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[[File:THOUGHTHAMMER_6948.png|frame| Want to go from [[Noob|Bronze]] to [[Hard Core|Masters]] in ''[[Starcraft II (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft II]]''? Easy, peasy, febreezy!]]

Sean "Day9" Plott is a famous ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]: Brood War'' and ''[[Starcraft II (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft 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 (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft 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.

** '''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 (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft II]]'' player.

* [[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 (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft II]]'' community.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: There's a reason he knows so much about the game, being a former professional ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]: 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: theThe Dark Descent]]''.

* [[Badass Family]]: Not only is his brother a professional ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' 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]]."''}}

{{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 Withwith Plushies]]: Manfred, his pet stuffed bunny who will occasionally make an appearance on the show.

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: TangKamikaze, an old handle.

* [[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: theThe Dark Descent (Video Game)|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: theThe Dark Descent (Video Game)|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].

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130314072434/http://www.gosugamers.net/warcraft/photos/gosu/wcggrandfinal2005/topqual/day.jpg You bet they are.]

{{quote| "I'm never going to let myself live that one down, and neither are you."}}

* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: With regard to ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]],'' naturally.

** The absolute least impressive one compared to all these, but the one any given ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' 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.

* [[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 />

* [[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 ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]: Brood War'' and both currently work as high-level commentators for ''[[Starcraft II (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft II]]''.

* [[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?"''}}

{{quote| ''This trope is brought to you by the [[Memetic Mutation|number j]]!''

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