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Hi Teamliquid,
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Nickname: KalurO
Country: The Netherlands
Age: Born in 1988
Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/kaluroo (Please do hit that follow button! ♥)
I am KalurO, from the netherlands.
I have a pretty wide history of gaming. I had been playing warcraft III at a very competitive level. I first played orc but later switched to night elves. I found that night elves more suited my intense micro addiction and had widened up a bigger arsenal to more revolve around my playstyle.
After a long period of a few years, I slowly let go of warcraft III, as life was requiring more of my attention.
Now after finally having calmed down in life, and having more spare time - I picked up starcraft 2. I bought the game back in July 2011. I had never heard of starcraft before, didn't know what terran, zerg, let alone protoss was.
When I first started playing, I was used to putting 5 workers mining and a few on wood chopping, to just assault the enemy with a few minor units + a hero, to hopefully micro your way to victory.
Well, was I in for a treat. Instead of a micro-RTS, starcraft 2 turned out to be a macro-RTS. All that I learned in my wc3 time, was out the window.
I didn't have much time to play, I had a relationship and a job that required at least 50 to 60 hours of my time, a week. I also do bodybuilding, which means eating (+cooking) 6 big meals a day and working out 4 times a week. So I couldn't quite fully devote to starcraft 2. Hell, not even moderately.
I climbed up from bronze to silver, to platinum (Where did gold go  , it skipped me..) to diamond and masters. This season I had to quit my job sadly but am now able to fully devote my time to starcraft 2. I am both masters on NA as EU.
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Race played: Zerg
Favourite unit: The zergling
Favourite playstyle: Double upgraded zerglings
NA account: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/3489884/1/KalurO/
EU account: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/2240242/1/Kaluro/
Leagues: Masters league on both NA as EU
I decided to pick up zerg, I liked the mechanics and active playstyle. Protoss felt too turtly and terran didn't interest me at all, after having played the campaign.
I managed to go from platinum to masters by going for double upgrade lings, infestor, ultralisks. I never built a single broodlord thus far.
Versus terran mech I just roach drop, versus protoss I tend to be very aggressive with roach/ling or muta.
I am slowly creating my own playstyle, planning on staying far far away from "metagaming". I am a big believer in developping your own play rather than copying everything.
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I can now devote a lot of time to starcraft 2 since I am jobless at the moment.
My goal is to reach high masters with my own playstyle and to eventually get into a good team. Maybe get my name out there, but I'm not going to go too quickly on things.
I have been bodybuilding since I was 17 years old, I am currently 23 years old.
I went from 66kg (145 LBS) to 92kg (202 LBS), at a height of 1m95, 6'5".
You can also drop bodybuilding related questions here or on my stream (Eitiher about strength training, anatomy or nutrition), I'd love to answer them ;-).
And who wouldn't want some pictures to go with the thread.
Click on the pictures for a larger version.
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Well check me out at www.twitch.tv/kaluroo and don't hesitate to support the stream by hitting that follow button!
Thank every one of you for the support in advance,
KalurO
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In case anyone is wondering about the stream set-up:
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What do you see?
Chair: DXRacer F-series Carbon look
Monitors: 2x Dell ultrasharp U2312HM (IPS, 1920x1080, 23")
Speakers: Logitech Z623 2.1 setup
Mouse: Razer imperator 2012
Mouse bungee: Razer mouse bungee, to hold the cord, to diminish drag
Mousepad: Razer Scarab
Keyboard: Qpad MK-85 Cherry MX brown switches (Yeah I bet you were expecting a razer product here as well huh)
Desk: Random black ikea desk, adjustable height (At 73cm)
Wallpaper: Click!
Cup: Coffee in it, black
Miscellaneous: Shaver to keep facial hair away (whatever it's called in english :-) ), and a nice light blue clip to close bags with (e.g. a bag of chips)
Below the desk is a computer, namely:
Processor: Core I5 2500k 3300mhz @ 4900mhz (1,45vcore)
Processor cooling: Corsair H80 watercooling
memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB Low Profile 1600mhz
Harddisk: SSD Crucial m4 CT128M4SSD2 128GB
Videocards: 2x Sapphire HD6950 Dirt3 edition - Clocked and flashed to 6970 clocks.
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Power supply: XXFX series750W XXX Edition
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Congratulations! You’ve been selected to participate in the beta test of StarCraft® II: Heart of the Swarm™. .
Well I guess I'll be streaming some Heart of the Swarm coming days!
