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OakHill
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States168 Posts
June 11 2008 22:13 GMT
#1
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Poll: Why....
(Vote): You aren't black, idiot.
(Vote): God hates you.
(Vote): The wind probably alters your shot.
(Vote): Just keep practicing OakHill.


My form is perfect, my aim dead on... the pressure applied just enough. Clank. It hits the back of the rim or spins in and out. No matter how much I practice, no matter how good I become, the ball never goes in when it should. I hate my life. I hate this game.. the only game I've played for years but cannot reach the skill level I should. One week of playing CS:S to reach CAL level. 1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup. 1 day to beat people constantly that have played Mario Kart for years. 1 month to be transferred from JV to Varsity football. Why does the only game I truly love spit in my face.. time and time again..........

-OakHill

**
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
June 11 2008 22:15 GMT
#2
I voted god hates you.. and you are god... so you hate yourself...
yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
June 11 2008 22:15 GMT
#3
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
My form is perfect, my aim dead on... the pressure applied just enough.
If you're missing all of your shots I'm going to assume at least one of these statements is a lie.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-11 22:28:03
June 11 2008 22:27 GMT
#4
Aim for the backboard.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
OakHill
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States168 Posts
June 11 2008 22:30 GMT
#5
I also would like to add I was about 2 inches from being able to dunk (pretty much my ultimate dream) and had attained a 375 lb squat (respectable) but suffered from a disk herniation about 2 months before attaining my goal (I was about 3 inches above the rim at that point and I'm 5'11). It took me about 15 months to recover from the injury but I won't give up. I am OakHill.
knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
June 11 2008 22:31 GMT
#6
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup.


lemme guess
Protoss right?
ahole-surprise
Profile Joined August 2007
United States813 Posts
June 11 2008 22:34 GMT
#7
I have a deadly shot, sucka.
Pulp can move, baby!
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
June 11 2008 22:36 GMT
#8
make a more arced shot, a higher angle of elevation
Check out my stream at www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=315053 and follow me on Twitter @EGSuppy! :)
auto.
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada35 Posts
June 11 2008 22:37 GMT
#9
keep practicing:\, and i can guarantee that if the ball doesnt go in the hoop, ur form is off, use ur legs for power
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
June 11 2008 22:39 GMT
#10
cuz you're not B A L L I N'!!!!
Snowflakes in January, Heart warm like February, I wouldn't ordinarily..
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
June 11 2008 22:40 GMT
#11
I am OakHill.

Would you also like to add that your ultimate dream is for all the things you brag about over the internet to one day become a reality? Seriously, how old are you?
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
June 11 2008 22:41 GMT
#12
obv psychotemplar is jealous of oakhill's mad skills
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
June 11 2008 22:44 GMT
#13
Definitely.
LEGEND!! LEGEND!!
OakHill
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States168 Posts
June 11 2008 22:45 GMT
#14
On June 12 2008 07:31 kNyTTyM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup.


lemme guess
Protoss right?


Yea. I didn't even try the other races when I saw people animation canceling dragoons in videos. I was like "ez wins."
Demoninja
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1190 Posts
June 11 2008 22:48 GMT
#15
You said that every time it hits the back of the rim. Maybe you should let it go with a tiny bit of less power next time >_> My problem is like the opposite of yours. I don't let it go with enough power so it always fall exactly in front of the hoop or bounces off the rim.
OakHill
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States168 Posts
June 11 2008 22:54 GMT
#16
On June 12 2008 07:48 Demoninja wrote:
You said that every time it hits the back of the rim. Maybe you should let it go with a tiny bit of less power next time >_> My problem is like the opposite of yours. I don't let it go with enough power so it always fall exactly in front of the hoop or bounces off the rim.


This may sound silly but after a while you just KNOW when your shot is going in. This applies to many things like, when you are playing Beer Pong or soccer, and u kick the ball or shoot in and you know your form was perfect for what should be a goal. When I have this feeling in pretty much anything I play it almost always go in, except in basketball where it will spin in and out or just barely graze the back and bounce out. I mean if it goes in and out how can the reason possibly be that I applied to much pressure? When it goes in and out or grazes the back I consider that shot in perfect form and I could have not shot it any better, and it should go in the damn hoop.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
June 11 2008 22:58 GMT
#17
On June 12 2008 07:31 kNyTTyM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup.


lemme guess
Protoss right?


First thing I was going to say, although even as Protoss I still highly doubt you reached C in your first month of playing Starcraft without bashing on complete noob players.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
June 11 2008 23:14 GMT
#18
On June 12 2008 07:58 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 12 2008 07:31 kNyTTyM wrote:
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup.


lemme guess
Protoss right?


First thing I was going to say, although even as Protoss I still highly doubt you reached C in your first month of playing Starcraft without bashing on complete noob players.



Yea thats a load of shit.

