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YPang
United States4024 Posts
This year i believe it will be beneficial for me to quit starcraft, and concentrate on my life. However i've made many attempts like this to stop playing, but i always came back to it afterwards. Now i want to use my free time to run, and read about psychology.   | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
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LosingID8
CA10835 Posts
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
On August 23 2008 12:58 LosingID8 wrote: see you again in 2 weeks! lmao this is probably true. | ||
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kdog3683
United States916 Posts
You quit starcraft by gradually playing less and less and finding somthing with which you have more interest in, be it a different video game or, events in life. I want to take part in many of my school's activities such as cross country, and track&field, while at the same time able to manage my studies, and practice for my ACT&SAT's. I gaurentee you will still have time for starcraft. Cross country + T&F are different seasons. Me in Junior year HS = My school, 7:30-3:10, 3:30-5:30 sports. 6:00 schoolwork, Dinner 7:00ish, starcraft/msn/aim/homework 7:00-1:AM. SAT prep = Cram during Summer, take it in Fall. And then Once more, 2weeks before in may. "Read about psycology" is bullshit as well. I go through phases where I want to write a story or make music. These desires always resurface. I'll go through a chess phase and get books about strategy. But you don't do this for 5 hours a day, its impossible. To nonchalantly decide to read about psychology is not something you devote massive time to. "free time to run" Since you are chinese, I guarantee you run not for joy, but for physical improvement. When I run in Off-season, I go through bursts of devotion, where I run like 10miles a day, every other day. But this is very rare. because its very Painful. Most of the time, I only ran about 15min @ night, a few laps around the park to feel fresh. Now, I don't run @ all. My point is, whenever I see some bullshit about sombody quitting SC b/c they don't have enough time in their schedule, I know they are going to crawl back because there is definetly time in their schedule. If you really did have a full schedule, you wouldn't 1. be addicted to SC and 2. Need to post about it. Also, I'm going to vent a little longer so bare with me. When a person says 'I wasn't trying', "I'm retired from Sc, "I'm going to start playing serious", this also pisses me off because there is no such thing as wasn't trying. There is: Underestimating an oppoenent, purposely throwing a game, not in the mood, but there is not a "serious / casual". If you are going to throw around those words, then you need to be @ the fucking top of the food chain. Boxer has the right to 'retire' and the right to play SC 'Seriously'. You don't. You are a casual gamer. You try hard to win, but so does everyone else. Trying hard does not imply being serious about it. It simply means trying hard. | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
the least depressing thing is about a week of going cold turkey i could look back at starcraft and not care about the above. quitting is the right decision. it's hard to see it now, but your ICCUP ranking isn't going to matter to you years from now. The sooner you acknowledge that and move on the better. The best way to keep away from the game is to find something else that you can devote yourself to. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
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nAi.PrOtOsS
Canada784 Posts
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
he is wrong. On August 23 2008 12:58 LosingID8 wrote: see you again in 2 hours! THIS is more like it ^_^ | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
I quit for a while this summer and was able to cuz of hackers. Now I'm really working on my portfolio and playing an hour a day. I came back because I realized this was my hobby. Other people don't focus on one thing either, not even olympic athletes. Phelps swims 5 hours a day I think. " 12,000-calorie per day diet. This is 6 times the normal amount of an average adult male, but for Michael Phelps ... this is just a typical day. Of course his diet does go along with a muscle building 6 day per week, 5 hours per day intense training program both in and out of the water." here Boxer played much more like 16 hours, but Boxer's isn't human. You can't compare mortals like Phelps to a god. I do clubs at school and have all 3 years and will a fourth, I would do soccer still, track or tennis if I could get the ride. I stopped playing starcraft to study for the Sat for over a month and got 2330 average on my practice tests and 2200 when it came. I'm not that gifted. Im retaking again so you guys will probably see me stop coming soon. I reccomend you read the other threads on quitting but they don't have much. The trick is to get the schedule up and figure out how to wake up and sleep right. Not staying up late like I am today. There are great threads about this at TL. If you really want to quit for a while, maybe find a girlfriend, rather than that one girlfriend (which would be better, I haven't had one girlfriend :'(... ) then just play singleplayer maps. Set up restrictions on internet and computer access for yourself. You will bore yourself off the game. I've wanted to write a guide to quitting and releasing it in something for SC2. Hope you don't quit, but our situations may be different. I play only an hour a day, and just watched vids a lot one time this summer. I've only played maybe 50 games multi non ums too. PM me if you want more info, specific things to do. Try to find that thing you love more than starcraft, though true nothing is more fun than video games, you must not choose to stay indoors over something else like friends or whatever else you love equally. If you really do need to quit for the SATs you will be able to, but studying 6 months ahead of time is just mainly wasted time. PM me if you want help for this too. Book suggestions, how to study, tips on taking. I hope you come back later after realizing it was a mistake, or better yet just don't quit. I agree w/ k dog. You will have time, so you may have to uninstall and give the disk to a friend for safekeeping or something more unthinkable + Show Spoiler + smashing your disk if you have no friends  | ||
