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This blog post is about three (not one, and that’s why its +1 :O) topics, and one I think will valuable to TeamLiquid members, as they might come across the same problems. Btw I changed my title from \"n00b to pro\" to \"My Thoughtsss\" because High Templars always say \" Your Thoughtsssss\", and I am always typing out my thoughts... So why not?
Topic 1
Well, I feel a lot better from my previous blog post, and that\'s because I talked to someone about it... like EVERY Single problem I had. Guess who that was? My Mom.
My Mom = Raynor. Awesome
I actually realize that she was trying to find out what was wrong with me for the past few weeks. Well I told her, and I was very surprised. She just said, oh its ok, its normal for your age, and stuff like that in a really soft tone. It made me feel sooo much better, because before I felt like a horse was stepping on my chest. Basically I was losing my mind and it was hard to breathe.
Lesson learned: My Mom is awesome.
Topic 2
Another thing that I want to talk about is something called IB. It stands for the international baccalaureate program. The history of it is that before when generals or soldiers went from one country to another in Europe, it was hard for their kids to keep switching education systems every 2 weeks. So they made something that was standard every where. It started to spread with the idea of a global village... and now you can take this in pretty much any country.
I was accepted into this program, as I thought it was a chance to finally get away from the stupidity of my town. Basically 99% of the people that live where I live are closed minded and stupid. Im the only person of my ethnic group in my town, but I really dont care either way, as long as I am being treated as an equal. Im one of those anti- racist people. But I wasn’t treated equally ... or alteast thats how I feel anyway.
Well anyway, I was accepted, and the accepted people were told it was \"challenging and demanding, and for high motivated students.\" The program also gives an edge to anyone that wants to apply to foreign Universities (like From Canada to Oxford). Well turns out they were right. I found my self being surrounded by mostly very friendly, open minded people, and it does help with foreign unies. But the marking scheme is awkward, and then they have projects that are a requirement for the IB Diploma. t very unstable in my opinion (u can go from a 80-90 or a 90-80 because you missed 1 mark and instead foing from 97-95, the number, as its out of 7, goes to like 5 from 6, and then u lose 10%). Actually for grades 9 and 10, the marching scheme is VERY messed up. In Ontario High schools, all rubrics are out of 4. In IB (or they call it MYP) some courses are out of 8 and 10, some are out of 6... its very messed up.
Next, there is something called the Personal Project, where you have to do a 4000 word assignment + some other stuff on something you do as a hobby or something ur passionate about (I didn’t know about sc then so I didn’t do it on that). Sounds easy right? WRONG! It’s a 2 year process… and it got a lot harder the year I came into the program (I ended up failing, re writing the essay part, and then passing). This is a requirement to get into the IB Diploma program (the one that gives the edge). Then they just uped the amount of work for it. Also there are 2 other projects in Grade 11 and 12, and if I fail, then I AM SCREWED because then I wont have either the Ontario Diploma, or the IB Diploma :S.
Another thing I think I should inform you guys about is that domestic Universities don’t care about it. Why? They just don’t… and why should they?
So the end result is that I am planning to drop this IB programme, but stay in the school. I need to get some signatures and approvals and what not, but I don’t think that’s a problem.
Lesson: Go into IB if you are planning to attend foreign Universities.
Topic 3
I have a neat idea for a strat for PvT. Why not go fast illusion with Templars for Protoss? Like get 10 templars, and then illusion 10-12 zealots. The result is atleast 20 random zealots running everywhere, and the Terran will be like OMFG SO MANY ZEALOTS !!!! You can mix in real zealots, and micro them away from damage, and go straight to the tanks, while the illusions go for the mines  . Yes the terran will realize the zealots are illusions but then by the time they realize it its going to be 2 late, as 12 zealots will be in the tank line and goons and energy full templars can storm them/attack them.
Key Elements:
- Gateway
- Zealot
- Gas
- Core
- Gateway
- Citedal
- Templar Archives
- Research Illusion
I think with this you can expand normal (after 1rst gateway or after 2gate/1gate robo). Otherwise Idk. Someone might want to try this. This might actually create a Timing push.
Hope atleast the 2nd one helps.
-Sonu
 
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The zealot illusions take far too much micro and resources and wouldn't work unless you were severely ahead in the first place... much like almost every other theorycraft posted here.
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There's a pimpest play honorable mention done where he gets fast zealot hallucinations and owns the terran with his own mines. It relies a lot of luck though and the hallucinations die fast because they take full damage from everything twice as fast.
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CA10828 Posts
hmm, sounds like we had quite different experiences with the IB program. for me, it was probably the best decision of my middle/high school career.
