Babysteps...

Welcome to the Hasu2Gosu blog!

First off I'd just like to congratulate you for finding your way here and give you a warm welcome! Chances are that you got directed here from someone you know but if you don't I'll give you the quick rundown on what this is all about.

So the Hasu2Gosu-blog is a part of my personal quest to become a professional Starcraft 2 gamer. I have some set goals which is kinda like this.

• Be no.1 in my division (Diamond)
• Top 200 in Europe
• Have a monthly "salary" of cup/tournament-wins over 100$

Having such ambitious goals requires some information about me(Just so you have an idea of how incredibly far-fetched they are). So I'm closing in on 21 and I'm from Sweden. I currently study Game Programming at the University. Now that that is cleared out of the way let's talk about me and Starcraft 2.

I never played Starcraft: Brood War and played Warcraft 3 for a little while when it came out. As far as RTS-games go I've always been an avid fan and gamer but never really played it on a competitive level. When Starcraft 2 was announced and scheduled for beta I had gotten a taste for the competitive Starcraft-scene through VOD's and friends talking about the game. At the time I was playing Heroes of Newerth in a clan which was participating in tournaments so the competitive spirit had already sparked in me and I pre-ordered the game and got a beta-key. I started playing and throughout the Beta I was constantly trying to improve my play and towards the end I was in the Platinum-league by playing random.

When the game was released I started playing Terran since it was the race I had the best success with and quickly placed myself in the Diamond league. I've been playing on and off since the release and currently I'm at 980~ and ranked no. 75 in my division.

As for the format of this blog I'm going to be updating quiet frequently talking about what I'm having problems with or what I'm practicing right now together with giving updates when I feel I've improved. Towards the end of the week I will be posting a replay pack of ALL games I've played and I will be posting highlights (or lowlights...) to YouTube which will be shown at the bottom of the site(currently I have Day9 as a filler until I've got some videos up). I will also be streaming from Ustream when I'm playing which will be notified via Twitter.

Cheers!