http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/Chefferton en-us Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:29:45 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406186 Chef It feels like someone's laughing at me today. Good luck has expired, it's true. Then I stuffed my face with strawberries and walked away. What happens when you can't see the future? Que sera, sera. I dream my house is falling apart, I dream my teeth are falling out. Lately when I dream I remember the teeth that have already fallen out, so the number of teeth I have left grow... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:29:45 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406186 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=377410 Chef Have you ever ripped up a diary before? It's like in StarCraft when you build tonnes and tonnes of zerglings in single player just to nuke them. It's vaguely satisfying, and then you think about what a huge waste of time it all was. I've done that twice now. Let me give you another example. Suppose you're playing an 8 player FFA on BGH, and for whatever reason most of the other players are... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:19:19 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=377410 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=375441 Chef An Opinion Piece #14 Gather 'round children while uncle Chef rambles to himself Warning: Melodrama Incoming What is Passion? Everyday the artist is in a constant struggle with a society that determines success through dollar bills and popularity. Everyday it becomes harder and harder to stay true to your craft and your aspirations. Passion is tested. The environment is never quite ... Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:34:35 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=375441 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=356677 Chef There are some that say: One Reaver in a shuttle's Worth two on the ground, But to them I say: One Trozz post in the forum Is paradise found. Sponsor of Gem League, Seducer of the haiku, Suitor of pixels, Lets his dog micro And his cat play Gem Tactics All for minerals. A taster of teas And a conscript of chaos, he lives by the dice If you don't know yet Better say hap... Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:29:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=356677 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=353321 Chef ZerO There will be much talk about Jangbi and his heroic Protoss victory, his perseverance and timing, his fortune and ascension to the finals. I am not going to talk much of that here. This is a eulogy to ZerO's BW career. Every player in the OSL feels that these are the last games of professional, true BW they will get to play. The tension and emotions have never been greater. These la... Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:54:02 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=353321 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=346612 Chef Merry Christmas, Mr. Proberto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f5dHAzz3nI It's a tough life. You've got to take shit and give shit. Sometimes you give too much shit and something explodes inside you. Sometimes you take shit the wrong way and you have to take a few steps back so you can correct your course. This is what all things are like, and if they aren't worth it you back out and do so... Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:08:42 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=346612 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=342293 Chef The year is 2029 and I’m nearly forty years old when I finally set foot on South Korean soil. StarCraft IV has just been released and is being broadcast across the nation as yet another whirl in eSports constantly rushing ebb and flow, but it is not what I’m here for. I am over a decade late to see living what I’ve come for, but for some reason I can’t ignore the calling of my past, of ... Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:44:54 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=342293 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=336391 Chef It feels like a friend has died. I will never see him again and no matter how much I miss him or how many memories flood into me, he is gone forever. It feels like we never properly said good-bye. From meeting his little brother in elementary school, and discovering him in high school, we've had such a long history. How can I even describe how it feels to just sit here thinking about all the fu... Thu, 10 May 2012 12:57:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=336391 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=335262 Chef ...tossed into an uncaring chat channel. Sun, 06 May 2012 05:44:33 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=335262 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=327028 Chef I think the blow of what's happened to BW has been inappropriately softened. We received months of foreshadowing by Milkis who I didn't want to believe because he refused to reveal sources. Even now it's not clear where Milkis got his information or if it was just a lucky guess. What's happened this past season of proleague is treacherous. If the allegations in Coach Ju's interview are true,... Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:46:19 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=327028 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=324038 Chef An Opinion Piece #13 Gather 'round children while uncle Chef rambles to himself I'm not crazy I don't see sunshine and rainbows when I read articles about matchfixing, MBC shutting down, three teams disbanding, Team Eight not finding a sponsor, OSL beginning without a sponsor or any number of disheartening things. When I say Brood War isn't dead, it's not because I'm telling you thing... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:00:56 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=324038 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=316288 Chef I'm trapped in a space-travelling-time-cubicle! Or I'm dead. I'm not sure which. My friend wrote a story a year or so ago which I reread today. I hold it close to my heart (pronounce that like a French person—say: 'art—I'm not French, but I think it sounds more romantic and dramatic). After a sad day it warmed my 'art a little, but then I realised that I think she actually killed me off and... Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:10:11 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=316288 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313756 Chef An Opinion Piece #12 Gather 'round children while uncle Chef rambles to himself Replay Culture In a time before streams and a time before VODs there were replays. Streams are generic, boring: they literally show an average game. VODs are nice but you have no control over what you're looking at, and they're only worth making for tournaments. Replays are different. The golden age of re... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:07:46 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313756 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=306231 Chef Legends often tell of a brave Zergling who was born without a mate. It fought in hundreds of battles and bore scars from them that never quite healed, though it wore them proudly. It earned the nick name Devouring One and after its retirement and old age became a legend said to have had the strength of a hundred Zerglings. I am its mirror in the sky and I am its opposite. Like Devouring One, I... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:31:40 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=306231 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=298732 Chef Finally, after a year of waiting, the second edition of Gosu Moments is here! Just like last time I've selected a handful of games played in the last month that I thought were great. Unlike last time they're all from Proleague since OSL has not started yet. SoS' Hallucination Factory SoS is a player few people are familiar with, but in his game against Sea he earned the ri... Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:13:47 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=298732 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=294690 Chef Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:57:55 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=294690 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=288991 Chef Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:48:22 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=288991 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=286822 Chef You know how Protoss don't have mouths and instead talk to people telepathically? Well I'm a lot like that except that I have a mouth and I don't have telepathy. My mouth is used to talk to people on a very superficial, or at least purely intellectual level, and my writing is used to convey my emotions. If I try to convey my emotions with my mouth I usually can't because there is too much to sa... Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:32:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=286822 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=285274 Chef An Opinion Piece #11 Gather 'round children while uncle Chef rambles to himself When I first started playing 1vs1 in Brood War, an old school player was someone who dropped tanks on your cliff on Lost Temple. I was not one of those players, but I played in a time when Lost Temple was the only thing anyone ever played. I played in a time when I fought hard for people to play new maps, to ... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:30:25 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=285274 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=283470 Chef ...and now I know that it was mannertoast. I'll be the first to admit this may have been a troll. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:15:04 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=283470