So... I've just finished an 8 hour-long drive from Curico, in central Chile, to Llanquihue, in the southern lakes region of Chile. I came to surprise my parents for the holiday season. I'm fucking freezing here but that won't stop me from doing a certain thing MarkyO (yes, THAT MarkyO, Day[9]'s admin) suggested I should do a couple days ago while we were modding Artosis' chat: An AMA.
I'll be doing this for a couple days, will answer when I have the time. I'll be pretty busy tomorrow with christmas preparations and activities but I'll get back to you to answer your questions.
*Edit* So, to provide a little background: I'm 26, I'm an MD and I currently work in a small countryside hospital in Chile as its sub-director and ER staff. I'm also a musician, begun playing the violin back when I was 4, dumped when I was 14. I now play guitar and drums, a bit of keyboards, and also sing. And I've been an avid gamer for the last 14 years. Oh, and I'm also an SC2 caster. One of the very few who cast in spanish. I do game analysis in a style very similar to what Day[9] does.
My feelings about Che Guevara? There are other ways to change the injustices around you than waging war and killing people. We as medics took an oath of honor to save lives, not ending them. There are greater goods in this life than just giving up to politics and going guerrilla on everyone's ass.
My favorite word to scream in spanish is "huevón", which in chilean-spanish is something like "dude", but can also be ussed as an expletive meaning "dickhead" or "dumbass". It's so funny to use, because one too many times people think you are insulting them when you're actually not, even in its due context it is confusing. Ultimate trolling.
Medical school was the biggest challenge of my life. Here in Chile it lasts 7 years; the first two are somwhat of a science minor, and then the next 3 years you have the real medical classes (internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, psych, thanatology, pediatrics, pathology, diagnostics, etc); finishing that gives you the MB degree (medical bachelor). Finally the last 2 years is called the "internship", which is actually clinical practice. After that you get the MD title. 7 years is a lot. After you get through it all you just feel so relieved... But you actually have no idea of what's ahead of you. Work is just so demanding I'm pretty competitive and self-demanding, quite the perfectionist I'd say. Medschool tested me in ways I never thought possible. I used to be top of my class at school for every single year, got a near-perfect score at the universitary entrance exams (the PSU, Prueba de Seleccion Universitaria) but I never got the grades I was used to get in school... I hovered at a 3.5GPA all the time... That kind of got to me and I got depressed (again, I've suffered depression for a long, long time and as you know it never goes away, it just gets under control until it goes off again) because I wasn't used to "losing" to someone else. Medschool is pretty competitive, but I grew up and understood not everything revolved around being the best and competing all the time. I just had to do my best and that was it. So, in retrospective, I can now say SC2 ladders ain't got a thing to medschools ranking systems, LOL. I think I never exelled in medschool maybe because I never actually learned how to study, I have a pretty good memory and paying attention in class was usually all I needed to prepare a test, and maybe because it was in college where I begun playing hardcore (got into competitive CoD and Q2, and then SC2) and that took a lot of time off of me.
how many people have you slept with and what was your most interesting intimate experience? are you pro choice or pro life? and what is your stance on gays?
I've slept with 6 people so far. My most interesting intimate experience so far was something that at first was very awkward: She was my best friend and I was in my internship. A patient I was treating died, it was the first time I had to deal with that. And I was so angered and sad, because it was a young man with silicosis (a disease common in miners, and my patient was a miner) and no matter what we did, he just kept getting worse and worse and I got so angered at the fact he died so young (maybe reflecting on a previous, personal experience which I believe made me the person I am now; i lost my best friend ever, my first love, when we were only 9 years old). The death of this guy really got to me and revived so much of that blocked anger and sadness, so I called her and she came to comfort me just like she always did. Somehow between all the crying and hugging we begun making out... and ended up having sex. And it was SO weird, because even though we had slept with other people before each, we were so shy and clumsy with each other, like it was the first time for both, but it wasn't. It was a moment filled with such care, so much love and so much passion (oh, was she wild when we got into it ). Things got awkward pretty quick the next days, but we got over that.
