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A Change of Pace - From SC2 to Brood War

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mau5mat
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Northern Ireland461 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-25 19:25:25
May 25 2015 19:18 GMT
#1
Hello,

This is my first time ever creating a blog in my life, so bear with me as I adjust to new territory.

I would first like to preface this Blog with a short introduction. My TL moniker is mau5mat and I am an avid SC2 fan. I began playing SC2 around 3 years ago, and recently attained Master as Terran, fulfilling a goal of mine in the process. I enjoy studying the game, and have countless notes upon notes of different players builds, hotkey layouts, strategies and everything in-between.

SC2 is a game I would say I have had a very love/hate relationship with. As I am somewhat of a perfectionist, I feel incredibly annoyed when I cannot play to a standard I try to set myself, I get extremely frustrated at my own shortcomings in-game. I realize how unrealistic it is to even think top Korean players can play without any faults, but this does little to assuage my self-loathing at mistakes in my play.

That being said, I hypocritically love the game with a passion and have dedicated a fair amount of time to helping out during events for SC2 in my hometown and beyond, helping other people with the game, and casting.

SC2 has almost completely ruined my interest in gaming outside of SC2 itself. I cannot find the same level of mental stimulation I get from playing it. Almost every other game I try to play fails to hold my attention anymore, and I feel like I am, ironically, just wasting my time if I am not learning, developing and improving in some way, shape or form.

That being said, I have felt somewhat of a lull in interest recently. Don't fear, this is not a 'daed-gaem' ramble, or a bitter, post-reddit-euphoric rant at all. I'm just recognizing this as an opportunity to submerse myself in something new for the time being. And to be honest, I feel pretty excited.


''Passion can never be created or destroyed, it can only change form.''

- A Spooky Sage


Finally, over the years, TeamLiquid has been a source of information, entertainment and delicious drama for me, as such I hold a special respect for it. It helped develop me as a player, and the community is absolutely fantastic. I thought I could maybe give a tiny, tiny bit of what I have taken from the SC2 community back by writing a hopefully interesting blog for other people to enjoy.


Onto the actual topic of my blog:


StarCraft: Brood War.


This name holds a special reverence for some, a nostalgic orange glow faintly grips it for others. The history, the bitter rivalries formed, the glory of victory, the pursuit of perfection.

None of this has any emotional or sentimental weight for me.

Unfortunately, I did not watch or play StarCraft in it's prime. I had honestly near 0 idea about the scene at the time, and equally as honestly, I probably wouldn't have cared for it in the slightest either.

This for me, is a great loss. Through playing and loving SC2, I developed somewhat of a phantom reverence for it's ancient predecessor. It was only in the last year or so that I began actively trying to understand the game at a level to at least watch Snipealot streams, or TL BW VODs. I felt I owed it to the original game to try and absorb at least a little of the greatness I'd heard about.

I will admit, the first few VODs were extremely strange, I was spoiled by modern graphics, confused at information that was not spoon-fed to me, and bewildered by screams of 'Playgu' and the pixelated carnage that I saw unfolding in front of me.

My, uhm, BW tolerance was not sudden. In fact, I would describe it more of a 'warming to,' than an immediate like or dislike for the game. It is only recently that I have felt an inexorable pull towards playing the game seriously. And I feel the downtime between HotS and LotV is a perfect time to learn something new.


From how much effort I have put into watching, playing and studying SC2, I will admit that the idea of doing something similar for another game almost makes me dizzy with the sheer amount of information I will need to take in to be at least passable on ICCup. But if I take it slow and enjoy the process, I feel I can make a good stab.


So, for the foreseeable future I will attempt to document my journey in playing and learning the beautiful game that is StarCraft: Brood War.


glhf







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mau5mat
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Northern Ireland461 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-25 19:21:09
May 25 2015 19:20 GMT
#2
-opps-
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
May 25 2015 23:20 GMT
#3
I feel like I am, ironically, just wasting my time if I am not learning, developing and improving in some way, shape or form.


Why is that ironic?

From how much effort I have put into watching, playing and studying SC2, I will admit that the idea of doing something similar for another game almost makes me dizzy with the sheer amount of information I will need to take in.


Do you apply yourself like that to something outside of gaming?
Ty2
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United States1434 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-26 00:06:15
May 26 2015 00:01 GMT
#4
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c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
May 26 2015 03:53 GMT
#5
You don't need to dive into ocean of details that playing StarCraft at a high level demands, unless of course you are that competitive. Just get a basic cheese or all-in build and then have fun from there (and absorb all the insults and tears from your opponents as they die and gg).
WriterMovie, 진영화 : "StarCraft will never die".
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 26 2015 04:22 GMT
#6
As c3rberUs said, just play the game to enjoy it. Learn the basic compositions, how to approach the different matchups, hotkeys and the control group limit then go out there and have fun. Just 2 rax for games on end or try 2 fac, 2 gates or 1 base speedling all-in. Either way, I look forward to reading your future blogs
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
mau5mat
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Northern Ireland461 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-26 09:19:52
May 26 2015 09:17 GMT
#7
On May 26 2015 08:20 HaRuHi wrote:
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I feel like I am, ironically, just wasting my time if I am not learning, developing and improving in some way, shape or form.


Why is that ironic?

Show nested quote +
From how much effort I have put into watching, playing and studying SC2, I will admit that the idea of doing something similar for another game almost makes me dizzy with the sheer amount of information I will need to take in.


Do you apply yourself like that to something outside of gaming?


Hey thanks for reading.

I was thinking a long the old fashioned line that, playing games are a waste of time, therefore I thought it was ironic that I felt I was wasting my time if I was not developing my ability playing a video game. Sorry that's a bit confusing, perhaps my phrasing is wrong.

Yes I approach most things I do the same way, I enjoy the learning process a lot. Most notably would probably be music/playing instruments.
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
May 26 2015 12:35 GMT
#8
On May 26 2015 18:17 mau5mat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 26 2015 08:20 HaRuHi wrote:
I feel like I am, ironically, just wasting my time if I am not learning, developing and improving in some way, shape or form.


Why is that ironic?

From how much effort I have put into watching, playing and studying SC2, I will admit that the idea of doing something similar for another game almost makes me dizzy with the sheer amount of information I will need to take in.


Do you apply yourself like that to something outside of gaming?


Hey thanks for reading.

I was thinking a long the old fashioned line that, playing games are a waste of time, therefore I thought it was ironic that I felt I was wasting my time if I was not developing my ability playing a video game. Sorry that's a bit confusing, perhaps my phrasing is wrong.


That is exactly what I got from it. The thing that threw me off is that it becomes clear, you don't hold that believe any longer, you are part of a progressive community. Shed old fashioned lines of thought, embrace the new!


Yes I approach most things I do the same way, I enjoy the learning process a lot. Most notably would probably be music/playing instruments.


I was worried, thanks for clarifying.

As for your Blog, I like the frequency that you apply to your usage of Five Dollar words, I feel twenty dollars richer, without having to look into a dictionary too often. I do hope though that future Blogs of you become gradually more personal.

Cheers, and gl hf.
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