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Retrospect My first match and team life in TSL

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Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
September 10 2013 05:38 GMT
#1
Prologue
Episode 1

Hi guys I'm back! I'm glad because many people gave me some positive comments !

After I got a team invitation I got call from couch Lee and he said see you at the team house tonight.

I arrived at the station approximately 9 pm and meanwhile coach Lee was sleeping.
I called him like 40 times because I don't know the location and after waiting for 3 hours I started to think "is this part of the test or something?"
However, he was just sleeping lol

Finally a guy came out and asked me are you Rain?, he was my savior and it's former progamer MVP GuineaPig (player who used to play random)

When I first got here I was so nervous. Think about you are going to live with Legendary players such as Fruitdealer and Trickster!
My practice table was next to coach Lee and I shared room with Revival and JYP (both EG players)

For a couple of days, or maybe month It was like a dream.
I spent so many time to be a progamer and finally I accomplished it.
There were considerable amount of Snacks, Cup noodles and Beverage.
and we hired someone who clean the house and cook for us, only thing I have to was laundry.
It was the best condition to play a game.

The day after I joined the team we had a inauguration ceremony.
[image loading]

I was so nervous because it was my first experience as a pro.

After a couple of days later TSL.Killer Joined the team.
I was afraid of him at first because he looked like a Korean Gangster.

My first match in GSL was Choya.fou I practiced a lot and I won 2:1 I won the first match in my life.
I was so happy I watched my VOD several times

and after that I lost to OGS.Ensnare 2:0 he was very good at that moment.
when I played 2nd match with him I got raped by banshees and I started to feel dizzy and void.
I lost my concentration and couldn't manage the match anymore.
My First Tournament GSL Open Season 2 was just so so.

After the tournament there was some program called Team Evaluation.
Each team plays against their teammates to promote there team.
because most of teams were unknown at this moment.

My match for Team Evaluation my first opponent was TSL.Trickster
Everyone played without pressure because it was a event match but I concentrated too much
however, I lost the match but It stimulated and motivated me a lot I felt I really want to play in the tournament again and I practiced hard with my teammate Guinea Pig.

Woah ~ I feel like I'm writing a Diary LOL
Writing is so fun! Hope you guys enjoy it :D
Lot of thing to write on next episode !
GSL Open Season 3

Any grammatical corrections would be appreciated
Thanks for reading.










.








****
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
September 10 2013 06:03 GMT
#2
Your english is great dude, if you ever want proof reading feel free to pm me, I'd be happy to do it . I think it's really cool how the progamers seem to form inter-team bonds. It's really cool to see that people from different teams came together to make you feel at home. Though, I wonder how the team afforded to have a maid to clean the house haha.
User was warned for too many mimes.
Foolishness *
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3044 Posts
September 10 2013 06:09 GMT
#3
This is awesome. It's great to read about a progamers experience from their own perspective.
geript: "Foolishness's cases are persuasive and reasonable but leave you feeling dirty afterwards. Kinda like a whore." ---- Manager of the TL Mafia forum, come play!
FakeDouble
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia676 Posts
September 10 2013 06:10 GMT
#4
I look forward to reading more of these, your grasp of the english language is quite good!

Also, this made me laugh

On September 10 2013 14:38 Rain wrote:
... I got raped by banshees ...


Please write more!
Formerly known as carbonaceous
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
September 10 2013 06:14 GMT
#5
amazing story! Keep it up
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
September 10 2013 08:21 GMT
#6
Keep writing - we'll keep reading :D :D :D
Amestir
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2126 Posts
September 10 2013 09:33 GMT
#7
It's really cool to read about your experiences, keep writing!

Rain fighting!
We know nothing.
TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
September 10 2013 13:15 GMT
#8
Thanks for sharing Rain! It's very interesting to read about the life of a pro-gamer in Korea!
~ ~ <°)))><~ ~ ~
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-10 14:05:48
September 10 2013 14:02 GMT
#9
On September 10 2013 14:38 Rain wrote:
Prologue
Episode 1

Hi guys I'm back! I'm glad because many people gave me some positive comments !

