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We Used To Be Rivals

Becoming the first foreigner to win BlizzCon had always been a dream of mine. I got pretty close at the end of 2016. I was already an established name at the time, but making it to the Round of 4 at the WCS Global Finals catapulted me straight to the top of the foreign scene. No one saw it coming, myself included. In those days, my attention was split between school and StarCraft. That fact that I had exams to worry about when I returned from California meant that I wasn’t investing the time into StarCraft required to unlock my [...]

A Forgettable European Zerg

I knew from the start that 2018 was going to be a make or break year for me. The general consensus at the end of 2017 was that I was just another run of the mill, second or third-tier player. It wasn’t all that surprising to me since I had failed to put up any noteworthy results all year, despite committing myself to professional StarCraft full-time in March. By the time the year had wrapped up, I was already considering quitting and returning to my studies. A lot of people told me I shouldn’t give up, though. They insisted I [...]

The Next Challenge

2012 was, for a very long time, the best year of my career. I went from being a kid who dreamed of one day playing the best players, to being one of the best online players, and eventually, one of the best players in the foreign scene, period. It took me a few offline events to prove my class, but somewhere along the way, I went from competing with the best to beating the best. I wouldn’t say I was the type of guy who was completely focused on winning. I just loved StarCraft and I wanted to play my [...]

We Used To Be Rivals

Becoming the first foreigner to win BlizzCon had always been a dream of mine. I got pretty close at the end of 2016. I was already an established name at the time, but making it to the Round of 4 at the WCS Global Finals catapulted me straight to the top of the foreign scene. No one saw it coming, myself included. In those days, my attention was split between school and StarCraft. That fact that I had exams to worry about when I returned from California meant that I wasn’t investing the time into StarCraft required to unlock my [...]

Mikołaj Ogonowski

A Forgettable European Zerg

I knew from the start that 2018 was going to be a make or break year for me. The general consensus at the end of 2017 was that I was just another run of the mill, second or third-tier player. It wasn’t all that surprising to me since I had failed to put up any noteworthy results all year, despite committing myself to professional StarCraft full-time in March. By the time the year had wrapped up, I was already considering quitting and returning to my studies. A lot of people told me I shouldn’t give up, though. They insisted I [...]

The Next Challenge

2012 was, for a very long time, the best year of my career. I went from being a kid who dreamed of one day playing the best players, to being one of the best online players, and eventually, one of the best players in the foreign scene, period. It took me a few offline events to prove my class, but somewhere along the way, I went from competing with the best to beating the best. I wouldn’t say I was the type of guy who was completely focused on winning. I just loved StarCraft and I wanted to play my [...]

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