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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Want to go from [[{{Noob}} Bronze]] to [[{{Hardcore}} Masters]] in ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''? Easy, peasy, febreezy!]]
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4	->''"Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen... ''this'' is the ''[=Day9=] Daily'': where we learn how to be a better gamer!" [[spoiler:"Except on Monday where we just dick around."]]''
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7	Taking the plunge into the competitive-scene of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' can seem like an impossibly daunting task. There are so many variables to keep track of and so many concepts, both basic and advanced, to wrap one's mind around that it can feel a bit overwhelming.
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9	Enter the ''[=Day9=] Daily,'' a place where anyone from a RealTimeStrategy stripling to someone scraping up against the ceiling of the exalted Masters league can [[CatchPhrase learn how to be a better gamer]].
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11	Sean "[=Day9=]" Plott is a famous ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft\|I}}: Brood War'' and ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' player and commentator with his Internet ''[=Day9=] Daily'' show, where he casts and analyzes high level play in front of a live audience, five days a week.
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13	The self-proclaimed "Goldilocks of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' casting," [=Day9=] keeps the atmosphere of his casting informal, lighthearted, and comical, all while ensuring that the actual analysis stays deep, thorough, and compelling throughout.
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15	To shake things up, [=Day9=] featured a rotating schedule of theme-based dailies:
16	** '''Funday Monday''': A lighthearted, fun-oriented daily where a kooky constraint is placed upon players such as "No Queens" for Zerg[[note]]Queens can accelerate the speed at which Zerg build armies ''and'', by spreading creep, make them move faster; they are absolutely ''central'' to Zerg strategy[[/note]] or "No Marines, Marauders or Tanks" for Terran[[note]]BoringButPractical units which Terran players use to defeat just about everything[[/note]]. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity is guaranteed to ensue]].
17	** '''Newbie Tuesday''': A daily aimed at concepts that lower-league players or beginners are struggling with such as "Dealing with Early Aggression."
18	** '''Frienday Wednesday''': A daily featuring commentary by both [=Day9=] and a professional ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' player.
19	** '''[=Day9=]'s Day Off''': A Friday stream in which he plays something different.
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21	In 2013, [=Day9=] joined Artillery Games and began working as a game designer on ''Guardians of Atlas,'' a MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena that ran in browsers using [=HTML5=]. The game, and company, folded in '17, but this day job created such a time crunch that he abandoned the [=Day9=] Daily; today he is a relatively standard streamer who plays for fun, particularly ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'', ''VideoGame/Dota2'' and ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. He has shoutcasted live tournaments for the latter two games. He also hosts a series called "Spellslingers" via Creator/GeekAndSundry, in which he and a guest play ''Magic''; and he and two friends replaced Funday Monday with "[[https://www.youtube.com/user/day9tv/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=13 Mostly Walking]]," which revolves around the PointAndClickGame.
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23	[=Day9=]'s streams through [[http://day9.tv/ his website]] and [[http://www.twitch.tv/day9tv Twitch]]. Archives can be found at either [[http://day9tv.blip.tv/ Blip]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/day9tv YouTube]].
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26	!!Tropes Associated With [=Day9=]
27	* AsideGlance: He likes to do this occasionally, alt-tabbing out of the game screen to take one at the camera. This usually follows a small jibe at some portion of the ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' community.
28	* AtrociousAlias: [=TangKamikaze=], an old handle.
29	** "[=DayJ=]" might count as well.
30	* AwesomeButImpractical: A natural result of some of the Funday Monday restrictions, though he will usually showcase games where the resultant outlandish strategy miraculously succeeded.
31	* BadassBookworm: There's a reason he knows so much about the game, being a former professional ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft\|I}}: Brood War'' player himself.
32	** He was arguably the top American Zerg player for a long time, getting second place in WCG USA 2004, winning WCG USA in 2005, second place in WCG USA 2006 and winning the grand finals of the Pan-American Championship in 2007.
33	** He claimed that his three secret accounts (used for playing each race based on a dice roll) were in Grandmaster League. Ironically this took place during the ravaging of his manhood while playing ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''.
34	* BadassCreed: "[=Day9=] plays games, not girls"
35	* BadassFamily: Not only is his brother a professional ''Starcraft'' player and commentator, but he has repeatedly emphasized the fact that his entire family, specifically his mom, have been incredibly supportive.
36	-->''"Having a Starcraft family has been instrumental to, like, everything."''
37	* BerserkButton: Reacts unfavorably to the word, "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord counter]]."
