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Arcanefrost
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium1257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 15:33:36
July 24 2011 12:49 GMT
#1
"I would like to conclude my presentation by stating that it would be a wise decision to remove rocks from the game." A terrible silence captured the room. David Kim wasn't an easy man to scare, but after saying those words he was frightened.

Not too long ago the Taiwanese player Sen sat in this very room, and dared to opposse Dustin Browder by saying close positions are imbalanced. The next day he lost in the NASL. Some say it was the voodoo priest Browder visited the night before. Others say Browder did a ritual dance with Navajo indians ( naked, but no one was eager to imagine that so it was often left out). Perhaps it was the bloody sacrifice of a goat by a notorious Haitian shaman that cursed Sen. One thing the stories had in common: Dustin Browder. That part must be true.

The silence seemed eternal, until somebody started clapping. David looked up slowly, and too his surprise it was Browder himself. A feeling of relief went away as quick as it came, when he suddenly realized the sound produced by the joining of hands told the careful listener that it meant "I will destroy you", more than "Good job". The others followed Dustin's example and started clapping as well.

David was Korean, and Koreans are fast, but no one can escape the mad rage of an American with a gun. He didn't actually know whether Dustin owned a gun, but he knew it was safer to presume every American had at least three of them.

"What a wonderful presentation Mr. Kim". The words rolled of his tongue in the same fashion a genuine compliment would, but the vague smile revealed his true intentions. The others saw it too, but no one dared to raise their voices.
David didn't blame them, the fear made him sweat, and he noticed drops of water running down Matt Cooper's forehead too. The brave man almost spoke up, but his open mouth failed to produce any words.

"Splendid, absolutely splenid", Dustin said with the same vicious smile on his face.
Don't you agree, Matt?", Dustin asked suddenly, while turning his head toward the poor designer.
"Your words described it as best as any words could", he said rather nervously.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dustin's roaring laughter went through flesh and bone.
Browder had trouble recapturing his breath after his sudden explosion of laughter. He stood up and faced his employees.
"I disagree", the words were cold as ice. "You can never have enough rocks".
The others nodded.

"We all had a good laugh, but it's time to work seriously again David. I would like your opinion on the new maps. We can only add one more and I really like the one with the 3 ramps to the natural, and rocks at every possible expansion. But that would mean sacrificing the one with dragons in the background, and dragons are the coolest thing ever. The dragon map also has more rocks, can you see the dilemma, David?", Dustin asked.

David was speechless for a brief moment, and then he pronounced the very safe and calculated words "We can just add more rocks to the first map, and add dragons in the background. We could even have a dragon sitting on every rock, to attack players who try to break them down."

Browder smiled, this time the smile was a sincere one. "It's good to have you back, David".

David's relief made him laugh. "That wasn't too bad", he thought.

The next day David Kim had a 119 game long losing streak, and dropped all the way to the bronze league. For 118 consecutive games he had to play Tasteless. He lost them all. After every game Tasteless couldn't help himself and made jokes about stealing ladder points from nerds. After 118 games David didn't have any points to steal left. Tasteless logged off in disappointment.

David decided to play one more to get his points back. However he lost game 119 to the bronze league player "Mr.Bunnypants", who caught him off guard with a 10 minute 3 roach timing attack.

That same day Browder was looking with unreal pleasure at the biggest rock covering the gold base, with of course the biggest dragon defending it, and whispered: "My precious."
Valor is a poor substitute for numbers.
fearlessparagon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States104 Posts
July 24 2011 12:53 GMT
#2
You should save this for your novel.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 12:58:13
July 24 2011 12:56 GMT
#3
I'm not sure exactly what this is but it made me laugh. should probably be in blogs though. i went to rate this blog and realized it was in sc2 general lol
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 13:01:46
July 24 2011 12:56 GMT
#4
On July 24 2011 21:53 fearlessparagon wrote:
You should save this for your novel.

Yes
Starcraft: Return of the Xelnaga Part 3 - Revenge of the Geodudes

Is dayvie, the player on ladder, David Kim?
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
July 24 2011 12:58 GMT
#5
On July 24 2011 21:56 DisaFear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2011 21:53 fearlessparagon wrote:
You should save this for your novel.

Yes
Starcraft: Return of the Xelnaga Part 3

Is dayvie, the player on ladder, David Kim?

