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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-23 13:32:53
April 21 2007 23:52 GMT
#1
This short story (fiction) was written by Voltex @ PGR21.com

==========================================================================

“You stupid child! What is this score!”
… November 16, a day that marked a turning point in someone else’s life...
“Everyone is doing so well, why are you the only one like this?”
would be a day that reminded me of my incompetence

…

It was a depressing day. I had scored lower than expected on the college entrance exams and thus my mood was, like my score, crawling on the floor.
‘What would happen if I just died?’
Come to think of it… there really won’t be much difference even if I disappeared.
Other siblings and relatives were securing high job positions so the family was not in any danger, and the troublemaker in the household would be terminated. That would be the end of it.
“So what do you want me to do…”
*thud* I mumbled to myself as I lay down on my bed. Right. I had always been like this. What others are doing, I can’t do. What others can’t do, I can’t either – I was a useless bum.

*Beep beep beep---*

I had forgotten to reset my alarm, and it went off at the same time as the day of the examination. So today is..
‘November 18. Already’
I feel like I’m forgetting something… what is it?
‘Ah, it’s the Star League finals. It’s going to be fun. But... only if it’s away from the eyes of the family.’
It's time to go to school now though. There's no way they’ll be doing stuff like checking attendance, but I don’t want to stay in this goddam house even 1 second more than I have to.

“You should at least eat!!!”
“There’s no need~ I’m going.”

Not wanting to see my parents face to face, I hurried off to school.
*sigh* Should I play basketball or soccer today..

“Hey you bum! You got kicked out of your house?”
“Yup. The third stall in Kwang-Joo Station's washroom is where I'll be living now.”
“Heh. You still want to get the last word every time.”
Upon meeting my good friend, my mood had immediately improved.
…

“Who do you think will win today?”
“Star League?”
“Yeah”
“Since it’s autumn… wouldn’t Oh XX win?
“Yea right! It's been how long since winter started? The Golden Mouse will definitely find its owner today”
“A Terran is confident that he can beat a Protoss at finals? Don’t be ridiculous.”
“You're clearly biased because you’re a fan. Didn’t you see Park OO getting owned?”
“Don't even put them in the same sentence. They’re on different levels”
“We’ll have to see about that”

…

“I’m home~”

Silence.

Nobody’s home. Oh, that’s right. Tonight was my big sister’s law examination celebration dinner.
At this point, I do not even feel upset at missing the dinner.
“Let's look at the bright side. I can watch the Star League finals without any interruption, so it turned out well”

…

“Welcome. Broadcasting from Che-ju Island. The Shinhan...”
It has started. The match was a series of amazing games from the very beginning.
After the 4th game, the score was tied at 2:2
“The fateful game, 5th game! Start!”
Terran’s BO is 1 fac 1 star, fake FD into 4 vulture drop. Defending against this is going to determine the result of the match.
“Ah, the Vultures have a lot of Probe kills. Furthermore, the Dropship was not destroyed so the harassment will continue.”
The situation was turning in favour of the Terran. The Protoss’ amazing micro prevented any heavy damages but small damages continued to accumulate.
“Ahh, is Protoss thinking of going Carriers? He’s building a Stargate”
Sensing that continuing on like this will lose him the match, he has made a slightly risky move to Carrier.
‘If that’s discovered, it’s over. Please... please... Terran, just go triple command...’

At that moment...
A dropped Vulture discovered the Stargate, and Terran immediately started to push out. He seemed sure that it was his victory.
“Ah~ it looks like Lee ㅁㅁ can feel the victory. He knows that if he pushes now, it cannot be stopped”
‘He lost’
Tanks pumping out of 1 Factory Add-on and vultures streaming out from 4 Factories
‘This can’t be stopped’

The Protoss’ main force is tied up in its main to defend against the harassment. Terran sets up right in front of Protoss’ base without much trouble.

“Oh! To add insult to injury, a Dropship is heading towards the Protoss main!”

Two Tanks are dropped. Peons had escaped immediately so there were no losses, but the Protoss army had hurriedly pushed forward; he must defend with the units that just came out of his Gateways.
“Ah! Citadel! Since there are no probes, he’s force attacking the Citadel!”
“Leg research is probably being done right now.. If that’s destroyed, the last speck of hope disappears”

*Boom- boom-*

The Dragoons that had just come out of the Gateways started their attack on the tanks…
“No!!”
“Citadel! Citadel! Ah… Citadel of Adun is destroyed. Zealot Leg research has been cancelled!”
“It's a foregone conclusion now...”

*Beep-*

I can’t watch this anymore.
I should sleep…
*thump* My eyes start to water inexplicably.
‘Ahhh... I prepared an entire year for that exam just to do horribly on it, and the player I’m cheering for goes through tough opponents just to lose at the finals. I guess it is not surprising that I’m feeling down.

Sleep doesn’t come.
*tick-tock tick-tock*
Only the sound of the clock is heard.
‘Haa… I suppose I should at least watch the end shouldn't I?’

*Beep-*

”Ah! the Protoss army has decimated Terran vultures and is pushing up!”
‘Whaaat?’
“Terran! Defends his choke with units that just came out.”
‘Right... an army around that size had set up right outside the Protoss main... What exactly... How did it…’
*Tatat*

I had heard it before. It was a familiar sound, one that I had not heard in a long time.

*Tatatat*

“This is… can it be?”

One of the few StarCraft units that is deemed useless. Slow, expensive, and less efficient than Corsairs when in large numbers, and had thus disappeared from the scene.

