Arriving into sydney at 6am was a death sentence as the flight takes 4 hours but its also at midnight so you pretty much get no sleep, anyways after i arrived i had to wait 4 hours for Jamie (Ice) to get into the airport so we can catch a cab to Mikeys house (Psycho) as thats where we were staying for the weekend. Once Jamie arrived we went to Mikeys house and started the practicing of Sc2, On no sleep i decided to stay up for as long as i could and just push through and stay up as late as i could. After about 34 hours i passed out on the chair i was playing starcraft with for about 30mins, Jamie and Simon decided to take advantage of that and take photos of me and what ever else they did ( i hope nothing bad! haha).
Saturday 27th June :
Waking at 7am, i got up and ready showered and had breakfast and by 8am we were on our way to ACL, Arriving at the venue around 8.30am, Ice Mikey and myself started warming up, after a few hours of playing games the tournament started, i watched a few games here and there, Came around 4pm i started playing my games first up was Kez, first game i pushed with a 8 gate push and just crushed his roach ling army, 2nd game i also did the same to his 3 base macro and crushed him again taking the 2-0, after kez i had to play Dark, first game was a macro game 3 base vs 3 base i out macroed him and pushed with blink stalkers and sentries ( pre good if you can use them well) game 2 was the same and i took the 2-0, the last person i had to play for this day was Yours, we played on stage and he was clearly the Crowd favourite as not many people like to cheer me on. (will talk about this later)
First map was echo, i opened stargate oracle into 3 base blink stalker pressure and just out played him with macro and multi tasking, game 2 he tried to cheese me on cactus valley with a 2 base roach ling attack which would of killed me if he didn't make it suspicious that he was hiding something, so i took the 2-0.
Sunday 28th June :
Arriving at the venue at 8.30am again to get warmed up because i knew i had to be warmed to play against nxz and alopex as they were the 2 guys coming into my group to just take me out of the tournament, by 9am i was playing alopex and after a shakey game 1 with bad plays and macro by myself alopex took the game, game 2 i tried to proxy 2 gate and that just failed to his 15 pool opener i lost 0-2, going into the games vs nxz i knew i had to win 2-1 or 2-0 to atleast advance from my group, game 1 was on echo i opened my 8 gate blink stalker push to his 3 base roach ling but i just attacked in time and just had to much and took game 1, game 2 i tried the same build on vaani which is a decent map for the build but he took really good engagements and macroed very well to take the game and to tie the series 1-1, the game that pretty much just ruined my event completly.... game 3 on iron fortress, i opened 7 gate and with his late speed and hardly any army i was winning and i was going to win untill the mind of a bronze leaguer kicked in and i didnt notice 2 lings go into my mineral line and kill it, soon as i noticed i just shook my head and gg'ed, after that loss there was only 1 chance to advance to champ bracket and that was through kez and nxz, Kez won 2-1 against alopex which made my chance quite decent, nxz got up 1 game and i thought i had a chance but then alopex played very safe and defended nxzs 9 pool to put him behind and win the game.
Overall :
The tournament was run pretty good considering the late start on Saturday, everyone seemed to be cheering in the crowd when they were down there so that was good, i even feel there was more cheering at this ACL then there was last ACL, Baldie did a AMAZING Job at running the event and he was crazy all weekend running around keeping everything on top so Props to baldie for everything he did this weekend and hope to see ya again next ACL if i attend.
This will all be bad and negative shit which actually was stupid, and sorry for the language but it needs to be said.
The venue was ****** freezing and absolutely unplayable for people who actually need to use stuff like blink stalkers, marines drops and even injecting like my hands and my body was shivering day 1 and day 2 of the event which just made it so ****** unplayable it wasnt even funny and i know alot of people had this problem but honestly that should not happen at all, the doors should of been closed the aircon shouldn't of been on and that was just poor by ACL, To the crowd of guys who actually dont like me winning Kez, and others literally go **** yourself cause i haven't done anything to you guys part from beat you in all events and am just better then you guys, yes some say i might not of deserved getting out of groups if i didnt beat alopex or nxz but to laugh at me about not getting out and cheering on alopex so i dont get out is actually pathetic and childish, Expecially Kez, Nxz is your team mate yet you cheer on alopex because you dont want me to get out of groups is actually pretty pathetic. (Yes some of you may be cheering on alopex cause you want him to win bout others were not doing that for him to win)
This was all said because it has to be said because im pretty much sick of this community hating on me for being a better player then most, Yes i might be egotistic sometimes about shit but atleast i can back it up and win shit, i dont even know 70% of you irl and probably wont ever.
Thanks to Dynasty and Skitz for flying me over to Sydney im sorry i didnt get the results that i should have but i will defently try harder next ACL or year or even WCS, also thanks to mike for letting us stay at his house was actually the best of fun, Jamie for supporting me and having a laugh at everything pretty much and also the game of thrones theme song in the morning with the bird whistling to it haha, and thanks to anyone who cheered me on and actually wanted me to win and go far, also thanks to jordan for the games and practice and talking to me about a few things here and there, also all the ETL guys namek and co who cheered for me and talked to me sorry i didnt talk to you guys much at the lan and i left early i just couldnt stand to be around people who didnt actually like me or want me to do well, also to anyone i missed thanks
I talk loudly sometimes (anyone whos been around me for more than 2 seconds could probably agree), I didnt mean for you to hear it because ironically enough, I didnt want to be mean to you or to have you feel like you were being bullied and hated by people for no real reason or for shit you did ages ago, thats not how I like to treat people
I get it pet, and lots can be discussed about it. Bur do you really think trashing and/or debating this topic will do anything to solve it? Im on my phone atm but ill do my bit to have a private convosation with ice and frust later. I think leaving the issue and talking about the rest of the blog and acl would be a good idea.
