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Peanutbutter717
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States240 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-24 22:21:56
October 24 2017 22:21 GMT
#1
Long time no see TL,

My last and only blog post was about 5 years ago, I was very much into Starcraft 2 but was always just short of reaching Grandmasters. In those years since that post, I focused on school and earned a degree in finance, internships in the wealth management industry, jobs in customer service and accounting, and a relationship with a wonderful girl. I stopped playing SC2 halfway through Hots, and when Day[9] stopped posting content it was hard to keep at it, as I didn't have rl friends into Starcraft 2 like I was.

While playing SC2, Brood War was always that game that seemed so mysterious. I played in the early 2000's on N64 and on PC, then again in high school for a short while but never anything serious. Fastest Map and BGH.

With the release of SC:R and more importantly the return of Day[9] to the Brood War scene, its time to learn again. My last blog post was about achieving that goal of becoming a decent player, and I'm ready try with Brood War. It's harder and more taxing to play, but feels so rewarding when everything goes just a little bit right. Right now my MMR averages about 1400 with about 200 games played.

GLHF!

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Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10415 Posts
October 25 2017 06:14 GMT
#2
glhf

I love posts like these when the player has actually already played the game somewhat. So many other posts go along the lines of "I want to become a progamer but I have only played a few games online, haven't watched any of my own reps, and I didn't complete the campaign. Can someone watch my replay where I don't know why I lost? His Zerglings just ran between my Depots and killed my SCVs even though I right clicked on each Zergling," etc.

Best of luck!
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-25 17:34:47
October 25 2017 17:33 GMT
#3
What is great about BW is that you land in a default channel, where you can meet new people, chat, play, and obs.

Talk to some people in the channel, try to find people around your skill level and form a group so you can play each other for fun and improvement. It's easier and faster than playing ladder and trying to improve alone by yourself. Also find 1-2 players that are better than you, so you can play vs them here and there to gauge your improvement and to get advice from them.

Welcome btw!

edit: nvm somehow missed the part where you already played bw :D
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james1024
Profile Blog Joined March 2017
118 Posts
October 29 2017 17:17 GMT
#4
Hey yo, welcome back. I remember playing with 30-40 year olds when I was a sophomore in high school back in 2000...

Keep it up...

But don't take it too far. It activates your lizard brain.

It's good for you!

So keep making yourself play!

I don't play p like I did in 2000, i play z, but yeah, cool your ditching gm for broodwar!

gl
Woke this morning to the stinging lash///Every man rise from the ash/// Each betrayal begins with trust/// Every man returns to dust///
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