38	** Also, g.g.
39	** Dislikes incorrect pronunciation, for example, referring to a zealot as a ''zeelot''.
40	* CaptainObvious: His best advice is often the simplest: Have a plan. Spend your money. Sometimes the best way to defeat your opponent is to ''just go and kill him.'' He will very often reference ideas like these with quick one-liners even if they're not the focus of that particular analysis.
41	* CatchPhrase: Several.
42	** ''"Happily."''
43	** ''"Easiest thing in the world"''
44	** ''"Totally normal / most normal thing in the world."''
45	** ''"Never give up; never surrender!"''
46	** ''"In other exciting news..."''
47	** ''"And all that jazz"''
48	** ''"Because I'm awful."''
49	** ''"Pylons and probes, pylons and probes."''
50	** ''"...and x plus y is often z"'' where x, y, and z are incredibly elementary numbers.
51	** ''"...and then he went and lost his whole [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] base."''
52	** ''"Just sayin'...''[note]]''"I am '''so''' sorry."''[[/note]]"
53	** ''"Let us divine."''
54	** ''"BAM"''
55	** ''"Bejujular"''
56	** ''"Whoopsie Daisy."''
57	** ''"... his little heart out."''
58	** ''"Less than ideal"''
59	** ''"Counting station"''
60	** ''"Easy, peasey, Febreezy."''
61	** ''"Cutie patootie"''
62	** Not a CatchPhrase per se, but Sean uses the word [[LikeIsLikeAComma "like", like, a ''lot'']]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfBlXN3f8QQ&feature=related Observe.]]
63	* CompanionCube: How can one resist the eternally-faithful "Carpal Tunnel Pillow"?
64	* ConfusionFu: The effective Funday Monday strategies rely in part on this.
65	* ConstructAdditionalPylons: Emphasizes ''"Pylons and probes, pylons and probes."'' Basically, simply ensuring a strong [[YouRequireMoreVespeneGas economy]] with lots of [[WorkerUnit workers]] will result in a significant lead over the opponent at lower levels of play.
66	* DeadpanSnarker: Has been known to slip into this, usually during Funday Monday.
67	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Advancing forward!"
68	* {{Dissimile}} / {{Metaphorgotten}}: Quite often.
69	--> "''Cannons to block cannons is another way of saying 'We're gonna go ahead and build a dam in the middle of Los Angeles to prevent the construction of more buildings. That'll help sort of direct the flow of buildings out the front...'"''
70	* {{Fanboy}}: Claims to be an unabashed one of [[http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Huk HuK]]. While it's often played for laughs, he really ''does'' hold great admiration for [=HuK=]'s skills and is humbled when he learns that [=HuK=] holds him in [[PromotedFanboy similarly high regard]].
71	* {{Feghoot}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlAxnT8QozE Of epic proportions]].
72	* HappilyMarried: to producer Brit Weisman, after a [[https://twitter.com/day9tv/status/1312926480549122048 nine-year courtship]] (and [[https://twitter.com/day9tv/status/1296646240793317376 two-month engagement]]).
73	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Subverted as it was merely mentioned as a possible punchline to a ([[MemeticMutation rather infamous]]) failed joke.
74	%%* InsistentTerminology
75	* LargeHam: PlayedForLaughs, usually on Funday Mondays. Expect to see it come up when a bad/new player makes hilarious mistakes. His hammiest yet is during his "mothership rush" Funday Monday, where one of the players would use vortexes at the tip of a hat, prompting Day[9] to shout: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6f5q4P5o8 '''VOOOOORTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX!!!!''']]
76	* LetsPlay: Has done ''Amnesia'', and has also done a short runthrough of ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' in the company of Creator/FeliciaDay. Kind of an advertising stunt. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Still awesome]].
77	* LineOfSightName: Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eWPk6yKlQU&t=13m30s this Grim Fandango LP clip]] when picking the drinking word of the day:
78	-->'''Day[9]:''' We're really uncreative, we just saw pigeons and we're like "pigeon." [...] I promise you that if, like, our wife gives birth, we'll be like, "Let's name the baby Hospital!"
79	* LongRunners: broke ''five hundred'' Dailies in September 2012.
80	* LovableCoward. Some fans liked Website/DayNine's reaction to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYyRdBRF1fQ bugs]] [[note]]end of Daily #305[[/note]], reaction to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl299_IffXE ferrets]] [[note]]State of the Game #42[[/note]] and other stories he told about himself so much, that they even [[http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/jpham/official_get_day9_to_stream_himself_playing/ wanted to ask him]] to play through ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''.
