GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #1 Poll: What Race Should I Play?(Read below before voting!)



Terran (17)

38%



Protoss (15)

33%



Zerg (13)

29%



45 total votes (17)38%(15)33%(13)29%45 total votes Your vote: What Race Should I Play?(Read below before voting!) (Vote): Terran

(Vote): Protoss

(Vote): Zerg



Hi TL,



I'm making a post for both suggestions and assistance, to help me out pursuing improvement in Starcraft. First off a little about me, I'm a long time "casual" gamer in the sense that I've never been pro at any of the games I've played. This doesn't necessarily mean that I wasn't good at games like Halo and other console shooters, I could run with some of the best of them and LANed with quite a few notable figures in the good old days of Halo 1. I'm also a dedicated marathon runner, so I know what putting in hardwork and time actually means, to accomplish a goal.



Now, for what I need help with. Recently becoming unemployed I have quite a bit of free time, or for the most part all my time is free time. I've seen a series a long time back where a player of Halo attempted to go from noob to pro as this title states. He succeeded for the most part as in he got immensely better with the support of the community, but then he just disappeared. I'd like to start this type of thing in the starcraft world, focusing on myself trying to go from playing starcraft casually, to putting in the hardwork to be one of the best. I understand that it will take time and effort, so I've set up a stream where the community can watch me play, provide suggestions, critique my play etc... I plan on streaming 6-8 hours minimum a day usually starting in the afternoon eastern time and ending late into the night, sometimes the next morning. I came up with the idea to make this post to essentially ask for help through criticisms, maybe some help/pointers from players of a higher league, not necessarily professionals by any means. I'll also be watching a lot of pro games on my stream through replays and analyzing them to get a better sense of current trends in match ups and what not. Will also be starting a Youtube, where once a week I'll record and analyze one of my games from the week, and may move this to a daily thing, to make note of things I need to improve on along with the things I've done well. Anyone at all that wishes to help me pursue this goal can contact me in quite a few ways, either through a PM here,



-Glock





Char ID: Glock #974 (NA)

www.twitchtv.com/glocknessmonsta

Youtube soon to come (as soon as I start recording self replays to analyze sometime this week) Hi TL,I'm making a post for both suggestions and assistance, to help me out pursuing improvement in Starcraft. First off a little about me, I'm a long time "casual" gamer in the sense that I've never been pro at any of the games I've played. This doesn't necessarily mean that I wasn't good at games like Halo and other console shooters, I could run with some of the best of them and LANed with quite a few notable figures in the good old days of Halo 1. I'm also a dedicated marathon runner, so I know what putting in hardwork and time actually means, to accomplish a goal.Now, for what I need help with. Recently becoming unemployed I have quite a bit of free time, or for the most part all my time is free time. I've seen a series a long time back where a player of Halo attempted to go from noob to pro as this title states. He succeeded for the most part as in he got immensely better with the support of the community, but then he just disappeared. I'd like to start this type of thing in the starcraft world, focusing on myself trying to go from playing starcraft casually, to putting in the hardwork to be one of the best. I understand that it will take time and effort, so I've set up a stream where the community can watch me play, provide suggestions, critique my play etc... I plan on streaming 6-8 hours minimum a day usually starting in the afternoon eastern time and ending late into the night, sometimes the next morning. I came up with the idea to make this post to essentially ask for help through criticisms, maybe some help/pointers from players of a higher league, not necessarily professionals by any means. I'll also be watching a lot of pro games on my stream through replays and analyzing them to get a better sense of current trends in match ups and what not. Will also be starting a Youtube, where once a week I'll record and analyze one of my games from the week, and may move this to a daily thing, to make note of things I need to improve on along with the things I've done well. Anyone at all that wishes to help me pursue this goal can contact me in quite a few ways, either through a PM here, www.twitchtv.com/glocknessmonsta, or my in game name ( Glock #974) on the north american server. Lastly, and most importantly I have a dilemma, I'm not sure which specific race I'd like to dedicate myself to. Since I started playing I've played mostly terran, and random. I like all 3 races and I have no problem sticking with any of them so I'm going to attach a poll to this post, and let the community decide from the very beginning how it all starts. Looking forward to hearing from you guys! Let's make this a community effort, it's something that anyone that takes a part in it, won't regret in the future I promise you that.-GlockChar ID: Glock #974 (NA)Youtube soon to come (as soon as I start recording self replays to analyze sometime this week)

FinestHour Profile Joined August 2010 United States 10517 Posts #2 Good luck and hope this project goes well. Are you thinking about getting a new job soon? thug life. MVP/ex-

sotaporo Profile Joined June 2011 Finland 195 Posts Last Edited: 2011-12-07 02:34:33 #3 most grandmasters are protoss so odds say protoss is the way to go if u want to be good. well grandmaster...

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #4 On December 07 2011 11:33 FinestHour wrote:

Good luck and hope this project goes well. Are you thinking about getting a new job soon?





It's not completely necessary at this time so I'm gonna hold off on that while I do this . It's not completely necessary at this time so I'm gonna hold off on that while I do this

sTsCompleted Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 380 Posts #5 On December 07 2011 11:33 sotaporo wrote:

most grandmasters are protoss so odds say protoss is the way to go if u want to be good. well grandmaster...



