vileChAnCe[Stream] Announcement + Biography

Hello Everyone! My name is Zac Palmer, aka ChAnCe. I started playing starcraft 2 with absolutely zero time invested into competitive RTS, but I quickly realized that I wanted to the best...the best there ever was!

At first my growth was quick and effortless, practice was fun and endless because I could actively see myself getting better every day. I placed in some low tier tournaments and went to my first lan, however, my old team fell through and I found myself on another team complete with a salary and flights to events. By then, I had started to feel the burdens of time and began to question whether I bit off more then I could chew. Yet, I decided then and there to press forward because I had almost made it! I was actually making money playing a video game, so how could I stop now?

After that, I went to MLG Anaheim and lost to white ra 1-2 which was very devastating. To everyone else, the story was White Ra the white knight had tragically missed the winners bracket and had to start from the Round 1 lower bracket, becoming one of the biggest Cinderella stories as he chewed through the entire bracket, including me. With my deflated ego I started to come to terms with what it meant to be a pro gamer. I couldn't just be content with trivial success or progress at a rate that should be socially acceptable. No! You either had to be God Tier or a nobody. This truth came hard and fast at the time and it helped me get better and stronger but it also chiseled away at my core, it put in cracks in the solid foundation that made me good. My confidence was shot and it felt like every game continued to stack on anxiety and doubts. I was no longer CHANCE the destined hero of the starcraft scene, I was Chance the average progamer #5043. Since then, I've continued on that path honing my skills but that anxiety and fear has all but stopped me from going further. I rarely play the game and when I do my whole body trembles and my heart is doing flips.

I felt compelled to share with you because I'm hoping it'll give you insight on why I am about to take this next step. I want to, with you hand in hand, completely rework/rebuild Chance. My diet, exercise, schedule and routine will be laid open palm to everyone. Every day I will be committed to streaming 6 hours of practice where I will go through my builds/ladder/custom games and replay analysis. For every loss I will commentate the replay and together we will figure out why it happened and how we can prevent it in the future. Furthermore, I will attempt to collect higher skilled viewers to help and put them in a super duper secret channel so they can elaborate on the loss from their view and where I went wrong. Outside of the game I will occupy my time with getting my mind and body in the best condition possible, I want to be held accountable for my progress so I will post my schedule and keep everyone notified on my progress.

I want this to be a shared effort where I as a streamer and you as a viewer mutually benefit, so please help me make this the best stream possible. If you feel like you are a High Tier player or a 24/7 Mod or just have a good idea do not hesitate to PM me. This thread will be updated with my Twitter/fanclub/funny pictures or whatever else semantics needs to be done!