81	** Which, at time of writing, he is in the middle of doing. And it is hilarious.
82	** He has since completed an entire, live streamed playthrough of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent,'' which is viewable [[http://blip.tv/day9tv/amnesia-aka-how-day-9-lost-his-manhood-part-1-5696092 here]].
83	* MemeticMutation: Almost one new meme every daily. Chances double if it's Funday.
84	* MotorMouth: And we love him for it.
85	* NerdsAreSexy: [[http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/photos/gosu/wcggrandfinal2005/topqual/day.jpg You bet they are.]]
86	** [[http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/204/day9appt.jpg Or are they?]]
87	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Invoked after his "number j" joke.
88	--> "I'm never going to let myself live that one down, and neither are you."
89	* OneSteveLimit: whenever he tells stories about his dating life, the girl is always named "Felicity." Viewers had fun debating whether this was [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed a deliberate contrivance]], after a [[ThrowItIn slip of the tongue during a live stream]], or [[ThisLoserIsYou no contrivance at all]].
90	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Has inserted foreign accents where applicable, usually in reference to a specific player's handle sounding funnier when spoken in a certain accent. Also has a habit of randomly using a Korean accent when saying unit or building names.
91	* PromotedFanboy: With regard to ''Starcraft,'' naturally.
92	** In 2010, he was named ''PC Gamer'''s [[http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/12/24/sean-day9-plott-pc-gamer-uks-gamer-of-the-year/ Gamer of the Year.]]
93	** In 2011 he was chosen as one of ''Forbes''' ''[[http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/30-under30-12/30-under-30-12_entertainment.html 30 Under 30]],'' earning the honor again [[http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/games.html in 2014]] alongside his own idol Jaedong. Nerd. Baller.
94	** The absolute least impressive one compared to all these, but the one any given ''[=StarCraft=]'' player is most likely to interact with: for a Funday Monday, he proposed an alternate style of play wherein every player voluntarily limits themselves to only building one specific (military) unit the entire game[[note]]This places greater emphasis on teamwork, unconventional tactics like cannon rushing, and absolute hilarity when a team ends up with a wacky combination of units[[/note]]. It now has dedicated maps and reigned supreme as one of the most popular custom modes in circulation. Yep: [=Day9=] invented Team Monobattles.
95	* RunningGag: Conveniently cataloged in the form of the [[http://day9fan.com/day9-drinking-game Day9 Drinking Game.]] Participants beware.
96	** He refers to all of the girls in his stories as "Felicity" after accidentally name dropping the actual Felicity in one daily.
97	** [=Day9=] has a squeaky chair for his streams. Every now and then he'll remind us of this fact by ''sloooooooooooowly'' reclining back for a long, drawn out, ''squeeee-e-e-e-e-e-e[[OverlyLongGag -e-e-e-e-e-e-e-eeeeek]].''
98	* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Especially when he streamed his play through of Amnesia.
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100	* SeriousBusiness: Deliberately averted with Funday Monday.
101	-->''"This is Funday Monday! We don't care about playing well; we care about ''[[RuleOfCool being awesome]]''!"''
102	--> Alternatively: ''"Welcome to the [=Day9=] Daily, where we Learn To Be A Better Gamer... except on Mondays, where we just dick around!"''
103	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Occasionally and usually hilariously results in [=Day9=]-exclusive [[{{Neologism}} neologisms]] such as "''continuate''" (as a verb), "''aggrensive'', or "''irrescapable.''"
104	* SiblingRivalry: Alleges that he and his brother were always each other's biggest gaming competitors. While not always directly competing with one another, they were formerly competing in the same pro-gaming scene back during ''Starcraft: Brood War'' and both currently work as high-level commentators for ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''.
105	* TheSmartGuy: He received a degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd and in May 2011, a Master's degree in Interactive Media at USC.
106	* SophisticatedAsHell
107	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chipotle burritos.
108	** He has quite an affinity for tea and honey as well. Or else his voice will go out.
109	* UnfortunateNames: It's difficult for viewer-submitted replays to ''not'' feature an example of this, which [=Day9=] will happily take advantage of.
110	-->''"Is this a Pokémon, pharmaceutical, or ancient historian?"''
111	* WikiWalk: Has been prone to going on exceedingly odd tangents while casting. Naturally, these crop up more often during Funday Monday.
112	* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Counter, for everyone else. He avoids using it, except when mocking those that do.
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115	-->''This trope is brought to you by the [[MemeticMutation number j]]!''

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