EPTOn May 21 2013 03:51 IPA wrote:
I support any WC3 player. Good luck sir.
I support any WC3 player. Good luck sir.
I also follow this sentiment. And good luck.
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StreetWise
United States594 Posts
I also follow this sentiment. And good luck. | ||
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
On May 21 2013 02:54 dafnay wrote: how old are u? MFW I realized I had to stop and think before answering this question. I´m 24 years old  On May 21 2013 02:54 Incognoto wrote: Hey glaive, you should get (don't you have?) a team liquid stream page. Something like this one: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/Dragon That way, liquidians who are interested in your stream will see that it's up and running whenever they get on team liquid, as long as they hit the "favorite" button at the bottom left of the page. this is a good way to see if someone who isn't featured is on. I´m not at all familiar with the functionality of TL, I´ve only been using it as a news portal and lurking the forums. That sounds pretty great, thanks for the tip, I´ll try to set that up later today! On May 20 2013 23:40 GGzerG wrote: Cool, will stay tuned to see your progress, but this should be a blog. Perhaps you´re right, my future goal is to have a website where I both blog about my own progress, do coverage and create community content. Could you tell me a little bit about how the blog feature works here on TL? And to everyone else who has commented and subscribed to my stream: You have no idea how much good your support does for my motivation to keep pursuing this dream of mine, thank you! <3 | ||
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DBS
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Glaive
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
Houston, we have a problem. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2eWnr9O.jpg) | ||
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Backlash123
Canada57 Posts
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reikai
United States359 Posts
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
In the mean time, short answer: A particularly nasty case of Crohn´s disease with frequent lung and heart complications. So far I´ve undergone over a dozen surgeries, amputation of the large intestine among others. I´ve actually lost count at this point. Feel free to PM and I´ll answer any questions you may have Here´s a copy-paste from a PM to another member from earlier today if you´re interested in few more details: + Show Spoiler + In the spring of 2007 I started losing a lot of weight, my stomach was completely messed up to the point where most people don´t enjoy hearing the gruesome details. But since I was graduating high school in only a few months I wasn´t gonna let that get in the way... Like an idiot I kept on practicing for the European championships in Wc3 and finishing the last of my crucial assignments to bump up a few grades to A´s. It was only later that I learned that stress is the most common factor after inheriting the condition from your parents (none of whom are sick). Placing 4th at Dreamhack was the last thing I did before I was hospitalized, at this point my large intestine was at the brink of bursting (Complications? Sepsis and painful death). Young and naive, having never heard of inflammatory bowel dieases I expected a prescription and then being sent on my way. Instead I was quickly diagnosed with Crohn´s disease (actually I was first diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis, but when the disease kept progressing in ways that didn´t make sense the diagnosis was changed) after 4 weeks in the hospital I had gone from my previous normal weight of 110 kg (at 203 cm) to 76 kg (appearance of an auschwitz victim), not responding to any treatments currently available. They were forced to amputate my large intestine and fit me with an ileostomy. After the surgery I made a swift recovery, started putting on weight again and could return to a somewhat normal life again after about 6 months. Unfortunately Crohn´s is a chronic illness, and it wasn´t done with me yet. I underwent several more surgeries in 2009-2010 (I´ve actually lost count at this point) but could eventually start my studies at university. Up until this point, in spite of semi-living at the hospital I was holding up ridiculously well mentally. In 2010 they performed a so called IRA surgery and regained the ability to go to the bathroom like a normal person - this was the best year of my life. One day I woke up in the middle of the night, with the sensation of having swallowed glass. A quick ambulance ride and two emergency surgeries later, without knowing what hit me I woke up with a pouch on my stomach again. Suddenly the mental strength that had always been my saving grace was completely shattered. I was sicker than ever, unable to continue my studies, unable to hold down a regular job I spiraled into a depression. I´ve been trying to pick up the pieces of my life ever since. And for the first time in a very long time I´m actually feeling quite optimistic about the future, dare I even say it couldn´t possibly get any worse? I´ve always been a competative person, competing in various different sports throughout my entire life. At one point I was actually the swedish national champion in chess, eventually my interest shifted toward gaming, Wc3. When I stopped competing alltogether is when shit started going downhill, it took me a long time to figure out what was missing in my life, but finally I realized how much my mind needs the competative aspects of life. Now that I´ve started playing Starcraft again my brain feels rejuvenated. I´m far from out of the woods yet but as I said, I feel like things might finally be looking up for a change! | ||
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Diks
Belgium1880 Posts
You got so unlucky man, we rarely realise how lucky we are to be in good health when we do. . I'll be rooting for you Good Luck, Have Fun | ||
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Chrono000
