I'm "retiring" from competitive Starcraft. - Page 5
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On April 15 2013 22:44 bITt.mAN wrote: It was fun watching and following you, but its more important that you pursue what's best for you at this time. You know what, look at it this way. Your experience and pursuit of progaming is kinda like a surrogate for other people's desires to do so (or mine, at least) in that, I didn't have the capacity to realistically pursue that goal while younger. But I can watch, follow, and support you - who does. And its great, because it reminds me of another time, when I'd play BW really competitively and focus only on that, dreaming of being a SC2 progamer. So, you've played out one of my hearts deepest desires, so if anything, it's been refreshing watching your journey. But: This was very much my attitude when I transitioned BW->College (and yep I dun seen your College Acceptance Thread Posts). And you know what? Watch out to not bounce back too far in the other direction too. I was really absorbed with BW in HS, so I rebounded really hard. I replaced the passion I had for gaming with lots and lots of social involvement. But I substituted badly. I overcompensated for my previous lack of engagement, with what I'd say was 'too much' involvement. Going cold-turkey on playing (BW), I got involved in 15+ activities/meetings a week (2 committees). On top of living in a flat and skipping ahead a year in College. Big change, but it came too fast and I didn't cope well. I was too involved, and never had any time for studying, or even resting, because I was too busy "always hav[ing] things to do". I still haven't managed to strike a ballance, what leaves me enough time to read, play with puzzles, or relax. So in departing from heavy gaming, be careful to not over-compensate, thus overload your facilities and make yourself crash. I would be so worn out and stressed, I felt too guilty to study or relax properly, and so I'd relapse into playing sporadically and watching useless streams I really didn't care for (but that were 'something to do, to fuel my need for comfort, by relapsing to gaming addiction') till the early hours of the morning. Get this: it is good to open up and be more involved with people, but be sure to not take too much too quickly, thus stifling your own growth because you're too focused on trying to become something different, rather than allowing yourself time and space to grow/relax. Surrounding myself with tons of people and commitments didn't make things all that much better. They were different, yes, and 'more social', but you've got to be careful to do it right. Geez this should be a blog. All the best, good times: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129986 + Show Spoiler [HWAITING!] + Dat Bisu Earring! EDIT: We need more Terrans in this Protoss world, COME PLAY BW AGAIN! You'd do well in TLS (: :D I still got the scars from that.. | ||
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tvz fake mech on destination 2010 NEVER FORGET | ||
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Hopefully sometime in 2013 we can cast together though! | ||
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YPang
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But i want to mention that having a passion for starcraft is perfectly fine! from my personal experience, i would say 80-90% of the people i meet have no passion at all except for watching tv/movies/going out with friends. As soon as their not busy with school work they'd party or "go out". Having a passion or hobby for anything is fantastic and makes you more interesting and classier than just talking about how drunk you were last weekend. Also, just in my personal experience I think it's important to be social, but more importantly just enough social skills to not be awkward so you can land yourself a job in the future. You can go out with friends if you actually have fun like going to movies every weekend or going to bars or hookah or parties or w/e they do. However, if you feel out of place that's totally fine, just accept yourself. For me, when i was a first year in college, I always attended these parties that my friends went to but i totally felt out of place. It took me a couple of years to realize that I was just an introvert and there are more of people like myself. all in all, go out and experiment whatever you want, maybe you'll really love singing/acting and wanna make that more of a hobby or develop that talent to the best of you abilities, who knows. Good luck mate! | ||
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On April 16 2013 21:58 Caller wrote: pokebunny how can you retire with a losing record against me tvz fake mech on destination 2010 NEVER FORGET Grudge match Bo9 all match ups incoming. And you should quit D3 and play POE/LoL you nerd. | ||
Bedrock
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Maybe you can still coach, with your rep it may be a few small bucks that may help you out without taking too much time? | ||
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