[FunkyGraham]

Hello, little hyper-intelligent islanders. FunkyGraham calling from the insulated mainland of the US of A. I've played SC2 for a number of months ever since getting it for Christmas last year, on a four-year-old laptop that rejects all manner of games and media as if they were contraband organs. Skype is almost definitely impossible, which may complicate things. If I could run Skype alongside anything else, or at all, I would already be in Gold or Plat by now.

I've had poor Lenny upgraded over the years, new hard drive here, doubled ram there, but I cannot swear in a court of law that he has a GPU. As such, lag is my biggest actual problem in advancing within the game, as well as my lowered confidence due to the unusual amount of toxicity I have encountered...I kid you not, one time I wished I was playing Call of Duty instead. At least those are just kids...

My irl losses are part of it as well, my life taking a downward turn, losing most everything adults value, puts me in no position to upgrade my system, so I will have to work around it in all things. This includes the aforementioned absence of Skype.

As for gameplay experience, I am considered an achievement junkie. I have almost 4000 points in my name with max levels, and have almost all of the campaign missions cleared on Brutal, even though my relevant multiplayer records are Silver and Bronze. I balked at the lack of a manual for the game, and learning it by myself was a steep curve. It took me three months to figure out that double-clicking would select all of one unit or building type, and more than that to use control groups in the most rudimentary sense. Now, I'm working on hotkeys, which will require me to choose a race. I can't decide! Which is most fun?

I love stuff from all of them, and I like being a support role in 3v3s and above. I actually got Platinum in 4v4 because I would take the brunt of the inevitable cheeses, and when the dust settled it's my three partners with deathballs in a thin ling broth against two or more failed cheesers. I'm a cheese magnet. I'm like soup. :3

I hope this isn't too long! I used to do forum stuff several years ago and I talk a whole lot today. It's compensating for the lack I get in real conversation, as I am quite autistic. I am unbelievably smart, but I never seem to be able to use this knowledge myself. It leads to people picking on me for not being able to heal myself, or blaming me for negligence or omission, so I hope this place is safe. Ugh, so much hate from this game. I almost stopped playing at all until I found you guys.

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Originally Posted by FunkyGraham

Hello, little hyper-intelligent islanders. FunkyGraham calling from the insulated mainland of the US of A. I've played SC2 for a number of months ever since getting it for Christmas last year, on a four-year-old laptop that rejects all manner of games and media as if they were contraband organs. Skype is almost definitely impossible, which may complicate things. If I could run Skype alongside anything else, or at all, I would already be in Gold or Plat by now.

I've had poor Lenny upgraded over the years, new hard drive here, doubled ram there, but I cannot swear in a court of law that he has a GPU. As such, lag is my biggest actual problem in advancing within the game, as well as my lowered confidence due to the unusual amount of toxicity I have encountered...I kid you not, one time I wished I was playing Call of Duty instead. At least those are just kids...

My irl losses are part of it as well, my life taking a downward turn, losing most everything adults value, puts me in no position to upgrade my system, so I will have to work around it in all things. This includes the aforementioned absence of Skype.

As for gameplay experience, I am considered an achievement junkie. I have almost 4000 points in my name with max levels, and have almost all of the campaign missions cleared on Brutal, even though my relevant multiplayer records are Silver and Bronze. I balked at the lack of a manual for the game, and learning it by myself was a steep curve. It took me three months to figure out that double-clicking would select all of one unit or building type, and more than that to use control groups in the most rudimentary sense. Now, I'm working on hotkeys, which will require me to choose a race. I can't decide! Which is most fun?

I love stuff from all of them, and I like being a support role in 3v3s and above. I actually got Platinum in 4v4 because I would take the brunt of the inevitable cheeses, and when the dust settled it's my three partners with deathballs in a thin ling broth against two or more failed cheesers. I'm a cheese magnet. I'm like soup. :3

I hope this isn't too long! I used to do forum stuff several years ago and I talk a whole lot today. It's compensating for the lack I get in real conversation, as I am quite autistic. I am unbelievably smart, but I never seem to be able to use this knowledge myself. It leads to people picking on me for not being able to heal myself, or blaming me for negligence or omission, so I hope this place is safe. Ugh, so much hate from this game. I almost stopped playing at all until I found you guys.

Nice to see another new guy around! Hope you feel whalecum-ed (hue ) in our community! Wish you the best of luck in starcraft2 and I agree, team games are fun. Choose protoss for ez wins Kappa

Anyway, just hang around the chat whenever you can! (But considering your location and timezone I don't think there would be much people online when you're awake lol)

Cheers~!