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DanceCommander
United States1808 Posts
On August 23 2008 12:28 YanGpaN wrote: I've been playing starcraft seriously for about 2.5-3 years playing only terran reaching C+. And i finally got to a point where i decide its time for me to stop. I want to take part in many of my school's activities such as cross country, and track&field, while at the same time able to manage my studies, and practice for my ACT&SAT's. This year i believe it will be beneficial for me to quit starcraft, and concentrate on my life. However i've made many attempts like this to stop playing, but i always came back to it afterwards. Now i want to use my free time to run, and read about psychology. Nice, a fellow runner! What do you run and how well do you run it? | ||
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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Narrator
United States868 Posts
Saying that it's true won't help. You should probably make some sort of schedule for it. Bring school activities first (they're usually right afterschool anyway) and then homework and the rest is free time. Right? | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
On August 23 2008 13:25 PsycHOTemplar wrote: ahrara... Why do you post on a StarCraft forum if you don't play StarCraft :O Do you mean you quit, or you "quit," but still watch videos and post about StarCraft...? i don't watch VODs except very rarely. most of my posts are dumb blogs or novel length shit in discussion threads. you guys are terrible at motivation. can you imagine yourself saying "it's not possible to quit" to someone who smokes? you definitely need something else to dedicate yourself to that has the added bonus of helping you focus on school, but that doesn't mean you can't quit cold turkey. for me i stopped playing when the debate season started. but everybody has their own thing. | ||
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
If you need the internet, use it at the library or school. This might seem harsh but it will change your life around. Not only will you quit sc, but you will also not be able to waste your time browsing the internet, forums, and watching youtube videos and stuff. Doing this would be a feat to be marveled at. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
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Camlito
Australia4040 Posts
Getting a new one soon though! | ||
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XCetron
5226 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
Do what my friend did crush his "sc" (it was wow same principle) cd and wipe it from all his computers | ||
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
On August 23 2008 16:53 IzzyCraft wrote: Do what my friend did crush his "sc" (it was wow same principle) cd and wipe it from all his computers It's not hard to reacquire it. Seriously, good luck with the rest of your life. There's a time to move on for everybody. | ||
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o3.power91
Bahrain5288 Posts
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Zuries
United Kingdom156 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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deathgodtoss
Korea (North)189 Posts
On August 23 2008 15:47 Camlito wrote: Lol my broodwar cd got a bad scratch and is ruined, so that's like the 3rd broodwar cd that i've lost. It stopped working 2 weeks ago and somehow i've survived without starcraft... well i did for 1 day T.T. Getting a new one soon though! d/l the iso file | ||
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DragoonPK
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Kletus
Canada580 Posts
Then the dreams started. I was Z against a T opponent. He kept on sending waves and waves of marines while I tried to keep up by making sunkens, buying time while lurker tech finishes. The waves kept coming and coming. My sunkens wouldn't morph fast enough. Eventually I succumbed. The lurker tech you ask? It never came...IT NEVER CAME!!!!! | ||
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vhallee
899 Posts
On August 23 2008 12:58 LosingID8 wrote: see you again in 2 weeks! no matter how hard you try, you know deep down inside that this will happen. dont force yourself to quit sc. you just cant. | ||
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Kennelie
United States2296 Posts
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iD.NicKy
France767 Posts
you don't have to stop completly | ||
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Piste
6183 Posts
I might have couple weeks without any game, then play few when I have nothing better to do when I'm bored. | ||
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8Pylon
United States223 Posts
then I spent the whole next day playing starcraft and watching vods  ..there seems to be no end.. BUT I DONT CARE its a great stress reliever | ||
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Garnet
Vietnam9055 Posts
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Scorpion
United States1974 Posts
It eventually got to the point where I didn't even feel like logging in anymore so, now I just have Starcraft there :D! I still play from time to time though ;O | ||
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UmmTheHobo
United States650 Posts
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On August 23 2008 17:27 thunk wrote: It's not hard to reacquire it. Seriously, good luck with the rest of your life. There's a time to move on for everybody. Well the point is to remove easy access it's not hard to go out and buy another broodwar cd but you do now have to go out and spend money. Which is enough for some people. | ||
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Kletus
Canada580 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