Sounds like a thinly veiled P is OP XD Sounds like a thinly veiled P is OP XD

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #6 On December 07 2011 11:36 sTsCompleted wrote:

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On December 07 2011 11:33 sotaporo wrote:

most grandmasters are protoss so odds say protoss is the way to go if u want to be good. well grandmaster...



Sounds like a thinly veiled P is OP XD Sounds like a thinly veiled P is OP XD



lol sounds like it, and yeah I'd like to eventually be that good, but I know it'll take quite a bit of effort/time lol sounds like it, and yeah I'd like to eventually be that good, but I know it'll take quite a bit of effort/time

badcop Profile Joined October 2010 United States 176 Posts #7 If you want to play professionally, I'd play the race you enjoy playing, otherwise it won't be as fun playing. Good luck with your endeavors.

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #8 On December 07 2011 12:11 badcop wrote:

If you want to play professionally, I'd play the race you enjoy playing, otherwise it won't be as fun playing. Good luck with your endeavors.



I enjoy playing them all equally for seperate reasons :o I enjoy playing them all equally for seperate reasons :o

bpat Profile Joined September 2011 United States 157 Posts #9 Play like 30 games as random and then pick your favorite race :D

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #10 On December 07 2011 14:57 bpat wrote:

Play like 30 games as random and then pick your favorite race :D



That's what I've been doing as of late is playing random but I can't choose just one. I would just play random, but I've heard the saying an expert of all is a master of none, so I'm letting the community choose for me since I'm indifferent on the matter. That's what I've been doing as of late is playing randombut I can't choose just one. I would just play random, but I've heard the saying an expert of all is a master of none, so I'm letting the community choose for me since I'm indifferent on the matter.

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #11 As of midnight eastern tonight I'll start playing whatever race is highest

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #12 sorry the stream hasn't been up, was having issues with my internet, a storm messed up my connection pretty hard to where it shuts off randomly, getting it fixed tomorrow then the series will begin! hopefully the guy does it right :p

Cheater23 Profile Blog Joined August 2010 United States 34 Posts #13 I wish you luck, sir. I'll probably watch your progress because I've always wanted to watch someone improve from nothing to something.



Go to the race which you think has the best upcoming units in HOTs

If you're still stuck, go zerg

Harrad Profile Blog Joined October 2010 999 Posts #14 Hmm so I skimmed through your vods and all you did was horribly executed all-ins as random, doing marine split challenge and browsing tl. If you're serious about "going pro" you better stop wasting time like this and grind out some real practice.

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #15 On December 10 2011 05:14 Harrad wrote:

Hmm so I skimmed through your vods and all you did was horribly executed all-ins as random, doing marine split challenge and browsing tl. If you're serious about "going pro" you better stop wasting time like this and grind out some real practice.



lol i was just messing around that day lol i was just messing around that day

Mothra Profile Blog Joined November 2009 United States 1431 Posts #16 There really needs to be a "I'm going pro" sub forum. There are enough posts in this area to warrant it.

GlockNessMonsta Profile Joined April 2011 United States 13 Posts #17 On December 14 2011 05:25 Mothra wrote:

There really needs to be a "I'm going pro" sub forum. There are enough posts in this area to warrant it.



a lot of them don't practice very hard I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here soon as dinner is done! a lot of them don't practice very hard I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here soon as dinner is done!

Endymion Profile Blog Joined November 2009 United States 3670 Posts #18 On December 14 2011 12:24 GlockNessMonsta wrote:

Show nested quote +

On December 14 2011 05:25 Mothra wrote:

There really needs to be a "I'm going pro" sub forum. There are enough posts in this area to warrant it.



a lot of them don't practice very hard I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here soon as dinner is done! I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here

I think you just solved your blog. I think you just solved your blog. Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable

cha0 Profile Joined March 2010 Canada 414 Posts #19 On December 14 2011 16:50 Endymion wrote:

Show nested quote +

On December 14 2011 12:24 GlockNessMonsta wrote:

On December 14 2011 05:25 Mothra wrote:

There really needs to be a "I'm going pro" sub forum. There are enough posts in this area to warrant it.



a lot of them don't practice very hard I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here soon as dinner is done! I just got my internet fixed today, seems a cable got messed up outside during a storm because I wasn't getting the speed I was supposed to. so i'm going to start in a little bit here

I think you just solved your blog. I think you just solved your blog.



hahahaha... oh man that is gold . Would be awesome if TL had blogs checked for "going pro" and automatically redirect them to one all-encompassing thread where they can all support each other. hahahaha... oh man that is gold. Would be awesome if TL had blogs checked for "going pro" and automatically redirect them to one all-encompassing thread where they can all support each other.

Sava90 Profile Joined July 2010 Denmark 143 Posts #20 Play random. This is the best way for you to improve in the long run. It doesn't matter if you play P Z or T, as long as you are not on a VERY high level. It's much smarter to invest in the future of your 'career' by playing random. You will gain a MUCH greater understanding of the game, and you will still practice your mechanics equally as if you were playing one race.



Then once you get GOOD, then you can pick a race. My $0.02. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

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