I define myself as a very moderate dude. I believe there are cases and cases and we can't box everything into black or white boxes, and the same applies to being "pro-choice" or "pro-life". Every single case should be revised and desicions must be taked well informed of every detail. I wouldn't approve euthanasia for a person who is mentally unable to decide for his own life, but I would for a person in pain or living a nightmare of a life, expecting death, who can make desicions and is mentally healthy to make the call to end his life; neither I'd approve an abortion for a healthy baby who can be raised by someone else who wants a baby but can't have it for X reasons, for example. I don't know if I made myself clear, but that is where I stand on the subject.
My stance on gay people: You are free to love anyone you can. If you are a male and love another male, or if you're a female who's into females, go for it. Nobody should be critizised for loving another person, even if it's of his/her same gender.
My top 5 favorite games of all time are: 1.- Buried in Time: The Journeyman Project 2 (PLAY IT NAO IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOUR MIND WILL BE BLOWN. You won't believe that game was made back in 1995.) 2.- StarCraft2 3.- Quake2 4.- HalfLife2 5.- FreeLancer 5.1.- Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic (man, I'll just say this: "Warning: Touch the master's blade and lose an arm, meatbag!" LOL)
If I foresee myself moving around three or four times over the next year, should I buy a laptop for Diablo 3 (and I guess SCII if I ever break down and play it) or get a desktop instead and deal with having to move it around. They're similarly priced, but obviously a desktop will be a better computer for the price right? Maybe not?
Also, who is/was your favorite Brood War progamer?
I'd go with the desktop. It will allow you to upgrade it for less money later when you'll need it, you can fully customize it, and you don't have to deal with the ever-so-annoying problem of heat. Laptops fuck up because of the poor heat management they have.
My favorite BW pro of all time is Jaedong. I still remember the first time I saw him play and he got me when I saw dat muta micro.
Sometimes people tell me I'm an alien because they don't know how I do all the stuff I do in the time I do it. Teehee.
I've tried poutine only once when I went to Canada. I LOVED it.
And I won't say I love that song, but it's ok. It's kinda catchy.
Also, holy shit at your edit. Legacy of Time: Journeyman Project 3 was one of the first real games I ever played, and it was incredible. I still quote it to this day, and could play it through from memory easily. Solving the puzzle in the Shangri La caves was one of the proudest moments of my juvenile life.
"He's single, he time travels, he parts water: ladies and gentlemen, Gage Blackwood!"
Dude, Legacy of Time was so incredibly good. But BiT still makes me stare in awe at those incredible cinematics. Those damn cinematics and ambience might be even better than Blizzard's in any game they have ever developed. Seriously. Even though the damn game is 16 years old, I've never played anything that's gotten close to it.
On December 24 2011 15:23 UmbraaeternuS wrote: I'd go with the desktop. It will allow you to upgrade it for less money later when you'll need it, you can fully customize it, and you don't have to deal with the ever-so-annoying problem of heat. Laptops fuck up because of the poor heat management they have.
My favorite BW pro of all time is Jaedong. I still remember the first time I saw him play and he got me when I saw dat muta micro.
I've tried poutine only once when I went to Canada. I LOVED it.
And I won't say I love that song, but it's ok. It's kinda catchy.
Yeah my laptop is both sterilizing and slowly burning my lap as we speak. I want something with bigass fans so my room doesn't remain a technological heat sink :p
Good choice, Zerg power
Poutine >
That is all.
Well, almost all.
"If meat is murder, then that rug is at least a severe beating." when you see a furry rug in Legacy of Time. Also, "Ch-ch-ch-chia floor!" made me lose it. SO GOOD.
I believe we all have a purpose in life: being happy doing what you do. I don't believe we haev a specific purpose in life (i.e: Becoming a well known physician who goes on national television with a program about health xD). For now I'm happy helping people get better and keeping them healthy, and helping people understand StarCraft and playing it better.
