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I've played a certain UMS for that I'm looking for now but am unable to find on my pc. I tried looking for it on the search toolbar but no luck. (I was also unable to find it in Locked's UMS pack).

It goes like this: you play SC normally and try to defend yourself normally against the PC and try to kill it. All normal except that on the far side of the map there is a probe, being chased by a zealot, that you need to keep alive (thus training multitasking).

If anyone has it could they please upload it somewhere?
I would prefer the protoss version of the map since I play protoss, but I would appreciate the zerg and terran versions of the map as well Thx

So recently I've been having a problem with BW Chart. Whenever I try to open a replay it takes like 2 mins to load the rep before I can see the charts. If I click anything on the screen before the replay is done loading, the loading bar freezes and BW Chart crashes shortly after.

I already tried deleting all replays I have saved. I also tried deleting BW Chart and re downloading it. It still has the same problem.

Is anyone else affected by this problem? Does anyone know the solution? Thanks

I used to play the piano around 5 years ago but stopped. Recently though, I started playing again but I am still pretty bad at the piano. I can still read notes somewhat though . Currently the only pieces I can play are Beethoven's "Fur Elise" (the easy part only ), and Final Fantasy X's "To Zanarkand."

I want to ask, does anybody know any good pieces on the piano around amateur level? I want to be able to play more than just 2 songs to help me improve .

Works that I would prefer are either classical music or songs with a similar genre as "To Zanarkand." Other Final Fantasy music would be good. Also, as I said earlier, I prefer them at amateur level .

Btw, note sheets if you have them and/or video tutorials if you know any will be appreciated Thx

(start rant)
So yesterday was a very important day for me. I had several important things that I had to do online. However, my ISP for some reason decided to cut my internet connection for one day just for kicks.

Let me outline my online plans that day:
- First of all, I had to send in my CV (by Oct. 6 but preferably earlier) which I wasn't able to do.

- Second, I have a research project for my environmental systems class that I needed to work on.

- Third, and most importantly, I had to watch the TL.net vs GG.net rivalry showmatch

So basically, thanks to my ISP, I missed one of the most important events of my life T_T
(end rant)


Finally, I wanna congratulate TeamLiquid.net for the victory against GG.net. Although it wasn't as much rape as I had expected it to be, congratulations to the Crotchmaster and the rest of the TL.net crew

Edit: sry forgot to write "rant"

Since I had started playing Starcraft, my main race was Protoss. Recently however, I had decided to switch my main race to Terran. There had been many reasons to this switch. One of these is inspiration from watching Terran players play. MNM micro, tank pushes and a huge Terran ball, all used by progamers have inspired me to play Terran. Unfortunately, even progamers are human and perfection is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. One particular Terran though, had caught my eye since I was a Protoss player and has always made me doubt my decision to play Protoss. This Terran my friends, is none other than The Perfect Terran, Seo Ji Hoon; AKA Xellos.

At the start of his career, Xellos has faced several encounters, the biggest of which is his mother. Like most parents, Seo Ji Hoon’s mother wanted to see her only son excel in his studies and get a secure job with good pay to support his family and so on. Many parents would be disappointed if their only son decided to play video games for a living. Seo Ji Hoon’s mother is no different. Ever since his father passed away, Xellos and his sister were taken care of by their mother. In a family without a father, the only son was expected to support the family as soon as he could. Xellos decided to do this through the game Starcraft. His mother resented this and had resorted to beating him many times. Seo Ji Hoon didn’t let his mother stop him though, and continued to play. His mother soon gave up trying to stop him and spitefully sent him off to his team as soon as he got his progamer’s license. On July 13, 2003, Xellos finally solved his conflict with his mother, dedicating all his hard work to her by winning his first OSL beating Yellow 3-2 in the finals bringing tears to the eyes of his fans, and most importantly, his mother.

“I am here because of you. I love you Mom.”
- Xellos

So, what is Seo Ji Hoon’s role in CJ Entus? Back before CJ Entus got its name, it was called “G.O.” Their star player: Xellos. Their sponsor: None. Most other teams had their own sponsors to support them such as Samsung, SK Telecom, and Pantech & Curitel. G.O. had to support themselves from their players’ own winnings. Xellos, being the star player, contributed the most to his team’s funds. Winning the Olympus OSL in 2003, WCG in 2004 and WCG Korea in 2005, Xellos was able to keep G.O. alive until they finally got CJ Foodsystem as their sponsor. Without Xellos, G.O. wouldn’t have been able to survive. Without Xellos, no company would want to sponsor the team. Without Xellos, there would be no CJ Entus.

Unfortunately, once you have reached perfection, the only move left leads to imperfection. Xellos is no longer one of CJ’s stars. However, he will always be the legend known as The Perfect Terran.

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Look at the girl in black next to the guy in orange. Doesnt she resemble Mind at all? I didnt notice at first but after seeing Mind's evil face in his match against Midas I thought, "doesnt that face look familiar?" And I remembered this girl who was in a programme I was in.


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You may not be able to tell by this picture since its not that clear, but the guy in green standing next to the British guy kinda resembles Sea[Shield] (no offense to the actual Sea) Don't get angry FS T_T. This picture was taken during the same programme as the first picture (DragoonPK was with me in that programme to serve as my witness). Although the pic is not that clear, what do you guys think? Is that a possibility?


Poll: What do you guys think?
(Vote): Only Sea[Shield] lookalike
(Vote): Only Inter.Mind lookalike
(Vote): Both lookalikes
(Vote): Youre I was smoking weed (niether)


Edit: Btw one day during this programme, the "sea lookalike" was wearing a shirt with the text "M5L" on its back which i read as "MSL" I regret not being able to take a picture T_T
Edit: Fixed poll choice

Ok. So I go to these "summer school" SAT classes once a week. I don't really get why I go but then again, I’m getting these classes for free so I don’t really care…

This blog entry is about our SAT math “instructor” whose job is to basically teach us SAT math. So far he’s been doing a fucked up job imho. Just handing us practice math questions then answering them in front of us (thank God I’m not paying for this -_-).

