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A Race to Grandmaster – Schlooti vs mMrBanshee - and a drunk stream to celebrate the beginning of an end to a friendship!
Hey, my name is HuShang, I’ve been coaching starcraft 2 extensively for the past several years. Recently, two of my students told me separately that they wanted to reach grandmaster in a single year. A VERY ambitious goal. It’s quite difficult for most players to reach grandmaster alone, not to mention trying to make it there in just a single year! But… they’re both very competitive and told me they’re going to practice diligently. So, I told them it was possible to make it with a lot of hard work and dedication. Here’s the crazy part though: They want to RACE to grandmaster. Yep, you heard me. And they want to let you in on the fun! They are both going to stream their progress regularly, and you’re free to tune in and monitor their progress! You’ll be able to follow them, give them advice, talk smack with them against their rival, and root for your favourite player to make it to grandmaster first! And what’s a race without a bit of punishment for the loser? We’ll be letting YOU the viewers decide on their punishment. You can vote here at this link : https://www.strawpoll.me/15351779
Also, the reddit post if you want to comment a punishment: Schlooti vs mMrBanshee Without further ado, lets introduce the competitiors! First up, the zerg player! Schlooti - currently platinum league!
Schlooti is a 24-year-old Australian who moved to Canada because the grass looked greener on the other side all the way up until the snow hit. He is currently in his third year of a Kinesiology bachelor’s degree and spends his spare time rock-climbing and gaming. Many of Schlooti’s practice habits come from a history of music where he had to practice for hours on end, refining a single section over and over. The man is, not surprisingly, taken considering his heart throbbing looks and both him and his significant other are owned by a cat named Lilly. To keep the lights on, this dude works as a delivery driver for dominos… So, you know he is a professional at delivering on time. Can you say the same for mMRBanshee? Follow schlooti at this link! And your second competitor! Playing protoss… mMrBanshee! mMrBanshee - currently silver!
At the age of 24 mMrBanshee is a Brazilian gamer who has accomplished many things including bringing a box full of pig eyes to school, and dropping out of college twice. Now after a life full of excitement he streams SC2 and chills after work so he can provide for his SO. mMrBanshee used to compete in Taekwondo at a very high level until the fateful day he, due to overtraining, got injured. He’s looking to bring all of that ferocious determination to Starcraft now. Schlooti is destined to lose this race, he lack's the discipline of a real fighter. His opponent will have you believe that he can deliver things on time, but let's be honest… we’ve all had problems with domino's delivery before. Follow mMrBanshee at this link!
Both streams will be live at 11:00pst! In 20 minutes
There's also a multitwitch at http://multitwitch.tv/schlooti/mMrbanshee so you dont miss any of the action
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This promises to be interesting! What level of experience are they currently at? You didn't mention their league, but called them your "students", so I assume they both are familiar with SC2 or at least gaming in general?
Rooting for Protoss btw.
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Just made an update! Shlooti is platinum and banshee is silver, but he started a tad later and he's almost gold! Should be a great race. Schlooti has rts experience, banshee has none although he has competitive taekwondo experience.
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This is awesome. I'm an Aussie but my first allegiance is to Protoss. Soz Schlooti
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Hey everyone I'm mMrBanshee and I will be crushing Schlooti this year :D I hope to see you all there.
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since neither of them will get GM, i vote they should wax each others bodies and kiss passionately as punishment (all streamed)
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agree with saggy midget booty 69 69
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On March 25 2018 05:30 Saggymidgetbooty6969 wrote: since neither of them will get GM, i vote they should wax each others bodies and kiss passionately as punishment (all streamed) +1 they will not even get master 1
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Or even if you miss the stars you can still be better than the other guy I guess.
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On March 25 2018 07:00 ZigguratOfUr wrote: Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Or even if you miss the stars you can still be better than the other guy I guess.
They'll just be floating in space, lost for all eternity.
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hahahh saggi getg00d and DR as much as your pessimism ruins my heart I agree. We will 100% commit to both taking the loser punishment if neither reach gm. Thanks zigg for the support! really appreciate it. Whether you think we will make it or not both of us will be stoked to see you in SC2 and on the streams. Im not really that worried though im gonna kick banshees ass within 11 months
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This sounds great, it kindasounds like Schlooti doesn't have so much freetime though =P
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Schlooti Profile PM Joined March 2018 1 Post 11 minutes ago #11 hahahh saggi getg00d and DR as much as your pessimism ruins my heart I agree. We will 100% commit to both taking the loser punishment if neither reach gm. Thanks zigg for the support! really appreciate it. Whether you think we will make it or not both of us will be stoked to see you in SC2 and on the streams. Im not really that worried though im gonna kick banshees ass within 11 months
Teamliquid will remember your promise.
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I would have prefered a goal that is achievable in a reasonable time frame. Something like race to master 1 or 5k mmr would have been better imo. I honestly doubt that either one will achieve GM considering that it sounds like both have enough real life commitments. gl anyway
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On March 25 2018 08:45 ggrrg wrote: I would have prefered a goal that is achievable in a reasonable time frame. Something like race to master 1 or 5k mmr would have been better imo. I honestly doubt that either one will achieve GM considering that it sounds like both have enough real life commitments. gl anyway
GM is a lot easier than 5k/M1. You can get into NA GM with like 4,7k MMR at the start of the season.
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On March 25 2018 07:58 alpenrahm wrote:Show nested quote + Schlooti Profile PM Joined March 2018 1 Post 11 minutes ago #11 hahahh saggi getg00d and DR as much as your pessimism ruins my heart I agree. We will 100% commit to both taking the loser punishment if neither reach gm. Thanks zigg for the support! really appreciate it. Whether you think we will make it or not both of us will be stoked to see you in SC2 and on the streams. Im not really that worried though im gonna kick banshees ass within 11 months
Teamliquid will remember your promise.
I am relying on you to hold me to it! I do not want to become a liar! especially not to you guys! See you at either GM, or with a tattoo/no hair
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On March 25 2018 04:02 Maestro85 wrote: This is awesome. I'm an Aussie but my first allegiance is to Protoss. Soz Schlooti
noooo maestro, how could you! you realise he was wearing an all blacks jacket today right?
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Feel free to throw me advice, heckle me, or just generally chat on battlenet @ schlooty#1746!
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neither will make it. one will start a spinoff show where he throws empty bottles at drunk chess players in the park
truth is, gm mechanics show up very quickly and though the ceiling is lower than bw for apm~mechanics, forcing some one to have gm mechanics doesn't work.
take it from some one who has tried multiple times! #jaded #ja ja ja jaded
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