"Why play Starcraft, the game populated by the most masochistic bunch of gamers who all collectively wallow in a feeling of
self-disgust at how horrible they are, even if they are decent?"

Wow man, this line really hit me hard. I feel like this every fucking day...

pestilenz

Denmark379 Posts

February 04 2012 21:27 GMT

#48

I'll sue you if you stop writing these blogs

secoNd_shoT

Azerbaijan2 Posts

February 04 2012 21:48 GMT

#49

the last one made you look like a total assh*le... maybe you are though, making fun of lesser players for fame and joy - i mean when they are I could understand it when they were raging horrible and insulting you, but the last one made me think less of you, since you were the one who was trolling.

Bswhunter

Australia954 Posts

February 04 2012 21:59 GMT

#50

Start doing worker drops, ignore the haters, gogogo!

Fromps

United States12 Posts

February 04 2012 22:26 GMT

#51

Your writing began to remind me of Harlan Ellison around the place where you went up against that Zerg who did the craziest things. I then realized that there is some bizarre hell out there that exists in Bronze, and I need to get out of Bronze before I end up in there.

Wasteweiser

Canada522 Posts

February 04 2012 22:43 GMT

#52

I don't understand how people could be so bad lol..

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

February 04 2012 22:59 GMT

#53

It's like an alternate plane of reality, the insanity will seep into your mind and become you...

DifuntO

Greece2376 Posts

February 04 2012 23:22 GMT

#54

I don't see the point in worker rushing.You can still have fun in bronze league even if you can't win a single game,even if you are the worst player on the planet.

Hydra3

United States32 Posts

February 04 2012 23:23 GMT

#55

Wow. This is the best blog I have ever read. Interesting, hilarious, and jam packed with content.

Keep up the amazing work good sir!

Teoita

Italy12248 Posts

February 04 2012 23:27 GMT

#56

On February 05 2012 05:26 Russet wrote:
I dont know how you keep your sanity Gheed.

I dont know if he kept it to be honest.

Spaceboy

United Kingdom220 Posts

February 04 2012 23:33 GMT

#57

This was absolutely superb! Kudos to you sir! I guess I now have 7 other entries to read :D

Reggae-Troll

Finland241 Posts

February 04 2012 23:34 GMT

#58

I have a short story I wish to share:

Today I got promoted, the game that got me there was maybe a tad disappointing. It wasn't an epic 50 minute macro fest or a nerve wrecking all-in defense, it was a simple a-move when my opponents drones appeared in my base. After the game "You've been promoted" alert appeared on my screen and I was happy (might've even fist pumped and yelled "Yes!"), but mixed in was a bit of confusion. I checked my opponents profile and sure enough he was worker rushing in all the past 10 games I checked with about 50% win ratio. The weird part was the league he was in, the league where his opponents were in, the league where I finally got into.. it was Master League.

It seems that locating the a-button can be a problem even in higher leagues

Vulturev4

5 Posts

February 04 2012 23:51 GMT

#59

I read all of your articles, but I just can't understand why you stopped playing the game seriously, and just worker rushed your way down to bronze, and never tried to get out. You showed a picture of your posture when worker rushing, and you look bored to death. Why play the game if that is how you seem to enjoy playing as you do.

Your writing was very articulate, yet there was a sense of disdain for players in lower leagues. Not everyone knows about playing the game as you probably do. Writing that last page about how horrible players in the bronze league are, well, your writing descended into a sense of griping the entire league. Yes, people on the forums are going to eat it up, because it's easier to laugh at the freak in the room rather than trying to help them out. You brought out a lot of good points about the name calling, and the BM'ing that happens with playing like this, but in the end, I think some want to play certain ways, and worker rushes just fall into the cheese category.

Get yourself out of bronze, and enjoy the game again. You last two articles about it, demonstrated your lack of playing this "game" for the sense of enjoyment, but rather to prove a point. Bronze is full of lesser skilled players, yeah, we already get that one. I am sure GM players think similar things about Plat players.

MarinePrince

United States101 Posts

February 04 2012 23:56 GMT

#60

What a psyco...