You have to be shitting me dude, go OUTSIDE AND SHOOT SOME BALLS. there solved yo problem. get some good shoes too, or just stop bitching and try harder.
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
JIJI
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Canada291 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-11 23:25:09
June 11 2008 23:22 GMT
#19
The one thing I don't get is why people do the -'name' shit. I mean, we see your name when you post.

And to stay on topic, I voted you're not black.

-JIJI
Believing forever in sAviOr. Jaedong complete domination. IefNaij scarab explosion. MUCH <3
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
June 11 2008 23:34 GMT
#20
FragKrag thinks that OakHill is an idiot.

-FragKrag
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
June 11 2008 23:51 GMT
#21
Mynock started that, and we all know how sick mynock is..
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
June 11 2008 23:56 GMT
#22
BAD.
#1 Sea.Really Fan / #1 Nesh Fan / Terran Forever~
YoUr_KiLLeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States3420 Posts
June 12 2008 00:08 GMT
#23
On June 12 2008 07:13 OakHill wrote:
My form is perfect, my aim dead on... the pressure applied just enough. Clank. It hits the back of the rim or spins in and out. No matter how much I practice, no matter how good I become, the ball never goes in when it should. I hate my life. I hate this game.. the only game I've played for years but cannot reach the skill level I should. One week of playing CS:S to reach CAL level. 1 month of Starcraft to become C Iccup. 1 day to beat people constantly that have played Mario Kart for years. 1 month to be transferred from JV to Varsity football. Why does the only game I truly love spit in my face.. time and time again..........

-OakHill

post vids of you shooting? i'd like to see this perfect form, dead on aim that never goes in.

and yes after a while at anything, you can feel when something, such as a shot, should go in or out. i mean obviously your feeling is wrong and you havent developed it yet LOL its not a big mystery.

btw your mario kart opponents probably suck.
what the fuck do you have to say for yourself now you protoss jackass can you retaliate in any way
ProbiE
Profile Joined November 2004
United States38 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-12 00:09:35
June 12 2008 00:09 GMT
#24
You need confidence when you shoot. If you don't have it, never going in.
YoUr_KiLLeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States3420 Posts
June 12 2008 00:10 GMT
#25
and if CLANK IT HITS THE BACK OF THE RIM, then CLEARLY your aim is not dead on wtf are you talking about
what the fuck do you have to say for yourself now you protoss jackass can you retaliate in any way
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
June 12 2008 00:11 GMT
#26
If it took you that little time to do all that it's probably clear that you have other talents in life.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
NatsuTerran
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States364 Posts
June 12 2008 00:18 GMT
#27
On June 12 2008 07:27 PsycHOTemplar wrote:
Aim for the backboard.


That's like walling in in a TvP, who wants to take that road?

-NatsuTerran out
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
June 12 2008 00:50 GMT
#28
could be a number of things

no spin on your ball, shitty rim, you suck etc
ok dont not so good something is something ok ok ok gogogo
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
June 12 2008 00:51 GMT
#29
On June 12 2008 09:50 Yogurt wrote:
could be a number of things

no spin on your ball, shitty rim, you suck etc

*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
June 12 2008 00:57 GMT
#30
FragKrag thinks OakHill is lod-mika on an aka
-Not FragKrag
yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
June 12 2008 01:05 GMT
#31
I believe in you Oakhill, keep at it little man of stupendousness
Hi
Dr.Dragoon
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1241 Posts
June 12 2008 01:17 GMT
#32
Cool blog

-Dr.Dragoon
~o~ I have returned
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
June 12 2008 02:31 GMT
#33
First, reaching 'CAL level' could mean anything. Second, if you were choking on dunks I'd say it's because you're not black, but white boys should be able to shoot.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
OakHill
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States168 Posts
June 12 2008 02:58 GMT
#34
You guys are cold, but OakHill's faith will not falter.

-OakHill
Siefu
Profile Joined November 2004
Australia205 Posts
June 12 2008 05:17 GMT
#35
Start praying to yourself when you shoot. It's just like CS, spray and pray!
He walks among us, but he is not one of us.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
June 12 2008 10:33 GMT
#36
one month C ? oO

I cant believe this sry.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
June 18 2008 02:06 GMT
#37
On June 12 2008 19:33 Boblion wrote:
one month C ? oO

I cant believe this sry.

duh, everything this guy says is bullshit. You havnt figured that out yet? He was one of the forum trolls on the blizzard forums but has moved over to TL.net now.
geometryb
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States1249 Posts
June 18 2008 03:16 GMT
#38
lol
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
June 18 2008 03:19 GMT
#39
Play how I learned to play as a kid. Aim for the old, mean ladies window (the box on the backboard.)
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
June 20 2008 00:32 GMT
#40
On June 12 2008 19:33 Boblion wrote:
one month C ? oO

I cant believe this sry.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
June 20 2008 02:51 GMT
#41
lol
sAviOr[gm] ~ want to watch good replays? read my blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/wizard
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