Long story short, I've decided to start playing Starcraft II (at this point) somewhat seriously. I don't have a lot of time, as I'm pretty sick and need to get to bed, but I'll try and sum up the gist of all this.
Last week a reddit member named le_temps made a post in regards to reddit deciding on something for him to devote two hours everyday of the next year to. The hive mind chose Starcraft II, and le_temps agreed, jumping in right away by having /r/buildapc put together a decent rig for him on a budget. With this post in /r/starcraft, he was on his way to a Starcraft II lifestyle.
I find all this very, very interesting. Given my dabbling with e-sports in the form of various Halo versions in the past, I've kept the SC2 scene on my radar since its release. Given the original's popularity as possibly the largest competitively played game on the planet, SC2 was poised to become the next step in professional gaming. With that, various posters on /r/starcraft have plans for le_temp to get caught up rather quickly, and with his desire to study the game to its core, become quite competitive.
Basically, I decided I want to do the same thing. le_temps has created a blog as well, aptly title RedditPickedMyHobby, and will be tracking his progress (I assume) daily once he is all setup. To add some credibility to my plans, I contacted le_temps and informed him of my decision, my plan to be better in said year, and added a contribution of a month of reddit gold as a token of credibility and good sportsmanship between future combatants. He seemed to like the idea of a weekly spar of some sort to judge our progress, and appreciated my gift. I hope this to be the beginning of one of many fantastic Starcraft friendships.
That about covers the basic progress thus far. I'll get a little more into my reasons tomorrow, as well as where my playing ability is after my first day of the single player campaign. I look forward to Starcraft II becoming a part of my life, and hope anyone reading will come to understand my decision.
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