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I feel like the Protoss in me is dying...

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Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 04:31:01
April 13 2009 03:50 GMT
#1
A year ago I was all psyched up to improve and be one rank higher each season. My best was c- and I was hoping to hit B someday. But idk after i gave up sc for a week for lent, i think i discovered a whole new world out there.
I would just hang out with friends and stuff, I thought I would still get back to sc whenever i came back home, but my passion for starcraft has died down. I mean I still would want to play a few games but after those games I'm done for awhile. I used to practice Starcraft for like 5 hours at least a day and I tried so hard to improve all my mechanics and timings and game sense. I HATED to LOSE. Whenever I lost a game ESPECIALLY TO A CHEESE. I would go like OMFG im gonna pwn the next guy, and I would keep playing until i would get a convincing win with the best mechanics i've got to show.
I don't know if I'm sad to see this passion die down or maybe this is a new chapter in my life, but I guess it kind of feels sad to know that I once really had the passion for this game and now its gone.
On the other hand I feel like my life's been pretty good...pretty....pretty...pretty...pretty good! I feel like I know that I'm in the right place in my life. Despite not knowing what direction God's gonna take me in life, I have confidence and hope for the future. I always feel some sort of excitement when I wake up, and before I met "her" I didn't. Maybe this is just a new chapter in my life where something replaces my interests, but I will never forget Starcraft!
It will be forever remembered as the greatest game of all time and will always have a place in my heart!


heres a vid to show my gameplay the week before i gave up sc for lent



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Rice
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1332 Posts
April 13 2009 04:01 GMT
#2
sounds like its for the better
Freedom will be defended at the cost of civil liberties.
FoBuLouS
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States570 Posts
April 13 2009 04:02 GMT
#3
no more 1a2a3a? =[
goodbye fellow protoss
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
April 13 2009 04:04 GMT
#4
try playing terran now. i think you're ready
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
April 13 2009 04:05 GMT
#5
On April 13 2009 13:02 FoBuLouS wrote:
no more 1a2a3a? =[
goodbye fellow protoss


You should know that mods have stated that this joke needs to simply die. IDK if it matters on the blogs though.

OP, a lot of players go through phases where they lose interest in the game, or more often, their race. I think you'll be back haha.
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
April 13 2009 04:07 GMT
#6
thats why i abuse on warcraft and rape noobs
Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
April 13 2009 04:09 GMT
#7
u cant leave. y do u think ex-scers are on TL.net? cuz they cant leave. dundun dunnnn

switch race? that helps. and congrats on ur gf
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
Kuja900
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3564 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 04:09:54
April 13 2009 04:09 GMT
#8
Is this basically a "new girlfriend has ripped me away from SC" thread. You poor soul, same thing happend with me and WoW. I played it nonstop for hours each day lvling/pvping/raiding ect because I wanted to be better then everyone I had that "passion" you described. Now I cant play 5 minutes without being bored out of my mind and I quit.
OMG you nasty gurl
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
April 13 2009 04:14 GMT
#9
On April 13 2009 13:04 omninmo wrote:
try playing terran now. i think you're ready


I played all 3 races and practiced the bos for all mus and terran is NOT my style, always in def position and setting up and pushing forward or harassing with vultures i guess is ok but not as fun as storm drops or dt sniping drones or just seeing hydras melt under blankets of storms, and just how the goon's projectile just moves to damage its target how the zealot stabs the enemy, how the zergling blood pile up all around the archon's might, and how reavers with superb micro with shuttle can EXPLODE a whole mineral field of workers and just seeing the enemy goons pop with reaver scarabs. How many arbs stasis half the terran army and mopping up the other half. How the carriers arrive in its majesty. Oh how the corsair scouts like those u2 planes and seeing the enemy's tech. Protoss with their advanced technology and weapons, and how they are like those 300 that bravely fought to defend Sparta! MADNESS?!?! THIS IS RAZ0R!!! PROTOSS WARRIOR!!!!!
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
April 13 2009 04:16 GMT
#10
Try switching races!
On April 13 2009 13:05 Salv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2009 13:02 FoBuLouS wrote:
no more 1a2a3a? =[
goodbye fellow protoss


You should know that mods have stated that this joke needs to simply die. IDK if it matters on the blogs though.

OP, a lot of players go through phases where they lose interest in the game, or more often, their race. I think you'll be back haha.