I get it pet, and lots can be discussed about it. Bur do you really think trashing and/or debating this topic will do anything to solve it? Im on my phone atm but ill do my bit to have a private convosation with ice and frust later. I think leaving the issue and talking about the rest of the blog and acl would be a good idea.
I think we don't need to censor conflict. People disagree sometimes and that's how actual interaction occurs on this site. There's a reason there is all the jokes about "Sounds like a good opportunity, good luck to all involved" and others exist and the few times something actually meaningful happens we have to censor it because #OneLove.
Just got done reading this, god you are autistic and have not changed at all. I hope nobody ever cheers for you until you take your head out of your ass and stop being an angry unappreciative sperglord.
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I keep it real bruv.
I think we don't need to censor conflict. People disagree sometimes and that's how actual interaction occurs on this site. There's a reason there is all the jokes about "Sounds like a good opportunity, good luck to all involved" and others exist and the few times something actually meaningful happens we have to censor it because #OneLove.
Not at all, I'm all for debate when its warranted.. But do you really think any good comes from trashing Frustration and trying to make him see your point of view? do you really think he is going to change his mind about things??
The reason I asked for people to ease off, rather than censoring what they are saying is that I could clearly see Frust not taking it as discussion but an attack and thats never going to do any good. Also could see that he was noticeably upset by the way the blog was going... Maybe just ease up?
That said, I agree with many of the points - Frustration hasn't done enough to earn back respect from his behaviour or skill. But I have seen him try and make a change, so rather than stiffling that change, try and tell him when he's being a dick but if someone has already made it clear, there isn't need to chime your 2 cents in too. Otherwise he's just going to feel attacked and revert back to his abhorrent behaviour. Which no one wants.
Frust. Bad luck with your ACL Run. I am happy for Alopex taking the series from NXZ and I was cheering for him the whole way. It seems you're still developing as a player and have a long way to go. If you have more dedication and put in the effort, you'll do well.
Forgive and Forget lads, was nice to see you again Ash. Bad luck with the group stage, you came close. Everyone has their bad moments, I've got a few screen shots of some shit I've said in game come up. It's never nice, and I've had my fair share of people from our region trash me. Most of the time its in a moment of irritation. It has impacted the people that i talk to and practice with within our community and i do regret that, but people make mistakes. The key thing is to learn from your mistakes and try not to repeat them. I hope you can find a way to push what rustles you aside and get on with the game, we're here for the game and the competition. Finding a way to enjoy both can be hard sometimes, some situations are annoying. Anyway i hope that you can make it out to the next one.
Forgive and Forget lads, was nice to see you again Ash. Bad luck with the group stage, you came close. Everyone has their bad moments, I've got a few screen shots of some shit I've said in game come up. It's never nice, and I've had my fair share of people from our region trash me. Most of the time its in a moment of irritation. It has impacted the people that i talk to and practice with within our community and i do regret that, but people make mistakes. The key thing is to learn from your mistakes and try not to repeat them. I hope you can find a way to push what rustles you aside and get on with the game, we're here for the game and the competition. Finding a way to enjoy both can be hard sometimes, some situations are annoying. Anyway i hope that you can make it out to the next one.
Thanks david was good to see you again cant wait for melbourne and yeah hopefully make it out this time without people like nxz and alopex sniping me out of groups
I was cheering for Frustration all the way in my tiny island, and I can't help to feel sad for him also when I heard of the series of events that happened. Form is temporary, class is permanent, and I think you have the class to make a comeback and do better next time. WCS is next, hopefully you'll do better then! In the event that WCS also doesn't go well for you, I hope you won't be discouraged by two bad streaks and just quit SC2 completely. Still lots of money for you to take from this scene. ETL boys will always be with you.
So glad I caught onto you smurfing in that OSC tournament and reported it mate. You act like an idiot online and have to have the world revolving around you all the time or else your ego isn't being stroked enough.
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Originally Posted by deth
Today 1:34 PM: Frustration: Its just this community is pathetic
Today 1:35 PM: Frustration: Well done people can be nice to me at lan cause your all bitches
Today 1:35 PM: Frustration: How about dont be a bitch at lan and actually be your online self
If we ever meet a LAN, I urge you to be the same as you are online, and I will be too. It's pretty clear that you act very different IRL when I look through this comment section. Who's the real Frustration? The egotistical prick you act like day in and day out on this website, or the nice, friendly guy you seem to be at LAN?
When you act like a ******* dickhead all the time, you get treated the way you do. People don't like the way you talk shit, how you can't contribute to any discussion that isn't all about you. Coming from someone that hasn't met the "real" Frustration (and I use quotes, because I'm pretty sure the real you is this dipshit we are all forced to deal with in chatbox on the daily), you deserve the shit you get.
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