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[[File:THOUGHTHAMMER_6948.png|frame| Want to go from [[Noob|Bronze]] to [[Hard Core|Masters]] in ''[[StarCraft II]]''? Easy, peasy, febreezy!]]

{{quote|''"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."}}''}}

Taking the plunge into the competitive-scene of ''[[StarCraft II]]'' 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.

Enter the ''Day9 Daily,'' a place where anyone from a [[Real Time Strategy]] stripling to someone scraping up against the ceiling of the exalted Masters league can [[Catch Phrase|learn how to be a better gamer]].

Sean "Day9" Plott is a famous ''[[StarCraft]]: Brood War'' and ''[[StarCraft II]]'' 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.

The self-proclaimed "Goldilocks of ''[[StarCraft II]]'' 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.

To shake things up, Day9 features a rotating schedule of theme-based dailies:
* '''Funday Monday''': A lighthearted, fun-oriented daily where a kooky constraint is placed upon players such as "No Queens" for Zerg<ref>Queens can accelerate the speed at which Zerg build armies ''and'', by spreading [[Meat Moss|creep]], make them move faster; they are absolutely ''central'' to Zerg strategy</ref> or "No Marines, Marauders or Tanks" for Terran<ref>[[Boring but Practical]] units which Terran players use to defeat just about everything</ref>. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity is guaranteed to ensue]].
* '''Newbie Tuesday''': A daily aimed at concepts that lower-league players or beginners are struggling with such as "Dealing with Early Aggression."
* '''Frienday Wednesday''': A daily featuring commentary by both Day9 and a professional ''[[StarCraft II]]'' player.

The ''[http://day9.tv/ Day9 Daily]'' itself is [http://www.twitch.tv/day9tv streamed live] Sunday through Thursday at 7:00PM PST and runs for about one hour. Archives can be found at either [https://web.archive.org/web/20110501100038/http://day9tv.blip.tv/ Blip] or [http://www.youtube.com/day9tv YouTube].

Not to be confused with [[Plan 9 from Outer Space]].

