "Smix <3" and "I'm halfway there, Smix"
Moderator。◕‿◕。
EJK
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States1302 Posts
January 09 2014 05:31 GMT
#14
On January 09 2014 06:55 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 06:28 Pokebunny wrote:
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Oh man, do you have the link to that? Totally forgot...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=4431685

ragers like idra and artosis....artosis wut?
Sc2 Terran Coach, top 16GM NA - interested in coaching? Message me on teamliquid!
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
January 09 2014 06:11 GMT
#15
On January 09 2014 12:47 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Not every 12-15 year old can also say that during a starcraft match, they said stuff like, "Smix <3" and "I'm halfway there, Smix"

don't make me remember that
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3351 Posts
January 09 2014 12:39 GMT
#16
happy 10k! Wow I joined at about the same time as you did and I am not even at 500 o.O
Horang2 fan
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34487 Posts
January 09 2014 14:54 GMT
#17
On January 09 2014 12:47 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Not every 12-15 year old can also say that during a starcraft match, they said stuff like, "Smix <3" and "I'm halfway there, Smix"

Wait what now
Moderator
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
January 09 2014 15:08 GMT
#18
SO you got the last TL achievement for posting or is there a Shellbot achievement as well ?

Gratz ^^
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
January 09 2014 16:11 GMT
#19
gratz poke, keep up
and stay active with tl, see you at 20k
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
January 09 2014 16:48 GMT
#20
On January 09 2014 06:55 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 06:28 Pokebunny wrote:
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Oh man, do you have the link to that? Totally forgot...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=4431685

Don't forget the showmatch that happened as well during the LAN.

Congrats!
Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
January 09 2014 19:02 GMT
#21
On January 09 2014 23:54 Firebolt145 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2014 12:47 Harem wrote:
On January 09 2014 06:13 Harem wrote:
Not every 12-15 year old can say that a blackbelt threatened to beat them up either.

Not every 12-15 year old can also say that during a starcraft match, they said stuff like, "Smix <3" and "I'm halfway there, Smix"

Wait what now

It was during his grudgematch vs Plexa. (he was clearly super motivated to win after sitting next to lilsusie and smix in restaurant that day) http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=180931

It's also pretty funny that Poke was threatened later again at a later LAN by someone else too.

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On October 16 2010 09:47 Zeroes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 16 2010 09:40 ZoW wrote:
i still don't get it :\


Poke reported Zeratul
Zeratul gets banned
Poke gloats about how he got him banned
Zeratul gets angry
Poke could possibly could need the police at the next lan
Moderator。◕‿◕。
CyCo
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium67 Posts
January 10 2014 12:16 GMT
#22
This morning I got the thought in my head; what ever happened to Pokebunny... boy sure had skill but I haven't seen his name pop up anywhere in a while.
Then I found out you kinda 'retired' in april 2013. Somehow I missed that message back then.
I read up on some of your blogs (how you got started with SC2 etc. and eventually how you 'retired') and you seem like the real deal - a friendly, well-spoken, genuinely good guy/player, especially at such a young age

Congratz with the 10K posts and keep 'em coming, stay in the community!
9-BiT
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States1089 Posts
January 12 2014 00:21 GMT
#23
I remember that one guy that threatened to beat you when you were 14 lol, I remember when I first started playing and you replied to my message once and it made my day haha. GLHF
kwark_uk: @father_sc learn to play maybe?
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