“Teleport Successful”

The Scout

“I’m Waiting Command”


Victory in sight, the Protoss army begins a merciless push.

“Ah... Leeㅁㅁ made the mistake of hurriedly pumping units without adding an armory in order to support the containment after expanding. If only he had brought some peons, he would have been able to last”

“Yes. There were 4 Tanks and the rest were Vultures, but the 2 Scouts killed all the Tanks and while the Vultures were retreating, they were ambushed by Dragoons. Because of the Scout, the Terran got pushed without being able to use Siege Mode. No matter what their numbers, Vultures do not stand a chance against Dragoons.”
“Hahaha this is the first time I've seen the Scout-Dragoon combination. Oh XX warped in the Scouts with the money from cancelling Leg Upgrade and Fleet Beacon”

“Is Leeㅁㅁ losing focus..? His micro has dropped significantly. And... GG!!”

Ha… Haha…

Protoss won in that situation? And the unit that led the come-back was... the useless Scout?

I’m… A guy like me is…

Even as the awards ceremony ended and the list of previous winners rolled, I could only stand there, staring into space, feeling something rising within me.


...

The sound of the door opening echoes in the house...

“We’re home...”

“Hi! Welcome home!”

“?”

My parents give me a confused stare, having noticed my energetic attitude. I decided that, no matter what my situation, I shouldn't break down by myself, self-contained. I am myself, and it is certain that, somewhere, there is something that only I can do.

Ah, the moon is bright tonight.

==========================================================================

Many thanks to haji for editing ^^
Please leave lots of nice comments for Voltex =)


Translation also posted at PGR and SC2.org.
Official Entusman #21
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
April 21 2007 23:58 GMT
#2
Haha, awesome story. What was this for? I mean, background of why this was written?
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
April 22 2007 00:01 GMT
#3
On April 22 2007 08:58 mikeymoo wrote:
Haha, awesome story. What was this for? I mean, background of why this was written?

I believe it was just a short story with no particular reason. PGR is awesome like that ^^
Official Entusman #21
Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
April 22 2007 00:17 GMT
#4
Somehow I don't remember the scouts
Trucy Wright is hot
berated-
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1134 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-22 00:32:50
April 22 2007 00:31 GMT
#5
Awesome translation.

It seems kind of unfortunate that the Korean culture is so hard on their kids, but I guess if nothing else is known then nothing else can be expected. Its really good though that this young lad was able to regain his self confidence and self worth. Hopefully this fictionally story will act as an inspiration to those who are struggling with their on family issues.

I give it two thumbs up
Seraphim
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States4467 Posts
April 22 2007 01:00 GMT
#6
Sweet and awesome story!

(God i really wish AnyTime would've really won that )
Hermes | Bisu[Shield] Fighting~!
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
April 22 2007 04:13 GMT
#7
can a mod add a [Translation] tag to the title? thanks ^^
Official Entusman #21
roadrunner_sc
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1220 Posts
April 22 2007 04:28 GMT
#8
Well written but ....so so corny ><

God I can't imagine how he'll interpret mantoss vs sea on HH at this rate.

Average Posts Per Week: 13.37
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11577 Posts
April 22 2007 04:35 GMT
#9
at first i was thinking of NaDa vs Anytime.

it was 2-2 and the terran was pushing. but nada won that game
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
berated-
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1134 Posts
April 22 2007 04:43 GMT
#10
On April 22 2007 13:35 CaucasianAsian wrote:
at first i was thinking of NaDa vs Anytime.

it was 2-2 and the terran was pushing. but nada won that game


Thats why its a fictional story
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
April 23 2007 13:13 GMT
#11


glad it turned out well~
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-04-23 13:18:32
April 23 2007 13:17 GMT
#12
insult of parkjungsuk? tsk tsk

edit: fun story though
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
sweatpants
Profile Joined April 2006
United States940 Posts
April 23 2007 14:09 GMT
#13
Charming
Perfect. Plays low-econ, high-econ, plays orthodox, plays funky, plays Mozart, plays Run-DMC. Micro, macro, strategy, management, fundamentals, and balls the size of Brazil. He plays Zerg the way the Xel Naga intended - like a ball of mercury. -HonestTea
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
April 23 2007 14:23 GMT
#14
Nice storing.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
April 24 2007 01:34 GMT
#15
I don't remember

in the real game, was the citadel killed?
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9374 Posts
April 24 2007 02:04 GMT
#16
It's nice what he did there (the original writer of the history).

He focused on two things, basic Korean culture and Starcraft culture. He, writing from a perspective of a Korean Teenager, boy, who loves starcraft, but also wants to do good in school, founds himself in a no "easy" situation. I really liked this one, keep them coming.

Thanks .
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azndsh
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4447 Posts
April 24 2007 03:18 GMT
#17
someone write a Terran one for the OSL after that =P
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
April 24 2007 03:30 GMT
#18
On April 24 2007 12:18 azndsh wrote:
someone write a Terran one for the OSL after that =P


for shinhan 3? What unit would we revolve it around though :O
valk? nuke?
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
April 24 2007 05:27 GMT
#19
On April 24 2007 12:30 thedeadhaji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2007 12:18 azndsh wrote:
someone write a Terran one for the OSL after that =P


for shinhan 3? What unit would we revolve it around though :O
valk? nuke?

Dropship!!!
oh, wait... I'm like 7 years too late >__<

The emperor is nice too all his subordinates. He leaves none behind.
Official Entusman #21
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
April 24 2007 05:42 GMT
#20
Was that a real story because what a comeback...

Good story though
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