Hey guys, How are we all? Just thought I would update you all on my progress and that of my family.
Family first, my grandparents are fighting strong can't wait for christmas with them. We hope it's not their last but it may well be :'(
Back to the fun stuff: SC2
Since being in masters I have been having ups and downs and more and more flaws in my game are coming out. This however is good the more I have to work on and fix the more I want to play. I'm on the
I haven't written a blog since joining the Team Exile5 academy so I thought that I'd fill you all in on what I have been doing. I joined the academy back in September and I had some troublesome times with the family. Grandma got given weeks - months to live and things were really busy at work so my start at x5 was rocky when it came to game time. Grandma is still fighting strong and work has got quieter so I'm now able to put large amounts of... [Read More]
**sorry for shitty formatting and/or grammar errors, I usually just write and think about how shit it looks afterwards :^)**
I was thinking of writing a massive introduction explaining everything that I've personally dealt with and experienced during the 3 years of running one of the larger sc2sea clans, but honestly, I just want to open a discussion for one of the largest issues that is plaguing the sc2sea clan "scene" right now, and hopefully get some feedback on what should be done.... [Read More]
It has been awhile since I wrote a SC2 story so sharing a game that just happened to me. Happy Reading
This is the story of a player who likes to live in other spots other than the base location allocated by Blizzard.
vs
He decided to cannon rush me. Fortunately I spotted the first spot and managed to stop it from advancing. However, I could not save my nat. Thinking quickly I moved my probes back to the main to minimise further loss and sent my hero probe out to secure a hidden... [Read More]
For many of you, I suspect the answer will be "Who?"
( Infected)
For some of you, this has been a blissful time mostly free of puns.
For others, it's been a case of 'Where the hell is he, and where are the articles?'
For the former: sorry, the pun is mightier than the sword, and cannot be held at bay for too long
For the latter: It's somewhat complicated. I'll TL;DR at the end.
After ACL, and the insane sequence of viral illnesses and throat infections which followed, my health... [Read More]
This is a blog I've been waiting to make in a while.
I would like to thank everyone who believed in me and helped me in one way or another. The many #nem4gm and other encouragements etc etc.
Yes the frenzy started 3-4 weekends ago when my smurf aka alternate account was close to masters mmr. Then I failed. Only to try again the next weekend... swinging both my alternate and main account to top 3 with winning streaks only to be followed by losing ones. One word it was very tiring.... [Read More]
Hello everyone... there's no easy way to say this. I'm making this post to announce my official resignation from sc2sea and starcraft as a whole. Life has presented me with a new opportunity for change and I believe I have to take it.
I've been offered a job at my local McDonalds and it has always been my childhood dream to one day run the cash at good ol mickey dee's thats the dank stuff ooooo I love memes
My last dying wish is to make i4Head an emote pls ty
Chris: asdf we do vetoes
You: ARE YOU READY FOR ME BABY?!
Chris: IM READY
You: OH BABY
Chris: I THINK
You: YOU WANNA VETO 1ST OR ME?
IDC
YOU JUST TELL ME
Chris: OK IRON FORTRESS
You: OKAY ****
MOONLIGHT
Chris: bridghead
You: GET HYPE
YOU MEAN
BRIDGEHEAD!
Chris: YEA
BRIDGEHEAD
You: **** BRIDGEHEAD
WHAT KINDA BULLSHIT MAP IS THAT
Chris: BUCK FRIDGEHEAD
You: OKAY.. LETS **** OFF ONE MORE MAP BRO
**** OFF TERRAFORM
Chris: I THOUGHT THERE WERE 3 VETOES EACH
You: OHH... [Read More]
I challenge SLCN Sports to a handicap match. Both players must play with 700ms, on wobbly tables, against protoss (as Zerg), with a new keyboard, while tired and hungry, and after 'not practising' for months, with glare in their eyes & after recently switching to a new hotkey setup.
Chadmann's reign of terror has gone on too long. I want a 1v1 where frustration plays on my account vs chadmann to settle this forever. $2k on the line
Over the weekend of ACL, I recorded a bunch of clips of different days. It's mostly just some fun but especially for those who don't make it out to ACL it might give you an idea of what we get up to. I would have liked to get a bit more, especially from Sunday but I was mostly focused on playing.
I want to preface this by saying I fully expect this to be a massive wall of text, so I will try to include pictures where possible. Credit will be given to anyone who I borrow pictures from for this blog (I didn't take many pictures this ACL ;; )
Friday 4th
Friday started off like all good days should, with me waking up. I hear waking up is a pretty good unit. Apparently I'm not too good at it recently. I packed my clothes and other items for my trip and headed off the the airport in
Do you love esports so much you would go for a 27 hour train ride just to get to an event? Well I made this awful mistake, I made the same mistake as anyone else thinking that a couple of books and my 3DS would keep me entertained..... NOPE about 3 hours in it occurred to me that I had made the worst mistake of my life. I think I will harbor a fear of trains till the day I die, but still the fact that my boy miles came to pick me up from the train station made things... [Read More]
Hey guys, this is just a quick blog to announce that I'm leaving Exile 5.
I Just wanna thank everyone on x5 for making my time in the team feel special and I really appreciate everything that the team has helped me with, I've given this alot of thought and I've come to the conclusion that it's best that I part ways with the team.
I wish Exile 5 the very best of luck in the future and I hope they continue to thrive.
When I was at ACL Melbourne, I thought of many different ways to describe my experience and the people I met there.
The experience actually begun on Friday evening at MC Internet Cafe where I met some of the guys and they got to meet the rest of the family too. My kids immediately bonded with Redemption *ahem*. I will say the expert coaching advice *ahem* from Andy definitely contributed to Ed's success to make it to the groups *ahem*
After seeing ACL on twitch the past few years I decided to finally commit to going and besides getting rekt, would 11/10 go again (and still get rekt)
It began on Friday flying in from Auckland after lunchtime, meeting up with some VB clan guys; Boony and Coffeejoe (yes VB still exists) it was awesome to see these guys and was even better to finally be able to have a pint with them.
Saturday morning had 0 clue what to expect. My first impression of turning up was I was amazed at how... [Read More]
Hi friends... This is my perspective of ACL.. It was a quick weekend and I wish it went longer. But until next time, I'll leave you with my thoughts.
What a great weekend we've just had, PvP finals in a SEA tournament and some really interesting results across the tournament.
Friday Was one of the busiest days I've had at work for months. Rearranging the entire store to a new layout and lots of new stock and customer orders coming in. it was a busy day (those of you that don't know, I run... [Read More]
Hey guys im going to keep this short. and not go into a lot of details.
Im stepping down from the managing role at Dynasty and effectively leaving. Ive been in charge for just over a year and our results haven't met the criteria set by myself and the org. So we leave on mutual terms. It saddens me to leave ill miss the boys and i feel whoever takes over has a strong platform to work on. On a plus side this will allow me to play the game i love more and possibly move into a team as a player ... [Read More]
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