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Astyanaxis
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States25 Posts
November 10 2011 02:10 GMT
#1
Okay, so forever ago, Husky and Day9 cast a game between two amateur players. One was named Southpaw and the other OneLove. The game was pretty unremarkable except for a moment of poetry by Day9. This moment inspired this (very silly) poem thing. For anyone who wants to hear the original snippet, it can be found at:
and at about the 4 minute mark. I've been sitting on this one awhile, so here goes, in the style of Doctor Seuss...

One Gateway, Two Gateway, Three Gateway, Four

One Gateway, two Gateway, three Gateway, four
Protoss cannot build anymore
'Cause he'll be 4-gating right at the front door.
He'll be warping zealots, stalkers, pylons a plenty
And if gas allows, even a sentry
To deny the swarm their much needed entry
Onto the creep-covered expansion's creep-covered hatch'ry.
Then to and fro the Zealots will go
Hacking and slashing down some slimy drones.
And from the back lines the Stalkers, with rage,
Will pew and pew those Zerg who engage
With their acid, claw, or tentacle medley
In order to melt or cut or cleave away deadly
Chunks and bits of clashing but weary
Protoss Zealot, Stalker, and Force Fielding Sentry.



The next poem I throw up here will be one not inspired by Day9. I mean, so long as these things bring smiles or discussion. Because poetry ought to do that. Or make people angry. Or make their heart beat faster. Or slower. It should change them in some way. Good poetry that is. Granted, a lot of what I write is then not good poetry by those same standards, but I'm alright with that. Anyhow, I think the best compliment you can give a poem or poet is that below the breath gasp that escapes on the heels of a "Wow, I never thought of it like that."

On the other hand, sometimes it's just fun to mess around with language and see what comes out. So, in a sense, all poetry is experimentation; much like the old definition of essay was "to attempt", a poem is an attempt to say something with rhythm and words, sometimes rhyme, that hasn't been said in that same way before.

Anyhow, my apologies for the long rant on poetry and what it means, or rather what I think it means, but I figure that this is a blog, my blog, dammit, so I'll use the sphere of poetry to shoot off tangents in to any dimension I damn well choose.

TL; DR: That is my opinion on poetry.
P.S. Have you any opinions you'd like to share? Poetry ought to create community, after all.

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zakmaa
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada525 Posts
November 10 2011 02:22 GMT
#2
Definitely smiled at that, totally laughed when I first watched the part where Day9 says it. This is actually pretty cool, I'd like to see more
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
November 10 2011 03:05 GMT
#3
This is pretty great, hahaha. Quite funny :D
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PineapplePizza
Profile Joined June 2010
United States749 Posts
November 10 2011 04:35 GMT
#4
Reminds me of an old broodwar tidbit, now tucked away in some guy's signature somewhere around here:

One ling, two ling, three ling, four
Camp four gas and ultra whore
"There should be no tying a sharp, hard object to your cock like it has a mechanical arm and hitting it with the object or using your cockring to crack the egg. No cyborg penises allowed. 100% flesh only." - semioldguy
Conquerer67
Profile Joined May 2011
United States605 Posts
November 10 2011 05:18 GMT
#5
For some reason I read this in the voice of a male Russian Opera Singer. Do not ask me why. Maybe something to do with those "get-cash-now" commercials.

Regardless, lol. Made me smile and sigh at before they nerfed it by 20 seconds.
I hate when people compare SC2 and rochambeu. One race isn't fucking supposed to counter another one. | Protoss isn't OP. Their units on the other hand....
Astyanaxis
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States25 Posts
November 12 2011 05:01 GMT
#6
On November 10 2011 14:18 Conquerer67 wrote:
For some reason I read this in the voice of a male Russian Opera Singer. Do not ask me why. Maybe something to do with those "get-cash-now" commercials.

Regardless, lol. Made me smile and sigh at before they nerfed it by 20 seconds.


Lol in Soviet Russia, Protoss 4gates you!... Oh wait...

Dude, I know. Although I don't really play Protoss much at all. I want to write a poem based on infestors next, or at some point at least. I may write one about Zergling rush, but we'll see. Each race will get its poem eventually, then I'll intersperse other stuff. (Like a spoken word poem aimed at the gamer girls.) Thanks for the comment!
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