 Liquid`TLO Germany. May 23 2012 22:01. Posts 586 | Profile Blog # |
My 2nd chance in Korea
Hey guys, I figured now that I am back in Korea I want to try to give you somewhat regular updates on how it is going here for me and the other guys.
I arrived in Korea exactly one week ago so this is a good time to recap for me.
As I was saying a lot of times in various interview before, it is a big privilege that it is possible for me to be here in Korea and practice under the best conditions I ever had in my Life.
My mindset changed a lot and I became a much more positive person over the past 2 years, but other than the change from my own side, I also don't have to live in a shared Korean team house with 15-20 housemates anymore but can enjoy life in our own apartment together with Jinro, Haypro, Hero, Supernova and Huk.
Every single day here has been absolutely fantastic for me so far, I try to wake up between 7am to 9am (the Air is much better in morning and it is not so hot yet, perfect time to go for a walk) and have 3 x 3 hour blocks of practice throughout the day.
I don't think my mind has been stronger or more free than right now and my body has never felt healthier.
I've also been following an extremely healthy diet, as the past year I've started to believe in a healthy lifestyle being a base for optimizing my performance in SCII. in Korea I'm mostly eating kimchi,various meat, seafood,sugogi kimbab,jiggae, lots of vegetables fruits and egg as well some spicy Ramen fueling my body and always trying new dishes that I don't really know the names of yet to keep the variance.
Also I have been doing some exercise every day since I arrived. On top of that I gained 2kg body weight over the past 2 weeks which I am pretty happy about because I am usually underweight.I should start going to the gym soon. Especially my back muscles need work to make up for all that sitting.
Now that I am not jet lagged anymore and everything with the apartment is in apple-pie order I really don't have an excuse not to go anymore.
Every time I take a break from sc2 I already look forward to train more later in the day, when I wake up I am excited to learn new things and face harder opponents as I rise up in the Korean Ladder.
It feels great to not live alone like I did in Sweden but with some of my best Friends, it got boring to eat alone and not have people to talk to in person. ^_^
In general there are just so many funny things happening here, that there is usually always something to laugh about. Like today when Jonathan told us that he went for a walk when some red sports car with a yellow flames paint-job stopped next to him and asked him where is he is from and that he should give the guy (between 35-40 and apparently working as an English professor at an University) his number so he can take ''you and your girlfriend for a ride sometime'' Jon was so startled by it that he actually gave him his number, now fearing to eventually get a booty call or something.
Over the past week I rediscovered the area in Incheon we live in, tried to capture a solar eclipse that sadly turned out to be very disappointing here. Finally made a dream come true and moved to our very own place in Korea enjoyed a ton of super delicious Korean food, got asked if I was a soldier after I told the doorman I am from Germany. (not sure where he was going with that...^^) and got my pictures take by a couple of random Korean girls who told me I am very handsome ^_^
Yesterday I Went to a photo shoot for GSTL with my team mates and I am super pumped for the upcoming GSTL matches, the next few days will be crucial to my performance so I gotta give it my all.
Most of all practiced more actively and structured than I have done over the past 2 years. I think I first had to learn how to train properly. Now that I am in Korea it is the first time playing SC2 actually feels like real proper training to me.
My mind is focused on starcraft2 but not trapped in it, in the past I often made the mistake to make my life ONLY revolve around sc2 but nowadays I know better and won't let my sources of inspiration run dry. Some people say I am a intuitive creative mind and maybe they are right with that.
I know one thing for sure I need to nourish my mind and have other things to do and think about than just the game, to allow my subconscious to process all the things I do while playing SC II.
So it's good to wander with my conscious mind and let things rewire in my brain. Often you find solutions to hard problems best when you don't think about them.
here are some random pics of the area around here:
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Last edit: 2012-05-24 00:26:51
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| Skyline026 Netherlands. May 23 2012 22:04. Posts 881 | Profile # |
Wow! Thats awesome Dario!
Great to read you are enjoying life in Korea aswell as getting better at the game we all love!
Go year of TLOquid! |
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| Allied United States. May 23 2012 22:07. Posts 129 | Profile Blog # |
Really awesome blog, keep it up i think the sc2 scene has inspired me the most out of competitive gaming to be healthy.
gl tlo! |
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| HououinKyouma Australia. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 129 | Profile # |
| we are still waiting for that video tour of your apartment ^^ |
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| aiuradun Denmark. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 112 | Profile # |
| Ahhhh looks really nice GL over there TLO :-) |
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| dextrin303 Sweden. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 281 | Profile # |
| TLO fighting!! Best of luck in Korea =) |
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| Inhumane Canada. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 144 | Profile # |
Good read.
Keep up the hard work TLO. I really look forward to Liquid in GSTL!
Liquid fighting~! |
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| Darthozzan Sweden. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 128 | Profile Blog # |
| Korean food sounds so good ^^ Glad you're enjoying it this much, always though you'd be a beast once you were mentally prepared :} |
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| RaGe Belgium. May 23 2012 22:08. Posts 9613 | Profile Blog # |
Wow that park looks so soothing. Nice blog.
When's your first GSL match? |
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| Krogan Sweden. May 23 2012 22:09. Posts 305 | Profile # |
| So supernova is joining liquid? that is pretty cool. |
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| MonDeW Denmark. May 23 2012 22:09. Posts 368 | Profile # |
| Nice to hear that you're doing well Dario, keep that going. |
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| Rustug May 23 2012 22:10. Posts 1025 | Profile # |
| Great pictures and I wish you an Epic and Fruitful stay in Korea. TLO Fighting! |
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| Imbu United States. May 23 2012 22:10. Posts 812 | Profile Blog # |
Boss update (though those pictures killed my computer lol..)
The only thing that's missing are food pics! I can't wait to see you guys in the GSTL and you in the GSL! |
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| Poo Canada. May 23 2012 22:11. Posts 399 | Profile Blog # |
| 5/5 blog, great read + really pretty pictures(And maybe really pretty korean girls too it looks like in pic1). Really awesome to hear how your time has gone over the last week. Looking forward to the next blog =D |
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| easytarget Netherlands. May 23 2012 22:11. Posts 2 | Profile # |
On May 23 2012 22:08 HououinKyouma wrote:
we are still waiting for that video tour of your apartment ^^
Yes !!! :D
Good luck & Have Fun !! |
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| wenziyi Australia. May 23 2012 22:12. Posts 21 | Profile # |
Awesome stuff.
Go go TLO! |
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| Derrida May 23 2012 22:14. Posts 2194 | Profile # |
I hope these weekly blogs become a tradition  I'd like to hear more about HOW you practice, like laddering, playing versus team mates, devising strategies together, watching broadcasted matches with teammates, etc.
Best of luck over there, stay healthy physically and mentally. |
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| RPR_Tempest Australia. May 23 2012 22:14. Posts 6891 | Profile Blog # |
| Wow, TLO. You're quite the photographer. |
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| Alpino Brazil. May 23 2012 22:16. Posts 2584 | Profile # |
| I gave five stars before reading it because TLO, then I felt guilty and read it, then I wanted to give more stars but I had no stars to give. Reading this made me think of TLO as a nerdstomper Zen/Zerg Guru. Last edit: 2012-05-23 22:16:21 |
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