Yes
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 24 2011 12:58 GMT
#6
omfg rofl
133 221 333 123 111
UnitedKronos
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
139 Posts
July 24 2011 13:00 GMT
#7
That was really funny!! Well done.
Oh hai. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 13:01:27
July 24 2011 13:00 GMT
#8
Edit: mispost
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
Kurumi
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Poland6130 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 13:01:45
July 24 2011 13:01 GMT
#9
Mr.Bunnypants is Rank #34 Master League in my Division, such lies! You can't say Dustin is a bad player or he wants to make SC2 bad!
I liked it. Pretty refreshing.
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Mwentworth56
Profile Joined January 2011
146 Posts
July 24 2011 13:03 GMT
#10
This was hilarious! thanks for the good read man! : )
vizir
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland154 Posts
July 24 2011 13:05 GMT
#11
Wow nice :D Write a book or two imo.
skirmisheR
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden451 Posts
July 24 2011 13:05 GMT
#12
This is hilarious, thanks for posting! :D
I can jungle Pudge, can you?
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
July 24 2011 13:06 GMT
#13
hahaha, lol, good job man, when i read the title, i thought this is going to be a blizzard workplace video tour
I hate all this singing
EdSlyB
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Portugal1621 Posts
July 24 2011 13:07 GMT
#14
Move to blog. Good reading tho. ^^
aka Wardo
TCP
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany13 Posts
July 24 2011 13:10 GMT
#15
Please someone make a map with dragoons on every rock :D
Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland4400 Posts
July 24 2011 13:10 GMT
#16
I loved the last sentence, good read!

Don't give them ideas though. :s
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10700 Posts
July 24 2011 13:11 GMT
#17
Someone finally took the thoughts out of my head and made a thread about it. GJ =)
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bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
July 24 2011 13:14 GMT
#18
Wow this was one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time! Kudos to you OP!
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Mawi
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden4365 Posts
July 24 2011 13:17 GMT
#19
Wow this was awesome hahaha Dragons on every rock would bring so many OP threads in offical sc2 forums
Forever Mirin Zyzz Son of Zeus Brother of Hercules Father of the Aesthetics
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
July 24 2011 13:17 GMT
#20
rocks aren't annoying, rock fanboys are annoying that dedicate threads to their almighty rocks. Well i did expect less when i saw the topic, so i was nevertheless pleasantly suprised. good writing skills for a forum
Molarrr
Profile Joined January 2011
Denmark70 Posts
July 24 2011 13:22 GMT
#21
So the romours were right
But im just glad someone revealed the truth, we all saw it coming but noone said anything before now.
Thank you arcanefrost, you are a true hero
Wash your hands kids!
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 13:25:33
July 24 2011 13:23 GMT
#22


-Starcraft Beta-
"Behold Dustin, the future of Starcraft!"

"Oh my god a giant rock!"

"That's right. A giant rock."

"I can't believe what I'm seeing: it's a giant rock.
It's a rock and it's GIANT."

"Yes. And that's not all. Come over here Dustin and prepare to see witness something incredible."

"Okay but it's going to be tough to beat that giant rock."

"What you're about to see will change Starcraft II forever."

"Oh my god another giant rock!"
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
sh4w
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States713 Posts
July 24 2011 13:25 GMT
#23
At first I thought it was serious and I was happy...but now...
WTF...that's all I have to say really...WTF...
Where did this come from
I want to go back to being weird. I like being weird. Weird is all I've got. That and my sweet style.
FinnGamer
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany2426 Posts
July 24 2011 13:25 GMT
#24
Pretty well written, really like the End with the 10 Minute 3 Roach Push, keep it up
"hopefully swing the favor in your advantage." - Day[9]
lagbzz
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland171 Posts
July 24 2011 13:25 GMT
#25
Awsome

10 minute 3 roach timing attack.

haha

I will say my precious every time when I kill rocks on expos D:
Let us divine :D
Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
July 24 2011 14:40 GMT
#26
Win thread, thanks for the great writing, made me laugh.
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
EnSky
Profile Joined June 2011
Philippines1003 Posts
July 24 2011 14:43 GMT
#27
Pretty funny! Nicely written.
Dimagus
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1004 Posts
July 24 2011 14:45 GMT
#28
OP is SC2's version of

br3ak.g0d
Profile Joined September 2010
43 Posts
July 24 2011 14:45 GMT
#29
lol I read the first half of this before I realized it wasn't real XD
itsben
Profile Joined July 2010
435 Posts
July 24 2011 15:04 GMT
#30
On July 24 2011 23:45 br3ak.g0d wrote:
lol I read the first half of this before I realized it wasn't real XD