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Thank you guys for the support thus far. The trafficing is increasing super-rapidly. ♥
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kaluro's stream is pretty impressing. high quality content imo
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On October 03 2012 03:36 GoonFFS wrote:
kaluro's stream is pretty impressing. high quality content imo
Thank you ^_^ I do my best to get the best experience going for the viewers.
Speaking of which, I am going to stream some more HotS.
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After a weekend's break, back to streaming some hardcore HotS! Don't be scared to check it out at www.twitch.tv/kaluroo.
Any support is very much welcome!
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Time for some more heart of the swarm, in the little spare time I have, thanks everyone for the support thus far. viewer count is going through the roof. ♥
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Time for some old fashioned WoL, 's been 2 weeks since I played WoL.. Lets see how that goes x_X
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Hey Kaluro, just wanted to say happy birhtday! (well, only if today is ur real b-day)
ur all time favorite moderator
Jaynl
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On October 29 2012 00:55 Jay C wrote:Hey Kaluro, just wanted to say happy birhtday! (well, only if today is ur real b-day) ur all time favorite moderator Jaynl
Thanks <3! been playing some diablo 3 lately but will get back on track this week ^_^
24 years old.. feels kind of old :'(
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Trying out the new HotS patch!
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Okay, the stream will be going live in 60 minutes time.
I am still deciding whether to go Heart of the Swarm or Wings of Liberty, It's most likely going to be HotS.
I am really curious about the new mutalisk update, increased speed and health regeneration.
It's been a while since I actively played - seeing I have had real life commitments that were really taking up quite a bit of time.
So what I'm going to do today is to have a little sc2 streaming marathon. Make sure to tune in ! 12:30 PM CET!
I have also made a post at the looking for team thread right here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139545¤tpage=88#1746
For those interested.
Stream going live at: 12:30 PM CET!
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Apparently I'm a faggot with no life for 6 pooling you when I accidently picked zerg and didn't wanted to play a macro game making an 8 pool and pulling drones.. Kind of a thumbs down to you sir.
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On December 21 2012 00:16 Bojas wrote:
Apparently I'm a faggot with no life for 6 pooling you when I accidently picked zerg and didn't wanted to play a macro game making an 8 pool and pulling drones.. Kind of a thumbs down to you sir.
I don't recall using those exact same words, but hey nobody is perfect right?
If one is continiously provoked, some bad words are bound to come out at times - I doubt you're a holy grail yourself.
I also don't quite understand how Teamliquid has anything to do with a small skirmish between you and I? :-).
Are you looking for redemption? If so -> I'm terribly sorry, I just fail to see the use of 8 pools in the HotS beta and I am detoxing from caffein, which is giving me headaches ^_^.
Anyway I got my Qpad MK-85 Cherry mx RED keyboard.
I had been using a Qpad MK-85 Cherry mx BROWN keyboard before.
I am liking the reds much more at the moment, it's taking some practice though!
www.twitch.tv/kaluroo live for an hour or 5, pure HotS!
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On December 21 2012 20:10 kaluro wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2012 00:16 Bojas wrote:
Apparently I'm a faggot with no life for 6 pooling you when I accidently picked zerg and didn't wanted to play a macro game making an 8 pool and pulling drones.. Kind of a thumbs down to you sir.
I don't recall using those exact same words, but hey nobody is perfect right?
If one is continiously provoked, some bad words are bound to come out at times - I doubt you're a holy grail yourself.
I also don't quite understand how Teamliquid has anything to do with a small skirmish between you and I? :-).
Are you looking for redemption? If so -> I'm terribly sorry, I just fail to see the use of 8 pools in the HotS beta and I am detoxing from caffein, which is giving me headaches ^_^.Anyway I got my Qpad MK-85 Cherry mx RED keyboard. I had been using a Qpad MK-85 Cherry mx BROWN keyboard before. I am liking the reds much more at the moment, it's taking some practice though! www.twitch.tv/kaluroo live for an hour or 5, pure HotS!
You linked me your stream and told me 3k people will spam me how much I suck  but your reaction now is much more rational and mature, I can't say I'm 100% mannered on ladder either. You're more than forgiven <3.
Oh edit: I have to say I did not provoke you before I accidently imply that. I wanted to post this on teamliquid because I wanted to give you feedback I suppose. Which was maybe a bit uncalled for, I apologize as well ^^.
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No problemo ^_^
I am currently still trying to get used to the Cherry mx red mechanical switches, I am really missing the brown 'clicks' and it happens occassionally that I dont register a key, ironically.
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Going to stream some old-school WoL for a while!
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