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Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-28 03:00:07
April 27 2009 03:29 GMT
#1
i really don't care about post counts.

neither should you.

as far as reputation -

i've been with starcraft since it's concept stage perhaps in the 1990's. i've known Blizzard since it published Lost Vikings. i held worldwide ranking in several games, including Diablo II during the first season. i've beta tested games you've never heard of, i've lived in Korea for two years and seen the big boys play StarCraft albiet on tv while in Korea. i led a warcraft iii:tft clan in korea.

i wouldn't rank my StarCraft playing ability as stellar, however during my active period prior and up to 2001 my win percentage in 3v3 was 85% or higher.

my solo ranking was considerably less, considering finding 1v1 opponents became difficult after 2003.

i was with you guys in Sept 2000 [edit Sept 2001] hearing what most of us heard that day from some newbie logging into battle.net.

"OMG, planes hit the world trade center".

it was utter chaos that day, and through it all there we were online, chatting away, some of us watching the news, others bring in reports, and there were the few that we all calmed down.

i spent the next five years playing counterstrike, warcraft iii, and living overseas (not military).

i logged into starcraft sometime in 2006 and it was a whole another world. all the channels filled with unreadable text from some other language, and players that didn't chat, didn't even really play any more - just running some latest tactic they must have seen on a replay.

my starcraft CD cracked. my warcraft iii CD cracked.

starcraft 2 is way overdue. it's so overdue even the diehard fans are somewhat unexcited until they actually see it. was it that way for the original starcraft? we played starcraft for hours on end, and it never got old.

it's a joke - i search for starcraft 2 sites and i find about a half dozen sites for what is probably one of the biggest games of the decade.

well - there you have it Lemonwalrus - the short story of Sparkwind.



**
in the end StarCraft begins.
Savio
Profile Joined April 2008
United States1850 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-27 04:10:24
April 27 2009 04:06 GMT
#2
On April 27 2009 12:29 Sparkwind wrote:

i was with you guys in Sept 2000 hearing what most of us heard that day from some newbie logging into battle.net.

"OMG, planes hit the world trade center".



No you weren't. Nothing happened that day.


EDIT: But ya, I have a similar story. I played a ton of SC when it first came out and loved it. I thought I was really good. I come back in 2006 and its a whole different game anywhere you play online.

And yes...SC2 is way overdue
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
April 27 2009 04:07 GMT
#3
k.
theobsessed1
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States576 Posts
April 27 2009 04:12 GMT
#4
On April 27 2009 13:07 koreasilver wrote:
k.


I wonder how many posts I need to get in order to reply like this. I'm jealous
정명훈 화이팅!~
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
April 27 2009 04:14 GMT
#5
nobodys gonna punish you for that if its in a blog post and its not the only thing you ever post

go ahead, try it out somewhere, i'll quote you and say "good job!" and probably put like a smiley face or somethin
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
theobsessed1
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States576 Posts
April 27 2009 04:31 GMT
#6
On April 27 2009 13:14 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
nobodys gonna punish you for that if its in a blog post and its not the only thing you ever post

go ahead, try it out somewhere, i'll quote you and say "good job!" and probably put like a smiley face or somethin


Woohoo I did it. Hopefully you'll find it
정명훈 화이팅!~
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
April 27 2009 04:32 GMT
#7
Crap, hope it's not in my secret hiding thread. brb
Jaedong
Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-27 23:35:49
April 27 2009 23:34 GMT
#8
On April 27 2009 13:06 Savio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2009 12:29 Sparkwind wrote:

i was with you guys in Sept 2000 hearing what most of us heard that day from some newbie logging into battle.net.

"OMG, planes hit the world trade center".



No you weren't. Nothing happened that day.


EDIT: But ya, I have a similar story. I played a ton of SC when it first came out and loved it. I thought I was really good. I come back in 2006 and its a whole different game anywhere you play online.