Korea (South)358 Posts
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GrapeApe
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IaMaV
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iSometric
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
On May 21 2013 14:06 iSometric wrote: Did you ever play Sohu? Yes. I never took any important matches off him though. For me, he was one of those imposibly-difficult-to-beat Koreans. Unless you got some "item luck" or nailed a couple of perfect 4-point surrounds in the early game, it felt like playing from behind in every engagement, in spite of actually being even. I can´t remember if it was vs Soju or Remind but I surprised him with a 2 AoW hunt/glaive push, which is of course not surprising at all since it´s basically what I was known for. But I had snuck a couple of Wisps to the very first green camp he crept on Twisted Meadows, there I built 3 Ancient Protectors and did whatever I could to focus his attention elsewhere. Throughout the small skirmishes and creeping they ate trees into his base so they were in the perfect position with Glaive Throwers hitting his production/main. When it came to beating Koreans on Soju´s level my weapon of choice was almost always my own unconventional strategies (in a way that actually worked at the pro level). But when freakin´everyone started using Panda first vs Human and even Glaive Throwers in Hunt mirror to some extent, meaning everyone was practicing against it, I was a very sad panda indeed :D Edit: Ok, embarassing, I read Soju instead of suhO and went off on rant. I´m going to have to change my answer to a short and simple "no", then. If memory serves I´m pretty sure I never actually played suhO, the Chinese players started playing in WC3L/NGL looooooooong after the Koreans. And since SaSe would always beat me 2-1 for every major qualifier ever I missed out on a lot of opportunities to play the Chinese players offline. | ||
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kaluro
Netherlands760 Posts
On May 20 2013 22:39 Glaive wrote: I´m known as Glaive (or for any oldschool fan, Beef-on-a-stick) and I´m a former semi-professional gamer. Hi, I have a genuine question: What is a semi-professional gamer? You have three types of gamers: Hobby gamers - Gamers that don't make a living out of gaming, but play the game anyway. Competitive gamers - Gamers that are serious about improving and compete in tournaments, but barely make any money. Professional gamers - Gamers that make a living out of gaming, earning enough money to call it a full time job. As per everything, unless you make (enough) money from what you do, it's not professional. | ||
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
On May 21 2013 22:57 kaluro wrote: Hi, I have a genuine question: What is a semi-professional gamer? You have three types of gamers: Hobby gamers - Gamers that don't make a living out of gaming, but play the game anyway. Competitive gamers - Gamers that are serious about improving and compete in tournaments, but barely make any money. Professional gamers - Gamers that make a living out of gaming, earning enough money to call it a full time job. As per everything, unless you make (enough) money from what you do, it's not professional. I don´t exactly agree with your definition of a "competitive gamer", you could not make a dime and still be a competitive gamer. You could also be playing full time (say you´re unmployed at the moment) and not be a professional gamer, simply a competitive one. A semi-professional gamer would be someone who isn´t playing full time, but still travel, compete, is sponsored and make some money (salary or otherwise). But not making a living purely off of gaming. Considering I was living at home at the time, still in high school, I was making waaaay more than "enough". But I guess it´s pretty much synonymous with your definition of a "competitive gamer", just a little less broad of a term. I don´t like arguing semantics though, different communities often have different definitions for the same terms. | ||
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Glaive
Sweden138 Posts
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iSometric
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On May 21 2013 22:31 Glaive wrote: Yes. I never took any important matches off him though. For me, he was one of those imposibly-difficult-to-beat Koreans. Unless you got some "item luck" or nailed a couple of perfect 4-point surrounds in the early game, it felt like playing from behind in every engagement, in spite of actually being even. I can´t remember if it was vs Soju or Remind but I surprised him with a 2 AoW hunt/glaive push, which is of course not surprising at all since it´s basically what I was known for. But I had snuck a couple of Wisps to the very first green camp he crept on Twisted Meadows, there I built 3 Ancient Protectors and did whatever I could to focus his attention elsewhere. Throughout the small skirmishes and creeping they ate trees into his base so they were in the perfect position with Glaive Throwers hitting his production/main. When it came to beating Koreans on Soju´s level my weapon of choice was almost always my own unconventional strategies (in a way that actually worked at the pro level). But when freakin´everyone started using Panda first vs Human and even Glaive Throwers in Hunt mirror to some extent, meaning everyone was practicing against it, I was a very sad panda indeed :D Edit: Ok, embarassing, I read Soju instead of suhO and went off on rant. I´m going to have to change my answer to a short and simple "no", then. If memory serves I´m pretty sure I never actually played suhO, the Chinese players started playing in WC3L/NGL looooooooong after the Koreans. And since SaSe would always beat me 2-1 for every major qualifier ever I missed out on a lot of opportunities to play the Chinese players offline. Oops, I meant Suho, not Sohu haha. He was on We.gigabyte or something. | ||
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ZerglingGM
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