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Today marks 10 years.
And what a joy it has been to be apart of this TeamLiquid community. I’ve never been that much of someone to give to the forum itself, but this forum has given me so much and I try to give back in ways that I can.
Hospitality; housing people for tournaments, carpooling to events, meeting up with nerds, organizing mafia, hosting "SZBBQ", dc dinners, and more. I have had over 50 people from tl crash at my families house. (People who have visited/crashed can attest to my parents hospitality, they truly are wonderful and I am very grateful for them opening up their house to strangers ) Probably over 150 esports people have been to my "SZBBQ" over the years. I started writing down a list of all the TL nerds I've meet, it hit went over 200.
My life has changed quite a bit from my college days. I work full time in Hvac, been in and out of relationships, I picked up Swing dancing and that has taken up my gaming time. I'd say its just a hobby, but as many of you know when you play StarCraft, especially bw, it wasn't just a hobby. For me it is incredibly difficult to just be casual when I first found out about teamliquid, about iccup. I saw the truth, the light. What it took to be good, and even to just be C was challenging. Even D+ made you better than 99% of the people who ever played StarCraft. There is something special about people who play(ed) competitive StarCraft. A bit of that has become apart of who I am. So, honestly i'm not surprised some of that passion, and drive has manifested itself in my dance. Enough of that, back to bw.
disciple recently made a post as well about his 10 years. He remarked about how special it is meeting a starcraft nerd (I would say especially a broodwar nerd), how it didn't quite match up if it was someone from dota, or league, etc. I can't really stress how much this resonates with me. I have a list of TL nerds I've love to meet some day, hundreds of cities, dozens of countries that if i visit, i know i'll find a friendly face. Even if I haven't meet them before, I just have a feeling that its going to be ok. I can really only think of one bad experience in these 10 years, even so that small blemish is easily lost the the hundreds of positive experiences over the years. I'm currently looking into traveling to Korea for my first time in Oct. Just thinking about it gets me excited to meet up with tl nerds over there. The last 10 years have been fantastic, but the next 10 years are going to get better.
Some highlights in no particular order.
Doing a Shot of Jinro with Jinro
TS-Rupbar a Swed crash the weekend of MLG DC.
Not stealing Kawairice's toothbrush at WCG nationals 2009
Banning Idra/machine/drewbie
DC kbbq dinner with Day9
First DC lan
First Psistorm BW lan (took first lol)
Road trip with luckyfool to West Virginia.
CaucasianAsian, can't wait to visit you in korea.
Dejavu119 getting left at my house after a lan.
Mafia at any major event. (First game i rolled mafia, and got town to lynch hotbid and naz. )
Visiting the TL hq in NYC.
TSL 3 after party.
Mafia hosted by TheMango
MSL viewing at princeton (power outage MSL)
Burns hosting the last OSL viewing.
Meeting JulyZerg, getting him to sign my Oz jacket (the only non oz player to do so). The later part of my name is a tribute to him.
Learning about JulyZerg winning his 3rd OSL while I was on a BSA high adventure (seabase).
Meeting Jaedong, Getting him to sign my jacket. Getting a sick ass picture with The Dong himself. + Show Spoiler +
Hitting 200apm in a BW game.
Top 8 in the Hello Goodbye tournament.
The GMU CSL team
Managing FIN
Calling atombombforpeace to pick me up, only to learn that i gave him the wrong dates of my arrival for the MLG. (he still got me)
Blizzcon, got to see blink-182
Orb, sorry for throwing icecream on you.
Mining minerals with bw nerds.
Meeting up with Fanatacist
Lunch with WriteRa and nerds
Remeeting Vghost who swing dances.
Lazer tag with ilikestarcraft
Going to Magnum's Wedding. Meeting him and Sentenal for the first time there as well.
Lunch with Flamewheel and Simba
Carpooling back from MLG while tofu and GMarshal stalling the SHIT out of my car while i was hungover.
House sitting for Muffins.
Life advice from Dave
Circle Jerk?
Life is ever changing friends come and go. Reminiscing about the past can be a wonderful thing. If we meet, how goes life? Even if its been years. Fond memories?
If you are ever in the DC area, feel free to hit me up. I'll try to make some time, we can grab lunch, maybe grab a beer (its on me).
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United States24770 Posts
Storrzerg the way you've hosted so many bbqs over the years is epic. You have always been such a friendly and giving nerd buddy to everyone. The only thing you ever asked for in return was my bear semen.
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Hong Kong9174 Posts
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TLADT24920 Posts
Grats on the 10 years StorrZerg and here's to 10 more! 
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Nice blog SZ, lots of good times over the years for sure. I think technically you were the first TL person I met in person all those years ago, at one of the LAN’s at your house you’d have with high school buddies that you invited me to after we realized we lived so close, back even before the official first DC LAN. Another memory is ditching out of class early when sc2 beta came out and going straight to your place because you had access on day 1, went over and played for hours...then I think the next day I had my own beta key lol.
One of the most memorable road trips for me was when we went to spectate WCG USA finals in NYC. That was essentially the beginning of some great years for me with the TL/bw/sc2 community and really inspired me to start hosting DC LAN’s, and being an active part of the local community for a good 3-4 years.
While I have drifted from the community in recent years as times have changed, the years that I was active I will always cherish. Lots of excellent people and great memories made over the years at MLG’s, local LAN’s, road trips to events, mafia games and everything else.
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Hi! Most of you probably remember me about as well as I remember my email/pw for my actual TL acct (Krackling, of Snow Reaver mini-fame http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/96414-reaver-scarab-and-drone-a-still-life). Repeat SZBBQ attendee/founding CSL team member/token 5-pooler.
