EPTHow I found love. or TL. - Page 2
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boesthius
United States11637 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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ZaplinG
United States3818 Posts
I found TL after some v-tec kids went on a melee spree back when WGT first got started. They were talking about strats and stuff that the 'pros' were using that they read about on TL. I went to TL to see for myself but was actually turned off by all the information on the proscene. I eventually found GosuGamers and posted there for a while as 'Enord'. I still checked both sites frequently but eventually just stopped going to GG because TL was more active. I didn't start following the proscene until about a year later, hence why I mostly hang around the general forum. | ||
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sqwert
United States781 Posts
now tell me that isnt fate. On September 12 2008 15:52 ZaplinG wrote: Lol i remember when that thread was made, kennigit ^^ I believe I even have a post in there somewhere... I found TL after some v-tec kids went on a melee spree back when WGT first got started. They were talking about strats and stuff that the 'pros' were using that they read about on TL. I went to TL to see for myself but was actually turned off by all the information on the proscene. I eventually found GosuGamers and posted there for a while as 'Enord'. I still checked both sites frequently but eventually just stopped going to GG because TL was more active. I didn't start following the proscene until about a year later, hence why I mostly hang around the general forum. edit: 0o0o0o0o ye i remember now. i got interested in poker, and gambling. after my friend told me about boxer and i research competitive sc, i llook around to find games that i can win prizes at, and tried to find a place where i can bet on teams and found gosugamers. they didnt give out prizes, and it free, but i checked it out anyway. i got bored of that and searched google about other game betting sites, particularly sc betting, and i come stumbling back into tlnet. now tell me THAT isnt fate. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22261 Posts
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semioldguy
United States7488 Posts
As for my own story... It was a little more than two years ago. I had just moved into a new apartment with some friends from university. one day, after coming home from work there is this Korean kid in my living room I had never seen before. Finding strange people in my living room in various states of consciousness has become somewhat of a theme while I have lived here. I asked who he was. He was apparently a friend of one of my roommate's and his name was Brian. We started connecting on video games right away, reminiscing about great games of the past when Starcraft came up, which happened to be my favorite game from the past. "Oh man, I haven't played Starcraft in years," I told him. "I used to be pretty good back in like... middle school." It was on. Several of us got on our computers and we played several games. Despite not having played for years, I swept the floor with them. Not that I was good, I merely recalled an old build order I used and their strategy consisted of just making some units they felt like using and then getting overrun by hydralisks before they could really do anything. They wanted to beat me, so they practiced a lot and looked online for tips and strategies. I didn't practice at all, and every week or so they would challenge me, and subsequently lose. It was a couple months before that Korean boy managed to beat me at which point I was motivated to do research and practice to keep myself on top. After several weeks of Google searching I became a lurker on various sites, one of which was Team Liquid. From team Liquid I discovered the Korean Starcraft scene and began enveloping myself in witnessing a player known as IPXZerg completely dominate. It was quite inspirational. I turned my game playing habit into that of a spectator sport as I found ways to stream it and watch the action live. From there I eventually felt the urge to began contributing and get into discussions about professional level Starcraft. As my roommates and friends began to have fading interest after several months, I finally registered on Team Liquid to satisfy my desire. I never thought I would have gotten as involved in it all as I have now. But I love it! | ||
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TheMusiC
United States1054 Posts
anyway, made an account in 2004 and... now i'm here. i was playing sc when spawning pools still cost 150 minerals, replays didn't exist, and 1 psi storm could kill a lurker. stopped playing a while back though, but i love keeping up with the proscene and tl.net does just that  p.s. anyone remember team IS and how stacked their roster was? so insane | ||
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x_woof_x
United States659 Posts
i remember when i got there everyone was like Nal ra was just in the building ! omgg. still took a pic with him at least | ||
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semioldguy
United States7488 Posts
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fgsvsd
Switzerland348 Posts
I got to TL by being linked to here several times over the years by Lisk, and eventually I started lurking, and created an account a while later after having decided that the community was worth my presence. I've yet to meet any TLnetters IRL though, but I'm sure it would be cool. Actually I kinda regret that I found out about the event in Paris so late, could have travelled the short distance by train and crashed at a friend's place whom I've wanted to visit anyway for a while now. | ||
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Zoler
Sweden6339 Posts
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
i lurked the broodwar forum looking for strategies to gain an edge on my friends (the days before the strategy forum existed) for 6 months until april of 2003 before finally mustering up the courage/confidence to create an account and start posting. | ||
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ChaoSbringer
Australia1382 Posts
Been playing SC on/off since about 2000 (Only UMS because I suck at melee), and was never a part of an actual community, I heard about SC2, and deep in the subconsciousness of my mind, I recalled hearing of a site call Teamliquid that was a SC fansite, i figured they would have SC2 info so I joined up. I lurked for a couple months, but then I decided to get into the progaming thing and wanted to Liquibet, so I made an account. | ||
intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
a few years later i had entered college, and after a few months of puking my guts out in bathroom stalls and ditching classes i grew pretty sick of getting trashed every night. i started up starcraft again, and started laddering (i went 1-7 in the first season of pgtour) and playing 1v1s with old friends. we googled around for new korean replays and information and here i am today! | ||
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o3.power91
Bahrain5288 Posts
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lilsusie
3861 Posts
On September 12 2008 16:35 Zoler wrote: And what inspiried you to write this story ? the whole ordeal of ra not being a player any more made me sad as it has everyone else, figured i'd share my story about him. i'm also curious because i was thinking about why/how i'm on TL and how my involvement got so deep... it's almost like a second job.  | ||
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intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
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DownMaxX
Canada1311 Posts
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lilsusie
3861 Posts
On September 12 2008 17:28 intrigue wrote: susie do you play sc? i hate saying that i do here on TL because everyone else that i know through this site is so amazingly good that i can hardly say that i play. rek's gonna come in here now and say that i dont even know what a hydralisk is blah blah but i used to play quite a bit when it came out in 1999 (that was my freshman year in college so mainly lan games with kids on in the dorms.) i play for fun not for competition and even now when going to pc bangs with friends, they know i'm terrible but we play to have a good time and for laughs. god knows i cant hold my own in 1v1. i enjoy the game but i'm rusty and now i'd rather watch than play. | ||
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intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
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