http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/SirJolt en-us Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:02:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=416161 SirJolt What if I told you that the world you inhabit is not nearly as lonely as it might seem. What if I told you that there were an infinite number of parallel earths, each subtly different from the last. What if I told you that there were places in which the membrane between those worlds had drawn so thin that events on their side could influence events on ours, places where their world bleed... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:02:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=416161 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406916 SirJolt From time to time, people look at me and they ask, The answer, dear reader, is so simple that I promise you, by the time you've finished reading this post, even you will be able to emulate it. If you employ The SirJolt Method, I guarantee1 your success in fantasy leagues of all types.2 This. This is our ticket to victory. The best thing you can have going for you in a fantasy... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:34:16 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406916 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=402356 SirJolt I have a friend called Skindzer who lives in a time zone so distant I don't really get a chance to talk to him too often. When I go to sleep, I leave my IM client signed in. I'm not sure when I started doing this, but it was during a period when I'd perch my laptop on a chair by my bed to watch TV shows as I waited to drift into dreamland. Skindzer and I chat very seldom while I'm awake,... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:04:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=402356 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=392118 SirJolt Much has been made of the treatment of gender in Dota 2, as this 76-page topic titled, "Are female heroes too sexualised?" attests. For the most part, those who address the question of gender have taken interest in the game’s female characters. Most notably, comments have been made on the practicality of the clothing worn by female heroes. By contrast, I’m going to try and even th... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:11:22 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=392118 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=383023 SirJolt Alright, I should probably open by saying that I'm not an enormous Star Trek fan, but the other day I had a thought that I haven't been able to shake. We're always told that the Federation (that is to say, the United Federation of Planets) is this perfect harmony of billions of people living in a post-scarcity society in which everything is free and easy, and all people have to do is find somet... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:42:41 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=383023 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=375940 SirJolt As a jellybean connoisseur, I find myself on a quest to find the tastiest of beans. As a stickler, I take it upon myself to investigate any shortcomings. As a man with access to pens and paper, I realised that it is within my reach to just send people scrawled letters complaining about just about anything. Last week, I found a jellybean that was a number of different colours/flavours fused t... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:24:55 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=375940 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=372589 SirJolt For the sixteen years, I honed myself. I inhabited a fragile case hurling through a world of neon and concrete, but I would survive it one twisted track at a time, pulse racing. I familiarised myself with Sol 2's skyway, a track suspended in the endless blue of the atmosphere, suffused with a sunlight that seemed only to grow softer and brighter with the passing years. I forced myself to ac... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:20:30 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=372589 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=354661 SirJolt So I was reading over all the stuff about TL KnowHow and all about the ideas of sharing things you know about or love, and it occurred to me that I very seldom talk about things that aren't related to videogames on my blog. Here's a post about something else I love that I think has shaped who I am a lot more than I really give it credit for, I hope you enjoy it. Years ago, when I played capo... Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:35:20 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=354661 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=353320 SirJolt #TSLwrap { background: #001a2f url('http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/pachi/TSL/postback.jpg') no-repeat top center; padding-top: 183px; width: 736px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: white; } #TSLheader { height: 58px; padding: 20px; line-height: 2; font-family: 'Syncopate', sans-serif; font-size: 32px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: middle; } .TSLbody { padding: 20px; }... Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:34:07 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=353320 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=332329 SirJolt TL has a history of people making enormous pronouncements without waiting for any evidence to bear a theory out, so now is the perfect opportunity for me to stand up and make an effort to make some incisive observation before anyone can refute/repudiate with fancy things like "evidence" or "common sense." Look to your left; look back immediately afterwards though, I don'... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:15:41 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=332329 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313731 SirJolt In Space No One Can Hear You Narrate I've already gone over the idea of being a xenobotanist, but it hadn't occurred to me until recently that there were much on offer in the field of xenozoology. That said, it seems patently clear that people don't put nearly enough time into the careful consideration and analysis of the alien threats that constantly lurk in the gaping void of space. htt... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:09:51 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313731 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=308394 SirJolt .randjintro {margin: auto; width: 600px; background:url('/staff/HawaiianPig/SPL/grandfinals1011recap/parchmentrepeaty.jpg') center repeat-y; border-radius: 20px; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888; box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;} .twitcrap {font-size: 15px; font-family: IM Fell English; padding: 20px;}A recent Dongrae... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:36:03 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=308394 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=307947 SirJolt It's taken me nearly two and a half years to get here, but I thought it would be fitting to post my 1,000th post on my birthday. From time to time, I see posts made by people for whom TeamLiquid has become a burden, an inescapable timesink. These people, posting about how they're leaving or how they’d like to be banned, often express the need to be doing new things, something they've found... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:35:58 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=307947 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=295481 SirJolt To paraphrase Dickens: I have endeavoured in this little blog, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their forums pleasantly, and no one wish to close it. Esports was dead to begin with, there could be no doubt about that. It had been put to death by the weight of negative se... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:10:57 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=295481 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290228 SirJolt There are a lot of points leading up to Dreamhack that are a little fuzzy in my mind. I'm not sure quite when I decided it was a reasonable idea to go, nor how it was that I was persuaded it would be interesting. I'm not sure how the group I ended up with got together, nor how we ended up charting our way across Sweden to make it there; all I really know is that all of Dreamhack came down to on... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:24:10 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290228 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=285842 SirJolt I guess this is my response to the gauntlet being thrown down. I'll use this blog post to document some of my experiences as a man who is, essentially, incapable of playing RPGs correctly. Fair Warning: Some very minor spoilers from here on, not for plot, but for environment I guess. The Sickness in Skyrim: There's something about the way Elder Scrolls games open that's... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:06:47 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=285842 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281651 SirJolt With the recent update to TeamLiquid, many have been asking how the new layout will affect those who spend hour after hour, day after day posting here. Naturally, the person who seemed most natural to contact was Torte de Lini, but he was unavailable for comment. How will the increased width shape the way we read paragraphs? Will centred text look cold and alone now? Will line breaks betwee... Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:18:27 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281651 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=277972 SirJolt Few outside the players themselves have had the impact on Brood War that Klazart had. For many, he was the first faltering step into a world of fierce competition that would blossom and grow into the vibrant esports scene we know today. Sadly, Klazart no longer commentates regularly, and there are few who could live up to him. He has left us something though; his YouTube account is extensiv... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:30:35 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=277972 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=271014 SirJolt A lot of people seem to have trouble with PvP (that is to say Post versus Post). I know Torte has already written… a novella on the subject, but I thought that a very short guide might help people a bit more, just in case you’re in a rush. Now, admittedly, it’s my worst matchup, but I thought I might be able to offer a little help. You see, the problem with PvP is always one of intelli... Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:54:29 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=271014 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=264346 SirJolt I spend a lot of my time on my Fantasy Proleague and Fantasy GSTL teams. That’s not to say I’m necessarily very good at it, I just spend a lot of time worrying about them. It’s not just a question of obvious things like scores, trades and balancing my antiteam well. Rather, I have to consider all the things the good manager considers: Life for the dedicated fantasy league manager ... Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:10:09 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=264346