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Figured if Team Liquid gives the option to make your own blog, I might as well us it right?
Names fr49200 (ImmortanRex in game). I've been playing sc2 for a total of two weeks and its basically my first RTS. That might give you an idea of how much I suck at this game.
Now one problem I've noticed that I've always had with everything in life is a level of commitment with anything that lasts more than a couple months. In tons of things I've tried to get better at, I tend to show a lot of dedication for the first few months, often neglecting doing anything else with my free time but what I'm focusing. Eventually, without my knowledge, I let things slip, and before i know it I'm no longer doing anything. This goes on for months before I decide to take it back up at which point my skills have deteriorated back at square one. orz.
Closest things I could say I've done for a while that I haven't completely given up on are Japanese (six years) and art (three years), and both are nowhere near at a level that I feel that should be given the amount of time.
I guess you could say this blog is going to be my attempt to try to curve that.
With this blog, I want to aim to make SC2 a part of my life, even if its only for thirty minutes a day after a long day of work, or a all day marathon on the weekend.
At least once a day, I want to play a game and report about it to this blog. With each post I'll post at least one game, watch the replay, and list at least three things I did well and three things I need to work on. These games might not be against people every day, as so far I have an abyssmal game record against people, but the point is I post everyday, review my progress, and stick with this game for longer than I've done other things in my life.
Hopefully, players like you reading this can offer tips for when I lose, and remind me with a hammer to the head if I forget to post. The goal is once a day.
Its time I made a goal and really stuck to it.
 
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I'd suggest you DON'T post once a day. That's a lot of blogs, with a relatively low amount of content per blog.
And as someone who has had that whole 5 year experience with SC2, I'm about to suggest the exact opposite of what you're saying.
Don't force yourself to play the game. Don't force yourself to make goals around it. Don't force yourself to get better. Don't obligate yourself to create some "work-like schedule" around this game. That's the quickest way to burn yourself out.
If you're not good and you want to get better, a lot of that can be done just by thinking about the game (in a fun way) about how to optimize what you are physically doing, and what you're doing (don't complicate things, that's the worst thing you can do). But I would suggest, don't obsess about any one aspect, and just enjoy coming up with fun things to do.
Treat the game like a game, back when games were something you played for fun. Don't turn it into an epic quest for improvement and most importantly don't don the false logic of thinking that you need to improve in some major way at all to feel fulfilled.
The point is, if you eventually become really good at the game and think you could go pro and all that shit, you want it to have happened naturally. Because it was fun for you. Such should never, EVER be forced. The moment you find that you are forcing yourself to play (for WHATEVER reason), that's when enjoyment, fun, all those things I miss will go right down the toilet. And it's really hard to get those things back.
And this whole obsession the community has of "throwing new players on the pipeline towards master level mechanics ASAP" and everyone trying to become beasts at the game just because it's StarCraft is appalling. Just play the game without such goals. You're really better off for it (and you'll probably play it longer).
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While what Qwyn said is definitely one way to approach the game if you are looking to just casually enjoy yourself, I think it is certainly not the only way. I have been playing Starcraft 2 actively since 2011 and I think my approach has pretty much been "an epic quest for improvement" as he puts it. Obviously I have enjoyed the game immensely and still do, but its a hard fact that if you want to get good there are going to be times you are not having fun and not wanting to play, but you do it anyway because you know it will make you a better player in the long run.
I think wanting to play Starcraft to improve your ability to commit on thing and stick with hobbies in the long run is completely fine. My Starcraft playing has definitely made me a better person overall and helped my work ethic, study focus etc a lot. I think it just depends a lot on the person how you want to view the game. Basically I just wanted to say that the way Qwyn feels like you becoming good "naturally" and so on is certainly not the only way to see it. I for one feel much more accomplished when I can improve myself, make myself better at things, than just casually playing around relaxed. Of course, I'm sure there are people who are totally opposite.
I don't know if posting about every game here is the best idea, I have done what you describe in just a private text file that I then study. Then again, maybe if you get people to reply to you it will give you some confidence, I don't know. It would probably be best for you to find a group of like minded individuals to watch replays with and practice.
Anyway, welcome to playing the best game on the planet, I hope you enjoy your games and enjoy becoming a better human being! :D
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please give daily progress report
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you're takin this too seriously, just have fun 
or more fun if you play BW haha!
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