 Manifesto7 Osaka. September 05 2011 16:08. Posts 24936 | Profile Blog # |
Funny thing about TeamLiquid, being a member grants you access to a wide range of worlds. Go to a live event, throw on a pony shirt, and then say hello to your fifty new friends. Notice someone lives in the same area as you, send a PM, and the next day you are having a beer. I've hosted people travelling through Japan that I've never met before, and in return crashed on couches belonging to a virtual handle. I worried that as TL grew at such an exponential rate, this camaraderie would disappear. However, I still get the feeling that people buy into the TL spirit even today.
All this is an elaborate way to say that, yet again, a happening from TL has affected my life. A while back a British guy I worked with, Andy, sent me an email out of the blue. I am friendly with Andy, but I don't see much of him outside our mandatory yearly seminar on teaching. Andy told me that he had recently found a new fitness blog and was hoping to get a consultation from the writer. Unfortunately, the guy was in high demand. One thing Andy knew from reading was that the writer was a big Starcraft fan. Looking for a hook, he asked if it would be ok to drop my name and talk a bit about TL, as a way to stand out. I said sure, and didn't think twice about it.
The blog, as it turns out, was Leangains, and the author Martin Berkhan was indeed a Starcraft fan who posts on TL. After completely forgetting the whole episode, Andy sent me another email a couple weeks ago saying the connection had worked out, and that he would be doing Japanese translations of some of the articles on his own site.
It was that at some point something in my brain switched. Before, I never considered going on a diet. The extent of any plan regarding what went in my mouth mostly consisted of "maybe I shouldn't drink so much beer this week", or, "an entire can of pringles might not be the best appetizer". However, once I read about Leangains, and especially once I saw my friend Andy doing some consulting, I decided to make a change.
I won't bore you with the details of the plan in this post. If you are interested in intermittent fasting and the Leangains guide, you can check it out here. In the next couple days I write another blog post about the first week which will go into more detail. For now though, it is just amazing to me that TL continues to shape and change my life, and the life of others.
The password for life is: TL
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| Probulous Australia. September 05 2011 16:13. Posts 3784 | Profile Blog # |
"maybe I shouldn't drink so much beer this week"
Sacrilege! Banish such evil thoughts...
I am amazed by what TL can bring together. If there was a zombie apocalypse (almost gauranteed), I would want TL members in my survival gang. You guys are awesome!
Ps  Because you know you want to...
Edit: My goddawful spelling  Last edit: 2011-09-05 16:36:21 |
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| Bswhunter Australia. September 05 2011 16:26. Posts 694 | Profile Blog # |
I think its cuz TL gives you modesty. Unlike other gaming sites, most people come here to watch/talk about people who are a million times better than you at a game play it.
Also, most posts that are made on this site that would be trolled/flamed off usually make somewhat decent reading. |
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| Torte de Lini Canada. September 05 2011 16:34. Posts 27037 | Profile Blog # |
What kind of Pringles we talking here?
Funny how people and aspects of our lives always make a full circle to other parts of our life.
Best of luck with your diet! |
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| Chrispy Canada. September 05 2011 16:42. Posts 2743 | Profile Blog # |
Ahh a Manifesto blog! My favourite. They're always so poetic and meaningful. It's easy to do one or the other but when they're combined it's always something special, thus I love mani blogs!
JW, Mani do you watch/play SCII?
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| shindigs United States. September 05 2011 17:26. Posts 4280 | Profile Blog # |
| TL is the patch notes of my life. |
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 zatic Germany. September 05 2011 17:28. Posts 11713 | Profile Blog # |
On September 05 2011 16:08 Manifesto7 wrote:
The password for life is: TL
Love it, and so true. At some point I would love to have a compilation of stories where people benefit from being TLers in real life like this one. |
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| hazelynut United States. September 05 2011 17:42. Posts 1999 | Profile Blog # |
| love this. what a beautiful community. hope your plans are a great success! |
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 flamewheel HANG KANG. September 05 2011 17:56. Posts 21486 | Profile Blog # |
What a beautiful blog^^
It's weird. I kind of went through my first year and a half at TL as pretty much a ghost. I knew that behind each handle there was a person (or in some cases, behind 15 handles there was a gg.nore), but TL remained, for the most part, separate from real life. Now, that's changing slowly. Connections are connections, regardless whether they're forged through a handshake or through a PM.
Best of luck with your diet Mani! |
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| CooDu Australia. September 05 2011 18:10. Posts 887 | Profile Blog # |
The first thing I do in the morning, the last thing I do at night.
TL is amazing  Long live this great community! |
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| FractalsOnFire Australia. September 05 2011 18:37. Posts 1295 | Profile Blog # |
Unfortunately the majority of people i know who live in Perth, WA are probably SC2 fans. I only know one or two other people who are into BW. Need moar BW Bros!
But hell if someone from TL pm'ed me i'd probably wouldn't hesitate to go out somewhere. |
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| XsebT Denmark. September 05 2011 18:43. Posts 2831 | Profile Blog # |
Mani aka. Deep Thought
Cool blog man! |
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| theslayer922 Canada. September 05 2011 18:49. Posts 273 | Profile Blog # |
| You mentioning that people crash on your couch and vice versa makes me think we should have a Teamliquid Couch Surfing Thread. But im totally bought into the Teamliquid Community shaping our lives |
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| Danglars United States. September 05 2011 18:51. Posts 1921 | Profile Blog # |
Good point =)
2 Favorite Real Life people that play SC2 are insanely into TL (Just look at ESPORTS glasses)
And now I have people to hang out with at every MLG and LAN event in southern california ^.^ |
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| insaneMicro Germany. September 05 2011 18:52. Posts 758 | Profile Blog # |
If you're reading, sup Martin
Really love your website, has helped me a lot in achieving fitness goals. |
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| ShaperofDreams Canada. September 05 2011 19:22. Posts 2492 | Profile Blog # |
| mani blogs make me so happy <3 |
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 2Pacalypse- Croatia. September 05 2011 19:23. Posts 4083 | Profile # |
On September 05 2011 16:08 Manifesto7 wrote:
The password for life is: TL
I tried entering this, but life told me my password is too short 
On a more serious note, if I ever visit Japan I know who to contact. I'll bring pringles and beer! |
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| St3MoR Spain. September 05 2011 19:25. Posts 2361 | Profile # |
password is too short!!
nice read Mani, will you post BEFORE/AFTER (manly) pictures? ^^ |
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 Smix  United States. September 05 2011 19:33. Posts 4483 | Profile Blog # |
On September 05 2011 17:56 flamewheel wrote:
What a beautiful blog^^
It's weird. I kind of went through my first year and a half at TL as pretty much a ghost. I knew that behind each handle there was a person (or in some cases, behind 15 handles there was a gg.nore), but TL remained, for the most part, separate from real life. Now, that's changing slowly. Connections are connections, regardless whether they're forged through a handshake or through a PM.
Best of luck with your diet Mani!
Agreed, it's slowly but inevitably becoming a significant part of my real life as well. Crazy stuff.
<3 Mani!!
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| Necosarius Sweden. September 05 2011 19:56. Posts 3485 | Profile Blog # |
Martin Berkhan did post in the TL health and fitness thread  |
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