<![CDATA[Blogs - deL's Blogs]]> starcraft players blog their thoughts en 60 <![CDATA[Blogs - deL's Blogs]]> images/styles/Arena/misc/rss.jpg Retro game reviews: Part I (Fantasy RPGs) /blogs/showentry.php?e=431 /blogs/showentry.php?e=431 www.cdosabandonware.com/ to download their games I wrote some reviews so I thought I'd share them here as well to get everyone talking about and suggesting retro and DOS games that they have played!

The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
1996

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The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
1996

Bethesda Softworks

The Elder
... [Read More]]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 09:19:45 Member Blogs Member Blogs ChesthairMcBiceps en New gear! /blogs/showentry.php?e=403 /blogs/showentry.php?e=403
Old and busted
  • Logitech G1
  • Razer Lycosa
  • Plantronics headset
  • Razer Goliathus


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The new headset guarded by 2 khorne berzerkers. I wanted black so it fit the other peripherals.

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The Tt eSports Theron and a mouse bungee before the PC was on, so you don't get to see the lights :(

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Full desk shot showing my
... [Read More]]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:30:56 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en SC2SEA as a TV show /blogs/showentry.php?e=390 /blogs/showentry.php?e=390
TA and friends in "Community"

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Jeff Winger - TARossi
Britta
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Ignore my fat face

The design is Thor's Hammer, representing my mother's side of the family (surname Thurston - "Thor's Stone" from north east Britain where there was a
... [Read More]]]> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 23:52:48 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en <![CDATA[TA Retreat - Top 5 [SFW] Moments]]> /blogs/showentry.php?e=328 /blogs/showentry.php?e=328 deL's Top 5 TA Retreat Moments
(Safe for Work)

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I recently got back from 5 days at the "TA Retreat" hosted by TAVoices (Spud) and it stands at one of the highlights of my time involved in StarCraft. While there were some moments to top these involving "baking" I will try not to go into detail here both to keep this read suitable for everyone and to keep from embarassing some people. Basically what it was, was a week of about 20 friends from TA/StarCraft drinking, socialising, eating junk food... [Read More]]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:00:49 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en Heart of Bronze Pt 2 /blogs/showentry.php?e=319 /blogs/showentry.php?e=319 Heart of Bronze
Δ Part 2 Δ
This was intended to be a small progress report but my journey to get to bronze was much shorter than expected. No doubt aided by my shortcomings as a player in a few of my placements, it took just over two dozen matches before I was consistently playing bronze players.

This process in itself was a journey of discovery and showed a surprising capacity for build improvement. When I think of delta formation I don't imagine too many players being more experienced at it... [Read More]]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:25:42 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en Heart of Bronze: Delta Formation Pt 1 /blogs/showentry.php?e=314 /blogs/showentry.php?e=314 Heart of Bronze
Δ Delta Formation Δ

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If bronze league is anything like this picture suggests, I will be a happy man.

As I was having yet another competitive and hard-fought match on the Korean server with their BSG players I realised - everyone knows what Korean GMs are like. Everyone has seen their games in GSL or analysed their replays, dissecting every single one of those 400 actions per minute. What would be a lot more interesting would be the unsung heroes of the Korean ladder. We know... [Read More]]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:28 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en Path to KR GM: Day 1 /blogs/showentry.php?e=311 /blogs/showentry.php?e=311 Day 1:

Summary:

Off to a slow start. I lost my 2nd placement to a silver. I quit.

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Excercise:

I got up once to get some muesli

Games played, who I played, tournaments:

This game started out well, I was playing as random and I got a ZvZ which, while my worst MU, meant I had a slight advantage being Random. It wasn't until the point I started the game that it all went downhill.

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I got a good baneling hit off on his mineral line as my plan worked (13 gas 13 pool early speed) and I had... [Read More]]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:33:59 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en Path to Korean GM /blogs/showentry.php?e=310 /blogs/showentry.php?e=310
Lately everyone's posting blogs about getting fit and improving their play even when they are simply just fat or bad and it sickens me just reading them. So why not show them how it's done?

So here's my history with the Korean server:

As you can see from my Liquipedia page my ID on the Korean server is the... [Read More]]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:33:16 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en Small Potatoes /blogs/showentry.php?e=287 /blogs/showentry.php?e=287 Click the image to open in full size.
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... [Read More]]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:10:03 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en <![CDATA[deL's Game Review: Skyrim]]> /blogs/showentry.php?e=250 /blogs/showentry.php?e=250 Click the image to open in full size.

I will open by saying that in general I am not a fan of playing games. Sure I love to get involved in the competitive aspect and this can be seen in my choice of games over the years such as Guild Wars with it's competitive PvP aspect and of course the Blizzard RTS games. My passion lies with management or following teams, players and leagues rather than getting good at a game myself. It is a rare exception where I find myself thoroughly enjoying playing a game. Skyrim was one of the few... [Read More]]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:32:28 Member Blogs Member Blogs TAdeL en