My intentions when I went into medschool were as clear as they are now: I want to contribute to make people's health better, to cure them if possible, or if not, to help them carry their diesease on the best way possible, and to help those dying to pass away comfortably and with dignity.
This is the first time I hear of spanish cast of sc2 besides from a few streams which I cant find anymore so please enlighten me where could I find a link to some of your cast and latino sc2 streams/vods.
Check my signature for my VODs. I have a few analysis there and I also have a couple VODs for the Xel'Naga tour that SC2LA.com hosts. Had an issue with my comp so I haven't done much SC2 stuff in the last 2 months or so, but now that the problem has been solved I'll be pumping more content out in 2012. There's also other latino sc2 streams and vods. The 2 that come to my mind right now are Drakan (the guy who casted Blizzard invitational in spanish) in HERE and Slayerfat, from Venezuela, who is a pretty good caster, in HERE (although he hasn't done anything in quite a while).
What are your 3 favorite board games? Favorite post on TL.net of yours? Least favorite of your posts? Favorite Trolling Strategy? Favorite poster? Am I trolling? Favorite cookie? Least Favorite poster? When do you expect to die? Favorite topping on your pizza? Why did you answer any of those questions?
My 3 favorite board games? Monopoly, The Drinking Game and that's that. Don't know many board games, LOL. My favorite post? Tough question. I'd say it would be the one where inControL told the story of his 4.5 hr raging boner, God, I laughed SO much. My least favorite post? The Milkis good-bye thread as a whole. I just felt sad for him. Favorite trolling strategy? Context, plox. Favorite poster? Chill. Sarcasm everywhere and I love sarcasm. Are you trolling? Oh, yes. But I'll just go along with it, I'm having fun. Favorite cookie? NOTHING beats my grandma's honey cookies. They are SO GOOD Least favorite poster? Does Combat-EX post here?? ROFL Favorite topping on my pizza? Absolutely NOTHING beats a 4-cheese pizza. When do I expect to die? It really doesn't matter much to me. I just wanna be happy for as long as I can and hope to die a happy man. Why did I answer all these questions? Hey, it's an AMA, right? And I got the time. Why not answer them?
On December 25 2011 08:41 UmbraaeternuS wrote: My 3 favorite board games? Monopoly, The Drinking Game and that's that. Don't know many board games, LOL. My favorite post? Tough question. I'd say it would be the one where inControL told the story of his 4.5 hr raging boner, God, I laughed SO much. My least favorite post? The Milkis good-bye thread as a whole. I just felt sad for him. Favorite trolling strategy? Context, plox. Favorite poster? Chill. Sarcasm everywhere and I love sarcasm. Are you trolling? Oh, yes. But I'll just go along with it, I'm having fun. Favorite cookie? NOTHING beats my grandma's honey cookies. They are SO GOOD Least favorite poster? Does Combat-EX post here?? ROFL Favorite topping on my pizza? Absolutely NOTHING beats a 4-cheese pizza. When do I expect to die? It really doesn't matter much to me. I just wanna be happy for as long as I can and hope to die a happy man. Why did I answer all these questions? Hey, it's an AMA, right? And I got the time. Why not answer them? Ok, so answer your own questions then.
Of your OWN posts, what is your most favorite? What holidays do you celebrate if any? Why aren't you trolling the trololol? Do you see what I did there? Favorite type of pie? Top 5 video games you own? Any other forum(s) that you joined? Is this your cheap christmas gift to TL? Of your OWN posts, what is your least favorite?
On December 25 2011 09:43 3FFA wrote: Of your OWN posts, what is your most favorite? What holidays do you celebrate if any? Why aren't you trolling the trololol? Do you see what I did there? Favorite type of pie? Top 5 video games you own? Any other forum(s) that you joined? Is this your cheap christmas gift to TL? Of your OWN posts, what is your least favorite?