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How are you gonna have energy full templars to storm tanks when you just hallucinated? High templars that early is already expensive as it is
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Baa?21243 Posts
IB's retarded. I was so glad I didn't do it, it proved utterly worthless for all my friends.
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Osaka27151 Posts
It was really awesome for my friend, who was able to finish university in 3 years because IB counted as his first year. He went to UVic in BC. Why was it worthless for your friends? Give some details.
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Wow your IB experience sounds not so good lol. Personal Project sounds ghey as well; technically, it's suppose to be just the 4000 word max essay - the Extended Essay - in which you should have selected a research topic that one of your IB teachers could have supervised + advised + guided you through... Also it appears to me that part 2 of your Personal Project is some retarded attempt to combine CAS hours with Extended Essay.
Your school sounds like it's putting all sorts of uneccesary and unrelated twists to the program that disadvantages the students.
EDIT: Also, though Ontario universities may not seem to be friendly about IB, in Alberta, IB definately gives you a nice boost into university. Here's a couple reasons why:
1) Top 20 Calgary and top 20 Edmonton Diploma students get IB-Diploma-students-only scholarships worth anywhere from 2k to 5k depending where you are on that list
2) First-year university course credits for certain IB courses that you took (mostly only HL courses count)
3) IB should have allowed you to get a better feel and allowed you to adapt easier into university workloads
4) Even if you decide to not take the advanced credit, your GPA will pwn all others the first year and you will understand the material much easier in the first year, because you've learned much of the material (if not all of the material, again depends on the uni and IB courses that you took).
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AP's are about equal to IB anyways in the eyes of many colleges nowadays.
Except IB is much more work
I have no regrets for not joining IB
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On June 11 2009 10:50 SaveYourSavior wrote:
AP's are about equal to IB anyways in the eyes of many colleges nowadays.
Except IB is much more work
I have no regrets for not joining IB
AP > IB unless you're going international.
I started at my uni as a sophomore because of all the hours I got from AP tests and the like. If you plan to go to oxford though and you live in the US then yea... IB is probably a much better idea.
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Yeah, the thing with AP is that AP is basically just a set of standarized tests that you take at the end of the year. IB you have to go through the entire course as there are papers and volunteering hours and other stuff that constitute your grade as well besides the final exams. Also, IB students can simply take AP tests at the end of the year if they so desire (at least my school and some others offer this), and recieve AP grades and consider themselves 'AP students'. The curriculum is not that much different really; with a bit of studying and detail changes in the curriculum, several of my classmates recieved 4's and 5's on their AP exams.
Also, it is true that AP is more prevalent than IB in the States as AP was created by the College Board.
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On June 11 2009 10:24 Manifesto7 wrote:
It was really awesome for my friend, who was able to finish university in 3 years because IB counted as his first year. He went to UVic in BC. Why was it worthless for your friends? Give some details.
I know IB really hurts for people attending UCs. My girlfriend was in IB, and it ends up being much worse than AP because the UCs don't count IB for jack squat.
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Baa?21243 Posts
Mainly because my school was not a strict "IB school," but rather a public school that offers IB classes, that had no actual requirements to be in, with the end result being the classes being populated with people who just didn't give a damn, causing the class to basically be dumbed down and not contain any content. Blargh.
My AP tests get me more credit than IB tests would've gotten me anyways, and I can basically get out of my first year of college, so yeah, no regrets on not doing IB.
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IB sucks, hey, but who didn't know that  It doesn't even give that much edge in applying to British universities afaik, since everyone has sick predicted grades lol
Anyway, I'm glad to see you're feeling better dude~~
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I don't understand how IB works everywhere, but at my school I would not wish that hell on anyone. By entering the IB program you are essentially giving up 100% of your time. I know more than a few people in the IB program and all of them are ALWAYS working. They work during their lunch period, after school, before school, and during other classes. Oh, not to mention the other demands such as community service and preparing for and taking the tests and essays.
Is the IB program this horrible at other schools? It seems to be soooooo not worth it. I don't care if it takes off two years of university I don't want to ruin two years of high school with literally constant homework.
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hmm, from the looks of it the quality of the IB program varies insanely from school to school...
My school was also a public school that offered the IB program. I think I remember that the school was the first if not one of the first in Canada to offer the program.
But yeah, basically it was a 2.5 year ordeal, you had to have a 75 or 80% minimum average in order to get in, and had to write some short essays and other shit as well. once you were in the program it was difficult to get out mostly cause the IB coordinator would get in your way and keep on pushing you until you gave up the notion of giving up IB lol. Homework was not that bad I guess, the ppl i've asked say you actually still get a 40 - 20% heavier workload in university...
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