After I got a team invitation I got a call from couach Lee and he said:" see you at the team house tonight.".

I arrived at the station approximately at 9 pm and, meanwhile coach Lee was sleeping.
I called him like 40 times because I don't didn`t know the location and after waiting for 3 hours I started to think "is this part of the test or something?"
However, he was just sleeping lol

Finally a guy came out and asked me:" are you Rain?", he was my savior and it's, it was former progamer MVP GuineaPig (player who used to play random)

When I first got there I was so nervous. Think about Imagine you are going to live with Legendary players such as Fruitdealer and Trickster!
My practice table was next to coach Lee and I shared (a) room with Revival and JYP (both EG players)

+ Show Spoiler +
while you can share room just like you can share space, to share a room would be more common


For a couple of days, or maybe one month It was like a dream.
I spent so many much time to becoming a progamer and finally I accomplished it. + Show Spoiler +
you can not accomplish something that already is

There were considerable amounts of Snacks, Cup noodles and Beverage.
and we hired someone who cleans the house and cooks for us, the only thing I have had to do was laundry.
It was the best condition to play a game.

The day after I joined the team we had a inauguration ceremony.
[image loading]

I was so nervous because it was my first experience as a pro.

After a couple of days later TSL.Killer Joined the team.+ Show Spoiler +
"After a couple of days TSL.Killer joined the team." would be correct too, but you have to decide if you want to use after or later, using both simultaneously is wrong

I was afraid of him at first because he looked like a Korean Gangster.^-^

My first match in the GSL was Choya.fou I practiced a lot and I won 2:1 I won the first match in my life.
I was so happy I watched my VOD several times

and after that I lost to OGS.Ensnare 2:0 he was very good at that moment.
when I played the 2nd match with him I got raped by banshees and I started to feel dizzy and void.
I lost my concentration and couldn't manage the match anymore.
My First Tournament GSL Open Season 2 was just so so.

After the tournament there was some program called Team Evaluation.
Each team plays against their teammates to promote there team.
because most of teams were unknown at this moment.

My match for Team Evaluation my first opponent was TSL.Trickster.
+ Show Spoiler +
For my Team Evaluation match, my first opponent was TSL.Trickster.



Everyone played without pressure because it was an event match but I concentrated too much
however, so I lost the match but It stimulated and motivated me a lot I felt I really want to play in the tournament again and I practiced hard with my teammate Guinea Pig.

Woah ~ I feel like I'm writing a Diary LOL
Writing is so fun! Hope you guys enjoy it :D
Lots of things to write about on the next episode !
GSL Open Season 3

Any grammatical corrections would be appreciated
Thanks for reading.


kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
September 10 2013 15:13 GMT
#10
<3
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
September 10 2013 15:53 GMT
#11
Nice! These are great!
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3837 Posts
September 10 2013 17:50 GMT
#12
Hi rain! Aren't you living in the US now?
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
September 11 2013 00:11 GMT
#13
Thank you @HaRuHi I sincerely appreciated for your grammatical corrections! your English is really awesome! are you English teacher ? xD

@catplanetcatplanet Not any more I used to live there for nearly 3 months
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
September 11 2013 00:12 GMT
#14
I'm so happy because lot of people like my posts I'd better start writing about Season 3 now! Thanks for reading guys!
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
September 12 2013 23:37 GMT
#15
After a couple of days later TSL.Killer Joined the team.
I was afraid of him at first because he looked like a Korean Gangster.


:D classic killer
Dominions 4: "Thrones of Ascension".
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
September 13 2013 12:12 GMT
#16
Can't blame couch Lee for sleeping, being a couch must be very tiring. With people sleeping on you and all.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
Mootland
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland63 Posts
September 16 2013 15:34 GMT
#17
These are really fun to read, we oh so rarely get the chances to hear these things directly from the pro-gamers themselves.
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