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
Hey petrify and to everybody who cant stop thinking of the past, how about you grow up and forget about it because people change i have changed and you just cant see it because your to narrow minded of the past, 1. I didnt bm him at all, 2. i just didnt gg, 3 if thats bad in your terms sure but as of lately 2014 - 2015 i gg in all tournaments so people like you dont get buthurt.
If you cant forget about the past then there is no hope and i might as well just go back to not GGing and bming the **** out of everybody because well if your not going to change i might as well not either.
You've said many times that you've changed. That you intended to be better when you came back. And to your credit, for a while you were. And a lot of people around still gave you shit for how you acted in 2012.
But when you start throwing a tantrum about how they don't immediately treat you with respect and just in general revert to how they are giving you shit for having acted, you really just validate all the stuff about your attitude. If you manage to just suck up the shit you're going to get for your past actions for a while, eventually people will move on and treat you with actual respect.
But you're gonna have to just accept that you're gonna get shit for being a dick in the past for a while and just tough it up before that happens.
Today 1:37 PM: Frustration: Yes because im actually a good guy online and irl
Today 1:37 PM: Frustration: im probably one of the down to earth guys that will actually socialise and talk to everyone
Today 1:45 PM: Frustration: your just dumb
Today 1:46 PM: Frustration: none of u slcn guys
Today 1:46 PM: Frustration: NONE OF u faggots cheered for nxz
Today 1:47 PM: Frustration: Wally your a fuckne retard
Today 1:48 PM: Frustration: yeah wally is a bitch in person
Today 1:49 PM: Frustration: you guys are actually pathetic lol.
Choice quotes from 12 minutes in chatbox. If turning over a new leaf means acting exactly how you've always behaved, then you should stop using the phrase and committing further offences to the English language.
Addendum:
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
And it's not as though this behaviour is out of the ordinary either. This is just how Frustration ordinarily expresses himself in the chatbox. Abrasive, offensive, douchebaggery.
You've said many times that you've changed. That you intended to be better when you came back. And to your credit, for a while you were. And a lot of people around still gave you shit for how you acted in 2012.
But when you start throwing a tantrum about how they don't immediately treat you with respect and just in general revert to how they are giving you shit for having acted, you really just validate all the stuff about your attitude. If you manage to just suck up the shit you're going to get for your past actions for a while, eventually people will move on and treat you with actual respect.
But you're gonna have to just accept that you're gonna get shit for being a dick in the past for a while and just tough it up before that happens.
He's been behaving well as of late. He has been well behaved and nice to people for 3 months. The fact that people are just ignoring this and giving frustration shit EVEN THOUGH he's been trying to adhere to this people by giving nice, is just pathetic. What's the point in trying to change if the community won't even give you a chance?
If you truly think he's been behaving 'well' as of late then I think you need to rethink your standards. See Deths post above. I truly think he did behave pretty well mid last year when he resurfaced, but he got a lot of shit even so and has generally reverted back from there.
If you truly think he's been behaving 'well' as of late then I think you need to rethink your standards. See Deths post above. I truly think he did behave pretty well mid last year when he resurfaced, but he got a lot of shit even so and has generally reverted back from there.
Like I said why should he try being nice if you people don't give him a chance? If you look at the chatbox over the last 3 months before acl you'll see evidence he WAS being nice and he WAS putting in that effort. The fact that nobody recognises that is unfair to him. I know 3 months isn't long in the grand scheme of things but the fact people ignore this and just focus on emphasising all of the bad things he's said and done is not fair.
If you continue to treat frust like shit why shouldn't he treat you like shit too?
So either way you spin it, Frustration is the victim?
Here's how it seems from over here:
>Be a dick for 3 years
>"Turn over a new leaf"
>Alternate between being a dick and being nice(r) for 3 months
>Expect people to be grateful
>Have a massive bitch fit when they're not grateful for you acting (more) like a normal person instead of a spastic sperglord
>Wonder why people still don't like you
So either way you spin it, Frustration is the victim?