-My favorite own post is my rant about the shitty organization of WCG Chile qualifiers. -Only holidays I really celebrate are easter and christmas. -... -Oh yes, I see what ya did tharr. -Lemmon pie. -Same order as before in video games (yes, I own those. All of those). -Yes. Too many forums to be named here. Mostly gaming communities in LatAm -It depends on how you look at it: Good users get gifts. Others... well, you'll see. -My least favorite post is, maybe, this very same one I'm writing right nao. See what I did there? Hehehe
On December 25 2011 09:50 leo23 wrote: league/rank (so i can feel superior to you)
tengo un gato en mis pantalones (y es muy grande, no te imaginas)
favorite unit
thoughts on mothership removal
are we alone
-Various. Highest ranking account is masters/58 (random) in NA. In smurfs, ranging from diamond to plat (in EU). Still haven't qualified for my Kr account I got today as a self-christmas gift. Yo no tengo un gato en mis pantalones. Tengo una serpiente, y no cualquier serpiente. Una anaconda. (Heh.) -Damn... that is hard. I'd say the carrier. And I will miss it dearly. Mothership removal was kind of necessary. We don't really get to see it that much and it is so expensive and slow. IMHO, arbiters should have remained in the game. And no, there is no way that in the million-billion stars per galaxy and million-billion galaxies in the universe, Earth is the only planet with life. I'd lose my faith in science if that was the case.
What is the quality of healthcare like in Chile? also is there a type of government health insurance like we see commonly throughout EU or is it more similar to the US style of 'let em rot' and which do you feel is a better system?
Chilean healthcare is pretty decent. We have two systems here: The public system, run by the state and the local city governments, and the private system. Health insurance is provided either by the state or by private institutions called "ISAPRE" (previsional health institutions); if you either are associated to the public or private health insurance, if your monthly income goes over $500 a 7% of that income goes to any of the insurances you have picked to provide healthcare. People below that line get it for free. And there is a package called "GES" that works for either system that provides free diagnosis, clinical hours, treatment and follow-up to certain diseases, such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, arthrosis, certain types of cancer, depression. etc. Overall the system is pretty decent but there are a lot of things to improve. The hardest part is on the municipal branch of the public system that controls the health clinics ("consultorios")... Some of which don't even work at all, and that sucks budget out of the government branch, which ends affecting the QoS of the smaller hospitals. I believe in Norway the same ISAPRE system has been implemented and it is working out pretty good. Don't know if anywhere else. I believe a "dual healthcare system"! such as ours is better. Having the pressure of privates doing well pushes the public system to improve QoS and in the end you have a decent system altogether.
How many cookies did you eat this week? How many games of SC/SC2 did you play this week? Do you love pizza? Your thoughts on how this universe came to be? Your thoughts on why this universe came to be? Your favorite part of Christmas dinner? Do you celebrate differently from Americans with Christmas Trees, santa(s), etc. Where did I troll in this post?
What is the general opinion in Chile and yours opinion of Pinochet? The reason I ask is I have been reading about the "chicago boys" and Chile's economic recovery from 70s to 90s and even though he was a military dictator, he seems to be regarded somewhat favorably.
Cookie count: 0 SC2 games: So far like 25 ._. Pizza? I lurve it. <3 Thoughts on how and why universe came to be? I accept the big bang theory. Why? Just a matter of odds. Particles waiting to meet. Favorite part or christmas dinner? Dessert. Totally. And our christmas is pretty typical, Santa involved, christmas tree, christmas carols and whatnot. Hm... I see what ya did tharr.
And about Pinochet... It's a pretty tough issue. There are mainly 2 opinions. My own oppinion is that despite the economic stability he brought to the country he was still a tyrannical bastard who is responsible for the deaths of thousands, just because they thought differently.
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Day[9]'s admin) suggested I should do a couple days ago while we were modding 
Artosis' chat: An AMA.
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