At least that's my experience and opinion on it; different people need to study differently though, or have different abilities. If you take a practice test and get a 1000/1600, then you clearly need help and probably should take more. If you take a practice test and get something decent like 1450+, then more practice won't really do you any good. Even with practice, statistics allegedly show that you won't improve by more than 100 points. This goes for SAT courses too, although I have no experience with either, just repeating what I heard elsewhere. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17743 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On August 24 2008 17:50 Ilikestarcraft wrote: if your score is already like 2000+ it probably wont improve that much but if you're like 1500ish your score could improve like 200-300 points or so with sat courses like tpr Basically what I said except I used the 1600 scale because the essay is still pretty BS and is not looked at as heavily as the other 2 sections, nor is it as concrete in being right/wrong. Also, it's hard to grade your own essay if you do practice it. What I could suggest for that is looking up essay prompts and trying to write 2 pages on it in 25 minutes, and having someone else look at it. But once again, it will still most likely not be anything similar to whatever prompt you get on the real thing. Although my friend did say that he wrote about Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, and Gandhi on each one of his SATs with a good score, but there's no way to tell if he was lying or not. EDIT: Interesting fact! You can be completely wrong about facts (dates, names, etc.) in your essay as long as they contribute to your point and answer the prompt. However it is obviously best not to be wrong on purpose. | ||
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Texas
Germany2388 Posts
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On August 25 2008 00:15 Texas wrote: its a fucking computer game we r talking about, just spend ur time on more important things in life; ur lack of discipline makes me puke. http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/fanatacist-/TEXAS-1.png | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
On August 25 2008 01:34 fanatacist wrote: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/fanatacist-/TEXAS-1.png lmfao, i was thinking the same thing | ||
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
Control yourself. | ||
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Texas
Germany2388 Posts
On August 25 2008 01:34 fanatacist wrote: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/fanatacist-/TEXAS-1.png well done | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
Thanks. | ||
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1sd2sd3sd
660 Posts
On August 23 2008 13:11 kdog3683 wrote: You don't quit starcraft by saying, "i have all these other obligations, sports, food, etc" You quit starcraft by gradually playing less and less and finding somthing with which you have more interest in, be it a different video game or, events in life. I gaurentee you will still have time for starcraft. Cross country + T&F are different seasons. Me in Junior year HS = My school, 7:30-3:10, 3:30-5:30 sports. 6:00 schoolwork, Dinner 7:00ish, starcraft/msn/aim/homework 7:00-1:AM. SAT prep = Cram during Summer, take it in Fall. And then Once more, 2weeks before in may. "Read about psycology" is bullshit as well. I go through phases where I want to write a story or make music. These desires always resurface. I'll go through a chess phase and get books about strategy. But you don't do this for 5 hours a day, its impossible. To nonchalantly decide to read about psychology is not something you devote massive time to. "free time to run" Since you are chinese, I guarantee you run not for joy, but for physical improvement. When I run in Off-season, I go through bursts of devotion, where I run like 10miles a day, every other day. But this is very rare. because its very Painful. Most of the time, I only ran about 15min @ night, a few laps around the park to feel fresh. Now, I don't run @ all. My point is, whenever I see some bullshit about sombody quitting SC b/c they don't have enough time in their schedule, I know they are going to crawl back because there is definetly time in their schedule. If you really did have a full schedule, you wouldn't 1. be addicted to SC and 2. Need to post about it. Also, I'm going to vent a little longer so bare with me. When a person says 'I wasn't trying', "I'm retired from Sc, "I'm going to start playing serious", this also pisses me off because there is no such thing as wasn't trying. There is: Underestimating an oppoenent, purposely throwing a game, not in the mood, but there is not a "serious / casual". If you are going to throw around those words, then you need to be @ the fucking top of the food chain. Boxer has the right to 'retire' and the right to play SC 'Seriously'. You don't. You are a casual gamer. You try hard to win, but so does everyone else. Trying hard does not imply being serious about it. It simply means trying hard. So much truth to your post and you are absolutely correct. Once you truly get busy you won't have to say you are going to stop playing because you will just naturally stop. | ||
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XCetron
5226 Posts
On August 25 2008 01:34 fanatacist wrote: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/fanatacist-/TEXAS-1.png If only all arguments turn out like this. | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
Just get your work done first (if you are a student, your job is to study, not to play games) or at the very least, find another hobby to take up your time. | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
I could do this in every thread but it'd lose its novelty ): | ||
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
I played like all the time during junior year (the most important year) and I didn't fuck up at all. | ||
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
On August 25 2008 01:34 fanatacist wrote: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i265/fanatacist-/TEXAS-1.png OMG !!! LOOOL Im cracking up so bad.. this fucking post is gold | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On August 26 2008 01:59 InfeSteD[rA] wrote: OMG !!! LOOOL Im cracking up so bad.. this fucking post is gold [: You lost your "wife" and family? That's pretty fucking rough dude, boundaries are necessary in all aspects of life... | ||
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
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XCetron
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