Disciple and Storr are 100% correct. There’s something so enduring and endearing about the experiences and history we all have with Starcraft, even if you don’t touch the game for years. I honestly couldn’t explain that, but I CAN say that Storr is the linchpin for me, and presumably a lot of others as well. So glad I happened upon the TL post that put us in touch back in 2008-9. It does and always will mean a lot.
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United States7481 Posts
shoutout to SZBBQs even though it's been a minute since I went to one
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Damn, this post makes me realize its been forever! Back when I started playing you all those years ago marked when I started playing Brood War seriously!
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On February 27 2018 12:35 micronesia wrote:
Storrzerg the way you've hosted so many bbqs over the years is epic. You have always been such a friendly and giving nerd buddy to everyone. The only thing you ever asked for in return was my bear semen.
Haha, oh man that was a fun event. Watching tsl in at a lan, A case of soju was cheap compared to dc. The Tsl after party was such a fun night.
On February 27 2018 13:42 LuckyFool wrote:
Nice blog SZ, lots of good times over the years for sure. I think technically you were the first TL person I met in person all those years ago, at one of the LAN’s at your house you’d have with high school buddies that you invited me to after we realized we lived so close, back even before the official first DC LAN. Another memory is ditching out of class early when sc2 beta came out and going straight to your place because you had access on day 1, went over and played for hours...then I think the next day I had my own beta key lol.
One of the most memorable road trips for me was when we went to spectate WCG USA finals in NYC. That was essentially the beginning of some great years for me with the TL/bw/sc2 community and really inspired me to start hosting DC LAN’s, and being an active part of the local community for a good 3-4 years.
While I have drifted from the community in recent years as times have changed, the years that I was active I will always cherish. Lots of excellent people and great memories made over the years at MLG’s, local LAN’s, road trips to events, mafia games and everything else.
Thinking about it, I think you are right. First tl person I met. Thx for the adventures. I'm fairly certain at least one of the road trips was last min. Maybe wv. Randomly found a couch to crash on after the lan. Such good people.
Still in va right? Check out celebrate fairfax, psistorm gaming is going to be there.
On February 27 2018 12:45 itsjustatank wrote:![[image loading]](https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5460/7367755676_b0d3b2bc33.jpg)
Thx mate. That moment was amazing. 4 nerds in oz jackets, seeing Jaedongs face light up. Not allowed to take a picture with the bw pros, but luckily jaedong was on the edge. You captured a wonderful moment.
On February 27 2018 14:19 Sentenal wrote:
Damn, this post makes me realize its been forever! Back when I started playing you all those years ago marked when I started playing Brood War seriously!
Because of you I found Teamliquid. We had a mutual friend who introduced us, and we played online. You smashed me with a +1 timing 3 games in a row. I didn't know what the fuck to do. Ended up finding a +1 carapace guide from mondragon, and copied that build. Thats when i found out about build orders. I think after that i won the next 4 games. I think that mini series sparked our mutual drive to get better
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"Just the other day, it seems, the kids were running through the house, slamming doors, breaking glass, making noise. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes everything seems so fleeting."
-- Perry Como
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Much love bob ♥️ let's get lunch again in a couple weeks
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Katowice25012 Posts
Those early days of meetups were the best, great to have met you in that time Storr
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Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
Dude you should have mentioned the drunk banning spree which got my account temp banned. :D
Awesome recap dude! You're definitely living the nerd life!
Also vouching ++++++++++ for Bob's parents, super cool having tons of strange nerds in their house
I miss the BBQ's man. I gotta make the time next time.
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Netherlands6192 Posts
Awww this is a great blog!
That’s a very busy 10 years of fun and friendship and really great community spirit. Storr, you’re fantastic, and we’re lucky to have you on TL.
To the next 10 years!
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United States17042 Posts
Congrats on the 10 years ^_^
It's been a long time since MLG, and a long time since the KESPA players were there.
Hopefully it's not too long before I can make it out to DC ^^
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Congrats on 10 years.
I remember practicing with you back in the day on Broodwar, and then meeting you, luckyfool, and magnum in DC. I'm sad I was never able to make it to one of the DC LANs or nerd dinners. It's unfortunate that you'll be getting to Korea after I leave, but perhaps I could try to get some vacation time around then to say hi and watch some live Starcraft.
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On February 28 2018 07:15 MysteryMeat1 wrote:Much love bob ♥️ let's get lunch again in a couple weeks
Absolutely, when ever we can find time haha!
On February 28 2018 09:22 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Dude you should have mentioned the drunk banning spree which got my account temp banned. :D
Awesome recap dude! You're definitely living the nerd life!
Also vouching ++++++++++ for Bob's parents, super cool having tons of strange nerds in their house
I miss the BBQ's man. I gotta make the time next time.
Oh it is there! I left it kinda vague 
That was such a wild night. One of my favorite memories. So many fun after parties, state of the game (i think i crashed that) .
Ill hit you up for next bbq, maybe late April early May.
Im in Boston on friday for dancing. You should bring your lady out for some dancing
On February 28 2018 19:16 esReveR wrote:
Congrats on 10 years.
I remember practicing with you back in the day on Broodwar, and then meeting you, luckyfool, and magnum in DC. I'm sad I was never able to make it to one of the DC LANs or nerd dinners. It's unfortunate that you'll be getting to Korea after I leave, but perhaps I could try to get some vacation time around then to say hi and watch some live Starcraft.
How is life in korea? And you better watch some asl this season!
@GHOSTCLAW i hope. Need more esports in dc area.
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You are a nice guy
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We've never met in person, but I can say that you are exactly the sort of friendly, cool nerd that both drew me to TL in the first place and keeps me coming back. You DC TLers are a fine bunch
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Hyrule19208 Posts
all guest drivers must stall at least 3 times
it's in the constitution
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