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'GL HF'

I like to think of myself as a fairly traditional guy. I was born to Buddhist parents and sure... I'll light incense and worship false Gods even if I'm atheist because it makes my family happy and that's important to me. Rather than an act of Religious worship, I see it as a family tradition. It's something we do together no different than to when families gather for Christmas dinner something like Thanksgiving.

So when I play online I start with 'gl hf' and always finish with 'gg', unless my opponent leaves first. It's something I've been doing since playing Broodwar on a 56k connection. Even if I'm floating my metropolis to the 4 corners of the world, or scurrying off to infect vacant Vespene Geysers, I still have the decency to say 'gg'.I know it means 'good game' and as much as I'm using the abbreviation in an incorrect context, I feel obliged to say 'GG' because I feel that my opponent has bested me this game, whether it be in my lack of foresight or my inability to control units. At the very least, he deserves that respect.

When HotS was officially released, I decided to play as random as I've been quite busy lately. I haven't watched any pro-games or replay analyses, so I just do whatever I feel like and follow what works on ladder. I would rate myself as a diamond level Zerg, platinum level Protoss and low silver Terran, so it's not surprising that I win most my Z and P games and lose most my T games. But I got promoted to diamond as Random soon enough and lifted my Terran game, I can sometimes beat other diamond players with my bad Terran skills, HOORAY FOR MULES AND MARINES!

However, since I don't have much time I've realised that my skill is slipping, evident in clan games and this years GPD, so I've decided to focus on my Zerg play. There's one major difference I've experienced on ladder. When I random Zerg, sometimes I crush my opponent by doing wacky mixes of zergling run-bys (catching my opponent offguard) when I'm meant to be droning. Sometimes it wins me the game, other times it puts me at an advantage, and I would get a 'gg'.

My opponent is probably thinking: "Well he killed my army and counter attacked with zerglings. Kudos to you, cerebrate."

Whenever I do this whilst I have selected ZERG and the loading screen lists me as ZERG, and I happen to win, I receive these compliments:

"OMFG. ZERG IS F***ING IMBA."

"WTF IS THAT SHIT. YOU'RE NOOB. GET A LIFE."

If I switch back to Random and dominate with Zerg I'll get a: "heh... Them zerg is good. Gg"

Fascinating.


I can take being rejected by girls.

I can take being subjected to passive aggression by white-nerdy- board-game players who find me offensive.

And I can take being BM'ed by bad sc2 players.

But one cannot handle all this in one day.


So I'm going to cope by what I do best. I'm going to write this out or otherwise implode on myself and release that zombie virus prematurely.

Here's BM of the day:

Sirhcle vs DbagMcDee. His username is (Eclipse).

1. So here I am on a date with Eclipse. He sees me lean in, but he doesn't resist and I stick my tongue into his mouth. (Nexus first even after scouting 14 pool).



2. Everything was getting hot and heavy until he pushed me aside. Things were escalating so fast. (I got to that first base!)



3. He fumbled with the contraception. (Trapped his own zealots in trying to deny my third base).



4. So I came inside. (Roach stream!)



5. Then he has the audacity to hate on me because of my sexual orientation and threatens to beat me up. Why does this always happen? I just assume he knows I'm a man.



Conveniently threatens me and then blocks me from further communication. Like an angry teenager in his room holding his P*n1$ pocket knife. :'(

Chatlog:
http://drop.sc/324790
00:06 [All] Eclipse: gl hf
00:09 [All] [VB]sirhcle: gl hf
07:11 [All] Eclipse: should have known
07:16 [All] [VB]sirhcle: yeah
07:43 [All] Eclipse: you always cheese
07:49 [All] [VB]sirhcle: You've played me befdore?
07:51 [All] [VB]sirhcle: lol
07:55 [All] Eclipse: so ya
08:06 [All] [VB]sirhcle: i jsut play a little more aggressive i tihnk
08:08 [All] [VB]sirhcle: for a zerg
08:31 [All] Eclipse: well you are massive *** you know that
08:42 [All] [VB]sirhcle: a little uncalled for
08:44 [All] Eclipse: and an absolute noob
08:51 [All] Eclipse: ya suck my fick
08:56 [All] Eclipse: ******* looser
08:59 [All] [VB]sirhcle: lololol
08:59 [All] Eclipse: l2p
09:08 [All] [VB]sirhcle: i didnt lock my own zealots in


Sometimes I think back to my early childhood days. If I had the internet, would I be a total @$$h0le?
Would I be typing everything my prepubescent mind was thinking?
Would someone mistake me for a 20-something year old just because they were 20-something?
Would I be the best motherf***ing troll?

I leave the game with regret, knowing that I can never soothe his angry spirit or tame his animosity.
I will never be able to make him a better person. This pains me so much, that I would allow such a monster to release his vile spawn upon another man or woman.

*"My heart will go on" by Celine Dion begins*

*Scene of a lonely beach and the silhouette of a lonely figure walking alone in the distance*

*the next part is voiced by Morgan Freeman*

But perhaps I can write this up as a blog, so one day when he googles himself and finds this link, that he will realise that I have no anger or hatred towards him, that I do not wish him ill will and that I understand the heat of the game brings upon rage and unprecedented actions that can no longer be undone. I just hope one day he sees this and knows that all I wanted to say was:


'GG'