Here's how it seems from over here:
>Be a dick for 3 years
>"Turn over a new leaf"
>Alternate between being a dick and being nice(r) for 3 months
>Expect people to be grateful
>Have a massive bitch fit when they're not grateful for you acting (more) like a normal person instead of a spastic sperglord
>Wonder why people still don't like you
Serious?
he expects to be treated just as well as anyone else and not to have people holding demeaning vibes towards him. At acl people just wanted him out, nobody even seemed to take note that he was putting in the effort to change.
I even heard a rumour that people tried to set up the groups so open bracket could snipe out frustration as because they "didn't like him".
The SEA community just needs to drop this circlejerk... I get he was a dick 3 years ago for not giving a "gg" but he said himself he's changed.
Hey Frust I actually like you irl, both at ACL Sydney this year and last year you were a nice guy, you were social, etc. etc. I know for me I cheered against you because the guys you were playing against were my good friends who I wanted to advance AND also #protoss. Kinda lame that you felt so attacked at the LAN, that sucks, nobody should really feel like that (I don't think it was warranted). Everybody just loves a villain I guess?
Try not to get sucked into it too much, all it does is get everybody else rustled and we have an endless cycle of WELL YOU DID THIS - BUT YOU DID THAT - BLAHBLAHBLAH. Good for rivalries I guess though C:
he expects to be treated just as well as anyone else and not to have people holding demeaning vibes towards him. At acl people just wanted him out, nobody even seemed to take note that he was putting in the effort to change.
I even heard a rumour that people tried to set up the groups so open bracket could snipe out frustration as because they "didn't like him".
The SEA community just needs to drop this circlejerk... I get he was a dick 3 years ago for not giving a "gg" but he said himself he's changed.
People reciprocate honest changes in behaviour. His "changes" have not been honest or heartfelt. Just look at his behaviour around the banning from OSC incident, any chatbox interactions and how he's behaving today.
A real man would suck it up, take the criticism on the chin and move forward in forging a new image. Apologise and treat others with respect. His issue is he has no credibility whatsoever and his behaviour today simply reinforces these perceptions.
The adage "Treat others how you would like to be treated" doesn't conveniently cease to be relevant when people are critical of you, or when you're still feeling the repercussions of your previous actions.
Didn't you recently get banned from an online tournament like masters cup or something for SMURFING?
How can you POSSIBLY EVER say that you are a "good person online". I have noooo clue how anyone could be that mentally deranged that they've actually convinced them-self that they're a good person. Seriously, it's like you have split personality. One second you're like "Hey everyone I'm the nicest person on earth!" then the next second you're like "hey **** being nice! I'm gonna be BM now cos people aren't sucking my dick even though I'm nice wtf???!!"
Everyone hated you when you were a trash player, and improving and becoming a "better player" than everyone doesn't give you an excuse to shit all over everyone and get away with it. You think just because you're a better player than most of SEA now you automatically deserve respect. That's not how it is, the only 1 player I can think of that gets that sort of respect is KingKong and that's because not only is he a godlike player, but he's a really good person too and treats everyone around him with respect.
The first step to being respected it to show some respect yourself. You're still a kid.
If you want to check your facts fullmetal... even frust will agree I've been one of the guys on here who actually has defended him a few times when he was being genuinely nice and still got victimised for past wrongdoings. But the point remains that he's never kept up the nice thing long enough for people to move past it. (and he clearly has not kept up being nice to people for 3 months straight lol).
Also man, never thought i'd see the day I'd be accused of circlejerking with deth
People reciprocate honest changes in behaviour. His "changes" have not been honest or heartfelt. Just look at his behaviour around the banning from OSC incident, any chatbox interactions and how he's behaving today.
A real man would suck it up, take the criticism on the chin and move forward in forging a new image. Apologise and treat others with respect. His issue is he has no credibility whatsoever and his behaviour today simply reinforces these perceptions.
The adage "Treat others how you would like to be treated" doesn't conveniently cease to be relevant when people are critical of you, or when you're still feeling the repercussions of your previous actions.
Drop this "real man" bullshit. You clearly have a personal grudge with frustration and that's fine. But have you never heard the saying "if you can't say anything nice, don't saying anything at all"?
Stop trying to distort frustrations image with your melodramatic philosophy.
It's clear the real issue at hand isn't frustration, it's people like you that refuse to change and give people a second chance.
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