EPTQ. To repeat the question that has been posted all around TeamLiquid.net “Who is TorcH?”
My name is Trevor Housten. I'm 24 years old and have been playing games competitively for about 8 years, but only in my spare time. I'm currently taking a break from graduate school (studying Cognitive Science at RPI) to pursue gaming either as a player or to help the e-sports community in whatever way I can.
Q. Where did you get the handle “TorcH?”
The first game I played seriously in a tournament was UT2k4 at Summer CPL 2004. In that game there was a character/avatar that looked a lot like me at the time (he had buzzed red hair as well) and was named Torch. I liked the name enough to start using it for that tournament and, to personalize it a bit, I capitalized the ‘T’ and the ‘H’ as they are my initials.
Q. How much were you practicing before you came to Korea and how much are you practicing now?
Before I came to Korea I was entering in whatever tournament I could. I feel like I can easily hang with the best players in the world if I’m playing my best, but still suffer from tournament anxiety so I often choke when something important is on the line. I started playing about 3-4 tournament matches a day to work on this, but it seemed counter-productive as I wasted a lot of time trying to contact my opponents and waiting for successive rounds. My ladder rank also dropped significantly due to inactivity.
Once I arrived in Korea, a good portion of my time has been administrative (finding a hotel, getting a Korean BNet account, learning my way around, having to go to the Gom studio for makeup/pictures/video interviews, etc), but I’ve been able to log about 60-70 games on the Korean server so far. Now that I’m settled, this coming week I’m aiming to practice 8-10 hours a day at the PC Bangs, with a lot of the rest of my time spent staying in shape and thinking about strategies.
My name is Trevor Housten. I'm 24 years old and have been playing games competitively for about 8 years, but only in my spare time. I'm currently taking a break from graduate school (studying Cognitive Science at RPI) to pursue gaming either as a player or to help the e-sports community in whatever way I can.
Q. Where did you get the handle “TorcH?”
The first game I played seriously in a tournament was UT2k4 at Summer CPL 2004. In that game there was a character/avatar that looked a lot like me at the time (he had buzzed red hair as well) and was named Torch. I liked the name enough to start using it for that tournament and, to personalize it a bit, I capitalized the ‘T’ and the ‘H’ as they are my initials.
Q. How much were you practicing before you came to Korea and how much are you practicing now?
Before I came to Korea I was entering in whatever tournament I could. I feel like I can easily hang with the best players in the world if I’m playing my best, but still suffer from tournament anxiety so I often choke when something important is on the line. I started playing about 3-4 tournament matches a day to work on this, but it seemed counter-productive as I wasted a lot of time trying to contact my opponents and waiting for successive rounds. My ladder rank also dropped significantly due to inactivity.
Once I arrived in Korea, a good portion of my time has been administrative (finding a hotel, getting a Korean BNet account, learning my way around, having to go to the Gom studio for makeup/pictures/video interviews, etc), but I’ve been able to log about 60-70 games on the Korean server so far. Now that I’m settled, this coming week I’m aiming to practice 8-10 hours a day at the PC Bangs, with a lot of the rest of my time spent staying in shape and thinking about strategies.
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