http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/learningthegame en-us Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:32:58 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=102690 Flow.of.soul So right now I'm 6 feet tall and I weight 193 pounds and I really want to start working out. Right now my goals are to weight 170 pounds and be able to do 50 pushups in a row and 75 crunches in a row. Currently, I'm doing cardio on an elliptical machine 3 times a week for 40 minutes and I'm burning ~550 calories per session. Also, I have cut out deserts from my diet such as cookies and cake... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:32:58 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=102690 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=99202 Flow.of.soul There are new parts I am considering after further research and thanks to feedback on this blog. Please check the new build on page 2! So I'm wanting to build my first computer and I am in need of some assistance to make sure I am getting the most out of my money. Right now my budget is $600 tops and there is no wiggle room. While it is a small budget I want to be able to keep the major... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:28:09 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=99202 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98945 Flow.of.soul "Stork's PvT is so ridiculous, if he grabs an advantage, he does not let it go. Period." - SuperJongMan 1v1 Record PvT: 101W-51L (66.45%) PvZ: 71W-62L (53.38%) PvP: 79W-53L (59.85%) Overall: 251W-166L (60.19%) Statistics from TLPD This is an updated replay pack from dementus' Stork replay pack to include patches 1.15 and 1.16. All replays from patches 1.10 to 1.14 ha... Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:31:57 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98945 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98891 Flow.of.soul So probably a month or so ago I started practicing PvZ on iCCup and it was the only matchup I played. While my other matchups (PvP and PvT) were both had solid D ranks, my PvZ was definitely D-. Once in a while I would win a couple games and get back to D, only to be shot down once again to D-. Out of frustration I stopped practicing the matchup and even started dodging it while I spent time tr... Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:11:53 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98891 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98677 Flow.of.soul Did I get banned from iCCup or DOES BLIZZARD ACTUALLY KNOW I AM TRYING TO ACCESS A PIRATE SERVER!?! I hope I didn't get banned from iCCup for no reason, that would suck so much. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:45:58 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98677 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98109 Flow.of.soul So as of now I have played roughly 400 games on iCCup (cant wait in the next few months to play 1000 games so I can finally fulfill the advice that alot of people give out :P) To be honest I am probably a solid D+ player right now, but I'm having this mental block where I am do not think I am ready to start playing D+ players. I can fairly easily reach D+ within 15 to 20 games on iCCup but once... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:54:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=98109 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97687 Flow.of.soul So sometime today I came up with an idea for a build for PvP since I was bored. I wasn't sure if this should go in the strategy forum so I decided to put it here. After thinking about it alot more I am actually starting to think it might be viable. To get my thoughts straight I wrote out a bunch of stuff on a piece of paper. Objective: The objective of this build is to deal massive damage t... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:17:13 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97687 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97677 Flow.of.soul So yeah I just played combat-ex and sadly I lost since I am only D and I fucked up my build order while chatting :P. Turns out Combat-Ex used the rank that he win abused to (C+) and selling it to some "kid". Thought I might share the replay and the text included if anybody is interested. http://repdepot.net/replay.php?id=16835 Its too bad that I can't report his BM cause I kind ... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:44:16 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97677 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97017 Flow.of.soul Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:13:02 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97017 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96890 Flow.of.soul After losing alot on iCCup I have finnally determined that I have two major problems: number one, my macro is pretty bad, and I need to spend my money more. The second, the most important thing in my opinion, is that I do not have enough "game sense" or basically I do not understand each match up very well. I have learned a build order for each match up but once I get to the mid and l... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:59:21 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96890 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96470 Flow.of.soul So for the past couple of days I have been only playing PvZ on iCCup and damn it, it is such a hard match up. With PvP and PvT, if my scouting probe dies I can wait for observers, and I'll be fine. In PvZ, if I dont have a corsair or a scouting probe within the Zerg's base for the whole game it seems like I will automatically lose. There are so many possible cheeses that Zerg can do and alot of... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:13:13 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96470 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96223 Flow.of.soul So with an impressive record of 46 - 105 I have finally reached D+. The only reason I was able to get to D+ is because I decided to start practicing PvT since I was getting bored of playing PvP all the time. The only build that I have been playing is the 10/15 rush and I really like this build because of how aggressive it is. I like to constantly keep the Terran at bay so that they can nev... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:52:53 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96223 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96176 Flow.of.soul So I just spent the last couple hours figuring out how long the majority of Protoss units and buildings take to make. I did this because I am going to have alot of free time on my hands for the next two weeks and I have an idea for a build order. Since I have been playing on Destination I have also figured out the travel distance for some units (this is the distance between your ramp and your o... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:21:36 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=96176 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95623 Flow.of.soul So its about midnight where I am and I've decided to update this blog. So I went back to my first post of this blog that is linked above within the spoiler and looked at my goals. I noticed that I have meet one of my goals, which is to have an APM of over 100 consistently. While last week I did have some games that were over 100 APM this is the week where all my games have been at that consi... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:33:47 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95623 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95322 Flow.of.soul I just went 0-10 on iCCup today so now I am D- :( I've been told that if I execute a build order correctly at this level that I should have no problem staying at D/D+. I guess that is not the case or my macro and mechanics are just horrible. I've been focusing on PvP and I expand but then I usually get contained or stormed to death. I've been going 1 gate to reavers and I expand after I g... Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:03:32 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95322 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95024 Flow.of.soul So I've been continuing to play Starcraft but I have been using a completely different setup now. I went to some garage sales last weekend and bought a monitor and a computer desk. This is a real improvement in the setup I've been using which is a just a laptop with a wireless mouse. There is a picture of my new setup below. The monitor is a Compaq P1220 if anyone wants to know. The ... Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:35:41 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=95024 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94567 Flow.of.soul For those of you who did not read the first post of my blog to see what it is all about you can read it here. Learning My First Build Order Since I really did not have a build order down very well I decided to watch a replay of progammers, and try to emulate a build order. I decided to try Bisu's build order that he uses against Stork during the first round of the IEF Finals (you can down... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:02:11 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94567 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94361 Flow.of.soul Many people try to become good at competitive sports and Starcraft is no exception. Whether it be a Korean or a foreigner, people spend hours upon hours playing this game out of pure enjoyment, and some dream that one day they will become a progammer. Just like with anything that involves hard work to improve, people give up on Starcraft all the time because of how difficult it is to become goo... Sun, 31 May 2009 09:23:56 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=94361