I hope it does, I got banned for a whole week from an
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over nine...

joke. Meanwhile I've seen countless people get away with stuff like that in general and strategy and stuff, it really makes me angry.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
April 13 2009 04:19 GMT
#11
I think the joke is fine as long as something useful follows it. To reiterate my earlier post though, I think the OP is making this blog a little too quickly. Might be iCCuping a week from now haha.
404.Delirium
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1190 Posts
April 13 2009 04:24 GMT
#12
If I understand you correctly. You say you quit Protoss because you hated to lose?

Perhaps another variable to this equation? Doesn't add up right no matter how I break it down.
seriously next disrespectful comment in this blog is ip ban. Be happy or get the hell out. // SC2 is like playing with neutral-colored Play-Doh while BW is like colorful Legos.
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
April 13 2009 04:26 GMT
#13
On April 13 2009 13:24 404.Delirium wrote:
If I understand you correctly. You say you quit Protoss because you hated to lose?

Perhaps another variable to this equation? Doesn't add up right no matter how I break it down.


no i meant before when i was really passionate about this game i would play until like 5 am in the morning until i would get a convincing win or until i fell asleep. Thats why i brought that up why i hated to lose. But yeah now when i lose its like meh... idc its all good as long as im having fun.
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
April 13 2009 04:27 GMT
#14
On April 13 2009 13:19 Salv wrote:
I think the joke is fine as long as something useful follows it. To reiterate my earlier post though, I think the OP is making this blog a little too quickly. Might be iCCuping a week from now haha.



I'll still be playing sc i didn't say i was gonna quit completely, its just i feel like the desire to improve and stuff is gone, and i just dont have the will to play this game for long periods of time like i used to.
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
April 13 2009 04:56 GMT
#15
"her" = metaphor for your new life, right?

Girls aren't a viable substitute for anything...they're more trouble than they're worth in the end...though that may just be my jaded and cynical ass.
Hello
YoUr_KiLLeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States3420 Posts
April 13 2009 04:58 GMT
#16
once that passion dies it never comes back.
what the fuck do you have to say for yourself now you protoss jackass can you retaliate in any way
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
April 13 2009 05:01 GMT
#17
whenever i get bored i switch races and play it about a week or so. then it gets fun again
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
April 13 2009 05:04 GMT
#18
heh

nice dude the sc demon is off ur bak rofl... though u've lost the passion for sc im sure u'll find passion elsewhere

it's called developing
ggyo...
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
April 13 2009 05:10 GMT
#19
On April 13 2009 13:56 PH wrote:
"her" = metaphor for your new life, right?

Girls aren't a viable substitute for anything...they're more trouble than they're worth in the end...though that may just be my jaded and cynical ass.


well she is a part of my new life, but i feel like i need something more and that is God. I feel like he answers my prayers and he helps me out with dealing with stress and I dont worry about my grades when my parents are all bitching about it cuz i had a dream! that i chose a blue starburst, which represented the path of which i was to take, i chose that blue starburst in the dream because i like blue raspberry flavor, but that represents how im gonna choose to do something i really want to do, and that means im really lucky cuz alot of ppl dont do what they really want to do cuz they thought they were into something else but they weren't.
This week i felt like i wanted to explode like i felt like i was being suppressed and not being able to express my feelings freely. I just feel like Gods helping me be free, not have a worry in the world, and just do my part and do the best i can do.
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
April 13 2009 05:12 GMT
#20
Life well spent for Aiur.
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
Retsukage
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1002 Posts
April 13 2009 06:10 GMT
#21
what... lol..... also, you dont leave starcraft, starcraft leaves you!!!!
To change is to improve, to change often is to be perfect - Winston Chruchill
prOxi.Beater
Profile Joined December 2008
Denmark626 Posts
April 13 2009 08:02 GMT
#22
You'll be back.

They always come back
Nobody beats the Beater
Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
April 13 2009 08:22 GMT
#23
Aiur says, do not leave.
La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée
Sanity.
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States704 Posts
April 13 2009 08:30 GMT
#24
On April 13 2009 17:02 prOxi.Beater wrote:
You'll be back.