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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: Sometimes, such as with a name like "abVarht," he will only realize just how funny a handle sounds when he says it aloud for the first time on air.
* [[Adorkable]]: [http://i.imgur.com/45NSf.jpg Don't you deny it!]
* [[Aside Glance]]: 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 ''[[StarCraft II]]'' community.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: A natural result of some of the Funday Monday restrictions, though he will usually showcase games where the resultant outlandish strategy miraculously succeeded.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: [[Marvel vs. Capcom 2|Strider]][[Doomy Dooms of Doom|doom]].
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: On the other hand, Funday Mondays such as "Expand Every Five Minutes" or "Carrier Rush" can result in some seemingly-silly strategies that have a modicum of merit. [[Confusion Fu]] certainly helps.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: There's a reason he knows so much about the game, being a former professional ''[[StarCraft]]: Brood War'' player himself.
** 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.
** He recently revealed that his three secret accounts (used for playing each race based on a dice roll) were in [[Badass|Grandmaster League]]. Ironically this took place during the ravaging of his manhood while playing ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent]]''.
* [[Badass Creed]]: "Day9 plays games, not girls"
* [[Badass Family]]: 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.
{{quote|''"[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Having a Starcraft family has been instrumental to, like, everything]]."''}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Reacts unfavorably to the word, "[[You Keep Using That Word|counter]]."
** Also, g.g.
** Dislikes incorrect pronunciation, for example, referring to a zealot as a ''zeelot''.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: 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.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Several.
** ''"Happily."''
** ''"Easiest thing in the world"''
** ''"Totally normal / most normal thing in the world."''
** ''"Never give up; never surrender!"''
** ''"In other exciting news..."''
** ''"And all that jazz"''
** ''"Because I'm awful."''
** ''"Pylons and probes, pylons and probes."''
** ''"...and x plus y is often z"'' where x, y, and z are incredibly elementary numbers.
** ''"...and then he went and lost his whole [[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] base."''
** ''"Just sayin'...''<ref>''"I am '''so''' sorry."''</ref>"
** ''"Let us divine."''
** ''"BAM"''
** ''"Bejujular"''
** ''"Whoopsie Daisy."''
** ''"... his little heart out."''
** ''"Less than ideal"''
** ''"Counting station"''
** ''"Easy, peasey, Febreezy."''
** ''"Cutie patootie"''
** Not a [[Catch Phrase]] per se, but Sean uses the word "like", like, a ''lot''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfBlXN3f8QQ&feature=related Observe.]
* [[Companion Cube]]: How can one resist the eternally-faithful "Carpal Tunnel Pillow"?
* [[Confusion Fu]]: The effective Funday Monday strategies rely in part on this.
* [[Construct Additional Pylons]]: Emphasizes ''"Pylons and probes, pylons and probes."'' Basically, simply ensuring a strong [[You Require More Vespene Gas|economy]] with lots of [[Worker Unit|workers]] will result in a significant lead over the opponent at lower levels of play.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Has been known to slip into this, usually during Funday Monday.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Advancing forward!"
* [[Dissimile]] / [[Metaphorgotten]]: Quite often.
{{quote|"''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...'"''}}
* [[Everything's Better with Plushies]]: Manfred, his pet stuffed bunny who will occasionally make an appearance on the show.
* [[Fan Boy]]: 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 [[Promoted Fanboy|similarly high regard]].
* [[Fan Nickname]]: When co-casting with:
** Tastosis: ''Daystosis''
** djWHEAT: ''[[Day J Wheat]]''
** [[Husky Starcraft|Husky]]: ''K9''
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: TangKamikaze, an old handle.
** "[[Day J]]" might count as well.
* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut]]: Subverted as it was merely mentioned as a possible punchline to a ([[Memetic Mutation|rather infamous]]) failed joke.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Played for Laughs]], 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: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag6f5q4P5o8 '''VOOOOORTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX!!!!''']
* [[Let's Play]]: Has done ''Amnesia'', and has also done a short runthrough of ''[[Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning]]'' in the company of [[Felicia Day]]. Kind of an advertising stunt. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Still awesome]].
* [[Lovable Coward]]. Some fans liked [[Day Nine]]'s reaction to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYyRdBRF1fQ bugs] <ref>end of Daily #305</ref>, reaction to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl299_IffXE ferrets] <ref>State of the Game #42</ref> 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 ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]''.
** Which, at time of writing, he is in the middle of doing. And it is hilarious.
** He has since completed an entire, live streamed playthrough of ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]],'' which is viewable [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015145221/http://blip.tv/day9tv/amnesia-aka-how-day-9-lost-his-manhood-part-1-5696092 here].
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Almost one new meme every daily. Chances double if it's Funday.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: And we love him for it.
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130314072434/http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/photos/gosu/wcggrandfinal2005/topqual/day.jpg You bet they are.]
** [http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/204/day9appt.jpg Or are they?]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: Invoked after his "number j" joke.
{{quote|"I'm never going to let myself live that one down, and neither are you."}}
* [[One Steve Limit]]: whenever he tells stories about his dating life, the girl is always named "Felicity." This is probably [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|not a coincidence]]. ...Or [[This Loser Is You|maybe it is]].
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: 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.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: With regard to ''[[StarCraft]],'' naturally.
** 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.]
** 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].'' [[Badass|Nerd. Baller.]]
** 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<ref>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</ref>. It now has dedicated maps and is one of the most popular custom modes in circulation. Yep: Day9 invented Team Monobattles.
* [[Running Gag]]: Conveniently cataloged in the form of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016005510/http://day9fan.com/day9-drinking-game Day9 Drinking Game.] Participants beware.
** He refers to all of the girls in his stories as "Felicity" after accidentally name dropping the actual Felicity in one daily.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Especially when he streamed his play through of Amnesia.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Serious Business]]: Deliberately averted with Funday Monday.
{{quote|''"This is Funday Monday! We don't care about playing well; we care about ''[[Rule of Cool|being awesome]]''!"''<br />
Alternatively: ''"Welcome to the Day9 Daily, where we Learn To Be A Better Gamer... except on Mondays, where we just dick around!"'' }}
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Occasionally and usually hilariously results in Day9-exclusive [[Neologism|neologisms]] such as "''continuate''" (as a verb), "''aggrensive'', or "''irrescapable.''"
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: 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 ''[[StarCraft II]]''.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He received a degree in mathematics from Harvey Mudd and in May 2011, a Master's degree in Interactive Media at USC.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Chipotle burritos.
** He has quite an affinity for tea and honey as well. Or else his voice will go out.
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: It's difficult for viewer-submitted replays to ''not'' feature an example of this, which Day9 will happily take advantage of.
{{quote|''"Is this a Pokémon, pharmaceutical, or ancient historian?"''}}
* [[Wiki Walk]]: Has been prone to going on exceedingly odd tangents while casting. Naturally, these crop up more often during Funday Monday.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: Counter.

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