http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/cptbadass en-us Mon, 21 May 2012 07:05:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=339010 CPTBadAss I thought I wanted a break. With Diablo 3’s arrival last Tuesday and the end of my undergrad classes, I’ve been absorbed with playing it. I figured I might take some time away from StarCraft 2 just to recharge and to enjoy Diablo. I even went as far to say I’m not gonna watch MLG Spring Arena #2. What did I end up doing? I stayed up until 0400 watching Effort vs Flash play SC2 in Pr... Mon, 21 May 2012 05:47:35 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=339010 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=337436 CPTBadAss Since I’ve been following professional StarCraft 2, I’ve been to 2 live competitions: MLG Providence 2011 and MLG Columbus 2012. At both of these, I admired many awesome T-shirts. This one just looks so cool in real life. This is probably my favorite hoodie in all of StarCraft 2, on my favorite player. Why do I love t-shirts so much? It’s not that I’m a fashion snob but t... Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:57 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=337436 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=335863 CPTBadAss Lately in TvZ, I’ve watched Terrans open with a reactor hellion expand. When the hellions force zerglings, banelings and/or roaches to be made, Terran makes banshees to follow up the hellion pressure. This harass allows the Terran to heavily punish the lack of anti-air. When the pressure ends, Terran switches into marine/tank or mech. But as I was idly watching a TvZ on stream one day, I cam... Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:44 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=335863 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=333344 CPTBadAss On State of the Game, The Executives, and many other podcasts, listeners are always told how StarCraft 2 is such a great a spectator sport. Then someone is bound to say that many people have stopped playing the game but still enjoy watching. I always found this to be an odd thought since I love playing, but also I feel that the game is incredibly complicated without first-hand knowledge. It alw... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:30:25 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=333344 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=331556 CPTBadAss Did you know that MLG had customer support? I always just assumed they were like Steam where you could only email MLG and maybe they’d get back to you. They even have a phone number you can call and have a real person to help with your problems. My buddy BAH and I ended up calling the MLG hotline for assistance before Spring Arena #1. And I just wanted to share my thoughts in regards to the s... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:01:53 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=331556 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=327402 CPTBadAss On the second day of MLG Winter Championships, I found myself following ThorZain like a little puppy dog. After my well documented love for Select, ThorZain is my second favorite player. I thought I might be the only one but luckily there was a small crowd of fans who literally followed ThorZain’s every match. They even brought spoons and American flags people knew what was up. Spoon Te... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:28:24 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=327402 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=324719 CPTBadAss As usual, MLG Winter Arena Championship was an unreal experience. I got to hang out with my boy Fallen. I got to hang out with tons of compLexity guys. And I got to meet some of the biggest names in eSports and talk to them. So I’ll be telling a few stories related to MLG. I know everyone will probably forget it about MLG by IPL4 but for me, this was one of the best events I’ve ever experie... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:13:19 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=324719 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=321528 CPTBadAss So I’ve been a little sick for the past week. And by a little sick, I mean that I couldn’t laugh without coughing up my lungs. Of course I chose to convalesce by watching IEM and other streams. I also managed to get my sister sick and she knew that I would be half watching whatever she put on TV and half watching “nerd fest”, as she so aptly calls it. Now my sister knows nothing abou... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:09:26 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=321528 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=316479 CPTBadAss I’m gonna break this post up into 3 parts. I’m gonna evaluate my own thoughts on Winter Arena and PPV. We’ll have a pre-Winter Arena, during Winter Arena, and post-Winter Arena. I talk a lot of shit but it’ll be interesting to see my progression through the competition to see if I do think it was worth it. Pre During After Finally, did anyone else laugh at the light... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:40:29 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=316479 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313347 CPTBadAss I’ve probably been talking shit for 8-9 months about playing in a tournament. I mean I can ladder all day but I’ll never know how good I am until I play in a tournament right? But as bad as the ladder anxiety is, there is NOTHING like tournament anxiety. I spend all this time watching these incredible nerd ballers play epic matches daily. I don’t even know how Fallen plays Playhems and in... Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:42:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313347 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=311169 CPTBadAss I’ve been researching mechanical keyboards for months now. Ever since I heard about the Das Keyboard ages ago, I wanted to know what the big deal was. At MLG Providence, I was lucky enough to use [tlpd#players#3634#Z#sc2-international]Cheticus[/tlpd]’ Filco that has Cherry Blue switches. After lurking in TeamLiquid’s Tech Support sub-forum for a while, doing research on mechanical keyboar... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:16:17 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=311169 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=309082 CPTBadAss So I’ve alluded to this a little in the past but I think it might be time for me to go public: I am a rabid metalhead. I instantly identified [tlpd#players#1587#P#sc2-international]HasuObs[/tlpd]’ “theme song” from the NASL Season 2 Finals as an Amon Amarth song. I love [tlpd#players#4089#P#sc2-international]iNcontroL[/tlpd] because he’s an amazing character and he streams the same mu... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:50:18 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=309082 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=307058 CPTBadAss So in my two - part 2011 in review posts, I lied to you all TeamLiquid. I’m sorry, but it was a necessary evil. You see, I left out a tournament that is near and dear to me. I think it consumed me for a week or two. And I managed to piss off everyone on Facebook with my relentless spamming. It was probably the most invested I have ever been in a tournament. For all my love of Select and othe... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:49:58 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=307058 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305073 CPTBadAss Who works out? Does anyone ever run into the wall that is the lack of motivation? You go on Monday and Wednesday, but by Friday everything is sore and you convince yourself that sitting on your ass is a better idea. That’s me every week. I manage to drag myself to the gym, but what’s worse is trying to get myself to ladder. It’s not that I hate playing StarCraft 2, it’s that the games a... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:12:25 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305073 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=303231 CPTBadAss So I’ve written a lot about my forays into Brood War. But I’m first and foremost a StarCraft 2 diehard fan/player. Unfortunately I’m also a student and my university requires me to go on internships. Between my engineering classes and/or working at my internships for 40 hours a week, I don’t play nearly as much as I wish I could. I easily fall under the Day[9] category of casual try-har... Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:12:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=303231 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=301595 CPTBadAss So I’m sure like many of you, I was home with my family over the holiday season. Unfortunately, that meant I didn’t have my gaming rig with me when I went home. This means no Skyrim, no streams, and no laddering. Obviously I solved my problem by bugging Fallen to give me some pointers. We laddered a bit and realized we still had 30 minutes to wait for SPL to start and then another 15 minute... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:06:09 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=301595 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=299269 CPTBadAss So in part 1, I waxed poetic about GCPL Season 1 and TSL3. Part 2 is just as romantic...and just as verbose. Enjoy my ramblings of my favorite tournament in late 2011 and a few shoutouts. MLG Providence StarCraft 2, Where the fans don't fuck around. So this was a lot of firsts for me: my first LAN, my first MLG, my first StarCraft 2 tournament, and my first time watching [tlpd#players... Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:46:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=299269 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=297639 CPTBadAss With the end of WCG and Blizzard Cup, I feel that I can finally publish the obligatory “2011 in Review” post. But 2011 was really something special. In less than a year I went from watching GCPL Season 1 with a total prize pool of $10,000 to DreamHack Winter 2011 with an individual prize pool of ~$30,000. I went from cheering for ROOT (RIP) to cheering for Evil Geniuses and mousesports. I s... Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:27:09 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=297639 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=295513 CPTBadAss So as I’ve previously posted, I am a Brood War noob. I was late to the party and was looking for some help. And even though it was in a convoluted manner, TeamLiquid came through per usual. Anyways, a while back Xxio started doing interviews with TeamLiquid luminaries. The “Community Interview” highlighted TeamLiquidians who give so much to our little community but aren’t lauded like... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:53:34 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=295513 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=292967 CPTBadAss Who likes loves BoxeR? Who stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to watch him play? Who watched him bunker rush or proxy rax? I didn’t even know his HANDLE until I started following pro-StarCraft 2; until I was introduced to TeamLiquid about a year ago. I’ve watched a bunch of his games and read his bio on Liquipedia a thousand times now. I’ve watched countless MLG’s whe... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:41:42 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=292967