They always come back

writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
April 13 2009 08:44 GMT
#25
On April 13 2009 13:14 Raz0r wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2009 13:04 omninmo wrote:
try playing terran now. i think you're ready


I played all 3 races and practiced the bos for all mus and terran is NOT my style, always in def position and setting up and pushing forward or harassing with vultures i guess is ok but not as fun as storm drops or dt sniping drones or just seeing hydras melt under blankets of storms, and just how the goon's projectile just moves to damage its target how the zealot stabs the enemy, how the zergling blood pile up all around the archon's might, and how reavers with superb micro with shuttle can EXPLODE a whole mineral field of workers and just seeing the enemy goons pop with reaver scarabs. How many arbs stasis half the terran army and mopping up the other half. How the carriers arrive in its majesty. Oh how the corsair scouts like those u2 planes and seeing the enemy's tech. Protoss with their advanced technology and weapons, and how they are like those 300 that bravely fought to defend Sparta! MADNESS?!?! THIS IS RAZ0R!!! PROTOSS WARRIOR!!!!!


rofl when i read this to me it sounds like you love playing the "easy race"
no offense meant
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Jayson X
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Switzerland2431 Posts
April 13 2009 08:56 GMT
#26
You played 5 hours a day and your maximum was C- ?
Sorry but the competitive part of this game isn't for your type then.
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
April 13 2009 09:53 GMT
#27
Ever thought of the possibility that you might just want a break? -.-

Dude, I have literally manually destroyed my starcraft CDs before because I wanted to quit, and somehow I still am playing. I am not saying that you will be back for sure, I am just saying that you are being a bit radical.
wwooaa
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Croatia179 Posts
April 13 2009 10:46 GMT
#28
Executor says that it's ok to switch races coz the protoss warrior in you never dies. You should play a bit for fun and when you see some league like SC2GG or Ansadi your daemon will wake up, you shall see
wWoOaA)Is( /// kasda.cry...Ninjas can't catch you if you are on FIRE !
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 11:25:57
April 13 2009 11:25 GMT
#29
On April 13 2009 17:56 Jayson X wrote:
You played 5 hours a day and your maximum was C- ?
Sorry but the competitive part of this game isn't for your type then.

The real question is 5 hours a day for how many days.
Anyway C- is decent. It is godlike compared to the random RTS player.

I think when i was active it would have been my max :>
Anyway i lost the passion too. This game is becoming so repetitive + the number of hours you need to play to be decent is just huge.
If i make a two weeks break i'm back to D lol
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
April 13 2009 15:14 GMT
#30
It is for the better, playing 5 hours a day just seems so useless, were you training to be in tourneys? Because 5 hours for casual purposes is just too much. Its good that your going out, socializing and stuff.
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
April 13 2009 15:21 GMT
#31
Yeah, it was hard for me also to realize that starcraft wasn't everything in my life. Now I'm doing much, much better @ college and getting kickass internships.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 13 2009 15:30 GMT
#32
On April 13 2009 13:09 Sonu wrote:
u cant leave. y do u think ex-scers are on TL.net? cuz they cant leave. dundun dunnnn

This.

I haven't played Starcraft in 4 months, and I'm still on TL.net as often as ever.
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17920 Posts
April 13 2009 17:34 GMT
#33
Embrace the Terran within you.
Feel the power.
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 20:14:27
April 13 2009 20:13 GMT
#34
ahah even if i won't really play bw now i think i will still visit TL too and watch some bw matchs ( mostly finals or epic Bo5 )

i used to watch LOTS of replays but now ... eh i'm usually bored of all this 3 hatchs / Fe crap on the same terrible macro maps.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 20:49:28
April 13 2009 20:48 GMT
#35
what's the name of the song in your video?

relevance edit: you'll want to play again soon, it's such a fun hobby with a great community, kicks the shit out of putting tiny ships in bottles
Raz0r
Profile Joined September 2008
United States287 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-13 22:44:43
April 13 2009 22:43 GMT
#36
On April 13 2009 20:25 Boblion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2009 17:56 Jayson X wrote:
You played 5 hours a day and your maximum was C- ?
Sorry but the competitive part of this game isn't for your type then.

The real question is 5 hours a day for how many days.
Anyway C- is decent. It is godlike compared to the random RTS player.

I think when i was active it would have been my max :>
Anyway i lost the passion too. This game is becoming so repetitive + the number of hours you need to play to be decent is just huge.
If i make a two weeks break i'm back to D lol


Ok heres a little of my sc background, i had the game since 8th grade so about 3 years ago, but i only played like ums and occassionally melee, but never really got into it. Then a year ago, i was like damn i suck at this game, so i started around may of 2008. I started to practice 5 hours a day like maybe 3 months ago. Before it was like playing 10 games per couple days as long as i showed improvement was good enough, but then my passion for sc kept growing and then after my 5 hours a day, i took a break from sc and started to hang out with friends. I was like D- probably season 5 i think? then i got to D+ 6th season then 7th season c-, and now i reached C- within a few weeks of season 8 and now im just not into sc that much ill probably play some later or from time to time, but just not 5 hours a day kind of thing.

Oh and the song in my video is 009 sound system- dreamscape
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