Same here -,-

I feel so dumb right now...
Stanlot
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5742 Posts
July 24 2011 15:09 GMT
#31
This was amazing, best thing I've read all week :D
MC: "Sentry Forcefield Forcefield Marauder... cage Marauder die die"
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45437 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 15:20:45
July 24 2011 15:13 GMT
#32
On July 24 2011 22:07 EdSlyB wrote:
Move to blog. Good reading tho. ^^


Negative. Spotlight this.

This is frickin hilarious lmao
You can never have enough rocks
Need dragons now!

6/5, well done!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
ronpaul012
Profile Joined March 2011
United States769 Posts
July 24 2011 15:16 GMT
#33
oh lord no. I could really see them putting something on the maps in that would attack either player. Funny story though.
I'm a gooner.
lolsixtynine
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States600 Posts
July 24 2011 15:17 GMT
#34
Brilliant! Do you write much outside the internet?
envisioN .
Profile Joined February 2011
United States552 Posts
July 24 2011 15:19 GMT
#35
OMG Dragons on every rock would not be fun...

Great post though laughed the whole way through
"Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works" -Martin Luther ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
KentHenry
Profile Joined August 2010
United States260 Posts
July 24 2011 15:27 GMT
#36
Very well written and entertaining. Thank you for something new and refreshing. ^^
kedinik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States352 Posts
July 24 2011 15:42 GMT
#37
"We can just add more rocks to the first map, and add dragons in the background. We could even have a dragon sitting on every rock, to attack players who try to break them down."

Excellent.
Deyster
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Jordan579 Posts
July 24 2011 15:58 GMT
#38
You have to admit, Dragons are kinda cool.

I was smiling while reading this, good job.
Watch the minimap.
Arcanefrost
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium1257 Posts
July 24 2011 16:58 GMT
#39
On July 25 2011 00:17 lolsixtynine wrote:
Brilliant! Do you write much outside the internet?


Thx. No not really
Valor is a poor substitute for numbers.
kedinik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States352 Posts
July 24 2011 17:02 GMT
#40
On July 25 2011 00:58 Deyster wrote:
You have to admit, Dragons are kinda cool.


Definitely, would love to see one of the new ladder maps with extra rock dragons.
iGrok
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5142 Posts
July 24 2011 17:03 GMT
#41
Very nicely done! A lot of the mapping community shares your sentiments :D
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KimJongChill
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6429 Posts
July 24 2011 18:03 GMT
#42
Well written, and a pleasure to read.
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dabom88
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3483 Posts
July 24 2011 18:06 GMT
#43
There's nothing wrong with rocks themselves, just with how Blizzard tries to use them. You shouldn't want rocks removed all together, just have them be used in less stupid ways.
You should not have to pay to watch the GSL, Proleague, or OSL at a reasonable time. That is not "fine" and it's BS to say otherwise. My sig since 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/dabom88
Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
July 24 2011 18:07 GMT
#44
I would be ok with dragons on my rocks.
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Dimagus
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1004 Posts
July 24 2011 18:56 GMT
#45
Rocks shouldn't just be used to block expansions or limit ramps. There should be some maps with rocks in center engagement areas, around cliff edges, and bridges/backdoor passageways. They all don't have to be command center sized with 1000+ health either.
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
July 24 2011 20:42 GMT
#46
Moving to Blogs.
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DrPhilOfdOOm
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden353 Posts
August 13 2011 15:08 GMT
#47
haha nice read awesome writing
jdseemoreglass
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3773 Posts
August 13 2011 16:35 GMT
#48
For some reason when a post is moved to blogs, it can't be rated for a while.

I'm trying to give you 5/5 for your nice writing. I enjoyed it.
"If you want this forum to be full of half-baked philosophy discussions between pompous faggots like yourself forever, stay the course captain vanilla" - FakeSteve[TPR], 2006
KhAmun
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1005 Posts
August 13 2011 19:52 GMT
#49
Dustin Browder really does have the look of the perfect villain.
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