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Added by Brad Shoemaker on July 1, 2009
Apparently it's all StarCraft, all the time this week. I just caught sight of an amazing listing on Craigslist (San Francisco Bay Area edition) from a guy named ByunTae offering by-the-hour StarCraft lessons. He sure isn't shy about offering his qualifications:
Um, yeah. OK! So what will your $25/hour (or $35 for advanced lessons) get you? Here's what ByunTae will be teaching.
Oh yeah, there's always the "Chance to become a professional gamer in Korea - Celebrity status, especially for foreigners." Don't forget about that part. Then again, with madness like this to look forward to, maybe you could stand to brush up on your skills.
I have advised and coached many professional gamers such as Im Jae Dong, Park Myung Soo, Ma Jae Yoon, and more. Boxer and I were great friends until he started using my dropships to gain his fame. I started training other players to be on par with Boxer and eventually surpassing Boxer. He is no longer the best player thanks to my contribution to rest of the players.
Um, yeah. OK! So what will your $25/hour (or $35 for advanced lessons) get you? Here's what ByunTae will be teaching.
- Micro management (unit management)
- Macro management (unit production and economy)
- Map specific strategies
- Basic and Advanced strategies and build orders for all three races.
- In-game bugs to be used to your advantage such as unit stack, stop lurkers, etc.
- Counter strategies and perfect attack timings.
- Learn Korean lango, like "chobo" "gosu" "ww" etc
- Basic Korean to communicate with Koreans on battle.net
- Unit details, their size and their pros/cons against other units
- My signature cannon rush along with my signature cheese rush (boxer learned it from me)
Oh yeah, there's always the "Chance to become a professional gamer in Korea - Celebrity status, especially for foreigners." Don't forget about that part. Then again, with madness like this to look forward to, maybe you could stand to brush up on your skills.
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Holy. Fucking. Shit.
I'm not sure if I want, or I want to kill myself after hearing this.
I'm not sure if I want, or I want to kill myself after hearing this.
I love how he stabs at Boxer constantly, making claims of him owning certain strategies etc. As if he patented it all XD
@Inf225 said:
"This is awesome... but I have a question... who the hell is boxer?
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The more I learn about professional starcraft, the more i lose faith in humanity....
For the record, ByunTae (the guy's "name") translates to pervert in Korean. So, um, watch for the chloroform with this guy.
I'm offering lessons in 2600 version of Pitfall.
Topics include :
Jumping, Jumping over logs, Jumping on Alligator heads, and Jumping to avoid tar pits.
Advanced techniques include 3 consecutive alligator head jumps, as well as knowing when to grab a vine.
@stinky said:
Seriously? I'm in! But I will only pay you no more then $150/hour.
"I'm offering lessons in 2600 version of Pitfall.Topics include :Jumping, Jumping over logs, Jumping on Alligator heads, and Jumping to avoid tar pits.Advanced techniques include 3 consecutive alligator head jumps, as well as knowing when to grab a vine."
Seriously? I'm in! But I will only pay you no more then $150/hour.
@stinky said:
" I'm offering lessons in 2600 version of Pitfall.Do you teach the elusive "just run to the left" technique I've heard so much about?Topics include :Jumping, Jumping over logs, Jumping on Alligator heads, and Jumping to avoid tar pits.Advanced techniques include 3 consecutive alligator head jumps, as well as knowing when to grab a vine."
@NoXious said:
"For the advanced classes, he's even offering a bootleg of Boxer's DVD imported from Korea... It runs deep, apparently.I love how he stabs at Boxer constantly, making claims of him owning certain strategies etc. As if he patented it all XD
"
I prefer to make my own strategies, using somebody elses means if you come up against them, they will know how to counter it.
Experiementing is the best way to learn and strategize.
Experiementing is the best way to learn and strategize.
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on July 1, 2009
Honestly, I find it pointless the lengths some people will go to be good at games.
Edit: Nice 100th post Brad.