| hazelynut United States. October 31 2010 17:44. Posts 1999 | Profile Blog # |
Princeton fall is a wonderful time, and this fall especially so because of two simple things: StarCraft and kittens. Let me explain. With pictures.
Starcraft.
Even though the first collegiate StarCraft team started two years ago right here in Princeton, New Jersey, this year we lost a lot of our original members, and with that, a lot of our talent. We didn't really know what to expect this semester. What happened now that it was SCII? How were we supposed to make casual players want to get better? How were we supposed to carry on the legacy of Princeton SC?
This is how.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/jNMfc.png) We reaver dropped our way into the hearts of Princetonians-- (what's that? There's no reaver in SC2?!)
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/Vnvqt.jpg) And held photo-ops in front of esteemed campus buildings.
All in all, it's been a rewarding first half of a semester. The team dynamic is very different this year. For any of you coordinating CSL teams yourselves--you know how hard this is. Keeping the interest of college students who have busy weekdays and even busier Saturday nights, getting the Silver-Platinums to stick around and get to Diamond, training your best while simultaneously keeping your lower-ranked players from losing heart. Making a team that loves each other, plays Runling Run together, stalks CSL opponents together on battle.net match history for hours on end.
This season, new aces and faces have stepped up to the plate. During the Rutgers versus Princeton match, I stopped and looked out at the audience and noticed that, in a moment of nostalgia and history winding back on itself, a proud mother and father were looking on from the back row. In our first match, two years ago, [pu]Magneus's mom and dad quietly slipped into the audience to watch StarCraft: Brood War. Two years later, [pu]Spopovich (or at least, that would be his name if we were still on iccup) was playing his first CSL match ever, and his parents were sitting in that exact same spot, in that exact same room.
We're two years old, and we've had a few growing pains...but we're Princeton SC, we're SmashCraft Heroes (without the Smash and without the Heroes), and we're 2 and 0 in the season <3. Go Tigers.
Cats.
These cats live a stone's throw away from the StarCraft building. They are quite feral and nothing like the Shanghainese cats that meow and love you, but I am currently trying to train them to hate me less.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/Vijsw.jpg)
Kitteh :3![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/2x5vh.jpg) No blog is complete without angry kittens.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/mjR6F.jpg)
They are always watching.
I've taken the liberty of naming these cats. Striped one is called Kawamura, black-and-white is called Socks, and grey one is called Squirrel. If they ever stop being feral, I will take more pictures of them being cute. In the meantime, I will take pictures of them being mean-looking-but-fluffy.
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| Peanutsc United States. October 31 2010 17:53. Posts 266 | Profile Blog # |
Great to see SmashCraft Heroes (without the Smash and Heroes) is doing well! I'm still on my CSL email list and it sounds like they're ramping up for a great season  . |
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| superbabosheki United States. October 31 2010 18:08. Posts 1466 | Profile Blog # | |
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| StarN United States. October 31 2010 18:20. Posts 2582 | Profile Blog # |
| Princeton has an awesome SC2 scene. That chick is pretty win for putting that on her window. |
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| emc United States. October 31 2010 18:55. Posts 2914 | Profile # |
| so you feed feral cats? in a few years the place is going to be over run. |
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| HyAjO United States. October 31 2010 19:22. Posts 51 | Profile # |
| omg.. i saw this old lady on my campus feeding wild cats every morning at like 6 AM. I have no idea why she was doing it, but this reminds me of it. |
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| ReketSomething United States. October 31 2010 19:23. Posts 4030 | Profile Blog # |
CSL!!!
god...i want free boba and sushi...... |
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| Kanil United States. October 31 2010 19:47. Posts 1637 | Profile # |
StarCraft? Good.
Kittehs? Also good.
Combining the two makes this blog not merely good, but excellent. |
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| SilverSkyLark Philippines. October 31 2010 20:30. Posts 7249 | Profile Blog # | |
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| ktffang United States. October 31 2010 20:31. Posts 120 | Profile # |
man I so want to go there. My csl team pretty much only communicate via email 
I just want to be a part of a real team |
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| inn5013orecl United States. October 31 2010 21:03. Posts 201 | Profile Blog # |
Sorry, but UCSD's gonna pwn you guys on Friday! <3
UCSD fighting! |
| | i live with a korean who doesnt play sc...wtf |
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| NB Canada. October 31 2010 21:28. Posts 7192 | Profile Blog # |
| omfg.... there are chicks, kittens, free bubble tea and sushi?.... and all talks about starcraft?.... ifsnt it heaven?... :< |
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| Karliath United States. October 31 2010 22:05. Posts 2214 | Profile Blog # |
On October 31 2010 21:28 NB wrote:
omfg.... there are chicks, kittens, free bubble tea and sushi?.... and all talks about starcraft?.... ifsnt it heaven?... :<
This. I am so jealous... |
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| Jakalo Latvia. October 31 2010 22:34. Posts 2347 | Profile Blog # |
| Sweet thing you have got going there, keep us posted about it. |
| | Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be. |
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| WakaDoDo Sweden. October 31 2010 23:06. Posts 294 | Profile # |
reavers
Over-the-top Starcraft promotions
Kittens.
What more do I need? ^____^ big 5/5Last edit: 2010-10-31 23:07:12 |
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| n3mo United States. October 31 2010 23:58. Posts 297 | Profile # |
if i was the nada bear, i'd be frickin TERRIFIED right about now.
hazel, you should've gotten a picture when there were many many computer screens and headsets visible behind that starcraft sign...you know its happened more than once =P |
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| chongu Malaysia. October 31 2010 23:59. Posts 2369 | Profile Blog # |
| you guys know how lucky you are yeah? : < |
| | SC2 is to BW, what coke is to wine. |
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| Dullahan United States. November 01 2010 00:09. Posts 239 | Profile Blog # |
Woot CSL!!!!!
Always wished we were as dedicated as you guys... I'm so jealous <3 |
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| saritenite Singapore. November 01 2010 00:19. Posts 1676 | Profile Blog # |
Singapore needs its own CSL.
<3 Hazel! :D :D :D |
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| Thegilaboy United States. November 01 2010 00:42. Posts 2016 | Profile Blog # |
| Oh so that's how you Reaver drop, no wonder I was so bad at BW... |
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