And yes...SC2 is way overdue


asserting a false statement like

"No. you weren't. Nothing happened that day."

brings the HELLSTORM on you.

you weren't with me that day.

you probably thought you were good, who doesn't.

my numbers show 85% win rate which is in fact better than most.

because i say that my play was less than stellar, does not indicate in way that you are better. you played a ton of SC - well that's probably where my 85% win ratio came from. from players that went around saying that they play tons of SC and that they are so good that they can come around making false assertions about a person's life experiences.

don't try buddying up with me by saying that something i experienced didn't happen.

how about this:

you weren't born buddy. nothing happened that day.

you didn't write any comment on my blog. nothing happened on that day either.
in the end StarCraft begins.
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-27 23:49:54
April 27 2009 23:49 GMT
#9
What he's trying to say is Wrong year . It was 2001 -.-
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
April 27 2009 23:54 GMT
#10
This guy isn't real, right?
No I'm never serious.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-28 00:21:32
April 27 2009 23:56 GMT
#11
Ok, 3 blogs by the same person on the first page.

This is very quickly going to get worse than SiegeTanksAndBlueGoo.

EDIT: 4 now.
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Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
April 28 2009 00:02 GMT
#12
On April 28 2009 08:49 b3h47pte wrote:
What he's trying to say is Wrong year . It was 2001 -.-


freaking. that would have helped. as it is, the guy insulted me.

if that's what's he's saying - thanks for the correction.

and thanks for pointing it out.

in the end StarCraft begins.
lesser_good
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada698 Posts
April 28 2009 00:26 GMT
#13
4 blogs wow
pew pew
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
April 28 2009 03:44 GMT
#14
err... wat?

sure ur life is fascinating and all but wat does it have to do w/ anything...

ohhh the lack of fan base for sc2? just wait till it comes out man... were there half a dozen sites about sc b4 sc came out??? no?? then wtf do u mean to say when u say there r only half a dozen sites when u search for starcraft2....

y do u care whether or not there r few or a lot of sites on sc2? make one if u think there r too little... stop quadruple blogging
ggyo...
ThatGuy
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada695 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-28 04:01:45
April 28 2009 04:01 GMT
#15
On April 27 2009 13:31 theobsessed1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2009 13:14 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
nobodys gonna punish you for that if its in a blog post and its not the only thing you ever post

go ahead, try it out somewhere, i'll quote you and say "good job!" and probably put like a smiley face or somethin


Woohoo I did it. Hopefully you'll find it


God damn, I give up. I scanned the whole blog section with no luck, maybe I just passed over it somewhere. You deserve credit for hiding it so well.

Good job!
Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-28 04:15:56
April 28 2009 04:15 GMT
#16
On April 28 2009 12:44 R3condite wrote:
err... wat?

sure ur life is fascinating and all but wat does it have to do w/ anything...

ohhh the lack of fan base for sc2? just wait till it comes out man... were there half a dozen sites about sc b4 sc came out??? no?? then wtf do u mean to say when u say there r only half a dozen sites when u search for starcraft2....

y do u care whether or not there r few or a lot of sites on sc2? make one if u think there r too little... stop quadruple blogging


honestly, i read your comment about a few times, and really i couldn't see what your saying.

it's an introduction. don't care so much for it, well thanks for introducing yourself. other than that, nice to meet you as well.





in the end StarCraft begins.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2298 Posts
April 28 2009 07:05 GMT
#17
if you were so good someone would have remembered you as a good 3v3 player yes?. BUT who the fuck gives a rat ass about 3v3 players!!! :O sorry but u fail !
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
jinwoooooooo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States176 Posts
April 28 2009 07:26 GMT
#18
We're all commiting strategic errors. The right play in this situation is surrender - it is an option.

After all, he's gonna win the argument in the end ._.
Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
April 28 2009 16:11 GMT
#19
On April 28 2009 16:05 ffswowsucks wrote:
if you were so good someone would have remembered you as a good 3v3 player yes?. BUT who the fuck gives a rat ass about 3v3 players!!! :O sorry but u fail !


thanks. i think.

in the end StarCraft begins.
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
April 28 2009 19:49 GMT
#20
Don't listen to this 40 post count newb. He will lead you astray!

The only way to salvation is to post things like "qtf" and "lol" and "OMG JAEDONG BWONJAW" at least 2000 times. Anyone who has not passed this test(this may be known as the virtual circumcision) must not be married into the promised race. Furthermore, we must not bless our posts with idols, as to worship idols is to worship demons.
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