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Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
May 22 2020 18:50 GMT
#1
It's been a little while since last time I've blogged. I figured I might as well help keep the blog section here a little bit more active my adding something of my own.


So, since 2020's coronavirus has put most of us at home, It gave me some more freetime to spend doing w/e I like doing, normally I spend two hours a day traveling back and forth between work and home. Now that I wont have to do that anymore until around August, It's given me some time to catch back up to starcraft.

Last year, I had probably my best year of performance on SC2 ladder, I had switched from Z to P on ladder and blitzed out a ridiculous 550+ ladder games in a some three week period last april. That was enough to carry me from D1 to M3. I had so much confidence in my play and just had a really good time. It wasn't my first time reaching masters in general, but it was the first time I reached M3 with toss.

Then summer 2019 came, and I picked up programming as my new go-to hobby. My language of choice was Python. Prior to this, I had only really used SQL through work, never actually producing any code, but when I saw how much fun I had programming in Python I just kept doing it. I was pretty happy I had found something else to enjoy other than gaming and cycling.

I made a few projects, mostly game projects to test my willpower to actually create and finish a project all by myself.

Here is picture of the best one I made. https://imgur.com/a/Gv2BRMn


It took quite a bit of time for me to make that project from start to finish, I had no real prior experience to game making and I had so many issues! I probably spent more time googling than coding!


Anyways, back to 2020. I started playing starcraft BW and SC2 again a couple weeks ago after a 7 month break and I've been having lots of fun. Mostly playing mech with terran against all races. When I came back to SC2, I did have a crazy loss streak once I started laddering (slumped 800-1000mmr) which was annoying, but once I started winning again I was having lots of fun.

I'm still horrible at BW though, (F rank with 1000mmr) but it's ok. I can still find games and win some games.

However, I don't think I want to push my skill in ladder anymore. I've played in every league except GM in all brackets and don't have any goals left to attain. If I end up settling at low diamond that's more than good enough.

That's about all I had for this blog, could've added some more stuff. But this is a blog and not a book...

Thanks for reading!




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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6566 Posts
May 23 2020 05:57 GMT
#2
thanks for your post. the pandemic has definitely allowed a lot of people to focus on things that are not work and i am curious to see how many movies/screenplays/books are published next year as a result. gl on your bw/sc2 journey. i find that i cannot excel at both at one time.. i have to focus on one or the other
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virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
May 23 2020 18:41 GMT
#3
Nice read, I've also played a lot of SC2 from March until now. Never had more fun with the game.
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Merkd
Profile Joined May 2011
88 Posts
May 25 2020 03:38 GMT
#4
Hello, nice blog post.

I was actually playing through the SC2 campaign not long ago, i'm on the Zerg one at the moment. I'd like to complete that and protoss to finish off the story? I've also been considering getting into programming or at-least giving it a go. Are there any resources you could recommend me as a place to start or bits of advice?
They fill you with false hopes, they speak visions from their own minds.
Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
May 26 2020 17:35 GMT
#5
@Merkd


FreeCodeCamp is a great initiative to get more people to start coding, I started off watching Mike Dane's 4 hour python course which you can find here
.

From there, I just started experimenting on my own.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
Merkd
Profile Joined May 2011
88 Posts
May 27 2020 07:34 GMT
#6
Thank you for the info, i'll give it a look.

I did learn some javascript a LONG time ago, so it has basically gone with the wind now..
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