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a12chaic
Profile Blog Joined May 2020
5 Posts
May 21 2020 19:34 GMT
#1
The last few months have been about one thing. Brood War.

I've been grinding the ladder, catching up on the last four seasons of ASL and scouring Afreeca streams to steal some precious build orders from the pros!

On ICCUP, I was at best C/C- Terran. I hit B for the first time, and now I’m stuck losing to greedy toss players and absurd ling runbys.

I started watching and playing BW back in 2007. At that time my favorite player was Hwasin (match-fixing ruins everything) but at that point in my life I stopped being a gamer. Starcraft ruined every other game for me. I stopped playing WOW, CS, Diablo, Age of Empires, Dawn of War. I just played Starcraft.

Of course, everything changed with SC2. I didn't get good. It was frustrating. I won a handful of local events up here in Canada before the pain in my hands stopped me from practicing. The local scene here in Edmonton was awesome but I was dumb and immature. I went to a doctor and got some scans done but he said nothing showed up. Called it RSI. Not very helpful. By the time Heart of the Swarm came out I gave up.

I turned to MTG. A surprisingly fun alternative that doesn't require the 200+ apm. It’s been a ride. I qualified for an RPTQ down in Seattle and lost my win-and-in to top 8. I played my first 2 GP’s this last year and cashed down in Minneapolis playing modern. Magic is great. But as much as building a deck feels like tinkering with a Build order. It’s not BW.

Why the history? BW is too good. It’s absurd. Every game I lose I just sit here with a laundry list of how bad I am. Supply blocked at 26. Missed SCV production after taking my third. My starport didn’t start until +1 was three quarters done. Had the same groups of units hotkeyed to two different hotkeys. I could go on.

I am limited in the amount I can play but I have found some ways to alleviate the worst of it. Stretching, icing, sleeping with a splint all contribute to some relatively pain free sessions. But playing 5-10 games a day is just not enough. All this has led me to try my hand at casting!

I applied to Starcasttv who accepted me to begin casting with the caveat I need some practice. Practice is something I understand well!

All this aside I've decided to go back to watch old BW! The last couple days I've been streaming the 2006 ShinHan OSL Season 2 R16. The VODS from the last two days are up on youtube.

If you want to come, hang out and watch some old games, I will be jumping on twitch every weekday at 2:30 pm PT to watch a Bo3. I'm starting with the 2006 Shinhan OSL Season 2 Round of 16.

This week I’ve watched Nada vs TT and Bisu vs Goodfriend. Today, it's GGPlay vs Anytime.

gl hf gg



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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3126 Posts
May 22 2020 05:29 GMT
#2
Have you tried reviewing your playing technique? Modifying your hotkeys and hand movements to make them relaxed and ergonomic? Since I started playing guitar I realized that if you really closely rework your physical habits you can avoid a lot of damage.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
naughtDE
Profile Blog Joined May 2019
158 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-22 08:14:23
May 22 2020 08:13 GMT
#3
Nahh, that is too weird for me, I am out, good luck with casting^^. I am referring to the screen setup you have on your youtube videos, don't mind me, I can see the value in getting your face out there. We have these advertisements in trains here, distributed by the train company. They are little pamphlets sitting in a mounting on the inside of the cabins and each month feature the face of a different celebrity. If I happen to get a seat that is facing that mounting with the pamphlets I usually pick the first one up, turn it around, put it backwards into the mounting in front of the other pamphlets so I don't have someones face in my face, but as I said that's just me and good luck!
"I'll take [LET IT SNOW] for 800" - Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond)
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
May 23 2020 18:20 GMT
#4
Amazing ! Welcome back and thanks for sharing, I really don't remember and not sure if this is a typo but who is / was TT? I don't ever remember NaDa vs TT
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