Why I am feeling so good :)

RubiksCube

Germany259 Posts

August 16 2011 06:51 GMT

I come of an awesome winstreak. Even winning all the placement matches with a real life buddy of mine, who's playing in silver (I'm playing in platinum and diamond in team games). We even won against a team who were Masters as our last placement match and got promptly put into diamond.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

I'm just happy and wanted to share

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

August 16 2011 06:55 GMT

Because I haven't shown up yet to ruin your day.
Haha, oh man I had to say that. Congrats on your win streak, it always feels good to have a great run. It's good to hold onto that when you drop 5 games and can't figure out why.

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

August 16 2011 06:58 GMT

What's the etymology of Sieg=Win?

RubiksCube

Germany259 Posts

August 16 2011 07:48 GMT

Yea, Sieg = Win, Eigenes Spiel = Custom Game, Beobachter = Observer.

Fatze

Germany1342 Posts

August 16 2011 08:30 GMT

Nice

nttea

Sweden4353 Posts

August 16 2011 09:50 GMT

On August 16 2011 15:58 Roe wrote:
What's the etymology of Sieg=Win?

who knows... in swedish there's word "seger" which translates to victory, probably related

Iranon

United States983 Posts

August 16 2011 11:13 GMT

On August 16 2011 15:58 Roe wrote:
What's the etymology of Sieg=Win?

From an online dictionary:

Ger. Sieg "victory," from O.H.G. sigu, from P.Gmc. *sigiz- "victory" (cf. M.Du. seghe, O.N. sigr, O.E. sige), from PIE base *segh- "to have, to hold" (cf. Skt. saha- "victory," sahate "overcomes, masters;" Gk. ekhein "to hold"

Interestingly, "siege" is unrelated. It's from the Old French sege, "seat/throne".

The English translation "win" and "victor" are from entirely different words:

fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil")

and

mid-14c., from L. victorem (nom. victor) "a conqueror," agent noun from pp. stem of vincere "to conquer," from PIE base *weik- "to fight, conquer" (cf. Lith. apveikiu "to subdue, overcome," O.C.S. veku "strength, power, age," O.N. vigr "able in battle," O.E. wigan "fight," Welsh gwych "brave, energetic," O.Ir. fichim "I fight")

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