So since the release of StarCraft2 i've become a man possessed! Half my life seems to be spent desperately trying to find the time to elbow in a few ladder matches here and there. Not that i can see myself getting out of Bronze anytime too soon. But you know what... That's not what it's about.
I'd be a happy man if i remain in Bronze league till i die or stop playing, whichever comes first. I don't play because i want to be the best. Don't get me wrong, if i got the opportunity to play competitively i would, but the enjoyment comes from just playing. Well that and one other thing...
This is who i am! I love this game! I'm a geek, I'm a f**king proud geek at that.
Ever since i was a kid in primary school i was a geek. I was the kid who would sit in the corner of the playground and read Douglas Adams, battle mates with those little Digimon pocket keychain things and later on get fully into Pokemon CCG. Even during the first few years of secondary school I continued my obsessions, by that point i had discovered Magic The Gathering... Man that was a serious, serious obsession with me! I had a group of friends from a few years above me that i would play practice with every lunch break and every weekend. Whenever the local comic book store put on a tournament i was there... Those were the days!
Something happened that changed all that... At some point i discovered that i wasn't 'cool', whatever that meant! I had a real conflict of self, i became torn between being socially accepted amongst my peers and following my true interests and passions. I chose the path of least resistance and abandoned Magic, Pokemon, reading and everything else that was deemed 'uncool' or 'geeky'.
But there is a happy ending my friend...
About two years ago something snapped. I had had problems with drugs and drink and found myself moving city and changing up my whole life. I gave up all the bad s**t i had been doing and started life a fresh. A funny thing happened, one of the first reoccurring things that kept popping into my head was this though about Magic. At the time i thought it was a bloody random thing but hey, why not. I was living in sheltered accommodation, on benefits with nothing else to do so why not follow this thought.
Within about 2 seconds of entering the comic store i felt this rush, like adrenalin. Man! I remember this! It wasn't some passing flight of fancy when i was a kid, i loved this world. This is a major part of what makes me me and you know what, i like me!
I still play Magic now, though i no longer collect. Instead i opt to play booster drafts and sealed tournaments. Man i love that game, but it has a love rival now...
Thanks to Blizzards and their inordinately long delay time on the release of Starcraft 2 i was so excited!
I had always loved the original Starcraft and the Brood War expansion and i knew i needed this game in my life!
So i've been playing SC2 online under the name 'nukedem' for about four months now. I watch all the GOMtv coverage of matches, read teamliquid.net on a weekly basis and (much to the dismay of my girlfriend) watch so many casts and vlogs about Starcraft.
So anyway, i've taken up enough of your time. You really should be laddering rather than reading this. Hell, i should be laddering rather than writing this!
By the way... A massive big up to Day9 for the daily100 video that inspired me to start writing this blog.
I aim to keep updating with anything Starcraft, magic or just generally geek related. I hope you have fun following. Please comment, even abuse is invited...
"And the GEEK shall inherit the earth"