Anyways, this morning during our SAT math session we were given a set of math questions, and as usual he answers them on his own in front of us. However, one of his answers was challenged by a couple of students. He denied the mistake and kept his answer. More students started seeing his mistake and soon after, the majority of the class agreed that he was wrong. He still claimed to be correct -___-. Please note, all students who challenged had the same answer. He didn’t have an answer key with him so we couldn’t check the correct answer to the question.

Now, I wanted to check with TL.net to see which one was right: the “instructor” or the students. It’s a simple problem. Here it is:

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So, I've been really bored lately so I've decided to write a 1000-word essay on how I started Starcraft. When I finished, I thought "who better to share this with than the TL.net community "

So here it is if you're interested:
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My story starts a while ago. I was never a hardcore gamer. Just playing a couple of games at a time, checking out the new ones that come out, looking for some old ones that still look good.

A friend of mine introduced me to a game that caught my interest. That game was Warcraft 3. I played the campaign for a while and enjoyed the game as it was the first RTS game that I had owned and was interested in (I tried and enjoyed a few before, but didnt enjoy the ones I bought ). I started playing 1v1 games mainly against my little brother. Around the same time, the same friend that had introduced me to Warcraft 3 had also introduced the game to another friend. We had never played the game against each other but we had our favorite races. I was Orc while my 2nd friend prefered using Night Elf. The only opponent I played against, my brother, used Undead.

The first friend I had mentioned, despite being the one to introduce 2 of his friends to Warcraft 3, didn't really play the game much. He had probably only told us about the game since he knew we were interested in medeival themes . Instead, he was playing another RTS game which I was told was from the same creators as Warcraft 3. By now you should have guessed, this game was Starcraft. I decided to try this game out since my friend found it better than Warcraft 3. I didn't start taking it as seriously as I took Warcraft 3 when I started so I stayed with Warcraft for now. A couple weeks later, my friend had convinced my 2nd friend to take up Starcraft and ditch Warcraft. I was still hard-headed and unconvinced.

One day, my friend had visited my house and decided to show me what he had called "the most imba thing in Starcraft." He played on Blizzard Hunters filling all the slots with computer opponents and chose Protoss as his race. I didnt know what he was doing as I wasn't paying much attention. My friend used a bunch of cheats and got out 12 Protoss Carriers. I looked at the screen thinking "wtf are these huge fish-looking structures?" he started building interceptors and soon after started attacking the computer bases. Damn was I surprised at the number of interceptors. That moment got me to start playing the game's campaign at least and put Warcraft behind me. Soon after my friend asked me to pick a main race that I would play. I didnt know which to take up. He asked what race I played back in Warcraft and to explain them to him. I described the Orc race as best I could with my very limited knowledge. From my description he had asked me to take up the Protoss race. Both my friends played Terran. My 2nd friend was the worse Terran player of the 2.

I played a few 1v1 games of Starcraft, getting owned by my friend who introduced me to the game each time. I had been playing the same way each time on LT. Play off of 1 base for a while, expo and create my then favorite "canon wall" then take the nearest island expo at 30 mins into the game, build 3 stargates + fleet beacon, and attack with the first 12 cariers. One day, I played a LAN game with my 2nd friend, the one who had played Warcraft and is playing Terran. That game lasted just as long as my regular games with me playing with the same "build." Only this time, my opponent built a bunch of marines, firebats, and medics in his main base while keeping himself at 1 base with only 9 SCVs. I don't keep my probe count to 9 probes per base but around 12 or so so I wasn't that much better. Needless to say, I won the game. It was the first game I had ever won in Starcraft which made it all the more exciting for me.

The friend I had beaten got demotivated from playing Starcraft after that game. He never felt he could get any better. Soon after, my first friend convinced him to take the Zerg race. He started playing a lot more than he did before. Around that time, I had also switched to Zerg, and played a few games on Bnet. I gave up too easily and decided to try out Terran. I wanted to choose a main race so I had tried out all three for a while. I was most comfortable playing Protoss so I stuck with that. My first friend on the other hand, started playing random and became a race picker depending on his mood. Those were the 45 apm days

The three of us soon stumbled upon Korean progaming. Our knowledge of Starcraft progaming started with a video of Boxer vs Yellow. It was the video of Boxer’s famous SCV rush. That video changed our view of the game. We started paying a closer eye to progaming still not knowing anything about the game. We started copying a few of the noticeable stuff from progamers such as expoing more frequently, building more than 3 gateways/hatches/barracks, and other basic macro stuff. Needless to say, we had improved a lot from where we started.

That summer was a devastating summer for me. I had lost my internet connection. I was unable to play on Bnet. I was still playing a bit on LAN when I get the chance though. Around that time, my friends came across a website called Teamliquid.net. They often told me about the focus to progaming, and how the community is, etc. I got my internet connection back later in the year and created my TL.net account asap. What first attracted me to TL.net was the progaming coverage. During my time at TL.net, more interesting stuff just kept popping up: TSL, TL.net Attack, etc. Nowadays when I open my Opera internet browser, the first thing I do is click the TL.net link in the speed dial screen. Even though I have no reason to check TL.net, I just visit the site anyways.

My view of Starcraft has changed a lot since the beginning. Those were the days of the 45 apm carrier Protoss I used to like. Now I’m a 150 apm Protoss and still a D on iccup. This just shows the reason I love Starcraft so much. Even though I had improved a lot since I started, I still have a very long way to go and many roads to choose from.